RonPaulFanInGA
09-19-2012, 12:28 AM
http://abetteriowa.desmoinesregister.com/2012/09/18/deeth-ron-paul-can-still-win/
But more important than my pet peeve is this unhealed wound in the Republican party. And one guess which state’s party is at the center of it?
“They’ve never given Ron Paul a fair shot, and I’m disgusted with that. I’d like to show them how disgusted I am,” said Melinda Wadsley, an Iowa mother of three who was selected as a Republican elector earlier this year. She said Paul is the better choice and noted that the Electoral College was founded with the idea that electors wouldn’t just mimic the popular vote.
Ya know, you have to admire their tenacity. (Cue up a rousing chorus of “Iowa Stubborn.”) Didn’t win a state, didn’t even get the convention votes acknowledged, and there are STILL people wanting to vote for Ron Paul.
People, in this case, who matter. Almost none of you have actually VOTED for president. The electors are the ones who do that. You may have caucused for Romney, gone to four levels of convention for Romney, and carried the state for Romney, but in the end, Melinda Wadsley will cast your vote for The Great Leader, probably with a vote for Dear Leader Rand Jong Il for VP.
As if Mitt didn’t need more problems this week. In retrospect, Romney – and I – should have seen this coming. In Iowa at least, the candidates for elector are nominated at conventions, those same conventions that were backed and dominated by the Paul forces.
The only mistake these folks made was tipping their hand too soon. UPDATE that makes my point:
Republican Party of Iowa Accepts Resignation from
4th District Presidential Elector Melinda Wadsley
But more important than my pet peeve is this unhealed wound in the Republican party. And one guess which state’s party is at the center of it?
“They’ve never given Ron Paul a fair shot, and I’m disgusted with that. I’d like to show them how disgusted I am,” said Melinda Wadsley, an Iowa mother of three who was selected as a Republican elector earlier this year. She said Paul is the better choice and noted that the Electoral College was founded with the idea that electors wouldn’t just mimic the popular vote.
Ya know, you have to admire their tenacity. (Cue up a rousing chorus of “Iowa Stubborn.”) Didn’t win a state, didn’t even get the convention votes acknowledged, and there are STILL people wanting to vote for Ron Paul.
People, in this case, who matter. Almost none of you have actually VOTED for president. The electors are the ones who do that. You may have caucused for Romney, gone to four levels of convention for Romney, and carried the state for Romney, but in the end, Melinda Wadsley will cast your vote for The Great Leader, probably with a vote for Dear Leader Rand Jong Il for VP.
As if Mitt didn’t need more problems this week. In retrospect, Romney – and I – should have seen this coming. In Iowa at least, the candidates for elector are nominated at conventions, those same conventions that were backed and dominated by the Paul forces.
The only mistake these folks made was tipping their hand too soon. UPDATE that makes my point:
Republican Party of Iowa Accepts Resignation from
4th District Presidential Elector Melinda Wadsley