Posted on 04/15/2016 5:20:33 AM PDT by bobsunshine
On Saturday, April 9, Colorado had an “election” without voters. Delegates were chosen on behalf of a presidential nominee, yet the people of Colorado were not able to cast their ballots to say which nominee they preferred.
A planned vote had been canceled. And one million Republicans in Colorado were sidelined.
In recent days, something all too predictable has happened: Politicians furiously defended the system. “These are the rules,” we were told over and over again. If the “rules” can be used to block Coloradans from voting on whether they want better trade deals, or stronger borders, or an end to special-interest vote-buying in Congress—well, that’s just the system and we should embrace it.
Let me ask America a question: How has the “system” been working out for you and your family?
I, for one, am not interested in defending a system that for decades has served the interest of political parties at the expense of the people. Members of the club—the consultants, the pollsters, the politicians, the pundits and the special interests—grow rich and powerful while the American people grow poorer and more isolated.
No one forced anyone to cancel the vote in Colorado. Political insiders made a choice to cancel it. And it was the wrong choice.
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Very good point!
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"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."---Claire Wolfe, 1996
Liberal heads are exploding over at the WSJ....
This is the reason the GOP establishment has always been able to shove establishment “moderates” like Bob Dull, Juan McQueeg, Milt Romley, etc. election after election.
Yeah, I know “it’s the rule,” but the rules have been written of, by and for the establishment.
It’s time for that to change.
They value their party machine, cronyism, perks and the comfort of the DC bureaucrat ambience that says “eff the voters.”
Their party values will become their shroud. About time.
what a f’n lying dirtbag. Poisoning the well over his lack of competence. Unfit to be president.
It's all hogwash. He intends to put existing insider politics on trial before the American people.
I've learned more about the Republican party and about primaries this election cycle than I ever wanted to know. And, yes, I should have known it before and, yes, I didn't work hard enough to understand it. But the only thing that means is that the stench of the rotting political corpse reached my nostrils later rather than sooner. And I'd sooner see it rot than participate in it as it stands.
FreeRepublic has attempted to root out corruption in the past. It only makes sense that it should continue to do so now.
Thanks for your post.
Donald Trump is correct.
The Colorado operatives killed the vote in Colorado a few months ago. It was done for political purposes.
And it was done to prevent voting.
Trump is half right. The rules were changed in the fall for corrupt reasons. Trump still should have played the game under the rules he was facing.
Team Trump should have studied the rules, flooded those local caucuses that elected state delegates with Trump people equipped with lists of who to vote for as delegates (the local Trump coordinators, of course), and won some deelgates. It’s Donald Trump. We’ve all seen how many people he can turn out. He could have done much better than he did. Instead, he overlooked the process and lost. It’s the same mistake that Hillary made in 2008.
I blame the state party for putting party interests ahead of voter interests. But I also blame Trump for not paying enough attention to the detail side of a political campaign. He got swept in a state that he did not have to lose so badly. If Trump doesn’t get the nomination, it’s because he messed up (and maybe also because the party is corrupt, but he could have overcome that known corruption and didn’t bother).
Cruz has any ideas that are not Trump's?
He can't have a rally
No one comes
He talks about a ground game that it is it.
That is not going to cut it against the out funded Cruz against Hillary
Delgates votes count 1 vote in the General same as mine if I vote. Trump is the only one who can beat Hillary
Don't show me any polls we have 50 separate elections for President and Cruz is only a Regional Candidate
Third in Virginia, Ohio, Florida no counties won less than 20% of the GOP Vote.
Ted quit for the party
No, very bad point. The process we are currently experiencing is a private entity (the Republican and Democratic political parties) choosing who they wish to put on the ballot for the November Presidential elections.
It is a decision that can be made by a popular vote of registered party members, a popular vote of unaffiliated persons expressing interest in participating in the party’s selection process, or it can be made by the party management itself.
Is there one state in the union that allows a person to vote in both the Democratic and the Republican primary? Then people did not have a chance to select one of the two main candidates in any state.
What irks me is that in most states the primaries have turned into quasi-elections themselves, with local governments providing the infrastructure to conduct such elections.
Does your county election board run elections for the UAW union? Then why should they run elections for the Republicans or Democrats?
How Colorado chooses their delegates is up to the Colorado Republican State Committee. How Iowa chooses their delegates is up to the Iowa Republican State Committee. How the Republican National Committee selects their slate of candidates is up to the Republican National Committee.
Boo friggin’ hoo, Donald Trump. (This from a semi-supporter of Trump.)
Don’t be so harsh on Cruz. I know that nobody likes Teddy and he’s a real asshole, but Cruz isn’t a dirtbag. Oh wait he is.
The race I mean
Trump: 37% of the total vote, 46% of the total delegates, to date. The system is “rigged” in his favor.
I don’t see where he’s lying here.
Are you going to defend the corrupt k-street lobbyist system?
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