Some Lessons Learned From the GOP Convention
National party conventions haven’t changed much since the 1970s, when primaries began to replace smoke-filled rooms as the chief mechanism for selecting Democratic and Republican presidential candidates.
They have become giant TV studios.
The big decisions — namely the selection of the presidential and vice presidential nominees — generally are made weeks, if not months, beforehand. Dissent and drama are heavily discouraged. The main mission is message promotion — through as many media echo chambers as possible.
But that doesn’t mean nothing valuable can be gleaned from conventions. Last week in Tampa, through time spent with the Texas Republican delegation, a ...
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John McIntyre
Joe Straus has lost the 66 democrats and now there is only about 49.Net loss of 17 from the 76 needed.With the loss of cutnrun hopson to Clardy Straus has lost 20 captains of rinoism.Traitor Tommy Merritt lost by a landslide to David Simpson.Low turnout of 11% and straus picked up paddie with the help of the Texas Trial Lawyers ass-ociation and the unconstitutional new straus gerrymandered districts per the Federal DC Circuit,and paddies fathers three radio stations.Senfroni Thompson and the We Want Tommy Back campaign along with support of dallasvoice,salon,and LGBTT's can sell those teeshirts.The victim less crime of homosexuality costs the local sheriff and taxpayers about $2000 per month for aids medicines for each aids related inmate.Call your sheriff and county commissioner and see how much your county pays.Munisteria should be ashamed for not allowing State Representative Bryan Hughes to speak in Ft.Worth while we delegates waited an hour for Tarrant county to finish caucusing.Oust Straus the deficit speaker and franchise taxer is resonating among Reagan Democrats,Wayne Christian Republicans,Christian Independents and Texas Rifle Association.Speaker Bryan Hughes is the choice,or paddie/strausodomites.God Bless Texas!Vote Early October 22 in Cass,Marion,Harrison,Panola,Shelby and Sabine for John McIntyre.
Craig Young
RNC had proved that it is a continuing criminal enterprise. If the new rules where in effect in 1976 Ford would have taken Texas (over Reagan). Apparently the Team Romney thinks they can win this without the grassroots and some of us are planning to let them prove it.
Any RPT bigshots that supported these draconian rules will have a big target on their backs.
Dale Curry
What I learned from the republican convention, they are unapologetic of their opposition to this President and are perfectly wiling to sacrifice the good of the nation to ensure his defeat. And that Paul Ryan is a very good liar.