They are the working people who make up the backbone of this nation, and indeed of the Republican Party, whose nomination we are trying to win, and if you want to win this thing you'd better drop the superiority complex and start courting them.
Even worse, I watched agape as people ranted about our elders, who have always been the people who are most politically active, saying idiotic things like, "I fucking hate old people", and "look at all these damned old people OMG".
I could give you a big hug for this post.
Ok, I'm probably going to catch some flack for saying this, because Spirit of '76 has already been making the point, but I have to say...
People! Use your noodle. You aren't going to win supporters by viciously attacking and smearing large groups of people who VOTE. In fact, you're doing the opposite, it turns people away and it reflects poorly on the entire movement.
In the last few days, I've seen not only Iowans/rural people get bashed, but as Spirit said, the elderly, and also evangelical Christians and other theists (which, btw, is attacking your fellow Paul supporters on this board, since there
are a lot of Christians here), Jews, and of course Republicans. And probably some other groups that I'm forgetting at the moment.
In case any of you guys have forgotten, Dr. Paul is running for the
Republican nomination. Not the Democratic party, or Libertarian party. It is downright foolish to attack large groups of people we want to WIN over to the RP revolution.
As was stated in the OP, this can't be won soley on the 18-29 internet crowd, or independents. We need to work on informing Republicans that the GOP has been hijacked by people who aren't about true conservativism (The Rockefeller Republican and globalist types) and continuing to support the "lesser of 2 evils" is slowly but surely destroying this country.
Ok... I just had to say that. I won't hammer the point any further, as I probably made some people mad.
But we need to remember that these forums are read by outsiders who may be considering Dr. Paul.
And remember, the word 'love' is in revolution... what happened to that?
