Gunny is butthurt that he wasn't asked to be involved in the Brannon campaign, he told me so himself in person earlier this year. That being said, it was apparently a wise choice on their part NOT to hire him given his behavior after the fact of him openly and publicly slamming the campaign at the conclusion by posting harsh criticism here on RPF. Valid or invalid it doesn't matter... it's an unprofessional thing to do and as such I am pretty positive that after that antic he will not be involved or get the support of the liberty movement apparatus ever again simply because he can't be trusted to have tact.
The people who have propelled Ron Paul and Rand Paul into prominence aren't going to be subjects to some "liberty movement apparatus".
This thanksgiving, I had dinner with an extended network of family and friends and we all sat around a large bon fire and the discussion inevitably turned to presidential politics.
To my great surprise, I was was being evangelized to by 3 generations of people about libertarian principles and was asked if I knew who Ron Paul was.
I just listened and the most vocal of the bunch was a young lady who was extremely excited be able to go out and vote for the first time in 2016 and couldn't wait to vote for the libertarian candidate.
Matt, who's responsibility is it to make sure these people get registered and go vote in the Republican primary? The reason I ask is because where I live, you so called "liberty movement apparatus" doesn't exist.
What exist are people who are willing to hold themselves accountable and take on that extra responsibility of filling in the gaps where people who make a career out of politics just cannot fill.
That is most of the people in this forum. I can't understand what your purpose is at this point.
Are you trying to ask the grassroots to fulfill a specific role in this so called liberty movement apparatus?
This terminology makes you sound like a central planning statist. It sounds like you are driving a wedge between grassroots liberty activists and political icons like Ron Paul and potentially Rand Paul.
Let me let you in on something. If I had to choose between supporting your liberty movement apparatus (whatever it is) and supporting an individual that I have witnessed walk the talk, I'd chose that individual every time.
I am beginning to wonder about your motivation and I am starting to seriously question what it is that you actually represent. I know you are connected to the Paul's and to be quite honest with you, if the message I have been hearing coming from you is coming from the Paul's I am going to have to take another look at my support of Rand in 2016.
I can't believe that at this point in time that anyone would seriously take your advice about internet activism much less put you in charge of any type of outreach of liaison to grassroots.
Your attack on Gunny in this venue is misplaced and unprofessional. I think you have used your position withing the Paul circle to do more self promotion and self enrichment than actually bridging that gap.
Down here in FL, we probably will not see much attention from any 2016 liberty candidate, like we didn't in 2008 or 2012. Rally for the republic was nice except it was of course tainted with controversy between the actual grassroots movement and the so called "liberty apparatus" that would like to take advantage of it.
It also marked the point where the so called "liberty apparatus" would make the intentions know that it would begin steering that grassroots movement into the 2 party structure. "Republi" CAN.
I feel like I am about to get blind sided by this so called "liberty movement apparatus".
2012 felt bad because the campaign seemed completely clueless in it's attempt to recapture 2008 emotion. We knew 2008 was an educational thing, but 2012 was supposed to capitalize and it really failed pretty hard. A big reason is because the campaign did not take queues from the grassroots.
Take a queue from the grassroots Matt and pass it on to the campaign.
The blimp was an amazing idea and was successful in showing just how powerful Ron Paul's grassroots will be. There is a reason that the Paul's ground game is considered to be elite in politics. The blimp showed that.
The blimp fires up other people to be part of the ground game. It was unique, it was something the grassroots decided to do and did it, regardless of cost, regardless of any attempt to shut it down by others. It was also legitimate, unlike some of the other things people were duped into funding.
Long story short. Matt, what the hell do you think you are doing here?
