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    Rand finds support in Reno

    Good article.

    http://www.rgj.com/story/news/politi...reno/21941993/

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    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Amash (R) MI-3rd
    "Young people want a Republican Party that believes in limited government and economic freedom and individual liberty, but they want a party that also acts on it.”

    THE FUTURE OF THE GOP = R[∃vo˩]ution 2.0: Rand Paul 2016

    Quote Originally Posted by NOVALibertarian View Post
    First they ignore you= Ron Paul, 2007-2008
    Then they laugh at you= Ron Paul, 2012
    Then they fight you= Rand Paul, 2014-2015
    And then you win= Rand Paul, November 8th, 2016

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    I attended the Reception in Reno and it was very worthwhile. I got to make some contacts with Rand’s team, who organized things very well, and the enthusiastic Northern Nevada grassroots supporters. That’s important because I am 100% behind a Rand Presidential campaign, and I hope to become a key contact for my area. I am trying to build support from within the local party structure: I have become the county party PCP coordinator, and was elected as an alternate delegate.

    As might be expected, there were lots of people at this Reno event whose entry into the Liberty Movement came via Rand’s dad, Ron. [Interesting side observation: a lot of these people, including people who were delegates for Ron at the 2012 Republican National Convention, weren’t even aware of this RPF internet forum??!! (They did know of the Daily Paul). That surprised me, and represents a two-edged situation: one the one hand, there is a depth to the Liberty movement outside this forum, but on the other hand all the dispersed Liberty people aren’t linking up with each other to maximize joint efforts.

    This was my first exposure to Rand in person. Got some public recognition for being the person who traveled farthest to attend (I drove 5+ hours from SW Oregon).

    No surprises in anything Rand said, he knitted together themes that I have seen (in videos) him discuss in other venues. He did tailor some of his message to issues of particular local concern, e.g. the Federal ownership & control of vast amounts of land within the state.

    Rand spoke with ease. He definitely has a sense of humor, and charisma; he kept the rapt attention of the Standing-Room-Only crowd and earned numerous ovations.
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    Quote Originally Posted by francisco View Post
    [Interesting side observation: a lot of these people, including people who were delegates for Ron at the 2012 Republican National Convention, weren’t even aware of this RPF internet forum??!! (They did know of the Daily Paul). That surprised me, and represents a two-edged situation: one the one hand, there is a depth to the Liberty movement outside this forum, but on the other hand all the dispersed Liberty people aren’t linking up with each other to maximize joint efforts.
    Somebody needs to look into a fundraiser for funds to promote the site via interwebz a little bit or something idk lmao.
    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Amash (R) MI-3rd
    "Young people want a Republican Party that believes in limited government and economic freedom and individual liberty, but they want a party that also acts on it.”

    THE FUTURE OF THE GOP = R[∃vo˩]ution 2.0: Rand Paul 2016

    Quote Originally Posted by NOVALibertarian View Post
    First they ignore you= Ron Paul, 2007-2008
    Then they laugh at you= Ron Paul, 2012
    Then they fight you= Rand Paul, 2014-2015
    And then you win= Rand Paul, November 8th, 2016

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    Quote Originally Posted by francisco View Post
    Interesting side observation: a lot of these people, including people who were delegates for Ron at the 2012 Republican National Convention, weren’t even aware of this RPF internet forum??!!
    It's funny, I can't even remember how I found this forum in the first place. Even though I only signed up for an account in 2010, I was lurking here as far back as late 2007.

    This was my first exposure to Rand in person. Got some public recognition for being the person who traveled farthest to attend (I drove 5+ hours from SW Oregon).
    Good on ya, friend.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Inkblots View Post
    It's funny, I can't even remember how I found this forum in the first place. Even though I only signed up for an account in 2010, I was lurking here as far back as late 2007.
    If I'm not mistaken I found this site through the Daily Paul or through a website that was talking about Ron Paul and had a collection of links that are liberty friendly, trolled the forums for months and in August of 13 made an account and stuck with it and it's looking like before Rand's announcement i will have 1,000 posts.
    Last edited by philipped; 01-19-2015 at 09:23 PM.
    Quote Originally Posted by Justin Amash (R) MI-3rd
    "Young people want a Republican Party that believes in limited government and economic freedom and individual liberty, but they want a party that also acts on it.”

    THE FUTURE OF THE GOP = R[∃vo˩]ution 2.0: Rand Paul 2016

    Quote Originally Posted by NOVALibertarian View Post
    First they ignore you= Ron Paul, 2007-2008
    Then they laugh at you= Ron Paul, 2012
    Then they fight you= Rand Paul, 2014-2015
    And then you win= Rand Paul, November 8th, 2016

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    Quote Originally Posted by francisco View Post
    Rand spoke with ease. He definitely has a sense of humor, and charisma; he kept the rapt attention of the Standing-Room-Only crowd and earned numerous ovations.
    I keep having deja vu like I've read that multiple times from different members.

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    One of the knowledgeable Nevada activists told me that the most important opinion-molder in that part of the state is columnist Jon Ralston.

    Here’s what I found online, that Ralston wrote the day after Rand’s Reno reception.

    I’ll let readers of this post decide if it’s a hit piece, or merely a hard-hitting journalist doing his job, asking tough questions.

    On one point, though, Ralston’s piece is inaccurate, regarding how many people attended Rand’s event. It was far more than the “about 100” reported. I actually counted: there were approximately 120 seats at banquet tables, all filled, and at least that many people standing. The SRO room was packed! So, Ralston under-reported the number of attendees by at least half.


    Acting presidential candidate Rand Paul argued Saturday that the government should “not be involved” in legalized gaming, obliquely criticized Gov. Brian Sandoval for expanding Medicaid and claimed he is “of two minds” on a Nevada nuclear waste dump but is “not afraid of radiation in a mountain.”

    In a brief interview after a speech to activists at the Atlantis hotel/casino in Reno, the Kentucky senator also acknowledged he had “not thought it through” on how to return federal lands to Nevada after declaring, to great applause from the crowd of 100 or so packed into a small ballroom, “I personally think lands ought to belong to Nevada and not the federal government.”
    Paul also said he has a “cordial” relationship with Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, even though “he calls me names sometimes and I call him names sometimes, too, but that’s just politics.”

    Paul also acknowledged in the interview that his on position foreign aid, which had been strangle all of it, now “may be slightly different” in that he only opposes giving money to regimes “who hates us and burn our flag.”
    Paul’s Reno campaign stop for his incipient White House bid was the second day of a trip to early-state Nevada, where his father, Ron, has had a strong following that controlled the GOP apparatus but failed to reach expectations in presidential caucuses last cycle when the ex-Texas congressman was crushed by Mitt Romney. And it came at the end of a newsy week for Paul the Younger, who visited New Hampshire, which I understand also is an early state…

    Read more:
    https://www.ralstonreports.com/blog/...or-should-have
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    H. L. Mencken said it best:


    “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”


    "As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron."



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