GOP to Ron Paul: Act like adults!
Sat Jan 19, 2008 at 04:01:48 AM PDT
The Ron Paul iMPLOsion continues.
RP supporters have been patting themselves on the back for almost a year now about how they are gaining ground all over the nation, raising massive amounts of money, and are going to show the polls how wrong they are in how they count support for Paul.
Then came Iowa, inspite of spending millions, campaigning, buying blimps, and standing on street corners waving at cars Paul came in fifth out of six. And within the margin of error for the polls. RP supporters blamed this on Iowa being a "state that gets massive federal ag-subdies and won't vote for someone who would end them". But Wyoming, the free thinking west! That is where RP will do well...
until he did not. Heck he did not even get a vote in the caucus. And that after buying Radio adds, mailings, and adds in the newspapers. Ah, but that is because Wyoming is the state where Dick Cheney comes from and the Federal Reserve Board meets in Jackson Hole, no supporter of the FED would allow RP to do well there. But New Hampshire! Live Free or DIE! That is where RP will do well...
until he did not. Again with fifth place and almost on what he was polling too. Here Paul had hundreds of people on hundreds of street corners waving signs. (while most candidates were having their people go door to door.) Lame TV adds, ok radio adds, direct mail, personal visits, and cheesy automated phone calls from California companies. But no ground swell. Ah, but you see, 76% of New Hampshire republicans like Bush's policies and they have a lot of people who work in Boston Mass, a very socialistic state, they would never vote for freedom. [or it was voter fraud! demand a recount!] But Michigan! RP's economic message will do well there where they are feeling the effects of [insert conspiracy theory here]. Working people and Muslims will flock to RP, we can win here...
until the didn't. But this time fouth place! Beat out two people who did not spend any money in the state. Not bad for spending almost a million and a half on tv adds, newspapers, phone calls, standing on street corners and waving at cars. Ah, but you see, MI has high unemployment and people who are on government aid won't vote for someone who would cut it off and throw them to the street in the winter. They won't support RP because they are all invested in big government! But Nevada! Here is where RP will win! It's a libertarian state in the free west, we can win here...
until they won't. RP is polling just ahead of Rudy who is not campaigning in the state. Just a few days ago it was "we are going to win and shock the nation!" but now the RP campaign is trying to prep it's donors for a big loss to the point the RP campaign is demanding that the NV GOP reschedule the whole thing.
This prompted the whole diary when I read this:
"We would hope that the Paul campaign would go act like adults and not try to set up straw men to make up for their lack of organizing," said Steve Wark, a caucus spokesman.
(full artical here Act like adults.)
So what will be the excuse for getting 6%, which is about what RP is polling? "NV is full of illegals so they would never vote for RP" or if they want to avoid the whole race angle "NV gets most of its resources like water from federal programs that RP would get rid of so they won't vote for that."
But Steve Wark had it right, go act like adults! RP supporters should get a clue that if they are the only ones doing something, odds are it's not going to work. If it worked, everyone would be doing it.
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