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GOP Rules Committee Rapidly Moving to Shut Out Grassroots at 2:00 p.m. Today (It's not over)
RedState ^ | Tuesday August 28, 2012 | Erick Erickson

Posted on 08/28/2012 7:31:55 AM PDT by Bigtigermike

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To: Bigtigermike

Regardless of the Ron Paul, or the grassroots Conservative targeting of this move by Team Romney on behalf of Romney for the benefit of Romney, it is most certainly NOT of, by, or for the people.

As a child Grandpa taught my older brother, and myself to play chess. At home my brother, and I would agree to play the game, but my older brother would be disadvantaged at some point, and would all of a sudden start spouting rules I was unaware, and ultimately he would win. Grandpa confirmed to me later that those rules my older brother insisted were legitimate were in fact contrived for his benefit to win the game. Older brother pulled that stunt multiple times, and I finally refused to play the game anymore.

Willard is NOT my older brother, but my experience tells me there are similarities. I really like the fact my older brother lives in another State.

Prayers for this country.


41 posted on 08/28/2012 8:16:20 AM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Bigtigermike
That's what I'm saying. The GOPe cowads are deliberately trying to attach it to Ron Paul as a means of silencing dissent. Its pure Alinsky tactics. Fortunately not everyone is buying it. Mark Levin just tweeted the story you posted.

Mark R. Levin ‏@marklevinshow Correction! Apparently the fight is not over. Please read this link.... http://fb.me/1Q2RoxsK7
42 posted on 08/28/2012 8:17:46 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Bigtigermike

Typically republican - Determined to alienate their conservative base and snatch drefeat from the jaws of victory.

I believe many at the top of the party would rather lose the presidential election than lose their own power and influence.

(big fish - small pond doctrine)


43 posted on 08/28/2012 8:18:40 AM PDT by Iron Munro ("In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit." - Ayn Rand)
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To: Jedidah
These “grassroots activists” who caused this whole mess are Ron Paul supporters who lied about their allegiance in order to get delegate slots.

Damn straight. If there was ever a reason to vote against Ron Paul it's his dishonest, petulant supporters.


44 posted on 08/28/2012 8:19:28 AM PDT by Cinnamontea
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To: Jedidah

You are lying about the lying. Liar.


45 posted on 08/28/2012 8:20:02 AM PDT by DManA
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To: cripplecreek

You must have posted to the wrong person.

HUH, I asked if what you said was truthful then why hasn;t Newt, Rick S, Rick P, Sarah, Michelle B, De Mint etc all said something and got into this?
It’s a question.

You reply don’t worry about you and do I know any good jokes about Democrat plantation dwellers.


46 posted on 08/28/2012 8:22:59 AM PDT by manc (Marriage =1 man + 1 woman,when they say marriage equality then they should support polygamy)
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To: xzins

He’s already distanced himself from the platform conservativs are so proud of.


47 posted on 08/28/2012 8:23:07 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Bigtigermike; ScottinVA; DarthVader; cripplecreek; Jedidah; Ingtar; xzins; Diogenesis; ...

So, we want CLOSED PRIMARIES so that infiltrators cannot disrupt our primaries and pick our nominees.

But we want OPEN CONVENTIONS so any minority faction of 25% or so can disrupt the convention in prime time?


48 posted on 08/28/2012 8:24:25 AM PDT by sam_paine (X .................................)
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To: Cinnamontea

Petulent? LOL I’ve never see a worse bunch of petulent babies as you guys.


49 posted on 08/28/2012 8:25:00 AM PDT by DManA
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To: taxcontrol

I am a conservative, not a republican.

To all FReepers who are ABO, who say you will get rid of Obama first, then hold RINOmney’s feet to the fire to keep him conservative...

This is your first battle. If you can’t win this one, don’t pretend your voice matters to him at all going forward. You will be run over by a RINO. YOUR RINO that YOU elected.

As for me...

Sorry, gone rogue, gone Galt, gone international. Gone.


50 posted on 08/28/2012 8:25:37 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Sorry, gone rogue, gone Galt, gone international. Gone.)
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To: sam_paine

Conventions are a sick joke. Shut -em down and spend the money on TV commercials. That’s all they are anyway.


51 posted on 08/28/2012 8:26:46 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Maelstorm

After what happened with Ted Cruz here in Texas and other races around the country, you better believe the Republocrats in charge of the GOP are going to try to kill this movement before 2016.

This has nothing to do with Paulbots (that’s their excuse, which is why they have placated them for so long) and everything to do with tea party conservatives, religous conservatives and Goldwater conservatives.


52 posted on 08/28/2012 8:27:42 AM PDT by cizinec ("Brother, your best friend ain't your Momma, it's the Field Artillery.")
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To: ponygirl
RaDiO siLenCe over at Drudge

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53 posted on 08/28/2012 8:28:23 AM PDT by JediJones (Too Hot for GOP TV: Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Allen West and Donald Trump)
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To: xzins

Golly, it looks like Mittens is just what those of us who actually know something about him have been saying he is - a candidate to the left of Ted Kennedy on social issues and a tool of the country club GOPe.

Folks here can vote for him if they like and continue delivering power to the handful of sociopaths who constitute the GOPe, but I won’t. The economy is going to collapse no matter who wins. It might as well collapse on Obamalini. The “civil war” needs to happen sooner rather than later.


54 posted on 08/28/2012 8:32:47 AM PDT by achilles2000 ("I'll agree to save the whales as long as we can deport the liberals")
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To: Iron Munro
I believe many at the top of the party would rather lose the presidential election than lose their own power and influence.

Yep and they leaned it from Mitty's papa who stomped offstage in 1964 and actively worked to destroy Goldwater and for 50 years the moderates have pointed to the Goldwater loss that they engineered as why we must be more moderate.

Moderates are lying, manipulative, bottom feeding scum who will happily lose an election just to say "we told you so". Conservatives have repeatedly compromised for moderate candidates only to get sold down the river when a conservative is on the line.
55 posted on 08/28/2012 8:33:10 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: rwfromkansas

I disagree, rw. The first point has a fair possibility of being about ron paul (albeit with a huge over-reach for centralized power) but the 2nd two items of contention have nothing whatsoever to do with rp.


56 posted on 08/28/2012 8:33:25 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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To: sam_paine
So, we want CLOSED PRIMARIES so that infiltrators cannot disrupt our primaries and pick our nominees.

Not all want that as it will shut out Independents.

But we want OPEN CONVENTIONS so any minority faction of 25% or so can disrupt the convention in prime time?

If disruption in prime time is the price that must be paid -- so be it.

57 posted on 08/28/2012 8:33:38 AM PDT by Uncle Chip
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To: xzins

You bet. I haven’t gone to his site since he turned it into a partisan site.


58 posted on 08/28/2012 8:34:06 AM PDT by DManA
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To: Bigtigermike

RS
FRONT PAGE CONTRIBUTOR
Voters Want Less Government. Will GOP Communicate to Them?

By: Daniel Horowitz (Diary) | August 27th at 03:02 PM | 11

Amidst the torrent of polling data on an array of political races and policy issues, it is easy to lose focus on the central point of contention in today’s world of politics. The fundamental disagreement between the right and the left is over the proper role of government. The left feels that government should control virtually every aspect of our economy and our lives – from cradle to grave – while the right believes that government must focus on its core constitutional duties, and that it is, in fact, deleterious to our lives and prosperity when it traverses those constitutional confines.

In terms of the public’s views on this central point of contention, there is no ambiguity in the polling data. The latest Washington Post/ABC-News poll shows that registered voters support limited government with fewer services over larger government with more services by a whopping 56-38% margin. When asked in the recent Fox News survey whether they believe government should leave them alone or lend a helping hand, likely voters chose the limited government message by a 54-35% margin. Among Independent voters, the margin was 63-25%.

With such ubiquitous support for limited government, why is Obama leading on most policy issues, especially those issues like healthcare and energy where he has used the boot of government to spike the cost of vital services on average Americans? How is he neck-and-neck with Romney in national polls and ahead in many battleground state polls?

http://www.redstate.com/2012/08/27/voters-want-less-government-will-gop-communicate-with-them/


59 posted on 08/28/2012 8:36:43 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: DManA

There was a time when he was a useful voice. Too bad.


60 posted on 08/28/2012 8:37:32 AM PDT by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! True supporters of our troops pray for their victory!)
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