"I sat on this morning's interview with St.Charles GOP Chairman Eugene Dokes for a full day. I wanted to be sure I heard everything right and that the brave Mr. Dokes was listened to in context.
My conclusion tonite: This debacle Saturday warrants a Federal voter fraud investigation and all emails, voice mails and written correspondence involving Mr. Dokes and the GOP Central Committee and the sub-committee appointed to administer the caucus need to be seized and reviewed...
The Romney, Paul and Santorum camps need to demand it.
After reviewing the tape of my interview with Mr. Dokes, it is my opinion that there were some officials in St. Charles County who DID NOT WANT a final delegate count and set the process up for collapse.
(I'll let you ask yourselves who had the most to gain from a "no decision".)
Why else would the GOP Central Committee and the sub-committee for rules appointed by Mr. Dokes
A) forego a Township level Caucus process engineered by almost EVERY OTHER COUNTY and instead stuff everyone into a gymnasium at Francis Howell and give them the impossible task of navigating Roberts Rules in those conditions?
B) take the unusual step of setting up a sure fight by pre-determining, in violation of Caucus process, that no cameras would be allowed, offering up the lame "privacy" excuse when EVERYONE HAD A FRIGGIN' WRISTBAND ON STATING WHO THEY SUPPORTED? and
C) call in police before the event even started?
I will call your attention to two points in the interview where Mr. Dokes indicated he was pressured by those who anticipated a heavy presence of Ron Paul supporters who he says were referred to as "libertarians" and not real Republicans.
At 4:02 Mr. Dokes indicates warnings from those who were fearful of a strong presence and at 4:43 Mr. Dokes states that the fear was based on the "the last caucuses" in 2008. Missouri has not had Caucuses for 20 years but we do know that in 2008 Ron Paul had a strong showing in St. Charles County.
The apparent fear was that certain individuals would try to "hijack" the process. But in the Caucus system that's not "hijacking", that's showing up for your candidate.
Ron Paul has made it his national campaign strategy to have his supporters swarm Township and County level Caucuses. That's not hijacking, that's getting out the vote.
Stuffing hundreds into one gym and barring cameras without a proper vote served many purposes: it definitely kept RP supporters in one pen and it tried to ensure cloak of darkness appointing of Caucus leaders.
It also inflamed those who knew better.
It is my opinion that the police were not called in to control rabble rousers but to help run interference as the Caucus leaders worked on the railroad. This is not a criticism of police. They were called, they respond.
But the most important statement from Mr. Dokes comes at 7:18 in the interview. This is where he outlines the intentions set forth by those who were telling him what to do.
Mr. Dokes says the goal was not to let "1%" of St. Charles County voters "get all the delegates" in "fairness to St. Charles County voters". I informed Mr. Dokes that it was certainly not the job of any Committee to decide who gets all the delegates or how and even if RP supporters make up "1%" of the County voters the reality is if they show up, they win. That's called a Caucus. If people don't show up for you that sucks for you.
It's NOT the job of any GOP official to make sure delegates are divided "fairly"..unless, of course, those GOP officials are trying to make a process go their way.
When Mr. Dokes even mentioned "delegates" and "we wanted to make sure" and "we didn't want" that's an automatic red flag, since there was no mention of what "the people" want.
Again, I simply urge you to consider who gains from this collapse and subsequent "no decision". And I would urge you to send a thank you to Mr. Dokes for being honest enough to help us heat up the hot poker that should eventually be inserted in multiple rear ends."
