Comments on: Wisconsin: post-primary thoughts

By: Harold

Harold — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 14:32:32 +0000

Congrats to Cruz on his win in Wisconsin. Every Cruz win is a good win. We’ll see how well he can maneuver in delegate world over the next few months.

As for the Cruz “birth” issue, it didn’t work on Panama McCain or the Kenyan kid, so don’t count on it working with the Maple leaf.

All the #neverTrump folks should focus on actively supporting the only all around, life long Constitutional conservative in the race, unless of course your goal is to just be a wrecker and elect Rodham.

By: geokstr

geokstr — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 12:07:59 +0000

blert:
“It’s revealed truth that Barry does not attend to critical duties – the weekly national security briefings, and more.”
Actually, it’s the daily national security briefings he hardly ever attends, because he already knows more about that stuff than the generals and the CIA. Just ask him, he’ll tell you. Oh, and golf.

“What tops EVERYTHING is that Sir Donald has not looked far enough down the road to provide ESSENTIAL Fall campaign financing.”
But…but…but, he’s self-financing, doncha know? That’s a key component driving the slavish devotion of his acolytes, because he can’t be bought.

So when Hilary throws a cool billion at him, the “unbiased”, “objective” “news” media gives her a couple billion more in free puff pieces and attack coverage against him, and ten thousand Soros/Steyer-fed “non-partisan”, “public interest” 501c(3/4/27) orgs pour in another billion plus riot troops, he’ll willingly liquidate his entire empire to fight back.

I doubt if anybody will pony up the 3 billion he says the mere mention of his name is worth, though.

By: blert

blert — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 04:53:52 +0000

G.H.W. Bush knew that political momentum was a huge factor in primaries.

And I’m convinced that Trump has lost a LOT of momentum.

1) He’s shown — to many — too many — that he’s not done his ‘homework’ — STILL.

Walker’s campaign imploded over this one very matter. His policy and controversy knowledge was too provincial.

Ditto for Sir Donald.

It’s revealed truth that Barry does not attend to critical duties — the weekly national security briefings, and more.

If anything Sir Donald is even more self-exalted.

What tops EVERYTHING is that Sir Donald has not looked far enough down the road to provide ESSENTIAL Fall campaign financing.

The MSM will absolutely NOT give Sir Donald the free media exposure — in the Fall — that they’ve been willing to proffer in the Primaries — to rip the GOP asunder.

By: K-E

K-E — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 03:58:06 +0000

Just going to blip in and out. Yes, I have read more on this coordinating and what is ‘legal’ and ‘illegal.’ To whit, Cruz’s PACs host events for him, which he attends with no $$ out of his pocket. Apparently that is on the up-and-up. However, there was at least one PAC event that the PAC filmed and then used the audio and video for pro-Cruz commercials…legal? illegal? I think Trump has a point. These are events paid for by PACs that are directly set up to benefit Cruz and his campaign on the trail.

You can discuss amongst yourselves.

By: sauropod

sauropod — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 03:49:47 +0000

Grammar hack nailed it. “Whoever” is correct.

By: AesopFan

AesopFan — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 02:09:25 +0000

Whomever? Whoever!
I’m glad we got that settled – and have bookmarked that very useful grammarian’s site.

On the other, less important, issues:
Cornhead Says:
April 6th, 2016 at 7:58 am
And Fox is so shamelessly Trump that it is sickening. If we get HRC or Biden, I will blame Fox.
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There is dissent in the ranks at Fox, apparently (I don’t listen to TV news/pundits).
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/04/06/lord-flies-internal-meltdown-fox-news-trump-coverage/
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blert Says:
April 6th, 2016 at 7:02 am
Kasich is WRONG on the policies that matter – 100%.
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I agree with you, although apparently some people still thank that he could win the nomination and the general, despite never breaking into double-digits on any poll or primary except his own state.
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2016/04/06/john-sununu-trump-cruz-afraid-john-kasich-can-beat-clinton/

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Hillary for Prison 2016

By: Minta Marie Morze

Minta Marie Morze — Thu, 07 Apr 2016 01:53:58 +0000

Neo, others, thank you for relieving my mind about the “standing” issue.

When I said, “the fix is in”–I’ve got to stop writing comments in the middle of the night!–I didn’t mean it was a fait accompli, just that the GOPe are going after BOTH Trump and Cruz, and people shouldn’t believe that insiders siding with Cruz during the primary means they won’t try to bring in someone else when it comes to the convention.

Again, thanks.

By: David Guaspari

David Guaspari — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 23:08:27 +0000

You were right the first time. The direct object of “defeat” is the phrase “[subject] is the Democratic nominee” and the subject has to be nominative — i.e., “whoever”.

By: Mrs Whatsit

Mrs Whatsit — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 20:57:14 +0000

Forgot to close the parenthesis after “do!” It is an inviolable rule that, in any discussion of correct usage, punctuation or typography, a grammar grinch will make a mistake in usage, punctuation or typography.

By: Mrs Whatsit

Mrs Whatsit — Wed, 06 Apr 2016 20:52:28 +0000

Neo, I don’t think you have to “confess” that you avoid using “whoever” or “whomever.” I think it’s the best option if you want your readers to think about the point you’re making, rather than the words you’re using to make it (as it’s obvious that you do! Good writing doesn’t confuse and distract readers. Even if “whomever” is correct here, a lot of readers are stumbling over it and wondering whether it’s grammatical, rather than thinking about the underlying political point. It’s much better to avoid using the word at all than to build a stumbling block into the writing just to follow the rules.

As I think I’ve mentioned before, I write for a living, and when I catch myself arguing with an editor that I AM TOO correct in some point of usage, no matter what she says, and that her attempted correction is wrong, I’ve learned to stop arguing and rewrite the sentence to avoid the whole problem. First, of course, it’s often the case that I’m wrong and she’s right. And even if I am right, who cares? If it sounds wrong to the editor, it’s going to sound wrong to readers too, and they’re going to think about whether it’s wrong rather than whatever it is I want them to think about.