"Fusion" Ticket Beats Paul in Louisiana?

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UPDATE: Hard numbers here. They highlight the Paul delegates in yellow with the number of challenged ballots at the bottom of each district totals (you will have to click on the ZOOM function to get it big enough to read). The top 15 names in each district become delegates. You don't have to look the list over very long to see that if most of the challenged ballots are indeed Paul supporters then the delegates for Paul will break into the top 15 in a big way.
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We had earlier given you reports that Congressman Ron Paul was dominating the Louisiana Caucus based on multiple reports on the ground. That was in each local parish (county). But very strange things happened when those votes got to the District level. It now appears that the other candidates banded together in a so-called "Fusion Ticket" in order to deny Paul a win. With supporters of Romney, Guiliani, McCain and Huckabee acting as one unit, this "Fusion" ticket was able to acquire more unchallenged votes than Dr. Paul's supporters in all seven of Louisiana's congressional districts. They technically billed themselves as a "Pro-life/Pro-family Uncommitted" slate (a ludicrous label given the presence of Guiliani supporters in the coalition). It is unknown at this time how many delegates belong to each candidate from this ticket.

In some areas, John McCain had more support than Ron Paul. In these areas, it seems delegates for the "Fusion" ticket also served as delegates on the McCain ticket! The same names appear on both lists. They then used aggressive ballot-challenging to delay the counting of hundreds of pro-Paul ballots. When they say it "appears" John McCain won more delegates than Paul you must bear in mind that the balloting was so close that in 6 of 7 districts it is still unclear who the winner is because the number of challenged ballots was greater than the margin of victory. Should those ballots pass challenge, it is possible, likely even, that Paul will have won more delegates than McCain, or anyone except the combined strength of the all-establishment team. Of course, whatever media coverage there is will have safely passed on after announcing "McCain appears to have won the most delegates".

When I listen to most Republican voters, I hear them justify their vote based on which rival it is preventing from winning: "We can't let a pro-abort like Rudy win it", or "We can't let that slick flip-flopper Romney win it" or "McCain and Huckabee are open-borders losers, we can't let them win it." You hear a lot of that, but these are false divisions designed by the establishment to give the masses the illusion of choice. When it comes down to it, when you break down the establishment facade, the real truth was revealed yesterday in Louisiana. There are only two Republican candidates for President this year- Ron Paul and the Rest of Them.