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Last edited Mon Mar 19, 2012, 08:48 PM - Edit history (2)
This article from the Brad Blog is the most comprehensive report I've seen on the chaos that happened in the St Charles MO GOP caucus last Saturday.
The GOP shows that if they can't win by their own rules then they will just change them much like a kid does when losing:
By Brad Friedman on 3/18/2012 7:41pm
This is just amazing. At yesterday's GOP caucus in St. Charles, MO --- one of the largest and most conservative counties in the state --- the Republican establishment is seen blatantly attempting to steal the caucus from supporters of Ron Paul.
As the caucus was prematurely shut down before a vote, with state police called in, no delegates were elected at what "was to have been the biggest single prize of the day," according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch coverage of the Missouri Caucuses' mess. It was just the latest, of many, embarrassments to arise out of a GOP caucus state this year. ...
Full article:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9192
Owlet
(1,248 posts)"Welcome to American plutocracy."
And just how did the State Police get involved? They must have been on the scene already, which indicates to me that this whole thing was pre-planned. Very disturbing that a political party can use the police in that way. Missouri has taken a giant leap backwards to the 1930's when cops were used to break up Socialist meetings. I don't care if the people there were supporters of Ron Paul or Felix the Cat.
This was just plain wrong.
FSogol
(45,488 posts)Really? If you pick up the phone and call the police, they will come. They have little radios in their cars and can get to the scene of a problem quickly. Your supposition is quite silly.
Also caucuses are not like primaries. When a state runs a caucus, it is because the State party "powers that be" have already chosen a candidate that they want rubber stamped. Paul had no chance of winning in that system.
I actually watched the vids at the link, which evidently you didn't have time for. The police have radios? Wow. Who knew? I sure wish I had your superior knowledge about these things.
Aerows
(39,961 posts)They were at a political meeting, all of them had the right to be there, but because they weren't voting the way the leadership wanted to vote, they got threatened with arrest.
arthritisR_US
(7,288 posts)voter ID laws to thwart off voter fraud! The only ones who commit fraud and voter theft are the GOP.
Javaman
(62,530 posts)it's sort of like celebrity death match without the intelligence. lol
BradBlog
(2,938 posts)Last edited Tue Mar 20, 2012, 02:14 AM - Edit history (1)
Much appreciate your posting here. I hadn't gotten the chance to do so.
(Though, please note, the correct URL is actually, not http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9192#more-9192 -- that one drops you off MID-story. The correct URL for the full story is: http://www.bradblog.com/?p=9192 .)
Brad
think
(11,641 posts)Was in a hurry to get to a job.