Monday, November 12, 2007

Ron Paul might not make it on the ballot in Illinois

I signed up for email updates from many of the presidential campaigns, including Ron Paul's. This one landed in my inbox today. It does not make me feel hopeful for the libertarian-leaning Republican.

November 11, 2007

If we don't get hundreds upon hundreds of signatures immediately in Illinois Ron Paul will have no delegates to send to the National Convention.

PLEASE HELP by doing the following:

1. We have delegates but many of those delegates HAVE NOT sent Jason Acebel [no idea who he is; no doubt a campaign official]their forms. If you are a delegate and HAVE NOT sent in your form contact Jason ASAP at ilpetitions@gmail.com and let him know when your form will be mailed. I

2. If you can take time off work or give 2-5 full days to gathering hundreds of signatures email Jason at ilpetitions@gmail.com with your phone number and best time to call. THIS IS MISSION CRITICAL. Please DO NOT contact Jason if you cannot give this amount of time. Many of you are gathering a few signatures and that is fine. Please keep up the good work but unless we get some major help soon Ron Paul will not have delegates. Jason does not have time to respond to a lot of emails. We need at least 1 person in each of the 19 districts to give us 2-5 days to get the job in that district done.

3. If you can commit full time for 1-3 days to make phone calls for Jason Acebel to call our delegates please email Jason at ilpetitions@gmail.com

Mike McHugh
National Ballot Access Coordinator
Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign Committee

Sin ce this is an official email from the official Paul campaign, I have to take the words at their face value. They are worried they won't get on the ballot. And even if he does, you just know the other GOP campaigns are sharpening their pencils, awaiting a chance to challenge his signatures.

This is Paul's weakness. Much has been written about how Paul supporters, in one day, raised $4.2 million on the Internet. But it's easy to be a Ron Paul Internet Warrior sitting in front of your computer screen, eating Doritos and drinking Mountain Dew Red. It's quite a different thing to go outside on a cold, rainy day and walk door to door in your neighborhood collecting signatures and registering voters. That's hard work. I know, I've done it. Several lifetimes ago, I was a precinct committeeman for the Democrats. I backed Tom Harkin in 1992, if that tells you anything about my former politics.

Originally posted to Peoria Pundit.

8 comments:

Bill Baar 9:42 PM  

I'm not certain it's just the GOP who would be challenging sigs here...

Paul has the potential to rock a lot of peoples boats.

Pat Collins 9:56 PM  

You aren't joking about getting signatures!

I once got 100 signatures to put an open space question on the ballot. That was such a popular thing in the area i was working, too.

Took me some 10 hours to get them. That's about 2 solid weekends, and I got 100.

For a really popular and hot item.

Good luck to the RP people.

Bob 8:24 AM  

I am sure there is nothing the establishment would like more than to see Ron Paul not get on the ballot. Foreign policy in this country is controlled by the Council on Foreign Relations. This is undeniable when you consider that 14 out of the past 17 Secretraies of State and Secretaries of Defense have been members. It is also a fact that CFR elitists control big media. Members include Tom Brokaw, Jim Lehrer, Diane Sawyer, Morton Kondracke, Daniel Schorr and a host of others. Ron Paul is a threat to this cartel.

Ron Paul WILL on the ballot in Illinois.

Anonymous,  9:05 AM  

I assume Cong. Paul and his delegate candidates should make it on the ballot, ASSUMING they avoid a number of fatal mistakes, such as not numbering the pages of their petitions, not getting everything notarized, and forgetting to check if the petition signers have signed some other Republican candidate's petitions or worse, signed one for any Democratic candidate for any office.

Anonymous,  9:25 AM  

Yes, the Republican party isn't helping him, because they know how dangerous he is. BTW -- Ron Paul has won more IN-PERSON straw polls than any other candidate. You have to get out in the cold to vote for those! :) http://www.ronpaul2008.com/straw-poll-results/

Chris 9:47 AM  

We are indeed in a hole and only have a few days to dig out. In the 16th congressional district we are over 1,200 signatures short. If you can help, email Jason at ilpetitions@gmail.com, email me at cjenner01@yahoo.com, or call me at 847-421-7655. Better yet, if you're available Thursday evening, please come to the Arlington Hts. Ron Paul Headquarters for training and planning for petition circulation.

Chris 9:48 AM  

Details on the Thursday night event are at http://ronpaul.meetup.com/94/calendar/6730753/

Anonymous,  5:02 AM  

Well despite his apparent popularity on the "web"...his thing isn't catching on in Ill. Don't think they really have the time to challenge any petitions either. Apparently he's got a recognition problem & a lack-luster bunch of delegates, staffing his campaign with teen-agers or so it appeared at this past state fair. Most people, if your even in somewhat familiar territory will sign once youv'e explained how & why & gives the guy access to the ballot. Maybe they juust don't want to sign...?? Maybe the delegates don't want to sign either, realizing it a "snow balls chance......

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