Posted on 08/29/2012 11:29:35 AM PDT by smoothsailing
August 29, 2012
Joel Griffith
An RNC bus driver transporting the Virginia delegation to the convention seemed to have lost his way to the destination yesterday. The delegation, led by long time conservative activist Morton Blackwell, was prepared to vote against the proposed rules change. However, the delay meant the Rules Committee meeting had adjourned prior to their arrival. Delegates remaining on board the bus were unable to participate in the proceedings.
In an age of GPS, cell phones, and other forms of instant information access, it is difficult to fathom how a professional bus driver finds it possible to remain lost for an hour in a city the size of Tampa. After all, the entire downtown area is only a few square miles! The frustration on the part of the delegates became apparent when some demanded to be dropped off in order to walk to the convention hall.
Speaker of the House John Boehner ruled the “ayes” won the voice vote on the proposed rules changes, a result which possibly could have been avoided had the Virginia delegation not been detained by the “lost bus.” These rules alter the structure of the Republican Party, by transferring power from grassroots activists to 100 RNC committeemen.
According to delegate Matt Dubin, an attorney and conservative activist, those supporting the changes ”disenfranchised grassroots conservatives everywhere – Liberty Republicans, Tea Party Republicans, supporters of Bachman, Santorum, Gingrich and Cain – anyone who is not already part of the power elite.”
Dubin, who supports Ron Paul, earned the respect of many Santorum supporters in the state of Washington in their mutual struggle against party corruption and deceptive tactics. As Matt Dubin states, “Those of us who have been working in the trenches over the past 6 years know firsthand the cheating, rules violations, deceptions and bully tactics used to silence our voices. Today the whole world saw them for themselves. The insider establishment would like nothing better than for us to give up and walk away. They still think they can win without us… But we are not going away, and our numbers are going to swell with grassroots conservatives who see what their leadership is doing to this party and to their voices…This is about ideas and values.”
If “of the people, by the people, and for the people” is an acceptable way to govern the nation, should we not maintain this principle within our own party?
We want ‘names’....
Tin hatters coming in... 3..2..1..
In politics, there are no coincidences.......
“Tin hatters coming in... 3..2..1..”
I don’t know about that. I can’t speak for what happened in this instance, but I confess have participated in similar schemes in business and even during my military days. This sounds quite familiar actually...
In politics, there are no coincidences.......
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Good luck.
okay..............?
Yes, find the driver, see what he is willing to say and at what price.
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Keep your powder dry and your guns loaded at all times.
FMCDH(BITS)
Are you telling me that you actually believe a professional bus driver got lost in Tampa for an hour? Really?
While this could be conspiracy, arguing bus drivers don’t get lost, even when they are professional ones is naive.
2 Completely professional and well trained airbus pilots flew a completely functioning (with the exception of a blocked air speed indicator) and brand new plane into the ocean just a few years ago. Believing something is NOT POSSIBLE when humans are involved is naive.
I know the people I’ve conversed with in the Virginia delegation aren’t happy but I haven’t heard all of the details.
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“Are you telling me that you actually believe a professional bus driver got lost in Tampa for an hour? Really?”
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Well he was waiting for the check from the DNC to clear the bank.
Pow, gut punch! :)
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