[BRIGADE] Ron Paul March; McCain Screw Up; Videos; and More...
Published: Tue, 04/08/08
regarding McCain's law breaking; an article on Ron Paul winning all
the GOP delegates in Minnesota; and an update on the Ron Paul
Revolution March.
For the Cause, Linda
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Hi Linda,
My name is Deborah Robinet, I am on the board of directors for
Revolution Management Foundation. We are the organizers for the
March on Washington event this summer. Here is our website:
http://www.revolutionmarch.com
I was informed that you are supportive of the event and intend to
go. Thank you so much for that. I wanted to let you know that
while we worked diligently to get a permit for June 21st. It was
just not possible.
As you may remember, Ron Paul's 'Go the Distance' speech where he
spoke for the first time to the grassroots about organizing marches
around the country, was released on February 11th.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryMliyeIDp4&feature=related
The National Parks Service received our permit application on
February 18th. Even so, it was too late to secure June 21st.
People have up to one year to secure a date and the summer months
in D.C. are prime time for events. Trying to get a summer date a
few months before an event is nearly impossible. NPS informed us
that over 900 applications were submitted for summer dates.
We have been able to secure two dates: July 12th, and August 2nd.
We have put up a poll on our site to see which one the supporters
would prefer. July 12th is winning out and Dr. Paul is being
apprised of this. Hopefully he will be able to attend one or the
other of the dates. As soon as we know his schedule, we will
announce an official date.
I thought I should let you know the details. Please feel free to
contact me and thank you once again for supporting this effort.
In Freedom,
Deborah Robinet
RMF Director
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VIDEO: Watch this from Minnesota. Then can you really say with a
straight face that all our votes are counted?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-qBan8mOiA
VIDEO: Ron Paul: When in the course of human events...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFfdB5OzlyQ
VIDEO: The Mainstream Media is Brainwashing you about Ron Paul
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=967_1207322577
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Petition Against McCain Removing Delegates and why he in a tight bind
April 8, 2008
RonPaulWarroom.com
Please sign the petition at the bottom to release McCain's delegates
McCain has 2 problems with this issue.
1: If the FEC allows Mccain to withdraw from FED matching funds he
will be revoked from many delegates in states that he was able to
be on the ballot without the required number of signatures
therefore he will lose any delegates for him in those states.
2: If the FEC doesn't release him from matching funds he will be
capped at 50 million dollars and will kill his run for president
because he will not have the money to compete.
The problem is even more complicated than this.
McCain used the matching funds eligibility to avoid having to
collect signatures to qualify for ballot access in several states,
including Ohio, Pennsylvania and Delaware.
Those state wins must be voided according to most experts on the
issue. That means he does not have the necessary delegates.
Ironic that it was his law (McCain-Feingold) that got him in this
mess.
McCain broke the law.
Sign the petition to remove his delegates:
http://www.petitiononline.com/JDAlvey1/petition.html
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Ron Paul backers 'hijack' delegates
Voting results disputed in Minnesota conventions
by Andy Barnett © 2008 WorldNetDaily
BLAINE, Minn. - Ron Paul supporters shook things up in at least
three of Minnesota's congressional district conventions yesterday
when they captured nearly all of the national delegates and
alternates for the Republican National Convention this fall.
There was controversy at Minnesota's 6th Congressional District
Convention. The district covers part of the Twin Cities metro area
and extends to the west and into nearby St. Cloud, Minn. Paul
supporters were accused of dirty tricks.
"They hijacked the convention," said Jeff Johnson who serves as
Minnesota's Senate District 15 co-chairman.
Two out of three national delegates elected were Ron Paul
supporters and all three of the alternates supported Paul. After
the election results were announced at the convention, they were
immediately disputed when it was discovered that the candidates had
agreed to support John McCain in pre-screening questions.
"I had people coming up to me saying that they wanted to ensure
that Ron Paul has a chance to speak at the convention," said Andy
Aplikowski, the vice chairman of the 6th District in Anoka County,
"These people hid what their intentions were and that's deceptive."
Prior to the voting, candidates running to be national delegates
were screened by a nominating committee and asked two questions.
"We asked them if they were Republican and then asked if they would
support John McCain at the national convention" said Aplikowski.
"They had the option to answer yes, no, or maybe."
The answers to these questions were then presented to the body of
congressional delegates to take into consideration in the voting
process. When it was discovered the elected national delegates were
Paul supporters despite saying they would support McCain, the
convention erupted in debate.
A motion was made to ensure the delegates supported McCain at the
national convention.
"I moved that we bind the national delegates and alternates to what
they told the nominating committee which is what was reported to
the voters," said Aplikowski.
A heated debate lasting more than an hour followed the motion.
Eventually, the motion passed by a slim margin, but not without
harsh words and harsh exchanges.
The feeling among many of the congressional delegates who voted was
that the Paul supporters had been dishonest. Ron Baert, one of the
elected national delegates and a Ron Paul supporter disagreed.
"I don't recall the exact wording of the question (about McCain),
and so I wanted to clarify it," he said. "So I said that the
endorsement hasn't even taken place yet, but that if McCain were
endorsed I would support him, however I did not say I would vote to
endorse him at the national convention."
Could the wording of the pre-screening questions have been
confusing? Aplikowski who helped in the process didn't think that
was likely.
"There were 98 people who went through the questions and it was
explained very thoroughly at the time the nominations report was
given to the voters," he said.
The 98 candidate names, and their answers to the pre-screening
questions were displayed on an overhead projector as well as on a
handout available to voters.
Some Paul supporters wanted to know why the pre-screening questions
were asked in the first place, and Baert said he and other Paul
backers felt intimidated. So what was the purpose of the questions?
"The intention was to identify people and who they were going to
support," said Aplikowski. "It wasn't to keep out Ron Paul
supporters but to present that information to the body of delegates
to vote on, which is one of the purposes of the nominating
committee."
The RNC was contacted by phone while the debate was going on, and,
according to party rules, the national delegates must endorse John
McCain or their votes won't count. That left some angry.
"If they intended to bind candidates to vote for the presumptive
nominee (John McCain), they should've announced this at the
beginning," said Paul supporter Jim Sutton. "This convention has
never bound delegates to a candidate before. It was a torpedo job
against us!"
The Ron Paul Revolution also struck Minnesota's 4th and 5th
districts where Paul supporters also won spots as delegates and
alternates to the national convention. Minnesota Chairman Ron Carey
said that the delegates' decision to not unite behind McCain only
hurts the Republican party.
Paul has remained in the presidential race despite the fact McCain
has now earned enough delegates to become the Republican nominee
for president.
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