Phunbaba
Member
- Joined
- May 11, 2007
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- 66
How did I do it?
Well first of all, let me explain a little bit about where I live. I live in Aurora, Colorado, a predominantly Hispanic and African American suburb of Denver and I live in the most African American part of it. I'm also a white guy, so I am the minority.
Our town has more cops than any other town in Colorado, and is very much on welfare, so getting people to support a candidate like Ron Paul, who is in favor of abolishing the welfare state, might seem like an impossibility. The area I live in is very poor, and by doing volunteer work at the Boys and Girls Club of America here, I discovered that most families don't even own a computer, so really finding out about Ron Paul is a near impossibility. But then I really dug into his views and discovered that he really does have a message for every demographic and personal liberty really does appeal to all in the end.
The more I got to know the families here, the more I realized that quite a high number of them have immediate and non-immediate family members in prison for non-violent related drug crimes. Even more of them have friends that do. Then I remembered what Congressman Paul said about pardoning all people in prison, white, black, hispanic, asian, anyone with a non-violent related drug charge. I conveyed to them how Dr. Paul believes that our judicial system is more unfair to minorities than any other demographic, and I happen to believe it's true as well. It was amazing how fast that opened the door to other issues like taxes, welfare, and personal liberty. In the end I got 46 telephone numbers of African Americans who have pledged to support Dr. Paul in our precinct on Super Tuesday. I will be calling them on Febuary 4th for a reminder
I posted this not to call out a specific demographic, but to encourage other RP supporters to get out there in canvass, because, let's be honest: If a suburban white boy can get out there and get 46 African American folks, who normally are very liberal minded and wouldn't know about Ron Paul in the first place, to vote for him, then there is no obstacle to big to overcome when it comes to canvassing! I did this in 5 hours of canvassing! Sure some people were rude, and I even had a lady pull a can of mace on me when I rang her doorbell, (I'm not joking), but it was still worth it, and she didn't fire it
Rally the troops! Information is power! How can someone support and vote for a candidate that they know nothing about? It's up to you to tell them, then they can decide whether or not they agree with the man or not. 9 times out of 10, if they actually listen to you, they will agree with his views, and if 1 out of 9 of those goes out and votes, WE WIN.
Well first of all, let me explain a little bit about where I live. I live in Aurora, Colorado, a predominantly Hispanic and African American suburb of Denver and I live in the most African American part of it. I'm also a white guy, so I am the minority.
Our town has more cops than any other town in Colorado, and is very much on welfare, so getting people to support a candidate like Ron Paul, who is in favor of abolishing the welfare state, might seem like an impossibility. The area I live in is very poor, and by doing volunteer work at the Boys and Girls Club of America here, I discovered that most families don't even own a computer, so really finding out about Ron Paul is a near impossibility. But then I really dug into his views and discovered that he really does have a message for every demographic and personal liberty really does appeal to all in the end.
The more I got to know the families here, the more I realized that quite a high number of them have immediate and non-immediate family members in prison for non-violent related drug crimes. Even more of them have friends that do. Then I remembered what Congressman Paul said about pardoning all people in prison, white, black, hispanic, asian, anyone with a non-violent related drug charge. I conveyed to them how Dr. Paul believes that our judicial system is more unfair to minorities than any other demographic, and I happen to believe it's true as well. It was amazing how fast that opened the door to other issues like taxes, welfare, and personal liberty. In the end I got 46 telephone numbers of African Americans who have pledged to support Dr. Paul in our precinct on Super Tuesday. I will be calling them on Febuary 4th for a reminder
I posted this not to call out a specific demographic, but to encourage other RP supporters to get out there in canvass, because, let's be honest: If a suburban white boy can get out there and get 46 African American folks, who normally are very liberal minded and wouldn't know about Ron Paul in the first place, to vote for him, then there is no obstacle to big to overcome when it comes to canvassing! I did this in 5 hours of canvassing! Sure some people were rude, and I even had a lady pull a can of mace on me when I rang her doorbell, (I'm not joking), but it was still worth it, and she didn't fire it
Rally the troops! Information is power! How can someone support and vote for a candidate that they know nothing about? It's up to you to tell them, then they can decide whether or not they agree with the man or not. 9 times out of 10, if they actually listen to you, they will agree with his views, and if 1 out of 9 of those goes out and votes, WE WIN.
