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Originally Posted by samcol
It never ceases to amaze me how much negativity there is toward's the Paul grassroots effort. His online presence is meaningless in the primaries? What do you think got his campaign off the ground to 10% or whatever in iowa and 7% in New hampshire instead of a 0-2% percent showing like a Tancredo, Hunter, Kucinich or Gravel? They said he couldn't transform a huge online presence into real votes over and over again, but that's exactly what has happened.
Actually, there are some fishy things going on. In a county where hundreds of votes were cast Ron Paul got 0. Statistically that doesn't add up but Bev Harris of blackboxvoting.org found out that indead 31 votes were cast for him.
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sam...Much can be learned from Ron Paul's internet-based constituency, but two important lessons are still ignored by the Paul followers.
A successful campaign must have a strong central organization and manage the message of the campaign, not let it be controlled by a vocal group of outsiders. Paul just rode the wave created by his internet followers and never built proper and credible state-based organizations.
And, the candidate's message must resonate with the rest of the party voters and Paul's message never did, which is no surprise to most objective observers.
But if you're happy with two fifth place finishes, then I guess you can consider the Paul candidacy to be successful.
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Originally Posted by willravel
Until we bomb Diebold, there will always be stolen votes. As I linked above, Hilary was essentially given the win in NH, stolen from Obama (who may end up being the Gore of this election). I'm sure votes were stolen from Paul. Not enough to win, though.
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will....your "stolen vote" charge and dismissal of the NH voters as idiots, many of whom did not make up their mind until the last day, is beneath you.