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.
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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