Bummer about Hunter and Tancredo...
Posted on 11/10/2007 10:48:08 AM PST by Starman417
It's about freaking time.
The Iowa Republican Party put out an advisory Tuesday setting standards for participation in a Dec. 4 debate it is sponsoring with Fox News. The phone has been ringing off the hook ever since.
That's because the sponsors said participants need to average 5% support among Republicans in recent national or Iowa polls -- and so far, Texas Rep. Ron Paul is one of the candidates not making the cut.
Of course the PaulBots went into action:
News of the party's decision and how to protest it was spread quickly over the Internet by supporters of the anti-war, anti-tax, anti-abortion libertarian. "We are getting bombarded" with calls and e-mails from Paul's supporters, said GOP spokeswoman Mary Tiffany. She said there were 25 voice mails from angry Paul supporters before the start of business Thursday.
"I'm all about the First Amendment, but at the same time, how is this productive?" she asked. "They need to start calling voters and start door-knocking instead of calling the Republican Party of Iowa."
Tancredo and Hunter will be out of the debate also, as it should be. Just like the lady said, if they have a problem with it they should be bugging the voters, not the people who put on the debate.
Course we all know the PaulBots will be in full swing spamming every site imaginable until they get their way.
(Excerpt) Read more at floppingaces.net ...
ANOTHER reason not to watch the debate.
Bummer about Hunter and Tancredo...
Looks like the Republican party wants to loose as many votes as possible. I for one am tired of this keeping this person or that from participating in debates and primaries regardless of the excuses they give.
It’s unRonstitutional!
Not to worry too much, Fred will not let their issues fade away.
They're real close to losing my membership.
Seriously!! Fix needs to get rid of the one Republican candidate drawing major crowds, gaining massive amounts of donations online, and worst of all preaching the Constitution. They need to get back to the Republican agenda of maintaining the status quo of growing government just as fast as the Democrats
No worries. Dr. Paul will most likely be there, breaking yet another barrier set to stop his message. Haven't watched the Giuliani Channel in awhile though.
I would be more than glad to vote for that ticket...
Yeah. I've quit watching it too - and I've stopped listening to the Giuliani Radio Show at 3:00 in the afternoon too.
I wonder if this will trigger a similar announcement from the Dims within the next week or so....You know they’d love to pare down the second tier and lose thr third tier candidates altogether, as well.
Maybe it was the expense. Economy's down, you know, light bulbs. Stuff like that.
Little people with their little candidates. Such an annoyance. A bother. Thank God the RNC elite help us make our decisions. We really do owe them.
The 1% crowd maybe unhappy...but in all seriousness, the only folks ‘giving a damn’ about politics are the ~5% hardcore on either side of the spectrum...
Obviously the “business-as-usual” wing of the party wants RP, and anyone else that might bring about change, out of the way.
We need all three of those guys in the debates, so that the key issues are at the forefront.
“anti-abortion libertarian”
I’m not attempting to start a conflict here, but isn’t that an oxymoron? I thought by definition that libertartians don’t think government should be involved in abortion. I know “ZIP” about Ron Paul. However, the rhetoric used seems a little extreme an incongruous.
Whatever, I agree that at this juncture the “also rans” need to be pushed off the stage so the party can focus on those that have even a remote chance of winning the nomination. I do apologize to the Hunter supporters though, because he is a good man.
Can you imagine having to hear all of those vituperative, yapping little ronpaul worshipers' messages on the phone first thing in the morning?
That just might be the case...
News of the party's decision and how to protest it was spread quickly over the Internet by supporters of the anti-war, anti-tax, anti-abortion libertarian. "We are getting bombarded" with calls and e-mails from Paul's supporters, said GOP spokeswoman Mary Tiffany. She said there were 25 voice mails from angry Paul supporters before the start of business Thursday.
Tiffany said Thursday there had been a few e-mails from Hunter fans and no word from anyone about Tancredo.
Fixed it.
Possibly. I see some of it as a 'rebellion', like teenagers, against anything they consider 'grown up' or status quo. I have a friend, who I would have trusted with my life. She is so rabidly Ron Paul, that she's lost any perspective about anything. Darndest thing I've ever seen.
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