{"id":506,"date":"2012-08-30T06:28:22","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T06:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/?p=506"},"modified":"2012-09-14T04:58:10","modified_gmt":"2012-09-14T04:58:10","slug":"republican-national-travesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2012\/08\/republican-national-travesty\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican National Travesty &#8211; and What to Do Next &#8211; Video by G. Stolyarov II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qCV46VxQjqs\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Republican National Convention was a farce, in spite of courageous actions by Ron Paul&#8217;s supporters, including the Nevada delegation which Mr. Stolyarov helped elect as a State Delegate.<\/p>\n<p>The change of rules by the Republican National Committee turns the Republican Party into a rigid oligarchy, with no chance for grassroots activists and ideas rising to prominence.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Stolyarov expresses his thoughts about where friends of liberty should focus next. Breaking the two-party system and supporting Gary Johnson for President, while also working outside the political system to improve individual freedom through technology.<\/p>\n<p><strong>References<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\" http:\/\/www.garyjohnson2012.com\/\">Gary Johnson 2012<\/a><br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5GYjRXNtcxU\">RINOs Boehner &amp; Sununu Booed As They Change The Rules In A Major Power Grab<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Video &#8211; August 28, 2012<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/texasgopvote.com\/issues\/stop-big-government\/evidence-shows-rnc-rigged-vote-rule-change-republican-convention-2012-004544\">Evidence Shows RNC Rigged Vote on Rule Change at Republican Convention 2012?<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Texas GOP Vote<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2011\/06\/17\/opinion\/17carter.html\">Call Off the Global Drug War<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Jimmy Carter &#8211; June 16, 2012<br \/>\n&#8211; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/06\/25\/opinion\/americas-shameful-human-rights-record.html\">A Cruel and Unusual Record<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Jimmy Carter &#8211; June 24, 2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican National Convention was a farce, in spite of courageous actions by Ron Paul&#8217;s supporters, including the Nevada delegation which Mr. Stolyarov helped elect as a State Delegate. The change of rules by the Republican National Committee turns the Republican Party into a rigid oligarchy, with no chance for grassroots activists and ideas rising to prominence. Mr. Stolyarov expresses his thoughts about where friends of liberty should focus next. Breaking the two-party system and supporting Gary Johnson for President,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/blog\/2012\/08\/republican-national-travesty\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[76,259,28,69,364,234,84,40,703,57,1237,59,941,74,251,39,702,29,472,1236,471,65,25,43],"class_list":["post-506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-barack-obama","tag-delegate","tag-democrat","tag-election","tag-establishment","tag-federal-reserve","tag-freedom","tag-g-stolyarov-ii","tag-gary-johnson","tag-individualism","tag-jimmy-carter","tag-liberty","tag-militarism","tag-mitt-romney","tag-nevada","tag-policy","tag-rand-paul","tag-republican","tag-republican-national-committee","tag-republican-national-convention","tag-rnc","tag-ron-paul","tag-united-states","tag-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=506"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":508,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/506\/revisions\/508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rationalargumentator.com\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}