Is Ron Paul Being Cheated out of the GOP Caucuses?

Electoral vote shaving isn’t just a common phenomenon in Philippine elections, indications are that such fraud may be happening in the US despite only the GOP caucuses (not general elections yet).

From the Business Insider,

By now, it is clear that the Maine caucuses were a complete mess.

Evidence is mounting that Mitt Romney's 194-vote victory over Ron Paul was prematurely announced, if not totally wrong. Washington County canceled their caucus on Saturday on account of three inches of snow (hardly a blizzard by Maine standards), and other towns that scheduled their caucuses for this week have been left out of the vote count. Now, it looks like caucuses that did take place before Feb. 11 have also been left out of final tally.

As the full extent of the chaos unfolds, sources close to the Paul campaign tell Business Insider that it is looking increasingly like Romney's team might have a hand in denying Paul votes, noting that Romney has some admirably ruthless operatives on his side and a powerful incentive to avoid a fifth caucus loss this month.

According to the Paul campaign, the Maine Republican Party is severely under-reporting Paul's results — and Romney isn't getting the same treatment. For example, nearly all the towns in Waldo County — a Ron Paul stronghold – held their caucuses on Feb. 4, but the state GOP reported no results for those towns. In Waterville, a college town in Central Maine, results were reported but not included in the party vote count. Paul beat Romney 21-5 there, according to the Kennebec County GOP.

Here is a video of the alleged fraud, (hat tip Professor Robert Murphy)

The Ron Paul revolution seems emblematic of the zeitgeist signifying the structural challenge posed by the forces of decentralization against the established forces of the industrial age top-down welfare-warfare based political institutions.

As one would observe, the substantial growth in Ron Paul’s following has been defying the establishment’s implicit campaign to repress his presence (such as media blackout), the exclusion from Jewish forum debate and etc...

I would even posit that some of the GOP candidates have been fielded (by vested interest groups) to erode on Ron Paul’s growing influence over the voting population.

The Ron Paul phenomenon has clearly been bolstered by the internet where the latter as a medium of communication and connectivity has apparently been taking over the lead from mainstream media.

The US may not be the world’s biggest user but has been the largest in terms of penetration level (chart from internetworldstats.com)

And the supposed fraud seems likely as more evidence of fear by the entrenched establishment of an anti-establishment candidate commanding clout from the voters. So the continued task to suppress candidate Paul’s rise.

Ron Paul may not win (which the insiders will make sure of) but his ascendance clearly marks the sign of the times.