Donald J. Trump's WSJ Op-Ed
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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.
* WELL...
(*SHRUGGING*)
* IT'S NOT REALLY THAT SIMPLE...
* BUT HIS LARGER POINT IS CORRECT, I BELIEVE; PRIMARIES
ARE BEST; CLOSED PRIMARIES BETTER STILL; REGISTERED REPUBLICAN VOTERS GOING TO
THE POLLS TO DIRECTLY CHOOSE THEIR CANDIDATES; REGISTERED DEMOCRATS GOING TO
THE POLLS TO DIRECTLY CHOOSE THEIR CANDIDATES.
(*ANOTHER SHRUG*)
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.
* HE'S GOOD...
(*SHRUG*)
* NOT SURE WHETHER THE WSJ DEMOGRAPHIC IS GONNA BUY IT...
BUT IF "SOUNDBITES" FROM THIS OP-ED GO VIRAL IT'S GONNA HELP HIM.
Let me ask America a question: How has the “system” been
working out for you and your family?
* BINGO!
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.
(*NOD*)
No one forced anyone to cancel the vote in Colorado.
Political insiders made a choice to cancel it. And it was the wrong choice.
* FUNDAMENTALLY... HE'S RIGHT. RATHER THAN ARGUE ABOUT
THE WORD "CANCEL," ALLOW ME TO SIMPLY POINT TO THE FACT THAT TRUMP IS
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT IN HIS LARGER POINT THAT THE PARTIES AREN'T REALLY CONTROLLED
BY REGISTERED PARTY MEMBERS BUT RATHER BY "COMMITTEE MEMBERS." AND,
YES... THESE "COMMITTEE MEMBERS" ARE "ELECTED." IN THEORY
AT LEAST. BUT IN REALITY... WHICH IS WHERE TRUMP IS FOCUSED... A TINY, TINY,
TINY POOL OF "INSIDERS" CONTROLS HOW OUR PARTIES FUNCTION. AND HOW
OUR PARTIES FUNCTION IMPACTS HOW OUR GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONS.
Responsible leaders should be shocked by the idea that
party officials can simply cancel elections in America if they don’t like what
the voters may decide.
* I KNOW THAT ON TUESDAY I'LL GO TO MY NYS POLLING PLACE
AND CAST MY BALLOT - FOR TRUMP. OTHERS WILL CAST THEIR BALLOT FOR CRUZ. STILL
OTHERS WILL CAST THEIR BALLOT FOR KASICH. AT LEAST HERE IN NEW YORK I - AS A
REPUBLICAN - HAVE SOME IMPACT. (AS FOR THE DEMOCRATS IN NEW YORK... THAT'S A
DIFFERENT STORY; EVEN IF BERNIE CAN COME FROM BEHIND TO WIN... HE'LL STILL LOSE
WHEN IT COMES TO ACTUAL DELEGATES BECAUSE OF THE "SUPER-DELEGATE"
SCAM THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY RUNS.)
The only antidote to decades of ruinous rule by a small
handful of elites is a bold infusion of popular will. On every major issue
affecting this country, the people are right and the governing elite are wrong.
The elites are wrong on taxes, on the size of government, on trade, on
immigration, on foreign policy.
* YEP... PRETTY MUCH!
Why should we trust the people who have made every wrong
decision to substitute their will for America’s will in this presidential
election?
Here, I part ways with Sen. Ted Cruz.
Mr. Cruz has toured the country bragging about his
voterless victory in Colorado.
For a man who styles himself as a warrior against the
establishment (you wouldn’t know it from his list of donors and endorsers),
you’d think he would be demanding a vote for Coloradans. Instead, Mr. Cruz is
celebrating their disenfranchisement.
* LISTEN. THIS IS POLITICS. THIS IS A COMPETITION.
OBVIOUSLY TRUMP'S CRITIQUE OF CRUZ IS "POLITICAL." THAT SAID... WERE
I ADVISING CRUZ... I'D BE ADVISING HIM TO ECHO TRUMP!
* THIS IS CRUZ'S MAIN PROBLEM: HE DOESN'T ECHO TRUMP WHEN
TRUMP IS RIGHT. HE SHOULD. (HE'D STILL HAVE THE COLORADO DELEGATES IF HE DID...
PLUS... HE'D SHARE THE "MORAL HIGH GROUND" WITH TRUMP ON THE BASIC
ISSUE OF "FAIRNESS" IN TERMS OF "PROCESS!")
Likewise, Mr. Cruz loudly boasts every time party
insiders disenfranchise voters in a congressional district by appointing
delegates who will vote the opposite of the expressed will of the people who
live in that district.
* ON SECOND... OR THIRD OR FORTH... BALLOT; NOT ON THE
FIRST BALLOT. AGAIN... IF TRUMP CAN'T REACH 1,237 THEN I BELIEVE A RUN-OFF
BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS IS PERFECTLY IN KEEPING WITH NOT ONLY
"FAIRNESS," BUT, CLEARLY, AMERICAN TRADITION.
That’s because Mr. Cruz has no democratic path to the
nomination. He has been mathematically eliminated by the voters.
* TRUE. BUT, AGAIN... THE MAGIC NUMBER IS 1,237. TRUMP
SHOULD BE LESS CONCERNED WITH CRUZ'S "MATHEMATICAL PATH" THAN WITH HIS OWN.
(*SHRUG*)
While I am self-funding, Mr. Cruz rakes in millions from
special interests. Yet despite his financial advantage, Mr. Cruz has won only
three primaries outside his home state and trails me by two million votes — a
gap that will soon explode even wider.
Mr. Cruz loses when people actually get to cast ballots.
* WELL... WE'D HAVE TO DO THE MATH ON THE STATES WHERE
THERE ARE CLOSED PRIMARIES vs. OPEN PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES.
Voter disenfranchisement is not merely part of the Cruz
strategy — it is the Cruz strategy.
* TRUMP GOES TOO FAR HERE. THAT SAID... THIS IS A
COMPETITION; A NASTY ONE AT THIS POINT. NEITHER MAN IS A SAINT. EITHER MAN
WOULD MAKE A GOOD PRESIDENT... CERTAINLY A BETTER PRESIDENT THAN ANY OTHER
CANDIDATE... CERTAINLY BETTER THAN CLINTON OR SANDERS.
The great irony of this campaign is that the “Washington
cartel” that Mr. Cruz rails against is the very group he is relying upon in his
voter-nullification scheme.
* BOTH OF YOU WILL "ALIGN" WITH WHOMEVER YOU
FEEL YOU HAVE TO FOR REAL-TIME ADVANTAGE. (AGAIN... TRUMP IS SIMPLY WAGING A
CAMPAIGN WITH THESE CRITIQUES OF CRUZ.)
My campaign strategy is to win with the voters. Ted
Cruz’s campaign strategy is to win despite them.
* AGAIN... JUST AS AN AMERICAN WHO WANTS THIS COUNTRY
SAVED FROM BOTH THE LEFTISTS AND THE RINOs... I DON'T BELIEVE TRUMP'S RHETORIC
HERE IS HELPFUL TO THE GREATER CAUSE.
What we are seeing now is not a proper use of the rules,
but a flagrant abuse of the rules.
* HE'S RIGHT! BUT... THE FULL TRUTH IS... THIS
"ABUSE" WAS ORIGINALLY ENGENDERED AS A MEANS OF SUPPORTING THE BUSH
CANDIDACY BACK IN AUGUST OF 2015. THE "RIGGING" OF COLORADO HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH CRUZ.
(*SHRUG*)
Delegates are supposed to reflect the decisions of
voters, but the system is being rigged by party operatives with “double-agent”
delegates who reject the decision of voters.
* AGAIN... I SEPARATE THE "1,237" FIRST BALLOT
MAJORITY (WHICH IS NECESSARY FOR A FIRST BALLOT WIN) FROM WHAT HAPPENS IF NO
CANDIDATE CAN REACH THAT "MAGIC NUMBER."
The American people can have no faith in such a system.
It must be reformed.
Just as I have said that I will reform our unfair trade,
immigration and economic policies that have also been rigged against Americans,
so too will I work closely with the chairman of the Republican National
Committee and top GOP officials to reform our election policies. Together, we
will restore the faith — and the franchise — of the American people.
* HEY... IT'S A GOOD LINE! AND "BIG PICTURE"...
I SUPPORT HIM IN THIS! (JUST AS I'D BE SUPPORTING CRUZ WERE HE THE ONE SAYING
THE SAME THING!)
We must leave no doubt that voters, not donors, choose
the nominee.
(*NOD*)
How have we gotten to the point where politicians defend
a rigged delegate-selection process with more passion than they have ever
defended America’s borders?
* AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH...!!!
Perhaps it is because politicians care more about
securing their private club than about securing their country.
* AGAIN... TRUTH...!!!
My campaign will, of course, battle for every last
delegate. We will work within the system that exists now, while fighting to
have it reformed in the future. But we will do it the right way. My campaign
will seek maximum transparency, maximum representation and maximum voter
participation. We will run a campaign based on empowering voters, not
sidelining them.
Let us take inspiration from patriotic Colorado citizens
who have banded together in protest. Let us make Colorado a rallying cry on
behalf of all the forgotten people whose desperate pleas have for decades
fallen on the deaf ears and closed eyes of our rulers in Washington, D.C.
* WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU IN AUGUST OF 2015?
(*SMIRK*)
* FOLKS... FELLOW TRUMP SUPPORTERS... LET'S GET REAL:
TRUMP SCREWED UP IN COLORADO. (UNLESS... UNLESS... HE DELIBERATELY ALLOWED THIS
TO HAPPEN JUST SO HE'D HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RAIL AGAINST IT...)
The political insiders have had their way for a long
time. Let 2016 be remembered as the year the American people finally got
theirs.
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