An email received from a Friend endorsing McCain...

[me3]

This is brilliant, and exactly how you are supposed to deal with prospective voters. It should be a white paper for people to follow.

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

I too

My friend, I too suffer from being slightly too humble for all of this. I dont know what possesed me to run for local office but I just feel like this is bigger than myself. I see corruption and power hungry tryants even on a local level and it scares me. I have seen first hand the danger of the Department of Education in our local schools. I have seen first hand the influx of immigrants into my community and the toll we have payed with our social systems that are now overwhelmed. I know being a Mayor or even a Councilman in my town may not seem like much but it is a start. All revolutions begin with " an irate minority keen to set brushfires in people's minds" and this brushfire can start on a multitude of levels.

One thing you may consider is to get in with your local Republican Central Committee. I do not know how that system works in your area but here in Maryland we vote by county to see who will be a part of that. It is very easy to get in because usually they have trouble finding enough names willing to be a part of it and I can only think of one person who was actually defeated in that election. This is something else I am considering since there is no law that says I cannot serve in two offices at once. I may be the lone voice of reason in that room but in time I may rub off on the neocons who have hijacked our party.

 

[UziSprayTF]

lol, it will be really really funny if you do change his mind, lol, he will have to send out an email saying "no no no I meant RON PAUL not McCain. I had a virus in my computer... yes..."

 

[Mani]

My friend, I too suffer from being slightly too humble for all of this. I dont know what possesed me to run for local office but I just feel like this is bigger than myself. I see corruption and power hungry tryants even on a local level and it scares me. I have seen first hand the danger of the Department of Education in our local schools. I have seen first hand the influx of immigrants into my community and the toll we have payed with our social systems that are now overwhelmed. I know being a Mayor or even a Councilman in my town may not seem like much but it is a start. All revolutions begin with " an irate minority keen to set brushfires in people's minds" and this brushfire can start on a multitude of levels.

One thing you may consider is to get in with your local Republican Central Committee. I do not know how that system works in your area but here in Maryland we vote by county to see who will be a part of that. It is very easy to get in because usually they have trouble finding enough names willing to be a part of it and I can only think of one person who was actually defeated in that election. This is something else I am considering since there is no law that says I cannot serve in two offices at once. I may be the lone voice of reason in that room but in time I may rub off on the neocons who have hijacked our party.

This is KEY!

The numbers in the party are dwindling. They are thrilled when they see people showing an interest. All of us supporters need to become active in our local community! That's how we take back the party and bring back the constitution!


Precinct by precinct. Step by step. Town by town.

 

[dshields]

Dave,

People like yourself have decided to run for local positions. Through this way, we start to get the Constitutionalists back into politics.

I would encourage you to look into it.

In fact if you are uncomfortable with running for an official position, start your way up.

Volunteer as a captain of your local/regional republican party. Start to slowly spread the ideas of libertarianism and bring in other Paulites. Then move on to bigger local positions until your ready to run for an actual elected office position. Start at the city/county level and move your way up.

You have the ability to do it. Go for it, don't hold back. We need people like you in Congress.

Mani,

Thank you for the encouragement.

I like your suggestion about getting involved in the local Republican Party. This is something I could probably manage in my life today and would be a way for me start begin getting the "political capital" for lack of better words and to build support for constitutional ideals. To be honest, my local RP meet up group has reached over 350 members so this would be a great place for other individuals to potentially start their political lives, if anything a support base.

I have been toying with idea of creating a document that can be used by Republicans, Democrats, and other party affiliations to outline public service that is beholden to these constitutional values. I am planning to start a blog where I can try and wrangle the ideas and development in to a document called the "Civil Servants Memorandum of Understanding" which would essentially be an agreement that people running for office with our values could sign and commit themselves to the causes of Liberty and protection of the constitution and the spirit in which it was written.

Dave

 

[dshields]

fanstasic display of logic.
He isn't going to respond for a while. his apple cart is completely overturned at the moment and he is struggling to find himself again.

LOL, yes! I think this is true and probably why I haven't received a response yet!

If anything, it will at least make him examine his beliefs.

Honestly, I think it will require this sort of debate to get more Paul supporters in our corner.

Dave

 

[dshields]

My friend, I too suffer from being slightly too humble for all of this. I dont know what possesed me to run for local office but I just feel like this is bigger than myself. I see corruption and power hungry tryants even on a local level and it scares me. I have seen first hand the danger of the Department of Education in our local schools. I have seen first hand the influx of immigrants into my community and the toll we have payed with our social systems that are now overwhelmed. I know being a Mayor or even a Councilman in my town may not seem like much but it is a start. All revolutions begin with " an irate minority keen to set brushfires in people's minds" and this brushfire can start on a multitude of levels.

One thing you may consider is to get in with your local Republican Central Committee. I do not know how that system works in your area but here in Maryland we vote by county to see who will be a part of that. It is very easy to get in because usually they have trouble finding enough names willing to be a part of it and I can only think of one person who was actually defeated in that election. This is something else I am considering since there is no law that says I cannot serve in two offices at once. I may be the lone voice of reason in that room but in time I may rub off on the neocons who have hijacked our party.

You know, even if you simply do not win office, one strategy might be to run so you can change the debate not unlike what Paul has done in the Presidential debates. It would be very interesting to debate in a local televised forum with current Congressional and Senatorial seat holders.

As long as we can keep bringing our principles to surface be it in debates, running for office at local, state and federal levels, we will eventually have an impact. This is where I think about that YouTube created by the man in Sweden likening our efforts to "Drops of Water eventually breaking the dam". We just need a logical and consistent approach and in time the logic and fact will sink in and the dam will break.

You know what excites me most about taking office, I can't wait to tell the first corporate interests group, union, or whoever comes to my door first that I can't be bought, and whatever arrangements they have had with previous public servants in my seat died with the end of their candidacy!

One office at a time we will purge the filth that infests our government at all levels!

Dave

 

[dshields]

Well, no response thus far today. Perhaps I will get one tomorrow, either way I will update this thread once I receive a response and reply.

Keep up the fight!

Dave