Ron Paul makes local paper, features me too!

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http://anonym.to/?http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008810120333

When Louisiana voters go to the polls to chose a president on Nov. 4, they will find a name on the ballot many might not expect - Ron Paul.


Louisiana will be only one of two states where voters will have the opportunity to pull the lever for Paul, a congressman from Texas who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination. Paul built a wide coalition of grass roots support that helped him raise tens of millions of dollars for his campaign.

Paul has been added to the Louisiana ballot on the top of the Louisiana Taxpayers Party ticket with Barry Goldwater, Jr., a former Republican congressman from California and the son of the late Barry Goldwater, the Republican presidential nominee in 1964.

Paul and Goldwater are on the ballot due partly to the efforts of an Alexandria man, Brent Sanders.

Sanders, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully in the past as a Libertarian for both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Louisiana House of Representatives, helped create the Louisiana Taxpayers Party to place Paul on the ballot.

"There was a whole group of people who worked on it, not just me," Sanders said. "I'm just located in the center of the state, so all the assets are sent to me and I distribute them."

Those assets include Paul yard signs, bumper stickers and other paraphernalia, he said.

Louisiana is one of few states where no signatures are required to access the ballot.

All that is required for a candidate to appear on the ballot is nine notarized elector forms -- one from each Congressional District and two at-large -- and a $500 filing fee.

Montana, where the Constitution Party broke with the national party's nomination of Chuck Baldwin and placed Paul on the ballot, is the only other state where voters will be able to choose Paul for president.

Sanders doesn't believe either Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama will move the country in the right direction.

Even if Paul can't win, the creation of the Louisiana Taxpayers Party will be a force to help shape future elections, he said.

"Right now it happens to be Ron Paul, but in the future it might be another candidate and we will have a structure in place," Sanders said. "This is not about party. This is about supporting the (U.S.) Constitution and the republic -- it's leave your party at the door."

Trent Hill, a Paul supporter who lives in Baton Rouge, who was also involved in the effort to get him on the Louisiana ballot, hopes Paul will make a strong enough showing in Louisiana to command attention.

"If he scores a couple of percentage points, it will show that we want more choices that are more conducive for liberty," he said.

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[Michael Landon]

Very nice. How much is it for a yard sign, plus shipping?

Thanks.
- ML

[StateofTrance]

Amazing Amazing :D

[Bryan]

Nice! Great job, as always! :)

[torchbearer]

Very nice. How much is it for a yard sign, plus shipping?

Thanks.
- ML

You need a yard sign?

[Michael Landon]

You need a yard sign?

I would like to get one even though I live in Minnesota.

- ML

[torchbearer]

I would like to get one even though I live in Minnesota.

- ML

Not sure on shipping. DO you need just the sign?

[torchbearer]

Also- if you could recommend the story, as in, click the recommend link of the online version... it will push it to the front page.

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check out the comments too!

[bojo68]

Also- if you could recommend the story, as in, click the recommend link of the online version... it will push it to the front page.
+1 :) Good Job!:)

[Michael Landon]

Not sure on shipping. DO you need just the sign?


Does the sign say Paul/Goldwater? If so, I would love just a sign, unless there are bumper stickers that also say Paul/Goldwater in which case I would like one of those also. If you are able to ship them, I would be happy to pay for the sign and bumper stick, plus pay for the shipping.

Let me know.
Thanks.
- ML

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Does the sign say Paul/Goldwater? If so, I would love just a sign, unless there are bumper stickers that also say Paul/Goldwater in which case I would like one of those also. If you are able to ship them, I would be happy to pay for the sign and bumper stick, plus pay for the shipping.

Let me know.
Thanks.
- ML

These signs are just Ron Paul signs. And a few local locations have purchased Paul/Goldwater signs.
These are recycled from the primary.

[Jeremy]

youre famous!

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youre famous!

this is the second time this month i've been in this paper.
The reporter told me the other evening that if there is ever a story i think needs to be reported, to call him.

Winning city council will be a lot easier if I stay in the paper monthly.

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oh- and the article is now front page online.

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maybe we should do a digg tonight?

[Dave39168]

Great Job Brent!

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Great Job Brent!

Thanks!

If anyone likes to write news articles, I have an inside to getting them published. It helps if it has a local angle, like anything involving me. :)

After Nov 4th, I will have to get back in touch with those appleseed guys too.

[max]

nice!....Paul/Goldwater......what a ticket

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nice!....Paul/Goldwater......what a ticket

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3001/2932518280_fa24bb8170_o.jpg
Looks good to me too!

[BeFranklin]

Thats great! Too bad its too late to re-register in another state :)

[Michael Landon]

These signs are just Ron Paul signs. And a few local locations have purchased Paul/Goldwater signs.
These are recycled from the primary.

Oh. Thanks but I already have the regular Ron Paul signs, I thought they were new Paul/Goldwater signs.

Great article.

- ML

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Thats great! Too bad its too late to re-register in another state :)

Someone made a comment on the article, what's the point if he isn't on the other 48 states.
Well- It will give conservatives someone to vote for instead of McCain.
If we pull enough true conservatives over to our ticket, McCain will lose.

[rprprs]

Also- if you could recommend the story, as in, click the recommend link of the online version... it will push it to the front page.

Done.
And I really like the comment left by MarilyninTX. :)

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Done.
And I really like the comment left by MarilyninTX. :)

Me too- Shows people in Lake Jackson got word about the article. Maybe Ron Paul got to read it too!

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I'm starting to get emails from Montana. Looks like we will be able to work together on the campaign for the next month sharing information and supplies.
I wish we would have gotten him a few more states.

[Chester Copperpot]

I saw a link about that on aol.com's news dude.. I was reading it saying "Brent Sanders.. I know that guy." heh

Good stuff.

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I saw a link about that on aol.com's news dude.. I was reading it saying "Brent Sanders.. I know that guy." heh

Good stuff.

Its on AOL.com? the front page?
I know its on google news, but buried.

[BagOfEyebrows]

Excellent work getting him on the ballot, and excellent article!

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Excellent work getting him on the ballot, and excellent article!

I haven't seen Shotdown on the forum today, but he also deserves some big time credit. He is also mentioned in the article. :)
RonPaulForums.com produces again. :cool:

[Sandra]

I read it this morning! I was so exited about this getting around. Brent, put the chipin link in your siggy.

[torchbearer]

I read it this morning! I was so exited about this getting around. Brent, put the chipin link in your siggy.

I would, but most of the people who were going to donate from here, have already donated.
We are trying to get more email list to send the chipin to...
we made this page to host the extended chipin: http://www.deadlybuda.com/ltpp.html

waiting for Heath to put it up on the main site.
If you haven't passed this on to your email list... please do so.

[Bodhi]

That is all kinds of awesome, great job!

[Theocrat]

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http://anonym.to/?http://www.thetowntalk.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008810120333

When Louisiana voters go to the polls to chose a president on Nov. 4, they will find a name on the ballot many might not expect - Ron Paul.


Louisiana will be only one of two states where voters will have the opportunity to pull the lever for Paul, a congressman from Texas who ran unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination. Paul built a wide coalition of grass roots support that helped him raise tens of millions of dollars for his campaign.

Paul has been added to the Louisiana ballot on the top of the Louisiana Taxpayers Party ticket with Barry Goldwater, Jr., a former Republican congressman from California and the son of the late Barry Goldwater, the Republican presidential nominee in 1964.

Paul and Goldwater are on the ballot due partly to the efforts of an Alexandria man, Brent Sanders.

Sanders, a Republican who ran unsuccessfully in the past as a Libertarian for both the U.S. House of Representatives and the Louisiana House of Representatives, helped create the Louisiana Taxpayers Party to place Paul on the ballot.

"There was a whole group of people who worked on it, not just me," Sanders said. "I'm just located in the center of the state, so all the assets are sent to me and I distribute them."

Those assets include Paul yard signs, bumper stickers and other paraphernalia, he said.

Louisiana is one of few states where no signatures are required to access the ballot.

All that is required for a candidate to appear on the ballot is nine notarized elector forms -- one from each Congressional District and two at-large -- and a $500 filing fee.

Montana, where the Constitution Party broke with the national party's nomination of Chuck Baldwin and placed Paul on the ballot, is the only other state where voters will be able to choose Paul for president.

Sanders doesn't believe either Republican John McCain or Democrat Barack Obama will move the country in the right direction.

Even if Paul can't win, the creation of the Louisiana Taxpayers Party will be a force to help shape future elections, he said.

"Right now it happens to be Ron Paul, but in the future it might be another candidate and we will have a structure in place," Sanders said. "This is not about party. This is about supporting the (U.S.) Constitution and the republic -- it's leave your party at the door."

Trent Hill, a Paul supporter who lives in Baton Rouge, who was also involved in the effort to get him on the Louisiana ballot, hopes Paul will make a strong enough showing in Louisiana to command attention.

"If he scores a couple of percentage points, it will show that we want more choices that are more conducive for liberty," he said.

What is the purpose of putting Congressman Paul's name on the ballot when he's not even running for President anymore? Wouldn't it have been better to just have Dr. Chuck Baldwin's name on the ballot representing the Taxpayers Party? What's wrong with Dr. Baldwin? After all, he was endorsed by Dr. Paul himself.

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What is the purpose of putting Congressman Paul's name on the ballot when he's not even running for President anymore? Wouldn't it have been better to just have Dr. Chuck Baldwin's name on the ballot representing the Taxpayers Party? What's wrong with Dr. Baldwin? After all, he was endorsed by Dr. Paul himself.

Bob Barr won't be on our ballot, his voters are not going to vote for Baldwin. They will vote for Ron Paul.
Disenchanted Republicans, will not necesarily vote for Baldwin. Those that won't vote for Baldwin, will vote for Ron Paul.
This ballot will give conservatives someone to vote for instead of McCain.
If we pull enough true conservatives over to our ticket, McCain will lose.

We include Baldwin in our statewide advertisement.
http://www.deadlybuda.com/ltpp.html

We worry about our state, and choose who we want on our ballot. You handle your state. And we all get along.

[Bruno]

Fantastic work, Brent! Tens of thousands of votes will be to your credit.



What is the purpose of putting Congressman Paul's name on the ballot when he's not even running for President anymore? Wouldn't it have been better to just have Dr. Chuck Baldwin's name on the ballot representing the Taxpayers Party? What's wrong with Dr. Baldwin? After all, he was endorsed by Dr. Paul himself.

Ron Paul has no chance of winning.
Chuck Baldwin has no chance of winning.
Why not vote for Ron Paul and make a statement? It will have much more impact due to name recognition.
Two whole states will have the opportunity to vote for someone who they really wanted. Parties suck.

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Fantastic work, Brent! Tens of thousands of votes will be to your credit.




Ron Paul has no chance of winning.
Chuck Baldwin has no chance of winning.
Why not vote for Ron Paul and make a statement? It will have much more impact due to name recognition.
Two whole states will have the opportunity to vote for someone who they really wanted. Parties suck.

Thanks, the tv ad will be our biggest boon once we get it on the air.
Have you seen it yet?

[GoPaul]

I very rarely post. But 2nd. You should get the ChipIn link up RP Forums if possible. And in this thread.

I followed link to donate. GL. But for everyone else make it as easy as possible

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I very rarely post. But 2nd. You should get the ChipIn link up RP Forums if possible. And in this thread.

I followed link to donate. GL. But for everyone else make it as easy as possible

The chipin is on this page: http://www.deadlybuda.com/ltpp.html

[GunnyFreedom]

Oh. Thanks but I already have the regular Ron Paul signs, I thought they were new Paul/Goldwater signs.

Great article.

- ML

I have some designed in case anybody wants to go and print them up:

http://i34.tinypic.com/2lizkfk.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/wwdnbc.jpg

[GunnyFreedom]

let me know if you need the hi-res files

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Awesome! Great work to you and everyone who got Dr. Paul on the ballot not only in Louisiana but Montana as well. I greatly appreciate it. I'm wishing I lived in one of those two states right about now. ;)

[Knightskye]

Good stuff.

All states should have such low requirements to get on the ballot.

[tron paul]

Ron Paul is on the ballot in Montana and Louisiana!!!

The other 48 states, and the rest of the world, should start helping the nominating Parties and RP MeetUps in those states!!!

If Ron Paul gets second in either state, WE BREAK THE MATRIX!!!

[Knightskye]

Ron Paul is on the ballot in Montana and Louisiana!!!

The other 48 states, and the rest of the world, should start helping the nominating Parties and RP MeetUps in those states!!!

If Ron Paul gets second in either state, WE BREAK THE MATRIX!!!

Hah. If he got second in a state...

I'll try to get back to you if I can think of a good ending to that sentence.

[Shotdown1027]

Great job on catching this article Brent!

And I hope we get to play these TV ads, but it looks like we are running out of time. It might've been better to advertise via radio, where we could've gotten MANY MANY plays.

Oh well.

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Great job on catching this article Brent!

And I hope we get to play these TV ads, but it looks like we are running out of time. It might've been better to advertise via radio, where we could've gotten MANY MANY plays.

Oh well.

Have faith. I'm on the phone nightly working every angle I can.

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