Good post. Exactly my take on things.
Concur. I'm a fighter inside, I love to give it to 'em, but there is a time to fight head on and a time to strategically duck.
No one knows what the outcome would be if Ron Paul had enough delegates to be nominated and won from the floor of the National Convention having garnered 10-20% of the popular vote in various states. Paul said it himself at the TX convention that the last time either party had a convention to actually pick a nominee by the delegates was in 1976. He also said that we are the tireless irate minority and that it is the job of the minority to sell their ideas to the majority.
The only reason the revolution went so well and left us with such a great starting point for liberty was because of the various leaders. From my study of history, the last thing anyone should want is actual societal/revolutionary upheaval. Once that dam is broken it is anyone's guess as to the ultimate outcome of the revolution. Shoot, the colonists at first (the battles of Lexington and Concord in 1775) actually thought they could resolve things and make amends with England, the huge debates in 1776 highlight that fact. They just wanted the King to listen to their grievances, they didn't intend to actually declare independence until they realized it was too late to reconcile.
So what would happen if Paul won the nomination with 10-20% of the popular vote?? Who knows but unfortunately the probabilities don't lead to anything good.
However what does it mean that we will have 20% of the delegates and have won leadership positions in so many states, everything good. People always get the government they deserve. You cannot force liberty upon a country, it has to be earned. Take over the GOP, have liberty minded people in positions of power within the GOP with principle, and present an actual real choice vs. statism.
Influence the debate, change the conversation, change the direction and ultimately have good leaders of principle in place so that when it all goes down we can survive the fall. The Liberty movement has to be seen as the solution to the problems and not the instigator of problems.
