People showed up on election day to defeat Ron Paul and hand him a 4th place 6% finish. His people ran committed Paulistinians as uncommitted delegates to deceive and try to seize control of the Louisiana delegation as they did in Minnesota and Maine.
You may call it playing by the rules. Obama used the same excuse when he disqualified his only opponent from the primary ballot to win his state senate seat by default. Then used the same excuse when he forced out his serious GOP opponent to win his Illinois U.S. Senate seat by default.
But the GOP in Louisana didn't buy it. Neither will the saner elements of GOP voters.
And, yes, it is like the Gore 2000 argument. Only the Paulistinians are worse than Gore. They want to cherry pick which rules get followed and which rules get ignored. And Ron Paul didn't even come close to winning.
Unfortunately, the tactics of Paulistinians are going to p*ss off the GOP rank and file so bad that even his sane views are going to get short shift now. And that's the main tragedy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaX0dSRl9zw
They didn’t cherry pick rules. They did what every American should do. They rallied together to support specific folks who shared their belief. On delegate election day, they called me to solicit my support and reminded me to vote. That’s how it’s done.
There was no deception. It was all done in the open.
As far as Paulistinians behavior, you’re saying it’s okay to be treat one group bad because another group, which supports the same thing, may have acted poorly. What’s to stop Dems in a statehouse from kicking out legitimately elected Republicans and saying “have you seen how awful Republicans act? It’s only fair they get treated this way!”
The Paulistinians did what needs to be done per the rules.
If you oppose it, organize and be get the votes.