The Georgia State Convention Scandal

After the 2012 Republican Nationalga state convention Convention (RNC) set the standard for how much corruption could be tolerated and accepted (without creating an issue), the state, district, and county governments are now replicating the same corruption. Along with this corruption comes a veiled platform proclaiming open discussion, unity in the party, grassroots movement, and reaching out to others, while hypocritically silencing individuals, cutting down the grassroots, dividing the party, and refusing to acknowledge others that may differ with the Establishment.

The 2013 GAGOP State Convention’s “True Conservative” candidates had their optimism struck down by Big Money, Neo-Conservative, John Padgett; a man whose integrity has been shattered by the 2012 Athens-Clarke County Convention. Padgett took the votes to win State Chairman over competing candidates Alex Johnson, Seth Harp, and B.J Van Gundy. Understand that Padgett sent out campaign fliers from his base in Athens-Clarke to as far as Paulding county. Padgett also had a full-cover back page on the GAGOP State Convention Program. On Thursday, the night before the first day of the State convention, Padgett rented out the entire Downtown Athens Theater and hired an 8-man band to play late 70’s music for hours. Padgett also had one of the largest campaign banners inside the Convention room. Padgett has the donors, but lacks the integrity for Chair (at least for a Christian). All of this monetary spending aside, Padgett never attempted to redeem himself from his failure to address fraud in his own county (while he was standing in the room watching it all take place mind you). If a politician wants to redeem himself, he just has to throw money at it. Neo-con sheep make themselves forget about the terrible, unethical things men have committed when those same men give speeches that tickle the ears of the listeners. The majority of Americans want a warmongering politician that will convince them that danger is right around the corner. Their philosophy of preemptive intervention doesn’t only apply to war, but it also applies when they have already chosen the man to raise up.

All of that said, I do not think money is one of the biggest reasons Padgett was elected. There exists in the Republican Party a tactic that the federal government has been employing for years; fear. After Romney lost against Obama, the Establishment neo-cons blamed it all on those who refused to vote for him (typically Ron Paul supporters). The Establishment is afraid of those they cannot control, or at least sway. They do not want to repeat the past two elections where the GOP was put to shame by losing to one of the most controversial Presidents in history. The GOP was embarrassed because it revealed that they themselves do not follow the GOP platform of small government, very low taxes, individual liberty, a non-interventionist foreign policy, and fiscal responsibility, and marked the individuals that truly do support those things (Ron Paul supporters). The GOP lost the election in 2012 because they broke their rules in order to shut up the “True Conservatives” and propped up a Moderate Republican candidate, thus giving cause to not vote for the man (Romney). They feared what would actually happen if a man who was not a Good-ole-boy, who would actually do what he said, and held such deep convictions and integrity that his vote could not be bought, were in a seat of power. This scares the Establishment.

This fear also drove some Republicans to break their rules (a common practice for neo-cons) in order to slander the newer candidates who held a strong leaning towards Ron Paul. During the state convention, a paper being passedGAGOP State Propoganda around had the names of these liberty-minded, fiscally responsible individuals, slandering them as “Libertarian/Democrat/Candidates Hijacking Your State GOP Party”. Fear was employed as a weapon to cause votes to be swayed. Fear was the last resort of the Establishment, a sure sign of desperation and destruction coming upon their heads. The GOP broke their own rules again, because they cannot win by playing fair. This is the same response street preachers get from unbelieving fools. If an individual hates the gospel (and God) he scoffs and mocks the street preacher. The infidel curses the street preacher. The infidel warns others of God’s law, in order to strike fear in their hearts that they may not believe the gospel. The unbeliever hardens their heart to the truth, and thus is shown to be a desperate individual by exercising such tactics. They cannot play fair, so they kill them.

Notice in the image the author of the paper mentions Christian values, while warning the reader of the anti-Christ-like values that Libertarians hold to. This is a sure sign that the neo-con’s are supremely ignorant of God’s law and that they take no notice of their ignorance. This also represents the dullness of Christians involved in the party, that they will believe whatever makes them feel right. Put “God” at the beginning of a sentence and it’ll sway half the voters. There is no fear of God before their eyes, since they take His name in vain. They do not understand the extent of Christian values, nor the role of civil government. The writer (me) has personally attempted to contact his local county Republicans, in order to explain to them what he believes, but instead he and another gentleman from his church, were barred from being elevated from Alternate to Delegate (leaving 2 open slots that were never filled) all because they voted according to their religious convictions. They did not see Romney as a fit candidate for a Christian ruler, much less a Republican, so they were not to be trusted by their county (Paulding).

In conclusion, the Georgia state convention has demonstrated the very same corruption and control that the RNC demonstrated. The Establishment uses God’s name in vain, breaks their own rules, spreads gossip and lies, and has no intention of even investigating what others (the Libertarians) believe.

“If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.” Ronald Reagan, 1975

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