"Ron Paul Excluded in Iowa"

[Texan4Life]

I didn't see this here so I thought I should post ASAP.. If it already is just link to the first one and lock and/or delete this one.

from the campaign blog: http://blog.ronpaul2008.com/



Ron Paul Excluded in Iowa

Iowans for Tax Relief and Iowa Christian Alliance will host a presidential candidates forum on Saturday, June 30th in Des Moines. Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney, Sam Brownback, Jim Gilmore, Mike Huckabee, Tommy Thompson, and Tom Tancredo will participate.

Ron Paul, however, will not participate. Why? Because he wasn’t invited.

We heard about this forum from numerous supporters in Iowa who asked why Dr. Paul was not going to participate. Those supporters assumed that Dr. Paul was invited and would participate.

The campaign office had not received an invitation so we called this morning to ask about; thinking we might have misplaced the invitation or simply overlooked it. Lew Moore, our campaign manager, then called Mr. Edward Failor, an officer of Iowans for Tax Relief, to ask about it. To our shock, Mr. Failor told us this morning that Dr. Paul was not invited; he was not going to be invited; and he would not be allowed to participate. And when asked why, Mr. Failor refused to explain. The call ended.

Lew then called Mr. Steve Sheffler, president of the Iowa Christian Alliance, to talk with him. Mr. Sheffler did not answer so Lew left a message. He has yet to respond.

Why are the Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance excluding the one Republican candidate who scored at the top of every online poll taken after the MSNBC, Fox News, and CNN debates? Why are they denying Iowans the opportunity to hear from the Republican presidential candidate whose popularity is growing by the day?

We couldn’t get answers to these questions from Messrs. Failor and Sheffler. Maybe you’ll have better luck. Their contact information is below.

It's ironic that on the same day we learned the Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance excluded Dr. Paul from their candidates forum, we received a call from ABC News confirming Dr. Paul’s participation in its nationally broadcast August 5th debate to be held in Des Moines.

Kent Snyder, Chairman
Ron Paul 2008

Contact Information

Edward Failor
Iowans for Tax Relief
2610 Park Avenue
Muscatine, Iowa 52761
Phone: 563-288-3600 or 877-913-3600
Fax: 563-264-2413
E-mail: [email protected]

Steve Sheffler, President
Iowa Christian Alliance
939 Office Park Road, Suite 115
West Des Moines, Iowa 50265
Phone: 515-225-1515
Fax: 515-225-1826
E-mail: [email protected]

 

[BLS]

What the F*&K?!?!?!

OH...that gets my blood boiling!!!!!!

 

[pazzo83]

What can we do about this??

 

[angrydragon]

I'm at a disbelief, the one true candidate that cuts taxes and reduces spending isn't invited? While the liars (like Romney) who lied about their tax cuts and spending are invited? And Romney is Mormon?

 

[aravoth]

Call the contact info asap, and don't stop calling these people until we get an answer, or he's gets invited.

 

[Tin_Foil_Hat]

Hopefully, anyone who is an organization called Iowans for Tax Relief would have half a mind to say something.

 

[batman00]

Contact Edward Failor and Steve Sheffler and ask them why they have not included Ron Paul in this event. BE POLITE AND COURTEOUS when doing so.

 

[Texan4Life]

I think the people at the campaign had a smile on their face when they added that story with the contact info to the blog.. I can imagine them thinking, "Oh man, are these guys gonna get their socks blow off when word spreads around the RP community."

 

[specsaregood]

This is something we need to rile up the mob for...

We need to make sure this gets out there. We need this to be a frontpage digg article.

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_Excluded_in_Iowa

 

[Spirit of '76]

All Ron Paul supporters in the area need to mobilize ASAP. We need a presence there distributing literature and displaying support for Dr. Paul.

Everyone who attends this conference needs to get an earful of Dr. Paul's message on taxes, the sanctity of life, and government non-interference in religion. They need to hear this whether the organizers invite Dr. Paul or not.

I hope our friends out west can make this happen!

 

[UtahApocalypse]

Activate the E-Mail assault teams, and the phones. its time to shut down another switchboard

 

[pazzo83]

My email to Mr. Failor:

Dear Mr. Failor,

As a concerned citizen of this great country and as a supporter of the traditional conservative movement to which Dr. Ron Paul, Republican candidate for President, espouses, I was appalled to find out that your organization has not chosen to invite Dr. Paul to the Presidential Candidates forum, to be hosted on June 30th, 2007 in Des Moines. As the only candidate running, not to mention the only Member in the House of Representatives, to demonstrate a pure conservative record of supporting balanced budgets, decreases in government spending and taxation, and accountability in our monetary system, Dr. Ron Paul is without a doubt the taxpayer's best friend. He has never voted to increase taxes. He has never voted for an unbalanced budget. And his votes are always undergirded by a through consideration of Constitutional limitations on Congressional power. To not include Dr. Paul in any debate regarding taxation and the future of American monetary and economic policy would be antithetical to the entire movement. I ask that you strongly reconsider your decision to not invite Dr. Paul to this forum in Des Moines.

 

[Nash]

I am curious why your organization has not invited
Congressman Ron Paul to your Presidential Candidates
Forum on June 30th.

Dr. Paul has been called a "Taxpayer's Friend" by
the National Taxpayers Union every year in Congress in
since 1996, scoring 100%, indicating a fiscal
conservative voting record on spending of taxpayer
dollars.

Dr. Paul is running for President of the United
States and advocates tax relief for all Americans.
This is not rhetoric. He has NEVER voted to raise
taxes in his 10 terms in congress. I don't think we
can say about some of the other invitees in the
various public offices that they have served.

I ask you to please reconsider your position to not
invite congressman Paul to this forum. His presence
at the forum would only better serve your goal to
provide tax relief for the people of Iowa.

I look forward to you extending an invite to this
true fiscal conservative.

Thank you,

 

[danda]

I just called Iowans for Tax Relief

I spoke with Edward Failor's secretary who did not have any explanation for why Ron Paul had not been invited. I mentioned that I thought it was odd that an organization with "Tax Relief" in its name had not seen fit to invite the person representing our country's best hope for such relief. She seemed to agree and said she would forward my request that he be included.

I suggest we keep calling, faxing and emailng. Politely.

 

[beermotor]

I emailed my disappointment to those turkeys. I'm sure their mailboxes are flooded already, but keep on 'em.

 

[Pedrique]

Just keep calling and emailing, calling and emailing, calling and emailing.

And if that doesn't work try sabotauge. Arrive early to the debates, posing as Hunter/Tancredo supporters, then its' "Ron Paul!" chants all day long baby.

 

[RonPaul2012grassroots]

I just called Iowans for Tax Relief and left a polite message regarding my concerns about excluding Ron Paul from this forum.

When asked if they were getting many calls about this, the girl who took my message said, "No."

Make those calls!

 

[Anonymous]

Ed Failor's home phone #, confirmed. Please go viral with this ASAP.

[admin edit: please call his work not his home]

 

[X_805]

Ed Failor's home phone #, confirmed. Please go viral with this ASAP.

Bad decision. Stay courteous.

 

[angrydragon]

Ed Failor's home phone #, confirmed. Please go viral with this ASAP.

I'd keep to his organization, not his home.