Somebody actually voted for me today. I nominated myself to be a state delegate and somebody actually voted for me.
I gave a speech before the voting began. I said something like, "I'm Mario Thompson and I'm voting for a Ron Paul delegate because he's the only one who will stop the undeclared, pre-emptive, un-Christian wars!"
That's all I said.
Somebody actually voted for me today. I nominated myself to be a state delegate and somebody actually voted for me.
I gave a speech before the voting began. I said something like, "I'm Mario Thompson and I'm voting for a Ron Paul delegate because he's the only one who will stop the undeclared, pre-emptive, un-Christian wars!"
That's all I said.
There were about 90 people there in the room of Dixon Middle School. Many were quite old. Most were predictable Republicans, but there, I would roughly estimate, about 5 Ron Paul Republicans. I did form the opinion that only one person per family should represent each family. I believe this because many people have small children. It's more difficult, although not impossible, to attend a caucus for them than it is for an middle-aged or elderly person. I also believe having a simple primary, as opposed to a caucus, would be a good option. Anyway, I understand now why, until the 19th amendment, only men could vote in many states--they were representing their families. I believe this is more fair than our present system of suffrage if you're in a caucus state.
I don't know if I'll ever go to another Republican caucus meeting anyway. It's so pathetic. A young mother actually stayed until the end, with her infant, until around 11 p.m. I assume she stayed to support a pathetic Republican like Romney. Can you imagine making your infant stay uncomfortably out of bed just so you could support a Romney Republican? I can't believe anybody feels strongly about him as a presidential candidate. About half the caucus-goers were members of the Pioneer 1st Ward (of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints), which means my precinct is apathetic, that people who do not belong to the Church are the worst sort of apathetic American citizens if they are willing to let others choose delegates for them. Maybe I err. Maybe they're all Democrats and they all attended that caucus. It could have happened.
