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Sat May 5, 2012, 07:44 PM

Ron Paul supporters take over GOP convention

Source: Potland Press Herald (Maine)

AUGUSTA — In a major upset, Ron Paul supporters narrowly won the chairmanship of the Maine Republican Convention today.

Paul supporter Brent Tweed edged Charles Cragin 1,118 to 1,114 in a very close vote.

The vote came after Paul supporters elected Ron Morrell secretary. Morrell got 1,119 votes out of 2,204 to be elected convention secretary.

Paul supporters are here in large numbers, with more than 500 having attended an organizational meeting last night and even more here today, said Matthew McDonald, a Waldo delegate and Paul supporter.

Read more: http://www.pressherald.com/news/Thousands-pour-in-to-GOP-convention.html



A major defeat for the Romoney machine.

P.S. Ron Paul is a douchebag

yup

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Reply Ron Paul supporters take over GOP convention (Original post)
jpak May 2012 OP
elleng May 2012 #1
southernyankeebelle May 2012 #2
TBF May 2012 #12
southernyankeebelle May 2012 #17
Adenoid_Hynkel May 2012 #19
southernyankeebelle May 2012 #20
TBF May 2012 #23
JDPriestly May 2012 #24
southernyankeebelle May 2012 #32
Permanut May 2012 #3
Dawson Leery May 2012 #4
SunSeeker May 2012 #5
abelenkpe May 2012 #6
Gormy Cuss May 2012 #7
RBInMaine May 2012 #11
Gormy Cuss May 2012 #27
Posteritatis May 2012 #26
grantcart May 2012 #8
Lasher May 2012 #9
Rozlee May 2012 #34
RBInMaine May 2012 #10
bluedigger May 2012 #13
TheCowsCameHome May 2012 #14
Tx4obama May 2012 #15
MrSlayer May 2012 #16
Thinkingabout May 2012 #18
AtheistCrusader May 2012 #29
patrice May 2012 #21
TalkingDog May 2012 #22
Iliyah May 2012 #25
AtheistCrusader May 2012 #28
cbrer May 2012 #30
greiner3 May 2012 #31
Suji to Seoul May 2012 #33
tanyev May 2012 #35

Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 07:47 PM

1. rmoney is more one of those than paul, imo.

good to hear paul giving rmoney trouble.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 07:48 PM

2. You haven't heard to much from Paul lately but somehow he is winning delegates.

I wonder what he is up to?

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Response to southernyankeebelle (Reply #2)

Sat May 5, 2012, 08:30 PM

12. He let the Libertarian Party go to Gary Johnson -

he's either hoping for a brokered convention or planning to run Indy. He is a scary little man.

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Response to TBF (Reply #12)

Sat May 5, 2012, 08:52 PM

17. there is something up with him. I can't figure what he is doing. I hope Obama is

keeping an eye on him. He is shady

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Response to southernyankeebelle (Reply #17)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:28 PM

19. He won't cross the GOP - because he wants to help Rand's career

Despite all of the talk about him being nonconventional, Ron is just another beltway party-line hack who wouldn't dare endanger Willard's 2012 chances.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Reply #19)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:45 PM

20. honestly I don't know. He is way to quiet.

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Response to Adenoid_Hynkel (Reply #19)

Sat May 5, 2012, 10:39 PM

23. Well that could be correct -

and maybe staying in longer generates more revenue ... he likes money

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Response to southernyankeebelle (Reply #2)

Sat May 5, 2012, 10:47 PM

24. My neighbor is a Paul supporter. He says they are challenging the results of

some of the delegate votes that have been made. He thinks that the results as reported were not accurate.

I am also not a Paul supporter, just for the record.

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Response to JDPriestly (Reply #24)

Sun May 6, 2012, 08:48 AM

32. The man hasn't got a chance in the general election.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 07:49 PM

3. Thanks for the alert on this, jpak,

this is great news. I might get sick of popcorrn before this is over, though.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 07:55 PM

4. Regardless of what you think regarding Ron Paul,

if he gives trouble to Romney, it helps us.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 07:56 PM

5. Ron Paul is an evil, conniving douchebag--but it's great to see him do this to Romney

I mean, douchebag on douchebag attacks are a wonderful thing.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 07:58 PM

6. Ron paul

And his supporters scare the hell out of me. They are a bunch of insane bigoted zealots bent on taking the country back to the 1800s. I can't cheer any victory of theirs no matter how much it hurts Romney.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 08:04 PM

7. So, good or bad for the Dems?

Bad for the Repubs, obviously, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's good for the Dems.

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Response to Gormy Cuss (Reply #7)

Sat May 5, 2012, 08:13 PM

11. The TeaNuts are going to get pounded out of sight up here. Don't worry.

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Response to RBInMaine (Reply #11)

Sat May 5, 2012, 11:54 PM

27. I really hope so.

I know that Cumberland and York will go Dem but the rest of the state, not so sure.I hope that LeTeabag is enough of an embarrassment that Mainiacs don't want anything to do with the Paulites, tea baggers, or other extremists.

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Response to Gormy Cuss (Reply #7)

Sat May 5, 2012, 10:57 PM

26. I'd love to see their national convention deadlocked. (nt)

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 08:06 PM

8. These are starting to add up.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 08:11 PM

9. Ha ha ha, slug it out boys and girls!

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Response to Lasher (Reply #9)

Sun May 6, 2012, 12:32 PM

34. He still looks like a geriatric Santa's elf.

His ears are even kinda pointy.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 08:12 PM

10. Bwahahaha The patients have taken over the asylum.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 08:36 PM

13. We are witnessing the decline and fall of the Republican Party.

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Response to bluedigger (Reply #13)

Sat May 5, 2012, 08:40 PM

14. I'll bring the

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 08:51 PM

15. And this past Monday they took over in Alaska too, link below

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 08:51 PM

16. Have to give the Paul cultists credit.

They know the system and they play it to a tee. We should have the same thing on our side if we can find a true progressive to rally around.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:27 PM

18. Paul is courting neo-Nazi groups

They have plenty of time to run around doing crazy things. Though I am not voting for Romney we sure don't need the Nazi group either. Paul would dance like a puppet to their music. If Paul ran on his record of voting no and only having one bill he introduced to pass out of 464 is not something to rally behind. It has to be a different agenda. If his medical practice had his congressional record he would be in jail somewhere. Someone strong in the republican party like Graham is going to have take a stand and bring the GOP back to reality.

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Response to Thinkingabout (Reply #18)

Sun May 6, 2012, 02:25 AM

29. Oh jesus, he is not courting neo nazis

There is so much wrong with Paul's social agenda, do we really need to make up bullshit?

Yes, the storm front clowns think they like him, because he'll cut back on social services, which they think minorities make heavy use of. Joke's on them though, white people are the largest recipient of aid like Food Stamps. They're just too racist and arrogant to realize it.


Racists don't talk like this:


If you need to shit on Paul, by all means, stick to how he'd torpedo social services that would leave poor people on the streets, seniors eating dog food, and e.Coli in our un-inspected food.

There's plenty wrong with this paleo-conservative without perpetuating the storm front nonsense.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 09:58 PM

21. It's all penance for their stupid fucking wars. TTE, "Who me?!! I didn't want that war! It was that

big eeeeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvvvviiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiillllllllllllllllllll government!!! Save us unca Ron!!!"

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 10:36 PM

22. The Spousal Unit Voted Republican and For Paul in the NC Primaries. And I wish I had too.

We are registered Independent, but overwhelmingly vote Dem. It didn't occur to me to play spoiler until after I had already voted early.

I'd like to give Paul enough impetus to run as an independent. Really stir things up.

P.S. I agree. Paul is a douchbag.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sat May 5, 2012, 10:51 PM

25. Paul wants Rand

to be VP or some important position in Mittens administration. Pres O knows exactly what he is doing. Rachael Maddow explained this a little while back. Apparently this gives Paul leverage quite a bit. While Santie, Newtie, Buchmanie, Perry, Mittens (most) of their supporters left each state after the state's gopper elections, Paul's supporters stayed and became delegates.

Mittens need most of Paul's delegates I think. Apparently he has Rmoney's balls, but, big but, Paul has to deal with Bushies wrecking crew.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 02:19 AM

28. HAH AHA HAAHAA

This is going to come down to Romney and Paul in a monkey shit-flinging fight pretty soon.

Good times.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 06:01 AM

30. Doesn't this illustate

 

That most of the people in this country are tired of the bullshit that has plagued this nation? There are many voices of change. And just about 300 million different proposals for cures. But the 1% are gearing up for a fight. If Ron Paul pushes his success further, (he is ultimately doomed), we could see some cracks in the hierarchy. Bring it on baby!

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 08:00 AM

31. "1,118 to 1,114 in a very close vote."

Last edited Sun May 6, 2012, 08:02 AM USA/ET - Edit history (1)

Redundancy, redundancy, redundancy...

Sorry OP, I did read the link prior to posting and I know your post is from the original and in no way am I commenting on your grammar.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 09:14 AM

33. When a Paulbot is the RNC national convention chairman, I will not stop laughing

He is truly a gadfly for the GOP. I hope he runs third party and sucks the wacko libertarian idiot from Rmoney.

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Response to jpak (Original post)

Sun May 6, 2012, 01:55 PM

35. This could be the most entertaining GOP convention evah.

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