I've been meaning to look for one...It's just that I work a lot, not much time but to have one would be a good thing because I read a lot of old stuff...some of which needs to be deciphered and some of the word variations are nonexistent on the net.

The dictionary thing is real painful today...(the phone books too!) should of kept the old dictionaries I had a kid.

With all due respect, the points you made about "mainstream Republicrats", not even if true, but especially if true, are why I would vote for Ted, of the pitiful bunch left.

Dysfunctional is the word!

I came out of a family where reality was very "flexible" and an eternal covenant was easily negated in favor of the "emotion-of-the-moment".

I have a great deal of difficulty thinking of this country like I think about my family-of-origin but the likeness is so remarkable that it is unmistakable.

"Civilization is the process of setting man free from men." --- Ayn Rand

May the Gulch be a haven for people who are devoted to reality and reason...unlike the rest of the world.

So long as Trump doesn't lose too many delegates, this plays to his advantage. He's made political hay out of voters who feel victimized by an elite culture, and he's now showing them that even a billionaire can be "victimized." He's also throwing down the disenfranchised card, with voters having no say in a system run by arrogant party elite who feel they know better who should be the candidate.

Given the options, I am pro-Trump. You are right, the system is broken and surprise, surprise, only from our viewpoint. From the viewpoint of the establishment, it is just fine.

Yep, my thought is, between Trump or Hillary, "Damn, we won't even have the option choosing whether we can have Vaseline or not."

Possibly, but one can't spend all one's time merely whining - unless one is vying for the Democratic nomination. Republican voters get really tired of hearing the constant complaining. And the process is just as antagonistic to Cruz as it is to Trump - it isn't as if the Republican Party is chomping at the bit to nominate someone as openly critical of both parties as Cruz.

The other thing that many also overlook is Trump's overall unfavorability rating as it would apply in a general election. Trump's name recognition is already at 100% - yet his approval rating is a paltry 37% and static. That doesn't bode well for his prospects. Only Hillary Clinton has similar numbers.

Maybe we should go to online voting, and anyone who registers with the government can run and have their votes tallied electronically. Political parties can still exist, but they would have no governmental powers attached to them. Congress would be made up of senators and representatives as is done now.

One person, one vote is not likely to work either, unless we stop allowing political parties to restrict our choices through their control of ballot access.

While Cruz' strategy appears to be amassing delegates by taking advantage of the "rules", Trump's strategy appears to be to attack those rules as "undemocratic" and to demonize Cruz and his delegates as being out to "steal" the nomination using underhanded tactics. Both apparent strategies seem to be working, but Trump's costs much less and has the potential to be more effective in the end. If Trump maintains his popular vote lead in the primaries, and someone else turns out to be the GOP nominee, that candidate will be widely perceived as the undeserving beneficiary of a "rigged" process.

Cruz is crooked too. He doesnt want the people to decide this. He wants to win by whatever means he can. I would NEVER vote for him, EVER.

This year's election is a prime example of why political parties shouldn't even exist. Or if they do, they should have only the rights and privileges available to any other private organization, and should have no influence or control over ballot access.

I agree, the two party system is done for. Its crooked and doesnt represent us anymore. Trump is right about how it works. Its time to dump the establishment. Interestingly enough, both Trump and Sanders are right about that. Sanders is a wack job on how to fix it, however, and I wouldnt vote for him. I like that Trump brings it all out in the open. THAT might actually get some changes made. If its a democracy that we have, it should be one person=one vote. PERIOD. No delegates, No electoral college

It has come to pass that to be a politician, is to be a self aggrandizing, devious, seeker of power, fame and loot. There are a few exceptions. Very few. As a result, no matter what system is used, there will be a way that it will become distorted in order to serve not the people, but the politicians themselves. This will continue so long as the people let it continue, living in what has become the myth of a free society. The best that can now be said of America is that it is the country that tried. Tried for that "sweet land of liberty" but let it slip from their grasp.

I think the GOP establishment doesn't want Cruz anymore than they want Trump. They want one of their own, and at the moment backing Cruz is their best shot at denying Trump a first-ballot victory and achieving a "brokered" convention where they can wield more influence.

Likewise, I suspect many Trump supporters are not happy with many of his positions, but the consider him their best chance for taking down the party establishment.

The one thing Dems and Repubs always join forces on is keeping out any other parties. This primary cycle has been interesting if nothing else.