[Hoot Gibson]

You left out Michelle's name when you were listing the liars. It's important to retain our objectivity in such an emotionally charged situation. I do want you to know that I'm not a Trump zealot, and him winning is not all that matters to me. I do; however, resent votes for ANY candidate being effectively neutralized because it isn't what the RNC thinks is an appropriate vote.

I left Fields' name out because she is not running for office, nor is she working for a candidate. In addition, she has been widely misquoted. I believe that she exaggerated her story, but she certainly never claimed that she was tossed to the ground. In contrast, the Trump campaign called Fields delusional after Lewandowski claimed that he never touched Fields. Fields may have been less than truthful, but Lewandowski was not even partially truthful about the event.

Perhaps Lewandowski escaped criminal prosecution because what he did wasn't "criminal". As far as negative attention is concerned, there is more than enough being heaped upon this campaign by the RNC.

There are several alternative explanations about why the prosecutor, Dave Aronberg, declined to prosecute the case, including his own explanation, which is provided below. If you want to play the iffin' game, then an alternate explanation is that Trump and his allies exerted political pressure on Aronberg to get the charge dropped. Trump often boasts of his political influence. Maybe the prosecutor's wife, who is apparently well acquainted with the Trumps, played a role in his decision. The pro-Trump media described Aronberg as a "Clinton backer," but so was Trump until very recently.

Lynn Aronberg with Donald and Melania Trump:

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I don't fault Aronberg for not prosecuting Lewandowski - prosecutors often have to prioritize the cases they choose to pursue based on the strength of the evidence and the damage done to victims. Nor am I suggesting that Aronberg was unduly influenced by his (or his wife's) association with the Trumps. If this was a civil rather than a criminal case, where the level of proof required is only the preponderance of evidence, then there would have been either a settlement or a trial of this matter.

My problem with this affair was with the dishonesty of Lewandowski and Trump and with the campaign's attempt to assassinate Fields' character. As I understand it, Fields only contacted the police after the Trump campaign used the fact that she had not filed a complaint as evidence that she was lying about being grabbed.

Explaining his decision not to pursue the case, Dave Aronberg, the state attorney for Palm Beach County, said in a Thursday news conference, "We agree that probable cause exists for the Jupiter Police Department to have charged Mr. Lewandowski in this case." But, he continued, "as prosecutors, however, our standards for filing criminal charges is higher than mere probable cause. We have the burden of proving each case beyond a reasonable doubt. In doing so, a prosecutor must have a good-faith basis that the evidence presented will sustain a conviction."

I once signed myself out of the hospital in order to vote. I won't ever make that mistake again. You speak of voter disenfranchisement, but when a vote can be reduced to nothing by a political power house that assumes to know what I want more than I do.......how else could you describe it?

Trump supporters or not, this is wrong. Our right to vote, and to have that vote counted, is or should be our basic right.

We have absolutely no right to vote in a presidential primary or caucus. The right to participate in a primary election is determined by the parties, which are strictly private organizations. If the party wants to hold a primary or a caucus with a binding vote, then you may vote in that party function. If your state party elects not to allow voters to pick its nominee, then you have an absolute right to move to a different state.