Debra Medina’s Loss and The Ron Paul Effect
Submitted by jczeroman on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 07:45Article: Debra Medina’s Loss and The Ron Paul Effect
[The Ron Paul Effect] is the seeming paradox of influence and power that comes when a grassroots candidate loses an election. I believe this happens if the candidate awakes a substantial philosophical change in voters, not merely convincing them to vote for them in the short-term, but convincing them to adopt a set of principles and beliefs for the long-term.
Medina is likely to benefit from this effect, as her issues, like Paul’s, are philosophical. She is not an austro-libertarian like Paul, but her brand of conservatism is still a set of time honoured traditions and principles.
Debra Medina has stood up and made herself the leader of a bloc of people in Texas who support less taxes, less spending, nullifying federal mandates, constitutionalism and principled gun ownership. That is no small task - and it represents a furthering shift of some of these more “radical” ideas from the fringes of politics into a cohesive force to affect change in a meaningful way.
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Wonderful summation
of the election and Debra Medina a working class citizen who has shown strength and direction, something this country has lacked for a very long time.
Thank you, Debra for your positive activism, you are not alone.
Prepare & Share the Message of Freedom through Positive-Peaceful-Activism.
Hear, hear.
Debra is proof that we need to 'grow our own' candidates. Just think what she is positioned to win now, if she wants to?
Integrity means having to say things that people don't want to hear & especially to say things that the regime doesnt want to hear -RonPaul
good perspective
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nearly 20% of hardcore Medina Texans is one potent percentage ...
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I'm saddened
Submitted by rokdevil on Tue, 03/02/2010
by the loss but never say that its been a waste of time or money! Debra's campaign brought many newcomers out of their homes and into the light of civic activism and Constitutional governance. These people are not going to go back to sleep and will be right there with us at the front lines of the next battle in the ongoing war for our Republic.
So, do we whine and look for scapegoats or simply buckle down and start planning the next battle?
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That's one of the best
Submitted by stuki on Tue, 03/02/2010
That's one of the best reasons for being optimistic about the future; those who have made the long, and for many, difficult and arduous, journey from "good" public school indoctrinated sheeple unquestioningly accepting whatever drivel is spewed by anyone presented as an "expert" by the man on TV; to someone sufficiently intellectually confident and coherent to line up behind Medina versus the two other clowns; will never go back.
So, except for from natural attrition due to death or illness, the only way forward for the movement is up. The only question is how fast.
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/127716#comment-1368688