Ron Paul Contact Sport
Well, maybe not “full contact…” Here is a great example of the rough and tumble of Robert’s Rules being used successfully to challenge the establishment of the Republican party. You have to see this video!
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We had flexed our parliamentary muscle and won. We had to fight them on a few more items but not quite as hard. Even after being shouted down, due to hubris, they still tried to ram votes through but they were a bit more cautious about it. They came to realize that we knew RRO better than they did, and that we weren’t going to back down!
In the middle of all of this we had non-establishment rank-and-file Republicans coming up to us explaining that they were glad we were putting a foot in the door of the establishment. One guy said “they’ve been doing this to us for decades, and now you are able to stop them”. Apparently this area is known for rubber-stamping the establishment’s will and they mistakenly thought they could get away with it again this year.