EMAIL from Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign
Committee
March 8, 2012
Subject: My Status as a Candidate
Dear
joe,
The mainstream media got the Super Tuesday story wrong. Very
wrong.
Again.
I'm sure you heard them gleefully talk about which establishment
candidate "won"
which primary or caucus Tuesday night, if you were even watching.
Most
Americans thankfully had more sense and switched on something else.
The fact is, just like in many of the earlier contests, very few
delegates to the Republican National
Convention were decided on Tuesday. Most will be decided several
weeks, or even months, from now at District and State conventions -
conventions
where our local delegates will have a big say in who goes to
Tampa.
In
fact, while I
didn't win any state's straw polls, my team expects me to win a
plurality of delegates in at least three states, as well as outright
majorities in two
more of the states that have already started their process.
Of course, the media totally
ignores this story - as they have consistently ignored our message, our
passion, and our grassroots army.
Even more lost in the shuffle is that no candidate for President has
even made it one-third of the way toward the number of delegates needed
to win the nomination.
And for that reason I am determined to
proudly battle on, picking up more
delegates and skewering the pretensions and historical rewrites of ALL
the establishment candidates – Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, and Newt
Gingrich.
And I will continue to proudly speak up for liberty, respecting the
Constitution in
domestic and foreign policy, and returning to a limited government that
acts and spends within its means.
And I will continue to do so as long as you will stand with me.
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So what does all of that mean?
It means this race is FAR
from
over. In fact, you could argue it is just getting started.
With the
decisive number of delegates still to be awarded between now and June,
and with our activists swarming local and county delegate selections,
you and I will surely end up with an army of delegates...
… IF we don't give up now.
I know it can be tempting to
hear
and believe the reports of how we can't win. Even worse, you can
listen to the professional political class tell you that ideas, the
grassroots,
and the future do not matter. They rarely say it directly, but
their
message to you and me from Day One has been - if you cannot win it all
this
year, you shouldn't even try. It can be tempting to question
whether
or not all the hard work is worth it.
Well, I know it is. That's why I'm flying thousands of hours and
crisscrossing the country. That's why I am leaving my family and
home for weeks on end - to fight for the future of our movement and our
country.
I am vowing to
you today that I will keep fighting. I will fight in every
convention
and every place where delegates will be selected. I will fight
until
there is a clear winner - not because the media says that’s the end,
but because the nomination has been clinched.
And by my calculations, that may never actually happen. Even
if one candidate starts to rack up a clear advantage, it
is unlikely he will have all the delegates needed to win on the first
ballot.
And if that is
the case, then the hundreds of delegates who support our ideals and my
campaign (many of whom may be bound to another candidate for the first
ballot
or two but then free to vote their conscience), will be unleashed.
And they will hold the key to
deciding the nominees for President and Vice President, as well as what
the platform and policies of the Republican Party will be.
These things – and, even more, the long-term standing of the liberty
movement - are worth fighting for, even
when we are tired and feel like quitting.
But I cannot do it alone.
Will you join me over these next few weeks and months in pressing our
battle forward?
If so, I MUST have
your continued
support today, tomorrow, and in the coming weeks.
You can show your support by
signing the
CARRY ON Pledge
HERE. I really urge you to take the pledge, as
without your support my efforts won't make enough of a difference.
And then, frankly, there’s something else I must ask you to do. I
ask you to again
make a
contribution, even if it is a smaller contribution of $25
or $50 to my campaign. As you know, we run a debt-free campaign,
and we
pushed our resources to do all we could on Super Tuesday.
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Your pledge and your contribution are critical to keeping this
campaign running for the upcoming fights in other
states, as well as finishing our strong efforts in key caucus states
that are already underway.
As I'm sure you know, this won't be the only time I’ll ask. There
will be more emails. More money bombs. More state and
local conventions and elections where we must – and will – fight for
delegates.
I
hope you'll come to my aid every time you possibly can.
Our message is too important. Think
of the issues that are dominating the political debate right now.
***
How
and
when to BALANCE THE BUDGET. I am the only candidate with
a plan to
balance the federal budget and end our debt crisis in one term;
***
Fighting
for
Individual Liberty, including restoring and
protecting the Bill of Rights by stopping the Patriot Act and the
Indefinite Detention of American citizens;
***
Auditing
the
out-of-control
Federal Reserve;
***
Stopping
the
continuing bleeding in our housing market by ending Fannie
and Freddie;
***
Ending
all
government
bailouts.
These are OUR issues. And NONE of them were part of the
discussion by the other Republican candidates in
2008. Nearly ALL of the candidates now are trying to sound like
us!
That tells you our
message is breaking through. We are winning on many fronts.
And we must carry the
message through the rest of this campaign.
So will you join me? Will you
sign the CARRY ON Pledge and
send your most generous contribution today to help me
carry this fight forward?
I
don't believe the media. YOU shouldn't either.
This fight goes on as long as you and
I are in it together.
For Liberty,
Ron Paul
P.S. With
no candidate even one-third of the way to locking up the nomination,
and our campaign set to bank far more delegates then the media
acknowledges, now
is not the time to back off, back down, or quit. Our liberty
message
and our movement are growing stronger every day.
They will continue to do so, if we continue to insist on it.
That's
why I'm pledging to stay in this fight and to battle for every possible
delegate. But I can only succeed if you will keep
fighting alongside me. If you will, please sign the
CARRY ON Pledge HERE.
And then, please help keep this campaign running by making
a contribution (even if it is
only
$25 or $50). I insist upon a debt-free campaign, and I cannot
carry on without your support.
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