Cruz: I'm voting for Trump

[DCPatriot]

It is just your opinion...it is not up to you to decide who comes or who goes...if you want to do that you can start your own forum.
http://www.simplemachines.org/

That's fair enough, Nancy.   You're the boss.

It IS just my opinion.   Nothing more to it.   Something you've claimed (all opinions) is welcomed here many times.

   

[musiclady]

So you are saying that those disagreeing with you should be shown the door?  How freeperish of you.

Yes.  That's exactly what he's saying.

Funny thing is, I don't think a single person on that list wants to have him banned, just because he disagrees with us.

That's the fundamental difference between the Trump zealots and the rest of us who value freedom.

We don't want to silence dissent as they do.  We don't think that our views should be the only ones permitted on this forum.  We believe in free speech.  We believe in the freedom of ideas and ideals.

I'm not sure how the chicken-egg thing works with the Trumpists.  Did they not value freedom and thus were attracted to Trump, or did their attraction to Trump destroy their own values?

I don't think we'll ever know, but the thing we know for sure is that the Trump faithful want to shut the rest of us up.

I, for one, am PROUD to be on the list that values Conservatism and liberty.  Being a target for this nasty group is sort of a red badge of courage for all of us.

The ones whom DC wants to banish from this forum are the ones I am honored to stand alongside.

@ConstitutionRose

[catfish1957]

If The Briefing Room is to return to being a respectable and credible political forum...they need to go.

So let me get this straight ......

If a Conservative GOP forum chooses not to spout the truth about an idiot NY liberal loudmouth, who isn't qualified to be POTUS, it isn't respectable or credible?

I vote for you to moderate the bizarro section of this forum......

[DCPatriot]

That will never happen....I don't do things like that.

No disrespect, Nancy.

Do you care to explain why you've banned Salvatore, then? 

[bigheadfred]

@DCPatriot



 

[mystery-ak]

No disrespect, Nancy.

Do you care to explain why you've banned Salvatore, then?

What are you talking about...he isn't banned

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@DCPatriot



 

It was business. It wasn't personal...

[HAPPY2BME]

The fact of the matter is Cruz never had the appeal to defeat an average Democrat candidate in a nationwide election. 

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Is that JUST NOW sinking in with you and your buddies, or did you know it all along?

[Frank Cannon]

Wow! 17 pages in less than 24 hours. This is a real shit show.

[XenaLee]

Yes.  That's exactly what he's saying.

Funny thing is, I don't think a single person on that list wants to have him banned, just because he disagrees with us.

That's the fundamental difference between the Trump zealots and the rest of us who value freedom.

We don't want to silence dissent as they do.  We don't think that our views should be the only ones permitted on this forum.  We believe in free speech.  We believe in the freedom of ideas and ideals.

I'm not sure how the chicken-egg thing works with the Trumpists.  Did they not value freedom and thus were attracted to Trump, or did their attraction to Trump destroy their own values?

I don't think we'll ever know, but the thing we know for sure is that the Trump faithful want to shut the rest of us up.

I, for one, am PROUD to be on the list that values Conservatism and liberty.  Being a target for this nasty group is sort of a red badge of courage for all of us.

The ones whom DC wants to banish from this forum are the ones I am honored to stand alongside.

@ConstitutionRose

 

[musiclady]

I get sick of the crap that this place isn't FAIR to them (what an infantile complaint), and at the same time they're calling for BANNING of people who don't agree with them.

On a political forum??  I know that dreaded word "fascism" is questioned, but what else is it when you want to shut down any opposition to your idol?

These are scary times when people who claimed to be conservative have gone so far off the deep end.

I will protest the debauched, degenerate, corrupt leftist, Donald Trump until his goons throw me in jail, if it comes to that.  I will not buckle under idiotic bullying from anyone.  EVER.

[kartographer]

Just my opinion...

Take away a half-dozen of the above, as salvageable ....and it's exactly what I've pointed out.

No more than 1-1/2 to 2 dozen need to be shown the door in order to get The Briefing Room back on track.

Disagreements are nothing new...they are, in fact, encouraged, and further the debate.

But a lot of those pinged above are not worth a plug nickel.


If The Briefing Room is to return to being a respectable and credible political forum...they need to go.

The administration here knows it.....I know it....and if you're honest...anybody reading this knows it too!

How can you be so blind to what you have become? Such a purge won't stop there it will cross over into the real world and I believe that is what so many Trump supporters want, they want to punish people who don't believe and then they wonder where the Fascist  talk comes from? Trump supporters talk about keeping list on conservative opponents for payback later, they talk about revenge and retribution and how they will make the 'traitors' pay after Trump takes office is this what America has become?

Now some would claim, that such behavior is only committed by few or at other sites like TOS, but the real heart of the matter is that other Trump supporters stood by and said nothing and that is where such militants get their power when good men say nothing. And that is what is happening here.

Everyone on that list are loyal God fearing Americans many have sacrificed for this country and not one of them are afraid to do so when or if called upon. 

So I am making a stand here DC please add my name to the list. And if my tag line isn't enough warning then read this: When you decide you have the cojones to come for your payback, I am giving you fair warning come carrying and bring friends; that's more of a warning than I am sure to expect from you or any of your cronies.

@Jazzhead
@INVAR
@Cripplecreek
@Catherine of Aragon
@skeeter
@jmyrlefuller
@Suppressed
@Night Hides Not 
@Norm Lenhart     
@catfish 1957 
@Fantom
@sinkspur 
@libertybele
@LMAO
@RAT Patrol      .
@bigheadfred
@bilo
@musiclady
@Chosen Daughter
@Bigun
@mystery-ak 
@mrpotatohead
@Emjay
@Victoria33
@Xena-Lee
@Sanguine
@Once-Ler
@txradioguy
@kartographer

"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke.

[musiclady]

What are you talking about...he isn't banned

TRUTH??  Who cares about truth when you're on a mission to destroy the opposition??

[catfish1957]

I get sick of the crap that this place isn't FAIR to them (what an infantile complaint), and at the same time they're calling for BANNING of people who don't agree with them.

On a political forum??  I know that dreaded word "fascism" is questioned, but what else is it when you want to shut down any opposition to your idol?

These are scary times when people who claimed to be conservative have gone so far off the deep end.

I will protest the debauched, degenerate, corrupt leftist, Donald Trump until his goons throw me in jail, if it comes to that.  I will not buckle under idiotic bullying from anyone.  EVER.

There is a band here that get their marching orders from the Freeper Mothership, and try to make TBR a subset of the FR cesspool.  Thanks to Myst, they haven't gotten much traction.

[XenaLee]

I get sick of the crap that this place isn't FAIR to them (what an infantile complaint), and at the same time they're calling for BANNING of people who don't agree with them.

On a political forum??  I know that dreaded word "fascism" is questioned, but what else is it when you want to shut down any opposition to your idol?

These are scary times when people who claimed to be conservative have gone so far off the deep end.

I will protest the debauched, degenerate, corrupt leftist, Donald Trump until his goons throw me in jail, if it comes to that.  I will not buckle under idiotic bullying from anyone.  EVER.

You have to give Trump's nomination credit for one thing.  If nothing else, it has revealed and exposed them for what they truly are and for what they truly believe....or don't believe in...ie conservatism.

It's a startling revelation that some we thought were on our side are not now and never really have been.

But it's good to know.  Better now than 'then', when the SHTF.

[Sanguine]

I stayed away from this thread until this morning.  I think others have said pretty much everything I am feeling.

To repeat myself.  My vote is my own individual choice.  I am grateful that is still so.  The choices of others do not influence my choice.  Neither major party has given us an acceptable candidate.

@Jazzhead
@INVAR
@Cripplecreek
@Catherine of Aragon
@skeeter
@jmyrlefuller
@Suppressed
@Night Hides Not 
@Norm Lenhart     
@catfish 1957 
@Fantom
@sinkspur 
@libertybele
@LMAO
@RAT Patrol      .
@bigheadfred
@bilo
@musiclady
@Chosen Daughter
@Bigun
@mystery-ak 
@mrpotatohead
@Emjay
@Victoria33
@Xena-Lee
@Sanguine
@Once-Ler
@txradioguy

Thankful for so many who chose to vote their conscious.

I'm honored to be in such good company.

[musiclady]

There is a band here that get their marching orders from the Freeper Mothership, and try to make TBR a subset of the FR cesspool.  Thanks to Myst, they haven't gotten much traction.

Amen to that!

Thankful that this place will NEVER become the cesspool that TOS is.

[DCPatriot]

What are you talking about...he isn't banned

Then, there's something sinister going on here.

When certain Trump supporters view the forum as "guests", the site is lightening fast....the way it's supposed to be.

However, when said Trump supporters....myself included...log on, it takes literally more than a minute for any page to load.

IOW, it can't be the IP address...because in guest mode it works the way it's supposed to.

So tell us....has a certain backroom adversary whose name begins with "O" been manipulating said accounts?   Has he enabled something that repeatedly churns...if that's the correct term....making using the forum a very unpleasant experience?

Because I know damned full well not everybody can be experiencing this...otherwise you'd have a riot on your hands.

Pray tell?   

[MOD3]

Good morning, gang!

I was hoping this thread would settle down a bit overnight, but it appears instead some have pulled an all-nighter and have merely toughened their stands and their attitudes.  Now I see a member demanding a wholesale slaughter of other members as a way to make TBR Great Again, just like other sites.

We've been through this multiple times, and I would have hoped by now it would be crystal clear we do not ban people for their political beliefs.  Apparently not.

Personal attacks will still not be tolerated, and demanding the forcible removal of Members still qualifies as a personal attack.

[MOD3]

This thread is locked.

[mystery-ak]

Then, there's something sinister going on here.

When certain Trump supporters view the forum as "guests", the site is lightening fast....the way it's supposed to be.

However, when said Trump supporters....myself included...log on, it takes literally more than a minute for any page to load.

IOW, it can't be the IP address...because in guest mode it works the way it's supposed to.

So tell us....has a certain backroom adversary whose name begins with "O" been manipulating said accounts?   Has he enabled something that repeatedly churns...if that's the correct term....making using the forum a very unpleasant experience?

Because I know damned full well not everybody can be experiencing this...otherwise you'd have a riot on your hands.

Pray tell?   

Geeeeez......we are having server problems...O has been working on it for several days and we may have to change servers....nothing sinister here.....I have been screaming and complaining about it to our server for days now...I don't believe this!!!!!

[ABX]

Then, there's something sinister going on here.

When certain Trump supporters view the forum as "guests", the site is lightening fast....the way it's supposed to be.

However, when said Trump supporters....myself included...log on, it takes literally more than a minute for any page to load.

IOW, it can't be the IP address...because in guest mode it works the way it's supposed to.

So tell us....has a certain backroom adversary whose name begins with "O" been manipulating said accounts?   Has he enabled something that repeatedly churns...if that's the correct term....making using the forum a very unpleasant experience?

Because I know damned full well not everybody can be experiencing this...otherwise you'd have a riot on your hands.

Pray tell?   

Just so you know, the performance issues have nothing to do with who one supports. There are times during the day when I get 30 second to one minute load times and we are getting emails about it from a lot of folks. I know Nancy has been fighting with the host over it.

My guess is it is probably partially my fault with the mentions modification which is why it performs well when one isn't logged in- the server isn't looking back for name mentions whenever you aren't logged in so it flies faster. When logged in, then it adds that extra step to scour the forum for new mentions.

[MOD3]

We're re-opening the thread, so PLAY NICE! First person who demands a banning gets a taste of his/her/its own medicine, Kapish?

[Doug Loss]

OK, what what the topic here again?  Oh:

Cruz: I'm voting for Trump

Loss: I'm not.  What's your point?

[Bigun]

Just my opinion...

Take away a half-dozen of the above, as salvageable ....and it's exactly what I've pointed out.

No more than 1-1/2 to 2 dozen need to be shown the door in order to get The Briefing Room back on track.

Disagreements are nothing new...they are, in fact, encouraged, and further the debate.

But a lot of those pinged above are not worth a plug nickel.

If The Briefing Room is to return to being a respectable and credible political forum...they need to go.

The administration here knows it.....I know it....and if you're honest...anybody reading this knows it too!

YOU have some nerve even suggesting that and you should be damned glad that I an't running anything around here!

My list is much shorter than yours but YOU are on it!