[Stat-boy]

I spoke with a few local Republican Party leaders, and we can’t figure out why the State Party will not follow a few simple rules. The rules come from the State statutes and our current State Party rules. It’s not all that hard.

It seems like certain members of the Republican Party are not really conservatives, but speak a conservative message in order to gain political power, and the Texas Republican Party has a number of this type [including our current Gov. Perry].

Many, but not all, of the complaining Republicans are from the Ron Paul camp; however, to dismiss them entirely is not fair. Have a fair process, take votes accordingly, and bring people along so we can reach our goals in November. Avoiding votes when they are proper is not the conservative way. We had a number of Ron Paul supporters at our district convention, and we treated them fairly. We need the new blood. I was happy to not be one of a small handful under 40 at a Republican event. Heck, I actually felt “old.”

[Man50D]

The GOP national convention could be very interesting, especially if similar type dissension amongst the grassroots is sign of things to come.

[Seeking the truth]

Your are an old fa_t!

My wife and I will be attending our 6th RPOT Convention displaying our wares in a 10' x 20' space....www.0cents.com

Stop by...we have some Freeper Stuff

I'd give you our booth number, but as of today, politics (sound familiar) has still not allowed booth assignments!

I may actually be driving from my home in Las Vegas to Houston without knowing my booths!

[FFranco]

“It seems like certain members of the Republican Party are not really conservatives, but speak a conservative message in order to gain political power”

This is true not only in Texas, but universally. That’s why the RINOs are in charge of the Republican Party.

[Paleo Conservative]

"If they want to exclude the grassroots and control the process, it's not right," Polland said.

Oh give me a break. The "grassroots" is really just a bunch of Ron Paul zealots who want to take over the state party convention and nominate a buch of Paulbots to make up the Texas delegation to the Republican National Convention.

[TexasCajun]

I don't like our Presidential Primary date, I was totally disenfranchised when I was told Amnesty MeCain was my Republican Nominee, like it or not.

Texas had no say-so at all.

[mnehring]

From a lot of first hand accounts I've read on this, I understand why the State Party did what it did. There was a lot of attempted hijacking and rules playing by people coming in who were not established party members. There were cases where candidates who received less than 5% of the vote, somehow were able to get dozens of people at local precinct meetings and the former were so rude and forceful, that many of the established members just left. If they weren't established members, we had no idea if they were true, new Republicans, Dem trolls, or other people with their own agenda trying to force their will over the will of a majority of Republican voters. The party did follow the rules in doing this, what we didn't allow were rules to be twisted as some tried to do. (for example, inviting in non-voting guests then trying to twist rules to get them to vote.)

[Libertarianize the GOP]

The faction in control using/abusing the process in order to maintain control is a long tradition in politics, bringing in the courts is a bad idea, it creates hard feelings that won't be mollified because when courts decide there is no need for compromise. Eventually the faction out of power can, if they have enough support, gain control. The ability to overcome and gain control is the qualities necessary to organize a successful political campaign. Fight it out at the convention, not in court.

[lesser_satan]

I heard the same thing happened at the state convention here in MN. They “screened” delegates to determine who would go to the national convention, and screened out anybody who doesn’t have their nose up McCain’s ass.

[Seeking the truth]

Your are an old fa_t!

My wife and I will be attending our 6th RPOT Convention displaying our wares in a 10' x 20' space....www.0cents.com

Stop by...we have some Freeper Stuff

I'd give you our booth number, but as of today, politics (sound familiar) has still not allowed booth assignments!

I may actually be driving from my home in Las Vegas to Houston without knowing my booths!