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Originally posted by PrestonSpace
If you Ron Paul fanatics would have hit the pavement and actually helped his cause
Originally posted by PrestonSpace
If you Ron Paul fanatics would have hit the pavement and actually helped his cause instead of bombarding this forum with flagrant claims maybe he would have had a chance.
Sorry, I don't get it. Let's say, just for the fun of it, that Paul would have had enough extra votes to overcome Romney's lead, thus winning the state's delegates. How would that have given Paul the GOP nomination? Wasn't he a bazillion delegates behind? I must be misunderstanding. What did you mean?
Had the 3 counties not been ommited, Ron Paul would've officially won the GOP nomination.
Originally posted by charles1952
reply to post by GoldenRuled
Sorry, I don't get it. Let's say, just for the fun of it, that Paul would have had enough extra votes to overcome Romney's lead, thus winning the state's delegates. How would that have given Paul the GOP nomination? Wasn't he a bazillion delegates behind? I must be misunderstanding. What did you mean?
Had the 3 counties not been ommited, Ron Paul would've officially won the GOP nomination.
The OP seems to be saying that the missing counties' vote tallies would have given Paul enough votes to win the state's delegates. Even assuming this to be true, I don't see how winning Maine's delegates would create a condition where "Ron Paul would've officially won the GOP nomination." Romney could have given Paul another 200 delegates and still have won the nomination.
3 counties were not counted in the vote. It just so happens Mitt Romney won by less then 200 votes for the GOP nomination. Had the 3 counties not been ommited, Ron Paul would've officially won the GOP nomination.
This is what was particularly meaningful to me.
A team that cheats is not a winning team. What they are saying is if you play a game with rules and then break those rules you are a loser and should be disqualified.
Originally posted by Im2keul
reply to post by GoldenRuled
Gee, couldn't imagine a fixed election in this country. Has anyone heard if he will run Independent?
That may be a little too sweeping. This is tough to explain, but I think there is a difference between good men who sometimes do bad things, good men who do stupid things, and bad men.
We are only as good as the leaders we follow. Those leaders we follow are not leaders but they are crooks.
Here, I agree and disagree. I believe there are morals in this country, many people have them, and some of our leaders try to live up to them. And I don't think we've lost respect because of those issues. After all, are there morals in Russia? China? Any really powerful country?
There are no rules your correct, only an illusion of rules in the government. We have no morals in this country and there should be no wonder why other countries don't respect us.
Agreed, whether you call it morals, character, godliness, honesty, or whatever, it is essential to a people.
Without honor we have nothing, our country as we have known it will fall.
Johnson: That was quite a show, wasn't it? It was a well-scripted drama staged by the Patriots for the benefit of the public. Even the Democrats and Republicans were dancing to the Patriots' tune.
Johnson: That's what the Patriots want the country to believe... It's all a show. "Democracy" is just a filler for textbooks! Think about it! Do you actually believe that public opinion influences the government?