Thursday, September 4, 2008

RNC Chairman Lies About Votes for Ron Paul

I watched the convention on C-SPAN and listened carefully to the roll call votes as they were being cast..

At the end of the voting, RNC Chairman Mike Duncan announced that McCain received 2,372 votes, Ron Paul received 5 votes, and Romney received 2 votes. He lied. He also can't add. That's only 2,379 votes. 2,380 votes were cast..

Alaska cast 5 votes for Ron Paul..
Oregon cast 4 votes for Ron Paul..
Washington cast 4 votes for Ron Paul..
West Virginia cast 2 votes for Ron Paul..
That's 15 votes for Ron Paul, not the 5 votes that Duncan announced..

Utah cast 2 votes for Romney..

Idaho cast 26 of its 32 votes for McCain. They didn't say who received their other 6 votes..
Maine cast 20 of its 21 votes for McCain. They didn't say who received their other 1 vote..
Minnesota cast 35 of its 41 votes for McCain. They didn't say who received their other 6 votes..
Nebraska cast 31 of its 33 votes for McCain. They didn't say who received their other 2 votes..
North Carolina cast 65 of its 69 votes for McCain. They didn't say who received their other 4 votes..
Pennsylvania cast 73 of its 74 votes for McCain. They didn't say who received their other 1 vote. I'm in Pennsylvania. I attempted to become a delegate. I know Pennsylvania had 4 definite Ron Paul delegates on the convention floor. I learned that one of our delegates, Muriel Crabbs, stated that she planned to vote for McCain. It appears that 3 of our other Ron Paul delegates also voted for McCain..

The total votes for other candidates was 20..

McCain received 2,343 votes, not the 2,372 votes that Duncan announced..

You can see what the actual floor vote was here:

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/R.phtml

http://www.thegreenpapers.com/P08/R-HF.phtml

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