What you fail to realize is that following the rules isn't breaking them. Those rules were there to ALLOW differing opinions, and they were changed midstream to stifle those opinions. Romney was still going to get the nomination WITHOUT the rule changes, the only thing that would have been different is that Ron Paul would have gotten a speaking spot, and in the name of 'party unity', THAT couldn't be allowed.
And you also fail to realize that Ron Paul's strategy was IDENTICAL to the strategy that propelled Reagan to the nomination.
No, I dont fail to realize that he had the same strategy as Ragan. What I fail to do is care because I dont idolize Ragan as some superhero. I just dont care. I agree that what they did was wrong and I agree that they should have not done it. What I do not accept is the claim that they somehow went against the will of the people when that simply is not the case. Paul is barely a blip when it comes to actual votes.
I get that a lot of people wanted to see him get a speaking position at the convention. It is as unlikely to happen as getting a democrat there though because that is how far off they are from Pauls ideals. The republican party is diametrically opposed to libertarianism. Sad but true. Of course the democrats are even worse so
What are we to do?
Stop drinking the Kool-Aid, man. The ONLY reason you believe "Paul is barely a blip when it comes to actual votes." is because you buy the bullshit the media is selling you. You either don't remember or refuse to admit that major fraud happened in the primaries in multiple states, all of it documented and promptly IGNORED by our lame-stream media.
And then there was the fraud of the state conventions.
Iowa, Nevada, Maine, Alaska, South Carolina, Oklahoma, etc, etc, ad nauseum...
Fraud is another thread. I would not mind discussing that somewhere else. The only other think I can say here is that my belief has nothing to do with bullshit media or any Kool-Aid.