Comment · Mon, May 7, 2012
Ron Paul wins Maine
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NicknameAvailable · 1715 points
I'm at the convention now, 15 delegates for Ron Paul, 6 more to elect and Romney's dickheads are trying to stuff the ballot with duplicate names to Ron Paul delegates, but that's pretty bland compared to all they did trying to rig the election yesterday...will tell more when I'm at a computer if people want to hear about it.
Edit: have a bit of free time so here's what went on yesterday:
* the convention got delayed 2.5 hours off the bat because the Romney people came late
* after the first vote elected the Ron Paul supporting candidate with about a10% lead, Romney's people started trying to stall and call in their friends, the chair was a Ron Paul supporter and won by 4 votes some hours later (after Romney's people tried and failed to steal some 1000 unclaimed badges for delegates (mostly Ron Paul supporters) who didn't show
* everything was met with a recount, often several times
* Romney people would take turns one at a time at the Ron Paul booth trying to pick fights with a group of Ron Paul supporters in an effort to get them kicked out, all attempts failed through the course of the day
* the Romney supporters printed duplicate stickers to the Ron Paul ones for national del…
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NicknameAvailable · 0 points
I agree Ron Paul probably won't win (unless he makes it to a runoff, then I give it 50/50) but this is more about reform than anything else, we are getting people that aren't corrupt into influential positions, the presidential campaign is trivial in comparison to reforming the gop into a party that actually represents the people.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
This is going to be the biggest benefit to Ron Paul's run! We are challenging the status quoa of the Republican party! We no longer want our fiscally conservative voice to be hidden and hijacked by the religious conservatives! We no longer want our idea of individual freedoms to be misconstrued as an uncaring discontent for our fellow man! As Ron Paul said, this is not the end, but the beginning!