{"id":27805,"date":"2016-03-16T14:48:37","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T18:48:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27805"},"modified":"2016-03-16T14:48:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T18:48:37","slug":"the-spin-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=27805","title":{"rendered":"The Spin Begins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is no secret that the Republican establishment and the media do not want <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Donald Trump\" href=\"http:\/\/www.trumponline.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"homepage\">Donald Trump<\/a> to be the Republican <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Candidate\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Candidate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">nominee<\/a> for President. It is also very obvious that if Donald Trump wins a majority of the state <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Primary election\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Primary_election\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">primaries<\/a> and does not get the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Nomination\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nomination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">nomination<\/a>, there will be many angry Republicans. I am not a Trump supporter, but I would be angry if that happened. Somehow the establishment Republicans and the press have not understood how angry the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Voting\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Voting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">voters<\/a> are. This lack of understanding was illustrated by an article that was posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2016\/03\/16\/we-choose-the-nominee-not-the-voters-senior-gop-official.html\" target=\"_blank\">CNBC<\/a> today.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<section class=\"cols2\">\n<div class=\"unit col1\">\n<article>\n<div class=\"story\">\n<div id=\"article_body\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"group-container \">\n<div class=\"player embed-container cnbcvideo autoplay\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Political parties, not voters, choose their presidential nominees, a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Republican National Convention\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Republican_National_Convention\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">Republican convention<\/a> rules member told CNBC, a day after GOP front-runner Donald Trump rolled up more big primary victories.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"group\" style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">\n<p><strong>&#8220;The media has created the perception that the voters choose the nomination. That&#8217;s the conflict here,&#8221; Curly Haugland, an unbound GOP <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Delegate\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Delegate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"wikipedia\">delegate<\/a> from <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"North Dakota\" href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?ll=47.5,-100.5&amp;spn=3.0,3.0&amp;q=47.5,-100.5 (North%20Dakota)&amp;t=h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"geolocation\">North Dakota<\/a>, told CNBC&#8217;s &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/squawk-box-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Squawk Box<\/a>&#8221; on Wednesday. He even questioned why primaries and caucuses are held.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Haugland is one of 112 Republican delegates who are <a class=\"inline_asset\" href=\"http:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2016\/03\/08\/unbound_delegates_could_hold_key_to_stopping_trump_at_convention_129905.html\" target=\"_blank\">not required to cast their support<\/a> for any one candidate because their states and territories don&#8217;t hold primaries or caucuses.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Even with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trump<\/a>&#8216;s huge projected delegate haul in four state primaries Tuesday, the odds are increasing the billionaire businessman may not ultimately get the 1,237 delegates needed to claim the GOP nomination before the convention.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>I think the voters might have other ideas about this. The rumors are already flying. The press has until July to convince the average Republican that it will be okay to take the nomination away from the candidate who gets the most votes. Somehow I doubt that will happen. If the Republican establishment decides to choose a candidate other than the one the voters choose, it will be the end of the Republican party.<\/p>\n<section class=\"cols2\">\n<div class=\"unit col1\">\n<article>\n<div class=\"story\">\n<div id=\"article_body\" class=\"content\">\n<div class=\"group-container \"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is no secret that the Republican establishment and the media do not want Donald Trump to be the Republican nominee for President. 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