The “O” in GOP Does Not Stand for “Organization” (and There’s No “E” for “Efficiency” Either) …There has been an E in GOP-e, but it definitely does not stand for “efficiency” . . .
Clearly there are still a lot of Dagney Taggarts in the world.
I moved on from the R party about 8 years ago. We need a new party that is actually conservative and sticks to the constitution.
When the phoenix rises from the ashes maybe we will get something like that.
Sounds like The Founding Fathers were prescient in creating a republic.
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The Stuhr link nearly blew up my computer. LOL!
Thank you for your post.
Convention duty is hard work for the engaged, the hard core and the determined grassrooters, those who can afford to ferry themselves to state conventions for three days and back, and on to the national convention for three days and back.
It isn’t cheap, but it’s the last stop for the grassroots to have a voice.
The Republican Platform is a piece of work that begins at every precinct where the neighbors place their concerns into the form of a motion. The motions are voted on and taken on to the county convention, where more concerns are developed into motions and voted upon, to be taken to the state convention.
After the convention the candidates, the players and politicians shelve it, BECAUSE IT IS NON-BINDING.
The Committee formulation at your county convention and your state can be the game changers. They know Roberts Rules of Order frontwards and backwards, the delegates at county are your neighbors and do not. The Committee can be unsympathetic and can take advantage of that ignorance and even enjoy letting you squirm when you are at the microphone stumbling through your first convention address in a packed room.
Be brave, Be bold and Hold the Line. There are so many with you in that audience, and many others who won’t appreciate an unsympathetic committee attitude toward you.
The power is coveted, for obvious reasons, because these people are not bored with meetings. They thrive in these meetings and are stimulated by the subjects at hand in meetings on politics.
We need to care that much.
Any observations from our Texas delegates?