Republican Convention Ron Paul Delegate Ruckus

Joshua Lock emails:

Robert you must cover this!

I was a delegate to the Oklahoma convention personally. The Republican establishment closed off the section with Tulsa County that held a massive majority of Ron Paul people, The convention was reconvened outside in the parking lot of the Embassy Suites.

Update via The Examiner:

The GOP in Oklahoma has some explaining to do.

As of this writing, the GOP convention in Oklahoma is being continued in the parking lot because the temporary chair ended the convention illegitimately before a roll call for delegate selection could take place. Party rules state that a convention can be ended if two thirds of the attendees approve dissolution. Apparently that did not happen, but the temporary chair adjourned anyway before scheduled business was completed. Consequently, a group of disenfranchised attendees decided to continue the proceedings outside (video) in what is known as a Rump convention (see below).

Author's Note: The Chairman Elect that is seen in the embedded video used the term, Rump Convention to describe the process that continued in the parking lot. Other observers believe that term is incorrect. According to their view, this was merely a continuation of the convention in a different location.

Instead of conducting a roll call vote, which is required by Party rules, the chair asked for a voice vote for a predetermined delegate slate that was favorable to Mitt Romney, despite objections from the floor. The reason provided for this decision according to the chair, apparently oblivious to influence from the audience, was that ‘It was the way they always did it’. This appears to be a clear case of Establishment GOP corruption because the insiders wanted to select a slate of delegates that was not supported by the majority of attendees at the convention

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