Madison
02-09-2008, 01:38 AM
In early 2007, Ron Paul was a little known Congressman. Some of his supporters and close friends suggested he run for President. He shrugged it off and said he wasn't interested but they were persistent, so he gave it a shot. Now it has achieved more than he ever expected it would.
Ron has a wide array of supporters so let me tell you what my basic view (which I think many people share). This republic, in Ron's words, is in remnant status. We are on the verge of passing a point of no return which may put the republic as we know it beyond repair. When we learned of Ron's run for Presidency we knew it was the last chance to save our nation.
Many before us, such as the libertarian party, have been promoting the same causes we are for years. However they have had little success. If Ron goes back to congress he may have earned more respect, but his ideas are still diametrically opposed to that of the establishment. If anything, now that the spotlight on him is bigger, they may go out of their way to treat him even worse. This is how these people operate, make no mistake.
As of January, 11% of the American electorate would vote for Ron Paul as an Independent. This is even if Bloomberg is also running. Imagine how much we could increase those numbers in 8 months. In primaries and caucuses up to this point, his support among independents has been vastly greater than that of baseline republicans. In closed-primary states he has done much worse. Imagine all his supporters or potential supporters who were never even able to vote for him.
In my mind it would be a blunder of epic proportions to pass up the last chance we have to save this republic. We would have to step up the grassroots and canvass the nation. Precinct leaders will have to take up multiple precincts and triple their efforts. We the grassroots would have to get him in debates, on the ballots, and increase our oversight over the election process. I think it is all well worth it. But as Ron's supporters did the first time around, he needs to be convinced to do this.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/contact/form
Ron has a wide array of supporters so let me tell you what my basic view (which I think many people share). This republic, in Ron's words, is in remnant status. We are on the verge of passing a point of no return which may put the republic as we know it beyond repair. When we learned of Ron's run for Presidency we knew it was the last chance to save our nation.
Many before us, such as the libertarian party, have been promoting the same causes we are for years. However they have had little success. If Ron goes back to congress he may have earned more respect, but his ideas are still diametrically opposed to that of the establishment. If anything, now that the spotlight on him is bigger, they may go out of their way to treat him even worse. This is how these people operate, make no mistake.
As of January, 11% of the American electorate would vote for Ron Paul as an Independent. This is even if Bloomberg is also running. Imagine how much we could increase those numbers in 8 months. In primaries and caucuses up to this point, his support among independents has been vastly greater than that of baseline republicans. In closed-primary states he has done much worse. Imagine all his supporters or potential supporters who were never even able to vote for him.
In my mind it would be a blunder of epic proportions to pass up the last chance we have to save this republic. We would have to step up the grassroots and canvass the nation. Precinct leaders will have to take up multiple precincts and triple their efforts. We the grassroots would have to get him in debates, on the ballots, and increase our oversight over the election process. I think it is all well worth it. But as Ron's supporters did the first time around, he needs to be convinced to do this.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/contact/form