While on the forums earlier, and actually watching the "Urgent Message from the Troops" video(again), there was knock at my door...
To my surprise, it was my neighbor who I really don't talk to much, aside from the cordial waves and hellos as I drive by. His father (WW2 infantry vet) had a RP sign up last cycle-which was replaced by a McCain sign later in the year. His father began putting pocket constitutions in everyone's mailboxes after Obama was elected, then faded off after his wife passed and his having a minor stroke.
Long story short-he wanted a yard sign, and to give me some stuff he has been writing the last year, mainly copies of his LTE's he's been sending back home(Ohio) and to our local paper, which has published everyone of them-they were all about Ron Paul, mostly stuff ripping on Gingrich though. I gave him a sign, we talked for about 30 minutes about current affairs, and I came back in to type this up. 10 minutes later, two more neighbors stopped by for their signs(all out now-I had 20
).
In short, what prompted this post was not the fact that I got at least 5 more votes for RP-but that ALL of these folks are RETIRED. Of these 5, 4 were women(all doing their afternoon walk thing).
There have been a lot of posts and comments both here and at the Daily Paul about conceding or giving up Florida as a lost cause. Quite frankily-I'm getting sick of it, because it makes boots on the ground here look like we are fighting a lost cause, when it is most certainly not. I'm in the Panhandle-Neocon central, and pulled this off.
Keep talking to your neighbors, classmates, coworkers and friends Florida-even the older ones. I have not shut up yet a about RP since 2007, and it is paying off big time in my neighborhood.
Pics tomorrow when its light again.
To my surprise, it was my neighbor who I really don't talk to much, aside from the cordial waves and hellos as I drive by. His father (WW2 infantry vet) had a RP sign up last cycle-which was replaced by a McCain sign later in the year. His father began putting pocket constitutions in everyone's mailboxes after Obama was elected, then faded off after his wife passed and his having a minor stroke.
Long story short-he wanted a yard sign, and to give me some stuff he has been writing the last year, mainly copies of his LTE's he's been sending back home(Ohio) and to our local paper, which has published everyone of them-they were all about Ron Paul, mostly stuff ripping on Gingrich though. I gave him a sign, we talked for about 30 minutes about current affairs, and I came back in to type this up. 10 minutes later, two more neighbors stopped by for their signs(all out now-I had 20
).In short, what prompted this post was not the fact that I got at least 5 more votes for RP-but that ALL of these folks are RETIRED. Of these 5, 4 were women(all doing their afternoon walk thing).
There have been a lot of posts and comments both here and at the Daily Paul about conceding or giving up Florida as a lost cause. Quite frankily-I'm getting sick of it, because it makes boots on the ground here look like we are fighting a lost cause, when it is most certainly not. I'm in the Panhandle-Neocon central, and pulled this off.
Keep talking to your neighbors, classmates, coworkers and friends Florida-even the older ones. I have not shut up yet a about RP since 2007, and it is paying off big time in my neighborhood.
Pics tomorrow when its light again.
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