The case for and against Jesse Benton's professional campaign involvement

[jjdoyle]

For:
Rand is now a Senator who is inexplicably best buds with the MAJORITY LEADER. Jesse Benton was involved in getting there.

Against:
Benton has a track record of poor character so far, I want a PRESIDENT who surrounds himself with reliable trustworthy people. Ron couldn't do this and it was his biggest red flag against being President. Poor selection of staff was the proximate cause of the newsletter scandal. If this tragic flaw has passed down to Rand then pray to God that Rand is limited to Congress.

Question: What WHITEHOUSE position do you think Benton deserves? Would you trust him to advise your PRESIDENT?

Questions: Why does Jesse Benton deserve a White House position? When running the campaign in 2012 with the most common sense, fiscally conservative, constitutional candidate the campaign couldn't get more votes than Rick Santorum? Or, Newt Gingrich? Never attacked Mitt Romney in any state with his own TV ad? Did things that look like they not only agreed to not attack Mitt Romney before Michigan, but also then helped him win the nomination?

Ron Paul 2012 has currently paid a few hundred thousand dollars in regards to the FEC investigation regarding Kent Sorenson, so no, I would not trust him to advise my President.

And yes, I think Rand has the tragic flaw of hiring poor staff, and it is reflected not only with some that he has hired/fired (or, those that have resigned), but more so in his current political positions he is taking, because he/they don't know how to word things properly. So, instead of embracing the truth and spreading it, they are pandering on issues that make Rand simply look like "one of the team".

 

[H. E. Panqui]

jj doyle writes: When running the campaign in 2012 with the most common sense, fiscally conservative, constitutional candidate the campaign couldn't get more votes than Rick Santorum? Or, Newt Gingrich? Never attacked Mitt Romney in any state with his own TV ad? Did things that look like they not only agreed to not attack Mitt Romney before Michigan, but also then helped him win the nomination?


(i read this thread and came out shaking my head in disgust.. wondering why i spent any of my life trying to get Ron Paul nominated by the stinking Republican Party Inc....thanks jj doyle and others for enlightening me somewhat..but i think it's obviously unfair to blame anyone (including suspected sleazy Republicrat chuckleheads Benton and Collins) for the inability of a decent, thoughtful person to get nominated by these stinking Republicans...most/all of the Republicans i know are gd fool warmonger apologists, monetary ignoramuses, radio parrots etc..WHEN HAVE THESE STINKING REPUBLICANS EVER NOMINATED A TRULY DECENT, THOUGHTFUL PERSON?!?..

...that ?Ron Paul would hire? the likes of this "Collins" (who at least tries to defend/explain himself) and Benton, who can/will not, makes me question his judgment...and if the stinking 'Romney strategy' alluded to has any merit, i can't believe Ron himself would not have been 'in on it'...that is damning, imo..

 

[jjdoyle]

(mod edit) over spilt milk...

You are 100% incorrect. Ron Paul 2012 is (or, was as of the last FEC report) sitting on over $500K cash-on-hand, refusing donor refund requests, and is still paying out legal fees for the apparent Jesse Benton and Dimitri Kesari defense fund.
And, Rand Paul said Jesse would probably be involved in any potential 2016 campaign, so until we know that he isn't, this should probably be stickied to the top of the forum with Rand's office number and email address so it is easy for some to remind him that many active grassroots would probably prefer Jesse Benton not to be involved.

If Ron Paul 2012 wasn't still wasting funds, not answering questions, and Rand wasn't making the same stupid political mistakes (some even worse, IMO) as the past, it might be over spilt milk. The milk is still spilling as far as I can tell, and the people spilling it are the problem.