Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 30 of 51

Thread: RNC passes rule giving itself power to change any rule without delegate vote

  1. #1

    RNC passes rule giving itself power to change any rule without delegate vote

    The implications of this are so huge I don't even know where to begin. I'm not sure how we come back from this.

    http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/...rty-power-grab



  2. Remove this section of ads by registering.
  3. #2
    Wow.

    Take data in, do the best we can this weekend, then deal with it later. At least that is my view of it. It will make a great video, immediately and fodder for other actions. This might have 'unintended consequences'.

    But remember that the RNC attorney BEFORE the rules change said they could do that.
    "Integrity means having to say things that people don't want to hear & especially to say things that the regime doesn't want to hear.” -Ron Paul

    "Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it." -Edward Snowden

  4. #3
    "This is necessary for the world in which we find ourselves in," Ginsberg told the committee, adding that it is "important for the political survival of the party in the electoral context," for the committee to be able to change the rules as it sees fit in the intervening four years between conventions.

    Virginia delegate and RNC member Morton Blackwell strenuously objected to the proposed rule change, calling it "the most awful proposed amendments I’ve seen presented to this committee.”

    "This is dangerous, it amounts to a power grab," he said. "We are abandoning the historic process by which are rules are adopted."

    The Romney allies waited until Friday to propose the amendment, choosing to avoid giving the opposition time to organize by proposing it at the preliminary Rules meeting on Wednesday or during more than three years of RNC Rules Committee discussions.

    South Carolina delegate Drew McKissick, who objected to the rule change, echoed Blackwell's charge, warning that nearly any rule could now be amended by 3/4 of the Republican National Committee.

    "It’s definitely a power grab by the campaign, the committee," he said. "It’s bad juju. Once you let the genie out of the bottle they can do anything."
    All for the gun-banning, pro-abort, Welfare-Warfare-Police Statist Mandate Mitt RomneyCare (Prog-MA).

    Ginseberg is worried about the party's survival? Please! The continues purges by the establishment neo-Trots will kill it in short order (which is likely the goal anyway, since they're really Democrats pretending to be conservatives). I, for one, will pray everyday that this utterly corrupt, morally bankrupt political party goes the way of the Whigs.
    Last edited by Lucille; 08-24-2012 at 02:33 PM.
    Based on the idea of natural rights, government secures those rights to the individual by strictly negative intervention, making justice costless and easy of access; and beyond that it does not go. The State, on the other hand, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult of access, and has invariably held itself above justice and common morality whenever it could advantage itself by so doing.
    --Albert J. Nock

  5. #4
    The first step towards tyranny. I'm sure by 2016, they'll just forgo the primary process and choose the nominee themselves. The GOP = tyrants

  6. #5
    At first, I thought this was gonna be an Onion article.

    Ginsberg is the lawyer involved in the FLorida recount, who got a bunch of hired protesters to storm the counting room. Also got Romney and RNC staff to go up and nominate about 75 extra people at the Maine convention.
    Last edited by CPUd; 08-24-2012 at 02:37 PM.

  7. #6
    Quote Originally Posted by CPUd View Post
    At first, I thought this was gonna be an Onion article.
    looking forward to your video..
    "Integrity means having to say things that people don't want to hear & especially to say things that the regime doesn't want to hear.” -Ron Paul

    "Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it." -Edward Snowden

  8. #7
    Quote Originally Posted by sailingaway View Post
    looking forward to your video..
    Is encoding right now. Make a few changes, encode, wait, watch. Make changes, encode wait, watch, ...

  9. #8
    What's that pin on Ginsburg's lapel?

    Statistics don't lie, people do.



  10. Remove this section of ads by registering.
  11. #9
    what does that red and blue pin stand for?

  12. #10
    Quote Originally Posted by RonRules View Post
    What's that pin on Ginsburg's lapel?

    Maybe it's the pin of team bifactional ruling party, which he represents. Red/Blue, and top-down control.
    Based on the idea of natural rights, government secures those rights to the individual by strictly negative intervention, making justice costless and easy of access; and beyond that it does not go. The State, on the other hand, both in its genesis and by its primary intention, is purely anti-social. It is not based on the idea of natural rights, but on the idea that the individual has no rights except those that the State may provisionally grant him. It has always made justice costly and difficult of access, and has invariably held itself above justice and common morality whenever it could advantage itself by so doing.
    --Albert J. Nock

  13. #11
    Is this official?

  14. #12

  15. #13
    Good luck changing the GOP when the leadership has no intention of stepping down or being voted out. He that controls the rules controls the party.

  16. #14
    So, basically,... Shut up mundane, and get in line... We will tell you what the rules are when you need to know them....
    They must be exposed...this is utterly contemptible and unimaginable...

  17. #15
    Is the campaign doing anything? A press conference to get media attention or anything?
    “The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure.”
    - Albert Einstein
    "I strongly support Ron Paul. We very badly need to have more Representatives who understand in a principled way the importance of property rights and religious freedom."
    - Milton Friedman

  18. #16
    Quote Originally Posted by jcarcinogen View Post
    Is the campaign doing anything? A press conference to get media attention or anything?
    It just happened, and hasn't been ratified yet I would presume.
    "Integrity means having to say things that people don't want to hear & especially to say things that the regime doesn't want to hear.” -Ron Paul

    "Bathtub falls and police officers kill more Americans than terrorism, yet we've been asked to sacrifice our most sacred rights for fear of falling victim to it." -Edward Snowden



  19. Remove this section of ads by registering.
  20. #17
    Quote Originally Posted by phill4paul View Post
    Good luck changing the GOP when the leadership has no intention of stepping down or being voted out. He that controls the rules controls the party.
    +rep Why is this so hard for others to understand? They will never let us get NEAR controlling the rules.

  21. #18
    Seriously what does that pin stand for... I can't find that symbol anywhere.

  22. #19
    Quote Originally Posted by jcarcinogen View Post
    Is the campaign doing anything? A press conference to get media attention or anything?
    Hahahahahahahaha
    "Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one."
    —Charles Mackay

    "god i fucking wanna rip his balls off and offer them to the gods"
    -Anonymous

  23. #20
    Chester Copperpot
    Member

    Quote Originally Posted by afwjam View Post
    Seriously what does that pin stand for... I can't find that symbol anywhere.

    Well its not the Vulcan Idic.

  24. #21

  25. #22
    Quote Originally Posted by afwjam View Post
    Seriously what does that pin stand for... I can't find that symbol anywhere.
    The Tri-Lateral commission...
    Thank you for all of your service Ron Paul. You have awakened a great number of liberty minded folks, and inspired many to run for office themselves.

  26. #23
    Why even have a primary process and delegates? Seems like all they need to do is name who they want to have nominated and go with that. With all of the rules they have, it seems like that's the case anyway.

  27. #24
    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.3D View Post
    Why even have a primary process and delegates? Seems like all they need to do is name who they want to have nominated and go with that. With all of the rules they have, it seems like that's the case anyway.
    That's pretty much what they did, no?



  28. Remove this section of ads by registering.
  29. #25
    Quote Originally Posted by cajuncocoa View Post
    That's pretty much what they did, no?
    That's the way I see it....

  30. #26
    This is an outrage. The public must know about this. If the campaign doesn't issue a statement I will not be donating any more money to Ron or Rand, ever.

    I've been a loyal supporter for years, but this is where it ends for me if the campaign cannot stand up for itself.

  31. #27
    Quote Originally Posted by amonasro View Post
    This is an outrage. The public must know about this. If the campaign doesn't issue a statement I will not be donating any more money to Ron or Rand, ever.

    I've been a loyal supporter for years, but this is where it ends for me if the campaign cannot stand up for itself.
    I don't think the campaign will have any say in this. The GOP is consolidating it's power. I am certain they will eventually just pick the nominee themselves and skip the whole primary system. I'd like to see the look on the faces of the people who are trying to "take over" the GOP then...

  32. #28
    Quote Originally Posted by twomp View Post
    I don't think the campaign will have any say in this. The GOP is consolidating it's power. I am certain they will eventually just pick the nominee themselves and skip the nominee themselves. I'd like to see the look on the faces of the people who are trying to "take over" the GOP then...
    Well then they need to lose hardcore in the general. Hard. Core.

  33. #29
    Emmm, I think I may have an answer as to why they still have primaries. It's to get people to donate money to a candidate and then have that money spent for advertisements to feed those who own the Main Stream Media and I'm sure most here know who those people are.

  34. #30
    Quote Originally Posted by Dr.3D View Post
    Emmm, I think I may have an answer as to why they still have primaries. It's to get people to donate money to a candidate and then have that money spent for advertisements to feed those who own the Main Stream Media and I'm sure most here know who those people are.

    Makes sense to me.
    We have allies many of you are not aware of. Watch the tube. Show this to your 30 and under friends. Listen to it. Even if you don't like rap, it has 2.7 million views.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmBnvajSfWU#t=0m16s

    Cut off one min early to avoid war porn.

Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast


Similar Threads

  1. Replies: 3
    Last Post: 01-21-2013, 09:27 PM
  2. Replies: 6
    Last Post: 08-30-2012, 05:37 AM
  3. Replies: 104
    Last Post: 08-24-2012, 07:02 PM
  4. Replies: 3
    Last Post: 08-16-2012, 03:14 PM
  5. Michele Bachmann Bachmann's rule: Bachmann's rule: No vote, no Randy Travis
    By sailingaway in forum 2012 Presidential Election
    Replies: 1
    Last Post: 08-13-2011, 06:44 PM

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •