Today I decided to go through a local gun show from one end to the other (a relatively small show) and talk to every last person I could about Ron Paul.
I had to be realistic because I have bad ankles to begin with, so I needed a very short pitch and approached each group asking them if they knew what all the Republican presidential candidates except one had in common with Hillary Clinton.
That got their attention as you can count on every last person at a gun show hating Hitlery Clinton's guts and bristling at the mere mention of her name (they'd really like to linch her), so they were all paying attention when I said "They are all anti-gun and have the voting records to prove it".
I should have taken a camera to get pictures of the looks on those faces! They took those RP cards like they were free credit cards, 99% of the time.
Only two or three guys gave me the silly Ron Paul can't win comeback and were visibly impressed when I told them how the Las Vegas odds makers disagree with them strongly.
Only one guy said "I wouldn't vote for RP because he can't win". I didn't think of it till later but realized the perfect comeback would have been, "which gun grabbing traitor will you be voting for then?"
Anyhow, only six or eight people in the whole show recognized RP's name, which means folks WE ARE NOT DOING THE JOB!!!
All it takes is time, a few cheap cards/handouts and shoe leather. This election can be won if we simply approach enough people in a short enough time. Period. You don't have to convince anybody. Just hit the right hot button, hand them literature that will lead them to the answer and go on to the next warm body. Don't waste time arguing with anybody because you could be spending that time reaching 50 more people. It's only a question of numbers. Or as door-to-door salesmen will tell you, its simply a matter of how many doors you knock on. Knock on enough doors you'll make a sale.
The big plus with Ron Paul is that a very large percentage of the doors you knock on are receptive because they either hate Hillary, OR they hate the war she's already said she won't end for years. IT'S A SLAM DUNK. Taking candy from babies is considerably more difficult!!!!!
I'm certain I convinced a lot of people at that show to look at Ron Paul and to be untrusting of the other Republican candidates.
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Originally Posted by McDermit
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