Thomas Sowell commentary: A little routine research exposes campaign deception

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If you took all the lies out of political rhetoric, how much would be left? Apparently even less than usual this year.

The latest, and perhaps biggest, lie — thus far — is that Donald Trump was cheated out of delegates in Colorado because the voters did not select the delegates.

Two very different questions have gotten confused with each other. One question is whether this is the best way to choose delegates. Most of us would say ''No,'' but most of us don't live in Colorado, and each state is allowed great leeway in how it chooses to pick its delegates.

The more fundamental question is whether this was some trick cooked up to deprive Donald Trump of the delegates needed to win the Republican nomination. That is of course how Donald Trump and his followers automatically depict anything that doesn't work out to his advantage.

But the Colorado rules were written and known to all before anybody cast a single vote in the primary elections, anywhere in the country.......

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2016/04/15/1-a-little-routine-research-exposes-campaign-deception.html

[Bill Cipher]

But the Colorado rules were written and known to all before anybody cast a single vote in the primary elections, anywhere in the country.......

You can spin it all you like, but we all know that it's just part and parcel of the Vast GOPe Conspiracy to deny Donnie his rightful nomination.