Romney lawyers rig election in ND: Santorum – Ron Paul cut out

Posted byDoug WeadPosted inPresidential History, RepublicansTags:, , , , ,

As the GOP nominating process grinds down to its ultimate end, the Romney campaign has turned savage in its efforts to end the process early.  Open conventions and caucuses where people actually get to vote are apparently their worst nightmare.   In some state conventions fake “unity slates” are promoted, with appeals to Santorum and Gingrich delegates to join them in electing delegates that they promise represent the three campaigns proportionately but will shut out Ron Paul.  The “unity slates” are actually all Romney delegates.

In other states “Romney Rules” help make up for the candidate’s unenthusiastic support.  In Idaho, for example, where Romney has a Mormon base and won  61% of the vote in a statewide beauty contest, it was nevertheless feared that the candidate would not win a single precinct election in the delegate process.  In almost each of the elections, it was feared that Ron Paul supporters would have a plurality.

The solution?  A backwards election.  It goes like this.  The candidate who gets the most votes doesn’t matter, rather the candidate with the fewest is dropped. Voting continues with successive ballots until one is left.  If one candidate gets at least 50% of the counties he then gets the whole statewide delegation.

Sure enough.  In 2012 in most county caucuses, Ron Paul folks appeared and almost always had a plurality.  Newt Gingrich, having the fewest, was dropped after the first ballot.  Santorum was dropped after the second.  Finally, in most counties it came down to Ron Paul and Mitt Romney and even though Ron Paul began with the largest number of delegates, Mitt Romney won as the Santorum people were persuaded to join Romney “for the sake of unity.”

Thus, while Ron Paul turned out the most numbers, Mitt Romney swept the state delegation.

Ron Paul supporters need not despair, however, we have our own share of good news coming soon.  And we will have won with Romney’s own rules.

I can’t resist one more report.  Take a look at how the North Dakota convention was rigged.  Keep in mind, Rick Santorum won North Dakota with 39.7% of the vote.  Ron Paul was second with 28.1% and Mitt Romney was third with 23.7%.  Yet under “Romney Rules” he gets approximately 60% of the delegates from North Dakota to the RNC.  Here’s how he did it.

But the race is not over.  See this interview, Sir David Frost talks to Doug Wead.

http://ronpaulflix.com/2012/03/ron-paul-snr-advisor-doug-wead-interview-with-frost-mar-31-2012/

Published by Doug Wead

Doug Wead is a New York Times bestselling author whose latest book, Game of Thorns, is about the Trump-Clinton 2016 election. He served as an adviser to two American presidents and was a special assistant to the president in the George H.W. Bush White House.

170 thoughts on “Romney lawyers rig election in ND: Santorum – Ron Paul cut out”

  1. Knew Romney was nothing more then a crook, he and the establishment are scared of Dr. Paul and what he stands for

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      2. “you’re so stupid,. . . LOL?” Really?? Wait a minute, I remember you Tex! You were in my 3rd grade class! That sure was a long time ago. By the way, did you ever graduate?

        But seriously, Tex. I usually don’t bother replying to such pettiness, but I took pity and thought I would share one tip. I notice all your posts end in LOL. Kinda makes you sound desperate. Take it or leave it.

      4. you haven’t adding anything to any of these posts….at least say something. the insults are not doing anything for you but making you look like a moron.

      5. Yes I have, you IDIOT. Go back and READ and you’ll find several questions that have gone unanswered by the Paulites. The non-responses are not doing anything for you but making you look like the MORONS you are!!! LOL

      6. You won’t feel that way when the angry mobs are chasing you with ropes. You will be the one that feels stupid right up until you hit the end of it.

      8. tex2 asked if i would handle this for him, he getting flustered, and cant think of anything else besides namecalling. So could you guys take it easy on tex2, maybe just play along or something like that?

      9. Wrong guy, but it sounds like he was right about you! LOL

        I’ll leave it, just like I’ll leave you vote for who you want! LOL

      11. The angry crowds are a figment of your Paulite imagination. Nothing a 2nd Amendment supporter can’t handle. LOL

    2. Tex2 asked me if i would take over while he references Orielly for more talking points.
      Please excuse tex2’s bitterness; he;s just realized that Paul supporters have taken over the chair at many GOP caucuses. The only way that that could have happened is if Paul had the majority of the delegates, so what does that tell you about Pauls delegate situation?
      Poor tex2 has been working so hard trying to discourage everyone here, that news devestated him. What a pity.

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      2. SHHH! tex2 is very sensitive, and gets embittired quite easily. thats why there is namecalling and LOLing. He asked me to keep that secret, but i felt that you should know.

      6. 2nd in delegates. But not only @nd in delegates, but 2nd in delegates to Romney, im not worried. Romney wont get the 1122. sorry. LOL

      1. tex3 here, filling in for tex2. he had to take a break, his hands hurt from all the typing, and hes got a headache, from all the scratching for comebacks. It cant be easy arguing with people that know their shit. LOL

      1. cmon tex2, I thought i told you to read the articles first, that way you might be able to sound smart. What did i tell you about things on video?” You cant argue about it after everybody saw it on youtube.” remember? gosh, all these late nights trying to argue on comments is taking its toll. LOL

  5. Doug, great interview with Frost which is what we have come to expect from you. Really enjoy watching your interviews you come across very well.

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    2. Of course he does, he’s a former Amway LCK and has hung around politicians his entire adult life. Therefore, he can lie through his teeth and not bat an eye.

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      1. Congratulations there Tex2. You finally cranked out a response that doesn’t end in LOL. I was beginning to think you were a cracked record. Those are those vinyl discs people used to listen to on phonographs back before you were born.

      5. Tex3 here, on tex2’s behalf. Please excuse tex2’s rudeness; You have to realize that tex2 faces a daunting task. Imagine if you were the one that has the job of occupying comment threads with the intention of discouraging people. What a mental burden it must be. After seeing all the news about Paul supporters taking over Gop caucuses tex2 realized that taking over the chair at any GOP caucus requires the majority of delegates. LOL!!

    3. Yes Doug is rather intelligent, as demonstrated by his resume, and his devotion to a Ron Paul presidency.

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  6. That’s why Robameny didn’t accept the debate invitation for May- he figures with the GOP’s aiding /ordering the corruption, he will have it wrapped up before then! I caught the caucus fraud here myself in Nevada, when AP & Yahoo posted an article with still 7 hours left of voting, declaring Robameny the winner in all past-tense verbage! The article was actually written 2 days PRIOR to the NV caucus, and was the same article used by all the newspapers – see my video on my “seahorsemomma” youtube channel. We need to pick a party & make sure that Dr. Paul is on the ballot in every state as a third party candidate please!!!!!

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    1. It’s traditional for the presumed frontrunner to turn down debates. LOL

      Do you have a reference for your claims? Why do you Paulites make outlandish claims then not post the evidence? LOL

      I’ll name the party – the nutjobs. LOL

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      1. Oops! I see the LOL’s came back with a vengeance after having been skipped above. When’s the last time you were checked out by a psychiatrist?

      3. YEA! Marijuana for everybody. Potheads for Ron! I guess you stoned Paulites never heard of the term “gateway drug” because you’re so HIGH all the time. Never mind the traffic and other accidents that would be caused by stoners. LOL

      4. According to all the facts and scientific evidence, your only solution is total prohibition. How did that work in the past?

        Gateway drugs as in cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/record/archives/vol20/vol20_iss10/record2010.24.html How many more traffic accidents are caused by alcohol than by marijuana? http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20051201/marijuana-raises-risk-of-fatal-car-crash They both do.

        Study says marijuana no gateway drug http://scienceblog.com/12116/study-says-marijuana-no-gateway-drug/
        Marijuana much safer than alcohol http://www.saferchoice.org/content/view/24/53/

      7. According to all the facts and scientific evidence, your only solution is total prohibition. — No, it isn’t. How did that work in the past? — Better than RP’s approach. LOL

        Gateway drugs as in cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana. How many more traffic accidents are caused by alcohol than by marijuana? They both do. — So you want to make it even worse? LOL

        Study says marijuana no gateway drug — The study above did. LOL
        Marijuana much safer than alcohol? http://www.ygoy.com/2008/04/03/is-marijuana-safer-than-alcohol/

        No wonder RP’s meetings are so lively, they are all high! LOL

      8. Once again, no factual information out of tex2, just more bantering attacks, with no point, and no reference material. Can you blame him? Imagine the flood of articles opposing tex2’s point of view. LOL

      1. Yea i know, I wonder how he has worked for several previous presidents, wait a minute, its because he is good at what he does. We are just going to try to discredit him, even though we are reading his blog, and commenting and reading other comments here. LOL , were pathetic.

    3. Doug Wead has more intelligence in his little finger than you do in your entire brain!

      RON PAUL OR NOT AT ALL!!

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  8. I have to conclude that the GOPowers, seeing no hope of a win for Rickie or Newtie, got their campaign managers to sell them out. Not, necessarily as pro-Romney, but as anti-Paul–Though they clearly tried to oust Romney earlier as well.
    Further, they know that Paul stands a FAR better chance in the General than anyone, so they apparently would kinda-like to win the election, but not at the cost of becoming a constitutional republic.
    (Insert various expletive characterizations here.)
    The snooze button is now disabled.

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      2. tex2 asked me to fill in, his mom is calling him. He asked me to try to argue with you, but you are correct. LOL

      4. a life that consists of continuing losing arguements and resorting to namecalling in the absence of facts.

      5. A life that consists of continuing losing elections and resorting to nutty ideas in the absence of facts.

  9. Why are you people praising and thanking Wead? He and the Paul campaign kept telling us that they had it under control and the establishment would be getting a big surprise at the state conventions. Guess what…the Paul campaign got the surprise! If Paull and Santorum had the majority of delegates, why is there not utter chaos at the convention when the establishment doesn’t play by the rules and forces a Romney slate? Why aren’t there riots going on right now? I don’t care…you can’t just disenfranchise the majority and get away with it. Is what people did in St. Charles Missouri all for naught? Stand up you pussy North Dakotans. Don’t take it. Make a stand.

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      1. congratulations tex2, you get the award for most excessive use of “LOL” while trolling. For future reference, if you’re trying to win votes for your candidate try to do so in a less in your face manner, otherwise you just come off sounding like a tard and turning people away. As for us “Paulites”, we’re trying to gain back the freedoms you clearly take for granted, and prevent further freedoms from being stripped away. Freedoms any other candidate could care less about in their grab for power in the republican GOP. Try to be a little more open minded next time.

      2. Who said I was here trying to get votes for any candidate? LOL

        I’m not interested in your free for all, pot smoking, anything goes brand of “freedom.” With freedom comes responsibilities, and that is foreign to the Paulites. LOL

      3. Tex2 asked me to take over for a while, hes busy watching FOX and smoking weed, anyways, we say “lol” when we have nothing better to say. Go easy on tex2, he is just a little bitter about the delegate situation. I told him to be a good sport, but you know it goes.
        Whats he so mad about? ; tex2 just figured out that the only way Paul supporters could be taking over GOP precincts is to have majority of the delegates to vote in the new chair.what does that tell you about the delegate situation. Oops! tex2 didnt want me to say that, oh well, lol!

    2. Romney lawyers rigged the election??? where were your lawyers??? the Paul campaign had to know this was gonna happen, yet they weren’t prepared with their own lawyers and parlimentarians???? I am deeply disappointed!

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      2. What a lame excuse. But then again, Ron Paul is a lame excuse for a president, so at least you’re consistent! LOL

      3. tex2, you are only quick because your brain is totally wired for insults. You couldn’t come up with an original thought if your life depended on it…and it might.

      4. robert, you are only slow because your brain is totally wired for stupidity. You couldn’t come up with an original thought if your life depended on it…LOL

      5. You just proved my point again, Turd. Hey, gang, look at the bright side. While these two screw-ups are here they can’t be stealing delegates anywhere else. Sooner or later, they’ll get tired of playing with themselves, eat shit and die.

      6. tex2 is not quick, as a matter of fact, tex2 has not submitted even a single comment based on factual information, nor has he bothered to even read the article.
        I just got tired of seeing tex2 always disagreeing with every commenter that supports liberty, so i created “tex3” to do to “tex2” what he does to all of us.
        Its actually quite fun and easy, as tex2 doesnt reallyy have a solid base for his arguements, and repeatedly has not provided any fact references.
        Look at it this way, if Ron Paul was not a threat to the GOP convention, there wouldnt be all the shenanigans from the news, the GOP curruption, and the anti Paul trolls.(tex2)
        He is aware of the delegate situation, hes just embittered.
        LOL— I guess im a Pro Ron Paul troll—LOL—-
        So dont worry about tex2, i will keep him busy LOL

  10. I attended the ND convention today as a delegate from District 12. The PTB had 25 delegates preselected from over a hundred possible. You could vote en masse by checking a box. Then they had 25 blank lines on the right side of the page. Liberty candidates had to be nominated from the floor. Their names ended up on a big screen. You could write them in if you wished in the blank lines. The guy next to me said most of the preselected candidates are Romney backers. Whether this is true or not I have no way of knowing. People repeated protested the way this was done but were largely dismissed or voted down by the ‘ayes’ and ‘nayes’ method, raising your hands or being out of order, etc. They never announced the final outcome, but maybe they will Sunday.

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      1. Tex2 asked me to reply as he also doesnt understand the process either. Ive already tried to explain that Paul does have the delegates, and to stop watching FOX, and CNN news delegate counts, as they are fake. He cant seem to grasp the concept that in order for the Paul supporters to take over precincts like they have, they need to have the majority of the delegates first, then they can vote a new chair in. Seeing how many new GOP chairs are Paul supporters, i think tex2 has realized that Paul is indeed getting a ton of delegates. LOL

      1. tex 2 asked me to reply while he draws a blank here. The job of trying to discourage you is taking a toll, he seems to be clinging to LOLing when theres nothing better to say.
        You see tex2 is getting discouraged with this task, and can you blame him? Its gotta be hard to discourage such an informed crowd, such as the Ron Paul supporters. Ya gotta hand it to him for his persistence. Tex2 is very upset that Paul is getting the delegates, which is what matters. Note the desperation to reply to everyones comment.

      1. LOL is what we say when we dont have a good comeback. We know Paul has the delegates, why how do you think Paul supporters have taken over many caucus chairs?; to do that , first, you need the majority of the delegates to be able to vote a new chair in, so what does that tell you? hence the desperation in tex2’s comments.

      1. Since Roy supports Ron Paul, one would naturally assume that Roy is quite intelligent. And you? LOL

    1. tex2 cant date, he is too busy trying to discourage you here. As more GOP precincts get taken over by Paul supporters, tex2 is in a panic, because he realized that the only way Paul supporters can vote in a new chairman is to have the majority of the delegates at that precinct, which is what is happening. LOL

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      1. cmon tex2, i know you got the porn in the other window, anyways, you dont have time to date, your too busy being on Doug Weads blog.

      2. How would you know if I even had another window open? LOL

        Why should I date, I’m married? LOL

        The proper word is “you’re” – I’ll use both in a sentence: But you’re too stupid and to know that and probably whacking your peter as well.”

      3. no, you are right about the spelling, i will credit you that, but your premise here is laughable–LOL
        As you work here, Ron Pauls ideas are spreading.

  15. Robameny can’t win without cheating, and he STILL isn’t a clear frontrunner! Here is the GOP fraud I witnessed myself, an article everyone used that was posted on caucus day with still 7 hours left of caucus, all in past tense, as if Robameny had won it, the article was written 2 days BEFORE the election! RON PAUL needs to run third party for sure!! http://youtu.be/YMYgOaTEezQ

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    1. “Eyes win” means he thinks he is going to win the nomination in the future. Also, if the caucus the reporter went to was quiet, how can they claim it wasn’t? LOL You Paulites are SO desperate! LOL

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      1. John F. Kennedy: “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”

        Gandhi: “I do believe that, where there is only a choice between cowardice and violence, I would advise violence….The world is not entirely governed by logic. Life itself involves some kind of violence and we have to choose the path of least violence.”

        Gerald Celente: “When people have nothing to lose, they lose it.. ”

        Some people learn more from the Internet that LOL. You are on the wrong side of history, Tex2. You try to run people’s lives and
        aggravate them enough and they will decide you are more trouble than you are worth. That is a really dangerous situation, absent the rule of law.

      2. robert, your logic is DEFINITELY “fallen.” LOL Mona’s main point is the article was written with Romney winning BEFORE the caucus, and you completely ignored this issue, and instead added your out of context BS. Ron Paul’s positions do NOT represent the 90-95% of Republicans in the Republican Party, why don’t you get that? LOL

      3. Tex, when you get your ass kicked, are you going to question the logic of the person who does it?

        Romney doesn’t like the result, so Romney’s lawyers change the rules to game the result.

        Don’t YOU miss the point.

      4. i would feel uncomfortable having a president that predicted the financial crisis, i would prefer one that had no idea or understanding of it. Also why would i want a candidate for peace, we need more war, i will vote for someone who will bomb democracy into the homes of other countries. it makes me feel safer, and the news told me those countries are better now.
        WHY would i want Paul, he is against increasing the deficit. I havent been exploited enough. I would like the government to tax me some more, so I can pay for them to know my business, and read my emails, and hopefully ruin the internet. I hope that i can pay extra taxes, so that more countries can be invaded, and destabilized. Its good for our security.Mccain said so on TV. Its for our “safety”.
        my comment represents anyone with tex in their name. We go against the obvious truths. We are desperate when we see Paul getting delegates like crazy, sweeping delegate spots across the country.
        We like to keep it a secret that the only way Paul supporters can take over GOP caucus chairs is to have the majority at the caucus, so what does that tell you about who got the delegates.
        Paul supporters have taken over GOP caucuses all over the place, so we are desperate.

      5. Tex, you talk about us believing in free speech. We also talk about personal responsibility. You have been asked to “shut up,” which actually means you gloating GOP establishment assholes aren’t welcome here. Take the lesson of the hyena and the lion. The lion tolerates the hyena because they serve a purpose cleaning up the crap in the habitat. However, sometimes the hyena crosses the line and the lion demonstrates graphically the cost of P.Oing the lion. EVERY TIME we have a favorable article on Ron Paul a few of you hyenas show up. It is not all that difficult to find out WHO you are and WHERE you are. Do you get my drift?

  16. I see from the “Flickertales from the Hilll” article that all 25 pre-chosen candidates won. The most votes any of the written-in candidates received was 318. (They would have needed 994 to have won a place.) This election was grossly unfair. They should have printed out all the candidates on the form in alphabetical order. This motion was turned down when they tried to pass it from the floor. Anyway it sounds like they are going to vote for the alternate delegates today. Maybe we can get some liberty alternate delegates elected.

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  17. Romney is sealing his own fate as well as that as the GOP. Either he will be arrested or swept up in the violence that will most certainly ensue without fair elections.

    “Those who make make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.”
    John F. Kennedy

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      3. @tex2 hey i would be careful who you insult here. Its already been established that you are lowest on the intelligence among those commenting here.You fail to even understand Pauls policies, and believe what seems to be MSM rhetoric. You dont realize that everybody here gets it, its you that still doesnt get it. LOL

  18. Romney’s tactics almost ensure violence and I fear he will be swept up in it.

    “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” John F. Kennedy

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  19. Just thought you should all know that Gary Emineth is not even a Ron Paul supporter. He’s a Santorum guy.

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  20. He will not be my President I have had enough crooks I hope Paul runs 3rd party I know he will still win if not we will all write him in

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  21. I agree- Tex is the moronic idiot that represents today’s “dumbed-down” America, and honey, he wasn’t in your third grade class because he didn’t make it that far! Enjoy your chemtrails, Tex. People like you, who allow the constant poisoning of our planet and our people, when listening to your dribble it ALMOST makes me want them to succeed where you are concerned. I guess it’s not your fault you are still asleep- (keep on using that flouride toothpaste), Tex, it’s been doing wonders for you 😉 It’s the GOP behind ALL of the fraud, that’s the only way the GOP ( Guilty or Greedy Old Party, take your pick) can possibly get another robot puppet in office so people like Tex won’t have to worry about the future, because there will be no future to worry about, just like Tex wants 🙂

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    2. I agree – Mona Tex is the moronic idiot that represents today’s “dumbed-down” America, and honey, she wasn’t in your third grade class because she didn’t make it that far! Enjoy your bong, Mona. People like you, who allow the constant poisoning of other peoples’ minds, when listening to your dribble it ALMOST makes me want them to succeed where you are concerned. I guess it’s not your fault you are still asleep- (keep on using that bong), Mona, it’s been doing wonders for you It’s the Martians behind ALL of the fraud, that’s the only way the GOP (Grand Ole Party) can possibly get another legitimate candidate in office so people like Mona won’t have to worry about the future, because there will be no future to worry about if RP gets elected, just like Mona wants. LOL

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    3. Go easy on tex2, youre going to hurt his brain, he doesnt know about that stuff, the TV didnt tell him. He still goes by the FDA, to him Monsanto is good, and the flouride helps his teeth. Hes a good sheep. be nice LOL

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  22. tex2 is out right now, him as well as some of the mainstream media outlets are upset about what they consider a “Ron Paul supporter takeover” of many of the GOP caucus precincts. Thats what they call it when Paul supporters take over the “chair” at Caucus precincts. What they dont say when they report these “takeovers” is that the only way to take over a caucus is to have the majority of delegates to vote in the new “chair”.
    That tells me that Ron Paul is getting many delegates. So maybe we should have some compassion for tex2, it must be frustrating putting in all these hours, litteraly going nuts LOLing, and namecalling,( due to lack of anything better to say.) tex2, i am positive that you havent had any effect on Ron Pauls support.
    Why dont you find a more receptive audience? You debating skills are unimpressive. There is no winning arguement for your ideas.
    But please, continue to humor us.

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    1. I’m here, being entertained by pure idiocy. LOL

      I doubt you’ll be able to take over like you think you are doing. LOL

      Also, you still haven’t answered a lot of questions I’ve had. LOL

      Why should I go somewhere else when I’m having so much more fun here? LOL

      But please, continue to humor me. LOL

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      1. Ill be here. From now on, when you comment, so will I,; agreed.
        What ?s
        it is fun. LOL

  23. tex3 here, much different than tex2. see i just got tired of tex2 trying to answer everybody else. As i read more and more articles here, i knoticed that tex2 has taken the time to respond to everyone, on every article on this site. I guess i just fiqure that if he can do it to us, then it will happen to him too.
    So i made my own tex profile to have some fun with tex2. I encourage everyone to do the same, we could have tex 4 tex5 tex6, and just continue to make a mockery of tex2 comments, effectively turning the tables on tex2. What does it matter anyways?
    Sometimes i wonder what kind of person would argue against personal liberties? I thought everyone knew the difference between right and wrong, but aparently not.
    As long as we play by the caucus rules, and keep getting delegates, who cares what tex2 says.—tex3

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    1. Have as many as you want, we all know there is only one tex2! LOL

      I am okay with personal liberties, but I am also interested in not taking it to the extreme that threatens all of us with our existence. LOL

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  25. Why Ron Paul would NOT be a good president:
    1. He is old, mousey, whiny, grumpy, skinny, etc. Do not underestimate the importance of these factors, as a very large number of voters are not familiar with the issues, and vote for vanity. Sad but true. It does no good to have good ideas when you don’t have the presidential image, and Ron has neither.
    2. He has been in Congress for 2 decades and doesn’t have a single bill to his name. We elected someone president with zero accomplishments in 2008, why would we want to do that again? How can you expect him to be able to lead the country when he can’t lead a single bill to fruition after 20 years?
    3. He even voted against his own bill to audit the Federal Reserve, because he didn’t get every single detail he wanted. He is so stubbornly rigid he simply takes his toys and goes home if he doesn’t get every little detail he wants.
    4. Many of his domestic policies are admirable, but how does he expect to implement them when he will have to work with Congress to get many of them turned into a reality? Will he simply hold his breath until Congress lets him get his way, because he has zero track record of using any other tactic to be successful?
    5. Most of his foreign policies are dangerous. If we pull out of foreign countries, the vacuum WILL be filled by Russia, China, etc. Once you lose your toehold, it is VERY difficult to expand military operations if the need arises. Think about how hard it would have been for the U.S. to fight Hitler if England had fallen. For example, if China decides they don’t want to allow free flow of oil, we would have no recourse, as it takes years, if not decades, to develop independent energy sources. He is simply naive to the point of being a traitor to his own country. Also, we need forward positioned military presence to fight the global war on terror. It isn’t being fought only in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are operations literally around the world preventing future 9/11 type attacks that simply cannot be fought by guarding our own borders, 9/11 should have taught us that. We must therefore disrupt the terrorist cells wherever they are, so they cannot organize, plan, recruit, train, equip, and attack again. To not do this would be suicidal.
    For the above and other reasons, Ron gets the pot smoking and “freedom at any cost” crowd, and that’s all he will ever get….

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  26. ok, ok . Ill volunteer to take out the trash, I got this; lets take this apart;

    tex2 says:
    April 3, 2012 at 10:07 am

    I though RP was for free speech? Why can’t you answer my questions. Perhaps you would like me to repeat them:

    Why Ron Paul would NOT be a good president:
    1. He is old, mousey, whiny, grumpy, skinny, etc. Do not underestimate the importance of these factors, as a very large number of voters are not familiar with the issues, and vote for vanity. Sad but true. It does no good to have good ideas when you don’t have the presidential image, and Ron has neither.
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    uninformed voters, voting under this logic, will not be doing any favors for their country. Kind of like the old lady on youtube supporting Romney, because “he has nice hair”–LOL
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    2. He has been in Congress for 2 decades and doesn’t have a single bill to his name. We elected someone president with zero accomplishments in 2008, why would we want to do that again? How can you expect him to be able to lead the country when he can’t lead a single bill to fruition after 20 years?
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    This is very revealing, when everybody knows Pauls Libertarian views. It illustrates the problem of our government abandoning the constituents, in favor of corp lobbyist dollars. Pauls logic is clear, he stands for the constitution, but corp interests like custom taylored legislation that eliminates any competition, at the expense of our liberties. I say that the 2 decades has prepared him well for the reform of the FEDERAL Government. 20 years experience, with no flaws to the voting record, sounds good to me. LOL
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    3. He even voted against his own bill to audit the Federal Reserve, because he didn’t get every single detail he wanted. He is so stubbornly rigid he simply takes his toys and goes home if he doesn’t get every little detail he wants.
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    Good. Obviously the legislation he proposed about auditing the FED is needed. And you better believe it will happen, as more wake up to the reality of the FED driving the dollar into the ground. I trust that if he voted against it, it is because ammendments were made to cater to the interests of the corrupt FED. Underneath your reasoning, one can conclude that the curruption among our Government is widespread. More reason to vote for Ron Paul—–LOL
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    4. Many of his domestic policies are admirable, but how does he expect to implement them when he will have to work with Congress to get many of them turned into a reality? Will he simply hold his breath until Congress lets him get his way, because he has zero track record of using any other tactic to be successful?
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    It is true that they block legislation that threatens their “gravy train” Why not get into detail about his bills?
    Or see above answer—LOL
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    5. Most of his foreign policies are dangerous. If we pull out of foreign countries, the vacuum WILL be filled by Russia, China, etc. Once you lose your toehold, it is VERY difficult to expand military operations if the need arises. Think about how hard it would have been for the U.S. to fight Hitler if England had fallen. For example, if China decides they don’t want to allow free flow of oil, we would have no recourse, as it takes years, if not decades, to develop independent energy sources. He is simply naive to the point of being a traitor to his own country. Also, we need forward positioned military presence to fight the global war on terror. It isn’t being fought only in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are operations literally around the world preventing future 9/11 type attacks that simply cannot be fought by guarding our own borders, 9/11 should have taught us that. We must therefore disrupt the terrorist cells wherever they are, so they cannot organize, plan, recruit, train, equip, and attack again. To not do this would be suicidal.
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    1. Reality; We are not at war with Russia, or China. However, a continuation of our current foreign policy will lead to that.

    2. the “war on terror”, or “the war on a “vague concept”. Named
    so as to be able to spin the wheels of the military industrial complex “profit”. Only the sheeple glued to the TV news are still onboard with that sham on the American people. Many are tired of the military being used to further the agenda of the neocons,
    if you are not familiar with that, google; PNAC, that is why we are in these wars. These wars (invasions) do not represent the will of the American people, they are only to further the globalist agenda- read the PNAC.
    Why dont all the warmongers send their own children to these wars? Besides, if you are so worried about “911 style attacks”, how do you come to the conclusion that it is better for our military to be somewhere else?
    If we would mind our own business, and stop trying to control any country that has resources, there would not be such hatred for America. Stop buying in to the “media warmongering”.
    google and read the PNAC, and stop being such a sheep.
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    For the above and other reasons, Ron gets the pot smoking and “freedom at any cost” crowd, and that’s all he will ever get. Feel free to respond Paulites, I even numbered the items for you! LOL
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    If that is the case, then i am impressed how this group is managing to outsmart the “establishment” with their own rules.

    About 67,800,000 results appear for a google search for the term; “Paul supporters take over” go ahead and give it a look.

    LOL

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  28. BAN *tex2* from this site IMMEDIATELY — Never allow IT to post here again! ALSO, DO NOT RESPOND TO ANY OF ITS TROLLING !

    Dear, Doug — this is your HOME page, and all of us posting here are your guests. Don’t know about your tolerance level, but mine ends when an unwelcome guest tries to set my home on fire, in order to chase out all the welcomed people I’ve invited!

    No normal exchange can be held here — since the #2 quickly fills in all REPLY slots….so no-one else can respond sequentially to what was stated before. This is its main goal (secondary is its spittings of hatred to all that’s good)!

    The #2′s strategy is simply hitting the REPLY button (posting some vitriol), then another REPLY button — thus VIRTUALLY HIJACKING any thread from allowing others to directly respond to the original post.

    PUT a STOP to IT — send Doug the needed message/program to BAN/BLOCK this Shill from his blog!

    Reply

  29. Vote YES to BAN the “tex2″ creature — your votes will be counted, and submitted to Doug!

    Our Future, as a Free and Prosperous Nation is too precious to ALLOW any Troll, such as the #2 — by its hijacking of all threads— to confiscate this Forum away from us (where Real Americans are trying to converse on what’s best for the US)!

    Voting starts now:

    1) Surfisher — Yes

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  30. Dear Doug Wead,

    How can we have confidence that you are capable of managing Ron Paul’s campaign, when you are unable to manage your own blog?

    On any other Forum the destructive manipulations of “tex2″ would have been removed by a moderator, and the creature banned (regardless how many IP’s it uses, there are programs that can track and block them).

    On this, and even OTHER forums, I’ve read people saying that while they read your blog, they won’t post on it — since they don’t want to be verbally abused by the #2. Their take is: Why bother posting or replying here — the #2 is going to hijack the thread by peppering it with insults and non-sensical multi-replies….

    In the last 30 days, IT has posted more times than the combined total of all other posters (also, ITS total word count exceeds that of the rest)!

    Many good people are leaving your forum because of the above. Unless you take care of it, why should we stay?

    Are you paying attention to the people voting to BAN this waste-of-protoplasm?!

    So far the vote to BAN it from your site is:
    1) Surfisher
    2) Sharon Kuhn
    3) annebeck58
    4) christopher Deligate of Missouri
    5) donjusko
    6) sharksauce24
    7) sophiah8
    8) rmcnnlly
    9) BanTex2Al
    10) Wendy Jones
    11) Evan Godolphin

    Awaiting your reply.

    Sincerely, Surfisher

    Reply

    1. Crucify him…..crucify him….. LOL

      The Passion of the Christ is a good movie, but I don’t know if I want to watch it THAT many times in a row, so let’s take a break from this repetitious “program” and allow other readers to comment on the below serious and real issues that result in baggage for Ron Paul. Tell me what you think, let’s have open and honest discourse, and since I’m a First Amendment kind of guy, even the “list” above is welcome to chime in:

      Why Ron Paul would NOT be a good president:
      1. He is old, mousey, whiny, grumpy, skinny, etc. Do not underestimate the importance of these factors, as a very large number of voters are not familiar with the issues, and vote for vanity. Sad but true. It does no good to have good ideas when you don’t have the presidential image, and Ron has neither.
      2. He has been in Congress for 2 decades and doesn’t have a single bill to his name. We elected someone president with zero accomplishments in 2008, why would we want to do that again? How can you expect him to be able to lead the country when he can’t lead a single bill to fruition after 20 years?
      3. He even voted against his own bill to audit the Federal Reserve, because he didn’t get every single detail he wanted. He is so stubbornly rigid he simply takes his toys and goes home if he doesn’t get every little detail he wants.
      4. Many of his domestic policies are admirable, but how does he expect to implement them when he will have to work with Congress to get many of them turned into a reality? Will he simply hold his breath until Congress lets him get his way, because he has zero track record of using any other tactic to be successful?
      5. Most of his foreign policies are dangerous. If we pull out of foreign countries, the vacuum WILL be filled by Russia, China, etc. Once you lose your toehold, it is VERY difficult to expand military operations if the need arises. Think about how hard it would have been for the U.S. to fight Hitler if England had fallen. For example, if China decides they don’t want to allow free flow of oil, we would have no recourse, as it takes years, if not decades, to develop independent energy sources. He is simply naive to the point of being a traitor to his own country. Also, we need forward positioned military presence to fight the global war on terror. It isn’t being fought only in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are operations literally around the world preventing future 9/11 type attacks that simply cannot be fought by guarding our own borders, 9/11 should have taught us that. We must therefore disrupt the terrorist cells wherever they are, so they cannot organize, plan, recruit, train, equip, and attack again. To not do this would be suicidal.
      For the above and other reasons, Ron gets the pot smoking and “freedom at any cost” crowd, and that’s all he will ever get…LOL

      Reply

  31. Vote YES :

    BAN *tex2* from this site IMMEDIATELY — Never allow IT to post here again! ALSO, DO NOT RESPOND TO ANY OF ITS TROLLING !

    Dear, Doug — this is your HOME page, and all of us posting here are your guests. Don’t know about your tolerance level, but mine ends when an unwelcome guest tries to set my home on fire, in order to chase out all the welcomed people I’ve invited!

    No normal exchange can be held here — since the #2 quickly fills in all REPLY slots….so no-one else can respond sequentially to what was stated before. This is its main goal (secondary is its spittings of hatred to all that’s good)!

    Reply

    1. Crucify him…..crucify him….. LOL

      The Passion of the Christ is a good movie, but I don’t know if I want to watch it THAT many times in a row, so let’s take a break from this repetitious “program” and allow other readers to comment on the below serious and real issues that result in baggage for Ron Paul. Tell me what you think, let’s have open and honest discourse, and since I’m a First Amendment kind of guy, even the “list” above is welcome to chime in:

      Why Ron Paul would NOT be a good president:
      1. He is old, mousey, whiny, grumpy, skinny, etc. Do not underestimate the importance of these factors, as a very large number of voters are not familiar with the issues, and vote for vanity. Sad but true. It does no good to have good ideas when you don’t have the presidential image, and Ron has neither.
      2. He has been in Congress for 2 decades and doesn’t have a single bill to his name. We elected someone president with zero accomplishments in 2008, why would we want to do that again? How can you expect him to be able to lead the country when he can’t lead a single bill to fruition after 20 years?
      3. He even voted against his own bill to audit the Federal Reserve, because he didn’t get every single detail he wanted. He is so stubbornly rigid he simply takes his toys and goes home if he doesn’t get every little detail he wants.
      4. Many of his domestic policies are admirable, but how does he expect to implement them when he will have to work with Congress to get many of them turned into a reality? Will he simply hold his breath until Congress lets him get his way, because he has zero track record of using any other tactic to be successful?
      5. Most of his foreign policies are dangerous. If we pull out of foreign countries, the vacuum WILL be filled by Russia, China, etc. Once you lose your toehold, it is VERY difficult to expand military operations if the need arises. Think about how hard it would have been for the U.S. to fight Hitler if England had fallen. For example, if China decides they don’t want to allow free flow of oil, we would have no recourse, as it takes years, if not decades, to develop independent energy sources. He is simply naive to the point of being a traitor to his own country. Also, we need forward positioned military presence to fight the global war on terror. It isn’t being fought only in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are operations literally around the world preventing future 9/11 type attacks that simply cannot be fought by guarding our own borders, 9/11 should have taught us that. We must therefore disrupt the terrorist cells wherever they are, so they cannot organize, plan, recruit, train, equip, and attack again. To not do this would be suicidal.
      For the above and other reasons, Ron gets the pot smoking and “freedom at any cost” crowd, and that’s all he will ever get…LOL!

      Reply

  32. Vote YES :

    BAN *tex2* from this site IMMEDIATELY — Never allow IT to post here again! ALSO, DO NOT RESPOND TO ANY OF ITS TROLLING !

    Dear, Doug — this is your HOME page, and all of us posting here are your guests. Don’t know about your tolerance level, but mine ends when an unwelcome guest tries to set my home on fire, in order to chase out all the welcomed people I’ve invited!

    No normal exchange can be held here — since the #2 quickly fills in all REPLY slots….so no-one else can respond sequentially to what was stated before. This is its main goal (secondary is its spittings of hatred to all that’s good)!

    Reply

    1. Crucify him…..crucify him….. LOL

      The Passion of the Christ is a good movie, but I don’t know if I want to watch it THAT many times in a row, so let’s take a break from this repetitious “program” and allow other readers to comment on the below serious and real issues that result in baggage for Ron Paul. Tell me what you think, let’s have open and honest discourse, and since I’m a First Amendment kind of guy, even the “list” above is welcome to chime in:

      Why Ron Paul could not be and/or would NOT be a good president:
      1. He is old, mousey, whiny, grumpy, skinny, etc. Do not underestimate the importance of these factors, as a very large number of voters are not familiar with the issues, and vote for vanity. Sad but true. It does no good to have good ideas when you don’t have the presidential image, and Ron has neither.
      2. He has been in Congress for 2 decades and doesn’t have a single bill to his name. We elected someone president with zero accomplishments in 2008, why would we want to do that again? How can you expect him to be able to lead the country when he can’t lead a single bill to fruition after 20 years?
      3. He even voted against his own bill to audit the Federal Reserve, because he didn’t get every single detail he wanted. He is so stubbornly rigid he simply takes his toys and goes home if he doesn’t get every little detail he wants.
      4. Many of his domestic policies are admirable, but how does he expect to implement them when he will have to work with Congress to get many of them turned into a reality? Will he simply hold his breath until Congress lets him get his way, because he has zero track record of using any other tactic to be successful?
      5. Most of his foreign policies are dangerous. If we pull out of foreign countries, the vacuum WILL be filled by Russia, China, etc. Once you lose your toehold, it is VERY difficult to expand military operations if the need arises. Think about how hard it would have been for the U.S. to fight Hitler if England had fallen. For example, if China decides they don’t want to allow free flow of oil, we would have no recourse, as it takes years, if not decades, to develop independent energy sources. He is simply naive to the point of being a traitor to his own country. Also, we need forward positioned military presence to fight the global war on terror. It isn’t being fought only in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are operations literally around the world preventing future 9/11 type attacks that simply cannot be fought by guarding our own borders, 9/11 should have taught us that. We must therefore disrupt the terrorist cells wherever they are, so they cannot organize, plan, recruit, train, equip, and attack again. To not do this would be suicidal.
      For the above and other reasons, Ron gets the pot smoking and “freedom at any cost” crowd, and that’s all he will ever get…LOL!

      Reply

  33. Vote to ban the #2 that pollutes this forum with its trolling.

    So far the vote to BAN it — ‘tex2′ — is:

    1) Surfisher
    2) Sharon Kuhn
    3) annebeck58
    4) christopher Deligate of Missouri
    5) donjusko
    6) sharksauce24
    7) sophiah8
    8) rmcnnlly
    9) BanTex2Al
    10) Wendy Jones
    11) Evan Godolphin
    12) Remmic Lewis
    13) Shane Mayfield
    14) jeffrey bohl

    Reply

    1. Crucify him…..crucify him….. LOL

      The Passion of the Christ is a good movie, but I don’t know if I want to watch it THAT many times in a row, so let’s take a break from this repetitious “program” and allow other readers to comment on the below serious and real issues that result in baggage for Ron Paul. Tell me what you think, let’s have open and honest discourse, and since I’m a First Amendment kind of guy, even the “list” above is welcome to chime in:

      Why Ron Paul could not be elected and/or would NOT be a good president:
      1. He is old, mousey, whiny, grumpy, skinny, etc. Do not underestimate the importance of these factors, as a very large number of voters are not familiar with the issues, and vote for vanity. Sad but true. It does no good to have good ideas when you don’t have the presidential image, and Ron has neither.
      2. He has been in Congress for 2 decades and doesn’t have a single bill to his name. We elected someone president with zero accomplishments in 2008, why would we want to do that again? How can you expect him to be able to lead the country when he can’t lead a single bill to fruition after 20 years?
      3. He even voted against his own bill to audit the Federal Reserve, because he didn’t get every single detail he wanted. He is so stubbornly rigid he simply takes his toys and goes home if he doesn’t get every little detail he wants.
      4. Many of his domestic policies are admirable, but how does he expect to implement them when he will have to work with Congress to get many of them turned into a reality? Will he simply hold his breath until Congress lets him get his way, because he has zero track record of using any other tactic to be successful?
      5. Most of his foreign policies are dangerous. If we pull out of foreign countries, the vacuum WILL be filled by Russia, China, etc. Once you lose your toehold, it is VERY difficult to expand military operations if the need arises. Think about how hard it would have been for the U.S. to fight Hitler if England had fallen. For example, if China decides they don’t want to allow free flow of oil, we would have no recourse, as it takes years, if not decades, to develop independent energy sources. He is simply naive to the point of being a traitor to his own country. Also, we need forward positioned military presence to fight the global war on terror. It isn’t being fought only in Iraq and Afghanistan, there are operations literally around the world preventing future 9/11 type attacks that simply cannot be fought by guarding our own borders, 9/11 should have taught us that. We must therefore disrupt the terrorist cells wherever they are, so they cannot organize, plan, recruit, train, equip, and attack again. To not do this would be suicidal.
      For the above and other reasons, Ron gets the pot smoking and “freedom at any cost” crowd, and that’s all he will ever get…LOL!!

      Reply

    2. Here is another good one!

      (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkTreAmnmZ0)

      send it!

      also:
      The #2 is a paid shill to troll and disrupt this forum with its spewing of hatred. So real Americans can’t converse here without IT hijacking all threads. That’s why this subhuman needs to be banned. One NEVER responds to IT — its existence is to be ignored.

      Reply

    3. To all Americans:

      Spread this video of the only American Patriot — Ron Paul — running in this race!

      (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=hgsg7a-Ok8Q#)

      also:
      The #2 is a paid shill to troll and disrupt this forum with its spewing of hatred. So real Americans can’t converse here without IT hijacking all threads. That’s why this subhuman needs to be banned. One NEVER responds to IT — its existence is to be ignored.

      Reply

    1. Then watch Mitt the Joke:
      An EMPTY stadium with about a hundred sycophants only… mostly yawning.

      Then see the THOUSANDS of REAL AMERICANS and their genuineness on Ron Paul’s rallies!

      But the main media never shows this REALITY — so, are we to stand by and allow them to steal this Election away from us — when clearly the TRUE Americans have spoken?!

      Spread this video!(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMVY5u9RuW8)

      Reply

    2. Here is another good one!

      (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkTreAmnmZ0)

      send it!

      also:
      The #2 is a paid shill to troll and disrupt this forum with its spewing of hatred. So real Americans can’t converse here without IT hijacking all threads. That’s why this subhuman needs to be banned. One NEVER responds to IT — its existence is to be ignored.

      Reply

      1. Rmoney — “Staff, get me some internet trolls to spew forth hatred towards my opponents.”

        So they run this ad:

        “Looking for 300+lb pimply failures that live in mum’s basement.
        Must be hateful of all that’s good (since you hate yourself most because of the waste of protoplasm you’ve become); unable to crawl away from the computer, so mum gives you monthly sponge baths (also, occasionally removes the bedpan).
        Why post your venomous spittings for free, when we’ll pay you handsomely to be our Shill — a fistful of food stamps and a bottle of hooch each week!”

        That’s how the #2 got this “lucrative” job — why troll for free, when it can shill for so much more….

        (hope I didn’t misspell ANYTHING important….)

  35. “Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson could pull as much as 6% of the vote in a hypothetical three-way match-up with Mitt Romney and President Obama. Johnson began the 2012 race running for the Republican nomination but has wound up carrying the libertarian banner and could gain ballot access in several states.”

    If the above transpires, it is a certainty that Mitt will not defeat BO (with his flip-flopping, he couldn’t defeat him anyway, now this would assure it).

    So he needs to withdraw now in favor of Ron Paul!
    ————————————————————————-

    Ron Paul WILL become President in 2012 — IF, Romney becomes a Patriot, and forgoes his ego, for the Good of the People!

    Mitt Romney could become one of the greatest Statesmen in US History! He’d be the Savior of our Nation — the one that generations to come would tell their children: “Look at this statue, this is Mitt Romney, he saved America”!

    Or, he can reduce himself to just a tiny footnote…what is amazing is that his fate rests in his own hands (a very rare occurrence throughout the history of the world)!

    All Romney has to do, is to take advantage of this rarest of historical moments, and make a SINGLE DECISION!!!

    Withdraw his candidacy IN FAVOR of Ron Paul, with the following grandiose and heart-wrenching patriotic speech (to save his political skin):

    “I, Mitt Romney, will sacrifice my political goals for the Good of the People. Now I understand that only Ron Paul that can save our Nation. I agree with all he stands for, therefore, I have deemed that our Nation’s salvation can only be accomplished when Ron Paul is elected as President of the United States of America. Without regret, but with joy, I do the most honorable and patriotic deed I can — I withdraw myself from this election, and give my full support to Ron Paul!”

    One honest person is needed to bring these logical conclusions to Romney’s PERSONAL ATTENTION (not the myopic sycophants surrounding him and stroking his ego by chanting wishful thinking as ‘fact’: “You gonna win Boss, you gonna win Boss….).

    Regardless how egotistical, arrogant and narcissistic Romney may be, some semblance of reasoning of what’s best for him, should still remain in his skull. The instinct for self preservation dictates that even the smallest of minds will chose the path that leads to safety, not the one leading to disaster.

    An honest realist needs to talk to Romney one-on-one — and explain the following to him, so Mitt can comprehend it:

    1) If you don’t win the nomination, than your political career is over (you’ll become just a tiny footnote in US History as a failure).

    2) If you win the nomination, and don’t defeat Obama — which is the most probable outcome (you’ll become just a tiny footnote in US History as an even LARGER failure).

    Therefore, Dear Mitt, whichever gamble you take from the above, may lead to total disaster for your political career (and probably will)!

    However, here is an action you can take, Dear Mitt, that guarantees you’ll become immortalized in the annals of US History — becoming the 21st Century Savior of America (surely this carrot of success will entice Romney’s egotism to go for it — over the probable political beatings he’d receive otherwise)!

    All one needs to do, to assure Mitt’s Historical Greatness of Sacrifice for the Good of the Nation, is to present the above to Romney’s eyes alone! I urge all able to do so, to place this document in front of him!

    Send this to Mitt Romney — as an Open Letter, e-mails, etc. — the more you send, the greater the chance he’ll get to read it!

    Reply

    1. Ron Paul MUST stay on course — keep up the uphill battle to win as many delegates as possible (that the GOP does not prevent him to do, by their obvious chicanery)! Ron Paul needs to take Rmoney to Tampa. Then, the PERFIDY of the GOP will be Nationally telecast (hundreds of thousands of Real Americans supporting the only Patriot (RP), vs a few hundred mousey sycophants for Mitt Grosny, will be hard to dismiss)! ————————————————————————— The American People have long known that the Democrat Party cheats and lies — so they are used to their chicanery (the reason, many call them Democrooks). It is high time that they NOW see the GOP is no different — the Republicons fraud, cheating and strong-arming to “elect” Mitt Grosny, may finally have a televised exposure! ——————————————————————————– After the Tampa Convention — which will probably be the most memorable of spectacles this last 50 years — Ron Paul should take the best path that assures he’ll be part of the Presidential debates vs BO. Ron Paul MUST be part of the Presidential debates — so, people can judge the difference between a real Human and plastic sub-humans! ————————————————————————————— It is not unprecedented for a candidate to be the standard bearer for more than one party (I think in 1896, William Jennings Bryan was the nominee of the Democrats, the Populist Party, and the Silver Republicans; and I believe in 1872, Horace Greeley was nominated by the Democrats and also by the Liberal-Republican Party). Doug Wead — hope you have similar strategy in mind!

      Reply

  36. *Mitt Romney, American Parasite*

    (Mitt Grosny — Romney The Terrible (my prefered title))

    http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31153.htm

    It explains how Bain Capital worked. They would buy SUCCESSFUL companies, with little down, borrowed huge amounts, saddling them with crushing debt, refused to continue equipment purchases or maintenance. Then they would pay themselves huge “management” fees.
    —————————————————–

    Some notable excerpts:

    “Romney is not a vulture capitalist, as Rick Perry says, since vultures eat dead carcasses,” notes Josh Kosman, who has written about the private equity business for 15 years. He’s “more of a parasitic capitalist, since he destroys profitable businesses.” (The host must be healthy enough to be force-fed all that debt, then slowly bled to death…until the parasites drain all the wealth for themselves).

    “When Bain was about to buy a company, its partners would hold a meeting. “He said that about half the time [they] would talk about cutting workers,” Kosman says. “They would never talk about adding workers. He said that job growth was never part of the plan.” That claim was buttressed by the Associated Press, which studied 45 companies bought by Bain during Romney’s first decade. It found that 4,000 workers lost their jobs. The real figure is likely thousands higher, since the analysis didn’t account for bankruptcies and factory and store closings.

    “The Armco plant closing involved more than the torching of 750 jobs, Morrow says. Contractors and suppliers collapsed. Workers’ children and widows lost health care and pension benefits. And while Bain received millions in tax breaks—paid for by the very people left holding the bag—Romney walked away millions richer.”
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    A must read (long) article recommended to all!

    Share it!

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