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Monday, May 12, 2008

It was so ridiculous when Rush Limbaugh recently urged unrest at August's Democratic convention in Denver that I didn't even write about it at the time. Ironically, depending of course on how a few things work out over the next couple of weeks, it may be the GOP convention in St. Paul that sees its own "Operation Chaos," courtesy of the mayor of Paulville, Ron Paul:

But in the mTexas Rep. Ron Paul and his libertarian-minded GOP backers are collecting delegates at the local level and planning a revolt against Sen. John McCain at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul in Septembereantime, quietly, largely under the radar of most people, the forces of Rep. Ron Paul have been organizing across the country to stage an embarrassing public revolt against Sen. John McCain when Republicans gather for their national convention in St. Paul at the beginning of September.

How so?

The last three months Paul's forces, who donated $34.5 million to his White House effort and upwards of one million total votes, have, as The Ticket has noted, been fighting a series of guerrilla battles with party establishment officials at county and state conventions from Washington and Missouri to Maine and Mississippi. Their goal: to take control of local committees, boost their delegate totals and influence platform debates.

Sounds like a lot of fun -- although unfortunately Paul only has 19 delegate so far out of more than 2,000; even exited candidates Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney have far more. He may squeeze a few more, and I wish hin luck. A prime time speaking gig for Ron Paul might be the only thing that could wake up St. Paul.

Posted by Will Bunch @ 11:20 AM  Permalink | 8 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 11:31 AM, 05/12/2008
    OT.. You mentioned hot-linking of images would end with the "new site", yet the practice continues..
    Politburo
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:33 PM, 05/12/2008
    He also said he was writing a book.
    E Plebnista
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 12:46 PM, 05/12/2008
    Sorry to disappoint you, but Mr. Magoo is not going to make a splash.
    Patrick M
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:22 PM, 05/12/2008
    Actually, I'm not sorry. This is a non-story.
    Patrick M
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 1:41 PM, 05/12/2008
    Seems like a waste of time and money. Of course, anything that discredits McCain and his promise to stay the course in Iraq and the economy is a good thing. America can't afford to keep going the way we are going.
    James TL
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