Ron Paul’s rowdy sideshow

Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:00:00 +0000

A father-and-son duo from Oklahoma ambled around the “PaulFest” counter-convention Saturday, held at Florida State Fairgrounds on the outskirts of Tampa. Both men had sought to become official Paul delegates to the Republican National Convention this week, but only one ultimately succeeded. The younger, Adam Bates -- a graduate of Michigan Law School and former intern at the CATO Institute -- reported being thwarted by “establishment” GOP types at the Oklahoma state convention in May, when delegates were apportioned. “These Republicans can’t even follow the rules that they wrote for themselves!” he cried. “Oklahoma had a shadow convention out in the parking lot, because they turned the lights out and locked the doors. So I was elected at the one in the parking lot.”

Needless to say, the Republican National Committee did not recognize the legitimacy of said election. “Especially because this is a Ron Paul crowd, the prevailing sentiment is, we’re big on following the Constitution -- the rule of law,” Bates continued. “Not drone assassinations of American citizens, not undeclared wars ...”

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Ron Paul’s rowdy sideshow