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Think I was kidding about Paultards hijacking the Convention? See Nevada.

Thankfully, the Paultard push to take over the North Carolina delegation failed. But listen up: these people DO NOT CARE about the will of the voters. They’re already creating havoc, this time in Nevada.

After a super-majority of Ron Paul supporters captured control of the Republican state convention Saturday, state party officials abruptly canceled the event without electing delegates to the national convention.

Early in the day, state delegates supporting Paul’s continued pursuit of the Republican nomination voted through a rules change that forced the state party to abandon its preset ballot of potential national convention delegates and open up the race to the rest of the state delegates.

The vote followed a rousing speech by Paul of Texas, who said his presidential campaign will continue as long as he has support.

But as the convention continued into the evening, chairman Bob Beers said the party’s contract for the hall at the Peppermill Resort Casino had expired and the event would be rescheduled.

“Due to a rules change that left us on an overtime basis, we will recess the convention until a date that we are going to announce next week,” Beers told a shocked crowd, which stood silent for a few seconds before erupting in boos.

As Beers was escorted out of the building, a short-lived effort to rescue the convention was launched by party activist Mike Weber. Although several hundred Paul supporters stayed, they weren’t strong enough to make a quorum to continue the convention.

Throughout the confusion, hecklers battled for the attention of delegates who supported U.S. Sen. John McCain of Arizona.

Look, I appreciate the Paultards’ organizational ability - I wish “we” were better at it ourselves. But this is ridiculous - Ron Paul was on the ballot and the VOTERS DECIDED. John McCain is the choice of the majority of Republicans, and that is the party for which we have chosen a nominee. Not The Ron Paul Party.

Paul, who came in second in the Nevada caucuses, actively worked to ensure his supporters attended both the county and state conventions.

His contingent came to the state convention prepared for battle. They had a row of printers to print ballots for their supporters to the national convention. They set up a communications network using text messages to cell phones to make sure everyone voted correctly on motions that would benefit their effort. And they scoured the rules for opportunities to level the playing field.

“On the one side you have a candidate with principles, on the other side you have Tammany Hall,” said Kelly Edinger, a Reno Paul supporter. “I’m in it for Ron Paul. I still believe he can win.“

Do you really want crazed, delusional hooligans raising hell at the convention?

If you care about this, get active. If not, be prepared for the National Convention to be overrun with anarchists. We have our nominee and that isn’t going to change, but they will do everything they can to hijack, subvert, and disrupt the formal nomination process at the convention. Keep your eye on your state’s delegation, because things could get stupid really fast.

Patrick Ruffini knows what can happen.

But by far the biggest impact delegates can have is through floor demonstrations. In some ways, their reactions to the speeches set the tone for the convention, amplifying messages from the stage. Remember how Pat Buchanan enraptured the floor at the 1992 convention but lost the country? Or how the Texas delegates turned their backs on gay Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe in 2000? Now, imagine, Paul loyalists get 20-30% of the seats on the floor in St. Paul, controlling delegations like Missouri, with a significant presence in Minnesota, with closest promixity to the stage. Can the speakers safely voice a pro-victory message in Iraq without a significant amount of boos and catcalls? How will this look on television? And don’t forget, national conventions are also heaven for reporters trolling for off-message quotes from delegates.

It’s our own fault, y’all.

I can’t fault them, can you? Dodging on loyalty oaths aside, all they are doing is Grassroots Organizing 101. Even the social conservatives who traditionally filled this role have punted, drifting into lifestyle-based forms of self-identification. What is remarkable is that this is being pulled off by an historically smaller and smaller base of people using the Internet. All because the regular Republican organization across the country is demoralized, demobilized, and eviscerated.

Read the whole thing. Get off your butts and take back the party. Quit complaining about how it’s too “RINO” if you aren’t willing to do something. If you don’t take back the GOP, real RINOs will.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again until it sinks in: when you disengage and do nothing, you GET nothing. That goes for your level of support for John McCain, too - if you do nothing but hold your nose and vote, how on earth are you ever going to have your voices heard? People have complained for years about the influence of the “Religious Right” on the party (whether you agree with that or not), but they’re organized and at least until now, have reliably made their views relevant by donating, organizing, and activism - at a level disproportionate to their numbers. And now we have the paleolibertarian truthiness wing of conservatism speaking up. If they were to get behind McCain, they’d have a voice in a McCain administration too (of course, they won’t get behind him, because just like RP, they’re ineffectual absolutists). We of the “Silent Majority” can afford to be silent no more, not in the age of the internet and instant communications.

Pinging Nice Deb and This Ain’t Hell so they get this update to their posts.

stein hoist Thanks to my friend Ralph, for the tip on the news from Nevada.

Paultards trying to subvert the National Convention for their guy

I saw this at Digg (where else?) last week, but ignored it after burying it. It seems, though, that Paultards are quite serious about hijacking the Republican Convention. If you don’t want to see the “plan” at the Paultards’ blogs, read it here. Snip:

*The Strategy:*

The strategy therefore must be to get as many Ron Paul delegates selected to represent their states at the National Convention.

That means our delegates need to stay low-key.

Resolutions are a dead giveaway, especially when they are fought over things like opposition to the war, or abolishing the Federal Reserve and the IRS, all signature issues of Ron Paul.

So, the best plan is to shut up, move along, do what you have to do to get selected, sign the pledge to “support” McCain (it doesn’t say you promise not to abstain!) and just get in short of outright lying, of course.

If there are any ethical concerns about this supposed “stealth tactic,” think about what ethical concerns you may have if you allow McCain to become president by your inaction. [Continue reading...]

Ethics? We don’t need no stinkin’ ethics! It’s REVOLUTION! Forget about the sheeple’s votes, this is a coup!
/vomiting

At least one person is fighting back. Heather Johnson of Moms4Mitt.com:

I am a Mitt fan and have a blog for his support. But I have also pledged on my blog my support for McCain as a our GOP nominee. I am trying to do my part in stopping these Ron Paul fans from overtaking the convention with their agenda nonsense and just get McCain officially nominated.

Heather is trying to just GET to the convention, but she needs help (financially) getting there. If you can drop a few shekels her way, you’ll be doing your part to shut up these asshat Paultards. Make no mistake, they are extremely well-organized (online activity and caucus results should tell you that much) and you can be sure they’ll make their presence known at the National Convention. Unless you want to see the GOP have an even more f’d up convention than it looks like the Dems will have, the Paultard kiddies must be stopped.

Ron Paul has even given tacit support to this idea (or that’s how it’ll be read by his fanatic supporters), while leaving his options open for a third party run:

“I’ll be very cautious about what I do,” he said, noting his effort to encourage his supporters to get involved with their local Republican committee.

And you know Ron Paul–he’s a stickler for the last letter of the Constitution. If it can be interpreted to allow this “loophole” that can get him nominated–or at the very least, create chaos–it’s A-OK. He’ll say this is exactly what the Constitution was designed for. (Nevermind the votes for the candidates–the votes for delegates matter more? LOL.)

Please help Heather out - I absolutely vouch for her honesty and ethics 100%. She needs help getting to the Convention, and we need to put the final nail in the Paultard coffin of crazy once and for all.

Ron Paul Revolution = OVER

Dirty politics, anyone?

Barack Obama not only loves the New York Times, he loves YOU! (via Janette)

Update! HILLARY CLINTON IS USING YOUR DEODORANT AS AN ART SUPPLY

Also: MICHELLE OBAMA BLOCKS YOUR POP UPS
and JOHN MCCAIN ISN’T GOING ANYWHERE!

RON PAUL NEEDS YOUR HELP TO SEE MAGIC EYE! bwahahahaha!

“Broad Appeal” vs. Idol Worship

Interesting thesis from James Taranto today, about McCain, Huckabee, Romney, Obama, and Hillary, and their depth of support. He argues that Obama, Romney, and Huckabee have done better in caucus states, which basically means they got votes from the most dedicated supporters.

Blogger Kevin Drum offers some explanations for Obama’s caucus advantage:

Caucuses require organization and Obama was better organized. They require enthusiasm and he has more enthusiastic supporters. They require time, and his demographic has more free time. They’re mostly in small states, and Obama targeted small states. They’re dominated by activists, and activists tend to support Obama.

To put it another way, caucuses require that a candidate’s support be deep, while primaries require that it be broad.
[...]
Winning a general election is largely a matter of getting more votes than the other guy. Having an enthusiastic base helps, but as President Goldwater and President McGovern can attest, it’s not enough. If Obama faces McCain in November, the big question will be whether he can extend his appeal beyond the Democratic base. His reasonably strong showing in primaries suggests he may be able to do so.

That makes perfect sense to me. I think anyone who’s following the election at all, especially online, can see the difference in levels of enthusiasm between the candidates’ supporters. I’d add that R*n P*ul’s numbers illustrate the idea even further–he does much better in caucus states than he’s done in regular primary elections. We all know how obsessive those people are, right?

Huckabee’s got some “enthusiastic” supporters, too, although they aren’t flat-out absurd like RP’s–but then RP’s supporters are generally younger than Huckabee’s. Romney had his core voters, too–only after Fred Thompson dropped out did he pick up the less passionate supporters (except for kooks like Ann Coulter and Mark Levin, that is).

As for Hillary Clinton, she of course has her nutty die-hards, but most aren’t flat-out wacko (except for their wacko lefty political views) like the Obamessiah cultists. Again, it’s probably the effect of young Obama voters (as with RP) bringing in that wide-eyed idol worship, and damn, it’s almost creepy. Ever wonder what Obama’s real, concrete plans are? Doesn’t everyone? It’s almost impossible to get an Obama supporter to explain why they love him based on the actual issues. It’s either fear and loathing of Hillary–and that’s coming from the left (read the comments)–or it’s just how he makes them feeeeeel. It’s sickening.

Get a load of this:

On the verge of a hectic few weeks leading to Super Tuesday, the crucial Feb. 5 multistate primary including California’s, Mack wanted to drill home one of the campaign’s key strategies: telling potential voters personal stories of political conversion.

She urged volunteers to hone their own stories of how they came to Obama – something they could compress into 30 seconds on the phone.

“Work on that, refine that, say it in the mirror,” she said. “Get it down.”

She told the volunteers that potential voters would no doubt confront them with policy questions. Mack’s direction: Don’t go there. Refer them to Obama’s Web site, which includes enough material to sate any wonk.

HA!

Meanwhile, John McCain’s support goes from lifelong conservatives like me all the way to centrist Democrats like Joe Lieberman. It’s not rabid, crazed obsession, though–a lot of his support comes from people who initially supported another candidate. We’re just not loud and silly about it. Hillary Clinton seems to have sort of the same dynamic, with hardcore left-wingers to centrists supporting her (plus nutcases like Ann Coultard). Barack Obama gets all kinds of people’s attention with his pretty platitudes and “yes we can!” (And by “pretty” I mean “soporific nonsense.”) But will that attention last once he’s forced to get down to specifics, assuming he wins the nomination? Nobody’s even talking about his very left-wing views; they talk about how he’ll “unite” America and “inspiration” and how it’ll be all rainbows and unicorns! Yes we can! Gag. Hillary can’t say much about his issue positions, because hers are about as bad as his are.

I’d like to think Taranto is on to something here, because that can only mean good things for us, as long as our own ideologues show up to vote. Eventually the centrists/independents who are hypnotized by Obama will wake up. Maybe my view is colored by my support for John McCain, but I can’t see centrists and independents voting for this guy with his left-wing agenda and so very little experience (alongside a bunch of Che Guevara fans, no less). He can make all kinds of promises, but I think people will realize by November that he can not deliver.

Loser of the Day

Or should I say, losers. Paultard commenter “Claire” and her sockpuppet, and L. Ron Paul Hubbard himself, for having sockpuppet fanatic supporters. LOL! I guess “Claire” (I doubt that’s her real name) can’t find anyone to agree with her? HAHAHAHAHA!

Deny it, Claire/Lucas/Paultard, and I post the full IP address. You’re a real idiot.

(click to enlarge and laugh)

Weakest sock puppet attempt EVER.

The Deranged Conscience of a Paultard

Gaze at the Paultard as he goes from distress and disillusionment upon reading TNR’s report on Ron Paul’s racist newsletters to paranoid conspiracy-mongering. Priceless quote:

I should have known, if they can fake a war, fake terrorist attacks, rig elections, how hard is it to fake documents? How do we get this out there?

And:

All we got now is the signatures, but the point is to repeat it over and over. We can make that thought a reality.

LOL.

And speaking of the newsletters, yeah, they’re old news…but Ron Paul’s response to questions about them isn’t. Funny how things change when you’re running for President.

More enlightening reading: The Ron Paul Survival Report blog.

Ron Al Amriki aka Adam Paul

My bratty brother strikes again! HAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

(Sorry you have to hear the old gasbag shrieking.)

UPDATE: More aliases for Ron Al Amriki aka Adam Paul: Professor Science! Doc Savage!

Political Endorsements for Geeks

This is my favorite candidate endorsement post ever. I’m not going to excerpt it, because it won’t make sense in excerpts. Just go read it.

Related, in plain English.

Am I Not Prescient?

Ron Paul, hobnobbing with the founder of the white supremacist neo-Nazi website Stormfront.

My mocking of the Ron Paul blimp, mixed with footage of the pride of Nazi Germany in 1937, the Hindenburg.

Crash and burn, indeed.

Crash And Burn

Just a little something I dreamed up for the Ron Paul campaign.

Er, ignore the watermark. Stupid .flv converter.

The crazy terrorist Leeland Eisenberg at NH Clinton HQ

Psycho!

A friend of the family said that the man thought that there was a government conspiracy and that government officials were “coming after him.”

Shocker.

This nutter also says he was “molested” by a since-disgraced priest–at 21 years of age.

I was all prepared to say “Paultard” after reading about his conspiracy theory madness, but it looks like this guy is just a general wacko. (Of course, it wouldn’t surprise me if he were a Paultard, but it’s kinda irrelevant.)

Leeland Eisenberg

Leeland Eisenberg in 2007, pointing to a warning police left in his car stating the car was unlocked and that police were concerned the owner could become a victim of property crime.

I’m sure there are quite a few interesting stories about Eisenberg that will emerge before he faces a judge. I’m just glad he was arrested before anyone got hurt; hopefully he won’t be on the streets again for a long time.

The DNCNN-YouTube-Idiocracy Debate

Summed up nicely from the brilliant Wuzzadem:

Republicans' CNN/YouTube debate

I laughed out loud.

All the dirt from the GOP’s Idiocracy Debate at Michelle Malkin’s (and more by following the trackbacks).

Let this be the nail in the coffin for stupidity like YouTube debates. PLEASE.

Best comment seen so far, from Tim Lamb of Waynesville, Ohio:

This is a stupid format. What is next? Dancing with the Presidential Candidates!! The Great Presidential Race!! Presidential Idol!! Give me a break. How about a serious format?

Amen.

Oh, and yeah, I did watch it after all. If I were a good blogger, I’d have posted my commentary about it here. Instead, everything I had to say during the debate is over in the comments at Ace’s. You know, where people actually comment.

Winners & Losers:

Most Presidential: McCain, as usual. Plus, he got extra bonus points for his Presidential demeanor in contrast to the barking moonbat debate troll standing next to him. You know who that is. I personally would have been happier if McCain had roundhouse-kicked RP, but that’s not gonna happen. Oh well.

Most Charismatic (not in the religious sense): Mike Huckabee, as usual. He comes across really well in these debates, but eventually people are going to look deeper and I suspect not like everything he’s for.

Most Surprising (and Welcome) Line: “I was wrong.” Well played by Romney on the abortion issue.

Funniest Line: The bit at the end with Rudy and the Yankees. Other than that bit, he was off last night.

Most in Danger of Hemorrhaging Support: Fred. Fred, oh Fred…wherefore art thou, Fred?

Candidate with the Most Soft Support and Weakest Campaign: Duncan Hunter. I have yet to see any conservative speak ill of Duncan Hunter, but dude’s got like $86 in his campaign. He was good in the debate as always, but it’s meaningless–especially when he only gets in about three sentences. Then again, Huckabee once was in the same boat. I don’t see it with Hunter, though.

Failure of Imagination: Tom Tancredo, on the Mars program. Also Huckabee (and Mitt?), but Tancredo especially. Just one more reason why I wouldn’t vote for him.

Crazy Troll Who Needs To Take A Xanax Before The Debates: Obviously, Ron Paul. I loved that someone asked him the CFR question, because he showed his crazy conspiracy theorist ass for the whole country. And again, McCain should’ve roundhouse kicked him on that Vietnam crap. As soon as I heard it, I was just waiting for McCain’s response. But no point in continuing on the Troll–I detest everything about him, everything he says. He could say “kittens and babies are adorable” and it would irritate me, because he is apparently incapable of speaking without sounding like a raving lunatic (again, contrast that with McCain).

Winner of the Debate: Hillary Clinton, courtesy of the Clinton News Network. Again.

Loser: Ron Paul, because I despise him and his supporters. Okay, the real loser: CNN. What a disgrace.

Update: Ace says General Kerr was the winner.

The clear winner of the Republican debate was Gen. Keith Kerr, a member of Hillary’s LGBT steering committee, given approximately half as much time to voice his opinions as Tom Tancredo or Duncan Hunter or Fred Thompson.

Exactly. More post-mortem from the disgraceful Idiocracy Debate there, too.

Just another day in Pelosi’s home district

Nope, that’s not Gaza–it’s San Francisco.

Yet another hall of shame at Zombie’s–this time from an antiwar demonstration in San Francisco on October 27th.

~~Two~~ one guess as to which Presidential troll candidate was well-represented there among the virulently anti-Semitic protestors. (Will any of the disciples express disapproval? I doubt it.)

I feel inspired to donate some more money to Project Valour-IT now.

Best Ron Paul Haiku Ever!

MUST READ the story with the haiku! :mrgreen:

Submitted by Sheep Slayer

Digg it here. (The Paulbots are pissed! HAHAHAHA!)

Ron Paul campaign responds about Neo-Nazi Don Black donation

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Well, if you call this a “response.”

Bottom line– Will the Ron Paul campaign be rejecting the $500 contribution made by neo-Nazi Don Black?

At this time, I cannot say that we will be rejecting Mr. Black’s contribution, but I will bring the matter to the attention of our campaign director again, and expect some sort of decision to be made in coming days.

Hmm. Color me unimpressed.

Of course, considering this eye-opening story from someone who worked for Ron Paul in 1996, I’m not surprised.

Campaign Manager Elam suggested to me that since I was half-Jewish I ought to go to Lefty’s press conference to disrupt the event. We had gotten word that Morris was going to hold a press conference in Victoria, with documents proving that Ron Paul had close ties to Radical Right-wing Anti-Semitic and other racist groups. One of our campaign team members, even suggested that I wear a Jewish yalmaca (like a beanie cap), and loudly challenge Morris in the middle of his speech.

I did. All by myself I went to the event wearing my Jewish yalmaca, and other Jewish adornment. Half-way through the press conference, when Morris started to wave papers proving Paul’s ties to Anti-Semitic groups, I loudly interrupted that “I was Jewish, and was a top Campaign Staffer for Ron Paul,” and continued that Ron Paul would not have hired me if he hated Jews.

Note also that the blogger/former campaign staffer (Eric Dondero) says in the comments:

With Ron Paul, the buck stops at his desk (in Clute). He knows everything that goes on in his campaigns, and even has a hand in most of it. Do not be fooled by his humble and welcoming demeanor.

Verrrry interesting, isn’t it?

So I wonder, is Ron Paul really so unaware of his Neo-Nazi support base (very well documented piece at the link)? I think not. And yet, after all these years, they still haven’t been renounced–to this day, they’re still loud ‘n’ proud for their boy Ron Paul.

More about the Anti-Semitism and general nuttinesss that seems to follow Ron Paul at Adam Holland’s blog.

[Previous Ron Paul posts here at MVRWC here.]

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