Call on the 168 Republican
National Committee members to rescind Rule 12 at their “winter meeting” in
January Jan. 23-26 at the Westin in Charlotte, NC.
TEA Party members and
supporters are the “Conservative base” of the Republican Party. The Republican Party need the TEA Party as
the TEA Party needs the Republican Party. – Oscar Y. Harward
“The change to Rule #12 is designed
to allow the RNC in Washington the power to enact new rules between National
Conventions without an actual vote of the Party delegates. This change in the
Rules was adopted!”
“I totally support Mitt Romney 100%
as the Party's nominee and I also call on Reince Priebus and Mitt Romney to
reverse or rescind the changes to Rule #12 that were passed on the first day of
the National Convention which make it much more difficult for all grass roots
activists including Tea Party activists all over America to have any influence
inside of the Republican Party… The real villains here are Karl Rove, Reince
Priebus, and unfortunately Mitt Romney! I can support Mitt Romney and also
support fair and decent Party Rules at the same time. I can do both!” - Morton
Blackwell Letter
“The Rules Changes at the Republican Nation Convention were probably designed to block more than just Ron Paul peeps.” – Scott Rohter
It’s a tad complicated but there were several changes to the Rules that were being considered on the very first day of the Convention while the chief organizer of the opposition to these rules changes, the senior delegate from Virginia and longtime Republican conservative activist Morton Blackwell, and the entire Virginia delegation were being driven around in circles by a bus at the very same time that the vote was being taken on the floor. Finally when delegates on the bus noticed that they were passing the same scenery over and over again they demanded that the bus driver stop the bus and let them off. Then they walked to the Convention Center! Unfortunately for them however they arrived late and the Rules Changes had already been adopted.
The general gist of the idea as it was portrayed by the people who were behind the proposed rules changes was to prevent a hostile takeover of the Republican Party and the National Convention by members of the Ron Paul contingent, the Ron Paul Revolution and the Campaign for Liberty. And without Mr. Blackwell present who is by no means a Ron Paul supporter and the members of the Virginia delegation present, the resistance to the proposed rules changes just faded away.
Not only were the new rules designed to muzzle the Ron Paul Revolutionaries during the Convention at Tampa, but they are also designed to squelch any conservative opposition to a second term for Mitt Romney in 2016, if he wins in 2012. They are specifically designed to prevent the conservatives in the TEA Party from gathering enough support in the ensuing four years to coalesce around another authentic conservative candidate in 2016. Perhaps it will be Michele Bachmann. Perhaps it will be Alan West. Perhaps it will be Scott walker. But whoever it is, these rules changes are designed to make it harder for conservative activists in the TEA Party to be heard from on a par equal to the Establishment.
What Rules were affected?
The change to Rule #12 is designed to allow the RNC in Washington the power to enact new rules between National Conventions without an actual vote of the Party delegates. This change in the Rules was adopted!
Mr. Blackwell opposed the entire compromise because of the change made to Rule #12. His logic is impeccable! He said that as long as Rule #12 remained changed and the RNC can make up new rules between National Conventions which occur every four years, there is no guarantee that the RNC will not re-write any rule that it doesn’t like at a later date! The RNC usually goes along with its Chairman. That is Reince Priebus. The Chairman usually follows the lead of his President, or the Party’s presumptive nominee. That would be Mitt Romney. So in effect Romney’s Rules have squashed conservative activists like the bugs that he really thinks we are!
I totally support Mitt Romney 100% as the Party's nominee and I also call on Reince Priebus and Mitt Romney to reverse or rescind the changes to Rule #12 that were passed on the first day of the National Convention which make it much more difficult for all grass roots activists including Tea Party activists all over America to have any influence inside of the Republican Party… The real villains here are Karl Rove, Reince Priebus, and unfortunately Mitt Romney! I can support Mitt Romney and also support fair and decent Party Rules at the same time. I can do both!
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Outside Sources
Morton Blackwell Letter
http://www.freedomworks.org/blog/dean-clancy/romneys-rnc-power-grab-what-happened
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