Campaign Expenditures and SERIOUS PROBLEMS AT THE TOP of our campaign

SteveMartin

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Campaign concerns

There are stories circulating at the top layers of the grassroots that we have a very serious problem at the top of the official campaign. Rumors are coming out that the top leadership:

1. May consist of old-style Libertarian proponents of the "remnant theory," i.e. that they need really do nothing, and that all things will come together for good in a magical way on their own.
2. That many of the top campaign officials are not really Ron Paul-principle types, but closet neocons. (Source: Robert Goldsborough)
3. That many of the top campaign officials, in addition to their exorbitant salaries, have also set up "consulting firms" for which many tens of thousands of dollars are siphoned off through billings for ineffective services.

Now, maybe this stuff is true, and maybe it isn't but I am sure everyone is familiar with the constant refrain from HQ that suggests that they can not "talk to" or "coordinate" with leaders in the grassroots. FEC regulations are always cited as the reason, but might that not be convenient cover for NOT WANTING TO?

Please take a look at the 3rd quarter campaign expenditures:

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/expend.asp?id=N00005906&cycle=2008

Compare it to Hucakbee's (for example) and see what you find.

Also, rumors are that we may have spent less than $1.5 million in NH because someone has decided to follow a Giuliani "Super Tuesday" philosophy which can not work for us because we don't have:

A> The built in "9-11 Hero" name recognition (50% of voters STILL have never heard of Ron Paul.)
B> Campaign funding will dry up quickly if we continue to lose in SC, NV and MI--and we will have no time to reignite the giving before Super Tuesday.
C> We will NEVER get all the free MSM publicity that Giuliani gets every day.


WHAT YOU CAN?MUST DO:

If there is a Ron Paul event coming near you, GATHER A GROUP OF CONCERNED supporters who share the concerns about national HQ, and approach RP with these concerns afterwards. It is VERY LIKELY, repeat VERY LIKELY that he personally knows nothing about any of this.
 
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Thanks for this, true or not. I will do my part researching your links. We need to talk to the campaign, actually, we need to write a letter to Dr. Paul personally to express some of our major concerns.
 
Spending only 1.5 million on those crappy ads in NH is a disgrace. The grassroots poured everything we had into NH. The campaign should have spent at least 5 million in that state on GOOD ads.
 
Ron Paul knows what he is doing.. Have faith in this man
 
Thanks for this, true or not. I will do my part researching your links. We need to talk to the campaign, actually, we need to write a letter to Dr. Paul personally to express some of our major concerns.

Thanks..."An open letter to Kent Snyder..." is here in these forums, and will be discussed in a conference call (hopefully Friday) with several grassroots leaders and at least one paid staff person from Arlington.
 
Ron Paul hired three people that I am aware of: Kent Snyder, Justine Lam and Jesse Benton (and possibly a couple others--including Lew Moore) way back in the February-May period. Since then, he has been totally out of the loop on hirings and firings.
 
Ron Paul knows what he is doing.. Have faith in this man

That's not the point. If he's delegating authority to people who aren't able to compete with the rest of the candidates he might not know what they are doing...or not doing.
 
It is VERY LIKELY, repeat VERY LIKELY that he personally knows nothing about any of this.
Then he doesn't deserve to be president.

A leader that doesn't know how to surround himself with competent people, and encourage and supervise them to do their very best, is no leader at all.
 
Remember, Ron Paul has a 16-hour per day/ 7-day per week schedule.

You try running for President and still serving your constituents as a sitting Congressman, making it to votes and hearings, all at once!

NO BODY ELSE IS DOING IT! R.P. is still voting on the majority of the issues, and ALL the major ones.
 
Our best chance to get major change now or for a 3rd Party run now is to talk directly to RP or Carol when you see them in person -

When 20-50 people mention the same thing I can imagine RP will call a meeting to clean house....
 
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