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Originally Posted by sluggie24
Doesn't McCain already have the votes needed to get the nomination? 
Don't blame me.....I voted for Ron Paul........  |
McCain doesn't have any votes yet. No one does. The votes get cast at the convention by the delegates. Certain states bound the delegate vote to the general voting results, but not all states do (like PA). That's why he's referred to as the "presumptive nominee." In fact, many of his reported delegates are from states that have uncommitted delegates... and haven't even held their state conventions yet! They are counting on the GOP to strong arm the to-be-elected delegates to vote "their" way.
Realistically, McCain will get the nomination. However, there is still an extremely super slim chance of a brokered convention. But regardless, I can almost guarantee you that the national delegates will rock the convention.
This might sound cliche, but this is just the beginning. This revolution will continue on without Dr. Paul as he had hoped for.
From Dr. Paul's new book The Revolution: A Manifesto:
"Truth is treason in the empire of lies...
There is an alternative to national bankruptcy, a bigger police state, trillion-dollar wars, and a government that draws ever more parasitically on the productive energies of the American people. It's called freedom...
If we want to live in a free society, we need to break free from the artificial limitations on free debate and start asking serious questions once again. I am happy that my campaign for the presidency has finally raised some of them. But this is a long-term project that will persist far into the future. These ideas cannot be allowed to die, buried beneath the mind-numbing chorus of empty slogans and inanities that constitute official political discourse in America."