Better to be active minority in GOP or support LP or Constitution Party?

party in this country and can be achieved much easier than trying to resurrect the gop. Voters don't have much of a choice with our current two party system. True, the track record for both the LP and CP are disappointing to say the least. However, both parties already have established themselves as viable parties, that are recognized in most of the 50 states. What they have needed is a viable presidential candidate who can propel them into worthy contention. Ron Paul can do that! The recent news of the Libertarian Party sending a wreath to the GOP is a step in the right direction. This showed me two things. First, the rip to gop is true. They prove unworthy of our Constitution and we the people. Second, I see this as an overture to Ron Paul to recommit to a party who represents his ideals. The majority in both the LP and the CP already support Dr. Paul as their presidential nominee. Why not join forces now? With our spirited grassroots and those veterans in both parties, we can gain much needed media attention and ensure Ron Paul is included in the upcoming presidential debates. These organizations have money to spend on a tactical campaign. Couple this with our internet following, which will recharge once the decision is made, and you will see a revolution explosion! There is much, much more to gain by this move than to continue in denial to think a couple hundred delegates (not close yet) is some how going to magically throw the convention in our favor. They want us out so let's get out in order to forge a new bolder and more realistic direction. If supporters think this is quitting, it's not. It is facing the facts. Look at ronpaul2008.com. The donations are trickling in. Why? Because in spite of all the gr efforts, little has been accomplished in winning a majority of republican voters. The GOP has no intention of letting Ron Paul gain a foothold and is determined to block him every step of the way including media blackout. On the other hand, by embracing a like-minded party, Dr. Paul will gain the media attention he richly deserves. Just changing parties will create media hype. He will now be free to genuinely attack his opponents in both parties and show the American people that he alone represents hope for the future of this great country by restoring the Constitution. Let us not quit this campaign, but rather rethink and redirect it to be most effective under the Libertarian banner. We can WIN!

Remember what Ron Paul always says about his foreign policy: its the same that Bush ran on in 2000. While I have personally given hundreds of dollars and hours to the campaign, I have always known that there is about a 90% chance we'll be seeing a democratic president soon because of the Bush bungling of both foreign and economic policy. The GOP is going to have to wander in the wilderness for a while, and it is during this time that it will splinter and look for a unifying message. A return to conservatism can come out of this, but only if we are a part of the party.

The huge bulk of the party sees it more in terms of us vs. them, red vs. blue, either we're winning or losing and they're going to believe the republicans in charge regardless of the issues. They don't have any stance themselves, they do as they're told. We need to be the ones telling them what to believe!

The truth is that you need a blind mass of people pulling the 'R' or the 'D' lever for you to actually get elected.

Is that the LP spends a LOT of its time arguing about esoteric topics that have no possibility of coming to fruition, like the best two methods of how to privative all the roads and/or bridges in the state.

And then once they get it down to the best TWO methods, they of course get into a heated argument that splits the local members down to the point that half of them leave to for their OWN local libertarian group, which meets and discusses the best two remaining sub-methods of how to privative all the roads and/or bridges in the state, which leads to...

ad nauseum

And only on RARE occasions -- they will find some "celebrity" candidate to use in an attempt to "seize the crown" and run as Governor or something and then invest in a flurry of political activity securing ballot access, etc.

So... though I would think from my statement above that my choice is pretty obvious... better to get liberty-minded people together (the ones who are actually WILLING to do some solid long-term work) and get yourself and them involved in returning the Republican party to it's roots and core values. Since this has actually succeeded in getting people elected, and then *almost* succeeded in rolling back some parts of government, I think it is much more likely to be successful.

In addition, we have to remember that it is NOT just the office of President that matters -- there are hundreds of elected officials, and thousands of bureaucrats on a LOCAL basis that can make our lives much more oppressed and which need to be rolled back as well. The LP is pretty much useless in getting people (or yourself) into these posts, whereas the GOP is does so on a regular basis (we just need to improve their faithfulness to Liberty -- plenty enough of a task w/o reinventing the wheel again).

Infiltrating and taking back the Republican party is a no brainer. I have been advocating that to Libertarians and CP folks for years but many wanted to lynch me. Now they know there is enough people to do it.

Don't hold out because of LP or CP party pride or just because of what the neocons have done the Republican label. It doesn't matter what we're called what matters is that we take the power back from them that they have stolen from us.

If I thought the LP or CP had a shot I would go to them in a heart beat, but they don't. Start taking back your local parties and running Ron Paul Republicans for congress and your local state houses. That's how we will take this country back.

If we take back our state houses we can nullify the federal government and their schemes.

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If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin. Samuel Adams

They promote old wornout ideas that they claim are "conservative" but they don't have a clue what "conservative" truly means. The GOP is the party of corporate greed, war, Patriot Act, Gitmo, Wall Street, and more.

I support Dr.Paul. That's it.

he effected the Democrats by joining them more than he did when he was green, or what ever he was.

You never change something by leaving it.

I have been registered to the Republican Party since I was 18. After this election I plan to switch to the constitution party. I don't have a problem with the Libertarian Party execpt for legalizing drugs ( I have seen what they do to people first hand). Plus the Libertarian has a problem with Ron Paul on the issuse of free trade. I hope all the Libertarian people here aren't offended, just my humble opinoin.