Results of my interview with Mel Watt's opponent Paul Johnson

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

Originally Posted by LittleLightShining

I don't necessarily mean LP or CP candidates. I'm talking about these folks as organized groups to help get the message out.

BTW, Gunny, you seem to be one of the only people here who realize the magnitude of getting more good people into position in state legislatures. We can fight til we're blue in the face on the national level but the real power and change has to come from the states. Thank you for your focus.

I've been talking about focusing on State and Local elections since I've been here....no one listened.

[GunnyFreedom]

Originally Posted by Austrian Econ Disciple

I've been talking about focusing on State and Local elections since I've been here....no one listened.

US Congressional and Senate elections are more glamorous, and have a higher salary.

Nevermind that State Assemblies can actually DO MORE to restore the Constitutional Order. Nevermind that it costs less than half as much PER VOTER to run a winning State Assembly campaign -- that means that even though there are more races, even all of them put together (within a congressional district) cost about half as much as that district's race for US Congress.

So yeah, it costs less, and you get more results. Problem of course is that the races are WAY less glamorous, you have to talk about donations in the 'thousands' instead of millions (which sounds WAY cooler), and candidates who win only get 1/10 the salary...so yeah, humans being what they are will focus on the Federal races anyway.

I knew up front that I would get more support running for US Congress. But I also knew up front that I would do more good for our nation and our citizens running for NC Congress. So for me at least, the choice was clear.

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

Originally Posted by GunnyFreedom

US Congressional and Senate elections are more glamorous, and have a higher salary.

Nevermind that State Assemblies can actually DO MORE to restore the Constitutional Order. Nevermind that it costs less than half as much PER VOTER to run a winning State Assembly campaign -- that means that even though there are more races, even all of them put together (within a congressional district) cost about half as much as that district's race for US Congress.

So yeah, it costs less, and you get more results. Problem of course is that the races are WAY less glamorous, you have to talk about donations in the 'thousands' instead of millions (which sounds WAY cooler), and candidates who win only get 1/10 the salary...so yeah, humans being what they are will focus on the Federal races anyway.

I knew up front that I would get more support running for US Congress. But I also knew up front that I would do more good for our nation and our citizens running for NC Congress. So for me at least, the choice was clear.

Amen. Hopefully this movement will realize this at some point. We should be rallying enormously behind Debra Medina, more so than Rand or Schiff. She is the most important player in 2010, by far. If she had a one day bomb of 2mil+ that would raise SERIOUS media attention. She can do more with the 10th than the totality of candidates running for congress.

[Flash]

We need to turn 6 Dem NC Senate Seats into Republicans, and 9 Dem NC House Seats into Republicans.

IF YOU ARE REALLY THAT INTERESTED IN OUSTING MEL WATT then pick the 6 most likely Senate races to go from blue to red, and the 9 most likely House races to go from blue to red, AND HELP THEM.

I wouldn't mind donating to these Republican candidates. But how would I go about looking them up? Has there been any polling done in NC that shows which Dems are most vulnerable?

We should be rallying enormously behind Debra Medina, more so than Rand or Schiff. She is the most important player in 2010, by far. If she had a one day bomb of 2mil+ that would raise SERIOUS media attention. She can do more with the 10th than the totality of candidates running for congress.

I agree with what you're saying but I don't think Medina is the right person to rally behind. We need someone that connects with the voters in their state.

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

Originally Posted by Flash

I wouldn't mind donating to these Republican candidates. But how would I go about looking them up? Has there been any polling done in NC that shows which Dems are most vulnerable?



I agree with what you're saying but I don't think Medina is the right person to rally behind. We need someone that connects with the voters in their state.

What? Debra has been gaining a lot of momentum and strength with the limited resources she currently has. If anything the State of Texas is the most independant minded State in the country. They have the largest 10th movement, and secessionist movement. Rick Perry gave lip service to it and jumped in the polls for it, even though he hates the 10th and is a NWO/GATT/NAFTA shill. Texas also doesn't really like either KBH or Rick Perry. She is a Ron Paulian and he even went almost as far as to endorse her. She was the head of the CFL in his district. She is our candidate!

[GunnyFreedom]

Originally Posted by Flash

I wouldn't mind donating to these Republican candidates. But how would I go about looking them up? Has there been any polling done in NC that shows which Dems are most vulnerable?

Leushke would know, lemme ask him and I'll get back to you on this.

[Flash]

What? Debra has been gaining a lot of momentum and strength with the limited resources she currently has.

Hmm it seems you're right,
Libertarian-running-as-a-Republican Debra Medina has a healthy 7 percent.
Source: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.c...-new-poll.html

Thats pretty impressive for someone like her going up against KBH & Perry.

[Austrian Econ Disciple]

Originally Posted by Flash

Hmm it seems you're right,
Libertarian-running-as-a-Republican Debra Medina has a healthy 7 percent.
Source: http://trailblazersblog.dallasnews.c...-new-poll.html

Thats pretty impressive for someone like her going up against KBH & Perry.

She can win. We need to seriously rally around her. Maybe a bomb around the beginning of January? If she can raise 1mil + in that bomb it would be huge. It would povolt her up tremendously. Secondly, she is the best candidate for advancing liberty precisely because of the power that comes with the position of a State Governor, especially such as the State of Texas!

We need to start this now. We need to get into contact with her campaign staff. We need to promote her. We need to do this now!

She's an advocate of Nullification, Interposition, and the abolishment of ALL Property Taxation.

[torchbearer]

I not saying we can win the election, i'm saying we can cause watt pain.
you could run ads in his district illustrating his connection to the bankers- but what good will it do unless people know who else they could vote for-
that is why I see using a candidate as more beneficial than just an educational campaign in this particular area.

[LittleLightShining]

Originally Posted by torchbearer

I not saying we can win the election, i'm saying we can cause watt pain.
you could run ads in his district illustrating his connection to the bankers- but what good will it do unless people know who else they could vote for-
that is why I see using a candidate as more beneficial than just an educational campaign in this particular area.

well, I'm going to disagree with you. I've been thinking about this an awful lot today and Gunny is right. Any money that could go toward this race would be much better spent funding candidates for NC state legislature. The districts need to be redrawn. I'm sticking by my point that no matter how much money "we" can send Johnson, it won't be enough to cause Watt any pain whatsoever. He'll just have to get more from his banking buddies. And they are not about to let him go underfunded seeing as he is a ranking member in the committee and chair of the monetary policy subcommittee. He will laugh at the little people who think they can hurt him.

This isn't personal. It's how I see it. And I'm not the only one.