Nev. GOP recesses state convention, angering Paul supporters
Nev. GOP recesses state convention, angering Paul supporters
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Type of Content: Article 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. Read »
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A friend told me that he heard on Hanity that Ron Paul supporters did not follow rules, disrupted the convention, demanded seating, and she urged republicans not to let in the Ron Paul supporters. "They're destroying the republican party and destroying the country." my friend asserted. I felt sick to my stomach. What really happened? We need to combat this talking point.
Yes, the Ron Paul people, who had a majority at the convention and used the party's own rules to their advantage -and when they did so - the Party shut down the event- are the one's at fault. If i am not mistaken, Mitt Romney won Nevada, with Ron Paul coming in 2nd. Why does McCain deserve ANY delegates from the State to the national convention? Oh ya, he doesn't.
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We need to realize that we supporters of liberty and the constitution are viewed by the neo-con corruption that is the Republican party as enemies, just like Democrats. They don't want us. They don't care whether we are truly conservatives or not; they just see us criticizing Bush and view us as enemies. But we always need to remember that we are not taking over the Republican party, we are simply reclaiming it in the name of conservatism.
We need to realize that we supporters of liberty and the constitution are viewed by the neo-con corruption that is the Republican party as enemies, just like Democrats. They don't want us. They don't care whether we are truly conservatives or not; they just see us criticizing Bush and view us as enemies. But we always need to remember that we are not taking over the Republican party, we are simply reclaiming it in the name of conservatism.