Of the money that [Drumpf] has contributed to the campaign ($17.78 million), about one percent ($250,318) of that is a direct contribution to the campaign and the rest is in the form of loans. By making his contributions this way, it allows for Trump to be paid back later using other campaign contributions they receive, according to FEC rules.
He's planning to have his "loans" to his campaign be paid back by contributors for his "self-funded" campaign.
He's planning to have his "loans" to his campaign be paid back by contributors for his "self-funded" campaign.
He mentions to the media that he lawyers set it up that way. Also, that his small donations were mostly merchandise that he sells. At least the donors get something tangible with their donation. Just like all of Rafael Cruz's $115 million in one way or another is a loan from special interest and the GOP elites to spank him to do what they want him to do.
Yep and should he become the republican nominee, the democrats will waste no time or expense to show just how connected Cruz is to the Bush family.
It might not have to come to that, with his dealings with Neil Bush, Savings & Loans Crisis and Chinese hookers.
There is one of the lawyers from the DC Madame who will release the phone records of their clients, although he is risking jail time if they are released. But other lawyers on the case basically said that of all the candidates running for President, those NOT on the list is Trump, Kasich, Clinton, and Sanders.
Maybe the National Enquirer was right about Rafael Cruz's sleezy cheating story after all.
He mentions to the media that he lawyers set it up that way. Also, that his small donations were mostly merchandise that he sells. At least the donors get something tangible with their donation. Just like all of Rafael Cruz's $115 million in one way or another is a loan from special interest and the GOP elites to spank him to do what they want him to do.
If you have no problem with one, you should have no problem with the other.
In the middle of last year, the Republican National Committee changed the rules for states at the convention. Henceforth, unlike prior years, state delegates would be bound to the popular vote on the first ballot.
Colorado had always let delegates cast their votes as they wanted, but also had Presidential preference straw polls in each of their caucuses. They determined that if they kept those polls, it would bind the delegates. So in August of last year, Colorado announced it would change its caucuses and delete the Presidential poll.
As a result, last August, all the candidates knew they had to make a delegate play in Colorado.
The Trump campaign failed to put down a ground game in Colorado until the last minute and failed spectacularly.
There was no stealing. There were no last minute changes. Trump had since last August and just failed to do anything. That’s his fault, not Cruz’s or the GOP’s.
Posted: 08/25/2015 02:06:20 PM MDT EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was first published on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015 at 2:06 p.m.
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.
The only reason I want to see Trump succeed is because the Republican politicians in D.C. don't want him. I doubt it will do anything to change the party on the whole but it will illustrate the disconnect the party has from it's voters.
Will you run as an independent if you don't get the republican nomination
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"I'm gonna have to see how I was treated. It's very simple."
The message to the GOP -
If you do not retain rule 40 I will take my voters with me. I will run third party and you will lose the election.
Rule 40 would (at this point) disqualify Cruz and Kasich from being on the ballot at the convention. Both candidates have been conducting their campaigns believing they have to meet 2 markers
1. 1237 delegates 2. 8 state minimum (rule 40)
Retaining rule 40 would not be a change of the rules. It would be upholding the rule. At this point eliminating rule 40 only serves one purpose, deny Trump convention Sweep if he does not reach 1237 before the convention.....
I don't see Drumpf winning. He might be able to beat Bernie, but he's polling behind Hillary and a lot of Republicans would rather vote for Bernie or Hillary than Drumpf. Either as the GOP nominee or third party candidate, he gives Hillary the win either way.
The CO fiasco shows me once again why he's not presidential material. The rules for CO were set last August. He knew them and blew it. Instead of accepting responsibility, he whines - just like Obama. We don't need an Obama third term, even if he calls himself a Republican.
I don't see Drumpf winning. He might be able to beat Bernie, but he's polling behind Hillary and a lot of Republicans would rather vote for Bernie or Hillary than Drumpf.
That's pretty sad.
But as I said from the get go with Trump, I think he is just going to suck votes away so a Democrat can get in again.
I don't see Drumpf winning. He might be able to beat Bernie, but he's polling behind Hillary and a lot of Republicans would rather vote for Bernie or Hillary than Drumpf. Either as the GOP nominee or third party candidate, he gives Hillary the win either way.
I can not see Hillary getting the enough votes to become president. That women is not admired by anyone. The only people who thinks she is qualified to be president based their conclusion on genitalia only.
Against Trump she would lose so bad, Obama would shutdown the Government just to devote the man power and money to investigate.
I would love it if, when Trump beats her, he would play 1 song afterwards. "JZ 99 Problems" just to slap her and JZ. Hell don't even play the song. Just set a ring tone an have the call come in while he's at the microphone. "It's just my Campaign manager letting me know we won - "
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This ones for you Bill, If you're having girl problems I feel bad for you son. I got 99 problems but a ***** ain't one. ... 99 Problems but a ***** ain't one.
Hell he won't admit it but I bet Bill would vote for Trump to avoid his legacy being reduced to the first male First Lady of the United States and become the biggest joke in our nations history.
This is the only pole I recognize.....................
Why! is she polish and what would her nationality have to do with anything. The backyard don't look bad. But if she were to spin around and the front yard was all manscape -
Against Trump she would lose so bad, Obama would shutdown the Government just to devote the man power and money to investigate.
Since November of last year, there have been only 5 national polls to support anything even vaguely like that....and 4 of them were conducted by Fox News. There's a shock, right? Even Fox has her ahead of Trump by 11 points in THEIR last poll.
Since November of last year, there have been only 5 national polls to support anything even vaguely like that....and 4 of them were conducted by Fox News. There's a shock, right? Even Fox has her ahead of Trump by 11 points in THEIR last poll.
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As far as your reply, Yes, the polls do paint that picture. BUT the turn out numbers on both sides are telling a different story all together.
Polls can be easily be flawed by several intentional and unintentional factors that do not affect turnout at primaries and rallies. Media and Strategist can spin the opinion of what is driving the turnout numbers but they can not deny the numbers themselves.
To date, Hillary's rally turnout numbers look like those of a candidate unknown outside of their home town. Sure she is doing better than sanders but the turnout for the democratic nomination process is sharply down by huge numbers.
Trump's rally turnouts are huge and the Republican nomination process has increased well beyond previous turnout numbers.
So far, the democratic response to the fact that republican turnout is up, democrat turnout is down;
"well democrats vote more in the general than in the primaries"
Well that wasn't true with Obama and the primary turnout was reflected in the national. The fact that democratic turnout is so low only reflects the lack of interest in candidates who are not a historical event they can identify or relate to. Neither candidate is poor, middle class, a minority, young and both are career politicians. There is nothing remotely appealing about either candidate. I've seen this before and we called them Mondale, Dole and McCain.
Sorry but with Trump - the democratic candidate will be force to compete for Democratic voters while Cruz would have to fight for Republican, Independent and Democratic votes. Again, Sorry but you can't winning elections while defending your own ground. Trump is taking ground that he never held and is holding it without much effort to speak of.....
I always have to wonder what the difference between the polls that they take and actuality is. If faced with someone asking you questions versus the privacy of a voting booth, would people who insist that there's no way they would vote for Trump still pull the lever for him? I honestly can't wait for November to be here and gone so we can stop this ridiculous excuse for a campaign year. I didn't think it could get any worse for this country until faced with the sorry lot we have for candidates. I say bring out a Powell\Rice - Rice\Powell ticket and blow everyone out of the water. It would never happen though. I think both of them are too intelligent and not narcissistic enough to feel compelled to run.
I say bring out a Powell\Rice - Rice\Powell ticket and blow everyone out of the water. It would never happen though. I think both of them are too intelligent and not narcissistic enough to feel compelled to run.
I wanted Gen. Powell to run years ago but he said at the time he didn't wish to subject his family to the rigours and attacks related to a presidential campaign.
I respect him for that.
I'm not sure how I feel about Rice though.
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The thing I respect about the both of them is that, for the most part, they have stayed out of the political spotlight and just gone about their merry ways. Even though there has been plenty of people trashing them this year and in the past. They "did their time" and now they're moving on. But neither one of them has really seen fit to interject themselves into the current political atmosphere and start badmouthing this candidate or supporting that one. I don't blame either one of them for staying out of things. I wouldn't want to subject either my family or myself to the kind of crap that both sides as part of the proverbial mud slinging. Seems like a lot of times, if they can't find enough to trash someone on, they'll just make it up and see what sticks.
The CO fiasco shows me once again why he's not presidential material. The rules for CO were set last August. He knew them and blew it. Instead of accepting responsibility, he whines - just like Obama. We don't need an Obama third term, even if he calls himself a Republican.
errors could have violated state bylaws significantly enough that some of the results could be contested, according to the volunteers.
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Article Xiii of the Colorado Republican Convention bylaws (Assemblies and Conventions Section A) show that a delegate candidate must be identified alongside the name of the presidential candidate that he or she is pledged to support, so long as the delegate candidate discloses that information
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While I was putting together the National Delegate Slates for Mr. Trump on April 5th or 6th, copied and pasted from the Colorado GOP website – I noticed my name was missing from the website as being a national delegate candidate. Even though I had submitted timely paperwork. I called the GOP HQ. They said it was an error and they would correct it. Gave me ballot number 602 over the phone. I assumed my delegate name was corrected and added although even as of Thursday my name was still not on the website as a delegate.
I don’t know if it was ever added to the website. If I had not checked the website, which probably few do, I would never have even known the mistake and would have been completely missed as a delegate candidate.........
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the numbers only went up to 588, yet for 4 of the delegates on the slate, their numbers were higher than 588, and therefore not listed in the program:
#589 Kimberly Jajack
#598 Rheba Massay
#602 Becky Mizel
#610 Gabriel Schwartz
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I found these discrepancies between the Official Trump slate and the Ballot Supplement:
Name Number on Slate Number on Ballot Supplement
Robert Jenkins #257 #259
William Lambert #289 #298
Jerome Parks #379 #401
Becky Mizel #602 #606 (from blue sheet insert)
So Trump is either right about it rigged or he's wrong and it's far worse, it's Jerry rigged. This make it look like there were mistakes made that didn't affect the other candidates as it did Trump. Which does give it the appearance of being manipulated.....
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You haven't seen them "for some reason." I wonder what that reason is?
Thank You. I for one am ready for a president who is not afraid to say WTF when the circumstances warrant it. or a president who has no problem identifying an Ahole or DumbAzz when confronted by one. I certainly am ready for a President who will call it BS when it is......I really would like to see a President who does not stuff their humanity into box out side of public view just because it might look bad politically for them.
Most of the peers I have really respected over the years are those who called the bluff.
You haven't seen them "for some reason." I wonder what that reason is?
That reason is simple. The only time I have heard these accusations have been by people who only want to "stop Trump" at any cost. I figured it is just a part of their rhetoric. They never follow up with video clips so it appears to be the chorus of the same song they keep singing to their base (who seem to enjoy it.) I've not been to any debate or to any rallies or town hall meetings so my only experience with these guys is what the media (mainly Fox by choice) chooses to show me. I have felt no need to search YouTube because the accusations, true or untrue, don't affect my belief that he would be a strong leader.
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