Dustancostine
03-29-2008, 07:59 PM
Hey guys,
Got some great news for you.
First, my County Chairman has resigned and I have become the Robertson County Texas GOP Chairman. Second is that 3 out of 6 delegates to the State Convention are Ron Paul supporters, the other 3 and the 6 alternates aren't neocons. We passed resolutions against AG subsidies, against the Trans Texas Corridor, against abortion, against the government involvement in marriage, against the income tax (coupled with fair tax), against the Kyoto Protocol, against Kodex Elementarius, for the right to bear arms, for immigration enforcement.
Then I went to the Brazos County (College Station, Bryan) convention. It went wonderful, we got 5 delegates and 25 alternates out of 52 delegates and 52 alternate (we had three people on the nominations committee). We were highly organized and know exactly who are people are. Then the resolution came up. The resolutions committee (of which we also had three members) had prepared 88 resolutions to be submitted. This is after 4 hours of other business. So they voted resolutions in block. I was so proud of our people. Every time a block of resolutions had an amendment that was disagreeable our supporters stood up and spoke out against it, even though we did not have a majority. And every time we failed, and every time I was so proud of our guys because they still had the courage to speak out for liberty, just like Dr. No. Then the last block that was considered was national security and it included support of the patriot act. And you know WHAT? Several of our guys made great speeches, and several neocons made decent ones two, but we won, WE Won and the patriot act was taken out of the platform. I almost cried. We actually convinced about a fourth of the room to join with us, these same people who all along during the other resolutions voted against us, finally came around and understood.
It was beautiful. And what was even more beautiful was that we didn't have to do it in a confrontational way, our guys were smart and well spoken. We made many good friends with the establishment of the GOP. We even had other Republicans coming to our guys and thanking them for helping the GOP and thanking them for attending. We even had one guy apologize for having such misconceptions of the Ron Paul supporters.
Well I hope more good news comes flowing in. I am emotionally drained.
--Dustan
Got some great news for you.
First, my County Chairman has resigned and I have become the Robertson County Texas GOP Chairman. Second is that 3 out of 6 delegates to the State Convention are Ron Paul supporters, the other 3 and the 6 alternates aren't neocons. We passed resolutions against AG subsidies, against the Trans Texas Corridor, against abortion, against the government involvement in marriage, against the income tax (coupled with fair tax), against the Kyoto Protocol, against Kodex Elementarius, for the right to bear arms, for immigration enforcement.
Then I went to the Brazos County (College Station, Bryan) convention. It went wonderful, we got 5 delegates and 25 alternates out of 52 delegates and 52 alternate (we had three people on the nominations committee). We were highly organized and know exactly who are people are. Then the resolution came up. The resolutions committee (of which we also had three members) had prepared 88 resolutions to be submitted. This is after 4 hours of other business. So they voted resolutions in block. I was so proud of our people. Every time a block of resolutions had an amendment that was disagreeable our supporters stood up and spoke out against it, even though we did not have a majority. And every time we failed, and every time I was so proud of our guys because they still had the courage to speak out for liberty, just like Dr. No. Then the last block that was considered was national security and it included support of the patriot act. And you know WHAT? Several of our guys made great speeches, and several neocons made decent ones two, but we won, WE Won and the patriot act was taken out of the platform. I almost cried. We actually convinced about a fourth of the room to join with us, these same people who all along during the other resolutions voted against us, finally came around and understood.
It was beautiful. And what was even more beautiful was that we didn't have to do it in a confrontational way, our guys were smart and well spoken. We made many good friends with the establishment of the GOP. We even had other Republicans coming to our guys and thanking them for helping the GOP and thanking them for attending. We even had one guy apologize for having such misconceptions of the Ron Paul supporters.
Well I hope more good news comes flowing in. I am emotionally drained.
--Dustan