a "brokered convention"

[Jonathan Lighter]

That ain't brokering, that's commenting.

JL

On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 2:17 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:

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> Didn't Barbara Bush broker when she referred to the Republican
> presidential campaign as the worst she'd sever seen?   One  could
> interpret that, and I think some have, as a request for the other
> candidates to withdraw in favor of Romney so there wouldn't be an
> open convention.  Remember, this is the Republicans we're talking
> about -- why be open when you can go into a smoke-filled room?
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> Joel
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> At 3/18/2012 01:27 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> >Of course, it's conceivable that an "open convention" might, after many
> >ballots, become a "brokered convention," with Gov. Palin or Donald Trump
> or
> >Grover Norquist acting as kingmaker, but that's far less likely than an
> >"open convention."
> >
> >More exciting, too, and I suppose that explains it.
> >
> >JL
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> >On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 12:01 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com
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> > > They might go back to "open convention" if we start calling it the
> > > "brokeback convention".
> > >
> > >     VS-)
> > >
> > > On 3/18/2012 11:40 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> > > > The news world is rife with yak about the possibility of a "brokered
> > > > convention" if no Republican candidate wins a majority of delegates
> in
> > > the
> > > > primaries.
> > > >
> > > > After a few days of this, some journalists had the decency to point
> out
> > > > that they don't mean a "brokered" convention, in which some kingmaker
> > > > wangles his preferred candidate into the catbird seat; they mean an
> > > "open"
> > > > convention with everybody wheeling and dealing for himself.  (I don't
> > > know
> > > > the last time an actual "brokered convention" occurred.)
> > > >
> > > > Nevertheless, the preferred term for "open convention" still seems
> to be
> > > > "brokered convention."
> > > >
> > > > Hopefully it will fade away. But it seems worth noting.
> > > >
> > > > JL
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