John Nichols: After His Supporters Are Treated "Atrociously," Ron Paul Won't Endorse Romney!
Submitted by AnCapMercenary on Wed, 08/29/2012 - 02:48
Delegates
Florida
Here's what John Nichols, one of the few principled liberal allies we have, had to say about our indefatigable Gray Champion:
But Paul's not so easily bought. [CORRECTION: Ron Paul can NEVER be bought!]
“I have not endorsed the ticket,” Paul explained Tuesday. “I endorsed the principles I have been talking about… I endorse peace, prosperity, individual liberty and the Constitution. I am more intent on that than on the politics."
After His Supporters Are Treated "Atrociously," Ron Paul Won't Endorse Romney
John Nichols on August 29, 2012 - 2:18 AM ET
...The only speech that might have been more engaging would have been the one that wasn't delivered -- by Ron Paul.
Paul was the Romney challenger who stayed in the race longest, and who won almost 200 delegate votes (193 by the Seattle Times count) during the Tuesday night roll call that nominated Romney.
Once upon a time, that might have guaranteed him a convention speaking slot.
But Paul was not allowed near the podium. And the party brass engineered a rewrite of the rules for the 2016 nominating process in order to assure that neither Paul -- not anyone else as interesting, or dissenting -- will ever again be able to beat the establishment at its own game and win substantial numbers of delegates. The Paul delegates, many Tea Party conservatives and a number of renegade Romney delegates objected, creating the only real drama of the day, and the convention.
The Paul delegates shouted their disapproval from the back-of-the-hall seats to which states with substantial Paul contingents had been relegated. "It's a coronation," said David Aiello, a medical student from Rhode who, like many Paul delegates, complained that, "The party leaders, the people in charge, they don't want a real debate. That's obvious this week."
UPDATE:
Nichols or his editor just changed the headline to:
"His Supporters Treated "Atrociously," Ron Paul Refuses to Back Romney"
John Nichols on August 29, 2012 - 2:18 AM ET
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