I'm Curious. How many here on DP were involved in the political process this past year and what did you do?

First I donated $50. I did sign waves and always stood in the right hand turn lane with literature to pass out. I NEVER saw sense in just waving a sign! Then I became a regional coordinator, then a state co-coordinator. I put a RP rally together, and fought the campaign staff tooth and nail to make it a success. They were far worse than "not helpful." They waffled on location, date, everything to the point I was afraid no one would show up. It got advertised for the wrong city at the wrong date, because someone from the campaign told another regional coordinator a lie. Sorry, shall I sugar coat that? Gave wrong information to him.
My husband is far more "electable" than me, so I ran a campaign to get him elected PCP. I canvassed our precinct three times. I canvassed 6 precincts in mine and the adjoining counties, some for people who never bothered to canvass their won... I spearheaded a phone call effort to get PCPs around the state, I lost count but it was over 100 people I walked through the PCP and convention processes, the blind leading the blind. I would figure out the regulation, code, rule, whatever, and tell everybody as soon as I figured it out. We really focused on getting to know the businesspeople in our community. My husband lost his PCP race, but the lady who won resigned and nominated him to replace her, so he is the PCP after all. Meanwhile, we became State Committeeman and Woman for our county. We were delegates to the State Convention and the Ron Paul bound delegates to the RNC.
I fought to have our "Ron Paul" candidates take a big stand on the "Sound Currency Plank" we were SO proud to have added to the state platform. They REFUSED to discuss it. This includes a personal friend of Ron Paul's and Phil Hart of "AFTF" nominal fame. REFUSED to discuss it. Our state central committee meeting was last week. Turns out they STILL refuse to speak out boldly on any position. The folks in the meetup now designate the other state co-coordinator as THE state coordinator, denying my very existence, which really hurts. At the RNC, our spokesman pretended we did not exist, and cast our states delegates for McCain as if it were unanimous. NONE of the Ron Paul bound delegates complained except my husband and I. The people I sent all the information to have been scattered to the wind, and the meetup organizers took a vote and decided to refuse to allow me to post events. (I was doing free 9-11 movies and End the Fed protests. Ron Paul himself stabbed me in the back on those efforts. Chew on that. I chewed on it (and similar things) all I could, and I no longer respect or trust him. Sorry.)
So, now I am deeply in debt, ironically enough. I was 2 years from completely out of debt except the home I lived in, but we decided we would do ALL WE COULD, and that included maxing out the credit card. I have no allies left, they all insist I shut up about whatever their pet peeve is. When I want to discuss PRACTICAL things like barter networks, or off-grid technologies, because there is NO political solution that can happen fast enough, gang, be realistic... Anyway, I am called a quitter or worse...
Now I advocate for truth. I had my own son chew me a new butt-hole this weekend because I am through letting men tell me the creator is a man. It is stupid, it is verbal laziness, and it is insulting to the senses when women clearly have a part in creating life... So, I politely point this out to a guy who is eating my food in my home... He acknowledges my point, and 2 sentences later is back with the "Heavenly Father" crap. I told him I insist on a place where the creator can transcend gender; my home. He left, my son got mad and said I would never have any more friends if I act like this. Well, I don't WANT friends that insist on speaking in lies. If this man had given me a rational explanation for why he insists the creator is a man, or even indicated he truly believed the creator is a man, I would leave him to his beliefs. But he ADMITTED the creator transcends gender, and continued to engage in verbally reinforcing a deeply entrenched lie. If we want TRUTH to be honored, WE must honor it with every breath!
I have this AMAZING blessing of a handful of people who can stand at the edge of the abyss with me, stare in, and not fall. I won't say I never blink, but at this point in my journey I have no need of friends who are unable to sustain the view. They hold me back - draw me into the fear games and such.
I know there are a handful of you here. You may not agree with MY understanding, but you agree with the notion of honoring TRUTH. Thank you, you are the few who are actually fighting the GOOD fight.

reading about all the amazing efforts and activity people put out from their hearts and minds this past year and half.

That is why I posted this.

Back in September when the Campaign for Liberty hosted our own convention here in Mpls, I will never forget in the line up at the mall waiting to have our books signed by Ron, I talked to people from all over the States and Canada that came for this amazing event. We each exchanged such invigorating stories about our involvement.

So being able to share that here as a record not just for posterity, but to also show the rest of the country and the world that we are a 'political force' to reckon with.

It ain't over, its just the beginning. Because the bubbling enthusiasm that we all hold so dear spills over so many times in our day to day conversations with those who don't know it yet.

But this is a 'viral' thing and as the news gets out after each State Republican party election and more and more of our folks take their places. Things are gonna change because we 'want' them to and we are willing to do the work.

Campaign for Liberty will be offering crash courses throughout the State to 'groom' those delegates/alternates. So I hope you are all members of C4L by now and if you are NOT, go here ASAP and get involved now!

http://www.campaignforliberty.com/

I maxed out my donation to the presidential campaign at $2,300.00

"The true patriot is motivated by a sense of responsibility and out of self-interest for himself, his family, and the future of his country to resist government abuse of power. He rejects the notion that patriotism means obedience to the state. Resistance need not be violent, but the civil disobedience that might be required involves confrontation with the state and invites possible imprisonment" - Ron Paul

Yeah, I bought all that mom, apple pie and red white and blue forever growing up in the 50's like most everybody else did.

At seventeen I got this bright idea to become a U.S. Marine. I had to pinch myself that wasn't a bad dream. When I got to boot camp I wondered what happened to mom, apple pie and the red white and blue ? These people were out of control sadists, slapping, kicking, sucker punching, and torturing us in recruit training. Obviously they were not winning my "hearts and minds". It took awhile to figure it out. We were not the protectors of the "Bill of Rights, our shoreline, our homes, like we thought we would be, but American Pirates, Shanghaied, into Colonial Capitalism.

I pretty much kept my Marine experience to myself, excepting not letting my two children go. My son, at 12, somehow got to go to Junior Army boot camp with some older kids; I never had to tell him not to join after that.

Around 2003, I learned how to use a computer and migrated over to a couple quasi Marine Corps web-sites. At first, I was accepted by the brotherhood of phony tough and crazy brave and my service applauded, Cuba and Vietnam. Then, when I started "truthing", all hell broke loose. Before I could get banned another former Marine, a Black Sergeant told me about Ron Paul. At first I ignored checking Ron Paul out, basically my mind-set was '"Fuk" politicians. This former Marine sergeant kept urging me to check Ron Paul out, and as a favor to him I did.

Ron Paul restored my faith in,"what could be", and I became an active supporter with time and money. I joined a local meet-up, canvassed my neighborhood getting petitions signed, passing out slim Jim's, signs in my front yard, signs at my polling station, signs in the neighborhood, bumper stickers and donating to the money bombs.

I have no regrets and would gladly do it again, even knowing we wouldn't win. Some things are worth dieing for.