RNC does whatever it takes to keep Ron Paul from being nominated from the floor of the convention.

**test123** · 2012-08-24 01:58

The Crime of Maine, like those of other states, is designed to make sure that Ron's name cannot be placed in nomination at RomFest.

**Tyche** · 2012-08-24 06:14

Yay, I was worried we wouldn't get this.

**Ragnus** · 2012-08-24 07:38

It's pretty suspect. Lock Step or else.

**ringthree** · 2012-08-24 10:04

Originally Posted by Ragnus

It's pretty suspect. Lock Step or else.

It's a little more complicated than that. A lot of the maneuvers that Ron Paul's supporters were doing to get delegates were pretty illegitimate also.

**Conrad** · 2012-08-24 10:06

weird that they don't want him, he's pretty much in-step with the GOP down the line

**Kuya** · 2012-08-24 12:45

Why do the libertarians keep running for the republican party if this stuff keeps happening to them?

**Cantih** · 2012-08-24 12:57

Because not enough people vote Libertarian for them to win that way.

**Ragnus** · 2012-08-24 12:59

Not sure. If they broke off from the Repubs then they could easily become a third, new, party. It only takes 5% of national votes to get recognized and treated to the laundry list of official party benefits.

**Kuya** · 2012-08-24 13:04

Originally Posted by Cantih

Because not enough people vote Libertarian for them to win that way.

They don't win anyway

**Dotsudoku** · 2012-08-24 13:08

Wouldn't an unwinnable yet relevant enough party like libertarian create a democratic deadlock on the POTUS? Most of the libertarians I encounter tend to think that the fiscal side of their dogma is more important than the social one.

**ringthree** · 2012-08-24 13:46

Originally Posted by Cantih

Because not enough people vote Libertarian for them to win that way.

It also helps that Ron Paul isn't a libertarian at all.

**kuronosan** · 2012-08-24 16:13

You are all assuming that the money that comes from both the Demos and Repubs and their special interest groups won't bury this type of shit anyway.

It should be no surprise that none of this sees the light of day.

**Drex** · 2012-08-24 22:00

maybe we should regulate elections so this kind of thing doesn't hap-oh, right. free market did it.

**Kirin** · 2012-08-24 22:08

Im curious when this story aired...

Because i remember hearing earlier in the week that the RNC and the Ron Paul supporters on the whole had reached an agreement when it came to seating the delegation and were even involved in writing the party platform.

**Pirian** · 2012-08-24 23:43

Originally Posted by Drex

maybe we should regulate elections so this kind of thing doesn't hap-oh, right. free market did it.

no photoshop atm

Tom, if irony were made of strawberries, we'd all be drinking a lot of smoothies right now.

**Sera** · 2012-08-25 04:40

Originally Posted by Skirkle

weird that they don't want him, he's pretty much in-step with the GOP down the line

Ron Paul would be a GOP nomination that would actually make me nervous. That said, he's racist as hell so he'd probably have as many black supporters as romney, so that game wouldn't change at all.

**Kerberoz** · 2012-08-25 09:08

Originally Posted by kuronosan

You are all assuming that the money that comes from both the Demos and Repubs and their special interest groups won't bury this type of shit anyway.

It should be no surprise that none of this sees the light of day.

Dems should be encouraging this shit, tbh. A major Libertarian party would schismatize the right-wing vote into religio-tards and conspira-tards instead of the united front they have now.

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