RPinSEAZ
12-04-2007, 11:19 AM
Last night here in Southern Arizona I went to a meeting of our county republican party and found that even the people involved in the republican party are pretty clueless of anything having to do with Ron Paul.
When we sat down there were Rudy handouts on every chair and a couple of Rudy stickers in the front window. I went with a couple of undercover Ron Paul supporters to see what the climate was like and to apply for Precinct Committeemen positions. At one point during the meeting I asked if it was kosher to favor one candidate over another for president and the chairwoman said that everyone gets equal time, so I pointed out that Rudy was the only one that had stickers in the window. If I had not been wanting to maintain my faithful party member cloak of invisibility I would have mentioned that Ron Paul has had material in the front office of the headquarters for over 3 weeks and there wasn't a single bumper sticker or sign for Ron Paul in the window.
The meeting was mostly about local politics, and how there are a couple of city council seats & county board of supervisors seats coming open. Anyways, after the meeting the Rudy supporter (the board treasurer) and one of the other Paul supporters were chatting about Ron Paul and the Ron Paul supporter was prodding him on what he knew about Ron Paul. I can't quote verbatim, but basically it went like this.
Ron Paul supporter (RPS): So you said you don't really like Ron Paul, why not?
Giuliani supporter (GS): He's not a conservative.
RPS: He's not?
GS: Well listen to him, he's just a jerk, the way he talks.
RPS: Really? How so?
GS: Well, he talks about how he's delivered like 8,000 babies or something. You know he keeps winning his elections down there in Texas because he funds his own campaigns.
RPS: So, he's rich and funds his own campaigns?
GS: Yeah, he's just such a jerk, and just listen to him. He's wrong on everything.
Well, all of us Ron Paul supporters were pretty flabbergasted by that exchange. I just thought I'd pass along our experiences with the local GOP. We don't take it as a bad thing, we just take it as that we have to work harder. The ignorance is shocking however.
When we sat down there were Rudy handouts on every chair and a couple of Rudy stickers in the front window. I went with a couple of undercover Ron Paul supporters to see what the climate was like and to apply for Precinct Committeemen positions. At one point during the meeting I asked if it was kosher to favor one candidate over another for president and the chairwoman said that everyone gets equal time, so I pointed out that Rudy was the only one that had stickers in the window. If I had not been wanting to maintain my faithful party member cloak of invisibility I would have mentioned that Ron Paul has had material in the front office of the headquarters for over 3 weeks and there wasn't a single bumper sticker or sign for Ron Paul in the window.
The meeting was mostly about local politics, and how there are a couple of city council seats & county board of supervisors seats coming open. Anyways, after the meeting the Rudy supporter (the board treasurer) and one of the other Paul supporters were chatting about Ron Paul and the Ron Paul supporter was prodding him on what he knew about Ron Paul. I can't quote verbatim, but basically it went like this.
Ron Paul supporter (RPS): So you said you don't really like Ron Paul, why not?
Giuliani supporter (GS): He's not a conservative.
RPS: He's not?
GS: Well listen to him, he's just a jerk, the way he talks.
RPS: Really? How so?
GS: Well, he talks about how he's delivered like 8,000 babies or something. You know he keeps winning his elections down there in Texas because he funds his own campaigns.
RPS: So, he's rich and funds his own campaigns?
GS: Yeah, he's just such a jerk, and just listen to him. He's wrong on everything.
Well, all of us Ron Paul supporters were pretty flabbergasted by that exchange. I just thought I'd pass along our experiences with the local GOP. We don't take it as a bad thing, we just take it as that we have to work harder. The ignorance is shocking however.