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(Politico) Scary In order to prevent a Ron Paul victory at the Iowa caucuses, the GOP have moved the vote-counting to an undisclosed location   (politico.com) divider line 209
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themindiswatching [TotalFark]
2011-12-29 08:42:09 PM
Your GOP candidate for president is Mitt Romney, and you've always supported him. This is all a show for the benefit of the media.
 
CRNewsom [TotalFark]
2011-12-29 08:50:22 PM
Since when did my condo association start running the GOP?
 
Hobodeluxe
2011-12-29 09:09:21 PM
Remember folks. The establishment always wins.
 
2wolves [TotalFark]
2011-12-29 09:10:32 PM
Subby, are you claiming the Iowa state GOP lacks credibility?
 
WTF Indeed
2011-12-29 09:25:03 PM
So a party that has spent the last four years recruiting the "Obama is taking away our freedoms" is about to appear to take away the Freedom of free and fair elections? This means if Paul loses Iowa his people will demand he runs a third party, thus sinking the GOP nominee.
 
Raharu
2011-12-29 09:29:03 PM
WTF Indeed: So a party that has spent the last four years recruiting the "Obama is taking away our freedoms" is about to appear to take away the Freedom of free and fair elections? This means if Paul loses Iowa his people will demand he runs a third party, thus sinking the GOP nominee.

Just as planned.

The GoP is farking around, and looking for a scapegoat this election cycle. They want a fall guy. They will try to recoup the next election cycle. They know they can't win with any of the players they have in the field.
 
St_Francis_P [TotalFark]
2011-12-29 09:52:56 PM
RON PAUL!
 
Snarfangel
2011-12-29 10:35:53 PM
2wolves: Subby, are you claiming the Iowa state GOP lacks credibility?

That's needlessly precise.
 
Snarfangel
2011-12-29 10:41:06 PM
WTF Indeed: So a party that has spent the last four years recruiting the "Obama is taking away our freedoms" is about to appear to take away the Freedom of free and fair elections? This means if Paul loses Iowa his people will demand he runs a third party, thus sinking the GOP nominee.

I would prefer to have Gary Johnson sink the GOP nominee.

/maybe there will be a Republican clamor for Approval voting. Hey, it could happen. In an alternate universe.
 
2wolves [TotalFark]
2011-12-29 11:03:18 PM
Snarfangel: 2wolves: Subby, are you claiming the Iowa state GOP lacks credibility?

That's needlessly precise.

Such is my curse. Drives MeinR up his padded walls.
 
Weaver95 [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:03:13 AM
But how will the Emperor maintain control without the local bureaucracy?
 
whidbey
2011-12-30 12:11:06 AM
Wow this should bring out the conspiracy nuts.

Although personally I can't wait for RON PAUL's Ross Perot "They sabotaged my daughter's wedding!" moment...
 
heap
2011-12-30 12:13:25 AM
Old Glory should start selling Occupist Insurance to supplement their Robot offerings.
 
Apos [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:14:03 AM
*Sniff sniff* Paranoia has a pungent aroma.
 
Snarcoleptic_Hoosier [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:15:02 AM
Weaver95: But how will the Emperor maintain control without the local bureaucracy?

Fear will keep the local doorknob-humpers in line. Fear of this Fartbama candidacy.
 
SilentStrider [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:15:06 AM
Weaver95: But how will the Emperor maintain control without the local bureaucracy?

Fear will keep the local counties in line.
 
culebra
2011-12-30 12:16:05 AM
The new RNC headquarters:

i729.photobucket.com

Real slick, guys.
 
IlGreven
2011-12-30 12:17:19 AM
...if Iran or Sudan held elections like we do, who would bet that outside monitoring firms would be screaming their heads off at how fraudulent the elections would be?
 
quatchi
2011-12-30 12:17:38 AM
So Dick Cheney is counting the votes then?

/Maybe he just sits there in a wheelchair stroking his cat while his nubile servants toss them on the fire?
 
Snarcoleptic_Hoosier [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:18:07 AM
SilentStrider: Weaver95: But how will the Emperor maintain control without the local bureaucracy?

Fear will keep the local counties in line.

Damn! 4 Seconds away from a Star Wars/Political Dual Post.
 
Weaver95 [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:18:51 AM
SilentStrider: Weaver95: But how will the Emperor maintain control without the local bureaucracy?

Fear will keep the local counties in line.

you'll have to pardon me....I've been playing star wars online.
 
Notabunny
2011-12-30 12:19:15 AM
Snarfangel: 2wolves: Subby, are you claiming the Iowa state GOP lacks credibility?

That's needlessly precise.

It's more that the GOP in general dislikes uncertainty

Va. GOP will require loyalty oath in presidential primary (new window)

fta The state Republican Party will require voters to sign a loyalty oath in order to participate in the March 6 presidential primary.

Anyone who wants to vote must sign a form at the polling place pledging to support the eventual Republican nominee for president. Anyone who refuses to sign will be barred from voting in the primary.
 
Notabunny
2011-12-30 12:21:31 AM
SilentStrider: Weaver95: But how will the Emperor maintain control without the local bureaucracy?

Fear will keep the local counties in line.

Don't be too proud of this political machine you've constructed.
 
Mavent
2011-12-30 12:22:22 AM
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...and the President says: "What's my agenda?"
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:23:05 AM
Notabunny: Snarfangel: 2wolves: Subby, are you claiming the Iowa state GOP lacks credibility?

That's needlessly precise.

It's more that the GOP in general dislikes uncertainty

Va. GOP will require loyalty oath in presidential primary (new window)

fta The state Republican Party will require voters to sign a loyalty oath in order to participate in the March 6 presidential primary.

Anyone who wants to vote must sign a form at the polling place pledging to support the eventual Republican nominee for president. Anyone who refuses to sign will be barred from voting in the primary.

Don't forget that Rick Perry is suing Virginia because he couldn't meet the requirements to be on the primary ballot, so he feels that he should be on the ballot alongside the candidates who actually went through the process the correct way.
 
StokeyBob
2011-12-30 12:25:45 AM
Weaver95: But how will the Emperor maintain control without the local bureaucracy?

By good example.
 
BMulligan
2011-12-30 12:27:44 AM
Snarfangel: I would prefer to have Gary Johnson sink the GOP nominee.

He's working on it - he announced today that he's leaving the Republican Party and pursuing the Libertarian nomination for president.
 
TV's Vinnie
2011-12-30 12:27:47 AM
The only reason Ron Paul cultists don't commit suicide after losing so many times is because Kool Aid isn't in the Constitution.
 
whidbey
2011-12-30 12:29:10 AM
Weaver95: But how will the Emperor maintain control without the local bureaucracy?

With burning hot gold-plated largesse, rained down from the palace roof upon the tattered madding crowd...
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:29:47 AM
TV's Vinnie: The only reason Ron Paul cultists don't commit suicide after losing so many times is because Kool Aid isn't in the Constitution.

FLAVOR-AID!

/actually, footage from the compound showed both Kool-Aid and Flavor-Aid mix squirreled away in a trunk.
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:30:24 AM
whidbey: Weaver95: But how will the Emperor maintain control without the local bureaucracy?

With burning hot gold-plated largesse, rained down from the palace roof upon the tattered madding crowd...

So, I guess you'd say it's some type of golden shower?
 
Don't Troll Me Bro! [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:33:41 AM
I remember laughing at 3rd world shiatholes when reading about this kind of stuff in their elections. It wasn't all that long ago. Now we've got example after example of the GOP at local, state, and national levels doing the very things we used to hear about from places like Iran, to which we would say "wow, what a sham their elections are, I'm so happy it's not like that here." What's frightening is that as it's now happening here there is a large part of our populace cheering it on simply because "Hey, I'm a Republican and I want my team to win at all costs, so I support this latest election fraud they are committing." This isn't a farking football game.
 
reklamfox
2011-12-30 12:40:24 AM
FirstNationalBastard: Notabunny: Snarfangel: 2wolves: Subby, are you claiming the Iowa state GOP lacks credibility?

That's needlessly precise.

It's more that the GOP in general dislikes uncertainty

Va. GOP will require loyalty oath in presidential primary (new window)

fta The state Republican Party will require voters to sign a loyalty oath in order to participate in the March 6 presidential primary.

Anyone who wants to vote must sign a form at the polling place pledging to support the eventual Republican nominee for president. Anyone who refuses to sign will be barred from voting in the primary.

Don't forget that Rick Perry is suing Virginia because he couldn't meet the requirements to be on the primary ballot, so he feels that he should be on the ballot alongside the candidates who actually went through the process the correct way.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I read on my local VA news site yesterday that a state judge shot down the lawsuit. His staff failed to meet the criteria to get his name on the ballot and he can't pitch a biatch fit to get it changed now.
 
Shaggy_C
2011-12-30 12:40:55 AM
Only on Fark can a story about the Occupy Wall Street terrorists threatening our Right to Democracy turn into a story about Republicans trying to suppress Ron Paul.

Not that there's reason not to believe that there's shenanigans. Remember the joy of the New Hampshire primary in 2008 - "This building is secure"?
 
G1AndyP
2011-12-30 12:41:14 AM
Hobodeluxe: Remember folks. The establishment always wins.

Quit kidding yourself, Ron Paul is part of the "establishment" and always has been. He's just farking insane on top of it.
 
Sock Ruh Tease
2011-12-30 12:42:36 AM
FirstNationalBastard: Don't forget that Rick Perry is suing Virginia because he couldn't meet the requirements to be on the primary ballot, so he feels that he should be on the ballot alongside the candidates who actually went through the process the correct way.

You know who else doesn't meet requirements to be something, but feel they should be alongside the people who actually went through the process the correct way?

All the Republican candidates are tough on illegal immigration, and yet we see this...
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:43:17 AM
reklamfox: FirstNationalBastard: Notabunny: Snarfangel: 2wolves: Subby, are you claiming the Iowa state GOP lacks credibility?

That's needlessly precise.

It's more that the GOP in general dislikes uncertainty

Va. GOP will require loyalty oath in presidential primary (new window)

fta The state Republican Party will require voters to sign a loyalty oath in order to participate in the March 6 presidential primary.

Anyone who wants to vote must sign a form at the polling place pledging to support the eventual Republican nominee for president. Anyone who refuses to sign will be barred from voting in the primary.

Don't forget that Rick Perry is suing Virginia because he couldn't meet the requirements to be on the primary ballot, so he feels that he should be on the ballot alongside the candidates who actually went through the process the correct way.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I read on my local VA news site yesterday that a state judge shot down the lawsuit. His staff failed to meet the criteria to get his name on the ballot and he can't pitch a biatch fit to get it changed now.

Perhaps, but now Gingrich is suing, too! (new window)
 
FirstNationalBastard [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:45:09 AM
FirstNationalBastard: reklamfox: FirstNationalBastard: Notabunny: Snarfangel: 2wolves: Subby, are you claiming the Iowa state GOP lacks credibility?

That's needlessly precise.

It's more that the GOP in general dislikes uncertainty

Va. GOP will require loyalty oath in presidential primary (new window)

fta The state Republican Party will require voters to sign a loyalty oath in order to participate in the March 6 presidential primary.

Anyone who wants to vote must sign a form at the polling place pledging to support the eventual Republican nominee for president. Anyone who refuses to sign will be barred from voting in the primary.

Don't forget that Rick Perry is suing Virginia because he couldn't meet the requirements to be on the primary ballot, so he feels that he should be on the ballot alongside the candidates who actually went through the process the correct way.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I read on my local VA news site yesterday that a state judge shot down the lawsuit. His staff failed to meet the criteria to get his name on the ballot and he can't pitch a biatch fit to get it changed now.

Perhaps, but now Gingrich is suing, too! (new window)

Sorry, a sock puppet is suing for the Gingrich campaign. Let me be the first to correct myself.
 
jj325 [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:46:01 AM
In the words of the great Ray Davies---"Paranoia will destroy ya"

On the bright side maybe Iowa will lose its first in the nation caucus "privileges"
 
Notabunny
2011-12-30 12:51:04 AM
reklamfox: FirstNationalBastard: Notabunny: Snarfangel: 2wolves: Subby, are you claiming the Iowa state GOP lacks credibility?

That's needlessly precise.

It's more that the GOP in general dislikes uncertainty

Va. GOP will require loyalty oath in presidential primary (new window)

fta The state Republican Party will require voters to sign a loyalty oath in order to participate in the March 6 presidential primary.

Anyone who wants to vote must sign a form at the polling place pledging to support the eventual Republican nominee for president. Anyone who refuses to sign will be barred from voting in the primary.

Don't forget that Rick Perry is suing Virginia because he couldn't meet the requirements to be on the primary ballot, so he feels that he should be on the ballot alongside the candidates who actually went through the process the correct way.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I read on my local VA news site yesterday that a state judge shot down the lawsuit. His staff failed to meet the criteria to get his name on the ballot and he can't pitch a biatch fit to get it changed now.

But Perry can file and 11th hour appeal to the Governor for clemency, right?
 
IgG4 [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:51:24 AM
It's amusing to see the GOP having to run its go-to game plan against its own.
 
Mike_LowELL [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:52:15 AM
I don't see the problem with this. So the GOP eliminates free and fair elections. Who cares? As long as they pick the candidate I voted for.
 
Britney Spear's Speculum
2011-12-30 12:59:01 AM
themindiswatching: Your GOP candidate for president is Mitt RomneyNewt Gingrich, and you've always supported him. This is all a show for the benefit of the media.

FTFY

Why do you think Bachmann and Perry are still running?
 
Ringshadow
2011-12-30 12:59:08 AM
My brother's a Ron Paul fan, but he says there hasn't been a good president since the 1860s.

Frankly, I'm not voting for anyone old enough to be my grandfather.
 
CygnusDarius [TotalFark]
2011-12-30 12:59:39 AM
Weaver95: But how will the Emperor maintain control without the local bureaucracy?

The Administratum Munitorium, The Inquisition, and the Adeptus Astartes will take care of that.
 
culebra
2011-12-30 01:07:11 AM
CygnusDarius: Weaver95: But how will the Emperor maintain control without the local bureaucracy?

The Administratum Munitorium, The Inquisition, and the Adeptus Astartes will take care of that.

Let's begin!
 
transplendent
2011-12-30 01:08:42 AM
Ah, Democracy. We hardly knew you.
 
Alphax
2011-12-30 01:12:53 AM
Don't Troll Me Bro!: I remember laughing at 3rd world shiatholes when reading about this kind of stuff in their elections. It wasn't all that long ago. Now we've got example after example of the GOP at local, state, and national levels doing the very things we used to hear about from places like Iran, to which we would say "wow, what a sham their elections are, I'm so happy it's not like that here." What's frightening is that as it's now happening here there is a large part of our populace cheering it on simply because "Hey, I'm a Republican and I want my team to win at all costs, so I support this latest election fraud they are committing." This isn't a farking football game.

If this was a football game, they would be trying to down the quarterback with snipers.
 
IlGreven
2011-12-30 01:20:15 AM
I also had this thought: The 2012 Republican primaries pretty much amount to the '73 Belmont, with the candidates fighting it out over who gets to take second behind the relative Secretariat that is Barack Obama.

/And Mitt Romney looks like Sham.
 
AnotherDisillusionedCollegeStudent
2011-12-30 01:22:28 AM
culebra: CygnusDarius: Weaver95: But how will the Emperor maintain control without the local bureaucracy?

The Administratum Munitorium, The Inquisition, and the Adeptus Astartes will take care of that.

Let's begin!

Can we start with the comfy chair?
 
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