Posted on 04/12/2016 2:06:34 PM PDT by Kaslin
As Donald Trump attempts to distract from his campaign's myriad failures in Colorado by cynically stirring the "rigged corrupt game" pot, one of the public faces of this phony outrage is a gentleman who earned himself prime Drudge real estate when he dramatically burned his voter registration card on camera -- claiming that he was wrongfully turned away from the state party convention because he's a Trump fan. It's a disenfranchisement conspiracy cooked up by the elites, he argued, torching his Republican documentation in protest. The Federalist's Mollie Hemingway was skeptical of the man's version of events and dug into the back story. She discovered that rather than being the victim of shadowy subterfuge, Douglas County resident Larry Wayne Lindsey didn't understand the rules, shirked his own responsibilities, and leapt to inaccurate conclusions:
According to a series of conversations with party officials, while Lindsey did show up to his precinct caucus and was elected as a delegate to the county assembly, he never showed up to the county assembly, or, at the very least, never signed in for his credentials. On Facebook, he erroneously claimed he’d been elected as a delegate to the state assembly from his precinct caucus, something that is not possible under the rules in Douglas County. “Since Mr. Lindsey did not attend the County District Assembly he was not elected to be a delegate to the State Assembly, nor could he have been, so there is no way that he would have been listed as a delegate to the State Convention when he tried to check in on Saturday morning,” Tanne Blackburn, chairman of the Douglas County Republican Party, explained in a press release. He’s blaming his own comprehension failures on the Colorado Republican Party and claiming the party targeted him for being a Trump voter. In truth, he wasn’t even a delegate to the state assembly to begin with. Nevertheless, he promises that he “will raise holy hell” and is “sick to death” of Douglas County Republicans and “ashamed” of being a Republican.
Lindsey’s story is a great anecdote for helping explain why Trump’s operation was not up to snuff in the delegate game for Colorado, but it’s not the story of disenfranchisement that national media are running with...Not showing up to an event that other delegates had no problem getting to — among them quite a few Trump supporters — isn’t disenfranchisement. Particularly when elected officials have had detailed phone conversations with you about the importance of the event. Perhaps the media should consider the prudence of running with a story that is false.None of this information will even remotely dissuade Trump, who is intentionally casting aspersions upon the legitimacy of the process in order to tide the media's appetite for controversy and storylines over into next week, when the celebrity mogul is expected to notch a strong victory in New York. Once the news cycle becomes more favorable, this sound and fury will recede. Until it's needed again, of course. As we mentioned earlier, this is a pattern of behavior with Trump, who blurts out nonsense allegations of fraud and malfeasance as a means of misdirection. He distracts the press (look at this new thing Trump is screaming about!) while giving his followers a shiny object to rage over, so they don't have to think too hard about questions like this:
If you cannot navigate the @cologop convention what is your plan for Putin? #copolitics— Cory Gardner (@CoryGardner) April 12, 2016
As I say, I agree with Trump that the system Colorado Republicans have instituted is unpalatable. An electorate that's broader than a few thousand activists at a party convention should have a say in the presidential nominating process. But if Trump really had a beef with that course of action on principle, he could and should have spoken up when it was first determined, said his piece, then adapted to the rules in order to win. He did none of those things, and only began whinging about the process after he lost.
“Trump has half again as many delegates as Ted.”
Partially thanks to the GOP which awards Trump more delegates per vote than anyother candidate.
Why not? Ted blames everything on Trump.
“Trump has half again as many delegates as Ted.”
Actually, 36%, not 50% more. And if not for the GOP awarding Trump 22% more delegates than voters it would only be about 25% more delegates.
Nobody ever asks to see it.
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I’m assuming you have to show some type of approved ID such as drivers license, etc. Then they match
that to their voter registration list and if you are on it then no need to see your registration card.
Absolutely. The truth doesn't matter as long as we stick to the "bottom line", right?
Ah, Guy Benson weighs in with his daily Trump hit-piece. Poor little Guy. Has no other life than to troll Trump.
In Trumps world, he demands four strikes per at bat or the game is rigged. Don’t even ask when his opponent tries to steal a base!
He better get his act together or the Clinton machine will steamroll The Donald.
Exactly
142%. This has shifted in the last few days. It's going to shift again shortly, and when it does, we'll be talking about 170%.
Cruz, indeed, is a drama queen. Can’t win elections. Has to rely on caucuses, goofy conventions, anything but letting voters vote.
GOPe (including Cruz) used to rail about getting more people into the party, making it “more open,” but of course, that doesn’t count if it doesn’t help St. Ted. The man should be ashamed of the process. Can’t tell you how many people I talk to who once were Teddites and who now find him sneaky, slimy, and utterly lacking in integrity. But I’m sure he’ll keep it up, even after it’s mathematically impossible for him to win. After all, he has been promised something from the GOPe.
I’m a county and state delegate in Utah. The racket in our state, is getting elected as a National Delegate. If I knew how to post this pdf, you can spend 5K-10K on cards, program advertising, booths, etc.
For a National Delegate spot, I am competing with the Governor, his wife, Orrin Hatch and all sorts of folks for those National delegate spots.
I don’t think people realize just how “establishment” you have to be to get to be chosen as a National delegate.
If you are not a party insider, it is very difficult to make any headway.
In truth, he wasn’t even a delegate to the state assembly to begin with.
And was never going to be because he was for Trump.
I agree with you. The other odd bit of news is that the Cruz supporters have not yet figured out that the Colorado delegates who say they are for Cruz are under no obligation to vote for him on any ballot.
The National Delegates are most likely, just GOPe.
...The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway was skeptical of the man’s version of events and dug into the back story...
Mollie ought to dig into Ted’s past to determine if Ted is a US Citizen
Yes in Ga thank God we have to show ID. Drivers license.
I can’t speak for all locations but I think a photo ID is
becoming the norm in most places if not everywhere.
36%
The only thing going on in Colorado is Ted Cruz getting all the delegates because the Donald Trump campaign was too incompetent to understand how the Colorado process works. Trump was a no-show just as was his delegate here. btw, doubling down on 'stupid' is not a winning campaign strategy.
This CONFUSED/BEFUDDLED Trump supporter is just like a LOT of the Trumpsters here (as well as Trump himself & the Trump campaign) -— DAZED & CONFUSED & ANGRY. And ANGRYLY LASHING OUT AT CRUZ — blaming Cruz for their own ignorance, laziness & general incompetence.
Did the Trump supporters accidentally vote for Pat Buchanan? Oh wait . . .
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