It seems clear to me that you are upset with the rules being enforced.
I don’t see it. If Paul and Mitt got 15k and Newt couldn’t get that many, then why should the rules be changed (or ignored) to accommodate Newt?
See, this is what I don’t get. Aren’t we supposed to be conservatives?
If we want to see anybody and anybody on the ballot, then we need to go to the VA GOP and change the rules to reflect this.
The fact that legitimate candidates have been gamed out of a state primary is not going to sit well with a lot of voters.
It would be easy to promulgate conspiracy theories that people believed about Myth, for instance, in this situation.
Just saying.
The few votes Virginia actually has might cost Myth dearly.
I can guarantee you that if the situation was reversed, and it was Mitt and Gingrich, with Paul out, the Gingrich people would be defending the process, laughing about how stupid Perry was, and rejoicing that the “Paulistas” couldn’t even meet simple ballot requirements.
Heck, some of them were giddy when they found out Perry didn’t qualify, before they learned Gingrich didn’t. Then it was all “foul play”, and “we need to remove the governor from office”, and “people should go to jail”, and “we should occupy the RPV”.
I’m sick that Perry and Gingrich didn’t get on the ballot. But life goes on. Maybe the campaigns can find a way with the RPV to get on the ballot, and I’d be fine with that, but I don’t think they are entitled to it just because their supporters think so.