How can narrow interest groups keep taking over the MN GOP?

[kickysnana]

Ron Paul backers complete weekend sweep in Minnesota

http://www.twincities.com/ci_20663278/ron-paul-backers-complete-weekend-sweep-minnesota?source=most_viewed

ST. CLOUD, Minn. -- The Ron Paul revolution has completed its sweep over the Minnesota Republican Party convention here.

Paul backers won 12 of 13 Republican National Convention delegate slots filled in balloting Saturday, May 19, at Rivers Edge Civic Center.

They might have taken all 13 seats if one of the Paul state delegates had not graciously conceded the final slot to Rep. Michele Bachmann.

The results mean 32 of Minnesota's 40 national delegates to the Republican convention in Tampa, Fla., in August will be committed to Paul. Supporters of the Texas congressman and presidential candidate won 20 of the 24 national delegate slots filled at Republican congressional district conventions earlier this spring.

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In the article I read these are folks that are strict Constitutionalists, want to illuminate the Federal Reserve and go back on the gold standard and they are in direct opposition to the Fundamentalists. I wish that were a good thing but GOP people tend to go along to get along and go by whoever is in charge rather than opposing the party itself. I hope that this is a death throe rather than the start of MN Fascism but these people eat their own.

BTW. Fracking has leeched into the St Croix through Wisconsin.

[Scuba]

1. Because they have no real constituency other than ignorant dupes.

[Sock_Puppet]

2. Maybe we've been lied to

After all, that dick Romney controls Bain, which controls Clear Channel Radio [link:http://www.addictinginfo.org/2012/01/13/follow-the-money-bain-capital-owns-most-conservative-and-some-liberal-radio-stations/|

[longship]

3. Simple. They read Falwell's and Robertson's play book

Moral Majority and Christian Coalition did this in the late 70's and 80's. No one got to be a delegate or committee person who wasn't an evangelical Christian. I saw this happening in MI, moved to KS and became very politically active there and it happened there, too.

Ron Paul has tons of people on the road running for GOP precinct committee or delegate positions. With all the low level caucus positions filled with Ayn Randers, what else can happen? First the district and county caucuses, then the state caucus is simple. Buh-bye to anybody with any other opinion. Like Falwell and Robertson, they do it one state at a time. In no time they have the whole party nationwide.

These people scare me more than the teabaggers. Rand is organized; the tea bags are a rabble in comparison.

[dflprincess]

4. Because the "true believers" are the ones who show up n/t

[glinda]

5. and on the fracking note......

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2012/05/18/environment/frac-sand-sediment-saint-croix-spill/

IT IS INTENTIONAL WHEN THIS HAPPENS. THEY ARE JUST "MARKING" THEIR FUTURE EXPLORATION.

[kickysnana]

6. Now that sounds too true. n/t