Would the members of Daily Paul kindly answer this question?

I don't like it, but what can I do?

"first by inflation, then by deflation, the banks...will deprive the people of all property" -Thomas Jefferson

Here is my take on the problem.

As the RP campaign had setbacks the excitement diminished, fair-weather RP supporters left the site, and the demographics of the site changed.

The only people who were left were people who were "ardent" believers or had VERY strong feelings in or about something or someone.... Ron Paul, liberty, 9/11-truthers, chemtrails, the Illuminati, "Dr. Steve", polygamists, Bible-thumpers, atheists, etc. etc. etc.

Or.... people with a hidden agenda.

Now "True-Believers" tend to be a rather intolerant bunch. Years of being considered a "kook" by your acquaintances tends to make you even more fanatical when people question your beliefs, leading you to become even more vociferous in promoting your ideas, leading to more abrasive and abusive verbal behavior.... and a vicious cycle of intolerance and incivility sets in.

Add to that the fact that, yes, maybe this movement still scares the global fascists, not for what it is, but for what it could become. Maybe a multi-trillion dollar economy and world domination are a big enough prize to justify sponsoring an agent provocateur. His role would be to sew discord and maybe mislead the movement just enough to render it ineffective or, even worse, antagonistic to its necessary political base.
Such a person would not have to be particularly charismatic, especially if he had a few "cronies" to lend him credibility and fight his battles while he stayed largely above the fray.

When I first came on this site, it was in a transition. I was excited about the potential of the Freedom/Ron Paul movement and had real hope for the first time in a long time.

I spent HOURS crafting sincerely written, carefully crafted posts only to see them immediately get buried under an avalanche of semi-literate garbage. I had and posed what I thought were good questions and comments that were largely ignored.

Then one day I made a post about an email that my wife had received from one of the campaign staffers concerning delegate options at the national convention. I suddenly found myself viciously and personally attacked. I had my honesty questioned. I was accused of being a liar, infiltrator, and a mole.

At this point I had a choice, I could leave this site in disgust and leave it completely in the hands of the ignorant goons who had attacked me, or I could stay and fight for sanity and liberty. (Yes, I AM ALSO a fanatic and a "True-Believer"!)

Like attendees at a party with a group of obnoxious drunks, after awhile the crowd starts to thin out leaving only the obnoxious drunks, the host, and his closest friends, and party fanatics with nowhere else to go.

That is our situation today. DP is a ghost of its former self, which suits certain factions just fine.

I really do hope that They ignore this post, but I am afraid they won't. After all its their job.

We are on overload. There are so many important issues on the table that we cannot wrap our heads around all of it. We have to have a lot of relax time in order to attack the important issues. The time around our election was so intense, I wasn't sure I was going to hold myself together.
This movement has taught me more in over a year than in my whole life really. DP is mostly responsible for that.

Got to do with all talk...no action.

This phenomena is due to talk radio--Limbag and Insannity.

Somehow, they've managed to convince their audience--'republicans' that they are doing some sort of civic duty...by calling in, running their mouths, and then listening '3 hours a day.'

Notice how neither of them...rarely ever advise any action....political activitism is now reaaaaaal easy.

funny thing is, this post has already gotten more comments than your original post on S1959 too. Go figure. Maybe we are all just sick of it, and feeling quite helpless that nothing seems to get done either way. I bet if we had a way to see how many people actually read the post as opposed to commented on it, it might make you feel a little better. I think we all are getting very frustrated...and just want to be heard by somebody! Makes me feel like screaming!
BTW, I did post on the S1959 subject, just took me a while to think about it.

Still, I remember back in October when HR 1955 came up. I called my Congressman and I wrote scathing protests, but look at the impact of all our efforts. That bill sailed through without a single ripple in the rest of the country. What can we do? No one cares until it touches them, and then it will be too late.

There really isn't a reason to post on a subject that everyone here is in agreement on. Sorry if we can't keep your threads bumped forever, but there's not a lot to say.

Some discussions are simply more entertaining if you don't have 100 posts that basically say the same thing.

This thread has now been linked from the OUR NEW PROJECT thread on the home page.

Given the evidence in these threads of the "type of people" the RP supporters are, why would any Presidential candidate consider playing to such an "audience"?