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The Ron Paul Campaign on a Trick in Maine

LAKE JACKSON, Texas – Tonight the campaign of 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul sent an email to supporters regarding today's caucus results from the state of Maine. See below for a portion of comments from Ron Paul 2012 Campaign Manager John Tate.

"Ron Paul will win the most delegates out of Maine tonight.

"In fact, he will probably even win the 'beauty contest' straw poll the media has already called for Mitt Romney – even before all the votes have been tallied.

"In Washington County – where Ron Paul was incredibly strong – the caucus was delayed until next week just so the votes wouldn't be reported by the national media today.

"Of course, their excuse for the delay was 'snow.'

"That's right.  A prediction of 3-4 inches – that turned into nothing more than a dusting - was enough for a local GOP official to postpone the caucuses just so the results wouldn't be reported tonight.

"This is MAINE we're talking about. The GIRL SCOUTS had an event today in Washington County that wasn't cancelled!

"And just the votes of Washington County would have been enough to put us over the top.

"This is an outrage. But our campaign is in this race to win, and will stay in it to the very end.

"Congressman Paul's message of liberty and Constitutional principles is resonating with Americans everywhere who are sick and tired of the status quo establishment, and we plan to take this campaign on to 'Super Tuesday' and beyond."

A Report From Maine

Writes Jean Carbonneau:

Looks like something fishy took place up here. I attended my local GOP caucus. When you first registered, you were given 2 cards. A yellow card to vote in the straw poll, and a green card to vote for delegates to the Maine State GOP Convention, where the delegates will be choose to go to the National Convention. I threw my name in the hat to be a delegate.

Well, when it came time to vote for the delegates, during the count, the caucus chair announced there was a problem. There were 19 more ballots that were turned in verses the number of green cards were turned in. According to party rules, the vote is voided.

Of course, it was asked why not just take the ballots that are there, and count those, and announce who were going to be the delegates. The chair announced that it didn't matter if there was 1 more ballot or a million more ballots, the vote was void. As of this moment, I have no idea what is going to happen. I can tell you that of the 73 delegates that were allocated to Portland to go to the State Convention, a majority of them would have been Ron Paul supporters. The turnout was awesome for Dr. Paul. Young, middle aged, older etc. The spokesman who spoke on behalf of Dr. Paul was a military vet, and probably the same age as Dr. Paul.

Ron Paul Stars in 1983 Congressional Baseball Game

(Thanks to Travis Holte)

Ron on Fox

(Thanks to Travis Holte)

An Urgent Message From Judge Napolitano

On Facebook:

It will be far more productive for my work at Fox and the work of my friends and colleagues here--many of whom share our values--if the email traffic to Fox toned down considerably. I will continue to voice the message of freedom in many more Fox venues, and you will hear that message, and we will do our best to alert you in advance of those venues and the times that I will be on them; and we will post those alerts right here on this site. PLEASE BE SURE TO WATCH THE FINAL FreedomWatch SHOW ON MONDAY FEBRUARY 13TH, ON FOX BUSINESS AT 8:00 PM, EASTERN TIME. You have been very strong in your views and generous in your comments about the show, but now is the time to relax and lay low and prepare for the future. God bless each of you.

(Thanks to John James)

Iowa Ron Paul Chairman

To head Iowa GOP.

The Lying WaPo

See Bob Wenzel on the CIA house organ's reaction to a Ron Paul victory at CPAC versus an establishment win.

Neoconopac Results

At CPAC, a Beltway gathering of neocons, lobbyists, fixers, and other Republican corruptionists, here were the results:

Romney 38 percent;

Santorum 31 percent;

Gingrich 15 percent;

Paul 12 percent.

The last two years, when Ron contested this straw poll, he won by attracting his own supporters to the event; this year he ignored it to campaign, so we know the natural CPAC percentage of non-neocons: 12.

Ron Does Well in Maine

Romney 39%

Paul 36%

Santorum 18%

Gingrich 6%.

But Ron's Maine supporters are right, I think, to suspect shenanigans by Romney-GOP establishment forces.

Yes!

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RON PAUL WEEKEND?