Kentucky Tea Party Organizer Weighs In On FOX CPAC Distortion

[TheTyke]

Organizer of one of the largest tea parties in the state, I always took Mica for a Palin girl. But once again proving that working with the tea party folks (not bashing/attacking them or their candidates) will win people over, today Mica made a post (http://micadaily.blogspot.com/2011/02/fox-news-vs-rep-ron-paul.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheMicaDaily+%28The+Mica+Dail y%29&utm_content=FaceBook) that seemed very supportive of Ron Paul. More especially, she reaches a lot of the tea party in Kentucky, so this is a great start to getting their support.

She has really surprised me in the past few months by her willingness to think for herself and support what is right - regardless of Establishment or politicians opinions. My hat is also off to Kentucky activists who built coalitions instead of alienating people.

She's taken a lot of heat for her principles, so maybe we could gently help out in the comment section. :)

[Thomas]

bump! remember people, civility = good

[sailingaway]

Come on, guys, you can post anonymously for heaven's sake....

[TheTyke]

I remember many times during Rand's campaign that Palin etc. were mentioned and I had to bite my tongue from saying exactly what came to mind.... but as we know, Ron Paul primarily deals in principle, and rarely targets individuals. I think that restraint is paying dividends, as many of the tea party folks are now considering Ron, and debating his positions. In fact, he seems like one of the most discussed presidential candidates!

There is even more good news... another of the major tea parties in the state, Louisville, had a meeting about a month or so back. Despite the icy cold, the restaurant was packed with 100+ activists. A friend got up and asked how many were familiar with Campaign for Liberty - about 1/3 were - and was given the opportunity to explain more about us. Person by person, we are breaking the old media's grasp on the population.

And the icing on the cake was the Louisville Tea Party also sent out an email calling to End The Fed! (Not just audit it. :))

[sailingaway]

I remember many times during Rand's campaign that Palin etc. were mentioned and I had to bite my tongue from saying exactly what came to mind.... but as we know, Ron Paul primarily deals in principle, and rarely targets individuals. I think that restraint is paying dividends, as many of the tea party folks are now considering Ron, and debating his positions. In fact, he seems like one of the most discussed presidential candidates!

There is even more good news... another of the major tea parties in the state, Louisville, had a meeting about a month or so back. Despite the icy cold, the restaurant was packed with 100+ activists. A friend got up and asked how many were familiar with Campaign for Liberty - about 1/3 were - and was given the opportunity to explain more about us. Person by person, we are breaking the old media's grasp on the population.

And the icing on the cake was the Louisville Tea Party also sent out an email calling to End The Fed! (Not just audit it. :))


All good news!

[MRoCkEd]

Mica was an early supporter of Rand Paul, and it's great to see her becoming more libertarian. We'd love to have her in the R[3VOL]ution!

She's also an RPF member.

[TonySutton]

hahaha ok, did one of you make this comment?


Some of the people at CPAC were rude, absolutely! But one doesn't = all.
If one = all what would that say about Republican senators that need to use the bathroom at an airport?
See.... silly huh?

Priceless!

[Sola_Fide]

I have a million anecdotal stories like this from my time in the Kentucky tea parties.

Rand has had a MAJOR influence on the conservatives here in KY and there are many who are giving Ron a fresh look.

[hugolp]

One thing that has surprised me is that the people booing at the Ron Paul straw paul victory during CPAC 2010 were considered just people expresing their opinion, but the people booing Cheney were some kind of horrible and uncivilized people, and by association all of the Ron Paul movement. Talking about double standards.

[georgiaboy]

bump

[UtahApocalypse]

We will win Kentucky......

[Sola_Fide]

We will win Kentucky......

That is going to be difficult. I would say at this point that Huckster is a shoe-in for Kentucky. Hope things change.

[Sola_Fide]

Look at one of the comments:


Anonymous said... Moral of the story: Ron Paul supporters are psychotic thugs as usual. No one has sucked up to the Pauls more than Fox news so the idea that they would do this deliberately is laughable. Almost as laughable as that interview with Mica last year.....

:collins:

[PermanentSleep]

Organizer of one of the largest tea parties in the state, I always took Mica for a Palin girl. But once again proving that working with the tea party folks (not bashing/attacking them or their candidates) will win people over, today Mica made a post (http://micadaily.blogspot.com/2011/02/fox-news-vs-rep-ron-paul.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheMicaDaily+%28The+Mica+Dail y%29&utm_content=FaceBook) that seemed very supportive of Ron Paul. More especially, she reaches a lot of the tea party in Kentucky, so this is a great start to getting their support.

She has really surprised me in the past few months by her willingness to think for herself and support what is right - regardless of Establishment or politicians opinions. My hat is also off to Kentucky activists who built coalitions instead of alienating people.

She's taken a lot of heat for her principles, so maybe we could gently help out in the comment section. :)

I gave her Bastiat Volume 2 book published by Mises institute at Rand's Victory Party :)

[PermanentSleep]

That is going to be difficult. I would say at this point that Huckster is a shoe-in for Kentucky. Hope things change.

Come on now, they said Rand couldn't win all the way up until the Randslide. I think the key is getting as many "The Tea Party Goes To Washington", "End The Fed," "The Revolution: A manifesto" in as many Kentucky Republican hands over the next year as humanly possible.

[Pericles]

bump! remember people, civility = good

And ended up with a US Senator besides.:)

[Sola_Fide]

Come on now, they said Rand couldn't win all the way up until the Randslide. I think the key is getting as many "The Tea Party Goes To Washington", "End The Fed," "The Revolution: A manifesto" in as many Kentucky Republican hands over the next year as humanly possible.

Believe me, I agree with you and share your same optimism.

Unfortunately, we both know what Rand had to do to try and pacify the huge contingent of neo-cons here in KY. I don't know if Ron's strident non-interventionism will help or hurt him.

I will say this: I have been increasingly hearing the question being raised by Kentuckians of why we are paying for the defense of other countries and why we have troops in all these countries. I've been hearing it a lot and we have Rand to thank for it.

[PermanentSleep]

Believe me, I agree with you and share your same optimism.

Unfortunately, we both know what Rand had to do to try and pacify the huge contingent of neo-cons here in KY. I don't know if Ron's strident non-interventionism will help or hurt him.

I will say this: I have been increasingly hearing the question being raised by Kentuckians of why we are paying for the defense of other countries and why we have troops in all these countries. I've been hearing it a lot and we have Rand to thank for it.

I've been hearing this in Central and Eastern KY as well!

I agree with everything you said about Rand, it was a brutal fight tiptoeing around the neocons...but I have recently had some renewed faith with Rand being all over the news and after reading his new book that just came out. Perhaps when a good portion of Tea Party people read this book they will take notice of all the Austrian Economist and Ron Paul references. He seemed to paint a more palatable picture of Ron for Palin type Tea Partiers, or at least that was the feel I got from it.

He also went to town on George Bush and neoconservatives in general. This could end up being a huge awakening as I'm sure many people have still never even heard the term or even know what it actually means.

[sailingaway]

Huckabee and Palin weren't running against Rand. A voter can only have ONE favorite for president, and 100 for senators. So to speak. Of course it will be harder, but it is definitely a leg up to have had Rand's campaign there.