----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Petkov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <snipped> Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2000 10:16 PM Subject: [July30] will Buchanan prevail against the Perotistas July 30 in Philly - www.unity2000.com Published Saturday, July 29, 2000 Buchanan Removed From Ballot By KELLIE B. GORMLY / Associated Press Writer DALLAS (AP) -- Members of the Reform Party' s executive committee voted Saturday to remove Pat Buchanan' s name from the party' s presidential ballot, but Buchanan campaign officials called the action " bogus" and without any standing. " It means absolutely nothing, " declared Bay Buchanan, the candidate' s sister and national co-chair of the Buchanan campaign. " There' s absolutely no question that Pat' s still on the ballot." Seven members of the executive committee voted unanimously to remove Buchanan' s name from ballots to be mailed to party members, according to Jim Mangia, the party' s secretary. He acknowledged the group' s decision could be overturned by the party' s 164-member national committee when it meets Aug. 8. If not reversed, the committee' s decision would place Iowa physicist JohnHagelin as the party' s presumed candidate for president. But the Buchanan camp dismissed the executive committee vote entirely. Bay Buchanan, calling the action " irrelevant, " said the 10-member committee did not have any standing because it did not have a proper quorum. Two of the seven people who voted against Buchanan were removed from the committee some time ago, she maintained. Mangia could not be reached late Saturday to respond to the claims by Buchanan campaign officials. Buchanan was " hijacking the party" and thus had eliminated himself as a legitimate candidate, Mangia told colleagues at a meeting at an airport hotel, where the members of the executive committee met. " We are a party that was created on the principles of reform -- integrity and accountability, " Mangia said. " It' s astounding ... these kinds of dirty tricks." Seven of the 10 members on the party' s executive committee attended the meeting -- the majority of whom are supporters of party founder Ross Perot. They discussed Buchanan for about two hours before voting. Even before the vote, Buchanan spokesman Brian Doherty dismissed the effort as frivolous and called the allegations " false and outrageous." " They' re just doing everything they can to obstruct us or impede Buchanan' s nomination, " Doherty said Saturday before the vote. " They can' t defeat us legitimately, so they go about it trying to defeat us in other ways." Under party rules, the 164-member national committee will review the executive committee' s decision when it meets Aug. 8 in Long Beach, Calif. By a two-thirds vote, members could reverse the executive committee' s decision. " Anything the executive committee does today is a publicity stunt if anything, " said Bob Belcher, the party' s Alabama state chairman and a professed neutral. Buchanan left the Republican Party last October to seek the Reform nomination. Buchanan and Hagelin are competing for the party nod in the primary, which is a mail-in vote for party members and others who have asked for a ballot. Hagelin and Perot loyalists accused the Buchanan camp earlier this week of illegally padding the lists of ballot recipients with people from his Republican donor lists. At stake was control of the party apparatus and $12.6 million in federal election funds that go to the party' s nominee. Copyright 2000 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. � Copyright 2000. All rights reserved. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
