Take Over the GOP! Join the Republican Liberty Caucus, Ron Paul is a Member!

[spacehabitats]

This is huge.

This is exactly the kind of stuff we need. People with a knee jerk reaction against the Republican party need to get over it.
WE are going to be running the GOP if we do this right, and if you think that will be too hard, try starting a new 3rd party from scratch.

I too have been worried sick about all you good people fragmenting into a thousand tiny ineffectual little groups or just crawling back into your isolated holes. We must not let that happen. I just started another thread that nobody will read about freedomforceinternational.org which is another institution that has been around for awhile.
I still think people should look into that since it is in complete harmony with Ron Paul and the RLC.

There is no danger of fragmentation since joining and becoming an active participant in RLC is what FFI encourages and tries to facilitate. One advantage of joining FFI as well is that it could act as a political/idealogical/moral compass, keeping our movement from "losing its way".
Please check out this video and website.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6081639633877989595

http://www.freedomforceinternational.org/

 

[JS4Pat]

We probably need a short but powerful video presentation as a recruiting (educational) tool for when we get the opportunity to present the RLC to groups or to use for guests who attend our meetings. Something along the lines of A New Hope - but not focused on Ron Paul. Something that gets people "alarmed" but doesn't go too far down the road on topics like the CFR and MSM conspiracy. Something that peaks people's interest in wanting to learn more.

What are your thoughts?

 

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The RLC can be a very effective tool for the cause of freedom within the Republican Party, if enough people participate. I highly recommend joining.

 

[NoxTwilight]

I am sharing this with all the meet up groups that I can in the hopes of more people seeing it is our best hope to consolidate our numbers to keep our power while using established political structure and resources that we would be stupid to not utilize. To those that want third parties to be respected and given more chances I say - Sure - we all would love that but how many battles do we want to fight at one time? We are on the way to loosing most of our liberties!! We cannot wait!

I commend people for all the great idea's, projects, web site etc. that have been started but it thins us out too much and that will only work against us and make it easier for the establishment to discount us and call us crazy. This organization will give us solid strength and respectability.

 

[newyearsrevolution08]

So how up to date is this RLC and is it ready and capable of expanding and moving with the times? Everything just seems outdated and or under budgeted. Odds are I will assume it is simply just a overly simple web design and very old updates on the state/candidate pages?

I see this being a great thing BUT want to make sure it is WITH the times so to speak? I think this would be the best vehicle to get things moving in the right direction as long as those who are running it get it in gear with a solid framework online for growth to happen.

 

[angelatc]

I’m not making peace with the GOP until they make peace with me! I feel absolutely betrayed by the conservative movement… they never were for liberty.

That's not true at all. It was the Republicans that ended slavery and segregation, and that's just for starts. You can't really call today's Republicans conservative.

 

[JS4Pat]

So how up to date is this RLC and is it ready and capable of expanding and moving with the times? Everything just seems outdated and or under budgeted. Odds are I will assume it is simply just a overly simple web design and very old updates on the state/candidate pages?

I see this being a great thing BUT want to make sure it is WITH the times so to speak? I think this would be the best vehicle to get things moving in the right direction as long as those who are running it get it in gear with a solid framework online for growth to happen.

I don't think it is up WITH the times which I believe is a blessing for us. When we infuse 100,000 new Ron Paul Republicans and begin converting thousands of Meetup Groups into county RLC Clubs - WE BECOME THE RLC. We hold a convention and make the RLC Platform mirror Ron Paul's presidential platform. (i.e. Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy, Ending the IRS, Abolishing the Federal Reserve System, Sound Monetary System etc.)

Think of it as step 1 in taking over the Republican Party. This is where we build and train our army!

However, we all need to be in on this. Ron Paul needs to announce that this is THE VEHICLE for the future of the r[3vol]ution.

Think about what we can turn this thing into when we unleash the creative, the passionate and tech savy elements of our movement! (The Money Bombs, The YouTube Videos, The Blimp, Ron Paul Racing, Revolution March, Break the Matrix)

We will Win!

I mentioned this previously in this thread...
I think we need to have a 5 - 10 minute powerful video (YouTube and DVD) to use as a marketing tool and an introduction to our movement. Something along the lines of "A New Hope" or "Stop Dreaming" but not focused on Ron Paul - focused on the message.

 

[Vooch]

"I don't think it is up WITH the times which I believe is a blessing for us. When we infuse 100,000 new Ron Paul Republicans and begin converting thousands of Meetup Groups into county RLC Clubs - WE BECOME THE RLC."

serious bump

 

[ronpaulhawaii]

I don't think it is up WITH the times which I believe is a blessing for us. When we infuse 100,000 new Ron Paul Republicans and begin converting thousands of Meetup Groups into county RLC Clubs - WE BECOME THE RLC. We hold a convention and make the RLC Platform mirror Ron Paul's presidential platform. (i.e. Non-Interventionist Foreign Policy, Ending the IRS, Abolishing the Federal Reserve System, Sound Monetary System etc.)

Think of it as step 1 in taking over the Republican Party. This is where we build and train our army!

However, we all need to be in on this. Ron Paul needs to announce that this is THE VEHICLE for the future of the r[3vol]ution.

Think about what we can turn this thing into when we unleash the creative, the passionate and tech savy elements of our movement! (The Money Bombs, The YouTube Videos, The Blimp, Ron Paul Racing, Revolution March, Break the Matrix)

We will Win!

I mentioned this previously in this thread...
I think we need to have a 5 - 10 minute powerful video (YouTube and DVD) to use as a marketing tool and an introduction to our movement. Something along the lines of "A New Hope" or "Stop Dreaming" but not focused on Ron Paul - focused on the message.

((((BUMP)))))

 

[lastnymleft]

A worthy thread to bump

 

[sluggo]

A great idea. I'm joining.

 

[porcupine]

I heard about this on Free Talk Live! Great organization!

 

[brianewart]

The RLC is a scam to turn libertarians into partisan Republicans. Screw that. I'll vote for the GOP when they give me a small-government Goldwater-Conservative.

Besides, it's associated with that Dondero fellow who spends his days endorsing non-libertarian candidates and trying to kill Ron Paul's campaign.

 

[Brown Sapper]

Man this should of came out when our forum was at full speed. Anywho Bump

 

[porcupine]

The RLC is a scam to turn libertarians into partisan Republicans. Screw that. I'll vote for the GOP when they give me a small-government Goldwater-Conservative.

Besides, it's associated with that Dondero fellow who spends his days endorsing non-libertarian candidates and trying to kill Ron Paul's campaign.

Who cares about parties? Where anyone else would see a 99% friend, a libertarian will see a 1% enemy.

Ron Paul endorsed the RLC, and he believes in the organization. He's a member himself.

 

[torchbearer]

This is exactly the kind of stuff we need. People with a knee jerk reaction against the Republican party need to get over it.
WE are going to be running the GOP if we do this right, and if you think that will be too hard, try starting a new 3rd party from scratch.

I too have been worried sick about all you good people fragmenting into a thousand tiny ineffectual little groups or just crawling back into your isolated holes. We must not let that happen. I just started another thread that nobody will read about freedomforceinternational.org which is another institution that has been around for awhile.
I still think people should look into that since it is in complete harmony with Ron Paul and the RLC.

There is no danger of fragmentation since joining and becoming an active participant in RLC is what FFI encourages and tries to facilitate. One advantage of joining FFI as well is that it could act as a political/idealogical/moral compass, keeping our movement from "losing its way".
Please check out this video and website.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6081639633877989595

http://www.freedomforceinternational.org/

i'm thinking about joining... money has been the issue holding me back...

 

[Don Wills]

Besides, it's [the RLC] associated with that Dondero fellow who spends his days endorsing non-libertarian candidates and trying to kill Ron Paul's campaign.

Eric Dondero falsely claims to have been a founder of the RLC many years ago.
It is provable fact that he has not been associated with the RLC for many years.
Check out your state's RLC chapter - some are infiltrated with neo-cons, but
others are really strong Constitutionalist ala RP. Don't make blanket statements
that you can't back up with facts.

 

[torchbearer]

Eric Dondero falsely claims to have been a founder of the RLC many years ago.
It is provable fact that he has not been associated with the RLC for many years.
Check out your state's RLC chapter - some are infiltrated with neo-cons, but
others are really strong Constitutionalist ala RP. Don't make blanket statements
that you can't back up with facts.

The members in Louisiana are good guys.

 

[spacehabitats]

Any organization can be corrupted

That is one reason why the Freedom Force International is designed is to be a non-pyramidal organization. In fact it is one of the principals of FFI that they ASSUME that leaders will become corrupted and try to lead the members astray.

Quoting from their Code of Conduct:

"4. Don’t trust your leaders. That applies to Freedom Force as well as in politics. Don’t expect them to be saints. Most of them are corruptible under the right circumstances. Your job is to watch them like a hawk. Don’t let them violate the Creed or this Code of Conduct. Call attention to their errors, when necessary. If violations are serious, mobilize the power to remove them."

The same should go for the RLC, but that should not dissuade us from joining, unless there is evidence that it is already irredeemably corrupt.

 

[angelatc]

The members in Louisiana are good guys.

The group was largely neocons in Chicago, but the Ron Paul people have joined and are really making it quite bearable.