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On Saturday March 10th, in Athens, GA, the democratic process was trampled on. The Athens-Clarke county GOP met to hold their annual county convention. The convention was held to nominate, approve, and pass slates of delegates to the party's district and state conventions. County chairman Matt Brewster and nominating committee chairman John Elliot blatantly broke the rules of their own party when they improperly, and without a majority, passed delegate slates and adjourned the convention amidst cries for "division", which is a call for a standing head count. With that, many sitting precinct delegates were disenfranchised, and the convention was improperly closed. When warned that their conduct was jeopardizing the status of the delegates and alternates for the entire county, the chair Matt Brewster directed all questions to John Padgett, who was identified by Brewster as the Secretary of the Georgia State Republican Party. Unfortunately, Mr. Padgett refused to answer questions and fled the scene along with the rest of the local GOP leadership.
Apparently, this is not the first time that the Georgia GOP has alienated Ron Paul supporters. In a March 2011 speech given by Sue Everhart, Chairwoman of the Georgia State GOP, she apologizes to Ron Paul supporters for "shoddy treatment" in 2008. She also admits that pressure from an outside source was the reason that Ron Paul supporters were mistreated. During the same speech, Everhart holds up a copy of the Georgia Republican Party Rules, vowing that such treatment will not happen in the future.
Many of the precinct delegates, who were elected in February at the county's mass precinct meetings, were new to the process and were appalled by the conduct they witnessed. Delegate Gary J. Warenfelt of 5C said, "This is the first time I have ever been actively involved in politics and to see illegal actions taking place in a major U.S. political party is very saddening. They cherry-picked the delegates that they wanted to go to the district and state conventions without following party rules. They did not listen to any voice of opposition and ended the meeting illegally." Fellow delegate Shawn Lewis added, "I personally called for a count of the votes of the ayes versus the nays, and was refused. I was told that the convention was closed, and watched as everyone just up and fled from the scene. I was ignored by the state GOP secretary after we were told that he would answer questions. I'm thoroughly disgusted; this is my first time participating in the process, and I feel violated."
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Originally posted by Swills
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
And here he is, to defend the fraud. People do care, you don't, and obviously the majority of the Republican party doesn't. Good thing you guys don't speak for all of America.
I care.]
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
Originally posted by Swills
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
And here he is, to defend the fraud. People do care, you don't, and obviously the majority of the Republican party doesn't. Good thing you guys don't speak for all of America.
I care.]
I'm not defending the fraud...I'm telling you to leave the Republican party because of it.
Because that is the only thing you can do to fight back against it.
I'm mostly a lurker here. I'm a Ron Paul supporter but I really like your posts Outkast.. But really if you think it is just the GOP that is doing this, that is complete ignorance. And you can deny it all you guys want but I don't think anyone needs to defend anything anymore. Everything is going to be very obvious in the coming months.
Originally posted by resist2012
You know what, I am going to have to agree with Outkast searcher, as much as it hurts me to say so, but he is right. No one who it matters to cares. Our founding fathers warned us against a 2 party system. and this is why. The party members write the rules. All we can do though, is continue to shed light on these acts, though, until enough people in the party realize it, and just say screw it.Honestly though, at this point, because of the lack of media coverage, I fear we may not have a chance to get Ron Paul into office. Not unless enough people come together with some real solid evidence, and start taking real action. and making lots of noise. LOTS of noise.
But I will tell you what, "When the government makes peaceful revolution impossible, they make a violent one inevitable." - JFK
Originally posted by OutKast Searcher
Originally posted by Swills
reply to post by OutKast Searcher
And here he is, to defend the fraud. People do care, you don't, and obviously the majority of the Republican party doesn't. Good thing you guys don't speak for all of America.
I care.]
I'm not defending the fraud...I'm telling you to leave the Republican party because of it.
Because that is the only thing you can do to fight back against it.