GOP Leaders: Only Half of Maine's Ron Paul Delegates will be Seated

Late this afternoon, Republican leaders made it official: They would seat only half of the 20 delegates supporting Texas Congressman Ron Paul. The other 10, they said, will be decided by state Republican leaders who, by and large, favor Mitt Romney as the party's presidential choice.
 
Screw it, no deal. Go for broke then take Mr. Webster down a peg or two at the next state convention. POS
 
From Ben Swann via Facebook:

Info on the RNC delegate situation is still trickling in. I was told today by one of the "Massachusetts 17" that 5 of them have been re-instated. I have also been told that Maine delegates said "No deal" to giving up 7 of their slots. Meanwhile, a conservative talk radio host in Maine is reporting that 42 people have been contacted by the RNC, some of them not even nominated at the convention, and told to get ready to go to Tampa.
MORE TO COME....
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People who make peaceful change impossible ensure a violent change.

I think JFK said that..

Unfortunately, if this shit keeps happening people are going to be forced to take up arms.
 
"This isn't the end of it because what's going to happen is the Ron Paul campaign is going to appeal this to the Credentials Committee, and they're going to take this all the way to the Credentials Committee, which goes into the weekend, perhaps even until Monday," Willis says.

Maine GOP Chairman Charlie Webster told the Assoicated Press that the national party's Committee on Contests determined that party rules were broken when a slate of 20 Ron Paul delegates was elected at the state convention in May.
That's when the wave of change washed over the Republican State Convention in Augusta. Paul supporters had been sparring with so-called mainstream Republican leaders backing Mitt Romney since March. Romney was declared the winner of the state's non-binding caucus, even though Paul lagged behind by less than 2 percent of the vote.

During the state convention, Paul supporters arrived early, and in large and highly-organized numbers. They seized control of the nominating process, and as a result, 20 of Maine's 24 delegates are Paul supporters. Mainstream GOP leaders filed a complaint with the Republican National Convention committee claiming the Paul delegates had been elected illegally. They then asked that the delegates not be allowed to be seated at the convention.

Willis says Paul supporters are united in their insistence that all 20 delegates be seated at the convention in Tampa. "It doesn't change our position," he says. "And our position has always been, 'Not interested, no deal.' And we expect to have all 20 delegates seated in Tampa, as we were duly elected at the convention."

The Paul supporters--many of whom are in their 20s, have struggled to come up with the $3,000 to $4,000 each will need for the four-day convention that begins next week. Eric Brakey, a Maine GOP delegate and Paul supporter who formerly directed the presidential candidate's campaign here, says this afternoon's decision by the RNC is a dramatic disappointment for Paul supporters.

"With flights and with hotels--you know, some people have to hire baby-sitters, and it really is a lot of money, it adds up," Brakey says. "This isn't the cheapest week to be in Tampa--hotel rates are marked up considerably with all the influx of people coming in. You know, every single person who was elected as a delegate is someone who's really put their heart and soul into this the last year."

Efforts to reach Maine Republican State Chair Charlie Webster by air time were unsuccessful. Willis and other Paul delegates continue to maintain that if all of the 20 Paul supporters are not seated, then none will be seated.
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from the link in the OP

and there is this: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-information-on-fate-of-Maine-s-GOP-delegates

Our Maine delegates are wonderful.
 
Ben is going to be made famous for his monitoring of this RNC delegate debacle. Now, need a way to make his vids go viral and really stick in the craw of the head honchos.
 
FSP-Rebel said:
Screw it, no deal. Go for broke then take Mr. Webster down a peg or two at the next state convention. POS
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Oh, it wont take that long. I understand Charlie is up for reelection as Chair at the end of the year. And we have most of the committee that votes on that.
 
"This isn't the end of it because what's going to happen is the Ron Paul campaign is going to appeal this to the Credentials Committee, and they're going to take this all the way to the Credentials Committee, which goes into the weekend, perhaps even until Monday," Willis says.
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So what were these so called rules that were broken?

Also if i was Ben i would ask someone in leadership at the Rnc committee why only Ron Paul delegates are being challenged? Its pretty obvious the intent isnt to follow the rules but to oust Paul supporters.With a biased intention on the decision on delegates you would think that would establish grounds for voter fraud
 
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