the revolution is slowing

TwiLeXia

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"first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they attack you, and then you win."

We've made it past the attack phase, but we haven't won. It is true that we have brought some issues long not heard to the forefront. But at the rate we're going, the revolution is grinding to a halt.

Those of you in states already with primaries over: what are you doing? Taking a break? Sitting back and watching as Clinton and Obama and McCain continually dominate the media, with Ron Paul getting no attention except for the occasional broadcast that he "might" drop out?

I'll admit I've done the same. After the primary for NY was over, I haven't done anything for the Revolution.

While this is not representative of the entire revolution, the activity on these forums has decreased significantly, from around 500 users online per day, to now just around 175. I'm not blaming anyone. I'm not calling anyone out. It's just that before, we had something to aim for. The primaries were a cause for rally.

What is our goal? Is it to somehow, hope for a brokered convention? Is it to continue to attempt to tell our friends and family about Dr. Paul, when they feel that no one really cares about him? Is it to hope that McCain and Huckabee get hospitalized or incapacitated??

Those of you who have brought yourself to wholeheartedly support other Ron Paul candidates, I heartily salute you. But for those of us who have not and still cannot seem to break away from the inspiring Ron Paul as this revolution's leader and spokesperson, each day is more disappointing than the last.

But what if... what if we had a chance. What if we had one... more... chance... to make Dr. Paul president? A rallying cry for all of us to make Dr. Paul our president?

I urge you all, those of you who live in states that have already had primaries, to begin canvassing for a write-in of Ron Paul. I urge all of you to tell all your friends and family and spread the word of a national movement to write in a president for the first time ever. The campaign cannot support this write-in - Dr. Paul needs to stay in the race for his house seat. But they need not. We can do it simply by word of mouth, and begin a national movement to make Dr. Paul president, no matter what the means.

Operation Ron Paul.

See the links in my signature, and tell me what you think.
 
It only counts if Ron Paul himself will agree to register as an official write-in candidate in each state. Otherwise, write-in votes will not be counted. At this early stage in the game, however, it would be more worthwhile to canvass for support to get Ron Paul to reverse his decision and run as an independent or third party candidate.
 
Somebody once told me here, that a candidate can't win unless he has support.

I fully agree with you. Sadly people see this campaign as being over. The MSM got exactly what they wanted, they finally got rid of us because we stopped caring. :(
Just in my recent thread about donating, couple of people asked "what's the point?"

I'm very disappointed people didn't feel stronger about it.
 
They haven't attacked us. We aren't in prison. We are alive... there weren't riots... etc...

It's at the laugh stage
 
I really LOL at the people who think a revolution is done in a few months.

This is not about Ron Paul getting elected, it is about bringing the truth to the masses and showing them everything that is going wrong and getting the generally apathetic nation questioning its government and participating in politics. It's about making our voices the loudest!
 
It's not about Ron Paul.

It's about several generations of re-education on a grassroots level, the same way the socialists are engages in re-education from the top. The socialists have been at it for 100 years. We have a lot of backtracking to do. What's more is, there will be pendulum swings. The freedom movement started in the first revolution, and it's a work in progress. It may take centuries for humanity to truly live free and understand freedom.

The other thing is, even when there's a mass paradigm shift in humanity and people think free, that could maybe last a few thousand years and end... all things end.

circly of life, cymba.
 
Somebody once told me here, that a candidate can't win unless he has support.

Yes, but for many of us our primaries have been apparently held in "opposite land" in which case the maxim gets reversed:

Supporters can't win if they don't have a candidate.

Long and short of it is that you can canvass and "convert" all the people all day long for days and weeks... and then when the election rolls around your specific candidate has gone AWOL and those voters don't see anything about the candidate, neither local appearances or even TV ads... well they assume he quit... so they vote for someone else.

Two way streets are a b*tch aren't they.
 
in response to thread title.

No. Your perception of what the revolution is, is changing.

-1 for general negativity.
 
I think the original poster was talking about this presidential RP run as revolution not the actual message that we will all spread anyway, regardless who is president. No?
 
They haven't attacked us. We aren't in prison. We are alive... there weren't riots... etc...

It's at the laugh stage

I agree, the establishment is laughing. The revolution has slowed; soon you will be digging in, digging trenches in every state, preparing for what comes next...the attack. I feel they are under-estimating their enemy. Soon the battles begin and there will be victories and defeats. But as in all wars, the soldiers on the ground must believe in what they fight for. That is your greatest strength, you believe, and as the enemy begins to crumble your revolution will grow and become unstoppable. At some point, perhaps not this election but after your troops make inroads in each state, the economy continues to fall and the wars rage on, more and more will join your ranks....for you are the winter soldier....
 
I agree that when Paul made the public "commitment" to not run as anything other than a Republican... it was a body blow.

I really wish he'd stuck with his original answer of having been elected 10 times as a Republican to Congress, and that he "had no plans" to run a third party campaign. It was straight-forward and honest, and left the door cracked just that tiny bit to keep the GOP leadership sweating.

Maybe, for some reason, Paul felt he had to close the door completely on the Indie run possibility to shore up the situation concerning his Congressional seat. I dunno.

There's been a bit of a "yo-yo" effect in play the last 5 wks. Giuliani dropped out. Then Super-Tuesday was a disappointment. Romney dropped out. Then Paul announced no Indie run and that he was refocusing on his seat race. Now... there's the McCain scandal.

At this point... everything feels like that dead space between moments in Time. Like we're waiting for a Sign. A bombshell in the McCain scandal, followed by Paul winning both contests in the Texas Primary would be like a Lightning Strike igniting a wildfire.

Now... we wait.
 
no we don't. we run for something or canvas or host funraisers.

Well, I doubt you're gonna be "running for something" in the next week or so. Those in a position to canvas in the remaining states certainly should. And I for one have been very much observing the "fundraising" over the last 6 wks. It ain't pretty.

Less than $370,000 over the last three weeks. So don't tell me this campaign doesn't need a JumpStart.

"Perception is Reality". Especially in the realm of Public Support.

I'm the very Last One to give up or think we can't win. But... right now we need a Catalyzing Event. A Seminal Moment. A Sign from the Heavens.

So you wanna "do something"? Work on that. And in the meantime, fight like Hell for Texas.
 
The revolution is waiting for the negative nancys and sheep to catch up. While most have been lamenting the loss of the primaries and caucuses, the states left standing are still working. There are still many states to catch, the past losses were disappointing, but there is still room to get noticed.
 
Well, I doubt you're gonna be "running for something" in the next week or so. Those in a position to canvas in the remaining states certainly should. And I for one have been very much observing the "fundraising" over the last 6 wks. It ain't pretty.

Less than $370,000 over the last three weeks. So don't tell me this campaign doesn't need a JumpStart.

"Perception is Reality". Especially in the realm of Public Support.

I'm the very Last One to give up or think we can't win. But... right now we need a Catalyzing Event. A Seminal Moment. A Sign from the Heavens.

So you wanna "do something"? Work on that. And in the meantime, fight like Hell for Texas.

i am running for something and i'm sad you don't "observe" anything good from the sideline. no offence.
 
Ron Paul should host some conventions with his pac where the supporters get together once a year to plot strategy and get to know each other.
 
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