March 1, 2012, - 4:14 pm
Robbery: Michigan GOP Changes Rules to Give Santorum Delegate to Romney
The Mitt Romney “victory” in Michigan really wasn’t one. It was a tie in terms of delegates. The operant word here is “was.” That’s because, last night, a few liberal Michigan Republican Party officials changed the rules last night in order to deny Rick Santorum a delegate he won fair and square. Anytime anyone tells you that Santorum is “dirty,” remember this and ask yourself what isn’t dirty about this story, below, sent to me by former Michigan Republican State Senator Jack Hoogendyk, now a Congressional candidate. And note as you read this that multi-millionaire Michigan Republican Chairman Bobby Schostak is actually a Clinton/Gore/Pelosi donor of big bucks, NOT a Republican, much less a conservative. And also note that Saul Anuzis, when he was Michigan Republican Chairman, personally recruited an open Hezbollah supporter, Nasser Beydoun, to run for the U.S. Senate and told me in an e-mail, he would campaign and conduct “outreach” to Hezbollah supporters and seek their support for the GOP (all this while demanding that Ron Paul be kept out of the Presidential debates–I don’t like Paul or his views, but he deserves to be in debates). I give credit to the usually sleazy, pan-Muslim former Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox for finally locating a conscience and doing the right thing.
There has been some question as to what happens with the two “at-large” delegates from Tuesday’s primary election. Under the rules, two delegates were awarded to the candidate that won each district. There are 14 Congressional districts; Santorum won 7 and Romney won 7. So, they each received 14 delegates.
There are also two at-large delegates, which under the rules previously put in place, were to be awarded based on the split of the total vote. Using a mathematical formula, because the vote was so close, both Santorum and Romney were to receive one at-large delegate.
The Credentials Committee met last night to vote on the assignment of the delegates. For some unknown reason, they changed course, overturned their own rules and awarded both delegates to Mitt Romney. As a result, instead of a tie at 14 each, Romney now has 16 to Santorum’s 14.
The credentials committee members are Bobby Schostak, Holly Hughes, Eric Doster, Saul Anuzis, Sharon Wise and Mike Cox. Perhpas an email to Mr. Schostak or Mr. Anuzis, asking for an explanation would be in order. I am sure they have a good reason for why they changed the rules after the game was over.
Mike Cox, who is a supporter of Mitt Romney, voted against the rules change. He was quoted in MIRS as saying, “I supported Mitt, but the vote was clearly wrong. It’s kind of like Third World voting. We published rules and then we voted to change the rules.”
Spot on. It’s exactly like the Third World. I would like to know where the Santorum lawyers are because I think they have a great case here. While the Republican nomination won’t come down to one delegate, in a backroom convention deal, one delegate could mean a lot.
If Mitt Romney’s gang of thieves will do this, is there anything they won’t do in their quest for a Romney Presidency? And if Romney’s people will do this to voters before he’s in the White House, it’ll be much worse once they’re in. Count on it. The guy cannot be trusted.
This is being reported on Fox News right now. You scooped them!
Tanstaafl on March 1, 2012 at 4:32 pm