{"id":3892,"date":"2016-03-18T16:27:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T16:27:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-06-28T11:09:22","modified_gmt":"2017-06-28T15:09:22","slug":"the_delegates_are_not_the_establishment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2016\/03\/18\/the_delegates_are_not_the_establishment\/","title":{"rendered":"The Delegates Are Not the Establishment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/\/videos\/37\/70645\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/listentoit.jpg\" alt=\"Listen to it Button\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>RUSH: I got an e-mail today from friend who said I need to&#8230; (interruption) What\u2019s that? You talk about the establishment, the convention and all that?<\/p>\n<p>I think people might think you\u2019re talking about the delegates, and it\u2019s a good point. Let me see if I can&#8230; I don\u2019t know there\u2019s anything straight now, but let me clarify something. In the past couple of weeks I have rolled up my sleeves and I have gotten pretty intense in my discussion of Trump opponents within the Republican establishment and what their motivations are, and many people have come under the incorrect assumption I\u2019m talking about them. The delegates to the Republican National Convention &#8212; just the standard, ordinary, everyday delegates &#8212; are just like you and me, folks. They are elected, nominated, whatever.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_119720\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/Delegates.jpg\" align=\"middle\" \/><br \/>\nThey win the honor at the state level. The delegates are not part of anything. When we talk about a contested convention and the establishment getting together and choosing whoever would be the nominee maybe in defiance of the popular vote, in defiance of democratic principles and so forth, I\u2019m not talking about the delegates except as to point out that the delegates on the first ballot are committed. They\u2019re pledged to vote however the people their state voted. After that, they can do whatever they want.<\/p>\n<p>But when we get into in-depth discussions here of the establishment and their motives, I\u2019m not talking about delegates in any way, shape, manner, or form. The delegates are, in fact, the focus of attention with all the horse trading. The delegates are people in some cases who can be told what to do, depending on the structure of the Republican Party from the state they representing as delegates. But it\u2019s&#8230; If anybody has concluded that in my discussions here of the quote\/unquote &#8220;establishment&#8221; and actions that may or may not be taken at the convention&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If that involves delegates &#8212; people in the smoke-filled rooms, the powerbrokers pulling the levers, doing what they can to deny the expressed will of the people. Delegates are not part of that discussion. As an example, in a Reuters story: &#8220;Meet a Man Who Will Help Determine Trump\u2019s Fate in the 2016 Election.&#8221; It\u2019s actually accuse a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2016\/03\/18\/meet-a-man-who-will-help-determine-trumps-fate-in-2016-race.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">strange story for Reuters<\/a>. &#8220;Mark Strang spends his days delivering farm equipment, listening to politics on the radio during cross-country drives. But in July, the 63-year-old could have an outsized voice in choosing the Republican nominee for president of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For the first time in 40 years, Republicans could arrive at their national convention in Cleveland without a nominee. If front-runner Donald Trump fails to lock up the nomination before then, as some pollsters are predicting, Strang will have a chance to make history. Strang, from Illinois, is one of 2,472 delegates to the convention who will ultimately determine the party\u2019s choice for the White House this November. In recent elections, the delegates have simply rubberstamped the presumptive nominee. But this year the convention could become a brutal fight in which every delegate vote will count.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump currently at 673 delegates, short of the 1,237. &#8220;There is some doubt among election number crunchers that he can hit it.&#8221; By the way, there\u2019s more on that today. Another best guess scenario has Trump 60 short. And then the question: &#8220;Well, what do we do then?&#8221; Anyway, if nobody gets 1,237, says Reuters, &#8220;that\u2019s when Strang will step into the spotlight. After filling roles in local Republican politics, Strang was selected by Illinois voters to serve as a delegate for Republican candidate US Senator Ted Cruz, of Texas.&#8221; Oh, he\u2019s a Cruz delegate.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s pledged to Cruz on the first ballot, and he can stay if there is more than one ballot. He can stay with Cruz as long as he wants. It\u2019s his vote. Now, he\u2019s also&#8230; Like every other delegate, if it goes beyond the first ballot, all kinds of people are gonna be coming to these delegates and making trades, using whatever tools at their disposal to persuade them to vote the way whoever\u2019s approaching them wants them to vote. But Mark Strang &#8220;likes Cruz for his position on guns and immigration. But if the convention becomes a fight because no candidate has the needed 1,237 delegates &#8230; most of the delegates would eventually be released,&#8221; meaning after that first ballot.<\/p>\n<p><img id=\"eZObject_119723\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/live-rush-limbaugh.pantheonsite.io\/wp-content\/uploads\/RushVote2.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><br \/>\nMy point is, folks, this guy is just like you or me. He happens to be a delegate to the convention. And the people that are selected as delegates or win the right, it\u2019s an honor to them. It\u2019s a big, big deal. But they are not necessarily, and I don\u2019t want anybody being unnecessarily confused. They are not the quote\/unquote establishment. They are not locked in. At least as we talk about the establishment here, that is not who they are. There was also one other bit of confusion on the program yesterday. It happened in the last hour of the program.<\/p>\n<p>I was in the midst of an explanation about why some in the establishment so oppose Trump, and I stated it\u2019s because they look at how Trump is winning without their services, and I was speaking of consultants and pollsters and any number of other people who traditionally are part of every candidate\u2019s team or apparatus. And the point that I was&#8230; I\u2019ve gone to great lengths here trying to explain to people who can\u2019t understand it why people are supporting Trump. And I\u2019ve also gone to great pains to try to explain to you, the people in this audience, why the opponents of Trump explain him and what the various possible motivations for it are.<\/p>\n<p>Well, many people yesterday assumed I was talking about them when I was actually talking about 10 people or however many professional consultants there are. I don\u2019t like naming names here because it\u2019s&#8230; It probably would be better if I did. I just don\u2019t like going there. But the consultants I was talking about are the people who take on candidates and promise victory. These are the guys that forever have been telling Republican candidates, &#8220;I\u2019m the guy that can get you the independent vote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2019m the guy that can get you the 20% of the vote that you need to win,&#8221; and that has led to Republican candidates ignoring the base, taking it for grant and going out and sounding like squishy independents, like McCain or Romney. But a lot of people who are opposed to Trump in the blogosphere think I was talking about them. And I was not. I\u2019m under the impression falsely that people know my definition of terms when I\u2019m talking about consultants, pollsters, and so forth. Anyway I\u2019m up against it on time here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RUSH: I got an e-mail today from friend who said I need to&#8230; (interruption) What\u2019s that? You talk about the establishment, the convention and all that? I think people might think you\u2019re talking about the delegates, and it\u2019s a good point. 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