After This Election, I am Leaving The GOP and I Let Them Know It

Don't leave. We need you, and everyone else for that matter. Don't leave the GOP...take over the GOP!

Face it, bro. The two party system is here to keep other parties marginalized.

...and he should abandon his bid for Congress.

Above all, he needs to recognize that he's just warming a seat in Washington.

If he left, he could have a far greater impact doing good works with our support OUTSIDE the system, just like Al Gore is doing (moving on has been especially kind to Al Gore).

I think Ron could be far more effective giving up his old job and taking advantage of his global appeal. Going back to Congress is a waste of the message and the messenger.

Now THAT would be a genuine REVOLUTION!!!

Um, I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but when people say I'm leaving the GOP if Ron doesn't win, I cringe.
Thats EXACTLY what the neo-cons want. A failed Paul campaign, and then for everyone and all his supporters to leave the GOP
It seems quite obvious that their plans would be right back on track if we left.
Remember, we are a new force in the GOP. Lets take advantage of that. If Dr. Paul doesn't win the nomination, that should encourage us to recruit even more constitutionalists into the party, since there's a lack there of.

So please, if Dr. Paul looses, it's clearly our fault; and since the GOP is made up of ummm, People, we should work to replace the inefficient, with the efficient.

We are Ron Paul

I'm done with all parties. I don't even think there should be "parties". It is a way to divide the people, not unite them. We are individuals. We should vote according to issues, not on party platforms.

Dr. Paul has run as an independent before, and he learned that the process is so onerous for alternative parties, that it makes more sense to try to fix one of the major parties instead.

The Republicans are about to lose in a landslide. The last time that happened, when Carter destroyed Ford, it was an opportunity for the Republican party to get its act together and choose Ronald Reagan.

The same thing will happen this time, too. The party will want to know how they got beat so bad, and the answer is obvious: they tried to play the Socialists' game. What's the solution? Be Republicans again: choose candidates who will vote for small government, sound money, and a humble foreign policy.

The way have an effect is not to stream out of the Republican party when this election cycle is over, but to get everyone you can INTO the Republican party.

As for the Libertarians, anytime there's a Libertarian candidate who you support, then by all means vote for him.

-jcr

It's MY party, and I'll cry if I want to.

GOP was stolen by neo-tards.
I want it back.

It still has name recognition. It still has a symbol (The Elephant)
I think it would be faster to fix the GOP, than to re-establish Libertarian party.
It's still established as a main party, and thats an important part of the battle.

Nike. Apple. Starbucks. Disney. Coke. Republican.

When a successful company sells their business, part of the purchase price includes all the "good will" that company name has engendered. The new owners of the company may suck big time, but because they still use the established name, people believe they're getting the same quality they had before, even if things aren't quite, well, as good as they were before. Yet they continue to purchase the familiar brand. That's because the brand name still means something to a LOT of people, regardless of the actual content.

Suppose that the Libertarian Party somehow became mangled and rotten through and through; they would still probably call themselves the "Libertarian Party" because brand marketing works, and the party would want to retain as many loyal "customers" as they ever had with that particular name. And while many in the LP would smell the coffee, there are plenty who would continue to stay with the party because, hey, it's the "Libertarian Party"!

The brand named "The Republican Party" is a long established name. It has actually changed quite dramatically over the many years of its existence (did I need to tell you that?), but notice that the brand "Republican" still means something to a LOT of people, regardless of the actual content.

Are you getting this?

I gave up my Libertarian membership specifically so I could support Ron Paul. I left a personally-preferred alternate brand name, in order to support and promote a product of actual substance, who happens to use the brand name of a "major" party that I don't personally care for. Clearly, I'm not the only one who has done this. While being registered as a Republican makes me nauseous, I recognize that the name is nothing more than a label.

We now have the opportunity to make that label mean something other than what it has meant in recent history. We have the power to restore it to its original intent. This is called rebranding. And when done with confidence and dedication, let me tell you: rebranding WORKS.

We have a great many supporters in this revolution, numbers that are growing every day. Strength in numbers, friends. "Join or Die", remember? So, we join together, throw all of our efforts *within* the Republican Party, and what happens to the brand?

The substance of it changes dramatically.
We don't have to change the name of the brand (the label). We don't want to.
Those who have been "customers" of the Republican brand will continue to "shop" Republican -- and they'll begin to notice a fresher taste about it, too.

However, when we retreat to our various corners (Libertarian, Constitutionalist, Decline To State, etc.), then our resources become scattered and impotent. All our accumulated aggregate power vanishes.

What I propose, and others have also proposed, is nothing short of a hostile takeover, but done in a very smooth and friendly manner, not unlike our delegate operation. Infiltrate. Smile and nod and chant the brand name. Change it from the inside.

This can be done. It's been done before. Just look at Ron Paul. The Republican(tm).