I am disappointed. The OFFICIAL thread.

[Muwahid]

JUST ONE STATE DAMNIT, JUST ONE FUCKING STATE...

I know we're racking up delegates I know were doing "very well" but for fucks sake we just need one state for momentum, the more this shit happens the more demoralized supporters are, the less donations, the less momentum

if he won iowa i guarentee he woulda won maine, its perception, everyone talking otherwise is talking shit.

he shoulda took iowa, probably woulda had him win NH, done better atleast in SC/FL, took nevada, minnesota

fuck life

 

[NYgs23]

Because only our people are active at that young an age. Once the young generation grows up and ALL start voting, it will diminish back to a small minority. Think of all the ignorant 20-25 year olds you know, they don't vote yet.

It's possible, but the younger generation is growing up outside the auspices of the MSM and tends to be more "live and let live" than previous generations, in a generalized and inchoate way. Their main problems are political correctness, enviro-statism, and a misunderstanding of economics. But this can change and has changed for many of us. I suspect few people here were rock-ribbed pro-liberty people before 2007. I wasn't. I was a sort paleo-conservative type. Now I'm a free market anarchist.

Talking to you is like slow dancing with a porcupine. I don't know how you even have the energy to type with your mentality. What's your strategy? Move from the country? Free state project? Seasteading? Or just moaning and groaning?

BRB. I need some booze.

 

[seawolf]

It was an extremely difficult loss to swallow. The RP Grassroots and the Campaign really needed this Win in Maine for the BIG MOMENTUM and DOLLARS that would have brought.

As CNN and others are saying tonight this ninth straight loss just solidifies that Ron is a marginal Candidate.

Santorum has raised over $3 Million dollars in the last four days since his 3 wins on Tuesday. What do you think we will raise on the No One But Paul Money Bomb now???

Like I said this one loss really really hurts and is a big blow to the Campaign.

 

[JoshS]

It's possible, but the younger generation is growing up outside the auspices of the MSM and tends to be more "live and let live" than previous generations, in a generalized and inchoate way. Their main problems are political correctness, enviro-statism, and a misunderstanding of economics. But this can change and has changed for many of us. I suspect few people here were rock-ribbed pro-liberty people before 2007. I wasn't. I was a sort paleo-conservative type. Now I'm a free market anarchist.

Talking to you is like slow dancing with a porcupine. I don't know how you even have the energy to type with your mentality. What's your strategy? Move from the country? Free state project? Seasteading? Or just moaning and groaning?

BRB. I need some booze.

Well I am in the disappointed thread....so moaning and groaning for now. Just venting, I'm sure you understand.

Most young people I know are staunch socialists though, so good luck with that.

 

[NYgs23]

Mmm...Pinot Grigio in a dixie cup.

 

[NYgs23]

Well I am in the disappointed thread....so moaning and groaning for now. Just venting, I'm sure you understand.

Most young people I know are staunch socialists though, so good luck with that.

Well, until you have some plan of action to take, there's no use talking. Unless the talk can lead to worthwhile action, we may as well just party.

 

[Revolution9]

We need to be realistic though. If we can't win a state like Maine, 5 thousand votes, we can't win big neo-con states.

That is not realism. Facts on the ground define realism. You have not the future in your pocklet so you cannot be realistic as you portray yourself. The stretches of logic you folks go through to support your miasma is enormous.

Rev9

 

[NYgs23]

It was an extremely difficult loss to swallow. The RP Grassroots and the Campaign really needed this Win in Maine for the BIG MOMENTUM and DOLLARS that would have brought.

As CNN and others are saying tonight this ninth straight loss just solidifies that Ron is a marginal Candidate.

Santorum has raised over $3 Million dollars in the last four days since his 3 wins on Tuesday. What do you think we will raise on the No One But Paul Money Bomb now???

Like I said this one loss really really hurts and is a big blow to the Campaign.

Well, all you can do is promote that money bomb. Though at some point, we really need to focus on supporting pro-liberty congressional campaigns.

 

[Pauls' Revere]

Is there a party that isn't dominated by irrational people?

Good question.

 

[jllundqu]

We're just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic... It's All Going Down, Man!!! So F__ Off with your negativity and pessimism

 

[HigherVision]

It was an extremely difficult loss to swallow. The RP Grassroots and the Campaign really needed this Win in Maine for the BIG MOMENTUM and DOLLARS that would have brought.

As CNN and others are saying tonight this ninth straight loss just solidifies that Ron is a marginal Candidate.

Santorum has raised over $3 Million dollars in the last four days since his 3 wins on Tuesday. What do you think we will raise on the No One But Paul Money Bomb now???

Like I said this one loss really really hurts and is a big blow to the Campaign.

But we beat Santorum tonight.

 

[bolidew]

Except it never started. We can't even win Maine...it's over.

BRB Delegates. lol let's be serious, we lost. I wish you guys luck in further campaigning and money bombs, which will forever be small because no one thinks this campaign can even effectively use the money donated.

It'll show the campaign's commitment by doing its own "strategy" and remaining in the race all the way, even though the donated money dries up.

We will see.....

 

[Revolution9]

I literally said yesterday he wouldn't win and about THREE individuals called me a troll as soon as I posted.

Don't always expect a win and then be upset when you lose.

Edit: I lose rep for telling people to expect the worse so they don't get upset. :/ meh.

You got neg repped or called troll because that type of garbage turns off folks who are on the fence. When we lose by a few tens or a couple of hundred votes you drooldonkeys oughta hang that dead albatross about your necks instead of trying to hang the carcass around the necks of those who keep their feet planted and powder dry. You clowns ain't got no inside track on anything more than anyone else has around here. You are not some founts of wisdom. Yer just a frikkin' pain in the ass.

Rev9

 

[Feelgood]

0-8 is just not that enlightening, for whatever reason.

Actually this makes it 0-9...total shut out.

 

[Cortes]

No one's going to create the enthusiasm Ron Paul did. I'm not sure if that's even debatable. Ron has the predictions, the economic prowess, the youtube vids, the voting record, the written literature, the best selling books, etc. He was the one who did actually cure voter apathy. No one comes close and no one will.

His intellect is powerful, yes. But what it's good at doing is creating a base.

There is already a base. It needs to expand. And it does so not around one man, but through the entire country.

He's been damn good at kickstarting it, but his campaign hasn't been as effective as it could at expanding this base. Everything you mentioned only empowers the converted. All of those good things are not unique or exclusive to Ron Paul the individual. He is not the messiah; he's better than that. He's resurrected a paradigm shift that will carry on when he is no longer able to endorse it.

I don't get inspired because Ron Paul is speaking. I get inspired because Ron Paul is speaking powerful words.

And it's inevitable that new voices are going to be speaking those powerful words, and in forms extremely likely to be even more inspiring and convincing to the apathetic uninformed public.

 

[jllundqu]

JUST ONE STATE DAMNIT, JUST ONE FUCKING STATE...

I know we're racking up delegates I know were doing "very well" but for fucks sake we just need one state for momentum, the more this shit happens the more demoralized supporters are, the less donations, the less momentum

if he won iowa i guarentee he woulda won maine, its perception, everyone talking otherwise is talking shit.

he shoulda took iowa, probably woulda had him win NH, done better atleast in SC/FL, took nevada, minnesota

fuck life

I think "Fucks sake" should be in the possessive form: Fuck's Sake..

Just sayin.

 

[Darthbrooklyn]

FUCK SHIT DAMN ARGGGGHH FUCK SHIT DAMN ARGGGGHH FUCK SHIT DAMN ARGGGGHH Just needed to say that.. Thanks

 

[Cabal]

Fanboi-cheerleading-optimism aside. Rather disappointed myself. We needed this win moreso than any other to maintain relevance and bump fundraising. Considering the fact that RP was really the only hardcore campaigner in Maine and we still lost the straw poll, if only by <200 votes, this was still a heavy blow to us that will be haunting us for the next couple of weeks.

Delegates are great, but delegates that no one really reports on aren't going to help fundraising; nor are they going to help the rhetoric of the media, or the resulting public opinion.

 

[Gray Fullbuster]

You got neg repped or called troll because that type of garbage turns off folks who are on the fence. When we lose by a few tens or a couple of hundred votes you drooldonkeys oughta hang that dead albatross about your necks instead of trying to hang the carcass around the necks of those who keep their feet planted and powder dry. You clowns ain't got no inside track on anything more than anyone else has around here. You are not some founts of wisdom. Yer just a frikkin' pain in the ass.

Rev9

Reported for flaming.

 

[wgadget]

This needs to be corrected so that we do not get too full of ourselves. When you total all the votes for Paul in the nine contests that have been held and compare that with the 2008 general election totals for the same states we are 1.56% of the electorate. That percentage is even less when you compare our vote total to all registered voters.

A few polls have shown that around 40% of Paul voters will not support the nominee. If that is the case then "we" are 0.6% of the electorate. Not much of a force to "wreak havoc" as you suggest.

Don't want to burst your bubble, but I would hate to see people have false hope that we are some large contingency when in reality we are not.

In a three-way race, didn't Ron have 18%? And I may be wrong, but wouldn't as little as 5-10% of the vote affect the election?