As Scripted as it Gets - The GOP Nomination

The worst nightmare for the GOP puppet masters would be Ron Paul's name being uttered into the microphone at the convention. Hear, See, Speak no Ron Paul was the order of the day, no matter how small of a showing his supporters amidst delegates make.

It's a private party, so no one can blame those that paid for (most of) it, to want to dictate the terms.

But their fear of a Ron Paul brand or idea emanating in the Excel Center was obviously palpable.

Richard Winger asks in Ballot Access News
http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/09/13/how-will-history-record-the-repu...

How Will History Record the Republican National Convention Rollcall for President?
September 13th, 2008

"Traditionally, historians record the rollcall vote for president at major party national conventions. However, that job is getting more and more difficult, as shown by what happened at the September 3 Republican convention."

Winger cites the Green Paper web site as the true scribe of how the floor vote and subsequent reading into the record ACTUALLY went down and here's the NOTES he refers to below.

This would be the CSPAN version of the nominating process ostensibly.... would be good to verify if there is any footage supporting this.

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The Green Papers Notes on the GOP Roll Call Vote from the Floor

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/R.phtml

Notes

1. The 5 Paul votes from Alaska were not announced aloud by the Chair.

2. After the Chair announced 12 votes for New Hampshire, the delegation announced that they cast 24 votes for McCain. At this point, the Chair announced 12 votes for McCain.

3. After the Chair announced 30 votes for Oregon, the delegation announced that they cast 26 votes for McCain and 4 votes for Paul. At this point, the Chair announced 26 votes for McCain. The 4 Paul votes were not announced aloud by the Chair.

4. After the Chair announced 74 votes for Pennsylvania, the delegation announced that they cast 73 votes for McCain. At this point, the Chair announced 74 votes for McCain.

5. The livestock auctioneer from Tennessee said "George S. McCain".

6. The Utah chairman originally called Mitt Romney "George Romney" then quickly corrected himself. The 2 Romney votes from Utah were announced aloud by the Chair.

7. After the Chair announced 40 votes for Washington, the delegation announced that they cast 36 votes for McCain and 4 votes for Paul. At this point, the Chair announced 36 votes for McCain. The Chair sounded like she was going to repeat the Paul vote but was cut off by Secretary Inman who immediately called for West Virginia.

8. After the Chair announced 30 votes for West Virginia, the delegation announced that they cast 28 votes for McCain and 2 votes for Paul. At this point, the Chair announced 30 votes for McCain. The repeating Secretary almost said "Ron McCain".

We get a total of 2,343 for McCain, 15 for Paul, and 2 for Romney as announced from the floor. If the 30 votes from West Virginia and the 74 votes from Pennsylvania are all counted for McCain: the total is 2,346 for McCain, 13 for Paul, and 2 for Romney.

The 5 Paul votes from Alaska, 4 from Oregon, 4 from Washington, and 2 from West Virginia were not at all announced aloud by the Chair, but the 2 for Romney from Utah were. Indeed, none of the votes for Paul were announced from the Chair and Paul lost 2 votes between the floor and the Chair (re: West Virginia).

The final tally as announced from the Chair was: McCain 2,372, Romney 2, and Paul 5. This totals to 2,379.