The GOP doesn’t want to be embarrased. I say we riot [figuratively of course ]
I’m enraged over this. Literally.
I didn’t agree with Lew ROckwell when he suggested that the Paul delegates stay home, but I either think that we do that or go balls to the wall and disrupt that bitchfest convention as much as possible. They won’t respect us in the least, but I’ve already heard Paul supporters say that NAP should be followed…we remember two people for non violence in the last…how many centuries?
I remember John Brown, Alexander, Joan of Arc, etc.
Just as Malcolm X said 'We must retain the threat of violence lest we be laughed out of relevancy.’
What could happen if most of the delegates refuse to sign the affidavit? And if a delegate was selected for Romney, but actually supports Paul, what does he have to gain by signing it? (Answer: getting to rub shoulders with more important people in the Republican Party. But IMO that means he wasn’t really a Paul supporter.)
Is this unprecedented? I mean, in some states isn’t it just ‘part of the deal’ that if you become a delegate you agree to sign an affidavit to vote for whichever candidate the rules say you should vote for on the first ballot? If not, is there no distinction at all between delegates who are “legally bound” (as in Massachusetts), delegates who are “morally but not legally bound” (as in Ohio), and delegates who are “unbound” (as in Pennsylvania)? Should we consider any delegates, from any state, who have NOT signed an affidavit, to be unbound, even when the state party rules appear to bind them? Is it “bound until unbound” or “unbound until bound”?
The pain and penalty of perjury for each of them, apparently. Even if that’s an empty (and/or illegal) threat, couldn’t the Massachusetts establishment Republicans - together with the national leadership - simply strip these Paul supporters of their delegate status, and replace them with loyal Romneyites who will sign the affidavit? I’m sure that’s what some of them would like to do, but what could happen if they did try that?
I don’t see how. The point of the affidavit is for them to be held liable for perjury if they sign it but don’t vote for Romney at the convention. If they don’t sign the affidavit, presumably they’ll be removed from the list of delegates.
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