Jesse Benton says campaign not formally making a push for delegates in MI convention

[deadfish]

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."

 

[Badger Paul]

You're the campaign now in Michigan, not Benton. He can say what he wants but you can do what you want.

And if it's delegates you want, go get them!

 

[devil21]

I must have missed the part where the formal campaign did much of anything at any of these conventions. Other than C4L volunteers and such, the actual campaign has barely been involved at all at the convention level so where does Jesse get off saying what Michigan grassroots supporters will or won't do at the convention? Im not in Michigan but my state convention is coming up and I sure as hell didn't get my registration fees, Robert's Rules training or anything else from the campaign. We're doing this on our own!

Here's the funny part. This whole thing could be a stroke of genius to motivate us to work even harder to win, even if unintentional. We always band together when we're attacked by the media and the establishment so why not band together when we're attacked by our own "spokesman"? If Benton wants to go out in public and state what the grassroots won't do then he's asking to be the next poster child for what happens when you challenge us. Just some food for thought there.

 

[Dogsoldier]

To be honest I'm not worried about what benton said or did.I'm not here for benton.

But why did Ron Paul say that Romney needs only 200 delegates to get the nod?That to me is the discouraging part.Even though officially he has only 350 max.

 

[opinionatedfool]

To be honest I'm not worried about what benton said or did.I'm not here for benton.

But why did Ron Paul say that Romney needs only 200 delegates to get the nod?That to me is the discouraging part.Even though officially he has only 350 max.

It's becoming apparent that us grassroots are the ones who know what's going on. I wish the campaign would have hung around the forum a little more. Maybe they would learn something.

 

[MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2]

Are you kidding me? That doesn't even come close to saying that we're not working in Michigan, just because Dr. Paul feels his presence is better served in Minnesota.

I was under the impression that Minnesota dominated so much, they don't need any help. His appearance there is more like a reward, I believe.

 

[KingNothing]

"These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."

We have an amazing amount of sunshine patriots around here, apparently.

 

[KingNothing]

It's becoming apparent that us grassroots are the ones who know what's going on. I wish the campaign would have hung around the forum a little more. Maybe they would learn something.

This forum is.... not exactly a thinktank. I think we'd be best to express a heavy amount of humility, and try to understand that the Paul camp is filled with professionals and led by a man who has been in the game since the 1970's. They know what they're doing. We've every reason to have faith in their abilities.

 

[KingNothing]

Bottom line is Jesse Benton just wanted to make money.

Wow. Right.

 

[Supernaut]

Some of us have been on to jesse Benton for a long time. What an absolute shithead.

 

[ClydeCoulter]

seems like another ploy to make romney supporters less likely to show up at the convention... i HOPE this is what is going on.

Seems to be working, eh? Take a look at nebraska tonight

 

[brushfire]

Dr Paul is getting plenty of attention. I wonder how this information hits the opposition? Confusion?

Personally, I'm waiting for Sept 1st before I jump to any conclusions.

 

[Krzysztof Lesiak]

Benton needs to go. ASAP.

 

[KingNothing]

You know when Jack Nicholson had that fleeting belief that the people around him in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest weren't completely insane only to have that belief shattered when the reality of the mental state of those around him became apparent again?

I feel like that is what's happening here now. There's a whoooole bunch of crazy going on.

And the people who aren't acting insane are acting like sniveling, bratty children.

This board has not been representing the best and brightest of the movement recently.

 

[KenInMontiMN]

I was under the impression that Minnesota dominated so much, they don't need any help. His appearance there is more like a reward, I believe.

Possibly something to that but it's also a great opportunity for Paul to boost Kurt Bills' candidacy for US Senate. But we aren't that wildly dominant at all; we only had a majority of the delegations in 3 of 8 cong. districts but took 20 of 24 due to disciplined slate adherence by our people, along with a complete absence of competing slates by any other campaign. So now as a result of that success we go into state with less than 50% on paper at least and we face an organized slate and different voting rules that require 50% +1 to elect a delegate. So nothing is automatic this weekend, but we're hoping to take most or many of the remaining 13 delegate positions. But we may need some support from non-Paulers who don'tcare for Romney to get over that 50% hump, we'll see.

 

[devil21]

You know when Jack Nicholson had that fleeting belief that the people around him in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest weren't completely insane only to have that belief shattered when the reality of the mental state of those around him became apparent again?

I feel like that is what's happening here now. There's a whoooole bunch of crazy going on.

And the people who aren't acting insane are acting like sniveling, bratty children.

This board has not been representing the best and brightest of the movement recently.

Thank god no one cares what you think.

 

[JS4Pat]

“The campaign is not officially backing any action in Michigan,” Benton said.

What in the hell has happened to this campaign? This is so freaking pathetic!

 

[walt]

What in the hell has happened to this campaign? This is so freaking pathetic!

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?376889-Is-Jesse-Benton-the-next-Benedict-Arnold-or-an-idiot

 

[rp2012win]

What in the hell has happened to this campaign? This is so freaking pathetic!

Those running the campaign lack vision. The ones who told Dr. Paul to defend Romney in the MI debate and attack Santorum. The ones who spent over $50,000 on Santorum attack ads in MI. Santorum was in 1st in MI so the campaign said, "oh ok, lets attack santorum since he is ahead." They did not have the vision to understand that a Santorum win in MI would help Dr. Paul long term. Think about it. Santorum would have taken OH as well and we would still have a 4 man race and be on the brink of a brokered convention. All the campaign had to do was instruct Dr. Paul to attack Romney like a dog during that debate and all our dreams would still be alive. Although I was banned for months for criticizing that campaign decision, most can now see just how incompetent these people are.

 

[ForLibertyFight]

Jesse Benton is only working in politics because of nepotism. I honestly believe that I could've ran a better campaign...