new stories spinning campaign email as if Ron dropped out

[playpianoking]

Ron Paul is two steps ahead of us. Now he will be asked left and right to appear on tv about "suspending" his campaign as the media will report. He will then say huh? wtf are you talking about and have a light he wouldn't have had as he gets to speak on the airwaves to Cali and Texas. He will get to announce that he's won several states and that he's using the money to continue to setup shop in those states to win delegates. He will call the media out and maybe wake a few more people up.

 

[sailingaway]

don't we have a moneybomg scheduled on the 17th?...he has 1.5 million cash on hand now...this is our campaign now. ITS TIME.

Yeah.

As you say, it is our campaign.

Get him that money on the 17th.

Stop tweeting about this, imho, tweet the money bomb.

 

[puppetmaster]

Amazing how stupid the campaign was to send out an email like this. If you know the media is out to undermine the guy, don't make it easy on them. This was stupidity on the campaign's part way more than it's the media being "evil".

not stupid at all.....imo

 

[dude58677]

We know he didn't drop out so the establishment will have their heads in the cloud and then we can show up at conventions and win them because the establishment won't expect us to be there. This time we'll have even more funds for it.

Ron Paul knows that his best bet is to win quietly and by making the establishment arrogant will give us that chance. Ironically, it is better if the establishment is arrogant.

 

[sailingaway]

Ron Paul is two steps ahead of us. Now he will be asked left and right to appear on tv about "suspending" his campaign as the media will report. He will then say huh? wtf are you talking about and have a light he wouldn't have had as he gets to speak on the airwaves to Cali and Texas. He will get to announce that he's won several states and that he's using the money to continue to setup shop in those states to win delegates. He will call the media out and maybe wake a few more people up.

It is true that Grinch got a hell of an extended 'farewell tour' out of it.

 

[twomp]

I like how optimistic you guys are about everything. It's what makes these forums great but I respectfully disagree. "Not campaigning" = "Suspend Campaign" to me. I don't see how that is any different between Cain/Santorum/Gingrinch... He's no longer campaigning. He will be making a speech here and there at State conventions. The goal is no longer to stop Romney. I don't even think he ever tried to stop Romney now that I think of it...

 

[puppetmaster]

He didn't say that, he said he didn't have the money to do it well, so wouldn't do it. As for CA and TX, he HAS campaigned there (and here) but both are very expensive media markets. It is new states he isn't going to.

But even if the point ultimately came where he thought he couldn't win, it wouldn't mean he wasn't trying as hard as he could to win, whether that point is when Romney gets voted as nominee at convention, or when Romney gets 1144 delegates. At this point, Romney DOESN'T have them yet.

I agree I wish they hadn't put it this way, because it will sap some enthusiasm in the delegate process which they know well is working for them. However, in CA, delegates are on a list, and if they felt they had done what they could do in CA, it isn't a matter of people pushing themselves through a process there.

It will in no way zap this delegate movement. It may just light the fire under our asses!!

 

[TheGrinch]

That's not the problem. They're coming off sounding as losers. They're not making any active stops in primary states, but they didn't have to announce it. They just added fuel to the fire. Everyone knows that the campaign is constantly misintepreted and now they're sending out a press release that can easily be interpreted as 'Ron Paul gives up, Romney presumptive nominee'. And a couple of straw poll wins would've been great to boost the morale and gain bits of momentum.

No, maybe they shouldn't have announced it knowing that the media would twist it and run with it, but they've been treating us like the campaign has been over anyway for quite some time, and our people are still showing up in majorities to take leadership and delegate positions. While we might lose some softer support at the polls, again, the media wasn't going to let us do well there anyway.

We don't buy into the media's BS, so don't act like it changes anything. We continue to take delegates, and have as much influence nad best shot at the nomination as we can. It's not liek we were going to win the upcoming beauty contests with their blackout going on, so don't buy into the narrative they want to push either.

 

[sailingaway]

He was Ross Perot'd.

My bet is that he was given an ultimatum because of all the ruckus we have been generating in the delegate process. Also, perhaps - his plea for 650K has generated very few precious dollars.

but a lot of people were probably waiting for the money bomb

 

[1stAmendguy]

Ron Paul is two steps ahead of us. Now he will be asked left and right to appear on tv about "suspending" his campaign as the media will report. He will then say huh? wtf are you talking about and have a light he wouldn't have had as he gets to speak on the airwaves to Cali and Texas. He will get to announce that he's won several states and that he's using the money to continue to setup shop in those states to win delegates. He will call the media out and maybe wake a few more people up.

^^^THIS!!!

 

[Romulus]

Matt Drudge is a real tool. Not ONE thing on the conventions all weekend. Now, go look at the top of drudge.

I sent them a tip:

what bullshit.. paul wins all the states and NOTHING from Drudge. Now you are spinning that he has dropped out? You guys are no different from FOX and CNN. SHILLS.

 

[parocks]

He was Ross Perot'd.

My bet is that he was given an ultimatum because of all the ruckus we have been generating in the delegate process. Also, perhaps - his plea for 650K has generated very few precious dollars.

Don't we have a money bomb day for that 650K? It's in a few days, maybe 17?

 

[slamhead]

The art of war. Deception. We will continue to fight.

 

[sailingaway]

Don't we have a money bomb day for that 650K? It's in a few days, maybe 17?

yeah, but people haven't been promoting it lately. Let's get to it. There is a video we can use on the front page, or you can use his predictions video or whatever you like best to introduce people to Ron Paul.

 

[Darguth]

I like how optimistic you guys are about everything. It's what makes these forums great but I respectfully disagree. "Not campaigning" = "Suspend Campaign" to me. I don't see how that is any different between Cain/Santorum/Gingrinch... He's no longer campaigning. He will be making a speech here and there at State conventions. The goal is no longer to stop Romney. I don't even think he ever tried to stop Romney now that I think of it...

If he was suspending his campaign he wouldn't still be working to win conventions and delegates, as the exact same email indicates. All the email is saying is we're pulling completely out of the popularity contests and focusing on the internal process.

Stop blowing a gasket.

 

[Matthew Zak]

Dude WTF!!! We are finally gaining momentum. Ive talked people into voting for him in TX this week. Whats the deal!!

The campaign is out of money.

 

[phil4truth]

I am seldom critical of Dr Paul but this wasn't the most sensible of moves at this time. At a time when we are actually starting to win with people becoming reinvigorated and Dr Paul starting to trend this is the wrong message to send to the grassroots. What was needed here was to fan the flames rather than piss on them.

Yes I agree that the MSM will and are blowing this out of proportion which in turn will upset those grassroots people even more - those who were upset initially. Fact remains that the email's tone has a hint of defeatism contained within and whilst I appreciate that may not have been intentional by Dr Paul it is still there. He could have worded that message a hell of a lot better but still got his point across.

But listen up people; we are winning, we are trending and we are changing the U.S let's keep it up! Dr Paul will still be with us all he is saying is that he doesn't have the money to go mad on advertising in states that haven't already voted. We can still win this thing - "it's all about the delegates!"

 

[Romulus]

The campaign is out of money.

This.

It's not going to stop us from taking over the conventions... its what wez do. He has set the ball in motion now it's on us.... everything else is just chatter.

 

[RabbitMan]

To be fair, this might actually work to our advantage, if our opponents think voting isn't important anymore. I can see us winning 9 more State Conventions in a row if this keeps up!

 

[sailingaway]

Promote the money bomb, that is the best response we can give him imho: