Tom woods says: Good Practical Advice for Ron Paulians (Important for Activisim)

[civusamericanus]

Tom Woods says: Good Practical Advice for Ron Paulians: If you’re into political activism (at least for Ron Paul if not for anyone else), I strongly recommend spending some time with this: http://iroots.org/

[radiofriendly]

That's my new site. I'm so humbled/honored that Tom Woods posted about it!
Like me, you probably care deeply about becoming the best grassroots activist you can during the Ron Paul 2012 campaign. We are on the verge of a true intellectual revolution sweeping this country. There is no doubt that Ron Paul supporters have a monopoly on enthusiasm and energy. Now, our challenge is to channel this massive energy toward effective action.
The Perfect Storm

In the past, the Liberty movement has been pushed to the sidelines of the political discourse. Many of us were accustomed to pursuing intellectual arguments that the average citizen had never considered. Today, now more than ever, due to the state of the economy, mountainous government debt and endless war, a perfect storm is brewing and our time has come.

If you haven’t noticed, Ron Paul is the vehicle for many, if not all, of our shared ideals. Whatever your pet issue within the Liberty movement, for the next 15 months, our central focus must center on winning the primary contest for Ron Paul. What will this look like?
How We Win

Winning an election is a numbers game. When it comes down to it, a shockingly small segment of the population decides an election. Think about it, among the entire population–for our purposes, let’s say 100 people.
http://iroots.org/wp-content/uploads/pie_whoisvoting2.jpg
Of this group, 60 will be eligible voters (think children, illegals and felons). Of these 60, 40% will be registered to vote, leaving us with 24. Of these 24 voters, 25% will likely turn out on election day. That leaves us with 6 people, of which 3 will vote in the Republican primary. In order to win, you need only 50% +1 of this final pool; this assumes a contest of two candidates. In a primary with multiple candidates, even fewer votes are required for victory. (These numbers are approximate and vary from year to year.)

While our activities can take many forms, they must all focus on identifying and influencing this exclusive pool of likely Republican primary voters. For many of us, this requires a whole rewiring of our activism mindset.... http://iroots.org/2011/08/13/how-ron-paul-wins-in-2012/
Go and read the rest and let me know what you think about our new site. Register...There is a whole lot more to come.

[Agorism]

I googled this. There are 70 million deems and a tad less registered R's.

It's about half the 300 million population.

[Omphfullas Zamboni]

Of this group, 60 will be ineligible voters (think children, illegals and felons)

[qwerty]

That's my new site. I'm so humbled/honored that Tom Woods posted about it!
Like me, you probably care deeply about becoming the best grassroots activist you can during the Ron Paul 2012 campaign. We are on the verge of a true intellectual revolution sweeping this country. There is no doubt that Ron Paul supporters have a monopoly on enthusiasm and energy. Now, our challenge is to channel this massive energy toward effective action.
The Perfect Storm

In the past, the Liberty movement has been pushed to the sidelines of the political discourse. Many of us were accustomed to pursuing intellectual arguments that the average citizen had never considered. Today, now more than ever, due to the state of the economy, mountainous government debt and endless war, a perfect storm is brewing and our time has come.

If you haven’t noticed, Ron Paul is the vehicle for many, if not all, of our shared ideals. Whatever your pet issue within the Liberty movement, for the next 15 months, our central focus must center on winning the primary contest for Ron Paul. What will this look like?
How We Win

Winning an election is a numbers game. When it comes down to it, a shockingly small segment of the population decides an election. Think about it, among the entire population–for our purposes, let’s say 100 people.
http://iroots.org/wp-content/uploads/pie_whoisvoting2.jpg
Of this group, 60 will be eligible voters (think children, illegals and felons). Of these 60, 40% will be registered to vote, leaving us with 24. Of these 24 voters, 25% will likely turn out on election day. That leaves us with 6 people, of which 3 will vote in the Republican primary. In order to win, you need only 50% +1 of this final pool; this assumes a contest of two candidates. In a primary with multiple candidates, even fewer votes are required for victory. (These numbers are approximate and vary from year to year.)

While our activities can take many forms, they must all focus on identifying and influencing this exclusive pool of likely Republican primary voters. For many of us, this requires a whole rewiring of our activism mindset.... http://iroots.org/2011/08/13/how-ron-paul-wins-in-2012/
Go and read the rest and let me know what you think about our new site. Register...There is a whole lot more to come.

GREAT!


:cool:

[nobody's_hero]

I've been arguing this for a while, so I'll certainly check out the site.

We have to go after the apathetic Americans. There's only one good reason someone would still be apathetic in this political climate:

They haven't heard of Dr. Paul (or they haven't heard much, anyways).

[Narmical]

They haven't heard of Dr. Paul (or they haven't heard much, anyways).

That was defiantly the case for me. I was apathetic until Ron Paul.

Also isn't taping into apathetic votes how Obama supposedly won?

[radiofriendly]

Dude (I don't usually say things like "dude."), our traffic went through the roof after Tom Woods posted and tweeted about iroots.org!

[Revolution9]

That was defiantly the case for me. I was apathetic until Ron Paul.

Also isn't taping into apathetic votes how Obama supposedly won?

Obama is definitely akin to a tapeworm.

Rev9

[erowe1]

I googled this. There are 70 million deems and a tad less registered R's.

It's about half the 300 million population.

I don't believe that's correct. What's the source?

[radiofriendly]

This idea/strategy is also being discussed at these links:

http://www.dailypaul.com/173987/how-ron-paul-wins-in-2012
and
http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/good-practical-advice-for-ron-paulians/

***I posted this in reponse to someone's complaint:
No doubt some Democrats will vote for Ron Paul. And there is no doubt that there will be those who focus on that. I’m just saying that the activism leaders don’t need to be (and shouldn’t be) focusing on this, given the political environment. I didn’t come up with this research–this concept comes from what I’ve learned from top dogs who know how campaigns are actually won.

Mainly, it’s a motivation factor. As motivated as Ron Paul supporters are, even all of our supporters (ones with yard signs) don’t all show up on election day. I saw this first hand in New Hampshire in 2007. (And this is okay and expected!) This is just statistical reality. So a leftist might like bits of Ron Paul’s ideas, but their motivation to vote for him is very, very low when you zoom out and consider the bigger picture. It is so much better to spend your precious time speaking with people who already identify with Ron Paul’s party (yes, he is a Republican) and, and this is the key, who have a predictable history of voting in a Republican primary (a very small and identifiable number of people). Now maybe you can’t accept this, and maybe I’m not 100% correct–but I’ll wager that I’m at least 88% correct. Yes, you might live in an exclusively liberal area and you might have 0 tolerance for speaking with conservatives–so we all have our roles to play. I just want to really flesh out this debate and urge that we don’t siphon off energy from the supporters towards unproven methods. I also want to challenge all of us to get out of our comfort zones (that would be the internet and facebook)!

[libertybrewcity]

bookmarked

[IDefendThePlatform]

Great article. The only thing I disagree with is his timeframe. He says "over the next 15 months" when really the presidency will be won or lost in the next 6 months. When the polls close on the South Carolina primary February 28th we'll either have enough momentum to actually win or we won't. If you want to do something for liberty, now is the time.

[radiofriendly]

(I'll try to add the 6 month time frame tonight, thanks)

Here's my latest post over there at iroots.org

It’s all true. “Pit maverick Republican Congressman Ron Paul against President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 election match-up, and the race is – virtually dead even,” (Rassmussen).

But here’s the rub. He will never make it to the whitehouse if we don't become activated. The one devotion you must have, for the next 15 months, is obtaining the skills necessary for effectively reaching your family and your community--your sphere of influence--with his message of real hope and real change. It’s time to stop spinning our wheels.

If you desire to be a leader in this revolution, I have three steps for you to take, right now.

1. Register with the official campaign as a volunteer.

2. Join your local Meetup group. (None? Start it up!)

3. Open your eyes to the truth about how elections are won.

Links included on original and over at DailyPaul (could use a bump!)
http://www.dailypaul.com/174602/ron-paul-may-be-the-one-but-heres-the-rub

(Please help me get this out to the activists)

[Napoleon's Shadow]

Regarding the chart, see this:

http://training4liberty.org/facl/important_info.html

[radiofriendly]

Regarding the chart, see this:

http://training4liberty.org/facl/important_info.html

Fantastic, thanks. I've been through that training. I need to site that.
They've got a more sexy version of my article up on the front page of: http://www.revolutimes.com/

[harikaried]

They've got a more sexy version of my article up on the front page of: http://www.revolutimes.com/
Not sure why people aren't promoting http://iroots.org and http://revolutimes.com more. This is the way we win the election.

[PEnemy]

Not sure why people aren't promoting http://iroots.org and http://revolutimes.com more. This is the way we win the election.

They'd rather believe standing on a highway overpass is enough, or twittering lots of tweets to twits.

[Agorism]

One of my favorite quotes from Rally for the Republic speech.


Because the Fed, the central bank, is the life blood of the Empire. If you want to stop the war machine, you have to go after the money machine.

-Tom Woods.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwJbrZAIdO4

[helmuth_hubener]

That's an excellent video.

[radiofriendly]

One of my favorite quotes from Rally for the Republic speech.




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwJbrZAIdO4

I've got an unofficial quote from Doug Wead about iroots.org - in an email about it he said,

"I love it. Wow." (Ha, I'll take that.)

And Tom Woods:

"If you’re into political activism (at least for Ron Paul if not for anyone else), I strongly recommend spending some time with iroots.org"

So go give us some love and criticism and ideas...once you get back from the twitter rally and the signwave.