Missouri
Many of your fellow Ron Paul supporters in Missouri had to attend “credentials hearings” yesterday to prove that they were “true Republicans” so that they could keep the delegate status they had earned in earlier Missouri Republican meetings. The first thing that pops up in your mind is probably the first thing that popped up in mine - we are the true conservatives, and the principles we defend are the core ideas of the Republican Party.
The online edition of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ran two stories on yesterday’s events, which you can find here and here. If you know any Ron Paul delegates in Missouri, perhaps you can send along an encouraging note.
If anything, these events should remind us that the task before us is going to take an immense amount of dedication and perseverance. The neoconservatives did not suddenly hijack the Republican Party - they put in the time, made the connections, laid the groundwork, and slowly took over. For us to reclaim the Party, we’re going to have to be every bit as patient, but every bit as unrelenting in our resolve.
May 6th, 2008 at 10:57 am
Off-topic, but relevant.
McCain to attend La Raza convention:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=63522
We can help sway public opinion one delegate at a time.
May 6th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Keep the positive thoughts and energy flowing for the Ron Paul Revolution. LOVE trumps everything.
May 6th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Matt–the first thing that popped into my mind was: outrage. I’ve voted only Republican for many, many years. I have supported candidates based on my assessment of how well they represented my core principles. I haven’t changed. I have never had to explain myself to the Party leadership, and I shouldn’t have to, now.
It is the Republican Party that has become “extreme”—or at least the controlling factions of the party. You are right. It is time to take back the Republican Party!!
May 6th, 2008 at 11:40 am
Sounds like a tactic that Karl Rove would pull. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDaRFf7Cd6M George Bush referred to Karl as “**** Blossom”, a ‘term of endearment’.
May 6th, 2008 at 11:43 am
I am a recently converted Democrat. Not because I want to disrupt the Republican Party, but because Dr. Paul has helped me see the Democrats as the Socialists they are. For years I have referred to myself as a “Truman Democrat” and have been waiting for a leader to rise up and take the Dem Party back from the leftists. I’ve waited long enough. Dr. Paul has shown himself to be a courageous leader in the Republican Party, trying to take it back from the neo-cons.
So, am I now being told by the leadership of the GOP that they don’t want to draw new voters to their party? Are they saying that I am less than a “true” Republican because I’ve only recently changed parties?
Did they feel the same about Ronald Reagan?
May 6th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
America does not have the time for long multiple presidential election cycles to regroup. She will fail shortly, as Ron Paul states calamity is just around the corner and nobody in Washington seas or even is looking for the problems, let alone the solutions.
America needs answers now not when or if the GOP is returned to core values. American needs Ron Paul to go 3rd party and try to win nationally. Democrats, Republicans and other groups are ready to follow, enough to win a 3 way race in November. The GOP is hell bent on distroying the Ron Paul revolution and quite successful at the state delegate level.
May 6th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
There was an article on the fox website the other day that referred to a Congressional Candidate in Indiana that the GOP wants to “go away”. According to the MSM and the GOP, this man is a neo-Nazi. Now, I haven’t researched this man (I can’t even remember his name) so I don’t know if the claims are valid. I do find it very ironic that the GOP wants the electorate in Indiana to vote against this man, even if he makes it through to the general election. In the case of this would-be Congressman, the party liners WANT dissenters, and if the Republican voters vote for a different party in that case, the GOP would not see that as being disloyal.
I find that a bit ironic. In the case of Missouri, the dissenters are opposing a liberal. The GOP finds it disloyal to oppose a liberal. John McCain considered changing parties several times in his career to Democrat, but the GOP feels that the Missouri delegates who oppose him are disloyal to the party…..
My memory is not as good as it once was, but I believe that I have been a registered Republican all my voting life, though I have not always voted for the Republican candidate. If I lived in Indiana, I would not vote for a neo-Nazi, and I will not vote for McCain. If the GOP in Missouri, and across the country, insists on disenfranchising all Ron Paul Republicans, they just might be successful in nominating McCain, but he can’t win the general election without our support, and then they will have no choice but to listen to us.
I hope the delegates in ALL the states realize that we are behind them every step of the way. Don’t give up, don’t back down. If the establishment sees weakness, they will turn up the heat. Show them your commitment to Liberty. Show them we are here to stay, and will not fade away if they try to bully us.
May 6th, 2008 at 12:08 pm
The cat is out of the bag and there is no way of changing that. Ron Paul has worked too many years and too long on trying to fix things all by himself, and standing up for what is right often all alone. He now has a dedicated core group (~1,000,000) which is growing daily to help him and there is no chance of putting the cat back into the bag.
Republican, Democrat, Independent, Green, Constitution, etc. represent absolutely nothing in comparison to Ron Paul Republicans.
It is a truly great knowing that there is indeed Hope for America.
Become a Delegate, a Precinct Leader, a Legislator; Support other Ron Paul Republicans, Demand change in our foreign policies, read/learn, etc. and continue this endeavor that Dr. Ron Paul has started.
The Revolution, a Manifesto!
Thank you Dr. Paul!
May 6th, 2008 at 12:17 pm
A.S. Thanks for the link. Another example of Karl Rove at large………!!! How to rig an election…
http://www.amazon.com/How-Rig-Election-Confessions-Republican/dp/1416552227/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209936940&sr=1-1
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=63522
May 6th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
Make sure every single conservative out there understands that Juan McCain is a sell-out to pro-illegal immigration groups like the one mentioned in the article above.
I was incensed to read about that. Bottom line: It’s un-American as you can get.
May 6th, 2008 at 1:32 pm
presidential trivia anyone?
http://thevote.abc13.com/2008/05/aspire-then-foc.html
May 6th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Mitch:
You may want to contact the Republican National Committee (202-863-8500) and tell them what you just posted - the Republican party leadership needs to hear why you joined the Republican party.
May 6th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
Ron Paul is on Fox right now
May 6th, 2008 at 3:35 pm
As is said above. The taking over of the GOP did not happen overnight. This has been going on for years! The “insiders”have been very patient and its one step at a time (or as the communists worked,two steps forward, one step back). The good thing is that many, many people are awake and waking and are fed up. I believe we still have time. Its not a popular thing to say but the voting franchise is very large. People consistently on welfare, food stamps, aid to dependent families, who pay no taxes, vote. If we have to go back to “Little House on the Prairie” to attain the limited constitutional government and personal responsibility, that’s a good thing, but many in the voting franchise will be hard to convince I think. No matter, we have to do it.
May 6th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I’m with Tim Minnesota. Dr. Paul should make a Libertarian run. These credentials hearings, as well as the bs in Nevada make it clear that those who hold the reins of the GOP are not about to give up control. Right now it seems like we’re making progress, but what happens when the primary is over and everyone goes back to sleep? All the energy, momentum, money and organization will dissapate and Dr. Paul will go back to Congress to lose more 434 to 1 votes. A Libertarian Party candidate has never before had this level of support, name recognition and momentum. It would be phenominal. The planets have lined up. Dr. Paul would win votes from disgusted small government Republicans and anti-war Democrats. Please don’t let this precious opportunity slip away.
May 6th, 2008 at 3:51 pm
The Revolution is a big tent for everyone who is willing to stand for individual liberty and take personal responsibility. Remember, however, people will rarely if ever change their mind when you tell them a new idea. In fact, if they did then you should worry. Ideas are importnat things that should be carefully considered, measured and discussed. So tell your story then thank them for their time and wish them well.
The seed never sees the flower. Keep your expectations low and spirits high!
May 6th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
Tim said:
America needs answers now not when or if the GOP is returned to core values. American needs Ron Paul to go 3rd party and try to win nationally. Democrats, Republicans and other groups are ready to follow, enough to win a 3 way race in November. The GOP is hell bent on distroying the Ron Paul revolution and quite successful at the state delegate level.
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I totally agree with you. We are wasting valuable time and resources trying to “restore the GOP.” We would better use our time and money to see that the GOP is replaced by the Constitution Party or LP.
May 6th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Read and Digg:
http://digg.com/politics/MO_GOP_targeting_300_Pro_Ron_Paul_delegates?OTC-ig
May 6th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
we’re not wading in the kiddie pool. These aren’t dems we’re trying to take over. We’re dealing with people who know how to win, even after they lose. We’re swimming with sharks, not democrats.
I’m glad to read this post. Sometimes people think it’s going to be easy, or all we have to do is vote.
May 6th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Exerpts from the Declaration of Independence… It’s almost like it was written yesterday.
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.
May 6th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Well it looks to me that if you can’t win fairly, CHEAT!!
Any Paul delegate called in for credential checking should be allowed to appear with legal representation.
Lets see how long this will go on when attorneys forcing legal transparency start to appear.
You are allowed legal representation in this country, no matter what the case.
And come to think of it All people are considered innocent and those making accusations must make prove them otherwise. Let’s see how much money the Republican credentials committee is willing to burn up on this witch hunt of theirs.
Fellow Paul supporters, It’s time to introduce the Republican Ringleaders to the legal system.
Dr Dave
May 6th, 2008 at 5:11 pm
I’m not sure what is meant by “cheating” - but it sounds bad. We want rule of law - and to be consistent (like Dr. Paul) we MUST use lawful means. Above reproach. An old saying goes, “If you wrestle a pig, you both get dirty, and the pig likes it.” As long as it’s just the pig’s dirt, we’re like the farmer. When it’s our dirt, it means we’re just another pig.
May 6th, 2008 at 5:22 pm
I agree with Rhys. We are among sharks. They eat, consume what ever they need with much advantage over toothless fish.
May 6th, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Waaah????
CNN is actually acknowledging Paul in the race? http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/candidates/
May 6th, 2008 at 5:50 pm
Hmmmmm….maybe this author knows something THEY don’t? (Maybe he’s read Ron’s book)? Inspiring, nonetheless:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/04/opinion/04friedman.html?em&ex=1210219200&en=8840ccd86e5a2549&ei=5087%0A
Peace, Prosperity and Paul in 2008!
May 6th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I was just watching this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHDWk-Ry7jM&NR=1 and thought about that one day where 37,000 people participated in that money bomb for Ron Paul and got over $4million. Ron Paul is up in the age but if he is willing to run in 2012 I will make sure I have thousands to support him. I will be able to contribute the max. Now let’s see, if those 37,000 also were to contribute the max we will have over $85million in one day. No other Republican candidate will be able to beat that!
We have a lot of people that backed down after super Tuesday and in some ways I do not blame them if they think it is a lost cause now. But we can make things still happen. And that was just one day. I wonder how many contributers gave to the campaign in total. Because if everyone just saves $11 a week they will be able to contribute the max next time. If I get any information that Ron Paul plans to run in 2012 I will be ready.
Being successful will show everyone in the Republican party we are serious about what Ron Paul stands for. I have a feeling with just what we had we will all be much more ready next go around and could pull off something amazing. But really this will cause the revolution to grow immensely from that point on. It will bring in all kinds of support for other candidates.
May 6th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
Why not just start fresh with a new party and stop with this slow process of trying to walk uphill and change the GOP?
May 6th, 2008 at 6:42 pm
I hear that there is a major lawsuit by the Dems regarding J McCain’s money raising and breaking his own McCain - Feingold law.
There is a great chance because of this that he loses the lawsuit and then must give back delegates a good number of delegates. Plus there’s little grassroots support for this phoney, he won’t get far. Remember he’s the Songbird.
Hello Ron Paul!!!
Ron wants to remain in this party. Support him, don’t splinter your efforts into different groups(Libertarian etc.)
In the mean time, state legislatures go on break end of May. Check your state websites look up the Bills before your Govenor for signage and kill the bills that are unconstitutional with letter campaigns to your legislatures reps, senators by month’s end. I believe there is a letter you can use and modify that some meetups have. To name a few biils to kill: Real ID, Home Schooling-DCF(Dept of Children and Family will investigate you for homeschooling, the New Genetics Department - funding allocations..
May 6th, 2008 at 7:01 pm
Nolan Chart has a great article called The Ron Paul Strategy. 210 thumbs up. “The true genius of Ron Paul will be seen in how this strategy works out, because Ron Paul is guaranteed to win either way. On the one hand, if the Republican party wakes up to the disaster it is facing, it will have no choice but to nominate him. On the other hand, if the GOP does not nominate Paul, the party will crack up after November, after which Paulites will easily take it over. Perhaps they will have to change its name, but in the end, there will only be two political forces in America: Ron Paul versus the Democrats.” http://www.nolanchart.com/article3679.html
May 6th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
To Larry Wall:
I and many others didn’t give up on the Revolution but we no longer could send money to the National Campaign because many of us thought there was gross mismanagement of the $35 million in donations. In essence, we saw the free market at work in the Ron Paul campaign.
May 6th, 2008 at 7:41 pm
“the task before us . . .”
Truer words were never said Matt.
Debbie
May 6th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
Dr. Dave:
Legal proceedings will soon be brought against some GOP leaders. A former FEC Chairman has been hired on retainer to make sure such action remains legal in its call for donations and expenditures. Many lawyers are being sought for pro bono work to bring the cheaters to justice.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Derek Elliott
Thanks for the link to the Nolan Chart article. The article makes a lot of good points.
I enjoyed the idea of a few hundred of the McCain delegates calling in sick when the balloting is done.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
In all the time I’ve spent around the other delegates and active “Republicans” I still haven’t heard a good word about McCain from anyone. The closest came at one meeting where it was announced (this is paraphrased), “Hey, our guy looks pretty good compared to Obama’s preacher!” The stated reason for the opposition to Ron Paul is the fear that he’ll “break up the party” and “we need solidarity if we’re going to win in November.” This is how it is on the local level around here, and it seems like that must be the case around the country, because the guy is such a terrible candidate. It seems that the “Republican” establishment around here is basically a social group without any interest in policy. There are never any discussions on issues beyond the attendence at the latest party sponsored fair. To them it’s more of a game of tug o’ war to be won, so they’ll just take what they’re given and pull blindly. The really bizarre thing is that McCain has gotten this far. The only reason I can imagine is that he has been around so long, and has “paid his dues” so there’s a sense of owing him the spot at the helm. It’s absurd, but what other possible reason could there be?
I recently had an experience that I think illustrates this mindset. I got elected as a delegate at the county level. At the district convention I managed to get written onto a slate. Just before the nominations began a senior member of my county’s party (she was written onto a different slate) started badgering me to “decline my nomination” because I was “not being a team player”. She seemed to feel insulted that I was trying to “take her turn” at the national convention. It seems like that’s how the party looks at McCain, like it’s his turn, platform doesn’t enter into it.
May 6th, 2008 at 8:41 pm
We.R,Doesn’t it suck that people allow people with no moral conviction to decide who would lead us?We all better wake up.
May 6th, 2008 at 9:36 pm
I would think between now and 2012 we would all be better prepared and could have our own vote on how the money should be spent. I was not very prepared for this election season but I will definitely be on the lookout to see if Ron Paul runs next time. I will be looking early and keeping up with him as much as I can for the next few years.
People say mismanagement of funds and this might be true. However, I think Ron Paul used very little money himself on travels and is a very honest guy. And really when we are talking about carrying on through possibly to November or at least to the convention, the money has got to last and $35 million is not that much for an election like this.
What if McCain gets fried for going over the $54million, and then Barrack and Hillary spend all their funds fighting each other, who is left… Ron Paul. We can not tell.
I bought 5 of his new books today and I am giving 4 out as raffle winnings in a few weeks. They are back ordered.
May 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
With absentee ballots and a write in campaign we could really irritate “the Corporation”.
Let’s keep the Ron Paul bomb ticking.
May 7th, 2008 at 12:18 am
My head hurts…. Hearings to maintain delegate status…? hearings to prove you are a true Republican? uh what????? This sounds more like interrogation to me… ? Soon the government will speak of a new war.. not the war on drugs… not the war on terror… the war to purify the parties!
“dang those republican guys claiming they are republican… we know they really aren’t… I mean… what republican supports the constitution these days?
May 7th, 2008 at 5:00 am
I don’ t see the actual stories posted here. Our guys weren’t even given the basis for the challenges even though they asked, giving them no time to prepare. They were given 5 minutes to respond and allowed to bring no one in with them for representation. http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2008/05/mo-gop-targeting-300-pro-ron-paul-at-monday-credentials-meeting/
This is a follow up story, later in the day, showing the dire group of n’er-do-wells from which the GOP was protecting itself. http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2008/05/ron-paul-supporters-have-their-day-in-court-er-armory/
I think it is a tribute to our folks that they are so worried!
May 7th, 2008 at 9:59 am
News stories on the credentials hearing:
http://www.newstribune.com/articles/2008/05/06/politics_and_elections/news/239news11rift.txt
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2008/05/mo-gop-targeting-300-pro-ron-paul-at-monday-credentials-meeting/
http://firedupmissouri.com/
http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/political-fix/political-fix/2008/05/ron-paul-supporters-have-their-day-in-court-er-armory/#comment-17225
radio interview about hearings:
http://www.missourinet.com/gestalt/go.cfm?objectid=BC0290AE-F147-2B7D-DD651F85DDA579C9
May 7th, 2008 at 10:49 am
Thank you Liberty Lover.
If I knew some non corporate attorneys I would ask them to help.
I find it reprehensible that people that don’t represent the party are vilifying the folks that do, in secret at that.
This was done by the NAZIS to get Germans to spy on their fellow citizens.
I don’t understand how two dissimilar states can come up with the same end results.
Is there something the million of us can do to take the media to take the media to task for ignoring us, and our candidate?
This is frustrating the heck out of me.
I ran into someone in Subway during lunch yesterday that told me he liked my button. I always wear a “I support Ron Paul” button. “Too bad he dropped out” he said.
I wanted to scream and cry at the same time!!
I politely told him that Dr Paul is still in the running, I then gave him my pin and some slimjims I had in my car.
He thanked me for the information, and vowed to write in Dr Paul.
Now if the folks running the write in campaign would tell me what I need to do to help get the good Dr on the write in ballot, I would be thrilled.
I’ve emailed one person that said information is forthcoming.
Do we need to clean our own house out before we can clean Washington out.
Put the donations counter back on the home page!!
We don’t like being in the dark!!
Dr Dave (no relation to Dr.D)
May 7th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
Write-in campaigns are not going to work in a national election. Consider the issues with just primary elections. Ron Paul needs to win nomination at the Republican National Convention or go 3rd party. I know this year a 3rd party Ron Paul could win the White House. As economic conditions tank, Ron’s book is distributed, (actually better marketing than Ron’s campaign now), people discover Ron is still running or 3rd party Ron can get enough support to win.
PS NATIONAL GET THE GIVING TICKER BACK UP AND RUNNING SO PEOPLE CAN SEE THE GIVING. THE CAMPAIGN IS NOT OVER UNTIL NOVEMBER.
May 7th, 2008 at 8:56 pm
Let the revolution begin!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjauAv6I-E8
May 8th, 2008 at 2:37 am
Tim,
Can Ron Paul wait until after the MN convention to go 3rd party? IF he cannot go 3rd party Maybe he could run with Chuck Baldwin as VP. Hmmm? The Constitution Party. Chuck announced his bid for President this month. It’s official. He has been one of the biggest and most outspoken supporters of Ron Paul. Talk about getting that evangelical vote, he would be the man.
Then again, Chuck could pick another Constitutionalist as VP (Ron Paul stays in Congress), then we would have 3 freedom lovers fighting for us in DC. We can’t lose.:)