subdefective
02-05-2008, 01:06 PM
This was sent out in an email just now, and I wanted to make sure everyone saw it.
Dear grassroots Ron Paul supporters:
It has come to my attention that the Maine State Republican party is being
flooded with calls from around the country, complaining about the results of
the presidential preference poll conducted at the caucuses held around Maine
last weekend. I am asking all of you to PLEASE STOP these calls and
e-mails. They are hurting the Maine Ron Paul campaign and are mostly
without merit.
Here are the important facts that you need to know:
· We have independently verified that Ron Paul came in a close third
in the Presidential preference poll with about 18% of the vote. There is no
significant discrepancy between the numbers reported by the Maine GOP and
those reported by our precinct leaders.
· Nobody is sitting on any results. The reason that only 70% of
precincts are reporting is that the law allows each municipality to schedule
its own caucus up until March 20th of every even numbered year. Those
municipalities that have not reported have not caucused yet, and might not
do so at all. Since all of the big cities and towns have already caucused,
the 30% that have not represent less than 10% of the potential vote.
· Ron Paul did very well in Maine, and our campaign has been treated
very fairly by the Republican establishment in Maine. Ron Paul's vote total
in the preference poll was the highest we have seen in any caucus or primary
so far. We also picked up many delegates. We estimate that we came in well
above John McCain in the delegate count.
Please stop calling and e-mailing the Maine Republican Party. The Maine GOP
has a small number of staff and they have been very fair with us. We need
to maintain good relations with the party staff and leadership going into
the State convention on May 2nd if we want to have a chance to elect Ron
Paul delegates to the national Republican convention. Rude and
disrespectful calls from Paul supporters are a reflection on the Paul
campaign and they damage our chance to build on the hard work we did in
Maine to win delegates at the caucuses.
Yours Sincerely,
Ken Lindell
Maine Coordinator
Ron Paul 2008 PCC
Dear grassroots Ron Paul supporters:
It has come to my attention that the Maine State Republican party is being
flooded with calls from around the country, complaining about the results of
the presidential preference poll conducted at the caucuses held around Maine
last weekend. I am asking all of you to PLEASE STOP these calls and
e-mails. They are hurting the Maine Ron Paul campaign and are mostly
without merit.
Here are the important facts that you need to know:
· We have independently verified that Ron Paul came in a close third
in the Presidential preference poll with about 18% of the vote. There is no
significant discrepancy between the numbers reported by the Maine GOP and
those reported by our precinct leaders.
· Nobody is sitting on any results. The reason that only 70% of
precincts are reporting is that the law allows each municipality to schedule
its own caucus up until March 20th of every even numbered year. Those
municipalities that have not reported have not caucused yet, and might not
do so at all. Since all of the big cities and towns have already caucused,
the 30% that have not represent less than 10% of the potential vote.
· Ron Paul did very well in Maine, and our campaign has been treated
very fairly by the Republican establishment in Maine. Ron Paul's vote total
in the preference poll was the highest we have seen in any caucus or primary
so far. We also picked up many delegates. We estimate that we came in well
above John McCain in the delegate count.
Please stop calling and e-mailing the Maine Republican Party. The Maine GOP
has a small number of staff and they have been very fair with us. We need
to maintain good relations with the party staff and leadership going into
the State convention on May 2nd if we want to have a chance to elect Ron
Paul delegates to the national Republican convention. Rude and
disrespectful calls from Paul supporters are a reflection on the Paul
campaign and they damage our chance to build on the hard work we did in
Maine to win delegates at the caucuses.
Yours Sincerely,
Ken Lindell
Maine Coordinator
Ron Paul 2008 PCC