Did not see this as posted in searches, so apologies if it already was. Yes, it’s Rick Ungar, but who knows if he speaketh the truth about his fellow libs.Dramatic, Little Known GOP Rule Change Takes Choice Of Presidential Candidate Away From Rank And File Republicans And Hands It To Party Elite
This was actually a big deal on conservative sites when it happened. I believe someone said that if it had been in place in 1980, Reagan would not have qualified. But I could be wrong.
As a CONSERVATIVE who has held fast to the rule to FIGHT LIKE HELL IN THE PRIMARIES;
Then, BACK THE WINNER in the General Election!
I would lead the march to a THIRD PARTY if they pulled this crap.
I’ll be a Delegate at the State Caucus this weekend, and ensure the GOPe get this message loud and clear!
That is how that loser Bush I wound up being on the ticket with Reagan, Reagan didn’t want him, the elites did.
Yeah, Ron Paul tried that:
Along with delegates from Iowa, Louisiana, Maine, and Minnesota, Nebraska could have given Paul the support of a plurality of delegates in five states; according to Republican National Committee rules, Paul would have been officially eligible as a candidate for the nomination at the Tampa convention. Organizers would be required to grant Paul’s faction up to 15 minutes for a nominating speech.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/07/ron-pauls-delegate-insurgency-ends-in-nebraska/
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2906665/posts
BTW, those a-holes at Google now list the source rather than the FR topic when I do site:freerepublic.com searches.
After the debacle of the last two Presidential elections, I am in favor of going back to the “Smoky Back Room” form of choosing candidates for Republicans.
ATTENTION REPUBLICAN MEN AND WOMEN IN ARIZONA AND ACROSS AMERICA
CHANGE IS IN THE AIR ……… AND ITS GREAT NEWS FOR OUR COUNTRY AND THE WORLD.
LAST WEEK THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE ACTED WITH OVERWHELMING UNITY TO CHANGE OUR PARTY RULES TO HELP US TAKE BACK THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2016
THE NEW RULES WILL GIVE REPUBLICAN VOTERS MORE CHANCES THAN EVER BEFORE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE NOMINATION PROCESS FROM THE THE GRASS ROOTS UP.
WHILE DEMOCRATS ATTEMPT TO ORDAIN THEIR NOMINEE REPUBLICANS ARE PROVIDING A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD FOR ALL VIABLE CANDIDATES TO WIN OUR NOMINATION.
UNLIKE THE DEMOCRATS— RANK AND FILE VOTERS , DELEGATES , STATE PARTIES AND THE NATIONAL PARTY HAVE TAKEN BACK THE NOMINATION PROCESS FROM THE LIBERAL MEDIA ( DETERMINED TO UNDERMINE A GOP NOMINEE) AS WELL AS FROM THE POLITICAL CONSULTANCY CLASS.
FRIENDS …...THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE IS NOT JUST TO NOMINATE A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE EVERY FOUR YEARS BUT TO ACTUALLY ELECT A REPUBLICAN TO THE PRESIDENCY.
THE HISTORIC ACTION TAKEN BY REPUBLICAN LEADERS LAST WEEK REPRESENTING EVERY STATE AND TERRITORY MAY CRITICAL TO OUR SUCCESS IN THE NEXT ELECTION
This is an email from RNC Committeeman from AZ Bruce Ash who is the chair of the Rules Committee..... he is one of the precinct committeemen in my Legislative District (of which I am Chair) I know him a long time and trust him.
The organized crime family known as ‘the republican party’ is only slightly less reprehensible to me than the organized crime family known as ‘the democrat party’.
Conservative grassroots should have their own primary in advance of the GOP primary - have some kind of national townhall or convention. And send the winner into the GOP primary as its candidate. Otherwise the establishment choice will always come out ahead as the conservatives split the vote.
/johnny
I live in Illinois, on primary day, you walk in and the poll worker asks you, "which ballot do you want", they also ask for your name, (no Id.) then they hand you whichever ballot you want. The current system sucks.
It’s time to let the GOP die. Then burn the body and take the house and stuff away and start over with a conservative base and grow it back from there.
I don’t feel like conservatives have much say in anything the GOP does anymore, particularly choosing a candidate. Back in 2008 McLame had been chosen before I got a chance to vote.
So I get this mailer from Rand Paul a few days ago with a litany of questions focusing on the 2nd Amendment: “Do you support the 2nd Amendment!?” “Are you a red-blooded, He-man gun-grabber hater?” etc. and blah blah blah ...
To all of them, `Yes, yes, I do! I sure am!! etc.’
It finally got to the `short-strokes’ where he asks for a contribution (I suppose JEB will call it a `love-offering’ like passing the plate after a fire and brimstone sermon), I wrote, “Get serious about our southwestern border and I may get back to you. Try to be more of a conservative.”
Conservatives: No Mama, no Papa, no Party. GOP-e, feck `em.