Posted on 08/31/2012 9:46:46 AM PDT by Mozilla
Still here propagandizing for the Democrats huh bot boy?
A little historical perspective, though: every time a party attempts to put in rules that will achieve purpose x, they usually have the exact opposite unintended effect. Recall the post-McGovern frenzy by the Dems to require certain % of women, minorities, etc in every delegation. All that did was make them unelectable (Mondale). It took Clinton to do an end run around the whole process through the DLC and his alliances with governors to overcome the new rules. But he did.
Self-ping
If it's "propaganda" I'd really like to know why? Can you point it out?
Thanks for the concise update.
It’s incredible that Obama is our President and only such a distasteful incumbent could force us to accept one such as Romney. But he was picked early on just like W was. The RNC gave him the big bucks and the rest is history. Hopefully things will get better without a Leninist in the White House, but not much in my estimation.
You need to put down the Kool Aid.
The rule change had nothing to do with Ron Paul.
His convention trolls and odious activities at the primaries merely gave them an excuse to pull this stunt.
This was aimed at the Tea Party grassroots and Conservatives.
The nominee was already chosen for us long before any primaries were held.
Look at how Florida was sddenly ‘all awarded to Romney’ despite the RNC rules sayng that it wasn’t to be so before ‘a certain date’.
Even IF is was for a good intention, it will lead to MORE control taken away from the people... how often has a rule/regulation/law been made for a good intention that ended up making things worse... yet it was never recalled or amended?
How many of those HAVE been fixed (as far as I know.. none).
There are many saying this was to prevent Paultards from screwing things up... it may be so, but they were also pushing Conservatives out to the curb... (I DO know that the Paultards had to go.. he is NOT a Conservative, no matter what they say)... but I am sure there were other ways of getting the Libertarians out without alienating the Conservatives..
This is why I always tell these people who think that "all we need to do is take the GOP over at the county level and work our way up" that they are delusional.
When the GOP-E controls the gavel, chooses who gets called on, decides what proposals get considered and which do not, decides what rules get made, etc., then it doesn't matter how many average Joes you turn out to the conventions - the GOP-E will still win at the end of the day. It's like playing a baseball game where the home team gets to move the home run wall closer or farther away from home plate, depending on who's up to bat.
Oops.. meant the people as the STATES...
When conservatives are a majority of the Republican party they can change the rules to suit themselves.
When conservatives are a majority (or even close) of the party, I’ll rejoin it.
If this is the case then the Republican Party has become as Fascist as the Democrats.
“Grassroots” , aka, - Paulers.
This is getting tiresome.
I agree mostly with what you said... Paul gave them a reason to pull this off, and the timing was perfect.... BUT, not all of us are that stupid or blind.
I just pray that we can fix this really soon before there really IS a CWII.
Why was this move made? Probably because of the Paulistinians who, even though Paul did not win a single contest, still were able to maneuver to get the delegate slots. The Paul supporters were moving to nominate Paul, despite the fact that everyone’s favorite crazy uncle did not win, or even come close. They adopted the rules to avoid the embarrasment that the media would heap upon them for the Pual delegate actions.
Code Pink was able to infiltrate and disrupt Ryan’s speech and Romney’s speech. How and why? Paul supporters, of course; they gave them their credentials. What if they had given the credentials not to a whacked out chick screaming about her “lady parts” but rather to some whacked out, violent terrorist who would kill delegates, or the candidates? The Paulistinians showed their true colors this week. They were not above sabatoging the convention and the candidates in their little immature hissy fit.
Why was this move made? Probably because of the Paulistinians who, even though Paul did not win a single contest, still were able to maneuver to get the delegate slots. The Paul supporters were moving to nominate Paul, despite the fact that everyone’s favorite crazy uncle did not win, or even come close. They adopted the rules to avoid the embarrasment that the media would heap upon them for the Pual delegate actions.
Code Pink was able to infiltrate and disrupt Ryan’s speech and Romney’s speech. How and why? Paul supporters, of course; they gave them their credentials. What if they had given the credentials not to a whacked out chick screaming about her “lady parts” but rather to some whacked out, violent terrorist who would kill delegates, or the candidates? The Paulistinians showed their true colors this week. They were not above sabatoging the convention and the candidates in their little immature hissy fit.
“Thanks for the concise update.”
Sure. No problem. I am glad I found a well written article that summarizes what went down. Terrible situation is Romney wins and gets a challenger in 2016.
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