I ain’t Chicago in 1968, but apparently there was a physical altercation between a John McCain supporter and a Ron Paul supporter. Mary LaHammer promises video footage on Almanac tonight.
Added by Sean: I also wanted to point out our great friend Noah Kunin and the UpTake have coverage of the MNGOP convention. Noah says that the Republicans are using these rules for electing national delegates:
- No nominations from the floor are allowed.
- If you do not vote for 14 delegates, thus filling the slate, none of your other votes are counted. So if you only find 13 delegates acceptable: too bad, those votes don’t count
- The Nominations Committee put into contention less than double the spots open - thus any acceptable ballot will have several of the “establishment” slate names on it - otherwise it would fall under the 14 delegate threshold and be considered spoiled.
What does that mean boys and girls? That the establishment is going to get its slate of delegates elected without much if any opportunity for anyone else to get their voice heard. This isn’t the way it’s going to work next week for the DFL.
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NotSoSwiftly got roughed up??!?
I got to admit that after listening to the Ron Paul gobbledegook, I had a mind to whack one of them myself.
And why the surprise at the GOP stacking the deck… they can’t win if they fight fair.
Additional updates here:
http://theuptake.org/?p=649
Notable - Convention clearly operating outside the rules, majority of Republican Party Establishment slate to Nat’l Convention approved - Ron Paul does not win delegates.
Gives a whole new meaning to the nickname, “The Fighting First.”
So, is this part of the “Change you deserve”?
I also noted that MDE has a nice photo of the professionally made banner that hung immediately after the vote. Couldn’t have been too much question about who would be “elected” if they already had a huge professional banner made.
I was there and just for clarification.
The banner was hanging their from the beginning of the convention, NOT after the vote. So this could be consider nothing more than a giant lit piece. Something like three names on that banner were not elected.
Good grief… sorry for the multiple typos. I’m busy (therefore not at the convention today) and hit submit to quickly.
It won’t happen that way at the DFL convention because the establishment in the Democratic party created superdelegates guaranteeing themselves to be seated at every national convention.
Apparently the Republican Party is the party of “jackboot inclusion?”
I heard this second hand, so I don’t know any more than the rumor:
Censoring Ron Paul?????
They just want to squash anyone they don’t like.
Put them boys on the front line.