THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: AdmiralViscen on April 28, 2008, 11:14:15 AM
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I'll throw you a bone FoC.
(http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/04/27/art.paulnv0427.ap.jpg)
RENO, Nevada (AP) — Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders abruptly shut down their state convention and now must resume the event to complete a list of 31 delegates to the GOP national convention.
Outnumbered supporters of expected Republican presidential nominee John McCain faced off Saturday against well-organized Paul supporters. A large share of the more than 1,300 state convention delegates enabled Paul supporters to get a rule change positioning them for more national convention delegate slots than expected.
"I've seen factions walk out. I've never seen a party walk out," said Jeff Greenspan, regional coordinator for the Paul campaign.
Delegates cheered earlier in the day as former presidential hopeful Mitt Romney urged support for McCain. Later, though, Paul got even louder applause as he delivered his message of individual freedom and fiscal responsibility.
State Sen. Bob Beers, the convention chairman, was booed loudly as he called for a recess Saturday evening. He said that the party's rental contract for a big meeting room at a Reno hotel-casino had expired and there was too much work left to complete.
State GOP Chairwoman Sue Lowden said the rules change wasn't anticipated. She denied any anti-Paul bias, saying expected slates of national delegates were prepared through a fair and open process by the convention's nominations committee and the party thought the convention would accept them.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/04/27/nevada-gops-state-convention-shut-down-early/
:american
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HELL YES! :punch
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Our county convention wasnt as bad but it was bad. Ours started at 8Am and went to 9PM. We had roughly 50/50 RonPaul/Not Ron Paul people. At 9PM not one thing was decided and the county head just decided to end the convention.
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i swear i saw a dude at my supermarket who looked like ron paul
i couldn't get a good camera pic sadly
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Oh, and fuck the republican party. After the last 8 years they need all the new suporters they can get. They are really being stupid by treating the ron paul people like some kind of outsider.
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That's hilarious.
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[youtube=425,350]NWMDF92ZE7c[/youtube]
Here is Ron Paul on CNN talking about the incident?
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Ron Paul slam dunks the republican party in the video. :lol :lol
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I understand it's a complete pipe dream, but how awesome would it be if Ron Paul somehow won the nomination at the convention?
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I understand it's a complete pipe dream, but how awesome would it be if Ron Paul somehow won the nomination at the convention?
I think I'd prob cry tears of joy. :american Just watched the vid, he's got such character that it amazes me.