{"id":9200,"date":"2012-03-21T21:37:49","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T04:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bradblog.com\/?p=9200"},"modified":"2013-11-27T21:44:48","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T05:44:48","slug":"the-bradcast-on-kpfk-gop-empire-strikes-back-at-the-ron-paul-revolutionaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9200","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;The BradCast&#8217; on KPFK: GOP Empire Strikes Back at the Ron Paul Revolutionaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/BradBlog.com\/Images\/BrentStafford_StCharlesMO_LoriBone_ClarkeCountyGA.jpg\" hspace=\"6\" vspace=\"3\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\">We&#8217;ve been covering the extraordinary means by which the GOP establishment has been going to shut out the voices of the organized and well-numbered supporters of Republican Presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul at caucuses and delegate conventions, of late.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9192\">Here&#8217;s our recent coverage<\/a> of the extraordinary scenes (and, thankfully, video) of what happened at the Missouri Caucuses in St. Charles County over the weekend and in Athens-Clarke County, GA the weekend prior. (You can watch all the videos referenced in this broadcast at that link.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=9199\">Here&#8217;s my appearance on RT TV<\/a> Tuesday night discussing the entire fine mess, and charging that the &#8220;GOP establishment hates democracy&#8221;. (That video has been viewed <em>more than 13,000 times<\/em> in the 24 hours since being posted by RT after its airing on the satellite\/cable channel.)<\/p>\n<p>Today, on my <a href=\"http:\/\/kpfk.org\">KPFK<\/a>\/Pacifica Radio show, I was joined by two of the key players at both of those of remarkable scenes. My guests were Brent Stafford, the Paul organizer seen, incredibly enough, being arrested while trying to reconvene the aborted caucus in St. Charles after pandemonium had broken out inside, and Lori Bone of Athens, who was seen (also on video, thankfully) trying to demand an explanation from Republican Party officials in GA after they&#8217;d rammed through a slate of delegates at the Clarke County GOP convention, and then ended the proceedings, ignoring the Paul supporters majority &#8212; all in blatant violation of the official rules.<\/p>\n<p>Stafford told us the St. Charles County GOP is likely to be forced to hold a new caucus (since they didn&#8217;t even get to vote on delegates before everything broke down, as police were called to the scene). That ought to be interesting.<\/p>\n<p>And Bone explained how Paul supporters in Clarke County took it upon themselves to reconvene the caucus the next day in order to elect their <i>own<\/i> slate of delegates for the upcoming district and state GOP conventions. Thought ought to be even interestinger.<\/p>\n<p>After my conversation with Stafford and Bone, we finished things up with a bit of <a href=\"http:\/\/greennews.bradblog.com\"><em>Green News Report<\/em><\/a> with the always lovely and very wise Desi Doyen&#8230;.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/KPFK_BradFriedman_BrentStafford_LoriBone_032112.mp3\">Download MP3<\/a> or listen online below (appx 58 mins)&#8230;<\/i><br \/>\n[audio:http:\/\/bradblog.com\/audio\/KPFK_BradFriedman_BrentStafford_LoriBone_032112.mp3]<\/blockquote>\n<p><center><i><b>* * *<\/b><\/i><\/center><!--BB-DONATEPITCH-START--><\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f5f0e0; border:2px solid #6b5a2e; border-radius:6px; padding:10px 14px; text-align:center; font-family:Georgia,serif;\"><span style=\"display:block; margin:0 0 8px 0; color:#3a2e0e; font-size:0.95em; line-height:1.5;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.BradBlog.com\">The BRAD BLOG<\/a> covers your electoral system, fiercely and independently, like no other media outlet in the nation. 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