Texas Local Gov’t Forcefully Overthrows Paul Delegates!

checking it against Roberts Rule and it seems to me that have at minimum a chance to appeal the motion. Not that I think it will do any good but it is a legal challenge.

I also think we should keep this bumped because as other states work on their delegates our RP delagates should know.

And if we are working to get as many RP delegates as possible, what are we doing to take McCain down. Of course in any manner that is technically, legally and professionally as possible. We have to remember our actions will reflect on Ron Paul and the revolution.

Can we forward this to the campaign? The should be aware and outraged by this.

No delegate or alternate delegate shall be bound by any attempt of any state or congressional district to impose the unit rule.

Roberts Rule of Order - 10th addition

"Prior to or during a convention, members of a delagation may need or wish to meet as a group to decide how they will act with reference to certain matters to come before the convention; a meeting of this kind is usually called a caucus. Unless such a caucus is so large that it is governed by the rules of procedure applicable to committees (50), since the delegation is in effect a committee to represent and act at the convention for the constituent society or unit that chose it....

As in the case of any committee, in the absence of a superior rule to the contrary a constituent society or unit can instruct it's delegation, although this is not always a good practice in ordinary societies. Such instructions are binding, upon the delegation to the extent that the conventions presiding officer and other officials should enforce instructions of which they have been properly and officially notified. Such instructions, for example, frequently require a delegation to take a position for or against a measure expected to come before the convention, or to vote for certain candidates. As stated above, the delegates are free to vote as they see fit except where an instruction has been given; but a society can, by instructing it's delegation, bind it to vote as a unit (that is to cast all of its votes in accord with the decision of the majority of the delegation) on all issues, on a particular class of business, or on certain matters to be acted on by the convention.

My questions are:

If delegates are a committee representing the body that chose it (your state), then instructions on who to vote for are decided by the delegates, not the state body or the national body. This seems like a system that funnels the opinion of the people upwards not the other way around. What is clearly happening is the National Committee is steering the state committee's essentially the county committee's to pick John McCain. This is direct violation of the GOP 38 No delegate or alternate delegate shall be bound by any attempt of any state or congressional district to impose the unit rule.

Secondly, if they can be bound by Roberts Rule, they are not bound until they have received instruction of such - so when and where has this instruction been given? If I am reading this right, the delegates of your state are to caucus and decide that desire, if they desire to bind and what the bound is? Has this formally happened in any of these states?

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Get used to this, there's lots more coming.

Those of you who are still drinking the GOP Kool-aid, or, even worse, entertaining vainglorious thoughts that we can take away the nomination from McCain---please WAKE UP.

It's not too late to sever this movement from the Republican umbilical cord.
It's not even too late to nominate Ron Paul on a Third Party and get him elected president in November. But the clock is ticking.

The only way he'll be on the ballot this fall is if he's running Third Party or Independent. Going to the convention to educate and promote is a good idea. Going there to take over McCain's delegates? You're going to be disappointed, folks.

Ron Paul is a very modest man. I think he has no expectations of being elected president, and has settled for his congressional seat again. Personally, I think he has no understanding of his importance to this generation of voters.

If you care about him actually being on the ballot in November, please consider the Third Party/Independent option now, and write him and his campaign accordingly.

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We seem to be getting more and more reports of this kind of thing and it's absolutely infuriating! What is your recourse here? Also - does anybody have contact information for this punk Bertuzzi? I suppose I can just google him too ....

http://www.caller.com/new...

The comments are of interest here.

I'm shocked. Lying bunch of scoundrels. They think the Ron Paul delegates are trying to steal the party, it's their party.
All Republicans are equal. This is insanity. Yea my team cheats so I'm going to back them because hey at least we won.

I googled "Mike Bertuzzi" and got so many disgusting links Im sick. In addition to alot of hipocritical statements made by him in the past about how "govt should be a reflection of the will of the people" etc were Repub websites discussing how various precincts had personally dealt with those nasty "Paulistas". Here is a paste of a typical post by an opposing veiwpoint: "Surprisingly they didn’t get too tough on the Delegates but there were several ballot votes on the resolutions. They lost most biggies but we killed 2 resolutions, one very important to them (declare war before going to war) ..." They must be so proud in SD where they were succsessful in ensuring that the preisident can continue to wage war whenever he damned well feels like it. Gah those RP supporters are ignorant fools... http://www.freerepublic.c...

Anything official from the campaign about this? ? ?

Nueces County Republican party convention, only a very corrupt Republican party would officially approve and accept the results.

My state convention is coming up in a month. What should we all do if the same situation happens to us at our convention?

the state chairperson? MN CD6 beat down a motion that passed because it was 'unconstitutional' according to the Republican rules of our state. Look up your rules, and fight back! Robert's Rules, your state's Republican party rules, and your state constitution. Know them, use them.

My liberty-minded home base of thought:

www.ponderthis.net

Did they get away with it?

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"Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct thy paths." Proverbs 3:5,6

a bump

it looks like our delegates to be are performing correctly.

it looks like our delegates to be are performing correctly.

Our forefathers would say, "The time is now."