Has Jessie Benton cleared out his desk yet?

[walt]

books and phd papers will likely be written about the brutal media relations of this campaign someday by both political science majors and marketing types...

it's a sad day, it did not have to be that way.

 

[curtisag]

The way they treated Boortz's radio program was horrible. You don't schedule to be on a show and at the last minute say it's not gonna happen with no reasoning behind it.

 

[DJE]

screw boortz. No one listens to that show anyways. Dr. Paul would have got nothing by going on the show.

 

[Redcard]

screw boortz. No one listens to that show anyways. Dr. Paul would have got nothing by going on the show.

Ya know, I'm real tired of Dr. Paul not accepting invites or worse, accepting them and no-showing them.. and then having people here pull the "screw X, nobody likes X."

Fact is, right now, we're a SMALL , SMALL part of the US voter. MORE people daily watch Neil Boortz than voted for Ron Paul in Iowa and New Hampshire combined. More people in New Hampshire likely watch Neil Boortz than the 2000 vote difference between Fifth and Fourth.. possibly between Fifth and Third.

We claim over and over that the MSM is ignoring us, and yet, we do such a shitty job of handling our relations with them that when we get a chance... and WE walk away from it.. our response is to say "nobody watches them anyway."

What the hell do you want? If you want RP's message on the MSM, we need to start GOING to the MSM. We need to stop saying things like "Nobody watches X anyway" when our HQ fucks it up so badly and skips the show.

God, we don't need a vast conspiracy against us. We're fucking it up on our own .

Makes me so pissed off.

 

[coboman]

books and phd papers will likely be written about the brutal media relations of this campaign someday by both political science majors and marketing types...

it's a sad day, it did not have to be that way.

And the only ones to blame are ourselves.

I complained about the ineptitude of the official campaign from the very first day that I arrived to this forums. But everybody was OK with it. They thought the grassroots could do it on its own.

Well, we can't. What we could have done, and still can do, is COMPLAIN. A major email bomb, or another massive display of our dissatisfaction with HQ.

If we don't complain about their ineptitude, then we can't complain about the results they get.

 

[ceakins]

I've seen people complain about suggesting getting Dr. Paul on Howard Stern. He should be on as many programs as possible.

 

[Midnight77]

screw boortz. No one listens to that show anyways. Dr. Paul would have got nothing by going on the show.

Very arrogant attitude to take. There is a thing called professionalism, and this has now happened not once ... but twice. First with Glenn Beck and now this time.

The campaign staff is our own worst enemy and if Dr. Paul has any hope of securing the nomination, he needs a more professional staff.

We give this campaign $20 million last quarter, and you mean to tell me that they can't spend it wisely enough to get us at least in double digits in New Hampshire???

Clearly this campaign staff needs to go.

 

[apc3161]

screw boortz. No one listens to that show anyways. Dr. Paul would have got nothing by going on the show.

But he lost a lot by not going on, other shows will be less willing to invite him...

 

[walt]

Ya know, I'm real tired of Dr. Paul not accepting invites or worse, accepting them and no-showing them.. and then having people here pull the "screw X, nobody likes X."

Fact is, right now, we're a SMALL , SMALL part of the US voter. MORE people daily watch Neil Boortz than voted for Ron Paul in Iowa and New Hampshire combined. More people in New Hampshire likely watch Neil Boortz than the 2000 vote difference between Fifth and Fourth.. possibly between Fifth and Third.

We claim over and over that the MSM is ignoring us, and yet, we do such a shitty job of handling our relations with them that when we get a chance... and WE walk away from it.. our response is to say "nobody watches them anyway."

What the hell do you want? If you want RP's message on the MSM, we need to start GOING to the MSM. We need to stop saying things like "Nobody watches X anyway" when our HQ fucks it up so badly and skips the show.

God, we don't need a vast conspiracy against us. We're fucking it up on our own .

Makes me so pissed off.

I'm glad to see this thinking catching on. If we remove the issue and start over making positive relationships - anything is possible.

 

[rightobeleftalone]

No show with Boortz? Bad mistake. I think Boortz is in the top 5 or surely 10 most listened to on radio. I have given plenty of $ to the campaign. No more until this unprofessionalism ends. Bad. Very bad.

 

[GayRPFan]

No show with Boortz? Bad mistake. I think Boortz is in the top 5 or surely 10 most listened to on radio. I have given plenty of $ to the campaign. No more until this unprofessionalism ends. Bad. Very bad.

Ditto ;-)

 

[Lord Xar]

huh? what happened?

from what I gather he was scheduled for a television program or radio, and just cancelled?

 

[ButchHowdy]

No show with Boortz? Bad mistake. I think Boortz is in the top 5 or surely 10 most listened to on radio. I have given plenty of $ to the campaign. No more until this unprofessionalism ends. Bad. Very bad.

Not so fast . . . Boortz has mentioned Ron Paul more times today than in the 3 years I've listened to him combined!

Let's not forget Beck's hemming and hawing . . .

Brilliant strategies!

 

[Bradley in DC]

http://blog.nj.com/njv_paul_mulshine/2007/11/no_news_is_bad_news.html

It's not just one event.

 

[azminuteman]

Fact is, right now, we're a SMALL , SMALL part of the US voter.

Something doesn't smell right.

Both Paul and Edwards don't accept PAC money yet Paul raised about $28 million.
John McCain raised about $30 million and is spent.

I can't believe that 5% - if that's true - of the population that can raise $28 million is insignificant.
Yet, the number of donors - who I would assume be the ones that would get out and vote - equals to Hillarys camp.

It ain't nowhere near over, there's 48 more states to go and November is 10 months away.

 

[Redcard]

huh? what happened?

from what I gather he was scheduled for a television program or radio, and just cancelled?

Yes.

This campaign is getting quite the name for no-showing or last minute cancelling.

 

[Avalon]

And the only ones to blame are ourselves.

I complained about the ineptitude of the official campaign from the very first day that I arrived to this forums. But everybody was OK with it. They thought the grassroots could do it on its own.

Well, we can't.

BS. The only chance our candidate ever had is grassroots supporters recruiting more grassroots supporters and, in the end, voters. If you had bothered to actually talk to republicans you'd find out they dislike Ron Paul because of the media coverage he's gotten. Massive ad campaigns and interviews can cast doubt on republicans' perceptions of him but for the most case they won't win votes (they still question him and don't look into him on their own). According to the exit polls, half of McCain's voters in NH saw Ron Paul favorably. These votes could have been won if someone had talked with them (because McCain represents nothing that Ron Paul does...especially regarding the most divisive issue, the Iraq War in which McCain wants to add another 100k troops and is content with us being there another hundred years). You seal the deal by actually talking with voters: proving to them that this candidate is worth supporting.

This campaign is entirely about grassroots. The hardcore supporters from nearly a year ago built this campaign into what it is but unfortunately the people they recruited cared more about armchair quarterbacking the campaign and in general spending all their Ron Paul time on the internet and not out pounding the pavement (they did donate en masse, I'll give them that).

We are to blame for these losses (especially the supporters in Iowa), no one else. Now it becomes more about winning delegate slots than winning primaries (in the event of a likely brokered convention) but those are achieved the same way: go out and talk to people.

 

[wgadget]

Ya know, I'm real tired of Dr. Paul not accepting invites or worse, accepting them and no-showing them.. and then having people here pull the "screw X, nobody likes X."

Fact is, right now, we're a SMALL , SMALL part of the US voter. MORE people daily watch Neil Boortz than voted for Ron Paul in Iowa and New Hampshire combined. More people in New Hampshire likely watch Neil Boortz than the 2000 vote difference between Fifth and Fourth.. possibly between Fifth and Third.

We claim over and over that the MSM is ignoring us, and yet, we do such a shitty job of handling our relations with them that when we get a chance... and WE walk away from it.. our response is to say "nobody watches them anyway."

What the hell do you want? If you want RP's message on the MSM, we need to start GOING to the MSM. We need to stop saying things like "Nobody watches X anyway" when our HQ fucks it up so badly and skips the show.

God, we don't need a vast conspiracy against us. We're fucking it up on our own .

Makes me so pissed off.

"WATCH" Boortz? As far as I know, he's a radio host, and does not have anything for people to "watch."

 

[Redcard]

"WATCH" Boortz? As far as I know, he's a radio host, and does not have anything for people to "watch."

He's got a simulcast going too.

Hell, I wasn't even aware that the simulcast was a local thing here.. hah.

Yes, listen to him, then. 3.75 million listeners.

 

[amy31416]

No show with Boortz? Bad mistake. I think Boortz is in the top 5 or surely 10 most listened to on radio. I have given plenty of $ to the campaign. No more until this unprofessionalism ends. Bad. Very bad.

Also agreed on this point. No more money from me until they prove that they are professional and doing the right thing by Paul. This level of unprofessionalism hurts Ron in two ways: 1. He irks someone with a publicly heard voice and leaves them hanging. 2. It makes it look like Paul's incompetent and doesn't even know what's going on in his own campaign.

Not good. Just like Paul knows he is morally responsible even though he was unaware of what was written under his name, he's also responsible to be aware of what's going on in his official campaign. Ignorance is not a good defense.