I had literally written a long post in Microsoft Word about Texas, and then when I went to post it, I saw this thread. In the spirit of consolidation, here is the post that I was going to start a new thread for:
I know yesterday did not look good for us. But, sitting back thinking about the situation with my rational mind (which was only possible once the fog of rage at the sheeple lifted from my presence) I realized that what I had seen on the news had affected me exactly as it was intended to affect me. The mainstream media will never give us a fair shake. This means that the sheeple will continue to be clueless unless they're tapped on the forehead with the truth, reminiscent of that V8 juice commercial. We have made headway with tapping those people on the forehead through door-to-door canvassing. Some of those newly awoken sheeple are so inspired that they join you in canvassing, but this is still the absolute least efficient way of winning votes. Why do you think the MSM has evolved to be the powerhouse of influence that it so clearly is? Because it works, and to add insult to injury, it is all too easy to do. They have become masters, neigh, artisans or craftsmen, even sculptors, molding public opinion in whatever ungodly image the "people" running the networks wish to create that day. I need not site examples; if you're here, you know that the sheeple are not being told the whole truth about their voting options, so I need not waste time with citations backing up the above assumption.
So, since we see that they are masters at what they do, and that the system by which they disseminate the influence they possess is so effective at reaching the masses of the populace, any effort to reach as many people as the media are able to reach will be so exponentially less efficient that it is near-impossible to overcome.
Now that I believe I've shown the opposition's advantages (ability to reach the vast majority of the populace easily, ability to omit facts and sculpt public opinion with ease), I must mention our advantages. Firstly, when we do canvass, people tend to listen even more closely to us than if they were to listen to the t.v. casually; a person who decides who they're voting for the week, night, or day of, an election. They may not watch cable news networks 1 (or more) hour (s) a day, but they catch the evening news. Now, when you are talking to this person, you have an advantage over the MSM. These people will listen to you because you're their "neighbor" and you've taken the time to knock on their door and be friendly (and you don't look like a damn hippie). Someone who is a hardcore neocon or warmonger, wish them well and move on. Anyway, the second advantage that we have is that once someone's turned on to Dr. Paul, they won't fall for another scumbag politicians' lies ever again, and might just have an impact you'll never know about. They may turn on countless others, run for office, or a host of other possibilities. We have the most kick-ass grassroots in the history of political campaigns. Seriously. This is un-prececented. Some have mentioned that Lincoln went into the convention with the 22 delegates from his state and took the convention. Think about that. He was able to pour his resources into just one state and take the nomination with that core support. Imagine if that's all we had to do. I don't know all the rules, but I've heard that we have to win at least five states to be invited. That makes each of the coming primaries and caucuses vitally important.
Going into a brokered convention we have a distinct advantage: OUR MESSAGE! At the convention, things are different, people take a good hard look at the nitty gritty of nominating each candidate and the chance each has of beating the democratic nominee. There we have another advantage. Dr. Paul has the most chance of getting crossover votes from the Dems. Plain and simple. I can't imagine another Republican having a better shot against Hillabama than Dr. Paul. Imagine the debates with just Hillabama Vs. Dr. Paul. Equal talking time, identical questions, and the time Dr. Paul needs to jolt the sheeple out of their soft sociofacist comas and re-introduce the concept of liberty and how it would be different to have a government restrained by the people instead of being people restrained by their government. The debates are the great equalizer that will win the general for us. The only way that we will be significant in those debates is if we get the nomination. Even IF we went third party, and even IF we were allowed to get into the debates, do you really think they'd ask him a question? Hell to the no! The ONLY shot we'd have at getting our message out is if the mystery "gazillionaire" comes out of the woodwork with that brilliantly produced miniseries and ran it (or commercials for it) in every available broadcast slot. The only way the required number of people would tune in is if they were literally inundated with ads for it, and it ran lots of times so they'd have multiple times to tune in to view it. Now, how likely is that? Anyone want to give odds on that happening? I admit, the odds of Dr. Paul winning the Republican nomination are slim, but much better than the mystery billionaire being real. Furthermore, if we can steal this nomination away from McRomabee, I'd give 60/40 odds of us winning the general. Hillabama's gonna have to pull out all the voter fraud stops to beat us if we get the nomination, and even in that case, there might be enough of an uproar to expose the fraud and bring some real changes to our electoral system. I like the idea of hand counted paper ballots, televised for anyone to observe, at any time.
Anyway, I'd like to conclude by asking for all the help you can give us in Texas. We're working damn hard to get the vote out, and we WILL be taking delegates to National. I'll be going to National, (God willing), and I'd have to have a gun held to my head to vote for anyone other than Dr. Paul. Let's get billboards up, radio ads on every station, and ten times the volunteers than New Hampshire. Let's shock the nation with a win in Texas. It's a big-ass state; probably the most famous state around the world. (I know I might get flamed for that one, but seriously, go anywhere around the world and ask them about Texas. They make the cowboy hat motions and pretend they're riding a horse. Face it, we're well known and winning this state would be really big for Dr. Paul). Let's circle the wagons around Texas and get the message out. We're receptive to the message, and love an underdog. Most of the supporters I've met here found out about him from signs. They looked him up. Just the fact that they've never heard of him intrigues them enough to look him up. If that's not a populace begging for change, I don't know what is. Give everything you can to Texas. It could be to us what Ill. was to Lincoln.
