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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.05,0:00:04.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We turn now to a major eruption of fury at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:04.83,0:00:07.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the formal nomination process got underway.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:07.98,0:00:11.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Part of Maine's delegation stormed off the floor in protest
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.32,0:00:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,against a decision to strip away half of the state's Ron Paul delegates.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.44,0:00:20.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*Supportive members of other delegations rose to their feet and hollered their objections,*
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.15,0:00:27.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*angered by new rules that they say will make it harder for grass-roots candidates to stand a chance in future elections.*
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.34,0:00:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*His ardent followers used seldom-invoked state party rules*
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.88,0:00:34.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*to garner twenty of Maine's twenty-four spots.*
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.01,0:00:41.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The RNC responded by replacing ten of them, enough to prevent Ron Paul from being nominated, from the floor.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.15,0:00:44.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The question on the motion offered by the delegate from Kentucky,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.72,0:00:50.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all those in favour will signify by saying "Aye".
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.47,0:00:55.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd: "Aye", cheers]*
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.24,0:00:56.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those opposed, "No"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.87,0:00:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd: "No", booing]*
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.74,0:01:05.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*- The decision caused immediate uproar, but RNC Chair Reince Priebus was in no mood to take a rollcall.*
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.35,0:01:08.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.39,0:01:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we could proceed with the order of business...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.04,0:01:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd chants: "Seat them now!"]*
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.04,0:01:13.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd members shout: "Point of order!]*
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.60,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Mr. Chairman, point of order! Point of order!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- It's unfair to us, we sat here and objected, he said, "Are there any objections?"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We objected, and it's like, why even ask the question at that point?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd chants: "Point of order!"]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Maine got screwed of half their delegates, more than half actually.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why their Governor isn't here today, because he said he wouldn't come down unless their delegates got seated.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Half of them got taken away, and they were put in, replaced, by people that the Republican Party, the RNC, picked.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd chants: "Point of order!"]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*- Several members of the Maine delegation walked off the floor in protest*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*after the convention decided to replace ten of its twenty-four delegates.*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- This is fraud!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- This convention is a farce!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- They snuck in there trying to say that we support our soldiers,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They appointed two of them on our delegations.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Two recently served in Afghanistan and Iraq! How dare they? Shame on them! Shame on them!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The people in Maine should be respected, those voters that put us here, they should be respected!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is a sham!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love every one of you guys and I love all those people back home!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*- Others on the floor were equally outraged.*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*Kevin Erickson is a delegate from Minnesota.*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- What this means is that the states will no longer retain the right under the new rules
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to elect their delegates and have them stand.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A presumptive nominee will be able to unseat an entire state's delegates if they don't like who's on the slate.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Giving a Presidential candidate veto power over a state's delegation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,means that future conventions will not have a dissenting voice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We won't be able to bring motions and amendments to our platform,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we won't be able to speak for people who believe differently.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're taking a broad tent at a grassroots party and you're turning it into a dictatorship
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that'll be run by a few people with a lot of money,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and average ordinary people like myself will be out of luck and out of a voice.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The question is on the adoption of the resolution, all those in favour signify by saying "Aye".
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd: "Aye"]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All those opposed, "No".
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd, loudly: "No"]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the opinion of the chair, the Ayes have it, the resolution is adopted.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd boos]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- All those in favour say "Aye".
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd: "Aye"]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All those opposed, "No".
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd: "No"]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Ayes have it...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd shouts and boos loudly]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- The question is on the motion that the Honourable Paul Ryan be nominated by acclamation.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All those in favour signify by saying "Aye", those opposed "No"...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd shouts "Aye" and "No"]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In the opinion of the chair the Ayes have it.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*- I'm gonna have to explain the cheers we've been hearing, I had to turn around to see what was going on,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was Congressman Ron Paul entering the forum, he still has very much a role within this Republican Party.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*- [reporter:] Yes, he is, I just saw him come through here, and as he went by me*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*there were a lot of young voters, they're the ones who really loved him, stopping him, taking picture of him to tweet out,*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*and he came in with his same smile that he's had, and he's become something of a cult hero in the party...*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd chants: "Let him speak!"]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd cheers and applauds]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Madam Secretary, I am honoured to lead the Republican Party in the Ocean State. It's the little state...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- You can't have that sir.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [crowd member:] It's my property, I'm sorry, that's my... I'm sorry, what's your name?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- [cameraman:] You, er, took the sign?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*- [speaker:] Four votes for Ron Paul, and the overwhelming majority, fifteen votes,*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*to the next President of the United States, Mitt Romney!*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Rhode Island, fifteen, Romney.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd shouts: "Four Ron Paul!"]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- On behalf of the Georgia Republican voters... proudly give seventy-two of our delegate votes
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the next President of the United States, Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd cheers]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three votes for Ron...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[microphone cuts out]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[anchors:] - I, I... \N-That's it?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Well done. Whoever controlled the microphone did a great job. {\i1}[laughs]{\i0}
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- And I am proud to say that we are going to support the President, the next President of the United States,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by casting sixty-seven votes for Mitt Romney, and five votes for Paul Ryan.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Pennsylvania, sixty-seven, Romney.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd: Five Ron Paul!]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Iowa casts twenty-two votes for Ron Paul...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd cheers]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... and six votes for Mitt Romney.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Iowa, six, Romney.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Minnesota, where we are very proud of our state Republican Party,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which runs a fair convention with integrity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd cheers]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,casts thirty-three votes for Ron Paul...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd cheers]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... one vote for Senator Rick Santorum, and six votes for Governor Romney.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Minnesota, six, Romney.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- We proudly cast seventeen votes for Congressman Ron Paul...
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[crowd cheers]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,... five abstentions, and five for Romney.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Nevada, five, Romney.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,{\i1}[slowed]{\i0} Nevada, five, Romney.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- I gotta tell you, I like your dad, you love your dad, but I like him a lot,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I was pretty shocked to hear that they wouldn't even read from the podium
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how many votes Congressman Paul got.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Well one of the interesting things was the crowd was reciting how many he got,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so when they wouldn't announce it from the podium, you would hear an echo from the crowd
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the Ron Paul supporters who were announcing his totals.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- Why didn't they do that? This seems so petty and so ridiculous,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, your father worked hard in the Republican Party,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*he went through all the rules, I believe he didn't do anything illegal in getting those votes, he went through the process...*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the last time he's running for President of the United States, I just think it's inappropriate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to end his political career, if you will, on a note like this before his own party.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[Music: Hans Zimmer, "Time"]*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*[letter text:] Dear Friend,*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*I can't tell you how touched I've been by my supporters' generosity from day one of my Presidential campaign.*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*Your support has made an incredible impact what will continue on well into the future.*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*In fact, as I look back at the past year, I'm literally amazed at how far we've come.*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*Today, we can catch a glimpse of our future - and it's a bright one.*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*Due to our Liberty Movement's youth, energy, and growing numbers, establishment Republicans are recognizing*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*their days of controlling the national GOP are coming to an end.*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*Even now, they are being forced to recognize that out issues - like finally auditing the Federal Reserve - are not going away.*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*My hope is, with your continued support, it will not end until free markets, sound money, Constitutional Principles,*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*respect for individual liberty, and a common-sense foreign policy are all restored in America.*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*For your generosity and all that you'll continue to do in the name of liberty, thank you.*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*For liberty,*
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,*Ron Paul*