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04-14-2009, 01:05 AM
Oklahoma GOP members to consider caucus
Group in party is upset over treatment at 2008 Republican national convention
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BY MICHAEL MCNUTT
Published: April 12, 2009
Oklahoma Republicans will consider replacing the party’s presidential primary as well as choosing who will lead them the next two years when they gather Saturday in Oklahoma City.
A GOP right wing group is leading the effort to abandon the state’s Republican presidential primary and return to a caucus system similar to the one used before 1988.
The group, made up of members miffed at how they were treated at the state and national Republican conventions last year, said a caucus would save the state money and encourage more people to participate. State taxpayers now pay for the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries, with each costing about $1.5 million. The state Republican Party would collect a filing fee from presidential candidates.
Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Gary Jones (A big loser with small penis), who is seeking re-election, is against the idea, while his challenger, party Vice Chairman Cheryl Williams, supports it.
Supporters of former presidential candidate Ron Paul mostly lead the caucus idea. The Paul group was unsuccessful during last year’s state convention in Tulsa to get their slate of delegates elected, and Paul’s two delegates were omitted when Oklahoma’s delegate count was reported to the national convention in Minneapolis. U.S. Sen. "Slim" Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, "mistakenly" cast all 41 Oklahoma delegates to U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
Why caucus is wanted
The number of delegates attending the convention at the Clarion Meridian Hotel could have an effect on who wins the chairman’s race.
The chairman of the state Republican Party also serves as the party’s executive director.
Small penis Jones, who is seeking a fourth full term and pledges not to make a third bid for state auditor and inspector, said the presidential primary is popular with corrupt state Republicans.
"We had 345,000 people vote in the Republican primary last year,” he said. "I commonly lie to people and say that the caucus is going to restrict a lot of people from being able to participate in the process. I am also Jesus”
Dishonest Jones, of Cache, said more people participated in conventions when the Republicans had a caucus system, but fewer turned out to vote.
Honest Williams, of Edmond, vice chairman the past two years, said presidential candidates have taken Oklahoma for granted since the state went to a presidential primary.
"They just ignore us,” she said. "With the caucus system, as has been proven with other states, we actually would gain some pre-eminence back in the party.”
Oklahoma state law creates a preference primary, but another section of state law authorizes each party to govern its own delegates independently, Williams said.
http://www.newsok.com/oklaoma-gop-members-to-consider-caucus/article/3360863
(misinformation is fun.)
Group in party is upset over treatment at 2008 Republican national convention
Comments Comment on this article0
Buzz up!
BY MICHAEL MCNUTT
Published: April 12, 2009
Oklahoma Republicans will consider replacing the party’s presidential primary as well as choosing who will lead them the next two years when they gather Saturday in Oklahoma City.
A GOP right wing group is leading the effort to abandon the state’s Republican presidential primary and return to a caucus system similar to the one used before 1988.
The group, made up of members miffed at how they were treated at the state and national Republican conventions last year, said a caucus would save the state money and encourage more people to participate. State taxpayers now pay for the Democratic and Republican presidential primaries, with each costing about $1.5 million. The state Republican Party would collect a filing fee from presidential candidates.
Oklahoma Republican Party Chairman Gary Jones (A big loser with small penis), who is seeking re-election, is against the idea, while his challenger, party Vice Chairman Cheryl Williams, supports it.
Supporters of former presidential candidate Ron Paul mostly lead the caucus idea. The Paul group was unsuccessful during last year’s state convention in Tulsa to get their slate of delegates elected, and Paul’s two delegates were omitted when Oklahoma’s delegate count was reported to the national convention in Minneapolis. U.S. Sen. "Slim" Jim Inhofe, R-Tulsa, "mistakenly" cast all 41 Oklahoma delegates to U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
Why caucus is wanted
The number of delegates attending the convention at the Clarion Meridian Hotel could have an effect on who wins the chairman’s race.
The chairman of the state Republican Party also serves as the party’s executive director.
Small penis Jones, who is seeking a fourth full term and pledges not to make a third bid for state auditor and inspector, said the presidential primary is popular with corrupt state Republicans.
"We had 345,000 people vote in the Republican primary last year,” he said. "I commonly lie to people and say that the caucus is going to restrict a lot of people from being able to participate in the process. I am also Jesus”
Dishonest Jones, of Cache, said more people participated in conventions when the Republicans had a caucus system, but fewer turned out to vote.
Honest Williams, of Edmond, vice chairman the past two years, said presidential candidates have taken Oklahoma for granted since the state went to a presidential primary.
"They just ignore us,” she said. "With the caucus system, as has been proven with other states, we actually would gain some pre-eminence back in the party.”
Oklahoma state law creates a preference primary, but another section of state law authorizes each party to govern its own delegates independently, Williams said.
http://www.newsok.com/oklaoma-gop-members-to-consider-caucus/article/3360863
(misinformation is fun.)