Nevada GOP cancels convention

[Warpy]

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/07/18/nevada-gop-cancels-convention-opts-for-conference-call/

Citing a lack of interest, the Nevada Republican Party has called off its state convention and will instead pick its delegates to the national convention by private conference call.

The state party broke up its original convention in April when supporters of Ron Paul hijacked the proceedings and tried to elect delegates for their candidate to the national GOP convention in September. Party officials tried to reconvene on July 26, but they needed a quorum of 675 and received only 300 RSVPs, according to local reports.
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[Ian David]

1. Yes, and the Paultards are suing them...

Nevada Republican Delegates Suing State GOP
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3402745

[cliffordu]

2. BWWWW AAAAAHAHA HAHAHAHH.

Damn, that's sad.

[Kierkegaard]

35. Yeah. I'm all busted up, too!

:rofl:

[gratuitous]

3. They cancelled their first convention?

They cancelled their convention in the first place because the candidate they didn't want to win had out-maneuvered the elites? Is that how I should read this story? And now they're cancelling it all together because they can't even get 675 Republicans in Nevada to show up

[stevedeshazer]

4. This is SO recommended

:) :) :)

[rainbow4321]

5. "Error: You've already recommended that thread"

Click, click, click, click...

[Aristus]

6. So, will Nevada swing to Obama in the General?

He should campaign there, for sure. We need every state we can get.

[Alcibiades]

38. He will, thanks to Yucca Mountain

and the Bush administration's plans to use it to dump all the nation's nuclear waste. Nevada. with its strong unions and increasingly favorable demographics, has been looking better and better. If McCain keeps on going there to tout the many advantages of Yucca Mountain, it could be an easy pickup for Obama.

He can/should campaign there.

[robertpaulsen]

54. They certainly appear to be leaning that way.

http://www.electoral-vote.com/

And that poll result is from 5 days ago.

[Happyhippychick]

7. A "lack of interest"?

:rofl:

[upi402]

8. ROFLMAO like a helicopter k/r n/t

[annabanana]

27. ok:

[rosesaylavee]

30. Ha!

That is just great - did you make this yourself? A new DU graphic is born!

[annabanana]

33. naw (not that clever)... I snatched it from somewhere. . . n/t

[Deb]

9. "lack of interest"

:D Thanks for sharing!!

[eleny]

10. DUzy because it made me laugh out loud

[mmonk]

11. The Ron Paul revolution. Too funny.

[pleah]

12. K&R Priceless!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[muntrv]

13. No one brought free beer?

:toast:

[nam78_two]

14. Fight, fight

Hilarious....Love to see them eating their own :rofl:.

Thanks Paulmorons-I despise your views and your great leader, but you are excellent allies right now.

[Wednesdays]

15. Couldn't find 675 people interested enough to show up, eh?

Kinda sounds like a twist on an old joke: "Why wasn't Jesus born a Republican? Because they couldn't find three wise men and a virgin among them!"

:rofl:

[rpannier]

19. Let's be fair here

They were holding their meeting at the worng location.

Had they picked a federal prison located in Nevada, they'd have had thousands able to attend.

[lpbk2713]

16. "Cancel that order for the Porta-Potties."

:rofl: :rofl:

[progressoid]

17. humongous K&R!!

:rofl:

[Manifestor_of_Light]

18. Why don't they change their name to The Nevada Apathy Club?

I would start one myself, but I just don't give a shit, you see.

:rofl:

[Kaleko]

20. Wait, it gets better.

Mo' good stuff:

The news provides further evidence of a fractured and unenthusiastic Republican Party in some parts of the country. Last week, the GOP nominee in a North Carolina congressional race suspended his campaign while he confronted fissures in his own party. Polling suggests a significant “enthusiasm gap” on the part of Republican voters this year, which has left the party’s candidate, Sen. John McCain, trailing Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama in the presidential contest.

[bulloney]

26. You read and hear stuff like this, but the media gerbils keep propping McCain up

and reporting that he's ahead or virtually even with Obama. But you don't hear the gerbils reporting on the undercurrent of the Republican party. All you hear about is "Obama is using his overseas trip as a photo op" or "Obama's minister uses inflammatory remarks" or "Michelle Obama's remarks were unpatriotic" or "Obama is using his kids as a photo op."

Librul media my ass.

[Voice for Peace]

29. How can anybody NOT be unenthusiastic about McBane

[Ganja Ninja]

36. Ya gotta love this comment.

"It’s funny that the majority vote is called a
hijacking rather than the minority who stopped the democratic process
and will decide things in a private conference call."

Comment by Bert - July 18, 2008 at 8:58 pm

:rofl:

[TahitiNut]

21. It's too bad they don't get the same attendance at their wars.

:puke:

Oh, wait. They do. And then those of us "safe" at home are happy to fund them ... God forbid we share the service burden.

[orleans]

22. i thought this was a JOKE! it's hysterical! n/t

[DUlover2909]

23. HAHAHA

What a bunch of impotent misfits.

[Loudmxr]

24. This is just disenfranchises the Paulettes.

They probably only sent out 350 invitations. And 50 of them were just to Wayne Newton's entourage.

[rontun]

25. Too bad they don't just call off the party!

Can you have a party if no one comes?

[lazyriver]

28. This will put a smile on my face for the next several hours.

[Demeter]

31. Private Conference Call, Eh?

With AT&T listening?

So nice to see the hunters fall into their own bear pits.

[philosophie_en_rose]

32. Bless their hearts.

I haven't laughed so hard in a long time.

[Historic NY]

34. Maybe they will cancel Minneapolis-Saint Paul due to lack of interest.

[opihimoimoi]

37. Free Hot Crabs, Cold Beer, and Prime Ribs couldn't lure them in...Damn"

[KamaAina]

57. Most repukes already have crabs

'specially in Nevada, home of the Mustang Ranch. :evilgrin:

[opihimoimoi]

60. Damn you, Kama, Ya owe me a new key board...LOL

:toast: touche.....

[DainBramaged]

39. HAHAHAHAHAH BOOOOWAAAAHHHHHHH

:applause::applause::applause::applause::applause::applause:
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
:spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray: :spray:
:patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot: :patriot:

[happygoluckytoyou]

40. thats the problem holding a GOP convention on NASCAR TUESDAY

[happydreams]

59. Bingo. That explains it!

[NJCher]

41. more support is going to build for this candidate as the economy implodes

It's all about the Federal Reserve with this guy and his followers, at least from what I can tell here in Jersey. I teach in higher education and in some of my classes, I have a high number of immigrants. There are substantial numbers of young people supporting Paul. I've noticed the ones who do, though, are from countries where they are afraid of any kind of socialism--the eastern European countries, Russia, and some from Cuba.

Even the other day at a shopping center, I saw a car parked with a huge banner on each side: "Ron Paul for President."

I think what happened in Nevada is just the beginning.



Cher

[barbtries]

42. lol

this made me laugh with glee

[CanonRay]

43. I saw this one coming;

I was out there in April when the stopped the first convention in Reno. My brother-in-law is a Rethug and a Ron Paul delegate. Bob Barr'g going to get 10-15% minimum.

[democratdoug]

44. Seems like they cancelled the convention because now they can handpick delegates by private

conference call....works out great for them.

[YOY]

45. Awww...they couldn't hand-pick the attendees ...so sad.

They can't turn the pigs ear into a silk purse... I'm crying rivers here.

[Stinky The Clown]

46. This is what happens when a fringe candidate's supporters get militant

It is also what happens when a party is in deep, deep shit. A sort of prefect storm for Nevada repubicans.

[Lugnut]

47. rofl K&R n/t

[MadrasT]

48. LMAO

Thanks, that made my day! :bounce: :rofl:

[L0oniX]

49. It's almost sad ....BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[applegrove]

50. LOL!

[montanto]

51. ABANDON SHIP, ABANDON SHIP!!!!

[Rex]

52. McCain should just drop out and let Ron run against Obama.

John has a negative chance of winning in Nov.

[AllyCat]

53. phhhtttthhhhpppfff!!!

Oh that's awesome. "lack of interest" :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[MonteLukast]

55. Do the math. They got LESS THAN HALF of their required RSVPs!

:wow:

:rofl:

[ooglymoogly]

56. KR This kind of thing makes it hard for the pugs in league with corporate

media to steal the election and fudge the exit polls as they did in both 2000, and 04; And that is as it should be; They are becoming a laughing stock, finally to most of the population.

[happydreams]

58. ROFLMAO!!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[workinclasszero]

61. HAHAHAHAHAHA! Republicans=dead men walking!

Bush along with his corporate puppet masters have destroyed their own party! Hell of a job Georgie!:toast:

[DWilliamsamh]

62. I am SOOOOOOO rolling around on the floor laughing my black ass off.

[whistle]

63. The National GOP should do the same! In fact, the GOP does not even need to run a presidential

...candidate this time, the GOP should just stay out of the race altogether.

[1Hippiechick]

64. From the 60s: "What if they gave a war and nobody came." Today: "What if they gave a convention

and nobody came."

I love it!

[Botany]

65. I feel so bad .... i really do

I heard today that McCain doesn't even have an office in Indiana as of today.

:rofl:

God is this going to be an ass kicking.

[mdmc]

66. kick