A few phrases from this article that I dissect.
“Paul is no threat to Romney’s nomination.”
The fact is Romney has less delegates than the mainstream gives him credit for. In a lot of states, the coutns are completely off because the state GOP conventions haven't taken place. Heck, Paul just earned 60+ delegates that Romney was presumed to have, with more on the way in several states.
Besides, if Paul is no threat, then why did Romney and the RNC send attorneys to Nevada and Maine in a blatant - and failed - intimidation attempt? Read about the Nevada attempt here. That only makes sense if Paul actually is a threat.
Time after time throughout this campaign, the RNC has been willing to ignore their own rules and blatant attempts to manipulate the delegate selection process. Look at the hypocrisy of the RNC. It is dumbfounding, really:
“As of now, the most drastic thing Paul’s supporters can do in Tampa is make noise.”
The most drastic thing Paul’s supporters can do is WIN. It’s pretty telling when the RNC is breaking its own rules by aligning with Romney and making threats against the NVGOP and MEGOP.
“They will have to vote for Romney on the first ballot of convention voting, …”
This may not be true DEPENDING ON the state. In some states the GOP rules may "legally" permit a delegate to abstain, and if the alternates are Paul supporters they may be able to do the same (I need a source for this). I put "legally" in quotations because the delegates are bound by GOP rules but there is no "legal" system, i.e. there are no laws dictating GOP rules.
“He also has a mathematical shot at winning delegations from Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon and Vermont,…”
There's news for you: Paul has taken 23/28 of Iowa, 17/46 in Louisiana so far and a 74% majority going into their state convention to get the rest, a majority in Minnesota (20/24 with 13 left to decide), 19/27 in Massachsetts districts with more to come, and Washington and Virginia in process. It's no wonder the MSNBC's and FOX NEWS and CNN's and the rest of the mainstream media have the delegate count so off, because they are ignoring the actual results.
So there you have it. This is why you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet - not just about politics, but about any subject.
“Paul is no threat to Romney’s nomination.”
The fact is Romney has less delegates than the mainstream gives him credit for. In a lot of states, the coutns are completely off because the state GOP conventions haven't taken place. Heck, Paul just earned 60+ delegates that Romney was presumed to have, with more on the way in several states.
Besides, if Paul is no threat, then why did Romney and the RNC send attorneys to Nevada and Maine in a blatant - and failed - intimidation attempt? Read about the Nevada attempt here. That only makes sense if Paul actually is a threat.
Time after time throughout this campaign, the RNC has been willing to ignore their own rules and blatant attempts to manipulate the delegate selection process. Look at the hypocrisy of the RNC. It is dumbfounding, really:
- The RNC had no problem when Florida and Arizona violated party rules by holding winner-take-all primaries prior to the date the rules said such contests could happen.
- The RNC didn't step in when the Iowa Republican party screwed up the counting of votes and lost the results from several precincts
- The RNC sat idly by while the Maine Republican leadership declared Romney the winner despite the fact that many votes hadn't yet been counted.
- The RNC didn't care when the state of Michigan changed their rules at the last minute to hand all the at-large delegates to Romney instead of splitting them with Santorum.
- The RNC had nothing to say when hundreds of people were illegally turned away from party caucus sites in Washington State,
- The RNC didn't care when police had to be called to caucuses in Missouri, where local party leaders gamed the system to benefit their chosen candidates.
- The RNC had no problem when Nevada Republicans attempted to hold a special caucus only for religiously-observant people and then took two full days to count the results.
“As of now, the most drastic thing Paul’s supporters can do in Tampa is make noise.”
The most drastic thing Paul’s supporters can do is WIN. It’s pretty telling when the RNC is breaking its own rules by aligning with Romney and making threats against the NVGOP and MEGOP.
“They will have to vote for Romney on the first ballot of convention voting, …”
This may not be true DEPENDING ON the state. In some states the GOP rules may "legally" permit a delegate to abstain, and if the alternates are Paul supporters they may be able to do the same (I need a source for this). I put "legally" in quotations because the delegates are bound by GOP rules but there is no "legal" system, i.e. there are no laws dictating GOP rules.
“He also has a mathematical shot at winning delegations from Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon and Vermont,…”
There's news for you: Paul has taken 23/28 of Iowa, 17/46 in Louisiana so far and a 74% majority going into their state convention to get the rest, a majority in Minnesota (20/24 with 13 left to decide), 19/27 in Massachsetts districts with more to come, and Washington and Virginia in process. It's no wonder the MSNBC's and FOX NEWS and CNN's and the rest of the mainstream media have the delegate count so off, because they are ignoring the actual results.
So there you have it. This is why you shouldn't believe everything you read on the internet - not just about politics, but about any subject.
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