Lew Rockwell's FB post nails it

[cajuncocoa]

Taking over the Republican Party is like trying to take over the Gambino Family. In Nevada, the mob known as the RNC is joining with the Romney Family to set up a new party to bypass the Paulians. The establishment group will be seated in Tampa. It's like the 1952 convention, when Eisenhower stole the nomination from Taft by tossing out Taft delegations, under the aegis of Earl Warren, and seating Ike establishmentarians instead. Warren was rewarded with the chief justiceship of the Supremes, and wreaked huge harm. The Republican party can never be trusted. It is, after all, an adjunct of the federal government.

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source: http://www.facebook.com/LewRockwell/posts/311774582232915

 

[sailingaway]

The establishment group will be seated in Tampa.

Is there any confirmation of that?

In what roll and under what RNC rule?

 

[cajuncocoa]

You'd have to ask Mr. Rockwell. I only copied/pasted what he posted.

 

[tsai3904]

The Arizona GOP wants to seat their slate of establishment delegates.

Would the outcome have been different if our supporters occupied all the leadership positions within the Arizona GOP? The fact is it is fairly easy to win leadership positions in Arizona so we can sit by and do nothing or we can take over the party to prevent this stuff from happening in the future.

 

[Carlybee]

Thank God. I was beginning to think I was losing my mind for thinking the same thing. They aren't going to play by the rules!

 

[cajuncocoa]

This is the article he posted with his comment
http://www.lasvegassun.com/blogs/ra...mney-campaigns-will-erect-new-organization-b/


RNC, Romney campaign will erect new organization to bypass state GOP

By Jon Ralston
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 | 2:41 p.m.

UPDATE: Late yesterday, GOP Chairman Michael McDonald, trying to slow down any move to make the party irrelevant, worked with the RNC and released a statement designed to undercut the Clark County party's call for Reince Priebus' resignation and indicate to DC that he is willing to play ball:

“The Chairman of the Republican National Committee Reince Priebus has the authority to take the necessary steps to support a candidate to ensure Republicans win the presidency in November. RNC Rule 11 applies to the RNC’s ability to make endorsements and spend resources in state races and may have been misinterpreted by some in Nevada in its application to the presidential election. Ron Paul's campaign released a statement on May 5 providing Chairman Priebus and the RNC their "full consent" to move forward with setting up Victory organizations. Certainly we do not need to wait for Tampa before assisting our presumptive nominee. I look forward to working with Chairman Priebus and Republicans across the state of Nevada as we build a top-notch ground game to beat Barack Obama and elect Mitt Romney to the White House.”

In concert, Sean Spicer, the communications director of the RNC, told me: "The RNC continues to work with the state party."

To some extent this merely heads off the inevitable because nobody here on the ground -- from the RNC, from the Romney campaign, from the Dean Heller campaign, from the Joe Heck campaign -- is likely to trust the party with any real money. But can McDonald slow down the move to erect the outside entity for a bit -- at least before something else goofy happens out here? Perhaps. After all, if he can persuade the City Council to give him $4 million for a project even though he's not a developer, maybe he can sell the DC and Boston folks that he really can run a viable state party.

Fed up with an inept and self-destructive GOP apparatus in Nevada, the Republican National Committee and the Mitt Romney campaign have decided to erect a “shadow state party” in this critical swing state, sources confirmed today.

“They are still bogged down in the minutiae of whether Romney will be the presumptive nominee,” scoffed a GOP strategist familiar with the details of the restructuring. “We don’t have time for that when the Obama campaign already is in full campaign mode. We have no use for them (the state GOP).”

The lack of faith in the Republican Party here intensified with the botched February caucus, metastasized after the Ron Paul takeover in Sparks and reached its zenith with Tuesday evening’s call for RNC Chairman Reince Priebus to resign by a divided Clark County GOP

Priebus was described to me as “disappointed with the censuring,” which probably means his blood pressure went high enough to give an elephant a stroke. So Priebus, in concert with the Romney folks here, have decided to turn the so-called Team Nevada office on Tropicana into the de facto Republican Party.

“The goal is for us to be running get out the vote, running phone programs, voter ID, voter contact, everything through the Team Nevada headquarters,” the strategist told me. That is, everything the party is supposed to do, except the GOP here can’t raise money and has the inmates running the asylum.

He continued: “The RNC has said it is willing to do everything possible as the state party appears not to be willing to work with us, so we will do it without them.”
The plan would be to transfer money directly to Team Nevada and/or funnel some through the Washoe Republican Party, run by the respected Dave Buell, who is well-liked by the RNC and Romney folks.

To distill, the GOP insider said, “Essentially we’re setting up a shadow state party.”

And it will surely cast a long shadow over a state GOP that is trying to oust its executive director, David Gallagher, a political pro, while other staff departures seem likely as the Paul folks complete their coup. Even soon-to-be-former RNC Committeeman Bob List called the state GOP “dysfunctional” during an appearance today on NPR’s “Talk of the Nation,” although the former governor also blamed the Romney campaign for resting on its caucus win laurels and allowing the Paul revolution to occur.

But List is likely not to factor into these plans, which will feature full integration, as is occurring nationally, between the RNC and Romney. It's also likely that after the June 12 primary clears the filed, the Rep. Joe Heck and Sen. Dean Heller campaigns will get on board.

This move has been inevitable and essential for some time for the RNC and Team Romney to combat a formidable Democratic machine. They won’t be able to do everything the Democrats can do, but separating themselves from the imploding and embarrassing party structure is a good first step.
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[Carlybee]

delete

 

[Brian4Liberty]

Is there any confirmation of that?

In what roll and under what RNC rule?

Probably just speculation, with a very high probability of actually occurring.

 

[sailingaway]

The Arizona GOP wants to seat their slate of establishment delegates.

Would the outcome have been different if our supporters occupied all the leadership positions within the Arizona GOP? The fact is it is fairly easy to win leadership positions in Arizona so we can sit by and do nothing or we can take over the party to prevent this stuff from happening in the future.

we DID take it over in NV, that is why this happened. I agree we can't just take it.

 

[Martin Silenus]

The credentials committee could invalidate the delegates and replace them with alternates.

 

[tsai3904]

we DID take it over in NV, that is why this happened. I agree we can't just take it.

I was responding to the Arizona delegate situation. If we controlled the Arizona GOP leadership, they would not be able to seat the establishment delegates. There's no way really to prevent the RNC from working with Romney in another organization though and I don't really see why we should care. Let them use their resources helping Romney.

 

[lib3rtarian]

The Arizona GOP wants to seat their slate of establishment delegates.

Would the outcome have been different if our supporters occupied all the leadership positions within the Arizona GOP? The fact is it is fairly easy to win leadership positions in Arizona so we can sit by and do nothing or we can take over the party to prevent this stuff from happening in the future.

Then the Establishment will start a "Shadow Arizona Party" to help Romney.

 

[cajuncocoa]

I'm not really clear about how this "shadow party" will help Romney get delegates for the GOP nomination, but the point is I don't trust the GOP.

 

[Carlybee]

I'm not really clear about how this "shadow party" will help Romney get delegates for the GOP nomination, but the point is I don't trust the GOP.

Me either...go check this out, LOL. http://mittromneycentraldotcom/community/chat/

 

[tsai3904]

Then the Establishment will start a "Shadow Arizona Party" to help Romney.

Yea, but the shadow party doesn't affect delegates. The Arizona GOP makes the rules for delegate election.

 

[roho76]

They can cheat all they want so that Romney gets the nomination and avoids embarrassment at the convention but nothing is going to be more embarrassing then when he looses to Obama because he lost my vote. I hope he gets the lowest votes of any candidate in Republican history.

 

[cajuncocoa]

Me either...go check this out, LOL. http://mittromneycentraldotcom/community/chat/

Anyone who thinks these people can get along with us needs to go read some of that. Then tell me how much you want Ron on Romney's ticket. smh

 

[Austin]

Seeing as we won't be achieving many victories through independent or third party runs... I reckon working within the GOP to bring the party back to its roots of limited government and respect for our civil liberties is the most effective means of achieving electoral success.

Did Lew have the impression that these state parties are going be all hunky-dory about losing authority over an apparatus they've controlled for decades? Of course they're going to fight tooth and nail, and of course they'll even break their own rules in the process.

 

[NoOneButPaul]

“As I reflect on our 2012 Presidential campaign, I am humbled by the supporters who have worked so hard and sacrificed so much. And I am so proud of what we have accomplished. We will not stop until we have restored what once made America the greatest country in human history.

“This campaign fought hard and won electoral success that the talking heads and pundits never thought possible. But, this campaign is also about more than just the 2012 election. It has been part of a quest I began 40 years ago and that so many have joined. It is about the campaign for Liberty, which has taken a tremendous leap forward in this election and will continue to grow stronger in the future until we finally win.

“Our campaign will continue to work in the state convention process. We will continue to take leadership positions, win delegates, and carry a strong message to the Republican National Convention that Liberty is the way of the future.

“Moving forward, however, we will no longer spend resources campaigning in primaries in states that have not yet voted. Doing so with any hope of success would take many tens of millions of dollars we simply do not have. I encourage all supporters of Liberty to make sure you get to the polls and make your voices heard, particularly in the local, state, and Congressional elections, where so many defenders of Freedom are fighting and need your support.

“I hope all supporters of Liberty will remain deeply involved – become delegates, win office, and take leadership positions. I will be right there with you. In the coming days, my campaign leadership will lay out to you our delegate strategy and what you can do to help, so please stay tuned.

For Liberty,

Ron Paul.”

It's time to stand with us and fight against this from happening!

Every second they don't further proves my assertion that they've made a deal with Romney...

 

[Carlybee]

"Neoconned" by Dr.Ron Paul on the floor of Congress July 2003. 11 parts...this is part 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aewpvcxAwTk&feature=relmfu

A refresher course. This is why I became a Ron Paul supporter.