More foolish acts HURT RP campaign

Flag this garbage-TROLL droppings

V for vendetta

Should we assume that these are RP supporters? I am one of the older supporters in our Meet-Up Group where the majority are under 30 years of age. We are a large group, and I am continually amazed at the maturity and respect shown by these young men and women. I think we should not point fingers at these supporters, but rather ask the question "who gains the most from disruptive actions attributed to the RP camp?" They can't find any dirt on our candidate, so the RP rEVOLution groups are going to be targeted on an ever-increasing scale. I will bet on that!!!

Chalk every street corner in your town, suburb, city, metropolis... Thousands of people stand there every day, waiting for the "Walk" sign. Looking down and seeing "www.ronpaul2008.com" on the sidewalk (at every corner) makes them think, at least.

"Cheers for liberty, my man."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qpVWPlqSAw&feature=related

"The question isn't who is going to let me, it's who is going to stop me." - Ayn Rand
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One apology is enough we don't need to bombard this poor man with phone calls, he'll probably have you arrested for harassment...I would. People do stupid things, we gotta accept it and move on. We can't be spending are precious time chasing after this small number of people apologizing for every stupid little thing somebody does or we'll never get anything done.

It makes sense that they would do this perfect evidence is the fist line i gleaned from a post earlier in this thread. And it said this "Im an older voter and this turns me off" (nothing bad meant to the person who said that just using it as the closest evidence of a successful subversion). We who support Ron do so because we are informed, It does not make sense we would go through all this work and all of the sudden turn into Neanderthals. Be aware this is somethying that is basically free and can have large negative effects. What would be nice to see maybe the local meetup group there could voice there dissaproval of the act and maybe even offer to help clean it up. These people are ready to be an soulless puppet Bush clone. And they are probably willing to do just about anything to keep the current direction of the country going exactly the same. Some paint and vandalism isnt much of a sleep loser when they think US casualties is perfectly acceptable.

For those interested in contacting the Benton County Administration with your sympathies, regrets, etc., here is their phone number:

479-271-1000

From there, you can ask to speak to Mr. Mike McGinnis, the County maintenance building manager. I will update this post as need be with further contact information for those interested.

For now, I sent a letter to the editor:

Dear citizens of Benton County, Arkansas:

I am a Ron Paul supporter and I am deeply concerned about the vandalism reportedly carried out by my fellows. Even though it was written in chalk, the principle remains the same. Dr. Paul is a strong advocate of property rights, and those Paul supporters did more harm than good with their vandalism.

I wish all good citizens of Benton County to know that these acts are not the norm, nor are they condoned by the vast majority of Dr. Paul's supporters. In fact, most, like myself, are cognizant enough to realize that these acts cause more harm than good.

Again, my sincerest apologies on behalf of all Ron Paul supporters for the actions carried out by a select minority.

Sincerely,
Brad Vagasky
Marysville, CA

No signs on county property, ok, no biggie. But a different campaign supporter could've easily chalked the wall to make it 'look' like a Ron Paul supporter did it.

"We've been removing Ron Paul signs and now this happens," McGinnis said. "I wouldn't think an adult would do something like that, but why would a kid do something like this - for a presidential race ? We're still going to keep pulling up the signs."

I love it.. these guys have no idea that ALOT of young people, including myself at 19, support Dr. Paul.

This is minor compaired to what we will have leading up to novermber. Americans are hurting and it will get alot worse than this. The next President will have a tsunami of econimic conditions to deal with along with the clusterfuck overseas. Only Ron Paul has the correct answers.

Unintended consequences are not always bad ones.

The article clearly shifts the blame to some idiot that did it and not Ron Paul. Besides, it was chalk... anyone reading that is going to think "not a big deal" to themselves.

And it very effectivly gets out "Who is Ron Paul" and "ronpaul2008.com"

If I didn't know who he was, I'd probably type that into my browswer right as I was reading it to find out who he was.

It was Written in CHALK!! Come on....this is harmless. CHALK people......it washes off and blows away!!!!!!! Read the entire article before you post...... OMG they used sidewalk chalk to express the truth. I actually commend these people for doing this...no matter what you people say. I am 41, and I use the sidewalk chalk to promote RP everyday!!!!! It rains..and it is gone...no harm done. Also, use the window stuff from Walmart on your back window of your car.....gets lots of positive honks. Wipes of in seconds!!

and send him tons of apology letter or flowers or something. He'll be stunned and we may have a new recruit.

Paul is not going to try and control grassroots efforts, nor could he hope to stop every idiot who does stuff like this.
If it's not from official campaign, don't worry about it.

The media is going to portray Paul negatively even if Paul himself saved a whole army of endangered people.

Get use to it.

this coming from a true Ron Paul supporter of legal voting age. Sabotage could easily be blamed here. Judging from the areas hit they we're definitely youngsters. V for Vendetta... the little girl in glasses.. when you saw her tagging that wall did you say.." Man thats really gonna screw up Vendetta's Campaign!" Maybe when we catch em we can try them as adults...Give em the chair! **rolls eyes** Also keep in mind who all uses Arkansas as their stomping grounds. More than one person in this race. A smear piece coming out of Arkansas is hardly going to hurt the campaign.

It's almost impossible to dislodge a voter on the account of Dr. Paul.

The solution oriented message is that strong. Other candidate's support is paper thin and easily changeable. Ron Paul represents the majority opinion of the country on just about every major issue: Government is too strong, Lower Taxes, Stop Inflation, Parents Rights over Administrator's Priviledges, Stop funding every country in the world with my money, Constitution first, Live and Let Live on Social Issues, get Government out of your life, Against Iraq, For a Border Fence, And with a cursory dig of his record, you know he means it. Tough to unsell that once sold.

So if I were an opposition specialist, I would dislodge the supporter by attacking with another "supporter." Give the supporters a bad rap, and the undecided won't want to be associated with a winning message on the account of "guilt by association." That's what's happening here.

It looks like dirty campaign tricks to me, being brought to us by people who HATE Ron Paul, HATE his supporters. The same people who write "Mickey Mouse" on a cometitor's petition for ballot access. People who KNOW they can't win unless they also work harder to defeat their competition with dirty tricks that "You can't proove". I've met allot of Ron Paul supporters and I'm sorry, but what you discribe is NOT the people I'm meeting supporting Ron Paul, and I happen to like ALL the Ron Paul people I meet. ALL of them. I wish we could STOP hating and accusing each other for crimes against the campaign. We have REAL enemies and it's NOT each other. Maybe the song, RESPECT YOURSELF should be a theme song for this campaign to remind US?

Here's a very astute comment from the L.A. times article, "Ron Paul - Loser Again"

"Very few women and minorities support him. His supporters are diverse in class, political parties, etc, but they all seem to be young, white guys. You're not going to draw support from the masses by having that demographic as your support base. A lot of his supporters are over-zealous, domineering, and annoying. When most people experience that, it drives them away."

It was just chalk graffiti. Chalk washes away with the rain. I kind of like it.

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supporters vote 100 time in a straw poll, knock peoples signs out of their hands and stand on them.
Hillary's people kontrol, and count the votes.
Hucks people kill brown people for Jayyssuuss,

And ya'll want to knock the angry villager routine??????

The angry villagers have got Ron 20 million dollars and the 4th amount of votes in this primary.

Quit griping and get madddd!!!!!!!!

When I see Ron Paul signs that look like they were made by fourth graders, and stickers on public property, and those phony twenty dollar bills on the ground, and red-faced people screaming in megaphones, and cars with totally over-the-top Ron Paul stuff scribbled all over them, and graffiti (even if it IS with that chalk that DOESN'T wash off all surfaces easily), I cringe.

I want all Ron Paul supporters to behave in a way that doesn't scare new people off. The more our movement looks like a civil disturbance, the more people are going to buy into the "kook" label. Most people don't WANT civil disturbance. In fact, my Father emailed me just yesterday saying that he can't support Ron Paul anymore because there are 9/11 Truthers among his supporters. It took me months to get my Dad to let go of the world empire and support Ron Paul. Once he cools off I think I can get him to see reason. But the impression we make as supporters have an effect on the movement. We should be presenting an image to people that makes them feel safe to join us. People want the President to have dignity and wisdom. Painting "Fox Sucks, vote Ron Paul" on the sidewalk presents the opposite image.

However, there isn't anything you or I can do about policing the movement. Ron Paul attracts all kinds of people under the banner of freedom. And they will show their love and their concern and their commitment in a variety of ways, some palatable to the majority of the public and some disturbing, depending on their character. It's a force of nature.

So now I just shake my head and remind myself that sometimes love isn't pretty. Hahahahahaha!

Peace