Yes, they’re that batshit in their control-freakiness.
he did have one last hope: a floor fight at the convention. There are two ways to bring a matter to the floor: One is to convince six state delegations to support the motion for a floor debate–a virtual impossibility, Tancredo realized; the other is to get 19 members of the platform committee to support bringing a matter to the floor. This latter route seemed doable to Tancredo, save for one problem: **The congressman couldn’t find out who, exactly, was on the platform committee. Running the platform process with all the discipline and secrecy that’s come to be expected from the Bush White House, the RNC, citing security concerns, refused to divulge the identities of the handpicked delegates who served on the platform committee–even, in some cases, to other members of the platform committee. **
So, to try to find 19 platform committee members to support his amendments, Tancredo had to get creative: He went on seven talk-radio shows late last week to plead with listeners to call him if they knew the identities of any members of the platform committee. By the time he arrived in New York on Sunday night, Tancredo had the names of four committee members. Of course, as Tancredo conceded to me in an interview last week, “I think we know who four of them are, but I can’t even tell you if they’re on our side.” But before Tancredo could identify any other members of the platform committee to lobby to support a motion for a floor debate on his immigration amendment, the matter was made moot on Monday morning when the convention delegates ratified the GOP platform.
Emphasis mine.
Batshit craziness. Just totally batshit.
And just so you don’t have to ask, “What about the Dems?” I mean, gimme a break. Nobody can keep up with the Bushies and the GOP in the stranger-than-fiction department anymore.
One more piece of corroboration: the GOP Convention website .
And if you don’t give the password:
Com e on Rufus, give them a break. They are being very brave, coming out against terrorism at all. It would be too much to reveal their identities, what if Osama found out?
I can’t wait to hear the Bushistas justification for this one. Though if I were responsible for that platform, I’d be ashamed too.
Magic Johnson is on the Democratic platform committee?
Huh.
Strange thing is, I can swear that I saw the Republican platform committee holding a meeting on C-SPAN.
Dr.Lao
September 1, 2004, 2:38am
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Were their faces all blurred out?
No, and I can swear that Bill Frist was serving as Chairman of the Platform Committee.
Reeder
September 1, 2004, 2:45am
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Washington, DC – Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. (R-TN), Chairman of the 2004 Platform Committee, today announced the five subcommittees of the 2004 Platform Committee. Senator Frist also announced the subcommittee leadership assignments, including: Colorado Governor Bill Owens will chair Winning the War on Terror; Canton, Ohio Mayor Janet Creighton will chair Ushering in an Ownership Era; Representative Phil English will chair Building an Innovative, Globally Competitive Economy; Representative Melissa Hart will chair Strengthening our Communities; and Governor Haley Barbour will chair Protecting Our Families. The 2004 Platform Committee will meet August 25 – 26, 2004 in New York City.
http://www.rnc.org/News/Read.aspx?ID=4564
Ahh, I wasn’t hallucinating.
Reeder
September 1, 2004, 2:50am
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Washington, DC - Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie today announced the addition of Anne Phelps and Ginny Wolfe to the 2004 Republican Platform Committee staff. Phelps will serve as Executive Director and Wolfe as Communications Director for the 2004 Republican Platform to be chaired by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D. (TN), Congresswoman Melissa Hart (PA) and Colorado Governor Bill Owens.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1180570/posts
It’s very simple, really. You can see the Platform Committee any time they aren’t in their office. If they do come in, you’ll have to go out and wait till they leave again.