A Letter from Ron Paul to his Supporters

I share this which a friend shared with me based on my comments below.

When I started this campaign more than a year ago, I was a somewhat
reluctant candidate. I knew our message of freedom, peace, and prosperity
was the right one for our country, but frankly, I didn't know how many
people today would have ears to hear it.

Well, did I learn a lesson! Millions of Americans understand what ails our
country, and what is needed to fix it. So, with you at my side, I am in
this effort to win. Not only by building the ideas of liberty, but by
getting the nomination. Our opponents would call that nuts -- you know, the
advocates of more inflation, more spending, more taxes, more war. But let
me explain why they are, as usual, all wet.

For one thing, for the first time since 1952, we are headed towards a
brokered convention. Instead of a coronation of one of the establishment
candidates, the delegates, influenced by the people, will decide. And I am
afraid that this will take place in a time of heightened economic crisis.
That means even more Americans will be ready to hear our message. But it
also means I am really going to need your help.

One would never know this from the mainstream media, but we've only had a
few primaries and caucuses, and even after the extremely important date of
February 5th, we will still have more than half to go. And the Republican
nominee will not be decided by the popular vote among the "leading
candidates" in a few states also handpicked by the media. The nominee will
be decided by the delegates. So let me tell you a little about our
"under-the-radar" strategy to get those delegates.

On "Super Tuesday," February 5th, there will be 22 primaries and caucuses.
I have a hunch that we're going to do very well. But, of course, the media
and the rest of the establishment refuse to recognize that. It's the
attitude of the small child who covers his eyes to make something scary go
away. But we are not going away.

While the media focus on the couple of states they claim are important,
we're competing everywhere. And the reason that we're able to do that is
because of your grassroots support. You all are an asset that no other
campaign has: donors, and activists who want no special deals from the
government, just the Constitution.

We're competing very strongly in all the caucus states, and in all other
states where delegates are up for grabs. And we're going to keep picking up
delegates. Our strategy's already working.

And we're committed to winning states. I have little doubt that if we can
double our efforts in this coming week, we're going to grab many delegates
from other candidates. Then we'll start getting ready for the biggest
moment of all - the convention in September.

The path to the convention is twisty, however. When we were in Iowa, we got
10% of the vote. But no delegates were awarded that night. That's because
voters didn't directly choose national convention delegates; they selected
the county and state delegates who will make that decision. And if another
candidate like Mike Huckabee is no longer in the race at the time of the
state convention in June, his delegates are free to support whomever they
want. If we work extra hard, we can convert them into delegates for our
campaign!

A similar thing happened in Nevada. We won 14% of the straw poll vote that
the media reported on, but what they didn't tell you was that we may have
gotten up to a third of Nevada's delegates to their county conventions! I
always laughed when I heard some people say Nevada didn't matter. Nevada
chooses more delegates to the national convention than South Carolina.

So, while the media will focus on the results from Florida, and probably
take down the campaign of my friend Rudy in the process, those results are
less important to you and me. Let them fight in Florida while we bring our
message to Americans in other areas, like the economically hard-hit state
of Maine.

We want to win as many delegates to the Republican National Convention as
possible, even if other campaigns don't see some areas of the country as
"important. But in this work, I need your help. Help me get many, many
delegates to this historic convention, by these three methods.

1. Donate. Your generous contributions are essential if we're going to keep
going until September. We need, frankly $5 million by February 5 to run
more TV and radio ads in the Super Tuesday states. Your help means
everything: https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate.

2. Canvass. You can help us identify those who support our message in your
precinct. You can help us to convert others, too. After all, your neighbors
pay attention to you. I am going to visit as much of the country as I can,
but I need you as my partner in your area: https://voters.ronpaul2008.com.

3. ASK others to sign-up on our website. I meet so many people on the
campaign trail who don't even receive my letters! I've told my campaign to
make communication with you, the engine of all this, much better. But if
people don't sign up for my e-mails, that won't happen. If you could just
get one extra person to sign-up, that would be great. More would be
tremendous.

Help me by forwarding this e-mail to every other Ron Paul supporter you
know, and urging them to join our efforts! https://www.ronpaul2008.com/join
.

We've come so far, but now the fun is really starting! I have a feeling the
mainstream media will move from ignoring us to attacking us. But that will
be a sign of our success. Join me as we continue this great movement into
year two, and to a hot convention in Minneapolis-Saint Paul. We can do it!

Sincerely,

Ron