RNC might block entire Nevada delegation over Ron Paul delegate mischief

The Hill ^ | 5/03/12 | Justin Sink

[Libloather]

Ron Paul would game the system? Say it ain't so...

[autumnraine]

Read an article about Lamar County Georgia delegate issue with the Ron Paul’ers.

[Gaffer]

We have diluted the original intent of the Tea Party essence. Further allowing Ron Paul and his crazies to subvert the process any longer is masochism. To tell you the truth, this crap should end now.

[A Strict Constructionist]

Either we have a delegate system or we don’t. Set the rules and live by them. I’m tired of the Rino’s and others gaming the system. And people wonder why we have such bad government. It starts before anyone is elected.

[null and void]

Uppity voters.

[Think free or die]

I was poll watching in SE PA during our primary. A Paul supporter came early in the day with a pile of leaflets which pushed 3 delegates and 3 alternates. The literature not only did not say who was advocating these votes, but also did not say who paid for the literature. We alerted the election judge, who spoke with him and got back-talk. He was obviously prepared for the question because he insisted that unless it cost over $1,000, the literature didn't need to show a funding statement. He also had Ron Paul flyers which were tri-fold glossy items lacking the same funding information.

Our election judge called the county officials, and put him on the phone. He was told to stand no closer than 10 feet from the building. I watched him from the window and made sure I clarified with every voter who took his flyer that it was a Ron Paul supporting slate. Voters have a right to know. I was really angry at their tactics. I reported it up to our area leader who assured me that it would be discussed with lawyers. I never heard whether there was further follow up. I expect this was going on county and state-wide here in PA. Voters usually don't know anything about the delegates so it's relatively easy to sway some of the votes. In a low turnout primary, it could easily make a difference.

[txhurl]

bump

[null and void]

A young child runs into view and across the car park, being chased by a man in a suit.

COP: Halt or I'll fire!

The child runs right between BILLY and JAKE while the COP stops and raises his gun.

COP: Move, voters!
JAKE: (Grabbing BILLY to stop him from moving) Move an inch and I'll crush every bone in your body.

The COP has lost the girl, but he does not lower his gun -- it's an automatic weapon that looks all too loaded. He approaches the group angrily.

COP: You helped an enemy of democracy escape. She was stealing an apple of the people.
JAKE: (Whipping out his badge in an aggressive manner) Bullet. Cybernautics!
COP: That's traffic control.

JAKE is crestfallen and turns his badge around to look at it. The others, sans SEBASTIAN, can't believe their bad luck.

COP: Kneel, voters. You are under sentence of death. (To SEBASTIAN in the shadows) Come out of the shadows, voter.

SEBASTIAN walks forward, arms raised in surrender.

SEBASTIAN: What's the beef? Did she steal your lunch box?

The COP finally gets a look at who he's talking to.

COP: M-mm-many apologies, Voter Colonel. Had I known it was you...

He slowly lowers his gun, lowers his head, and clicks his heels in a salute.

COP: Forgive me.
SEBASTIAN: You know me?
COP: Of course, Voter Colonel.
SEBASTIAN: Who am I?
COP: You... are... Colonel Sebastian Doyle. Section chief of CGI. Head of the Ministry of Alteration.
SEBASTIAN: Remind me a little. What do we do at the "Ministry of Alteration?"
COP: You... change people, sir.
SEBASTIAN: In what way?
COP: You change them from being alive people, to being dead people.
To purify democracy.
BILLY: Purify?!
COP: No one has done more to purge the ballot boxes than the Voter Colonel.

[txhurl]

What’s that from so I can read it or watch it.

[rellimpank]

-—and the Nevada Republidunces can’t do anything right, anyway-—

[null and void]

RED DWARF Series V Episode 6, "Back to Reality"

I recommend starting with Series I Episode 1, "The End"

You probably will like it.

A lot...

[muawiyah]

See where Priebus is going with this? He certainly didn't threaten this way back when the Republican big dogs in Virginia decided to change the rules at the last minute to disqualify all the other candidates than their "Chosen One".

He is not, to my understanding, making any attempt to force the proportionality rules on Florida.

The corruption runs from top to bottom in that crowd ~ it will run out over the floors and spill into the Senate and House elections.

The degree of corruption at the RNC is so great it probably explains why our 2010 advances were not equaled in 2011 in the various by-elections around the country.

I think we have the sort of problem at the top that ought to probably lose the confidence of the Republican big dogs around the country.

So, what do we do next?

[UncleSam]

They Say!

“National Republicans worry that if grassroots party loyalists aren’t supporting the presumptive nominee, the party could struggle against President Obama’s fundraising and organizational efforts.”

What does a ‘National Republican” look like? Pink faced little pudgy guy like Karl Rove? The National Republican peoples didn’t do so well in 2008 and plans are afoot to pee on them again this year.

 

[Sirius Lee]

There's no "gaming". The rules are the rules. If the RNC doesn't like them, then they shouldn't have written them they way they did.

It's like when OWS types complain that wealthy people use IRS loopholes that dumocrats themselves helped write to pay less in taxes.

The GOP is morphing into the DNC in more ways than one.

[muawiyah]

Ron Paul is not the problem here ~ think about who set up those rules that allow this to happen. That's where the problem is.

Nevada is probably just one of a couple of dozen states being gamed by hopeless minorities of losers ~ who were the guys who did this before the Paulistas decided to do it? Maybe McCain's crowd ~ think they did that stuff? Or could be even the Bushbots, or whoever. You might have to go back some years to find out why those rules are that way, but you'll end up with the IDs on the guys who game systems in the Republican party.

[Rome2000]

Maybe idiots shouldn’t have been enfranchised in the first place.
Anybody who thinks Americas problems will be solved electorally has rocks in their head

[ngat]

I am curious. Could you explain exactly why you loathe Libertarians?

Please take enough space to explain fully, as I am not so familiar with Libertarianism, and would really like to know.

[cripplecreek]

The GOP is morphing into the DNC in more ways than one.

They really are starting to behave like the Obama crowd did in 08

[william clark]

Great series. The recent story arc on Eureka reminded me of that episode.

[rawcatslyentist]

Did the scammers get scammed?

Poor widdle RNC same as the DNC. They got gamed!

I'd vote RP before MR!