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Not nearly as pathetic as watching Donald Trump behave like a spoiled child crying "Not fair! Not fair!" while claiming the system was rigged against him, when he didn't even have a team out here to campaign, not to mention that he himself never showed up.
You may not like it, but at least Ted Cruz told the truth here. Donald Trump certainly didn't.
Bullhockey! A candidate doesn't need to make personal appearances to be on the ballot. Have you never heard of TV? YouTube? All his speeches and debates were available to everyone on Planet Earth.
Then why didn't YOU make sure your father had the necessary ID to ensure that he could vote? If I were him, I would be upset to, knowing that illegals get away with voting and are not even citizens!!
As for college kids, if they do not have a DL, then they can still get a State ID card that makes them eligible to vote in the state in which they live. If a college student is too stupid to figure that out, then it is better for the country that they CAN'T vote!
You know what?
It's ridiculous any way you put it.
A military ID SHOULD SUFFICE. A college ID SHOULD SUFFICE. And anything else us just BS.
You mean the new rules that were put in place in August 2015 after the candidates had declared their candidacy? Have you heard this was in place over a year ago? Do the math?
August 2015 was a lifetime ago in political terms... trump & his 'team' had plenty of time to figure out the requirements for each state well in advance of each primary or delegate selection process. Cruz, and likely Kasich, even tho we don't hear about him a lot, did bother to learn and put together a ground team to work within the rules. Trump didn't bother, his team didn't bother, and now they, and all the disgruntled trump followers are crying about it. buck up, trump followers, there is always New York!
edited to add: oh, I just noticed in your post, this... "after the candidates had declared their candidacy". What, trump wouldn't have run if he had known Colorado would change their rules after he declared? I wouldn't be surprised if rules change a lot during each political season, maybe even in the 'off' years when no prez election is going on... and it behooves someone who actually understands the concept to make sure they have a ground team in place and they are prepared for changes.
Let me make this perfectly clear - I am no defending the retarded way Colorado selected its delegates. I am, however, disparaging trump for his infantile, and futile, ranting about the rules. If he can't take the heat, get outa the kitchen.
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Reason: What? trump wouldn't have run if he knew the rules?
In CO, delegates were elected to the NRC and all the elected delegates were pledged to Cruz. That indeed qualifies as winning (and by winning, I mean a shellacking) by Cruz.
None of the Colorado delegates are "pledged". Some indicated a preference and lean towards Cruz but they are not "pledged" and are free agents, even on the first ballot, at the National Convention.
Bullhockey! A candidate doesn't need to make personal appearances to be on the ballot. Have you never heard of TV? YouTube? All his speeches and debates were available to everyone on Planet Earth.
A candidate DOES need to make a personal appearance if he wants to sway delegates at a caucus. And he actually needs to supply a list of delegates to the party LIKE THE RULES REQUIRE!
"But, he noted, when Trump won 47 percent of the votes in Florida and received 100 percent of the state’s delegates, “I didn’t hear anybody [in his campaign] complaining about unfairness.
Ohhhh... where are the people from Florida when you need them! How come nobody has complained about the "winner take all" unfair party tactics going on there! It impacts all the voters! It is the elite taking away the people's votes!
Where are the tweets and trumper tantrums saying he shouldn't have gotten all the delegates and giving the other guys their fair share? What? He thought it was totally fair? ohhhh. ok, I'll shut up about it now. I understand. Fair to trump is all that matters.
Should have done so from the start, doing so now will only give the appearance of a spoiled little boy taking his ball and going to play somewhere else.
Y'know... at this point it would be a relief if he did go third party. He could create his own third party... call it 'the party of one'. He won't because
1. he gets far more attention by doing his little 'oh, poor me, unfair, unfair' act against the republican party, and
2. he wouldn't have the backing of a major party and would have to either call on ;his 'rich' friends (maybe those muslim rich friends that he will let in without vetting would contribute?) who may not be willing to financially back an independent run, or pay for all the machinery of an election himself. We've seen from his 'charitable donations' list that he is loath to take money from his own pocket for anything, so that seems unlikely.
It's not a valid point. It's a logical fallacy. One can say the same thing about anything. Such as...
If Ted Cruz can't handle a story about his infidelity in the National Enquirer, how is he going to handle Putin?
Yet, that turned out to be a tempest in a teapot. Heard anything more about it lately? So, him categorically denying it appears to have worked, and it has fallen by the way. I guess there just wasn't any substance to the trumped up story. (oh, duh.. 'trumped up'... talk about irony)
I'm uneducated, so I apologize for not understanding what you mean?
think 'pork belly futures' and you might see the joke.
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