TAMPA -- Mitt Romney's presidential campaign gave Texas Rep. Ron Paul a chance to speak at the Republican National Convention, but he declined due to the conditions of the offer, the New York Times reports:
Mr. Paul, in an interview, said convention planners had offered him an opportunity to speak under two conditions: that he deliver remarks vetted by the Romney campaign, and that he give a full-fledged endorsement of Mr. Romney. He declined. "It wouldn't be my speech," Mr. Paul said. "That would undo everything I've done in the last 30 years. I don't fully endorse him for president."
Republicans plan to show a tribute video honoring the the retiring libertarian politician Tuesday at the convention. Paul is also holding his own rally nearby on Sunday afternoon.
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Mr. Paul, in an interview, said convention planners had offered him an opportunity to speak under two conditions: that he deliver remarks vetted by the Romney campaign, and that he give a full-fledged endorsement of Mr. Romney. He declined.
The first - the nominees team vetting convention speeches has been pretty much standard procedure by both Dems and Reps for about the last 30 years.
The second - it would be the gentlemanly thing to do -- show party unity and such.
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If anyone watched the behind the scenes live feeds at the RNC convention and saw what was going on, everyone should be upset. I wil be writing Ron Paul in, my one son is probably voting Gary Johnson and my other son will vote for Obama. The RNC put many nails in their coffin yesterday and many are upset. Not just Ron Paul supporters but also Romney delegates.
I have never supported Ron Paul. I do agree that Paul was treated badly in this whole process. Any candidate should have been given the same opportunity in the Republican Party. The same thing happened to John Mccain in 2000 when the NY GOP kept McCain off the primary ballot in NY State.
The Republican party is an ever shrinking tent... no women, no minorities, no opposing ideas, no gays, no one except us white, rich guys. I thought that the GOP may shift to the left, or in another direction to evolve into a viable party... I now wonder if it may just disappear and another party take it's place.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Again... I'm not at all a Ron Paul supporter but I do feel bad for the RP groupies in the Republican Party. In a way, Paul brought this on himself by running as a Republican instead of some other party. This is a case of the school yard bully pushing the lower class men out of the way because they have the power to do so. Just think of the support that RP groupies could have brought to the Republican Party if the GOP had told Paul, we can give you just 5 or 10 minutes of convention time and we'd appreciate your support. If you can't endorse Romney,then at least center your speech around policy that you and Romney agree on and add a few words about party unity. My guess... Paul would have satisfied most of that and a word of appreciation to his groupies. All parties could have left the convention with 80 % of what they wanted.
The GOP are a$$holes. They cut off their noses to spite their face and will lose big time because of it. If I were a Ron Paul groupie, I'd vote for an alternative, or Obama or just vote for the lower candidates but skip voting for Romney/Ryan. They don't deserve your vote.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
National conventions are tightly scripted, mostly made-for-tv events these days. What drama there was during the roll call vote by the states at the Republican National Convention was mostly confined to some anger from Ron Paul supporters on their shabby treatment. Case in point, the rather strange decision to not announce Ron Paul's votes at all from the stage. Someone from each state would come to the microphone, proudly announce their state totals for each candidate, and then when repeated from the stage, any votes not for Mitt Romney would not be named at all . A bit surreal. John King on CNN called the move "petty" and "fifth grade level". (Even Wolf Blitzer put on his serious face for that one.) A few minutes later John Sununu, a Romney surrogate and rules committee chairman for the convention, came on to explain that there were still hard feelings at some state levels where they felt the Ron Paul supporters had "hijacked" their conventions.
The GOP are petty little thinkers... they throw away RP votes and will pay the price for it in November.
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness. John Kenneth Galbraith
Logged
They cut off their noses to spite their face and will lose big time because of it.
