McCain Campaign Tries To Block Ron Paul From Convention Floor
McCain Campaign Tries To Block Ron Paul From Convention Floor
The Washington Times reported today that the McCain campaign and the Republican National Committee have been “negotiating with Rep. Ron Paul to win his support and acquire the names of his sympathizers among the 4,607 delegates and alternates at the Republican National Convention.”
However, when CNN’s John King asked Paul this morning whether such reports were true, Paul laughed. “I wouldn’t put it in those words,” he said. In fact, he said the RNC seemed to be trying to keep him off the convention floor, even though as a congressman, he should be able to get floor passes without a problem. Watch it:
Paul was barred from speaking at the convention “because the the congressman would not change his position on the war in Iraq, which he opposes.” The Washington Times also reports that Paul “was denied permission to address the Republican Platform Committee last week” after “the McCain forces who controlled the platform proceedings, as well as the Rules Committee and the Credentials Committee, objected.”
The McCain campaign’s stonewalling of Ron Paul may not have the support of his vice presidential pick, Gov. Sarah Palin. In an interview with MTV earlier this year, Palin expressed support for Paul, saying that he was “cool“:
He’s cool. He’s a good guy. He’s a good guy. He’s so independent. He’s independent of like the party machine, I’m like, right on, so am I. The party machinery, on both sides of the party, ya know, Americans are tiring of the incessant partisanship that gets in the way of just doing the right thing for this country.
Paul will at least be welcome at a “counter convention” held in Minneapolis for his supporters, where he is speaking today. Paul said he expected around 18,000 people to attend today’s rally.
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OMG, what a bimbo!
September 2nd, 2008 at 12:50 pmI think my ears are BLEEDING..OMG..WHAT A CLASSY RESPONSE:)THIS could be the face of America for all the world to see...My brains hurt, too.
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:01 pmohmygawd, it's like, really, like, so cool, i swear, you know, like, wow, how cool it that...
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:01 pmI wonder if Sarah Barracuda's MySpace page is as, like, kewl as Levi's? They must be real soul mates.
Ya think Bristol is, like, jealous?
AWESOME!
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:04 pmMaybe instead of trying to talk like her daughter, Sara should have had a talk with her daughter.
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:04 pmCountry First???
So much for the "Big Tent" Republican Party.
America's Barack
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:07 pmDr. Ron Paul could do a prenatal check on Bristol. Funny, they won't allow him or his staffers on the floor...
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:08 pmHe’s cool. He’s a good guy. He’s a good guy. He’s so independent. He’s independent of like the party machine, I’m like, right on, so am I.
I'm like, for sure, like, ya know, I'm like totally behind him because he's, like, ya know, he's like a good guy!
I fine my kid ten cents when he, like, uses "like" this way because it, like, sounds so STUPID!
She's, like, totally what we, like, need to, like, sure up our stature around the, like, ya know, the world.
In, like, a word - ignorant.
PEACE
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:18 pmHe’s cool. He’s a good guy. He’s a good guy. He’s so independent. He’s independent of like the party machine, I’m like, right on, so am I.
This is how the woman the Republicans think is qualified to be VP talks. OMG, she's worse than Bush.
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:19 pm9. spencers mom Says:
I must be channeling you.
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:20 pmGuido the Loving OBGYN Says:
It’s a shame the Republicans can’t keep social issues and lobbyists out of their party. I would probably vote for them. This is why they are afraid of Paul.
That's an interesting statement. Can you tell us what you like about the conservative agenda?
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:21 pm.
One "Cool guy" ...
She should know...
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/1/4231/18477/878/581881
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September 2nd, 2008 at 1:24 pmZimzone Says:
Maybe instead of trying to talk like her daughter, Sara should have had a talk with her daughter.
perfect.
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:34 pmHe’s cool. He’s a good guy. He’s a good guy. He’s so independent. He’s independent of like the party machine, I’m like, right on, so am I. The party machinery, on both sides of the party, ya know, Americans are tiring of the incessant partisanship that gets in the way of just doing the right thing for this country.
Like, oh my god...this could be the next Vice President of the most powerful nation in the world. Gag me with a spoon.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:05 pmHe’s so independent. He’s independent of like the party machine, I’m like, right on, so am I.
And you're not on the Independent American Party ticket because...??
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:18 pmPalin sounds like a bubblehead. No wonder McCain picked her. And that could the next Veep and better yet, the next President of United States should something happening to Gramps McCain? Pass the popcorn please.
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:21 pmSP Biloxi Says:
Palin sounds like a bubblehead.
I hear she's secretly a Mooselim. ;)
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:26 pmPaul will at least be welcome at a “counter convention” held in Minneapolis for his supporters, where he is speaking today. Paul said he expected around 18,000 people to attend today’s rally.
At least Ron Paul - as a Republican - can actually draw that kind of crowd on his own, and he doesn't need to have them bussed in by the RNC to fill the room..
September 2nd, 2008 at 2:51 pmNot only that, but Ron Paul is conservative in the traditional sense. A lot of folks with libertarian values were strongly for him.
Why would the repubs want to alienate these folks ?
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:11 pmmy face hurts
There's so much news today on Think Progress that my face hurts.
And there goes McCain, making more stupid choices, like barring Ron Paul.
Those idiots.
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:48 am