Total anarchy in Reno. The Republican party KNEW they were going to lose, and walked out. They Walked the HELL OUT! They were losing the vote, didn’t have the support, didn’t have the organization, and Walked OUT!
NOW - they want to reconvene tomorrow, so they can figure out how they can win. They needed extra time because they knew they were going to lose.
NOW they are going to railroad us tomorrow. They will be there, with a NEW plan to steal the votes and delegates. FurkDaJerk
Ron Paul Supporters Make Mark
Geoff Dornan Appeal Capitol Bureau, gdornan@nevadaappeal.com
April 27, 2008, 4:01 AM
RENO - The Nevada Republican Convention ended in near pandemonium Saturday after Ron Paul supporters outmaneuvered party leadership and set themselves up to claim nearly all the state’s 31 delegates to the national convention.
The end result was that a convention, scheduled to end before 5 p.m. still hadn’t selected delegates as of 6 p.m. When convention chairman state Sen. Bob Beers of Las Vegas announced they were out of time and would have to recess to another day; the Paul delegates erupted in jeers, cursing and protests.
But after the recess was called, most of the Clark County delegation and all McCain supporters left the hall at the Peppermill Hotel/Casino. There weren’t enough people left to muster a quorum and reconvene.
Beers told the convention they technically had the hall only until 5 p.m.
“We voted this morning to make some changes in the rules that left us on overtime with a day’s work left to do,” Beers said as he called the recess. “We have a budget. We’re now going over. And we don’t even have ballots.”
Party Chairman Sue Lowden left quietly out a rear exit as the Paul supporters erupted in anger, demanding to continue the debate into the night and choose delegates.
“That’s baloney,” shouted one man. “I didn’t pay to sit through this.”
“Beers, you’re finished,” yelled a woman with a Paul sticker.
Others used stronger language as they gathered around Beers.
A few minutes later, it was reported someone had threatened Beers, who was taken quickly from the hall by security.
“The rhythm of the day forced this free-form fiasco,” said Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki.
Before he left, Beers offered Paul’s Southern Nevada chairman Brian Kominsky a deal, saying he would provide them a complete list of nominees for national delegate and a list of state delegates. He said Lowden would try get the party access to the Cox Pavilion in Las Vegas to finish the convention in the next few days…. full article:nevadaappeal.com
