Drafting Ron Paul for President - Doug Wead

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Stossel

John Stossel --- 62, knows the issues & knows how to come across on TV
Ron Paul --- 73, also knows the issues & knows how to come across on TV

The TWO big difference is LIKABILITY and NORMALCY.

John Stossel has both. Ron Paul has neither. (and yes it pains me to say that cause I love the Good Doctor so)

Let me talk about NORMALCY. John, unlike most libertarians and even Ron Paul though he tried, has the GREAT ability to seem like the NORMAL one when presenting the freedom argument and making the other look EXTREME.

Among Republicans Ron Paul is an extremist and among Democrats he is an ultra extremist.....THAT spells death to getting lots and lots of votes.

John Stossel, both with lots of Likability and Normalcy, will get lots and lots of votes from the Big Grand Middle CENTRIST VOTERS EVERYWHERE -- those with little ideological inclination and just vote PERSONALITY.

Take a few days to ponder...

In Peace and Liberty,
Treg

Ron Paul is second to none. It has to be him. It doesn't matter that he can't win. Only he can provide the traction that is need to bring the revolution to fruition. He has love on his side because we love him. Do not underestmate this.
Remember how all the candidates started imitating his sucesses during the campaign? This will happen 10 fold the next time around. His ideas will florish.

And while he is totally unflappable, consistent, principled, and I would definitely support him regardless, Obama has put the nail in the coffin as far as any real statesman like RP being elected.

It's all about the Cult of Personality now, and Ron Paul is just too darn down to earth and grounded to run with that pack of dogs.

Last, there are just way too many people who can't get past the 'wasted vote' syndrome. The Republicrats have the whole thing rigged their way anyway. Ron: makes sense, speaks his mind, tells the truth, isn't in it for the power, the money or the retirement benefits, and doesn't play the politics of pull. In short, he has none of the crass skills and slickster mentality needed to succeed in smarmy American politics at a national level. Thank God there is someone like him. But it is his cross - and ours - to bear.

We will need a true crisis - a blood-in-the-streets, collapsing-dollar, bring-down-the-government type crisis for a man like RP to be elected. We might just get it, but that's what it will take.

The good Doctor knows his mind races faster then his mouth. I would love to see him as President. we have 2 choices, either get the Doc some help with the way he presents himself (sometimes His hair is sticking up in interviews, Probably from ripping it out dealing with these Blockheads) & the way he Speaks his thoughts or ask him whom he thinks we should support. at the very least I would like to see him running our Treasury.

No, as much as I love the good doctor, NO, he should not run, cannot Win, and will not win.

Look, before you throw stones, notice I been on DP for a very long time. Notice too that I am still very active, (its an addiction really), and also know that I have been a Ron Paul supporter since I met him in 1985 in Florida and again in 1988 when he ran on the LP ticket and so on.

Yes I even knocked on 279 doors as a Republican (puke) PC! Most of all in 2007 I LISTENED to my many Republican neighbors talk, reason, and tell me why they would NOT vote for Ron Paul or whoever. For most, Ron Paul was not "Tough enough". I learned if you are going to push Peace, then you better be off the wall TOUGH in persona so you can pull it off. Perhaps Ronald Reagan knew this and in so doing, had the gravitas and balls to suggest to Gorby to destroy all nukes?

Anyway, I have an email database of over 800 people. Now, 659 of those are NOT Ron Paul people, voters or supporters. But suffer as they do each week since 2007, they get Cartoons, Ron Paul essays, and videos of all kinds...100% Ron Paul propaganda from me....

Here is what I wish to share with you DOUG WEED.

I did an email blast to everyone on my 800 plus email list, full of centrists and liberals and conservatives and independents and Ron Paul faithful. I listed lots of names, Tom Selleck, Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Rudy Giuliani, Fred Thompson, Jesse Ventura, Peter Schiff, John Stossel, Gary Hart, Ted Danson, Gary Johnson, John McCain, John Kyle, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckleberry, Romney, Newt, Jerry Seinfeld, Chris Mathews, Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, Matt Damon, Cane, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a dozen other republican presidential wannabees ...etc...and many many others over 45 names in all.

I asked two questions.

1) In a two man "head to head" Presidential debate, who could go up against President Obama in 2012 and actually get YOUR vote and Win the Presidency?

2) Who can best carry the Ron Paul Revolution message into 2012 and Win the Presidency?

First answer: John Stossel.
In a two man debate John Stossel would out "I CARE" Barack Obama.

Second answer. John Stossel.

Now stop and think about that one.

Even the Ron Paul faithful, [but only half dozen votes short], picked John Stossel over Ron Paul. I was also personally surprised at how bad Peter Schiff did because I have sent out dozens and dozens of his videos and essays. Tom Selleck did better that Peter Schiff and I never send out anything by him. Amazing. Seleck did better perhaps because its unclear where he is at on most issues. Is most famous run in being how he handled a liberal female talk show host and a commercial that promotes the importance of men as fathers.

Now I do not know if John Stossel would even consider running; why should he? He's got a nice life, why mess it up?

But one thing is clear to me, he is WELL LIKED and RESPECTED by both liberals and conservatives and of course the Ron Paul Faithful.

The second thing is clear to me, HE KNOWS TV. He knows the tricks of that world, he knows "Sound Bites", and he knows "how to come across" to be seen as the "sensible" one rather than the one with "extreme views" that are "out there".

Perhaps the most important thing about John Stossel, is he does not have to sell himself. He is not and I repeat, NOT A NEW PRODUCT to be introduced to the public and sold to the public. He is a known personality, a trusted personality that has been inside of everyone's homes on 20/20 for over 20 years. He is believable, trustworthy, LOOKS THE PART, and when this country is in the depth of pain in 2012, this country will want SOMEONE who is NOT a professional Politician who has a long record of "asking the tough questions" and arguing for the "common sense" policies that could make us Freer, Safer, Richer, and even Happier.

For all the reasons above, I would strongly suggest we get a DRAFT John Stossel 2012 web site up. I would strongly suggest we get it funded. How hard can that be? He is KNOWN among us, I trust him with my $100 bucks, wouldn't you? It would be especially trust worthy if the rules of how the money was to be handled and used and given on a PDF we all could read and see and then the fund itself managed by a reputable CPA firm as trustee of the fund. $100 could get us a vote come decision time. Rules of the fund could be written for all to see, transparency everywhere.

Think about it. We could have John Stossel be the highest funded Republican Candidate NOT EVEN WILLING TO RUN in 2011.

Talk about MEDIA ATTENTION!!!!!!!!

Other Republicans would DIE to have the TV exposure that John Stossel has had. Republicans such as Huckabee is doing his best with his Fox TV show. McRomney is still out there and so is Palin and so is Vjay and Cist and dozen other wantabees... but should we, the R3VOLution get behind John Stossel for 2012 NOW... fund it NOW, that would scare the living hell out of most other Republican Wannabees.

Ok, you ask, "WELL, what if John Stossel says NO?

Answer: STILL WE DO IT!!!!!

Here is why we still do it. We create the John Stossel 2012 campaign. As the months and years roll by and John Stossel says no, TV exposure would be priceless for our R3VOLUtionary cause. "John Stossel, the RP R3volution people have held 5 money bombs and are now up to $5 million, do you still say no? And what if they get up $20 million, as some has suggested is their goal, would you run then?"

Lets say John Stossel says No, No, No all the way up to 2011. What then?

What then is we have BUILT and FUNDED our R3VOLutionary Presidential Campaign for 2012....

THE AVAILABLE 2012 MONEY WILL CREATE THE NEWS FRENZY.

The MEDIA will than ask us in the Revolution, "Who is your next choice, Ron Paul again? or someone else? Who could it be? Who should it be? Who wants it?"

The MEDIA will be helping us vet our own RP Revolutionary for us. Our job is to fund the RP R3VOLution GRASSROOTS movement. We must keep it funded and healthy and strong and a ready to be a huge force in 2011. The more we grow ourselves, the more the outside world will take us all seriously. As the economic collapse happens, John Stossel is a trusted political name from which we could build our movement.

In Peace & Liberty,

Treg

PS. My own parents, two 69 year old retired school teachers, would vote John Stossel. (I AM SIMPLY AMAZED) Now you need to know they are true-blue teacher union loving liberal democrats to the core and frantic ObamaBots... yet listen to how their mind works (crazy I know but hey, they are typical voters)::

"Honey in a televised debate where John Stossel was really has a chance to win against Obama, then yes I would be very hard pressed to vote again for Obama, especially if the economy is worse. I would have to see how the economy looks in 2012 and if Obama brought our troops home and created jobs like he's promised. You might be right about the economy but I have "hope". Your dad and I think the economy will be fine come 2012, just like after Bill Clinton, so we will vote again for Obama. But if not, I could see myself voting for John Stossel, he's not so bad a Republican, but I am sorry, never for your Ron Paul. I know you love him but we could never see ourselves voting for the extreme views of Ron Paul. Beside he was much too old to run this time around and so I would just give Obama another chance. Love Mom"