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2016 Postmortem

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14. Vetting is what you do with applicants and supplicants.

Mon Jul 25, 2016, 10:17 AM

Jul 2016

They don't dare make demands of Trump.

He vetted them, in his fourth-grade way, and found them wanting.

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did the RNC vet Trump at all? [View all] Fast Walker 52 Jul 2016 OP

Since a person doesn't have to ask permission of the party SheilaT Jul 2016 #1

Exactly. LisaL Jul 2016 #5

what? There must be some approval process required to get on the GOP ballot Fast Walker 52 Jul 2016 #9

The approval process is the primary process. SheilaT Jul 2016 #16

I'm beginning to think the extent of his 'vetting' Cirque du So-What Jul 2016 #2

LOL! Fast Walker 52 Jul 2016 #7

I don't even think he got his rabies shots, either meow2u3 Jul 2016 #10

No, but you better bet Cirque du So-What Jul 2016 #13

Maybe they found lots of other problems with all the candidates mdbl Jul 2016 #3

RNC...and mainline republicans saw trump running as a whim... beachbumbob Jul 2016 #4

very odd, isn't it? Fast Walker 52 Jul 2016 #8

Real question is whether anyone vetted Manafort and his "assistants" Justice Jul 2016 #11

good point Fast Walker 52 Jul 2016 #15

The rnc lost control months ago RonniePudding Jul 2016 #12

Vetting is what you do with applicants and supplicants. Orsino Jul 2016 #14