I was talking to some people who were at their local Mo. caucuses, 1 Romney supporter and 2 Paul supporters. Two different caucuses.
At both caucuses the local GOP machinery from the start refused to follow Roberts Rules of Order and the State GOP guidelines on the Caucuses, and the situation immediately fell into chaos due to the local good old boys trying to ram through their preferred candidate Romney.
At one caucus the Paul supporter I know is the son of a former R mayor of the town, and my buddy was picked as lead Paul speaker during the caucus. The situation collapsed immediately because my friend called points of order and clarifications and the GOP machinery guys at the podium refused to follow their own standing decorum rules. At which point nothing further happened.
This supposed happened at over 20 caucuses yesterday... to varying degrees.
Dallas county was a joke. Being my first caucus, rules were passed and debate ended in the same motion. rules were adopted WITHOUT DEBATE. And the chairman, sandy crawford’s husband, stated it was a violation of caucus rules to have the delegates state who they supported.
Since they were passed on a slate, not identified before the vote, and the nays outnumber the yeas in my opinion. Even so, the chairman refused a standing vote be taken.
I am not a Ron Paul supporter. He left the caucus with a lot of fanfare and yelling. While I was glad to see him go, his point was right on. I went there to vote or choose a delegate that supported santorum. I have a feeling that “we the people” did not vote for Romney, but that is how Dallas county delegates will vote.
I think the chairman, his wife, and the delegtes are COWARDS. These are the people that have helped the democrats ruin this nation.
I wonder who is going to support the Missouri republicans after this.
The same kind of crap happened here in minnesota last w-end at our local convention.
Paul supporters came and started challenging everything. It took 1 1/2 hours just to adopt the rules. I got so disgusted I walked out.