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Well I didn't get to vote early like I wanted but I did vote today and feel the weight of the world off my shoulders!
Happy voting to all you band mixers whatever your political leanings!

Thought I could vote in the primaries from Tel Aviv, but told that only works for the general election.


If I were a democrat my wife could vote for me and all my dead relatives!?!

I voted after I got out of work, line was getting long by the time I got out of there. Looks like its shaping up to be Hillary vs Trump in November.

I voted after I got out of work, line was getting long by the time I got out of there. Looks like its shaping up to be Hillary vs Trump in November.

Trump is a "closet Democrat".. Big Smile! (as Glennie used to say)

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Wonder if she will let Bill be 1st Man, now that's awkward.

True story that happened last night:

Mr. Cruz told voters in Overland Park, KS that Mr. Trump had contributed to members of the so-called Gang of Eight, a group of senators who promoted legislation in 2013 that offered legal status to undocumented immigrants.

“In 2013, when the Gang of Eight fight was being fought, where was Donald?” Mr. Cruz asked. “He was funding them. Donald Trump was funding the Gang of Eight.”

A woman listened from the wings. “From a strip club!” she shouted, suggesting (a bit imprecisely) the source of Mr. Trump’s wealth.

Mr. Cruz smirked. “I don’t know,” he said, “if he gave it to them one dollar at a time.”

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You can't judge this by the number of states but by the number of delegates won. Texas is 1/4 of the total needed and Cruz won big there. He was only 28 delegates behind Trump with a chance to pass him (for this week) in other primaries.

For the night, Trump won at least 237 delegates and Cruz won at least 209. Rubio was a distant third with at least 94.

There are still 33 delegates left to be allocated on Wednesday. Cruz won at least 99 of the 155 delegates at stake in Texas. Trump got at least 38, with 14 left to be awarded. Rubio picked up four.

That means Cruz almost caught up with Trump on Super Tuesday just by winning Texas alone, though people are focused on the number of States.

Overall, Trump leads the field with 319 delegates and Cruz has 226. Rubio has 110, Kasich has 25 and Ben Carson has eight. It takes 1,237 delegates to win the Republican nomination for president.

I hear rumors of Cruz/Rubio ticket. If that happened, together they have more delegates than Trump, 336 to 319 so far. If no one wins a majority of delegates (and that looks likely) there will be a brokered convention in July. If Cruz/Rubio have more delegates there could be a legitimate case made for them to get the nomination. If they are not on the same ticket and the nomination is awarded to either of them, it will be jihad.

I find it interesting that Trump's presence in the race has shielded Ted Cruz from the onslaught I was sure he would get from the Establishment. Now, the Tea Party candidate from Texas is looking like their darling and last gasp hope, though I think he's more dangerous to the Establishment than Trump ever would be.

On the other hand, today they gave immunity to the staffer who set up Clinton's server and it looking more likely that there will be something coming down the pike over this. There is a decent chance she could be arrested in the middle of the general election.

If that happened it would be an Independent Trump vs Republicans Cruz/Rubio and (most likely) Democrat Joe Biden. It could also be rioting in the streets and marshall law. Who knows?

Interesting times...

Right on Ted.
I like Cruz because of his ideals of constitutional law. Mike Talbot pointed out a truth. Our constitution has been severely violated at all levels. Unfortunately even the GOP has shown what a " PESKY DOCUMENT" it is. Cruz has become a threat to those that want to manipulate the law.
Rubio needs another decade to mature.
Kasich, solid principles, but too quiet. Not a rock star.
Dr Carson... Wonderful person, some very good ideas... Way to gentle to stand up to the evil coming down the road.
Clinton, Sanders, desire to fundamentally keep moving forward and change America is what it is.
Trump... He is a very tough rock star. He owes no allegiance to anyone. I hope his allegiance is to America.

Other than that... All of you should be rejoicing that I wasn't in any of the debates.

this is NOT an attempt at mockery whatsoever, but it was only a few months ago, GLEN, that all you could say was TRUMP this, TRUMP that, you were almost worshipping the ground Trump walked on. everybody has a right to change their mind I guess.. and I won't call you out as a liar, cause that is mockery, and you are too good a guy to mock..

this is NOT an attempt at mockery whatsoever, but it was only a few months ago, GLEN, that all you could say was TRUMP this, TRUMP that, you were almost worshipping the ground Trump walked on. everybody has a right to change their mind I guess.. and I won't call you out as a liar, cause that is mockery, and you are too good a guy to mock..

"They will kill him before they let him be president. It could be a Republican or a Democrat that instigates the shutting up of Trump.

Don’t be surprised if Trump has an accident. Some people are getting very nervous: Barack Obama, Valerie Jarrett, Eric Holder, Hillary Clinton and Jon Corzine, to name just a few.

It's about the unholy dynamics between big government, big business, and big media. They all benefit by the billions of dollars from this partnership, and it's in all of their interests to protect one another. It's one for all and all for one. It’s a heck of a filthy relationship that makes everyone filthy rich, everyone except the American people. We get ripped off. We’re the patsies. But for once, the powerful socialist cabal and the corrupt crony capitalists are scared. The over-the-top reaction to Trump by politicians of both parties, the media, and the biggest corporations of America has been so swift and insanely angry that it suggests they are all threatened and frightened.

Donald Trump can self-fund. No matter how much they say to the contrary, the media, business, and political elite understand that Trump is no joke. He could actually win and upset their nice cozy apple cart.

It's no coincidence that everyone has gotten together to destroy The Donald. It's because most of the other politicians are part of the a good old boys club. They talk big, but they won’t change a thing. They are all beholden to big-money donors. They are all owned by lobbyists, unions, lawyers, gigantic environmental organizations, and multinational corporations – like Big Pharmacy or Big Oil. Or they are owned lock, stock, and barrel by foreigners like George Soros owns Obama or foreign governments own Hillary and their Clinton Foundation donations.

These run-of-the-mill establishment politicians are all puppets owned by big money. But there's one man who isn't beholden to anyone. There's one man who doesn't need foreigners, or foreign governments, or George Soros, or the United Auto Workers, or the teacher's union, or the Service Employees International Union, or the Bar Association to fund his campaign.

Billionaire tycoon and maverick Donald Trump doesn’t need anyone’s help. That means he doesn’t care what the media says. He doesn’t care what the corporate elites think. That makes him very dangerous to the entrenched interests. That makes Trump a huge threat to those people. Trump can ruin everything for the bribed politicians and their spoiled slave masters.

Don’t you ever wonder why the GOP has never tried to impeach Obama? Don’t you wonder why John Boehner and Mitch McConnell talk a big game, but never actually try to stop Obama? Don’t you wonder why Congress holds the purse strings, yet has never tried to de-fund Obamacare or Obama’s clearly illegal executive action on amnesty for illegal aliens? Bizarre, right? It defies logic, right?

First, I'd guess many key Republicans are being bribed. Secondly, I believe many key Republicans are being blackmailed. Whether they are having affairs, or secretly gay, or stealing taxpayer money, the National Security Agency knows everything.

Ask former House Speaker Dennis Hastert about that. The government even knew he was withdrawing large sums of his own money from his own bank account. The NSA, the SEC, the IRS, and all the other three-letter government agencies are watching every Republican political leader. They surveil everything. Thirdly, many Republicans are petrified of being called racists, so they are scared to ever criticize Obama or call out his crimes, let alone demand his impeachment. Fourth , why rock the boat? After defeat or retirement, if you’re a good old boy, you’ve got a $5 million-per-year lobbying job waiting. The big-money interests have the system gamed. Win or lose, they win.

But Trump doesn’t play by any of these rules. Trump breaks up this nice, cozy relationship between big government, big media, and big business. All the rules are out the window if Trump wins the Presidency. The other politicians will protect Obama and his aides but not Trump. Remember: Trump is the guy who publicly questioned Obama's birth certificate. He questioned Obama's college records and how a mediocre student got into an Ivy League university. Now, he's doing something no Republican has the chutzpah to do. He's questioning our relationship with Mexico; he's questioning why the border is wide open; he's questioning why no wall has been built across the border; he's questioning if allowing millions of illegal aliens into America is in our best interests; he's questioning why so many illegal aliens commit violent crimes, yet are not deported; and he's questioning why our trade deals with Mexico, Russia and China are so bad.

Trump has the audacity to ask out loud why American workers always get the short end of the stick. Good question! I'm certain Trump will question what happened to the almost billion dollars given in a rigged no-bid contract to college friends of Michelle Obama at foreign companies to build the defective Obamacare website. By the way, that tab is now up to $5 billion. Trump will ask if Obamacare's architects can be charged with fraud for selling it by lying. Trump will investigate Obama's widespread IRS conspiracy, not to mention Obama's college records. Trump will prosecute Clinton and Obama for fraud committed to cover up Benghazi before the election. How about the fraud committed by employees of the Labor Department when they made up dramatic job numbers in the last jobs report before the 2012 election?

Obama, the multinational corporations and the media need to stop Trump. They recognize this could get out of control. If left unchecked, telling the raw truth and asking questions everyone else is afraid to ask, Trump could wake a sleeping giant. Trump's election would be a nightmare. Obama has committed many crimes. No one else but Trump would dare to prosecute. He will not hesitate. Once Trump gets in and gets a look at the cooked books and Obama's records, the game is over. The goose is cooked. Holder could wind up in prison. Jarrett could wind up in prison. Obama bundler Corzine could wind up in prison for losing $1.5 billion of customer money. Clinton could wind up in jail for deleting 32,000 emails or for accepting bribes from foreign governments while Secretary of State, or for misplacing $6 billion as the head of the State Department, or for lying about Benghazi. The entire upper level management of the IRS could wind up in prison.

Obamacare will be de-funded and dismantled. Obama himself could wind up ruined, his legacy in tatters. Trump will investigate. Trump will prosecute. Trump will go after everyone involved. That’s why the dogs of hell have been unleashed on Donald Trump.

Yes, it's become open season on Donald Trump. The left and the right are determined to attack his policies, harm his businesses, and, if possible, even keep him out of the coming debates. But they can't silence him. And they sure can't intimidate him. The more they try, the more the public will realize that he's the one telling the truth".

Do you mean the Trump that is about to be investigated for fraud?

http://www.occupydemocrats.com/2016/03/ ... niversity/

Or the Trump who refused to disavow the KKK?

Or the Trump who openly hates minorities, women and poor people?

Or all of the above?

Yeah, that makes sense.

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this is NOT an attempt at mockery whatsoever, but it was only a few months ago, GLEN, that all you could say was TRUMP this, TRUMP that, you were almost worshipping the ground Trump walked on. everybody has a right to change their mind I guess.. and I won't call you out as a liar, cause that is mockery, and you are too good a guy to mock..

In Glen's defense, Trump has spoken quite a lot since then and people have had time to judge his words & character a little better. I agree with much of what he says he will do...just don't see a track record of him actually doing any of those things in his well-documented past. He simply can't be predicted. He might turn out to be great, or he might be the worst thing that ever happened. I'm going to have to roll those dice because Hillary would predictably be the death of us.

I love watching people squirm when Trump shines a spotlight on them, (even when it's another GOP candidate if there is any truth to his accusations) and he has brought up issues that no one else in the race was going to bring up. I find him very entertaining and engaging. The problem is that we aren't voting for a commentator.

I'm sick of 8 years of ridicule replacing substance. Donald is the best at ridiculing others, even better than Obama just not as politically smart about it. A President should be above that...not an impulsive insulter.

Because I've met Glen, I know he isn't the insane guy he acts like on this board sometimes. He's doing that to tweak "some people" and he gets that job done.

Yod - Excellent write up. I've been seeing the same things, Trump had my interest even before he announced. Not because I like the guy, as a person I don't. Don't like the egotistical personality, the constant bragging, and I could easily live without a lot of his more outrageous statements. In quite a few cases I'm not sure if he's not also stretching the truth.

But...as you said, he's the only one with backbone enough to call out the establishment for what they are, the only one to state loudly and consistently that our so called leaders are spineless, ineffective and dishonest. And that goes for both parties.

Trump is also very complicated...but I see the one thing I've never seen an any politician. He really believes in this country and its greatness. That's not just campaign rhetoric. I'm really worried about what he will do once in office, but I have to believe he will do the right thing.

I look at what our politicians have done for the past 50 years and I'm disgusted. Both parties have had their chance to run things, and the country has steadily gone downhill. We're $19 Trillion in debt. 95 million people have dropped out of the labor market. 46 million on food stamps. I haven't heard a number, but more people on welfare than ever. At least 15 million illegal immigrant here right now, predominately from south of us. (to be fair, quite a few have come from all over the world too) Median income has fallen about $3000 per year since Obama took office. The price of everything has doubled. By comparison, milk and gas took 20 years to double in price before that. Fortunately, gas has gone down in the past year, but Obama can't claim it. Middle eastern countries are producing more than they can sell, and we're producing more of our own...against Obama's will, he placed a moratorium on US oil drilling long ago. That's why gas prices went up at first, one of the few things Bush did that I liked was opening up oil drilling in this country, or threatening to, and OPEC immediately dropped their prices. Anyway I digress...violent crime is again on the rise, after decreasing for 20 years. At least murder anyway, Chicago has already topped 200 for this year if I remember correctly. We spend more per student than any other country in the world, yet we rate number 30 out of 30 countries in quality of education. That's gone down from number 17 when Obama started. and Islam is being taught in our schools. HUH??? Christianity has been almost totally removed from the schools, and Islam is actually being taught? Yes. Thousands of Syrian "refugees" are headed our way, even though we have no way of finding out who they are, where they come from and why they want to be here. And 60% of them are not from Syria at all, and around 75% or more are able bodied, military age men. I've never seen a refugee movement like that, it's usually families and predominantly women, children and old folks.

The media is lying to us about most of this. Whoever ends up in the White Hut has one hell of a job come next year. If our economy lasts that long. If we don't see civil war break out, or martial law. If the economy does topple, it will make 1929 look like a bad day a the fishing pond. we also have the threat of any of several countries who hate us lobbing a nuclear warhead our direction, exploding it about 15 miles up and causing an EMP surge that would knock out at least half of the electrical grid for the entire country. I don't think most people really have a clue what that would look like. Picture yourself in downtown New York, Houston, Atlanta, LA or any of a dozen others, with no electricity, no working gas pumps for hundreds of miles, no water, not an elevator in sight to get you DOWN out of that 20th story apartment, you have enough food to last maybe a week and if you do make it to the street, it's a war zone...literally. Now you have to walk at least 10 miles through a huge city to escape, with no food or water, gangs controlling every puddle you might drink from, and once they see you they will attack and steal everything including your clothes...

And that is a distinct possibility, before we even get to elect another president, if just one incident really gets out of hand. I was really worried when Ferguson was burned and looted, I thought it was started then. It will only take one incident like that and a lot of people will decide they've had enough, and we're in huge trouble.

Then we have a supreme court vacancy too, and that just became a big issue in this election. I'm pretty sure Cruz would appoint someone who believes in the Constitution, and I think Trump would too. I don't think anyone else would do that well...everyone else is controlled by big money.

And that's my one issue with Cruz. I like Cruz a lot, but he still has to get a lot of money from somewhere, who is whispering in Ted's ear? His recent attacks on Trump have had me really second thinking Cruz, only the establishment hates Trump that much. The attacks I saw did not seem like typical campaign jabs.

That's why even though I do have some hesitance about it, I'm thinking Trump is the best bet to bring us back from the brink of disaster. The things you pointed out are all very valid, and someone else put it this way in another thread, and I agree

Democrats hate Trump.
Republicans hate Trump.
The media hates Trump.

what better endorsements can he get?

How can anyone with a sane mind want this guy for President?



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And that's my one issue with Cruz. I like Cruz a lot, but he still has to get a lot of money from somewhere, who is whispering in Ted's ear? His recent attacks on Trump have had me really second thinking Cruz, only the establishment hates Trump that much. The attacks I saw did not seem like typical campaign jabs.

That's why even though I do have some hesitance about it, I'm thinking Trump is the best bet to bring us back from the brink of disaster. The things you pointed out are all very valid, and someone else put it this way in another thread, and I agree

Democrats hate Trump.
Republicans hate Trump.
The media hates Trump.

what better endorsements can he get?

Maybe Trump will be a different person than his recent history tells us he is...but chances are higher that Trump would put us over the brink of disaster. Please, we had the past President making vague promises, and saying whatever he thought his followers wanted to hear. Look at Trump's record and it tells a vastly different story. He was a liberal Democrat only 2 years ago...and now he's conservative? It doesn't pass the smell test, imo.


I'll vote to roll the dice if it's between him and Hillary, but for now ANY of the other choices are better because they have a track record that lines up with their promises.

Cruz is rather sly about raising money...a necessary evil in politics. But as a citizen of Texas you should know that he has kept every promise made to us when he went to Congress, and it has not made him any friends in D.C.

He is anathema for RINOs and I chuckle every time I think about how the establishment hates him as much as Trump but will have to support him if they want to keep the GOP from completely going down the tubes (if Trump turns out to be who he has been before he started running)

I like what Trump says...just don't think he can be trusted. He knows how to tap into the average citizen's anger, but manipulating anger is easy and any dictator can do it. Castro, Mao, Lenin, even Hitler all sounded like a hero before they got power, so I'd be very careful about checking into his past record if I were you.

Democrats hate Cruz.
Republicans hate Cruz.
The media hates Cruz.

what better endorsements can he get?


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