January 18, 2008 - 12:34am

Paul campaign opens for business

Republican Stavros Mendros, a former Lewiston lawmaker, is the Maine Field Director for Ron Paul, a Texas congressman running for president.

The Paul campaign opened the doors of its Portland headquarters Thursday evening. Paul is one of two presidential candidates with paid staff in Maine, along with Ohio Democrat Dennis Kucinich.

Forrest Keever owns the Congress Street building, and as he hung up the sign above the door, he said he has been a long time Paul supporter, so he was glad to rent it to the campaign.

Forrest Keever puts the finishing touches on the Portland Ron Paul campaign office.

 

Stavros MendrosMendros said his primary responsibility on the campaign will be organizing and getting people to the caucuses.

“He has a clear, straight message,” Mendros said of Paul. “He calls it like he sees it.”

Thursday evening was the opening event. Fifty people packed the tiny office, picking up literature and talking about Ron Paul.

Former state legislator Ken Lindell is the state coordinator for Paul. Lindell said there is interest in Paul from all over the state, and strong grassroots support for him.

He said there is a chance Paul could come to Maine.

“I’ve always been an admirer of Ron Paul,” Lindell said. “He’s always been an example I’ve tried to live up to.”

Above: State Coordinator Ken Lindell talks to Dawn Miller of Green at the opening of the Ron Paul office in Portland Thursday evening.

Comments

I am so glad the grassroots


I am so glad the grassroots efforts are apparent to others. My hard earned money and my vote go to HOPE-HOPE-HOPE
HOPE- You "gotta believe"-
Dr. Ron Paul! Austin, Texas :)

01/18/08 12:08 am

Lewiston/Auburn for Ron Paul


Come on L/A this is the guy you've been waiting for. Spread the word.

01/18/08 12:14 am

Dr. Ron Paul, a Veteran, Swears to Uphold the *US* Constitution


FOX NEWS reportedly deleted Ron Paul’s key debate response from the last debate in a LIVE REBROADCAST they recently aired. How is it a LIVE REBROADCAST if you splice out that which you don’t want the voting public to hear? Like Ron Paul or not, this should disturb you in my humble opinion.

CAMERON: Congressman Paul, yet another question about electability.
Do you have any, sir? There’s always the question as to whether or not…
(LAUGHTER)
… you are, in fact, viable. Your differences with the Republicans on the — with the rest of the Republi-cans on this stage has raised questions about whether or not you can actually win the Republican nomi-nation, sir.
PAUL: Well, we’ve only had two little primaries so far. So it’s pretty premature to decide which one is going to be the candidate.
But, you know, when you think about it, if you measured everything I’ve ever said, every vote I’ve ever taken against the Constitution, you know, I’m a strict constitutionalist.
Are you suggesting the Republicans should write me off because I’m a strict constitutionalist? I’m the most conservative member here. I have voted, you know, against more spending and waste in govern-ment than anybody else.
(APPLAUSE)
So you’re suggesting that I’m not electable and the Republicans don’t want me because I’m a strict fiscal conservative, because I believe in civil liberties? Why should we not be defending civil liberties and why should we not be talking about foreign policy that used to be the part of the Republican Party?
PAUL: Mr. Republican Robert Taft didn’t even want us to be in NATO and you’re saying now that we have to continue to borrow money from China to finance this empire that we can’t afford?
Let me see if I get this right. We need to borrow $10 billion from China, and then we give it to Mushar-raf, who is a military dictator, who overthrew an elected government. And then we go to war, we lose all these lives promoting democracy in Iraq. I mean, what’s going on here?
(APPLAUSE)
And you’re saying that this isn’t appealing to Republicans? Where did this come about? I think this is the Republican message. I defend the platform. It used to say we’d (inaudible) the Department of Education. It doesn’t say that now.
We, as Republicans, went and doubled the size of the Department of Education, so where have we gone? I think we’ve lost our way. And then the insinuation that I am less Republican because of that?
HUME: Congressman, thank you very much.

In response, the official Ron Paul 2008 Campaign blog asks,

“…how could any semi-reputable news source cut a presidential candidate’s answer in a debate? And how could a network that hundreds of thousands of conservatives trust delete the most forcefully conservative, Constitutionalist, anti-statist answer that any candidate gave that night?”

01/18/08 12:48 am

I say to the guy in the


I say to the guy in the photo of your new space on the ladder. Get a taller ladder, you want to end up in a wheel chair?

p.s. glad to have a office in Maine. been there and very nice place to visit.

01/18/08 2:24 pm

Go Ron Paul


Good to see he's spending the money to get the word out. I think as people see his name in print they may take the time to look him up on the internet. This is the one medium that's still free and cannot supress information about Dr Paul and the looming Dollar crisis.

01/20/08 10:30 am

Good job guys


I know that both Ken and Stavros will do an great job for Congressman Paul. Please contact them because your vote does matter.

01/20/08 12:52 pm

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