Ron Paul's Christmas Vacation in Iowa

[Jeff Frazee]

**Students Only**

School is out, and the Ron Paul Revolution is taking over Iowa! All students are invited to join the campaign in Iowa Dec. 14-23 and Dec. 27 - Jan. 4 for Ron Paul's Christmas Vacation!

Please RSVP here:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=FWUX7VmtoHmqnB9jnS4B4g_3d_3d

We will contact you and inform you where in Iowa you will be working. If you're a student, and you can get to Iowa, the campaign will provide everything for you (food, lodging, gas money, etc).

Week 1
Arrival date is Friday, Dec. 14
Departure date is Sunday, Dec. 23

Week 2
Arrival date is Thursday, Dec. 27
Departure date is Friday, Jan. 4

If you arrive later or depart sooner, it is acceptable but not encouraged. If you’re arrival or departure is not during these dates you are on your own for housing and food. If you prefer to stay in Iowa during Christmas, we may be able to make housing accommodations for a few students (no promises).

We are hosting 6 different camps across Iowa. The logistics of each week are relatively the same. Each camp will consist of teams between 16-36 students. We will do our best to keep you with your friends/classmates and in a camp closest to your home state. During the week, we will flood the streets going door to door talking to Iowans about why we are supporting Ron Paul and why they should too.

Historically, turn out in the Republican Iowa caucus is very low. 25,000 votes for Ron Paul will guarantee us a top 3 finish. Having you in Iowa the two weeks leading up to the caucus will be the difference. We will shock the political and media establishment!

What to bring:
Think in the context of staying in a heated cabin (boy scout/church camp), in Iowa in January (cold/snow), and during the day you’ll be walking door to door.

Week 1 = 10 days, week 2= 9 days
- Student ID to verify you are a student
- Warm Clothes (gloves, scarf, hat, etc.)
- Comfortable shoes (lots of walking, possibly in the snow)
- Pillow, sheets, warm blanket (all you get is a mattress, but cabins are heated)
- Towel
- Bathroom supplies (tooth brush, deodorant, soap, shampoo, etc.) - Medication
- Umbrella/Raincoat
- Laptop, Portable DVD player, Ipod, cards
- Your best answer to why you are supporting Ron Paul and why Iowans should too!

What NOT to bring:
- All the obvious things
- Alcohol/Drugs
- Guns, knives, fireworks
- Large banners, signs


Spread the word! Invite your friends. 150 students in Iowa could be the difference!


See you in Iowa,
Jeff Frazee
National Youth Coordinator - Ron Paul 2008

P.S. - Ron Paul's Christmas Vacation in New Hampshire and South Carolina are being planned as well.

 

[jpinkerton]

BUMP!

I'm in Iowa, not a student - but this sounds like a cool project!

 

[ASayre]

(clearing)

 

[robert4rp08]

Wow, that sounds amazingly cool.

 

[Ethek]

I feel inspired.

 

[jcbraithwaite7]

That sounds better than drinks in Cancun/spring break. Wish I was a student. I would rough it for Paul... and I HATE cold weather.

 

[AgentPaul001]

I think I'm going to do this Likely the second week right after Xmas, this sounds awesome!

 

[Young_Apprentice]

Awesome idea

I'm really interested in doing this. I can't do the first week because I need to pay my rent for January, but I really want to do it the second week. My only problem would be getting there.
Any other Oregon students interested in driving?

 

[BenIsForRon]

Any word on when you guys are doing this in SC? I really think this effort could have a significant effect on these early primaries, especially if you can get more than 150 students in each state, which I'm sure you can. In my experience voters are very inspired by young people being so active, and something like this a few weeks before the election could actually sway many voters.

 

[Primbs]

Why you should go to Iowa.

"A man far wiser than me once said that the best GOTV operation is a meaningful message that people care about.'
Ron Paul has a meaningful message!

'Depressed turnout is often the result of messageless campaigns where no one said anything that excited the voters."
Romney, Rudy, McCain, Huckabee

Sadly, that is more the rule than the exception these days where campaigns have said nothing of great interest to irregular voters and then wonder why their 72 hour operation did not yield the expected outcome.

Give the voter something they want or something they hate and turnout pops.
Ron Paul gives the voters something they want, Freedom.


And that is the biggest reason that money does not necessarily always correlate to turnout. It is one thing to spend a pile on mail or TV and measure success based on number of pieces dropped or number of points bought as if advertising were just a commodity.

It is not.

It is another thing to spend a pile on an effective, meaningful message that serves to persuade and motivate.
Ron Paul has an effective, meaningful message.

 

[BenIsForRon]

Bump, Des Moines Register put out a video about this thing. But only 60 students showed up for the first week!? Come on students in and around Iowa! Get off myspace and get out there and get some votes! They have over 200 for the next week, but that's the week leading up to the caucus, so it would be better if there were more like 500+.

EDIT: Here's the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aazSrVRV7II