"How We Became the Party of Ron Paul" - Iowa GOP insiders no longer in denial

[sailingaway]

I like the piece. It reads like an obituary of the old guard.

WE are the old guard. They are just the recent mis-managers.

 

[tsai3904]

One state at a time, we are taking back the GOP !

Yes. There's no reason why we can't duplicate the success in Iowa in other states. The key is to get involved in your local GOP and become a voting member. Only voting members can elect County GOP Chairmen, State GOP Chairman, State Committee Members, National Committeeman/woman, etc.

 

[angelatc]

No doubt Barry Goldwater wrote similar pieces about the social conservatives and their hijacking of the platform, too.

Definitely butthurt.

I really hate the way it's branded "the Ron Paul movement." Paul has always been determined to make it about the philosophy and not the man, but we aren't quite there yet.

I hope the writer wrong about the Ron Paul people leaving after the election though, but I've seen it happen before. Part of the problem is that so many of the libertarians have attached themselves to the man instead of the movement, and when he's not running, they go back to their lives. Since this is his last run, they might never come back. Politics is boring grunt work 70% of the time. Getting people to stick around for that is hard, especially the young libertarians that leave in a snit anytime they get insulted about any ol' thing.

 

[Inkblots]

Maybe the next article should be about how they previously allowed a pack of Trotskyites (neocons) to take over the party. I'd like for The Iowa Republican to explain that.

Nailed it! I still think we should stop giving them the courtesy of calling them "neo-conservatives" and call them what they are: foreign policy progressives.

 

[FSP-Rebel]

I hope the writer wrong about the Ron Paul people leaving after the election though, but I've seen it happen before. Part of the problem is that so many of the libertarians have attached themselves to the man instead of the movement, and when he's not running, they go back to their lives. Since this is his last run, they might never come back. Politics is boring grunt work 70% of the time. Getting people to stick around for that is hard, especially the young libertarians that leave in a snit anytime they get insulted about any ol' thing.

I think with all the successes that have been pouring out recently, many of our people that aren't exactly politickers have seen how refreshing it is to get our way. Not saying the usual % of supporters won't go dormant after a while but our diehard core and associates are likely enough to exert enough influence to maintain our areas of control while expanding elsewhere.

The flip side is much of the demoralization comes from the party insiders that have been purged. They had their way by controlling the way the sheep voted but the sheep can't be unglued from their tv sets and ball games long enough to keep their masters in charge (in this case local and state parties). IA and a few states are definitely ahead of the rest of us in terms of ownership but the rest of us just need to follow the example set forth. 90% of winning is just showing up and that should be the rallying call in all cases where there's upcoming state conventions.

 

[jbauer]

The young leaving might have been true in the past. Now they can't find jobs, they can't pay college debt, they can't afford health insurance and they can't move out of mom and dads house. I think the young have quite a bit of reasons to hangout and fix this thing.

FYI, I'm between the old and young.

No doubt Barry Goldwater wrote similar pieces about the social conservatives and their hijacking of the platform, too.

Definitely butthurt.

I really hate the way it's branded "the Ron Paul movement." Paul has always been determined to make it about the philosophy and not the man, but we aren't quite there yet.

I hope the writer wrong about the Ron Paul people leaving after the election though, but I've seen it happen before. Part of the problem is that so many of the libertarians have attached themselves to the man instead of the movement, and when he's not running, they go back to their lives. Since this is his last run, they might never come back. Politics is boring grunt work 70% of the time. Getting people to stick around for that is hard, especially the young libertarians that leave in a snit anytime they get insulted about any ol' thing.

 

[Hyperion]

Nailed it! I still think we should stop giving them the courtesy of calling them "neo-conservatives" and call them what they are: foreign policy progressives.

I love this so much.

I don't understand the conflict between social conservatives. I'm quite socially conservative with some libertarian tendencies but support Ron Paul and see nothing inconsistent about it.

 

[jmdrake]

Maybe the next article should be about how they previously allowed a pack of Trotskyites (neocons) to take over the party. I'd like for The Iowa Republican to explain that.

These same people would be perfectly fine with someone who voted to increase the debt ceiling and for funding for Planned Parenthood. (Rick Santorum). Just saying you want to bomb Muslims enough times and all else is forgiven.