JimDude
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Back in 1776, our founding fathers signed their names to the Declaration of Independance and began a war with the British. Back then, The United States of America was just a idea, they had no national identity, there were 13 separate colonies all with there all own identity and ideas. But the 13 colonies knew if they wanted to defeat the Mighty British Army, they needed to Unite, to become as "One." So they did, under the leadership of the great George Washington, they made a united army and made their stance against Britain in the name of freedom. The idea of each Colony fighting they own war against Britain would of surely led to their defeat, yet here today, this is how our campaign is working.
Flash forward to today, RP is running for president, he gains a large national grassroots following. Instead of uniting this great force, he all but ignores it, and leaves it alone. Lassiez Faire. But this strategy has proven itself ineffective. The grassroots does a good job of working together, making ideas, doing things, and getting support. But there is no unifying force. Although there is a central goal to the grassroots, many different factions exist who do their own thing. Some good, and some bad. The central Campaign, which holds all the money and many times is given sole responsibility to do many things which the grassroots could do, has made numerous mistakes and in many ways, has failed us. Like in 1776, our grassroots is separated into many colonies/factions. Only the Offical Campaign has the power to bring our resources together and to unite us.
Simply working together is not good enough. The colonies didnt just "work together" they joined as ONE. The Grassroots and Offical Campaign should not just work together but truly become ONE. I suggest we do this, by a couple of ways,first by putting this Forum or make another forum so that it is on the Offical Ron Paul website. By putting this forum on the RP website, it will bring us together with HQ so that we can work directly with each other instead of working independantly. Second, some sort of rating/voting or some other system should be created that allows supporters to pick and choose the best TV Ads/ideas and suggestions that are then implemented by the HQ. Basically, the Grassroots should be able to create and put into practice ideas they come up with using the Offical HQ and their funds. In this way, the creativity and intelligence of he grassroots can be utilized. And only ideas with a large amount of support would make it through. As of right now, all were doing is working with the HQ and simply suggesting idea instead of having real power. This would be like the 13 colonies doing they own thing in 1776 while funding the Congress and expecting them to win us the war.
We need a fundamental change. Doing the same old things is not gonna get us anywhere. If HQ doesnt listen to us, if they continue to ignore us, than we must do what needs to be done.
Last time I checked, this is not just some "Campaign" its a Revolution. If you think this is just a regular old "campaign", then by all means, dont change or do anything, but if you believe this is a Revolution, than its time for you to rise, to take charge, come together and unite our grassroots as "ONE."
Flash forward to today, RP is running for president, he gains a large national grassroots following. Instead of uniting this great force, he all but ignores it, and leaves it alone. Lassiez Faire. But this strategy has proven itself ineffective. The grassroots does a good job of working together, making ideas, doing things, and getting support. But there is no unifying force. Although there is a central goal to the grassroots, many different factions exist who do their own thing. Some good, and some bad. The central Campaign, which holds all the money and many times is given sole responsibility to do many things which the grassroots could do, has made numerous mistakes and in many ways, has failed us. Like in 1776, our grassroots is separated into many colonies/factions. Only the Offical Campaign has the power to bring our resources together and to unite us.
Simply working together is not good enough. The colonies didnt just "work together" they joined as ONE. The Grassroots and Offical Campaign should not just work together but truly become ONE. I suggest we do this, by a couple of ways,first by putting this Forum or make another forum so that it is on the Offical Ron Paul website. By putting this forum on the RP website, it will bring us together with HQ so that we can work directly with each other instead of working independantly. Second, some sort of rating/voting or some other system should be created that allows supporters to pick and choose the best TV Ads/ideas and suggestions that are then implemented by the HQ. Basically, the Grassroots should be able to create and put into practice ideas they come up with using the Offical HQ and their funds. In this way, the creativity and intelligence of he grassroots can be utilized. And only ideas with a large amount of support would make it through. As of right now, all were doing is working with the HQ and simply suggesting idea instead of having real power. This would be like the 13 colonies doing they own thing in 1776 while funding the Congress and expecting them to win us the war.
We need a fundamental change. Doing the same old things is not gonna get us anywhere. If HQ doesnt listen to us, if they continue to ignore us, than we must do what needs to be done.
Last time I checked, this is not just some "Campaign" its a Revolution. If you think this is just a regular old "campaign", then by all means, dont change or do anything, but if you believe this is a Revolution, than its time for you to rise, to take charge, come together and unite our grassroots as "ONE."
