Press Release: Ron Paul Beats McCain in Maine Caucus ~*~ Digg it!

[Austin]

tinyurl.com/39ch6s
digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_Beats_McCain_in_Maine_Caucus_Primed_to_Wi n_Over_1

Get this to the front page, we are still in this race!

[voytechs]

Its not there.

[BLS]

You guys need to learn how to post links without a hyperlink embedded.

http ://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_Beats_McCain_in_Maine_Caucus_Primed_to_Wi n_Over_1

[Austin]

You guys need to learn how to post links without a hyperlink embedded.

http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_Beats_McCain_in_Maine_Caucus_Primed_to_Wi n_Over_1

Good job.. xD

There is an error with the way the link is generated, it somehow places a space between the W and i in Win.

[BLS]

Good job.. xD

There is an error with the way the link is generated, it somehow places a space between the W and i in Win.


Yeah...talk about looking like an idiot. :D

it used to work to remove the hyperlink without breaking the URL. :confused:

[Austin]

Yeah...talk about looking like an idiot. :D

it used to work to remove the hyperlink without breaking the URL. :confused:

When you post a URL, you can un-check the "Automatically parse links in text" and that will make it so the URLs are not hyperlinked.

This is just a weird case, the way this particular Digg link is generated is screwy.

[NoPants]

dugg

[NoPants]

When you post a URL, you can un-check the "Automatically parse links in text" and that will make it so the URLs are not hyperlinked.

This is just a weird case, the way this particular Digg link is generated is screwy.

The forum code will break text strings after a number of characters. So long strings with no spaces (like Digg links with long titles) will get a random space added in the middle that you almost can't see. It's so when you have a small screen and a string is really long it doesn't force the width of the page wider and you don't need to scroll horizontally. Long strings don't wrap like text should.

The easiest things to do are keep the URL function active and create a TinyURL or anonym.to link like this:

http://anonym.to/?http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_Beats_McCain_in_Maine_Caucus_Primed_to_Wi n_Over_1

[literatim]

They should have waited till all the northern caucuses get reported to release a press release. He is set to take more than 35% of the delegates.

[Austin]

They should have waited till all the northern caucuses get reported to release a press release. He is set to take more than 35% of the delegates.
Northern Maine hasn't been reported yet (officially)?

[Austin]

Bump. Get it on the front page.

[literatim]

Northern Maine hasn't been reported yet (officially)?

Nope.

[acptulsa]

Interesting how the longshot dark horse with no chance has beaten every other candidate at least twice.

[Austin]

Nope.

Is there a web site that has a map of the results?

[Coola]

ohs nap i just dugg it.. and i was like.. cool.. he beat mccain in the caucus.. then i REALIZED.. it was the freakin' CAUCUS.. I was thinking it was the Straw Poll! HAH!

[SteveMartin]

My friend Mark Durgin and others in the grassroots deserve HUGE credit for getting this Press Release out. DIGG AND TAKE IT VIRAL!!!!

Ron Paul Beats McCain in Maine Caucus, Primed to Win Over 1/3 of State
Delegates (2/4/08)

In the race for delegates, Ron Paul appears to closely trail Romney for
first place
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 4, 2008
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – While most reports about this past weekend’s Maine
Caucus focused on the purely symbolic presidential preference poll, in the
meaningful race to secure delegates to the state convention Ron Paul is
primed to finish second with likely 35 percent of the total delegates.
Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis are elected
by the state delegates. Internal results from 10 of 16 counties, including
the largest cities of Portland, South Portland, Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta,
Waterville, Bangor, and Brewer, show Ron Paul picking up 215 of 608 State
Convention delegates so far reported, or 35%.
“Ron Paul’s strong second place finish in Maine, in which he beat John
McCain, is proof that this race is far from over,” said Ron Paul campaign
manager Lew Moore. “We’ll continue to battle for every delegate in this
wide-open race for the Republican nomination.”
In the presidential preference poll, with 70 percent reporting, Ron Paul is
in third place just two percentage points behind John McCain. However, the
Maine preference poll is purely a beauty contest, and in the actual election
of state delegates the so-called “frontrunner” McCain is far behind Ron
Paul.

[Austin]

Bump.

[clintontj72]

Awesome...Digg It people :P

[A Ron Paul Rebel]

how are they distributing this release?

I think we can do so much more tonight with it. Who do
they distribute it to and by what means?

Hunter

[RonPaulVolunteer]

h0ttp://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Ron_Paul_Beats_McCain_in_Maine_Caucus_Primed_to_Wi n_Over_1

(This is the new way to link to DIGG. Click the link which will load it in your browser, but it won't work. Then simply remove the ZERO from h0ttp and hit return. Presto, no referrer sent to Digg and no need to copy/paste/edit etc...)

[LibertyEagle]

bump

[SteveMartin]

KEEP DIGGING IT PEOPLE! WE need this to go totally viral tonight.

[misericordia]

bump

[SteveMartin]

bump it again.