[Hoot Gibson]

Nah, if I had intended to insult you I might have said something like that was one of the more ridiculous things you have posted on here.

But you are finally facing up to the nastiness that will be headed Cruz's way if he somehow gets the nomination instead of the front runner. You and Karl Rove seem to be cohabiting the same corner these days. He just got through saying that with Trump and Cruz invoking such angst, we (the establishment) might be better off with a fresh face. Imagine that one now! I must have missed the fresh face option in times past. You're up on your convention rule book, ever see that one?

I never intended for things to become personal between us. You have your way of looking at things, and I have my own. Frankly, the only thing I've heard Trump say that was unacceptable in my mind is the deal with Japan and South Korea having their own nukes. I'd definitely give him a long blast on the wrong answer buzzer on that one. But, he will have national defense advisors to guide him. I would like to think that Jeff Sessions would line him out on such matters.

Once again, you are posting like Donald Trump tweets. You are either not being truthful, or you are posting out of ignorance. What have I posted that leads you to smear me by tarring me with the same brush as Karl Rove?

Karl Rove wants to change the rules to make it easier to deny Trump the nomination. In contrast, I have said that the GOP should leave the rules exactly as they are, including the requirement that the nominee win a minimum of 8 states and territories. If Trump cannot win a majority of the delegates on the first ballot, then he would have to persuade a majority of delegates to vote for him on a subsequent ballot. That is the rule now and it was the rule when Trump decided to run.

How would leaving the rules the same as they were when Trump entered the race be unfair to Trump? Do you believe that Karl Rove agrees with my position? I don't think you do. If so, then you are posting out of ignorance and did not intend your comment as an insult.

As for encouraging South Korea and Japan to arm themselves with nukes, you completely ignored Trumps even worse proposal to allow Saudi Arabia to do the same. Suggesting that another country governed by radical Islam should have the capability of detonating nuclear weapons in the Middle East is insane. Giving Trump a pass because he will have national defense advisers to guide him is a ridiculous comment.

Trump has been running for president for 10 months and his production rate of gaffes is an order of magnitude greater than Joe Biden has ever achieved. You and other Trump supporters are just making one excuse after another for Trump that neither of us have ever made for any other candidate.

Are we supposed to just wait until Donald Trump is elected before taking anything he says seriously? Are we to assume that after he is elected Trump will heed the advice of experts when he has shown no penchant for calm deliberation during this campaign? If so, then what is the point of having a campaign? We could just let celebrities declare themselves candidates and then immediately schedule elections before giving themselves time to make fools of themselves.

You cannot have it both ways. Either it would be wrong for the GOP to change its rules on nominations at the convention, which it has always done in the past, or it would be wrong if the GOP did not change its rules to crown Trump its nominee at the convention. Which do you want?

Please explain how it would be unfair to Donald Trump to leave the rules in place that were already in place at the time Trump declared himself a Republican candidate for the presidency.