Evan Kenney had just turned 18 and registered to vote for the first time when he campaigned to be an alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention. Lauding Ronald Reagan’s principles and blasting Keynesian economics at the Lynnfield caucus in April, the Wakefield High School senior beat out several well-known Massachusetts Republicans, including the party’s most recent nominee for governor, Charles D. Baker Jr.
But earlier this month, Kenney was one of 17 delegates and alternates disqualified by a Republican committee deciding who gets to represent Massachusetts Republicans at the national convention in Tampa. Kenney and others had failed to deliver in time an affidavit swearing, under the penalty of perjury, that they would support Mitt Romney’s nomination for president.
An affidavit is never mentioned in the Republican Party’s rules for selecting delegates and has never been required of delegates in the past, GOP critics say. Suspicions are steep this year because Kenney and the others are supporters of Ron Paul, the libertarian candidate whose quixotic campaign for president culminated in an effort to take over state caucuses nationwide. The delegates must vote for Romney, based on his strong primary win in Massachusetts, but Paul’s supporters hope to use the convention to draw attention to his agenda, including auditing the Federal Reserve and requiring wars to be declared by Congress.
In Massachusetts, Paul’s Liberty Slate swept the Republican caucuses in April, stealing delegate spots that were expected to go to Romney’s friends and allies, whom he had selected. Massachusetts, a state dominated by Democrats and typically marginalized at national Republican events, could have an unusual share of the limelight at this year’s convention, since its former governor is the party’s expected presidential nominee.
Read More at boston.com. By Stephanie Ebbert.
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Ron probably doesn’t even care much since it seems his whole “run” was a SHAM, done only to get enough power to get the eventual winner to put his son, Rand Paul, on the ballot as VP.
Totally disgusting
While I want whoever can replace BHO…I would like to ask you…WHO else running in this current campaign is a staunch supporter of the Constitution and the Rights we WERE guaranteed in that document??? WHO else might be able to return our Country to the vision that out Forefathers founded this “exceptionally great” Nation upon?? WHO else spoke about returning this Country to fiscal responsibility and had an actual plan to do this within 4 years?? Everyone else was pretty much “business as usual”. Sure Romney will create jobs…but, he isn’t in favor of repealing NDAA…or the TSA and isn’t really THAT strong on 2nd Amendment Rights…and there are quite a few issues he seems to support…or not… determined by the WANTS of the crowd he is addressing. For all thoughts and purposes…I would want to vote for Ron Paul…but I will vote for who has the best chance of replacing BHO. The rest can be taken care of come the election in another 4 years if the “goods” weren’t “as represented”.
As far as Rand Paul…Ron Paul would probably have had Judge Andrew Napolitano for his VP. I feel that Ron Paul was really more interested on where Mitt Romney stood on the IMPORTANT issues. Rand Paul is capable of securing whatever political position he may want without “Daddy’s” influence. Ron Paul has still NOT supported Romney as he doesn’t believe that he is meeting “head on” the issues that are vital for the ultimate survival of this Country. Jobs are important…but, what are we without the FREEDOMS guaranteed in the Constitution?? Jobs are a bandaid for a hemoraging wound caused by all the greedy jackels now proliferating Washington and Wall Street who want to continue the growth and CONTROL of every aspect of our Lives. Unless we can get them out of controlling everything down to the size of the soda we drink…America is lost.
I’m fed up with both partys. You vote for a politian and thats what you get. Finger pointers, liars and general people that want a free ride on our money. Too bad they are the only ones that run for any office.
Seems a bit strange, don’t you think?…That the Mass. RNC are enforcing a rule of procedure that is NOT a rule? That’s the problem with incumbent politicians…They’re under Oath of Office to uphold the Constitution, but instead enforce everything that’s NOT Constitutional, as if they hold themselves above the Oath & above the Law as long as they can get their own way by “enforcing” something else. Repubs are just as guilty of this as Demos…
Is the Goldman Sachs that owns Our Fearless Golfer the same one that owns Romney? Or is there another one on Wall St.? Just asking? Peace, Robert Walker