Republicans cancel presidential election in CO... Voters burn registrations in protest... 1 MILLION REPUBLICANS SIDELINED... Protest Planned... PAPER: GOP made big mistake...
Colorado Republicans cancel presidential vote at 2016 caucus Move makes Colorado only state to date to opt out of early nomination process By John Frank The Denver Post Posted: 08/25/2015 02:06:20 PM MDT193 Comments | Updated: 04/11/2016 EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was first published on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015 at 2:06 p.m. Please see Angry Donald Trump blasts Colorado GOP results as "totally unfair," published on Sunday, April 10, 2016.
Colorado will not vote for a Republican candidate for president at its 2016 caucus after party leaders approved a little-noticed shift that may diminish the state's clout in the most open nomination contest in the modern era.
The GOP executive committee has voted to cancel the traditional presidential preference poll after the national party changed its rules to require a state's delegates to support the candidate who wins the caucus vote.
The move makes Colorado the only state so far to forfeit a role in the early nomination process, according to political experts, but other caucus states are still considering how to adapt to the new rule.
Trump erupts as Cruz sweeps Colorado without votes 'Biggest story in politics. This will not be allowed!' Published: 12 hours ago
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump erupted on “Fox & Friends” Monday morning after a weekend that saw Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas sweep all of Colorado’s 34 delegates without any votes being cast by citizens in a traditional primary process.
“I’ve gotten millions … of more votes than [Sen. Ted] Cruz, and I’ve gotten hundreds of delegates more, and we keep fighting, fighting, fighting, and then you have a Colorado where they just get all of these delegates, and it’s not [even] a system,” Trump said, during the Fox News broadcast. “There was no voting. I didn’t go out there to make a speech or anything. There’s no voting.”
His comments came after Cruz won the remaining 13 delegates at the weekend’s convention, bringing his total for the state to 34, an outcome he described as unfair and just shy of illegal.
“They offer them trips — they offer them all sorts of things, and you’re allowed to do that,” Trump said, of the method by which some woo delegates. “I mean, you’re allowed to offer trips, and you can buy all these votes. What kind of a system is this? Now, I’m an outsider, and I came into the system and I’m winning the votes by millions of votes. But the system is rigged. It’s crooked.”
I don't EVER want to hear that "I am the Constitutional Conservative" shit from Teddy Boy or his supporters after this. His approach to the Constitution is the same as Jesse James' approach to banking.
At this point whenever I hear "Constitutional Conservative" I think of the tail wagging the dog. At the close of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Franklin was queried as he left Independence Hall on the final day of deliberation. In the notes of Dr. James McHenry, one of Maryland’s delegates to the Convention, a lady asked Dr. Franklin “Well Doctor what have we got, a republic or a monarchy.” Franklin replied, “A republic . . . if you can keep it.”
Sorry, Ben...looks like we couldn't keep it. Bring on the wrecking ball...there are a few things still worth saving in this mess.
Quote: PzLdr wrote in post #3I don't EVER want to hear that "I am the Constitutional Conservative" shit from Teddy Boy or his supporters after this. His approach to the Constitution is the same as Jesse James' approach to banking.
Any catch phrase can be used for sinister purposes. Add "Constitutional Conservative" to the list that suckers will fall for.
******* “We cannot continue to allow ourselves to be influenced and molded by the political class and by the media. That is going to destroy us," he said, remarking that it's "kind of sad" that the press is the only business protected by the Constitution "because they were supposed to be the allies of the people." Dr. Ben Carson
Quote: PzLdr wrote in post #3I don't EVER want to hear that "I am the Constitutional Conservative" shit from Teddy Boy or his supporters after this. His approach to the Constitution is the same as Jesse James' approach to banking.