I want to put that to rest once and for all. As you all know, I’ve stayed out of this race and remained neutral. As chairman of the Republican convention, my job is to ensure that there’s integrity in the process… that the rules are followed by the book. That means it’s not my job to tell the delegates what to do. But I’ve got a message to relay today. We have too much work to do in the House to allow this speculation swirl or have my motivations questioned. Let me be clear: I do not want, nor will I accept the Republican nomination.

So let me speak directly to the delegates on this: If no candidate has a majority on the first ballot, I believe you should only choose a person who actually participated in the primary. Count me out. I simply believe that if you want to be the nominee – to be the president – you should actually run for it. I chose not to. Therefore, I should not be considered. Period. I just think it would be wrong to go any other way.

So, let me say again, I’m not going to be our party’s nominee.

jerseyhoya wrote:

I want to put that to rest once and for all. As you all know, I’ve stayed out of this race and remained neutral. As chairman of the Republican convention, my job is to ensure that there’s integrity in the process… that the rules are followed by the book. That means it’s not my job to tell the delegates what to do. But I’ve got a message to relay today. We have too much work to do in the House to allow this speculation swirl or have my motivations questioned. Let me be clear: I do not want, nor will I accept the Republican nomination.

So let me speak directly to the delegates on this: If no candidate has a majority on the first ballot, I believe you should only choose a person who actually participated in the primary. Count me out. I simply believe that if you want to be the nominee – to be the president – you should actually run for it. I chose not to. Therefore, I should not be considered. Period. I just think it would be wrong to go any other way.

So, let me say again, I’m not going to be our party’s nominee.

Bucky wrote:OK PACINO YOU APOLOGIST LET'S SEE YOU DEFEND THIS

Bucky wrote:OK PACINO YOU APOLOGIST LET'S SEE YOU DEFEND THIS

Bucky wrote:OK PACINO YOU APOLOGIST LET'S SEE YOU DEFEND THIS

Which brings us to yesterday’s telephone meeting. In a frantic email sent to supporters Saturday, Martin warned that a “Gang of 6" anti-Schlafly board members including Adams and Cori were conspiring to push the Eagle Forum founder out of her organization, and that they would execute their coup at the meeting unless they were stopped. Schlafly herself told Gawker hours before the meeting that the Trump-Cruz split was one reason for the internecine tension. The agenda of the meeting had been hidden from her, she said, but she did not believe she was about to be ousted from Eagle Forum. Still, earlier in the day, she had called for the resignation of each of the Gang of 6 members and said that the meeting was a “hostile takeover.”

As the dust settles, it looks like Martin and Schlafly were both correct, to a degree. The Gang of 6 did vote to remove one of Eagle Forum’s most powerful members, but it was Martin who saw the axe, not Schlafly. According to a tartly worded press release, Martin was removed as president, effective immediately, to be replaced temporarily by Eunie Smith, octogenarian leader of the Alabama Eagle Forum and a member of the Gang of 6. Smith will serve as the national president until a permanent candidate is selected. Anne Cori, who is Phyllis Schlafly’s daughter, was named as the group’s executive director.

At 2:00 pm today, 6 directors of Eagle Forum met in an improper, unprecedented telephone meeting. I objected to the meeting and at 2:11pm, I was muted from the call. The meeting was invalid under the Bylaws but the attendees purported to pass several motions to wrest control of the organization from me. They are attempting to seize access to our bank accounts, to terminate employees, and to install members of their own Gang of 6 to control the bank accounts and all of Eagle Forum.

The members of their group are: Eunie Smith of Alabama, Anne Cori of Missouri, Cathie Adams of Texas, Rosina Kovar of Colorado, Shirley Curry of Tennessee, and Carolyn McLarty of Oklahoma.

This kind of conduct will not stand and I will fight for Eagle Forum and I ask all men and women of good will to join me in this fight.

pacino wrote:it's kind of hilarious that she is backing Trump since she came to prominence over being disgusted about the divorce of Nelson Rockefeller

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, an Oregon Democrat, announced his endorsement of Sanders in a New York Times column, saying he supports Sanders for his work battling economic inequality, opposing trade deals and fighting for the middle class.

"It is time to recommit ourselves to that vision of a country that measures our nation's success not at the boardroom table, but at kitchen tables across America," wrote Merkley, the junior U.S. senator from Oregon.

Merkley's announcement precedes Oregon's May 17 primary.

pacino wrote:Get out the vote issues in the Trump family

“They had a longtime register and they were, you know, unaware of the rules, and they didn't, they didn't register in time," Trump told Fox & Friends, explaining that Eric and Ivanka Trump would not be voting to make America great again in New York’s April 19 primary. "So they feel very, very guilty."
"They feel very guilty,” Trump reiterated. “But it's fine. I understand that. I think they have to register a year in advance and they didn't. So Eric and Ivanka, I guess, won't be voting." Trump went on to joke that he was considering an adjustment in Eric and Ivanka’s allowances.

Pathetic!

Trump also is sad! we won't act like ISIS:

“They chop off heads and drown people in cages,” Trump said of ISIS. “And we can’t waterboard. And we can’t do anything, and we’re playing on different fields.”