Sorry to crush your dreams. You have no idea how many people you need to "wake up" in this country, for what you would like to see occur. No idea. The numbers just don't sink in to your brain.
Obviously there are astronomical amounts of people in this country who have to wake up. I have been promoting this cause for the last 8 years of my life, and for most of the time I have been alone. Unfortunatly, even when some people wake up they easily go back to sleep(like you).
What you completely fail to understand is the structure of the republican party and the route through which one obtains power. It is not necessary to wake up all of these people to obtain power. Many states have caucuses where they pick delegates at a seperate date then when they hold the primary. The caususes are not heavily reported on, and are only attended by a small group of party regulars. We have sufficient numbers (or had, seems like many are throwing in the towel) to win many of these caucuses without waking up the sheep.
Through these caucuses we can change the rules of the party and the party platform. In many areas RP republicans can be (and are) voted into local roles such as chairman, committeeman, secretary, etc. It is through these venues which we will gain the power we need to make future RP republicans chances at election (local, state and fed) realistic.
The route to restore the party does not begin and end with waking up the sleeping sheep. First we get elected into local positions. Once we have these positions we have the power to give GOP endorsements to other candidates, and change the mindset of the neo-con constituency.
You seem obsessed with the convention in september, as if this is the be all-end all to this movement. It is so, so much more then this. It is not going to be an easy fight, but does that mean it is not one worth fighting? Of course none of us can gaurantee victory in any sence. It is entirely probable that our country will continue to move down the path towards a tyrannical police state until our empire eventually crumbles. It is even more realistic that this will happen when the few freedom fighters we have throw in the towel and acquiesce to the challenges ahead of us. Always remember what Ron Paul said..."Let it not be said that we did nothing"
Exactly five years ago from today I was arrested and jailed for committing civil disobediance with 107 other patriots. We successfully blockaded all entranceways to the philadelphia federal building, shutting it down for an entire work day. We were protesting the start of "shock and awe." Ultimately, the war was waged, our views were validated, and we didn't make an immediate difference. Does that mean what I did that day was not worth doing? Absolutely not. At least I can have a clear conscious. It was the people who spoke out against the war in the beginning that made it possible for public opinion to eventually shift against the war.
"In the beginning of a change, the Patriot is a scarce man, brave, hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, however, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a Patriot." - Mark Twain
We could use you, and every American who understands the cause of liberty. I sincerly ask you to drop this defeatist attitude and once again join our movement. If you cannot do this, please just stop posting here.