Delegates in Puerto Rico, North Marianas, Guam, US Virgin Islands and American Samoa

[puertorico4paul]

www.territories4paul.com is available if anyone wants to make a site.

Also I am about to start a San Juan meetup group. Once I get a couple of people in the group I will pass it off to someone there. I will get it English now, and later tonight or tomorrow my wife can redo it in Spanish.

Also I get two free extra meetups after the first one. Which would be the best to do? Virgin Islands, Marianas, Guam?

--Dustan

Dustancostline write to me when you start a meet up here in Puerto Rico....my wife is also a supporter, there is at least 2 people interested.

 

[puertorico4paul]

The dude from Puerto Rico should look into becoming a delegate and maybe some of his buddies can help out and become delegates themselves.

Im finding out what to do about that.

 

[goldstandard]

Im finding out what to do about that.

Good. There was a forum member whose mother is a Ron Paul fan from Puerto Rico. Cant remember his name...

 

[goldstandard]

I was born and raised in Guam, but do not reside there currently. From what I read in the "Winning Guam" section of the forums, the current Republican office holders in the Legislature comprise a number of these delegates. Even if this is so, I've tried my best to tell my friends daily about Ron Paul and what's going on in this campaign. They are at best reluctant to do anything (soft-supporters) and I have a feeling this represents the general tone of the rest of the people. Politics is big in Guam and voter turnout is always pretty high, i.e. 70-80% of eligible voters. But it's hard for the average person to get excited about the Presidential election because although they are U.S. citizens and some serve in the military, they do not get to vote in the general election.

As was mentioned before, the party lines aren't as rigid as in the mainland, but I think one would find it difficult to crack into the GOP leadership and establishment that exists in Guam. If you want to see what a Bush-Clinton political family dynasty would look like over decades, just look at those elected in Guam. The elites in Guam run many things from insurance, banking, to law-making. Guam is prime ground for the Ron Paul revolution, if the people just wake up to what's going on. The people of Guam are ready to serve the U.S. in time of war, and it was one of the few places where ground forces did battle on U.S. soil in WW2. I won't question the motives of those Guamanians are quick to join the military and ready to fight, but I think some of them need to be reminded of Constitutional war and the just-war theory. The Archbishop of the Catholic diocese there has a good deal of political clout, and if they would only get this excited about Just-war (self-defense war) as they do about Casino gambling and abortion. There's a great deal of inflation going on as well, last I checked electricity rates where set to double after a new surcharge goes into effect. There are tons of problems that could be dealt with, with the Ron Paul platform, but I don't think spending time on getting the Guam delegation is gonna bear any results in our favor. Where we will get some help form Guam is when Dr. Paul is in the final 2 or 3. Then we might see some new donors out of the 969** zip code.

I do remember that the Governor of Puerto Rico called for withdrawal from Iraq. We might be better off concentrating there. American Samoans aren't even U.S. citizens so I think that may be a detriment to our efforts, in terms of garnering a broad intense interest. If Tim Duncan were to endorse Ron Paul, that might do more for our cause in the USVI, than we could ever do by conventional means.

Excellent information. Puerto Rico meetup group subforum by Dustancostine: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=103012

 

[libertyVI]

VI info

Republican info is near the bottom-- hope this helps

 

[goldstandard]

Bump

 

[ChristyInLouisiana]

bump

 

[Bradley in DC]

I contacted the leader of the Guam Republican youth club on myspace. Hopefully he writes back soon.

Use myspace and facebook to locate supporters.

Eric,
Any update? Did you find anyone else on MySpace or Facebook? Also, have you looked at Veterans for Paul?

 

[newmedia4ron]

we need action

 

[newmedia4ron]

lets do it

 

[kill the banks]

this is a ten star thread ... thx to everyone here ... i'm inspired

we need to over achieve like this to see real results

kill the banks

 

[mxktm185]

Bump for any new info about what's going on in these territories...

 

[Bradley in DC]

Any progress here?