Ron Paul did not want the LP nomination. We urged him to seek it. He could have walked Saturday afternoon and taken it. Paul thinks he can change the GOP... which isn't happening, so he will have a rally out behind the convention center in MN for his supporters and is not being given any speaking time.
The GOP is corrupt. It's dead to the core. We see it time and time again with Paul on the campaign. But, Paul pushing onward is showing many of us how corrupt the GOP actually is.
So, What is the goal of the Ron Paul Revolution?
What will happen to the Ron Paul Revolution after the GOP Convention in September?
As Ron Paul has said at most of his appearances, he's just the front man for liberty. The movement is bigger than he is. The movement can't be about one man. One man movement's fail without the grassroots supporting the message he is speaking for....just go ask Ross Perot and his Reform Party.
It's wonderful that Paul has the record in congress he has and can be seen as a principled supporter of our constitution and libertarianism. I donated to his campaign for Congress as far back as 2000, and I gave about $2000 to his presidential campaign.
Some of Paul's supports will await orders from him to make a decision or write him in. The former I see as in opposition to what Paul believes about individuals taking control of their own lives. The later I see as a wasted vote that won't be counted or reported in the media. But, we need to be promoting liberty anyway we can.
We want the Ron Paul Revolution to reach out to all 300 million American's and get them fired up, get them to walk along the road to freedom with Ron Paul, to have them vote for the ideals Ron Paul believes in...the ideals of libertarianism.
I attended the Libertarian Party Convention. I've served on the Libertarian National Committee with Bob Barr. I've gotten to know Barr. I've been LP life member for 10 years and have been an elected Libertarian three times including once to town council.
His conversion to Ron Paul's libertarian ideals is sincere. He has asked for forgiveness on his votes when he was in Congress, but more than that he has actively campaigned and lobbied to try to get things fixed. Two years ago he came to Vermont to speak at an event with Bernie Sanders (Independent socialist US Senator) against the Patriot Act. He is working with MPP to lobby to end the war on drugs so the feds will leave the sick alone who are following their state's medical marijuana law.
I still support Ron Paul, and will continue to help him get his libertarian message out there, and hopefully the GOP will see the light and give him a speaking slot at the GOP convention, but they know he is way too dangerous.
But, I can also multitask. This morning I donated the maximum of $2300 to Bob Barr's campaign, I'm going to support Barr by digging stories, forwarding YouTube videos to friends, and any other way I can spread the liberty message so we can have two advocates of liberty generating press through September and give Ron Paul supporters -- supporters of liberty -- libertarians -- someone they can vote for in November.
http://www.bobbarr2008.com
