[Bogey78O]

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.

[Vigilanteman]

My Freeper page tells about my first foray into politics as a Ronald Reagan supporter (1976). We managed to lose gracefully in a much closer election and come back and win big time four years later. We took our turns to speak, behaved civilly and didn't shout down the Ford people, even though I felt they were dead wrong. Also, I refused to vote for Ford in the general election, but we managed to get almost all of them voting for our guy just four years later.

There is a lesson there which will probably be lost on the Paulistinians.