As it was four years ago, his message will be well eclipsed by nutjobs like you filling up more than half a thread about the 2012 primaries with conspiracy theories about a guy that probably won't win a single state. STFU already. We're trying to talk about the Republican primaries. They are funny. You are not.
Holw cow... now the Maine GOP says the uncounted votes (not the ones postponed) have been counted, but the tallies will not be released to the public no matter how much they whine about it lol Here is a great article on the whole situation... talks about the Romney campaign pushing the GOP not to count Ron Paul votes. http://www.businessinsider.com/ron-paul-maine-caucuses-gop-takeover-2012-2
I'm not a fan of Paul and I agree that a lot of what Troycen posts is insane and not bound by anything resembling reality. But the Maine primary is totally bogus the way it is now. Plenty of areas votes weren't counted, and the Maine GOP says they won't count them. It's totally bogus.
Can you imagine what the Republicans would be saying if these were Democratic primaries? That fat-ass Limbaugh and that midget Hannity would be dedicating full weeks of programing with just how slimy these Liberals are. We'd be inundated with stories about how dirty and untrustworthy the Democratic party is. Instead, since it's a Republican situation......crickets chirping. Laughable!:grin:
To be fair, I think by definition, Santorum can't be a "surprise." Whatever you think of his campaign, the ingredients he brings to the table (or any other surface) definitely speak of at least a little planning.
Ron Paul Is Secretly Taking Over The GOP — And It's Driving People Insane Grace Wyler|February 15, 2012| http://articles.businessinsider.com...-s-campaign-ron-paul-vote-count#ixzz1mYXFUaYt By now, it is clear that the Maine caucuses were a complete mess. Evidence is mounting that Mitt Romney's 194-vote victory over Ron Paul was prematurely announced, if not totally wrong. Washington County canceled their caucus on Saturday on account of three inches of snow (hardly a blizzard by Maine standards), and other towns that scheduled their caucuses for this week have been left out of the vote count. Now, it looks like caucuses that did take place before Feb. 11 have also been left out of final tally. As the full extent of the chaos unfolds, sources close to the Paul campaign tell Business Insider that it is looking increasingly like Romney's team might have a hand in denying Paul votes, noting that Romney has some admirably ruthless operatives on his side and a powerful incentive to avoid a fifth caucus loss this month. According to the Paul campaign, the Maine Republican Party is severely under-reporting Paul's results — and Romney isn't getting the same treatment. For example, nearly all the towns in Waldo County — a Ron Paul stronghold – held their caucuses on Feb. 4, but the state GOP reported no results for those towns. In Waterville, a college town in Central Maine, results were reported but not included in the party vote count. Paul beat Romney 21-5 there, according to the Kennebec County GOP. "It's too common," senior advisor Doug Wead told Business Insider. "If it was chaos, we would expect strong Romney counties to be unreported, and that's not what's happening." The Maine Republican Party won't decide which votes it will count until the executive committee meets next month. But Wead points out that even if Mitt Romney holds on to his slim lead, it will be a Pyrrhic victory. "He will have disenfranchised all of these people," Wead said. "It could be a costly victory — it is a mistake." The (alleged) bias against Paul may also be the product of an organic opposition to the libertarian Congressman and his army of ardent fans. Paul volunteers tend to be young and relatively new to party politics, and their presence has many state GOP stalwarts feeling territorial. "People feel threatened — they don't want to see a bunch of kids who may have voted for Barack Obama take over," Wead said. "They feel a sense of ownership over the party — but there has to be an accommodation." But state party machinations are already starting to backfire. The Paul campaign believes it has won the majority of Maine's delegates — and the perceived election fraud has galvanized Paul supporters to demand their votes be counted in the state's straw poll 'beauty contest.' Caucus chaos has also proved to be fertile ground for Paul's quiet takeover of the Republican Party. Since 2008, the campaign and Paul's Campaign for Liberty PAC have made a concerted effort to get Paul sympathists involved in the political process. Now, tumult in state party organizations has allowed these supporters to rise up the ranks. "We like strong party leadership when it comes from us," Paul campaign chair Jesse Benton told Business Insider. "Our people work very hard to make sure that their voice is heard." The fruits of this labor are evident in Iowa, where Paul's former state campaign co-chair A.J. Spiker was just elected as the new chairman of the Iowa Republican Party. Spiker replaces Matt Strawn, who stepped down over this year's Iowa caucus dustup. In Nevada, the state chair has also resigned over caucus disaster, and several Ron Paul supporters are well-positioned to step up to fill the void. These new leaders not only expand Paul's influence at the state level, but also help protect Paul and his hard-won delegates from state party machinations as the delegate-selection process moves to district and state conventions, and eventually the Republican National Convention this summer. "We are always trying to bring people into the party," Benton said. "I think that is a very positive thing for Republicans. Ron is the person who can build the Republican base, bring new blood into the party. That's how you build the party." In Maine, the caucus disaster has made the state GOP prime for a Ron Paul takeover. And that means that Paul's hard-won delegates will be protected as the delegate selection process "We are taking over the party," Wead told BI. "That's the important thing — and that is what we are doing in Maine."
Ron Paul will be at the RNC and so will his maniacs. He said doesn't have $10,000 to bet on it like Romney would. but he says it'll happen.
Agreed, Romney has a major scandal breaking here -- Team Romney (T-Rom) clearly looks to be suppressing votes for Ron Paul (Ro-Pau).
If Al Gore can win the election and not be president, then goddamnit Ron Paul can not be president by winning the Maine caucus.
