Comments on Advance Indiana™: Meet Your Anti-Trump Indiana Republican Delegates To The National Convention

Anon7:28 said, "[Trump] is exactly the type o...

2016-04-18T07:26:11.807-05:00

Anon7:28 said, "[Trump] is exactly the type of conservative we want."

Ok, I'll bite: Why? What public policy position of Trump's do you favor? And I mean SPECIFIC proposals and NOT the generalities typically employed by Trump.

I'll even go first & state the top 3 reasons why I oppose Trump:
1. He opposes entitlement reform (let alone elimination).
2. He supports _Kelo_-style eminent domain schemes.
3. He supported the TARP bailout (which means that in principle he is not opposed to rescuing firms who committed errors yet are politically connected).

We applaud the delegates for standing firm against...

2016-04-16T15:59:47.481-05:00

We applaud the delegates for standing firm against the frightening prospect of equality in political life. Our republic has been under constant attack from the purveyors of those espousing a democratic system of governance. If we relent, in any respect, this notion of democracy may spread to other areas of social life where more stringent legislation may be in order.

This list of people representing the GOP looks a w...

2016-04-16T06:43:04.382-05:00

This list of people representing the GOP looks a whole lot like a suite level guest list for a LOS or Banker's Life Fieldhouse event.

I was anything but an obedient yes-man and I have ...

2016-04-15T22:53:07.346-05:00

I was anything but an obedient yes-man and I have a thin wallet, you see where that got me in MarCo. Guess that's why I now reside in HamCo.

I guess that makes you an obedient yes man.

2016-04-15T21:34:38.890-05:00

I guess that makes you an obedient yes man.

For the record, I have a very thin wallet.

2016-04-15T20:35:46.775-05:00

For the record, I have a very thin wallet.

Shreve was a delegate four years ago. He bought hi...

2016-04-15T17:26:00.818-05:00

Shreve was a delegate four years ago. He bought his delegate spot from John Hammond. He bought Jeff Cardwell's council seat when he resigned to join the Pence freak show. Hammond and Ping sold him the slating for the senate seat being vacated by Brent Waltz. Shreve is a liberal Democrat from Bloomington, but it doesn't matter. These people don't want Republicans. They want obedient yes men and people with fat wallets. If you have neither, buzz off. They're not interested in people who actually believe in the party's principles. Shreve didn't come from money, and a lot of us think some more digging is needed to find out who the silent money man is behind his self-storage business. If anyone has the scoop on who his money man is, share it with us. Have you actually watched any of his ads? The guy is a freak show.

Who the hell is this Jefferson Shreve and how muc...

2016-04-15T17:17:25.291-05:00

Who the hell is this Jefferson Shreve and how much money did he pay to be a delegate? There seem to be a lot of people in Marion County that deserve to go instead of a guy we have never heard of. I bet he is writing big checks to Hammond and Ping. I assume he is not a Trump guy and will only do what Ping tells him to do.

ANON 10:05, the Democratic Party has fixed it s...

2016-04-15T15:05:04.002-05:00

ANON 10:05, the Democratic Party has fixed it so even if you win you still lose. It was especially gratifying to see and hear Hillary spinning, back tracking and pulling out her illusionist misdirection in real time during the debate when she was pressed on making speaking fee transcripts publicly available, future funding for Social Security and her shifting sands stance on the Minimum Wage. The more she was pressed the louder and shriller Hillary became.

For two seats at the head table with Clinton, George Clooney and his wife, attorney Amal Clooney, at an April 15 fundraiser, a couple must contribute or raise a whopping $353,400. This entry fee would exclude the vast majority of people voting for her. The Low Information Democratic Voters do not seem to realize they will not have a place the table but will be under it eating any table scraps that fall off.

The Wyoming democratic caucus took place on Saturd...

2016-04-15T10:05:52.440-05:00

The Wyoming democratic caucus took place on Saturday, purportedly to allow voters to have their voices heard in the race between Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton. Sanders lost the Wyoming caucus by winning it with a 12 percent margin.
Wait, what?
How does one lose by winning 56 percent of the votes? This happens when the political process is, according to the New York Post, “rigged” by superdelegates. The Post summed up this “strange” phenomenon:
Under the Democratic Party’s oddball delegate system, Sanders’ winning streak — he has won seven out of the past eight contests — counts for little.
In fact, despite his win, he splits Wyoming’s 14 pledged delegates 7 to 7 under the caucus calculus.
Clinton, meanwhile, also gets the state’s four superdelegates — who had already pledged their allegiance to her in January. So despite ‘losing,’ she triumphs 11-7 in the delegate tally.

I don't know if you caught it, but Mike Pence ...

2016-04-15T09:54:17.968-05:00

I don't know if you caught it, but Mike Pence was introduced at the Indians game and got booed really bad. Really bad. The press said a few people applauded, but it was mostly all booing, and it lasted a long time and was really loud. I'll bet that put the fear of God in him. People just think he sucks now. What a fall from grace.

Oh, I dunno, Gary. Looks like a fairly diverse li...

2016-04-15T08:37:53.665-05:00

Oh, I dunno, Gary. Looks like a fairly diverse list of GOPers. I doubt any are mummy-dummies for anybody.

Trump will probably win the popular vote in Indian...

2016-04-15T07:28:39.288-05:00

Trump will probably win the popular vote in Indiana and he should be able to choose his own delegates. That anti-Trump delegates have already been chosen is an insult to Trump and to the people who will vote for him, and the party in Indiana should be ashamed of itself. The man in the street favors less back room deals, more transparency and steady moves toward more representative elections. That this State's Republican party was so quick to abandon all of that in order to achieve their self centered desires is sad. Of course Indiana deserves the reputation it has earned by such politics.

And Ogden, if Trump wins the popular vote in Indiana then he is exactly the type of conservative we want. Everyone tires of hearing you define the term so narrowly that it satisfies only you. Ditto with the low information crowd that still uses the term Rino. Grow up. You don't get to define conservative either. Until Trump has his chance to capture the majority vote, we'll stand by a Reagan definition, and that doesn't include all this evangelical nonsense.

Brained will probably be voting for Bernie Sanders...

2016-04-15T06:03:57.195-05:00

Brained will probably be voting for Bernie Sanders.

Why not Trump and Clinton that is what America wan...

2016-04-15T00:32:23.703-05:00

Why not Trump and Clinton that is what America wants! We as a nation are obsessed by reality TV. What isn't the ultimate reality show TRUMP vs HILLARY! Co-star Bill doing the "I Am the Good Old Boy Shuffle". Lets hope the Indiana delegates are insignificant as always.

What happened to Luke Messer's plans for being...

2016-04-14T22:59:00.883-05:00

What happened to Luke Messer's plans for being a delegate to the convention this year?
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/263009-gop-lawmakers-open-door-to-brokered-convention

Statist hillbillies for Case-Hick!

2016-04-14T22:10:11.966-05:00

Statist hillbillies for Case-Hick!

The more I look at this list the more ridiculous i...

2016-04-14T22:02:03.121-05:00

The more I look at this list the more ridiculous it looks! I don't support Trump but if he wins Indiana the delegates should vote for him. I will not endorse an ends justifying the means approach! The only choice we true Republicans have here in Indiana is to let the State Party meltdown and rebuild it from scratch!

Denise Pence is guv's sister-in-law.

2016-04-14T21:28:27.661-05:00

Denise Pence is guv's sister-in-law.

Paul, The establishment is going to pick Kaschich...

2016-04-14T21:22:35.322-05:00

Paul,

The establishment is going to pick Kaschich!

Is Denise Pence related to Mike "Pampered&quo...

2016-04-14T21:21:27.475-05:00

Is Denise Pence related to Mike "Pampered" Pence?

Join your local patriot militia

2016-04-14T20:31:00.872-05:00

Join your local patriot militia

While I don't like Indiana's process for p...

2016-04-14T20:20:53.225-05:00

While I don't like Indiana's process for picking delegates, the fact those already picked have sense enough to know Trump is not a conservative and is someone not deserving of support past the first round of voting does give me hope. It will probably be a moot point though as it is likely Cruz wins most of Indiana's delegates in the primary, though Trump has a shot.

Unbelievable bunch of arrogant asses. I'm done...

2016-04-14T17:31:57.705-05:00

Unbelievable bunch of arrogant asses. I'm done w/the GOP.

I expected to see Bob Grand's name on the list...

2016-04-14T16:07:50.641-05:00

I expected to see Bob Grand's name on the list. He said he would support Trump. The social director from Ice Miller, Melissa Proffitt, made the list. How many days out of the year does she spend traveling with the politicians? She's on all of their foreign junkets.