If he can't handle Cruz how can he handle ISIS?
by digby
After being asked whether threatening delegates is fair game in the hunt for the 1237 required to secure the Republican nomination, Manafort responded, "It's not my style, and it's not Donald Trump's style … But it is Ted Cruz's style." He then called the Cruz campaign's methods "Gestapo tactics, scorched-earth tactics."
"We're going to be filing several protests because reality is, you know, they are not playing by the rules," Manafort said.
But Manafort, who has advised Republican presidential campaigns going back to Pres. Gerald Ford, would not outline the rules he is playing by either. When pressed on whether paying for a delegate's golf membership or trip to the convention was in the realm possibility he answered, "Well, there's the law, and then there's ethics, and then there's getting votes. I'm not going to get into what tactics are used."
The last I heard, when the enemy breaks the rules the only way to deal is to break the rules yourself. Isn't that how Trump expects to "win" against ISIS? What's the big deal? Why doesn't he just waterboard a few faithless delegates? That'll teach 'em.
