beachbum721
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This is so obvious that I had to post it.
Everyone, pls read the post from a RP supporter, below, whose name I will omit.
We have had very well-organized grassroots letter writing and phone calling efforts in the past for primaries and caucuses. Now we can target these same techniques once again on a slightly different group of people: the delegates to the national GOP convention to start a delegate revolt.
What I think we need is the names and contact info of every delegate to the national convention. Let's begin a concerted and powerful phone/email/letter campaign and, as the delegates are known, begin contacting every single one of them, including alternates, and pose our case for liberty, the Constitution, and Dr. Paul to them.
They are people. They have their own minds. They will feel 'bound' to do what is right.
Let's discuss.
Everyone, pls read the post from a RP supporter, below, whose name I will omit.
We have had very well-organized grassroots letter writing and phone calling efforts in the past for primaries and caucuses. Now we can target these same techniques once again on a slightly different group of people: the delegates to the national GOP convention to start a delegate revolt.
What I think we need is the names and contact info of every delegate to the national convention. Let's begin a concerted and powerful phone/email/letter campaign and, as the delegates are known, begin contacting every single one of them, including alternates, and pose our case for liberty, the Constitution, and Dr. Paul to them.
They are people. They have their own minds. They will feel 'bound' to do what is right.
Let's discuss.
"Several group members have discusssed the question of what it means when we say that delegates are "bound" to vote for a given candidate on the first round.
There is no legal requirement to vote for the candidate to whom they are pledged. Under all but extreme circumstances, they are bound by morality, ethics, and virtue. Otherwise, they cause harm to the candidate who has earned their votes; they undermine any trust that other people should have in them; and they discredit the dignity, unity, and strength of the Republican Party.
Are the circumstances this year extreme enough to violate their pledge? Let's look at each point.
Has McCain earned the nomination, or was he fraudulently given the nod? If he has earned the nomination, it would be an act of immorality toward McCain not to grant it to him.
Were the primaries fairly and honestly conducted? If so, the process was ethical, and a sense of ethics would demand that the delegates respect the results of that process.
Are the circumstances such that the Republican Party and the American Republic would be strengthened by honoring party rules in this instance? If so, voting against McCain would display a lack of virtue.
If the answer to these questions is "no," then morality, ethics, and virtue demand a delegate revolt. To do otherwise would be to abet evil. Not to revolt would be an affront to the dignity of the Republican Party and the security of the American Republic; a stain on the honor of the delegates to the convention; and a betrayal of the man who rightfully earned the nomination."
There is no legal requirement to vote for the candidate to whom they are pledged. Under all but extreme circumstances, they are bound by morality, ethics, and virtue. Otherwise, they cause harm to the candidate who has earned their votes; they undermine any trust that other people should have in them; and they discredit the dignity, unity, and strength of the Republican Party.
Are the circumstances this year extreme enough to violate their pledge? Let's look at each point.
Has McCain earned the nomination, or was he fraudulently given the nod? If he has earned the nomination, it would be an act of immorality toward McCain not to grant it to him.
Were the primaries fairly and honestly conducted? If so, the process was ethical, and a sense of ethics would demand that the delegates respect the results of that process.
Are the circumstances such that the Republican Party and the American Republic would be strengthened by honoring party rules in this instance? If so, voting against McCain would display a lack of virtue.
If the answer to these questions is "no," then morality, ethics, and virtue demand a delegate revolt. To do otherwise would be to abet evil. Not to revolt would be an affront to the dignity of the Republican Party and the security of the American Republic; a stain on the honor of the delegates to the convention; and a betrayal of the man who rightfully earned the nomination."
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