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To: CharlesWayneCT; Bigtigermike; Jim Robinson
Like it or not Charles, the Paul delegates are our last line of resistance at the convention. The whole point of this move by Team Romney is to stop any future TEA Party challenge, both to the GOP-E, and to Romney in 2016 if he somehow manages to beat Obama.

People had better wake up as to what's going on!

33 posted on 08/26/2012 8:28:46 PM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: Timber Rattler

Agreed! In fact, this probably has less to do with the Paulbots than with the Tea Party seriously challenging the Establishment in 2016 and beyond and Mitt and the Good ol Boys trying to circumvent and stop any attempt of them gaining any realfoot hold in the party. People need to pay attention to what’s going on


41 posted on 08/26/2012 8:44:00 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
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To: Timber Rattler

First, if Ron Paul delegates are our defense, I’d be very worried. Next thing you know, we’ll have all sorts of weird things in our platform.

Second, it’s hardly likely that anything that happens at the 2012 convention will change the rules for 2016, which will be set prior to that phase, just like the 2012 rules were put in place after 2008 ended, and just prior to 2012, by the RNC and Steele.

Third, the Tea Party doesn’t need rules that allow delegates to pretend to be for a candidate, but actually be supporters of other candidates who will barely stay loyal to the official winner through the first ballot.

In fact, the Tea Party almost needs the rules to be strengthened in this area, so that if a conservative candidate wins a primary, they can be guaranteed that the delegates they end up “winning” are loyal to them, not party hacks who will stab them in the back.


56 posted on 08/27/2012 9:24:50 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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