Huck is passing us in fundraising?

there are two huckabee articles in that issue - one of them is just some dude talking to huck about playing bass, it pissed me off

there is nothing wrong with talking about the race and our opponents. It's important to know where we stand and have an honest discussion... killing threads would turn us into "hucks army"

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Great Post Theonomist!

Good Post Theonomist!

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I do believe that Ron Paul is doing MUCH better than Huck in every way. Huck is not doing well with his fund raising - no way - not compared to Ron Paul. And, despite some of the polls, we know RP is doing much better. Everywhere I go I read and hear of Independents and Democrats and Libertarians as well as Republicans supporting Ron Paul - there is no poll that can accurately display how well RP is doing.

You're looking at the wrong graph or something. He's raised $1.5M so far this Q and his slope is rising:

http://ronpaulgraphs.com/huckabee_oct_total.html

And I don't think the issue is that he will ever catch up to us. He's about a quarter too late for that, but that he will have enough money to make a stand in a single state like IO where he is reported doing real well.

I have a Christian homeschool mom friend who is very anti-NWO and has been politically active in my state for many years, but is barely online; she checks her email now and then and that's about it. When I started telling her about Ron Paul, she had hardly heard of him. She told me if Huckabee had a chance, she'd have to think it over; she said to me -- and I quote -- "He is awesome."

Now, trust me, *I* don't need proof that that's not so -- but she does. And I suspect there are millions more just like her. That's where I think this money is coming from -- plus some well-heeled CFR types who are using Huck as the anti-Paul force in the primary.

BTW Jane, the graph at ronpaulgraphs.com shows Huck's Q4 total at around $2M now. Not sure where you got your figure but he's pulled in close to $60k so far today; he's certainly getting the $ needed to run TV ads in early primary states. So he's going to be around and we're going to need to deal with that. Does that mean a change in tactics? Maybe, maybe not. But don't fool yourself into brushing him off. He has no chance in the general, but the GOP didn't earn the nickname "the stupid party" for nothing.

Some of the comments I've read in this thread bother me. People seem to think merit = victory. If that were true there wouldn't even be a Ron Paul REVOLution, because we'd never have been plagued with Bushes and Clintons in the first place. No, the CFR influence is very strong within the Matrix; our task is formidable. If the CFR throws its weight behind Huck, and pulls the I.V. from the arms of the other posers, things could be quite tough for us in the primary. Again, don't overestimate Americans' tendencies in the "doing our homework" category! We seem to enjoy being deluded with false promises and glitzy photo ops.

Huckabee represents basically all that we are in the process of flushing out of our party: allegiance to Israel due to misreading of the Bible; dedication to Bush and his pro-war isolationism; continuing to ignore the Fed and its thievery; promises to enforce moral mandates on the people via the fedgov; glib pretense that membership in the GOP is equivalent to support for the Constitution (because "liberals" are the *real* enemies of the Constitution, don't ya know); ignorance of the CFR and its purposes and influence; etc. He is abhorrent to me, but that's because I logged on and educated myself. I know tons of Republicans who would gladly support Huckabee over the clearly unconservative Giuliani, the dubious Romney, the worn-out McCain or the thud dud CFRaud Thompson -- and certainly over that weird guy who all the liberals love, who always blames America and Bush for everything.

Ever since the CFR published a Huckabee foreign policy speech, I've seen this campaign as between him and the correct choice. The others have all failed to catch on despite massive funding and exposure (well, there are Tancredo, Hunter and Keyes, but they have no momentum of any kind). We would be smart to treat Huckabee as our most important rival at this point, IMO.

I recommend doing even more of what we're already doing, plus keeping our eyes and ears peeled for further innovative strategies. I don't suggest we get negative toward Huckabee, but it wouldn't hurt to bone up on some info about him, including head to head comparisons of where he and Ron agree and disagree and why -- and his record *is* fair game, although it should always be presented factually without editorializing to try to score points beyond the straight facts. Let the record speak for itself. If it doesn't seem to, research further to be able to present more info. Never go beyond what you can clearly document.

I suggest we (someone capable, that is) create a flash widget similar to the fundraising ones, but capable of displaying progress in canvassing precincts. Make it capable of showing any precinct, or any congressional district, based off of a master database which would be tended by a few meetup organizers or other trusted members volunteering their time to do it. Let each group take their city or area and parcel it out into precincts, then internally track their progress within each precinct, reporting finished precincts to the master database. We can turn the USA red -- or some other color? -- one precinct at a time! :-) I think that would provide some excellent incentive toward a very important goal.

Bottom line: we're gaining, but so is Huckabee; don't assume anything. Work work work!! And have fun, of course. That's mandatory, after all. ;-)

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