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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-12 04:38 AM
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Ron Paul convention delegates deal cut
Ron Paul convention delegates deal cut

Published: Aug. 21, 2012 at 10:03 PM

TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Ron Paul's presidential campaign manager said Tuesday a deal was struck with Republican Party leaders to seat 20 more Paul delegates at the national convention.

Jesse Benton said the agreement calls for the libertarian congressman from Texas to get 17 additional delegates from Louisiana, as well as three more delegates and two alternates from Massachusetts, The New York Times reported.

The status of delegates from Main was still up in the air, the newspaper said, but Benton said there was a proposal to split that state's delegates between Paul and Romney.

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The Paul campaign also has had influence as the party developed its platform, the Times said, with a plank calling for an audit of the Federal Reserve.


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The threat by a Paul campaign attorney Monday that Paul supporters from across the country would withhold their votes from Romney followed an Aug. 10 decision by the contests committee that procedures used at the chaotic and sometimes violent Oklahoma Republican Convention May 11-12 to select 25 delegates and alternatives to the convention out of a total of 43 were appropriate.

Paul supporters, some claiming to have been physically attacked at the convention by Romney supporters, alleged many party and parliamentary rules, as well as state law, were not followed.



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interesting article, but i am so embarrassed about the Massachusetts delegates. Just kill me now.

Rand will speak at the convention. Guess Ron is trying to position his spawn for the Presidency. Again, just kill me now.

If Ryan did not do so much lyin', he would admit he, too, is a libertarian. However, there are more Republicans registered to vote, so he claims to be a Republican and is a neo theo as well. IOW, worst combo in politics.
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DainBramaged Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-12 06:52 AM
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1. The contrast between the messages at the Conventions will be stark
Republican: hate hate hate reduce spending, hate, hate, hate hate


Democratic: Hope, fix stuff, jobs, social net, growth, reduce spending, love
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No Elephants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-22-12 07:00 AM
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2. Happy Wednesday, dain!
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