RNC + DNC teleprompter fail

Also looking at videos of both conventions... is it just me or does it look pretty darn sparse in there?

I remember as a kid in the late 80's and 90's these conventions used to be packed! Look at that now... to those that noticed these things, or had more experience being there or seeing such.. do you see a difference in the people count?

This is another clip about some controversy from the recent RNC, with again teleprompter shenanigans. The video has a great written description that explains it much better than I could:

[link to www.youtube.com]


"The Convention is where delegates are meant to cast votes for the nominee, yet the Tampa Bay Times Forum was already plastered with embedded Romney banners, and additional 'Mitt' signs for people to hold were also smuggled in to make it appear that many are behind him. All Ron Paul material was promptly confiscated.

Six states filed to put Ron Paul into nomination while the rules still said it only took five states. Realizing this, the RNC met early Tuesday morning to change the rules in order to make the minimum needed as eight states, which Ron also would have had if the RNC had not decided to take the Ron Paul delegates away from LA and ME. One bus of delegates on the way to the RNC was essentially kidnapped for two hours, and arrived too late to vote on the matter said the RNC.

Rather than taking proper vote counts or listening to objections, several votes were clearly not unanimous, but this didn't stop the RNC "leaders" from ignoring the dissent. Video surfaced just after this video published, but a link is in the video showing that the teleprompter already had pre-approved results before the public vote was taken. Ron Paul's name and delegate totals were not allowed to be mentioned officially on the stage, even when he won the specific state. ..."



This republic is going a bit bananas it seems...

This "Republic", if that's what you still want to call it, because they're trying hard to destroy it, is quickly falling.

It is not surprising to me to think that this nation can and most likely will descend into a civil war of epic proportions in the next few years.

I know how you feel. Just remember that the vast majority of people here are really in the same boat (whether they realize it, yet, or not) so don't let anyone divide us... or we're basically conquered from within already. Our emotions can also be manipulated to bring out really bad aspects out of people.

I really don't have any answers either, but the main hope is that for regular schmoes out there, that you can see yourself in another. Don't let them suck our people down into a "us vs. them" (which the parties are so wonderfully good at) mentality.

Our political affiliations do not define us, even though it seems that way. Have the courage to have courageous self honesty as well. I feel that one's principles can be one's strength. Have courage to speak out when you see our people getting divided, or when they start to make examples out of people. Usually minorities, and i don't mean that on a racial sense, because even among peoples of the same race there can be a ambiguous minority aspect, and those usually gets targeted. Let's not stand for that.