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RUSH: GOP Establishment Tries to Change Delegate Rules to Marginalize Conservatives
rushlimbaugh.com ^ | August 28, 2012 | Rush Limbaugh transcipt

Posted on 08/28/2012 6:41:05 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

RUSH: There's an AP story here today. This rules change what everybody thinks got solved yesterday. Let me briefly, as I understand this, tell you what's going on. There was an attempt, by the rules committee yesterday, to change the rules of the convention in determining who the delegates to the convention are from the various states and to strip away all of the BS. The purpose of the rules change, which was orchestrated by Ben Ginsberg -- he's working for Romney, but it's the establishment GOP. The express purpose is to eliminate any influence of Tea Party activists or grassroots people or conservatives, essentially, from having any power at future conventions.

It would allow the presidential nominee to determine who the delegates to the convention are in future conventions.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012rncconvention; boehner; delegate; romne; ronpaul; rush; rushlimbaugh
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To: Blogger

The party platform is agsinst those which he has agreed to advance.


21 posted on 08/28/2012 7:32:43 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (You have entered an invalid birthday)
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To: Kazan

I will not vote for him (and I was going to).


22 posted on 08/28/2012 7:37:17 PM PDT by Blogger
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To: GeronL

yes...I’m quite pissed. If RP appears on the ballot I will vote for him now.Otherwise I will skip this portion.


23 posted on 08/28/2012 7:39:26 PM PDT by magna carta
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To: neveralib
Much to my surprise (and joy) they (ALL) the speakers have been "HAMMERING" Dear Leader.

Nice of the GOP to have one of their operatives sign up a month ago to infiltrate anti-establishment threads.

If Romney wins, I wonder how many of us will be audited or worse.

24 posted on 08/28/2012 7:40:33 PM PDT by Forgotten Amendments (The good news ... There's no Bob Dole Jr.)
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To: magna carta

I wouldn’t vote for Ron Paul either, this has nothing to do with RP in my opinion- but the entire grassroots conservative movement


25 posted on 08/28/2012 7:42:25 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

Put a stop to it?

Romney’s RINO’s are running the convention


26 posted on 08/28/2012 7:44:27 PM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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To: GeronL
I wouldn’t vote for Ron Paul either, this has nothing to do with RP in my opinion- but the entire grassroots conservative movement

Same here. Mitt Romney likely lost the election tonight and it isn't going to matter one bit who he blames because losing is losing.
27 posted on 08/28/2012 7:48:40 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek

Drag his phoney @ss across the finish line, then chew him up and spit him out in 2016. That’s where I’m at right now.


28 posted on 08/28/2012 7:55:19 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry
With the rules change tonight and if he is a sitting president... you will not do anything to stop romney from running again. The party that broke the rules tonight, have rewritten those rules to keep any delegates out of the convention that are not assimilated.

LLS

29 posted on 08/28/2012 7:57:46 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (If romney is our only chance... we have less of a chance than a Massachusetts fetus.)
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To: All

I just got a call from the Maine ousted delegates. Ron Paul said the mothership is here. We need to put on our Nikes, capes and foil hats and go outside at Midnight EST to be picked up.

USAFJeeper AKA Lizard Boy OUT


30 posted on 08/28/2012 7:58:13 PM PDT by USAFJeeper (Who Dat Nation - Loving the Manning Face!)
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To: GeronL
Agree 100%. I wouldn't vote for paul ever... and mitt... just cannot do it.

LLS

31 posted on 08/28/2012 7:59:20 PM PDT by LibLieSlayer (If romney is our only chance... we have less of a chance than a Massachusetts fetus.)
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To: LibLieSlayer

Who said anything about primarying him?


32 posted on 08/28/2012 8:02:35 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: RegulatorCountry

He doesn’t want my vote and there is no way in hell the GOP will allow the nomination of another candidate in 2016.

He’s not going to be pushed to the right if conservatives don’t have the courage to do it now.


33 posted on 08/28/2012 8:05:17 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: cripplecreek
Same here. Mitt Romney likely lost the election tonight and it isn't going to matter one bit who he blames because losing is losing.

Oh horsesnot. You're so full of BS. You weren't going to vote for Romney and were are always predicting he'd lose anyway. You just look for any thread to post your debbie downer drivel.

Romney's odds of winning have actually been increasing in both polling, on intrade, etc. Willard has nearly drawn even with Hussein and it is increasingly possible that he will be elected president. Nothing that happened at the convention today changes this dynamic. And FYI, these rule changes were primarily designed at chasing the paulbots away. Perhaps they were overkill, but that was generally the intent. And I say good riddance. Paultards hate social conservatives and detest the traditional, family oriented wing of the Republican party. They weren't going to vote for our nominee no matter who it was (and there is no chance it was going to be Paul).

34 posted on 08/28/2012 8:10:54 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: Longbow1969

Calm Down


35 posted on 08/28/2012 8:14:24 PM PDT by scooby321 (AMS)
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To: Longbow1969
Longbow1969 wrote: "And FYI, these rule changes were primarily designed at chasing the paulbots away. Perhaps they were overkill, but that was generally the intent. And I say good riddance. Paultards hate social conservatives and detest the traditional, family oriented wing of the Republican party. They weren't going to vote for our nominee no matter who it was (and there is no chance it was going to be Paul)."

Good point, Longbow. I think you're right.

36 posted on 08/28/2012 8:20:39 PM PDT by bd476
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To: Kazan

” Why would he stop it? He knows most conservatives, even JimRob, are going to vote for him know matter what he and the establishment do. That gives him free reign to do almost anything.”

Conservatives are as much on the RINO Plantation as blacks are on the Demonrat Plantation. They see the second. They are RINO blind to the first.


37 posted on 08/28/2012 8:21:48 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Sorry, gone rogue, gone Galt, gone international. Gone.)
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To: cripplecreek

The door was closed to conservative grassroots activists today, and I’m under no illusions as to the future import of that. I was not talking about a primary challenge. A lot can happen in four years, look what’s happened since 2008. It’s time. There is no time, however, to mount a challenge for this 2012 race. None of the third party options hold promise of unseating Obama, and no one appears poised to step up to the plate who could change that circumstance. Obama has got to go. Pity this sordid bunch would benefit short term, but there isn’t another course of action that doesn’t leave EO power in the hands of someone who seriously should never have had it at all.


38 posted on 08/28/2012 8:23:36 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: USAFJeeper
USAFJeeper wrote: "I just got a call from the Maine ousted delegates. Ron Paul said the mothership is here. We need to put on our Nikes, capes and foil hats and go outside at Midnight EST to be picked up. USAFJeeper AKA Lizard Boy OUT"

ROFLOL! Good point well said.

39 posted on 08/28/2012 8:40:45 PM PDT by bd476
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To: Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears

I tell you now WITHOUT reservation. Call me what you will. If Romney is elected, conservatism ends that day.


40 posted on 08/28/2012 8:45:36 PM PDT by RIghtwardHo
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