Head games, bullying, deception, circumventing, making the group liable for unapproved debt, subgroups who "profess" to be Ron Paul supporters, but reject campaign headquarters' duly constituted lines of authority and infrastructure for winning the campaign, by out and out saying they're not "obligated to the campaign or to Lew Moore" and base their actions on that belief system -- these are Karl Rove tactics for keeping the corrupt status quo in place.
Inadvertently, or on purpose, we can't tell, the corrupt GOP methods of operation have been introduced into our Ron Paul group. This is a movement across the nation, according to the campaign headquarters. People with large egos join up as meetup organizers, or people within the meetup groups discredit the organizers to the rest of the group, and kidnap the movement and then divert it off in an opposite direction. Yes, they still "profess" to be Ron Paul supporters the entire time, BUT refuse to follow Ron Paul's campaign organization. Saying they don't need a "Meetup Czar" to tell them what to do must have Karl Rove, et. al. laughing their heads off in the smoke-filled rooms of the White House! This will not get Ron Paul elected, and they know it. All this does is cut Ron Paul off from his supporters, and destroys the campaign infrastructure that he designed himself to assure getting elected!
We the Organizers here in Salt Lake County Meetup group have been accused of all kinds of atrocities that have no basis in reality. If you, as a group member, honestly can't tell the difference ("by their fruits ye shall know them") between the real group of Ron Paul supporters who are following campaign headquarters, and feel obligated to them, or the new subgroup who "professes" to be Ron Paul supporters, but use all the above named GOP tactics to allegedly go in that direction, then all we can say is "Houston, we have a problem!"
One example: Ronald Levine has given the group 400 pounds of free sign-making material. Now all of a sudden that's not good enough for this particular subgroup, with no discussion of why it's not good enough with the group, and telling the group we need to shell out another $200 in "better" sign materials--this is after our group has been made liable for paying Thomas Jefferson another $100 without any foreknowledge. Sure, the group's being told it'll be paid for right now, but there's always the chance of a receipt submitted for reimbursement later that the group will be liable for---these kind of tactics, we understand, were used to get the Utah GOP in debt for $300,000. Oh, sure, it's all for making signs for Ron Paul, and we organizers are being told we're totally out of line, loving our authority and position, sitting back and attacking others while we stake out our territory, and many other abusive labels and mischaracterizations through using the "Big Lie" technique>>"repeated often enough, it's believed>>....if it can't be seen as the new subgroup's behavior because they don't need a "Meetup Czar" or to be "obligated to the campaign or campaign manager" out of their own mouth(s), if it can't be seen as a Karl Rove type of tactic to divide and conquer the group from within because it's being orchestrated nationwide to be done just this way, and if it can't be seen that some group members are listening to these alternate voices that are leading us into debt and deception, then Ron Paul's campaign for president will truly fail, and we will have lost our last chance at liberty for a long time.
Ron Paul's life and voting record are impeccable. Lew said it on June 9: "Ron Paul will be running an impeccable campaign." What has the enemy got other than to subvert Ron Paul's campaign management infrastructure? If a group member can't handle receiving simple instructions from campaign headquarters, what are they going to do when it really gets tough? If they can't handle following a simple infrastructure to be accountable to, then they're saying they can't really handle following the US Constitution, which is about freedom. The US Constitution is not about being a law unto ourselves where we can trash the life, liberty, and property of others.
Leaving the group but leaving your account open to give Ron Paul the numbers is deception--just what Karl Rove et.al., want in proving we don't have real supporters. That doesn't meet the "impeccable" rule given to us by campaign headquarters.
Once a person has been conned in this manner, they become very reluctant to admit it, and the tendency is to maintain they couldn't be capable of making that kind of mistake. We the Organizers will be the first to admit that we've been conned. The illusion has worn off now, however, now it's time to grab the bull by the tail and face the situation!
It's your choice, as always. Our group will continue to grow and serve the Ron Paul campaign, with or without the divide-and-conquor-corrupt tactics.
Restore our Republic with the Ron Paul Revolution!
V&L, organizers in Salt Lake County--Utah
