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Title: Paul supporters make mark at Maine GOP convention
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URL Source: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201 ... -mark-at-maine-gop-convention/
Published: May 6, 2012
Author: staff
Post Date: 2012-05-06 10:22:01 by buckeroo
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Views: 25940
Comments: 52
"I think it shows that our numbers are here," Aaron Quinn, a 28-year-old Paul supporter from Brunswick, said after the close chairmanship vote. Paul supporter Brent Tweed, a state committee member from York County, was elected chairman with 1,118 delegates' votes, just four more votes than the mainstream candidate, Charles Cragin, a one-time gubernatorial candidate. A Paul supporter was also narrowly elected secretary. The votes were largely symbolic but important because they show the level of support at the crowded convention for the libertarian-leaning Paul. His supporters' real goals were to elect majorities on Republican county, state and national committees -- and elect a majority of the state's delegates to this summer's GOP national convention in Tampa, Fla. Delivering 13 of Maine's 24 delegates to Paul would ensure he gets a chance to address the convention, said Matthew McDonald of Belfast, a Paul-supporting delegate. "That's why Maine today is really, really important," McDonald said. Nevada Republicans, who were holding their convention Saturday, also expected a strong Paul showing. "I think it's a democratic process with a small D," Cragin said. "I just hope this enthusiasm continues with some longevity after Tampa." Votes for a party platform, national delegates and national committee members were also scheduled for Saturday. Paul supporters said they had no objections to the platform, which included calls for fiscal prudence and no new taxes, strong local and weak national governments, making English the official language of Maine, right to work and voter ID law, and other items. Two years ago, tea party activists who showed up in force at the convention forced changes that left their mark on the platform. Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/05/06/paul-supporters-make-mark-at-maine-gop-convention/#ixzz1u6E5aNoqAUGUSTA, Maine – Ron Paul's army of supporters in Maine flexed their muscle Saturday as they elected their candidate for chairman of the state Republican convention, a first step toward taking over key party committees and giving the Texas congressman a voice at this summer's national convention.
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#12. To: We The People, Badeye (#7)
Don't believe everything you hear WTP... I'm sure ole Badeye himself would get a 'chuckle' over the fact that I've been 'identified' as him by the usual band of boring liberal fuck-ups.
Then how do you explain the Bill of Rights?
Don't believe everything you hear WTP... I'm sure ole Badeye himself would get a 'chuckle' over the fact that I've been 'identified' as him by the usual band of boring liberal fuck-ups. Sorry. You're right. But Badeye and I had very similar discussions, and his positions were very similar to yours. But you're right, I jumped to a conclusion. Your logic, language and posting style appear almost identical though. Actually, I miss having these discussions. Where is Badeye?
Then you disagree with Reagan, who said, "I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism". How about, you now tell me what conservatism means to you?
Your logic, language and posting style appear almost identical though. Actually, I miss having these discussions. Where is Badeye? As far as I know..Badeye got tired of some of the trolls at this site and posts almost exclusively on Facebook where folks can't hide behind a screen name. He and I share some of the same political philosophy, but he's been posting on these chit-chat sites much longer than I have. Our differences are more likely to be on some social issues (for example I don't like pit bulls and he's into dog rescue) than political issues, but I haven't really kept up with his views in the past year or so. I agree though, he'd make this a more interesting place.
Individual freedoms protected by a Federal judiciary. Today's libertarians seem to forget the second part of the equation.
Is he going to search out those that disagree with him? I guess that's OK for him, he's pretty safe in that since he's pretty much in lockstep with today's status quo totalitarian government.
Uhhhhhhhhh, are you serious here? Has the federal judiciary protected American citizens from the Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the recent NDAA, which all clearly violate the Bill of Rights? Our founders believed those rights to be inalienable and insisted on their inclusion before the constitution was ratified. That shows definite libertarian leanings. Can you argue otherwise?
You seem to have a child's expectation of instant gratification and fairness. Go to Federal court and file your grievances. Exercise your first amendment right to peaceably assemble and petition the government. Vote out the scoundrels who pass those laws you disagree with. Get the drift?
You seem to have a child's expectation of instant gratification and fairness. I'll take that as a, "No, the federal judiciary has not protected American citizens from the Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the recent NDAA, which all clearly violate the Bill of Rights". Go to Federal court and file your grievances. Exercise your first amendment right to peaceably assemble and petition the government. Vote out the scoundrels who pass those laws you disagree with. Get the drift? Have you petitioned the government for a redress of grievances concerning these laws and their clear violations of the Bill of Rights? Because I have, and I've been ignored. If you haven't, do you not have those libertarian leanings that would make you care about those rights, or do you believe these laws do not violate those rights? Or, does this mean you don't want to discuss the issue anymore?
No..take it as a suggestion to buy a vowel. The Federal courts are available to hear your grievance but you have to get off the couch, put on your big boy clothes and avail yourself to them. They aren't going to proactively "fix it" for you. Sabe?
Who knows what this is in reference to. My guess is you attended a tea-party or a similar Ron Paul event. BFD.
Who knows what this is in reference to. I told you, I think, speak and type literally. If you don't understand plain English, then I can't help you. My guess is you attended a tea-party or a similar Ron Paul event. BFD. LOL! Well, then that would make you twice as stupid, now wouldn't it.
Sure you can. For example you could explain in greater detail exactly what kind of petition you made, to what government entity you made it, and for how long. -btw Standing in front of the Post Office with a poster of Obama as Hitler doesn't count.
FWIW, I just talked yesterday to a friend I hadn't heard from in a while who is running for office locally. He tells me that of the 15 delegates going to the state convention here in Michigan, 14 are pledged to Ron Paul.
"if you're not cop, you're little people" Exclusively on FB since I stopped posting here. Yes, the trolls with fake screen names, and faked internet lives got tedious, but I also grew tired of the personal attack threads posted as 'breaking news'. I will say I find it hilarious just how many of these idiots claim I have multiple accounts and screen names here. Kooks are funny, to a point anyway. I see war got banned from here and another website again...continuing a 12 year pattern (laughing). Anyway....nice to see the site is a tad more focused on whats 'real' these days.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
On thing about you, your Badlies never change. How were the meals in the hoosegow? Earth to Badlie, war is not banned.
Almost every country in the Middle East is awash in oil, and we have to side with the one that has nothing but joos. Goddamn, that was good thinkin'. Esso posted on 2012-01-13 7:37:56 ET
He's not banned here. What other website are you referring to?
I see you found a friend... Odd...when he PM'd me he told me that he couldn't stand you and that he admired the way I drove you crazy... Here's a helpful hint for any ventriloquist, T-Boofer...when your lips move the effect is spoiled...
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
VENTRILOQUIST'S DUMMY PING
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Oh, so something from a couple of months back where he told Stone to fuck off. Oh well lmao.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Odd...when he PM'd me he told me that he couldn't stand you and that he admired the way I drove you crazy.. Wrong again, Willie. Now, you can return to pretend you are somebody...but honestly? Quit living through your kid. Its pathetic.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Fuck off Rick. Say "Hi" to the wife... (snicker)
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
BTW, Ricky, no one is buying this little Thunderbird tap dance of yours and as I mentioned to someone who posts here that the more I annoyed you as TBoof the closer we were to seeing you *appear* again. You weren't going to risk being booted from TBL with your "Willie" *tic*...I figured that it was just a matter of time before you broke free from the gurney... Thanks for being so preDICKtable...
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Hey, stick around awhile. Worthy opponents are getting hard to come by.
sup
What do you believe petitioning the government for redress of grievances in a representative republic means? Do I have to explain EVERYTHING to you? I've met with my representatives in the house and senate, in their offices, spoken to their office on a number of occasions, exchanged multiple emails, written certified letters not only to my representatives but also to the DOJ and the white house on a variety of issues. I've had both of my senators and my representatives offices call my home. In each and every instance I have been ignored, dodged and brushed off, but believe me, my representatives know me well and absolutely know my views on issues. They can't even begin to represent me if they don't know my views. Rarely a week goes by without some sort of contact. My mailbox is continuously flooded with form letters. Have you ever contacted your representatives? If you had, then you would know exactly what I'm talking about without an explanation, so I doubt that you have. And no, posting photoshopped photos of Obama on Facebook doesn't count.
Well..apparently they think Thunderbird is one of those names, with the dwarf being the main instigator. I guess its projection on his part considering the multiple screen names & accounts he's used to follow you like a puppy across multiple chit chat sites over the years. It must satisfy some pathetic *need* he has to appear relevant to think he's responding to his 'nemesis' when he's posting to me, who knows? Fwiw I've posted on some of the same forums with you over the years too, using a different moniker. Some other names you'd likely remember from those days are LuisG, Sabertooth, and Magic (r.i.p.). Anyhow, thanks for dropping by and setting the record straight. Cheers -TB
You are full of shit.
:o) I have many friends and family who were diehard neo's, who wouldn't give Paul a second thought last election, that are all supporting him this time around. Some even volunteered for him locally. One of them just posted to me on our family forum about a film he'd just seen, called 'Money Masters'. LOL! I didn't bring up the fact that I posted the same film to him 8 years ago.
The problem that you have Boofer is your total lack of creativity. The above is a near verbatim typical Boofer screech about the means old nasties dwarfs. What you will never understand about life, Boof, is that some people are *sharks* and some are *food*...the shark never complains...the food always *does*. Stop complaining... BTW, the person who *chased* you across multiple forums is pretty well known to everyone and everyone pretty well knows that it was not me...Cement Mixer was a different story that goes like this: Once upon a time Boofer got hoisted on his own petard and the hoister lived happily ever after...the end... *sniff* *sniff* I just love a story with a happy ending...
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Your forgot to ping your alter ego Fred!
Obama's watch stopped on 24 May 2008, but he's been too busy smoking crack to notice.
What you will never understand about life, Boof, is that some people are *sharks* and some are *food*...the shark never complains...the food always *does*. All this tells me is that you're a bigger fool and a lot less connected with reality than I thought WARt. Feel better huh? -btw I'm sure Badeye at least is getting a *chuckle* over your misplaced obsession.
Lol! I had a feeling old Freddie was a sock puppet.
No, you are chump.
Whatever...no one believes you anyway and it was more or less affirmed on the other site yesterday. (snicker)
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Geezus...you don't even realize the Booferific signal flares that you send up do you? You are using the SAME words and SAME phrases under BOTH names...if you want your ruse to have the least bit of legitmacy go to dictionary.com and start using the thesaurus.
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Lol..the only thing affirmed at the other site is that you're a whiny troll who gets smacked around. You're no more credible in your latest *incarnation* than you have been elsewhere. How many sites have you been kicked off to date..is it 8 or 10? (lmao)
3...4 if you want to include FR... Or 2 less than you...4UM won't have you...TPF won't have you...you have the distinctive honor of being kicked off of a forum that you helped create...when other place was in its first form, the mods there made it quite clear that you weren't welcome which puts Thunderbird and your thus your prozak/librium cocktail style of posting there is put into perspective. Your other problem is that you were deliberately goaded into returning here as badeye to satisfy your war *tic*. You reached a point where you had to somehow break free from the gurney or risk getting banned at the other place. This was predicted by me to more than one poster here and the other place. I told them specifically that as I confronted you more, the closer we were to seeing you revice the old act...*tic* and all. The Tea Rooom was a suicide mission to embarrass you...which it did. I'd like to be able to tell you that I just cannot believe what you told those little old ladies about me on the mod threads but, of course I can believe it. In your little *dream* world you are always being persecuted for being such a paragon of virtue. The most misunderstood *nice* guy in the internets. I tried to bankrupt you...ROFLMAO...please...here's a helpful clue Boof...this is what I think of you in one succinct thought: ......................... Got it? Look, I'll admit that you threw me for a loop at first as your PM's caught me off guard, but the cat came quickly out of the bag. There is only one poster who has that distinctive whiff of bile about him and it's you. If it walks like a duck talks like a duck and smells like a goddam duck...it's Badeye. (grin) You claim to have posted with *Badeye* on other forums yet you never made the claim that you posted with me which, had you posted *with* badye, you most certainly would have with me...so...what was your screen name(s)?
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Drinking a brown bag vintage like this brings out Badlie's 'little me' which is his thinly disguised dupe account that gets the name of rotgut. Considering badeye is part of the rotgut of forum culture, it fits.
It's become clear that you are going to require another demonstration of the negative consequences to your obsessive delusional behavior. I hope you're not in a hurry to board your next flight to San Francisco.
Badeye asked...(Oops, sorry Badeye) I mean, Thunderbird asked,
#13. To: Thunderbird (#11)
I agree that conservatism starts with a deep understanding of our founding principles, but I disagree that libertarianism is at the root.
#14. To: Thunderbird (#12)
Badeye asked...(Oops, sorry Badeye) I mean, Thunderbird asked,
#15. To: Thunderbird (#11)
I agree that conservatism starts with a deep understanding of our founding principles, but I disagree that libertarianism is at the root.
#16. To: We The People, Badeye (#14)
But Badeye and I had very similar discussions, and his positions were very similar to yours. But you're right, I jumped to a conclusion.
#17. To: We The People (#13)
Then how do you explain the Bill of Rights?
#18. To: Thunderbird (#16)
As far as I know..Badeye got tired of some of the trolls at this site and posts almost exclusively on Facebook where folks can't hide behind a screen name.
#19. To: Thunderbird (#17)
Individual freedoms protected by a Federal judiciary.
#20. To: We The People (#19)
Has the federal judiciary protected American citizens from the Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the recent NDAA, which all clearly violate the Bill of Rights?
#21. To: Thunderbird (#20)
Has the federal judiciary protected American citizens from the Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the recent NDAA, which all clearly violate the Bill of Rights?
#22. To: We The People (#21)
I'll take that as a, "No, the federal judiciary has not protected American citizens from the Patriot Act, Military Commissions Act of 2006 and the recent NDAA, which all clearly violate the Bill of Rights".
#23. To: We The People (#21)
(Edited)
Because I have, and I've been ignored.
#24. To: Thunderbird (#23)
Have you petitioned the government for a redress of grievances concerning these laws and their clear violations of the Bill of Rights? Because I have, and I've been ignored.
#25. To: We The People (#24)
I told you, I think, speak and type literally. If you don't understand plain English, then I can't help you.
#26. To: We The People, SJN, hondo68, buckeroo, harrowup (#1)
#27. To: Thunderbird (#16)
s far as I know..Badeye got tired of some of the trolls at this site and posts almost exclusively on Facebook where folks can't hide behind a screen name.
#28. To: Badeye (#27)
#29. To: Badeye (#27)
I see war got banned from here and another website again...
#30. To: Badeye (#27)
#31. To: Thunderbird (#30)
#32. To: Fred Mertz (#29)
#33. To: war (#30)
see you found a friend...
#34. To: Badeye (#33)
#35. To: Badeye (#33)
(Edited)
#36. To: Badeye (#27)
#37. To: war (#34)
#38. To: Thunderbird (#25)
you could explain in greater detail
#39. To: Badeye (#27)
I will say I find it hilarious just how many of these idiots claim I have multiple accounts and screen names here. Kooks are funny, to a point anyway.
#40. To: Thunderbird (#39)
#41. To: Deckard (#26)
FWIW, I just talked yesterday to a friend I hadn't heard from in a while who is running for office locally. He tells me that of the 15 delegates going to the state convention here in Michigan, 14 are pledged to Ron Paul.
#42. To: Thunderbird (#39)
(Edited)
I guess its projection on his part considering the multiple screen names & accounts he's used to follow you like a puppy across multiple chit chat sites over the years. It must satisfy some pathetic *need* he has to appear relevant to think he's responding to his 'nemesis' when he's posting to me, who knows?
#43. To: war, Thunderbird, Badeye, Fred Mertz, *Liberal Rehab Staff* (#31)
VENTRILOQUIST'S DUMMY PING
"We (government) need to do a lot less, a lot sooner" ~Ron Paul
#44. To: war, badeye (#42)
The problem that you have Boofer is your total lack of creativity. The above is a near verbatim typical Boofer screech about the means old nasties dwarfs.
#45. To: hondo68 (#43)
Your forgot to ping your alter ego Fred!
#46. To: Fred Mertz (#40)
You are full of shit.
#47. To: Thunderbird (#44)
(Edited)
#48. To: Thunderbird (#46)
No, you are chump.
#49. To: war (#47)
Whatever...no one believes you anyway and it was more or less affirmed on the other site yesterday.
#50. To: Thunderbird (#49)
(Edited)
#51. To: war (#50)
#52. To: war (#50)
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