John Tate on Maine, Moneybomb

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A MESSAGE FROM THE RON PAUL CAMPAIGN: Tonight you saw dueling examples of how much the establishment is scared of Ron Paul and his message of liberty. Ron Paul will win the most delegates out of Maine tonight. In fact, he will probably even... win the “beauty contest” Straw Poll the media has already called for Mitt Romney – even before all the votes have been tallied. “HOW CAN THAT BE?” you might be asking yourself. Simple. The national political establishment and their pals in the national media will do ANYTHING to silence our message of liberty. It’s up to you and me to stop them. So if you haven’t yet done so, please pledge to give as much as you can to Ron Paul’s February 14 Money Bomb. You see, in Maine today, you and I saw a perfect example of just how much the establishment fears Ron Paul. In Washington County – where Ron Paul was incredibly strong – the caucus was delayed until next week just so the votes wouldn’t be reported by the national media today. Of course, their excuse for the delay was “snow.” That’s right. A prediction of 3-4 inches – that turned into nothing more than a dusting - was enough for a local GOP official to postpone the caucuses just so the results wouldn’t be reported tonight.

This is MAINE we’re talking about. The GIRL SCOUTS had an event today in Washington County that wasn’t cancelled! And just the votes of Washington County would have been enough to put us over the top. This is an outrage. Perhaps you heard about it on the mainstream news tonight? Probably not. In fact, if you were watching one major network, they cut off their telecast of Ron Paul’s speech right when he began mentioning this fact. The truth is, there is no length to which the GOP establishment won’t go. There is nothing the mainstream media won’t do. But they can’t stifle our message. And with your help, they will have to listen to it all the way to the GOP nominating convention in August. Ron Paul told me this weekend -- he is in it to stay and to WIN. And we are bringing delegates with us to the fight. Lots of them. In fact, while the national media continues to focus on Straw Polls, we’re racking up delegate after delegate . . . . . . the folks who will ultimately decide who goes to Tampa, Florida to select our Republican nominee for President. Are you with us? If you are truly willing to keep standing and fighting beside Ron Paul until victory is ours, it will require a renewed commitment from every single supporter. It will require attending your local caucus, convention and primary. It will require doubling down on phone from home and volunteer efforts. And it will require a massive Money Bomb this week of at least 5 million dollars. Going into Super Tuesday, Ron Paul has several tremendous opportunities to keep our momentum going. But we must be able to count on you. If you haven’t done so, please pledge to contribute to Ron Paul’s February 14 Money Bomb IMMEDIATELY.

For Liberty, John Tate Campaign Manager
 
JOHN TATE'S EXPLOSIVE E-MAIL ON MAINE RESULTS!!!

I just received the following e-mail from John Tate, RP Campaign Manager, dated Feb. 11, 2012 9:38 PM EST

"Tonight you saw dueling examples of how much the establishment is scared of Ron Paul and his message of liberty.

Ron Paul will win the most delegates out of Maine tonight.

In, fact he will probably even win the "beauty contest" Straw Poll the media has already called for Mitt Romney - even before all the votes have been tallied.

HOW CAN THAT BE? you might be asking yourself.

Simple. The national political establishment and their pals in the national media will do ANYTHING to silence our message of liberty.

It's up to you and me to stop them. So if you haven't yet done so, please pledge to give as much as you can to Ron Paul's February 14 Money Bomb.

You see, in Maine today, you and I saw a perfect example of just how much the establishment fears Ron Paul.

In Washington County - where Ron Paul was incredibly strong - the caucus was delayed until next week just so the votes wouldn't be reported by the national media today.

Of course, their excuse for the delay was "snow."

That's right. A prediction of 3-4 inches - that turned into nothing more than a dusting - was enough for a local GOP official to postpone the caucuses just so the results wouldn't be reported tonight.

This is MAINE we're talking about.

The GIRL SCOUTS had an event today in Washington County that wasn't cancelled!

And just the votes of Washington County would have been enough to put us over the top.

This is an outrage. Perhaps you heard about it on the mainstream media news tonight?

Probably not. In fact, if you were watching one major network, they cut off their telecast of Ron Paul's speech right when he began mentioning the fact.

The truth is, there is no length to which the GOP establishment won't go. There is nothing the mainstream media won't do.

But they can't stifle our message. And with your help, they will have to listen to it all the way to the GOP nominating convention in August.

Ron Paul told me this weekend - he is in it to stay and to WIN.

And we are bringing delegates with us to the fight. Lots of them.

In fact, while the national media continues to focus on Straw Polls, we're racking up delegate after delegate...

...the folks who will ultimately decide who goes to Tampa, Florida to select our Republican nominee for President.

Are you with us??

If you are truly willing to keep standing and fighting beside Ron Paul until victory is ours. it will require a renewed commitment from every single supporter.

It willl require attending your local caucus, convention and primary.

It will require doubling down on phone from home and volunteer efforts.

And it will require a massive Money Bomb this week of at least 5 Million dollars.

Going into Super Tuesday, Ron Paul has several tremendous opportunites to keep our momentum going.

But we must be able to count on you.

If you haven't done so, please pledge to contribute to Ron Paul's February 14 Money Bomb IMMEDIATELY.

For Liberty,
'
John Tate
Campaign Manager"
 
THEY MUST POST THIS ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE!! These LONNNNNNNGGG emails, though valuable, do not inspire "donations". IF they post everyother day with their facebook and Stress the importance of it, PEOPLE WILL ANTE UP!
 
THEY MUST POST THIS ON THEIR FACEBOOK PAGE!! These LONNNNNNNGGG emails, though valuable, do not inspire "donations". IF they post everyother day with their facebook and Stress the importance of it, PEOPLE WILL ANTE UP!

THIS ^^^^

I'll say that these very long emails really turn people off... Keeping it short and sweet would go so much further with people, in my opinion.

Also, having had some experience with running and promoting RonPaulCountry.com, I have to say the campaign isn't playing on social networks to the extent it COULD have. I don't believe they are harnessing the full power of the internet via twitter and facebook.
 
John Tate and the Campaign has just declared WAR on the GOP Party Establishment with e-mail. Please read it again if you have to.

I will now triple my donation Tuesday to the No One But Paul Money Bomb.

It is about time the Campaign stopped playing nice with the GOP Party Boss's. It is time to fight!!!
 
yeah. get this on FB campaign! i'm going to be spreading this like butter on bread.
 
Lord Xar and D.A.S I agree they should have used my thread instead of carterm's but please carefully read the e-mail from John Tate.

The Campaign finally is seeing the light. They were robbed by the Maine GOP Party Bosses and they finally realize it and they are not taking if anymore like they did in Nevada.

This is a huge change for the Campaign and it is about time. Any oh by the way the Official Pledge Site is spiking, now over $300,000 and climbing fast. The RP Nation is pissed off, fighting mad and are marching to Ron's defense.
 
We had the NoOneButPaul.com Money Bomb up and running by Jan 23rd. We've been adding new features, graphics, promotional materials almost daily. Where were you guys then?

I've been working overnights on this with Orenbus to get it done far in advance of the bomb date and people on forums have to argue over if this idea was too harsh. Grow some balls:mad: and get on board! If people had been promoting it when we had it ready we wouldn't have to be squeezing three weeks worth of promoting into the next two days.
 
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I wish Tate would just keep it simple - this open ended "give everything you can" shit makes too many people at this point feel apapathetic. Give them something tangible, something concrete!

They were able to get away with this vague rah rah stuff before all of the recent results came in but that dog isn't going to hunt any longer. They want us to raise $5 million and they don't even say how?!?

Hey Tate, if you're reading this thread here's a few pointers for ya:

- We (the grassroots) like data, details, strategy and plans that turn small individual actions into super big results when measured in the aggregate.

- Ergo, give us a friggin plan... Something we can sink our teeth into. Give us a specific dollar amount that needs to be donated by a specific number of people to reach your fundraising goal of $5million.

- Be fucking transparent with your data... how many previous donors are your emails being sent to? How many have only donated once in the past, twice, three times etc.?? How many people who haven't donated yet are receiving your emails??

Ron says all the time how people actually feel MORE hopeful about the future after hearing him explain the full story/shitstorm and what its going to take to climb out of the fiscal whole weve dug ourselves into (spending cuts and all). So do us all a favor and follow his lead.

If you give us a specific dollar amount that X number of supporters need to donate then we MIGHT be able to pull off a few $million dollars on Tuesday.

But if you don't ... deciding instead to go with the same old song and dance that used to work before all the votes started coming in, then god help ya bc I doubt we'll break $2million.

The decision is entirely yours to make Mr. Tate. Please choose wisely. Otherwise, we're fubar.

p.s - you can still include the rah rah stuff. Just put the numbers/specifics at the top of the message :)
 
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The plan?

You're asking for the plan?

John Tate is the president of the entity to which all these money will go after the campaign folds.
The plan is to get enough cash for payroll after this is over.

Paul's campaign sucks. That a fact. Most candidates would have fired them by now and changed things up a bit.
But, that aint gonna happen as the principals have a conflict of interest...

I wonder if Benton, Tate, Matt ans the other employees (on leave of absence) of Campaign for Liberty would be willing to renounce any of the leftover scraps once the campaign folds.

I doubt it.
 
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The Tate email is only 527 words, and I thought it was well-written. That couldn't be too long for the average voter to follow. Could it ?
 
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