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The weekend traffic on Route 209 near the Pocono Bazaar Flea Market in Marshall’s Creek, Pennsylvania is so legendary that drivers from New Jersey are both aware of it and are often caught it in it. Situated near the PA/ NJ border right over the Delaware Water Gap, the weekly flea market benefits from a wide variety of products, regular vendors, and its prime location, and traffic along Route 209 from the gates of the flea market all the way to the light at Bridge Road/Route 209 is so expected that anyone who knows the area is aware that the traffic jams on weekends last all day. The Monroe County Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group, under the leadership of founder Matt Ross, decided that this location would be the perfect place to keep Paul’s immense grassroots campaign going.
Held on Sunday, October 21 and dubbed simply “The Marshalls Creek RT 209 Sign Waving Event”, the half dozen volunteer who appeared throughout the long day did more than just waved signs: they handed out slim jims and brochures and piqued the curiosity of many drivers. In a most visible display of uneasiness with the current establishment, Lars had created a series of R3VOLUTION signs warning drivers of the revolution that was to come, all the way down the street to where he stood wearing a Guy Fawkes tirelessly handing out brochures. Matt was on hand as well, providing over a thousand individual pamphlets of promotional material. He stood out there all day, from 9 AM until the flea market was getting ready to close, and his tireless effort inspired other volunteers like Chrissy, who helped him in the AM hours, giving up some precious time in her otherwise busy schedule, to Nick, who arrived later and delighted in reminding drivers unfamiliar with the candidate that he has more meetup.com member across the land than all the other candidates combined. That raised a few eyebrows.
There were other volunteers as well, and after a long day in the rather uncharacteristic late-October heat, each person did his part to spread the message, and by the time the day was over, Matt had run out of the pamphlet materials he had brought with him. The bottom line: with a little teamwork and few hours time, perhaps a thousand more people know who Ron Paul is who didn’t before. Now that they know who Conrgressman Paul is, it stands to reason that many of them will take note of his message: less government, a return to liberty, and a move back to the Constitutional government the Founding Fathers intended form the beginning. It’s not un reasonable to assume that many of these folks – people who didn’t even know who he was on Saturday, - will become very active supporters by Monday, and will help to spread the message. They, too, may join the unpaid, dedicated volunteers like those in Monroe County in an ongoing campaign to raise awareness and to declare to the American people that they no longer have to settle with picking the lesser of two evils in the presidential race.
Held on Sunday, October 21 and dubbed simply “The Marshalls Creek RT 209 Sign Waving Event”, the half dozen volunteer who appeared throughout the long day did more than just waved signs: they handed out slim jims and brochures and piqued the curiosity of many drivers. In a most visible display of uneasiness with the current establishment, Lars had created a series of R3VOLUTION signs warning drivers of the revolution that was to come, all the way down the street to where he stood wearing a Guy Fawkes tirelessly handing out brochures. Matt was on hand as well, providing over a thousand individual pamphlets of promotional material. He stood out there all day, from 9 AM until the flea market was getting ready to close, and his tireless effort inspired other volunteers like Chrissy, who helped him in the AM hours, giving up some precious time in her otherwise busy schedule, to Nick, who arrived later and delighted in reminding drivers unfamiliar with the candidate that he has more meetup.com member across the land than all the other candidates combined. That raised a few eyebrows.
There were other volunteers as well, and after a long day in the rather uncharacteristic late-October heat, each person did his part to spread the message, and by the time the day was over, Matt had run out of the pamphlet materials he had brought with him. The bottom line: with a little teamwork and few hours time, perhaps a thousand more people know who Ron Paul is who didn’t before. Now that they know who Conrgressman Paul is, it stands to reason that many of them will take note of his message: less government, a return to liberty, and a move back to the Constitutional government the Founding Fathers intended form the beginning. It’s not un reasonable to assume that many of these folks – people who didn’t even know who he was on Saturday, - will become very active supporters by Monday, and will help to spread the message. They, too, may join the unpaid, dedicated volunteers like those in Monroe County in an ongoing campaign to raise awareness and to declare to the American people that they no longer have to settle with picking the lesser of two evils in the presidential race.
