jonahtrainer
08-13-2007, 03:45 PM
This weekend while everyone was distracted by the Ames Straw poll I went to the Quarterly Meeting (http://rpof.org/qmtg.php) for the Republican Party of Florida (http://rpof.org/index.php). We had county chairs from the entire state and it was a fairly large meeting. Here is what I have to report:
First, the general sense I got was that the Republican Party has lost a lot of support and enthusiasm. People showed up late, didn’t stay through the entire meetings, were not lively, etc. I can tell they have lost a lot of support. All I talked to said their local meetings had shrunk.
Second, very few have much support for any of the current options. They said “This is the first election where we don’t know the people running.” There were three tables (Romney, Rudy and Ron Paul). The Ron Paul guys were dressed very unprofessional (jeans when everyone else had suits) and not present for the entire weekend conference (present Friday night but not there Sat. when everything happened). They really missed a great opportunity. If I had any materials I would have manned the booth. Instead, I built a good relationship with the head Romney guy and he invited me to come speak on the Constitution to his group. I will be able to sway them all.
Third, NO ONE had heard of Ron Paul. Most don’t know how to work a computer. Overall, they are very ignorant (MSM is their only source of news) of what Bush has done to our country. Many are displeased with him. They all want to restore the honor to the Republican Party. There were all kinds of auction items with Reagan and Teddy Roosevelt. In fact, the chairman said ‘This is the Party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Reagan.” Bush was only mentioned once and pretty much as a joke. They want to put in a Republican so ‘Bill isn’t entertaining the wives of the heads of state.”
My local party can be found this way:
1. www.rpof.org (http://rpof.org/index.php) (every state has a site like this. Iowa’s = iowagop.net (http://iowagop.net/))
2. About RPOF County Groups (http://rpof.org/local.php)
3. St. John’s County (http://www.sjgop.org/)
4. Most groups have a meeting at least 1-2 times per month.
We need to take action. We need to expose all the county chairs in the whole USA to the ideas discussed by Ron Paul. They will bring all the other republicans with them. Here is what I propose:
1. Put together a packet on the GOP values.
a. Less Taxes
b. Less Government
c. More Personal Responsibility
d. More Individual Freedom
e. Family Empowerment
2. Put together where Bush and the Republicans have betrayed these values
a. Inflation tax (falling dollar), sound Money, removing the IRS
b. DHS, No Child Left Behind, TSA, etc.
c. Where should we start?
d. PATRIOT Act, Military Commissions Act (no Habeas Corpus; explain what Habeas Corpus is; this will get them fired up. I will be lecturing on Habeas Corpus to my new Romney friend and his group and Romney’s talk in the debate about doubling Gitmo. He didn't even know what Habeas Corpus was!?!)
e. No Child Left Behind, home school, keeping more of our $$, etc.
3. Put together a DVD of Ron Paul’s speeches that address these GOP values. The Iowa Straw Poll is an excellent speech to use. The more the better. Put in some old stuff from the 70’s and 80’s to really fan the fire. They will go ‘Where has this guy been? How have I not heard of him?’ We want ‘blowback’ against the MSM!
4. Put these sheets of paper, issues (http://www.ronpaul2008.com/files/Flyer-Issues.pdf), a slim-jim (http://www.ronpaul2008.com/files/RP2008SlimJim.pdf) and the DVD in an envelope and mail or hand deliver it to the person. Have some crafty girl write on the outside ‘The Real Republican’ Give it a personal touch.
5. For the real adventurous: Contact the Democratic (http://www.fladems.com/)counterpart. Explain you are a Republican and you do not want them to get screwed like we did. Try to build on the common ground of the Constitution. Then give them Ron Paul’s Iowa Straw poll speech for this type of person. Constitutional stuff is what we need. Deep down most Democrats have a similar feeling. We as a people, on both sides, know we have held inviolate the Constitution. Let them know the big dollars are lining up behind the Democrats (Hillary and Barack and not their honest candidates like Gravel) just like the Republicans in 2000 and 2004. Let them know this is not good for The People and they will probably get screwed like we did with Bush. Then just leave them the package if they will agree to view it.
We need to change people's perception of the enemy from the other party to those who want to destroy our Constitution. Then we need to rally everyone behind the Constitution!
If I had the $$$ I would be mailing these to every single person in every single state I could find. This method provides a highly targeted mailing list of probably 20,000 country wide easily.
Anyway, if we are going to win this we need to get information into people’s hands. An idea can only be defeated by an idea. These people have not been exposed (MSM censoring) to the ideas of Ron Paul. Increase their marketplace of ideas by getting them the packet and let the ideas Ron Paul shares crush the competing ideas. I can think of no easier way than this. Turn our competition into our teammates. Go knock on their door for crying out loud. I met my county chair at the meeting this weekend and he is a libertarian/republican. We have very fertile ground. Plus, you may be able to weasel out a delegate ballot to take to the RNC!
By the way, for those in FL we need to get in gear! This morning they voted on changing the rules so getting the FL primary Jan 29th will be all the more important. I would bet that if Ron Paul got the Jan 29th primary the nation would unanimously follow because they would have confidence in the one who can’t win. There will probably be a big squabble over the primary candidate if Ron Paul doesn’t win it because the field is so divided and the ‘top candidates’ keep getting shuffled around. For anyone who wants to contribute, find a random address in the County Groups and mail them a packet! We need all the help we can get.
Anyway, just my thoughts. All ya’ll cats keep doing whatever you want to do but the odds are great and we need to add some sniper action to all this shotgun (plastering cities with homemade signs) firepower.
First, the general sense I got was that the Republican Party has lost a lot of support and enthusiasm. People showed up late, didn’t stay through the entire meetings, were not lively, etc. I can tell they have lost a lot of support. All I talked to said their local meetings had shrunk.
Second, very few have much support for any of the current options. They said “This is the first election where we don’t know the people running.” There were three tables (Romney, Rudy and Ron Paul). The Ron Paul guys were dressed very unprofessional (jeans when everyone else had suits) and not present for the entire weekend conference (present Friday night but not there Sat. when everything happened). They really missed a great opportunity. If I had any materials I would have manned the booth. Instead, I built a good relationship with the head Romney guy and he invited me to come speak on the Constitution to his group. I will be able to sway them all.
Third, NO ONE had heard of Ron Paul. Most don’t know how to work a computer. Overall, they are very ignorant (MSM is their only source of news) of what Bush has done to our country. Many are displeased with him. They all want to restore the honor to the Republican Party. There were all kinds of auction items with Reagan and Teddy Roosevelt. In fact, the chairman said ‘This is the Party of Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Reagan.” Bush was only mentioned once and pretty much as a joke. They want to put in a Republican so ‘Bill isn’t entertaining the wives of the heads of state.”
My local party can be found this way:
1. www.rpof.org (http://rpof.org/index.php) (every state has a site like this. Iowa’s = iowagop.net (http://iowagop.net/))
2. About RPOF County Groups (http://rpof.org/local.php)
3. St. John’s County (http://www.sjgop.org/)
4. Most groups have a meeting at least 1-2 times per month.
We need to take action. We need to expose all the county chairs in the whole USA to the ideas discussed by Ron Paul. They will bring all the other republicans with them. Here is what I propose:
1. Put together a packet on the GOP values.
a. Less Taxes
b. Less Government
c. More Personal Responsibility
d. More Individual Freedom
e. Family Empowerment
2. Put together where Bush and the Republicans have betrayed these values
a. Inflation tax (falling dollar), sound Money, removing the IRS
b. DHS, No Child Left Behind, TSA, etc.
c. Where should we start?
d. PATRIOT Act, Military Commissions Act (no Habeas Corpus; explain what Habeas Corpus is; this will get them fired up. I will be lecturing on Habeas Corpus to my new Romney friend and his group and Romney’s talk in the debate about doubling Gitmo. He didn't even know what Habeas Corpus was!?!)
e. No Child Left Behind, home school, keeping more of our $$, etc.
3. Put together a DVD of Ron Paul’s speeches that address these GOP values. The Iowa Straw Poll is an excellent speech to use. The more the better. Put in some old stuff from the 70’s and 80’s to really fan the fire. They will go ‘Where has this guy been? How have I not heard of him?’ We want ‘blowback’ against the MSM!
4. Put these sheets of paper, issues (http://www.ronpaul2008.com/files/Flyer-Issues.pdf), a slim-jim (http://www.ronpaul2008.com/files/RP2008SlimJim.pdf) and the DVD in an envelope and mail or hand deliver it to the person. Have some crafty girl write on the outside ‘The Real Republican’ Give it a personal touch.
5. For the real adventurous: Contact the Democratic (http://www.fladems.com/)counterpart. Explain you are a Republican and you do not want them to get screwed like we did. Try to build on the common ground of the Constitution. Then give them Ron Paul’s Iowa Straw poll speech for this type of person. Constitutional stuff is what we need. Deep down most Democrats have a similar feeling. We as a people, on both sides, know we have held inviolate the Constitution. Let them know the big dollars are lining up behind the Democrats (Hillary and Barack and not their honest candidates like Gravel) just like the Republicans in 2000 and 2004. Let them know this is not good for The People and they will probably get screwed like we did with Bush. Then just leave them the package if they will agree to view it.
We need to change people's perception of the enemy from the other party to those who want to destroy our Constitution. Then we need to rally everyone behind the Constitution!
If I had the $$$ I would be mailing these to every single person in every single state I could find. This method provides a highly targeted mailing list of probably 20,000 country wide easily.
Anyway, if we are going to win this we need to get information into people’s hands. An idea can only be defeated by an idea. These people have not been exposed (MSM censoring) to the ideas of Ron Paul. Increase their marketplace of ideas by getting them the packet and let the ideas Ron Paul shares crush the competing ideas. I can think of no easier way than this. Turn our competition into our teammates. Go knock on their door for crying out loud. I met my county chair at the meeting this weekend and he is a libertarian/republican. We have very fertile ground. Plus, you may be able to weasel out a delegate ballot to take to the RNC!
By the way, for those in FL we need to get in gear! This morning they voted on changing the rules so getting the FL primary Jan 29th will be all the more important. I would bet that if Ron Paul got the Jan 29th primary the nation would unanimously follow because they would have confidence in the one who can’t win. There will probably be a big squabble over the primary candidate if Ron Paul doesn’t win it because the field is so divided and the ‘top candidates’ keep getting shuffled around. For anyone who wants to contribute, find a random address in the County Groups and mail them a packet! We need all the help we can get.
Anyway, just my thoughts. All ya’ll cats keep doing whatever you want to do but the odds are great and we need to add some sniper action to all this shotgun (plastering cities with homemade signs) firepower.