Rules? More like Guidelines...

Sun, 04/27/2008 - 00:33

Looks like Twin Falls, ID hasn't read the RNC rules that forbid the "Unit Rule"... you gotta love this decentralized revolution, scared little GOP hacks everywhere are screaming, "You haven't attended any of our potlucks in years, so you can't count!" Nevermind their party is going down the tubes in a self centered war mongering haze... as Stephen Colbert put it last night, "The president isn't passing the buck of the Iraq War to the next president to deal with. It's more like he's passing 85 cents to the next president."

The Twin Falls Times-News posted this story on April 11, 2008:
http://www.magicvalley.com/articles/2008/04/11/news/local_state/134604.t...

The change, which passed 19 to 1, was recommended by a sub-committee. It reads: "In any issue regarding Idaho delegates to the National Republican Convention, Twin Falls County delegates must vote so as to reflect the votes cast by the Republican electorate in the county presidential preference primary."

Excerpt from article below:

T.F. Republicans change laws to keep Paul supporters in line
By Jared S. Hopkins
Staff writer
In direct response to recent activity by supporters of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul, the Twin Falls County Republican Central Committee amended its bylaws Wednesday to require members attending the state convention in June to vote for national delegates based on how the county votes May 7.

The change - one of several made at a monthly meeting - eliminates the opportunity for members to vote for their own preference and not for the victor in the Republican primary. On Idaho's ballot are Paul, the Texas Congressman, and Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, who has earned enough delegates to be the presumptive nominee.

Commit-tee members said that Paul supporters are trying to overtake the committee with ideology and haven't been active in local politics enough, particularly with the Lincoln Day banquets and a spring picnic, two of the biggest party events.