In most of the primaries so far a majority of voters voted against McCain. If you win with 35% of the vote, that still leaves 65% who voted against you.  This may turn out to be a crucial distinction, come convention time.

Not that this will likely change much for RP, but it may very well rob McCain of his prize.

You keep suggesting that the delegates have to resort to lies.  That’s news to me.  The rules are clear.  During the first round "pledged" delegates are bound to vote for the candidate who won their primary.  During any subsequent rounds they are free to vote any way they like at that time.

Frankly, I never meant to suggest that RP would somehow come out of that process as the winner.  The single point I wanted to make, is that McCain’s "victory" is far from being a done deal. A lot can happen at the convention and I for one am more than willing to concede that I have no idea what the end result will be.

Silly me. Glad that we have the constitutional experts among the Voldemorts to keep reminding us that the true constitutional way involves deception and mass disenfranchisement. But I suppose a few eggs will have to be broken to stop that evil NAFTA superhighway, right?

Seriously, with this bizarre scenario, you’re making Hillary’s contortions in her attempts to win at any cost by using arcane back-door procedures to circumvent the express will of the voters look positively idealistic. I mean, I’ve been critical of the Voldemorts for long time because I thought I detected a vein of authoritarianism within their spam-filled, thread-hijacking "movement", but I never expected that one of them would go as far as you have to so clearly and absolutely confirm those suspicions. Proposing to steal the nomination at the convention by using lying delegates really takes the cake!

Oh, wait. You didn’t propose that. You just said it was possible.

Riiiiiiight.

I believe that any candidate who attempted what you suggest would be resoundingly rejected in the general election by voters in all 50 states. I doubt they would win so much as a single congressional district. And BTW, isn’t Voldemort about to lose his?

It appears that you are confusing "constitutional" with "democratic".  The convention rules are decidedly constitutional and as such most definitely undemocratic.  You may thank the Founders for that small blessing. 

ROFL — the true colors burst forth at last.

But the spamming and thread hijacking are consistent. Posts get written about McCain, Hillary, and Obama and then here come the Voldemorts….

Yes, we are naturally disappointed at the course of events – so far. Most of us however are far from disheartened.

First of all there is the fact that McCain’s "done deal" is actually no where near as done as the MSM would have you believe. under a different thread.

Second, there is the fact that our fundamental message of Liberty, Prosperity and Peace through minimal constitutional governance has not received this much interest since the penning of Declaration of Independence.

Third, many "RP Republicans", including the Dr. himself are running and winning in local elections.

This is a movement which is much bigger that RP and it will surely outlive him and flourish for many years to come.

"Prediction: Most partisan Democrats won’t have any objection to [swiftboating] this time."

Mayhaps. Not being a Democrat, though, I can’t say with any certainty how they’ll react. BTW, Kerry was attacked with false accusations. McCain’s record is a matter of public record, and it sucks.