Iowa Republicans elect Paul-heavy slate of delegates
Submitted by spacehabitats on Mon, 06/18/2012 - 08:05
Here are excerpts from the Des Moines Register article:
Iowa Republicans elect Paul-heavy slate of delegates
By far, the majority will be Paul supporters — much to the disappointment of some Iowa Republicans who wanted to send a more mixed “unity” delegation to vote for all-but-certain nominee Mitt Romney.
Some Republicans said it’s an embarrassment for Paul, who finished third in the Iowa caucuses, to get the most delegates. They also worry all the in-fighting could hurt Iowa’s first-in-the-nation voting status.
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Not far away at the Iowa Democratic Party state convention, 588 were in attendance out of a total of 1,163 possible — just over half who could have participated. While the Republicans feuded, a reporter snapped a photo of a Democratic delegate asleep with his feet propped up on a chair.
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Former state central committee member Monte Shaw spoke in opposition to the pro-Paul slate. Shaw said one person on that slate has attacked a staunch pro-life GOP lawmaker on abortion issues. And another has voiced support for same-sex marriage, he said.
The liberty slate doesn’t reflect desired social values, Shaw said.
And Shaw noted Santorum won the Iowa caucuses in January. “His supporters have an awful lot to add to this party, and it’s wrong to not have a single supporter as a delegate to the national convention,” he said.
And here is my comment on the article:
As one of the alternate delegates to the national convention, the husband of one of the delegates, and the Page County GOP chair, I would like to comment on this article. The only problems at our state convention resulted from a group of individuals who felt compelled to throw out the slate of delegates developed by the state nominating committee AND fight the recommendations of the state rules committee. The only things "not going well" were caused by delegates who felt that THEY, not the duly elected representatives of ALL FOUR district conventions, were better qualified to select the At-Large delegate slate. The members of both committees discharged their duties in an exemplary manner. No one can complain that any one on these committees or the state central committee broke or even bent any of the rules of the party. The self-appointed party bosses, who created the so-called "unity slate" in secrecy, planned on ambushing the convention with it. While the regular slate was mailed to every delegate more than a week in advance, their nominees were going to be sprung on us with no time to vet them or their qualifications. Their lame excuses notwithstanding, nothing about their efforts amounts to anything but the disruptive tricks of a bunch of sore losers.
As to the unity and calm displayed by the Democrats at the coronation next door, it is always easier to have "harmony" when slaves get together. When people are addicted to a bloated welfare state or make their living from a public sector that is strangling the real economy why would they rock the boat? When you are on the Titanic and refuse to see the ice berg, the only thing left to do is rearrange the deck chairs. You want to see a model of "harmony"? Go to a political rally in North Korea. Sure the GOP convention was noisy and messy. That's what should happen in a REPUBLICAN democracy when FREE men and women come together to hash out their differences.
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