RNC Panel Rejects Both NV Delegations
Posted August 16th, 2008 by Paulette
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The Associated Press
Citing flaws in the selection process, a key Republican National Committee panel on Friday recommended that neither of Nevada's two dueling delegations be seated at the party's national convention in September.
The Republican National Committee's contest panel rejected both a group backed by supporters of former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul, as well as a delegation appointed by the state party, according to a source who had read the panel's ruling but did not want to be named discussing it before it was formally submitted to the RNC.
The panel recommended that three "automatic delegates" should seated as planned, the source said.
"The Nevada Republican Party fully expected today's decision," state party chairwoman Sue Lowden said in a statement issued late Friday. "We have every intention of moving forward with our delegation and are prepared to be seated at the national convention."
The committee's recommendation throws into question the status of a 34-member delegation from a key swing state that likely Republican nominee John McCain has been working hard to turn his way. It also set off a series of negotiations between state and national GOP officials over how to resolve a complicated dispute with an embarrassing origin for the state party.
The Nevada delegation was appointed by the party's executive board after the state convention was shut down by party leaders just as Paul supporters were poised to win delegates.
The state party's attempt to reconvene the convention in July failed because the party couldn't get enough people to attend.
Meanwhile, a group of dedicated Paul supporters organized a rogue convention in June and elected its own delegation. Both groups were shot down when the dispute went before the RNC panel on Friday.
Mike Weber, a GOP activist representing the Paul delegation, said he was still reviewing the panel's recommendation.
"We're hopeful that justice will prevail," Weber said. "We're trying to keep the process within the party and let the party decide."
The matter will now be taken up by the Republican National Committee the week of Aug. 24 when it meets in Minneapolis in advance of its convention in St. Paul, Minn.
Nevada GOP officials said the appointed delegation was chosen based on the applicant's GOP service, prominent recommendations and military service.
The appointed delegation and its 31 alternates largely include party insiders and officials, including Joe Brown, Bruce Woodbury, Andy Abboud, Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki, Assembly members Heidi Gansert and Ty Cobb, Lynn Weidner, state Sen. Barbara Cegavske, Robert Uithoven, Steve Martin, Barbara Lee-Woollen and Lowden.
The state party's decision to appoint the national convention delegates prompted a lawsuit by Ron Paul supporters and other disaffected Republicans, who contended state law requires the national delegates to be selected by state convention delegates.
Washoe County District Judge Jerry Polaha denied a motion to halt the party from appointing the delegates, saying the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case.
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Freedom to Facisim is happening in Nevada...
... and they think there's not a damn thing WE are going to do about it? Boy, have they underestimated the power of a revolution... or the determination of a Patriot. This isn't about Ron Paul... I LOVE the Good Doctor and he certainly provided the spark this nation needed to awaken the population to the true intentions of Washington... but this is about so much more. It is about America... how we govern... how we care for our people... how we conduct ourselves upon the world stage... and how we elect our representatives. ALL of these things are now considered and empowered by committee behind closed doors... just look at the arrogance of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America. The SPP is a legal and binding Partnership entered into by the Executive Branches of Mexico, Canada, and the U.S. (completely circumventing Congress and the legislative process) and the SPP in NOT subject to Congressional oversight or approval OF ANY KIND... how is this even possible?
I had lunch with Aaron Russo just prior to his running for Governor of Nevada. He had a wonderful plan to address several key issues that would have greatly benefited our state and it's citizens but the state and local press destroyed him and his message just as they effectively shut down ANY positive reporting of Dr. Paul and the tremendous importance of his constitution-based platform. The reporters I know had every fair and balanced story withdrawn from consideration for publishing and immediately buried in the "stack of death", never to be seen or heard from again.
Aaron is gone now... but his message is louder and more powerful than he ever imagined... Why? Because "TRUTH IS TIMELESS" and Aaron took the time and effort to record the truth on video for all of us to see and learn from... and it works... Aaron has brought thousands of people into the age of enlightenment by introducing them to HIS personal experience with the unethical ruling class that we know today as the NeoCon's/NeoLib's... the same collective assholes that run BOTH party's that ALL of us are fighting against for our constitutional right to be heard in a fair and open election process.
I will no longer work to assist the NV GOP in any way, shape, or form. I was one of their strongest allies in attempting to bring the party together in spite of all the confusion and mistrust that abounds in our state... but like EVERYONE else...I was used, cheated, and lied to throughout my entire State Delegate/post-convention experience and I will now dedicate myself to Exposing and Destroying the reputation of the NV GOP. I consider their illegal actions as a declaration of WAR against the citizens of Nevada and I, along with thousands of my fellow Patriots, will act accordingly and take up LEGAL ARMS IN A COURT OF LAW against you.
You cannot run... You cannot hide... Time and Truth is on our side!
Just like Bush, Cheney, Rice, etc. WILL be tried for their criminal activities while in office... the NV GOP and it's guilty members WILL be exposed and tried for their criminal activities as well. EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU THAT CHEATED OUR CITIZENS WILL BE EXPOSED... VERY, VERY PUBLICLY!
Right on! Do not give into
Right on!
Do not give into evil, but proceed ever more boldly against it.
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convienent the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case
There will be, however, more legal action
ahead by the looks of things...so please contribute, even a few bucks, to the chip-in
http://fairnevadaconventi...
The urgent goal is $4,000 by the 18th.
IT'S DOABLE
I want my money back!
I want ALL of my money back... from the caucus to the county convention to the state convention to the time and monies I have been investing since Nov '07... I want it ALL back.
Amen.
I hear ya.