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Victory in Vegas! http://ur1.ca/9d544 #ronpaul #election2012 !libertarian
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@pete that article brings up good point: what matters is where the money goes (SuperPACs) not delegates. True?
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Money helps. But as it turns out, money doesn't vote.
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They're setting themselves up. Team NV illegally looted the NRP treasury on their way out the door, and...
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@pete except in the popular elections. Case study after case study suggests that money at the right time votes.
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...the RNC is illegally supporting them. And we just sit back and keep feeding them that rope.
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And whose fault is that, America?
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That may sound glib, but it is not. It sounds like your real problem here is that people are often fucking stupid and easily manipulated...
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"Getting money out of politics" sure as hell won't change that.
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And "getting money out of politics" isn't feasible anyway, without "getting government money into politics." And then God help you.
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@pete unless congress people are stripped of all responsibility (I mean all) money will be in politics. Same for POTUS. #weagreethere
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@pete so, with that axiom, it follows that maybe Dr Paul is doomed without hundreds of millions of dollars (that Romney and Co have).
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#yup. But I think my earlier point was true as well; no effort at "getting the money out" will make people smarter or more literate.
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By "Co" do you mean "Obama?"
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@pete I mean Cheney's SuperPAC. Did you listen to the This American Life story on SuperPACs/Fundraising? Worthwhile.
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IAC, we've got something they lack, and something money can't buy. Two things, actually. Education and passion. And they're contagious.
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That cash won't help them now. R-Money's the "presumptive nominee," remember? He can't dive back into the fray without discrediting himself.
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And no, but I'll queue it up.
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Now does all that education and passion spell a miracle upset in Tampa? Maybe, maybe not. But we are into the phase where...
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...the things you can't buy count for more than the things you can.
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@pete IAC? Also, worst case scenario (for Romney): Paul gets RNC ratified (or whatever). Romney and Co now runs as IND, ironic twist, that.
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"In any case."
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It'd be the end of the GOP as you know it. Which would be delightful, but unlikely. The whole R-Money campaign has been about keeping...
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...top-down control of the GOP. It's obviously not about nominating an electable candidate, because he's not.
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It's the only explanation I can find. They're willing to lose the election to keep the party under control. #nonedarecallitconspiracy
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