Ha Ha Ha

[green73]

Rockwell (http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/ha-ha-ha-8/):


As part of their effort to make sure Ron Paul had his delegates stolen from him, and that they stayed stolen, the Romneyites rigged (http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2014/04/07/dramatic-little-known-gop-rule-change-takes-choice-of-presidential-candidate-away-from-rank-and-file-republicans-and-hands-it-to-party-elite/) GOP convention rules in 2012. Will this now come back to haunt the Republicans? Let’s hope so.

[FSP-Rebel]

Rand "payback time" Paul

[acptulsa]

Rockwell doesn't say anything in that, he just links to a Forbes article...


Based on the RNC issued memo in 2011 ruling that ‘winner-take-all’ elections will only be permitted when a candidate receives a majority of the votes cast in the primary battle, and given the deep bench of candidates likely to seek the 2016 GOP nomination, it seems unlikely that there are going to be a whole lot of states producing majority wins for candidates.

Thus, a Republican candidate who receives 49 percent of the vote in a “winner-take-all” state will not be permitted to get 100 percent of the state’s delegates. And that means it is an almost certainty that there will not be a candidate walking into the GOP convention with the requisite eight states producing a majority of delegates supporting a candidate now required to have one’s name placed into nomination.

The rule will also dramatically change the way the primary game is played.

Given the large field of GOP candidates that appear to be gearing up for the 2016 fight, regionally or ideologically defined candidates will know, as they go through the primary process, that all they need do is deny their opponents a majority of delegates in a state contest. By playing defense when the state doesn’t line up in a candidate’s direction, all of the major candidates stand to arrive at the convention with nobody in a position to have their name placed into nomination, meaning that there is going to be one hell of a free-for-all in the 2016 Rules Committee meeting!

So, why not just change the rule to avoid this problem?

According to the GOP rule book, the rule cannot be changed until the Republican National Committee holds its convention meeting in 2016. Unlike 2012 when Governor Romney had sufficient delegate strength to stack the rules committee, absent a candidate emerging with the capability to achieve majority wins in states throughout the nation, the 2016 rules committee gathering will bear representatives from the many candidates still in the game—meaning anything can happen.

It's going to be interesting. Romney may be forced to turn in his flag lapel pin and all his wife's elephant scarves and get drummed out of the GOP.

[CPUd]

Unity Slates!

[acptulsa]

Unity Slates!

And other euphemisms for the age old 'smoke-filled rooms'.

[green73]

Rockwell says it all, as usual.

fixed, and agree.

[Henry Rogue]

Florence Sebern,
As a member of the 2012 Convention Rules Committee, this is absolutely spot on. Thank you for reporting it! Dr. Paul actually filed for nomination with six states’ plurality and that’s why the scramble to raise the threshold. Looks like they’ll be “hoist with their own petard.”
From comments.

[green73]

From comments.

Watch now, as twat hacks here forget about all that...!

[FindLiberty]

Rules can become fluid at times like these.

[green73]

Rules can become fluid at times like these.

Only when hacks have influence.

[mosquitobite]

From the other thread on this:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?449102-Forbes-take-on-2012-Rule-Change-and-what-it-means-for-2016-candidates


I hope everyone here that even MIGHT want to be a delegate for Rand is getting involved! Don't wait til 2016 to come back into play. They don't take kindly to usurpers! Be involved and known. You will catch more flies!