Phase 2 of Ron Paul's Political Strategy
Received this in a email, thought it was worth posting on DP. This individual, Gary North, served as Ron Paul's research assistant in his first term in Congress, 1976. He has spent the last three decades in direct mail.
January 9, 2007
In Phase 1 of Ron Paul's political strategy, he achieved national name recognition among conservatives and libertarians, raised over $28 million, assembled a huge data base -- a postage-free data base -- and got network TV interviews all over YouTube, which are permanent. Nothing like this has ever been done in the history of libertarianism.
The mainstream media perceive none of this. All they perceive is the vote percentages in the primaries. This is a good thing. The blinder the mainstream media are to what is really going on here, the better.
My concern is that his recent recruits will be equally as short-sighted. So, I am writing this report.
THE MEDIA'S MEMORY HOLE
Ron Paul has been unofficially dropped down the mainstream media's memory hole.
The decision of Fox News to exclude him from the televised debate in New Hampshire was indicative of what was soon to come. In reporting the New Hampshire election results, the press did not list his name, even though he came close to beating Giuliani. It is clear that the mainstream media will no longer report on his campaign. He has become an also-ran even while he is still running.
The man-bites-dog aspect of his campaign -- the size of his on-line fund-raising -- is no longer media worthy. His numbers in the primaries are too low to pose a threat to the Establishment in 2008. He is yesterday's news.
He can and should maintain the official position that he is still running for President. That position will be non-news. Non-news is just what the doctor ordered.
When the media finally go away, he can get down to business.
What I am about to describe is a strategy that involves quietly moving below the media's radar. There is no reason for him to announce to the media, "My campaign has now moved to phase 2." I am sure he won't.
PHASE 2
Every day that he stays in this race is another day of gathering e-mail addresses and (I hope) zip codes.
No less than 80% of his campaign spending should be devoted to running ads that produce e-mail addresses, zip codes, and donations for running more ads. Everything else is peripheral.
What I propose here is a strategy for long-term political victory. I am willing to post the basics of this strategy here because I am not posting all of it. It will therefore get no attention from the mainstream news media. This article is "hidden in plain site." It is sufficient that a hard core of his hard corps see it here and forward it to friends. My recommended strategy begins with word of mouse.
The mainstream media have a very short attention span. When you think "mainstream media" think "attention deficit disorder." The media simply cannot ADD things up. They cannot and will not connect the dots.
It is amazing what a dedicated group can accomplish at the bottom of the media's memory hole.
The two crucial questions are these: (1) How dedicated is Ron Paul's hard corps? (2) How future-oriented are they as individuals?
Out of cyberspace has come a total of $28 million in donations to Ron Paul's campaign. There will be more before the Republican national convention. If spent wisely -- and not all in 2008 -- this money can become the foundation of a new political movement.
The most important asset this movement possesses is a political leader with the following attributes:
A consistent worldview
A voting record to match this worldview
Widespread trust
A national audience
Three decades of real-world experience
A bully pulpit: a seat in Congress
A Congressional research staff
Several million dollars in his campaign kitty
E-mail lists (no postage or printing costs)
Supporters who are fed up with the political system
YouTube presence
New, low-cost, decentralized communications technologies
Technologically savvy supporters: "nerds with attitude"
Before his presidential campaign, Ron Paul was known to a small core of hard-money newsletter subscribers (old folks) and readers of LewRockwell.com. He was not nationally known. He is now. The media made this possible. So did YouTube. Those YouTube videos of his network guest appearances can become recruiting tools for a long-term program of recruiting and training.
This would not have been technologically possible in 2004.
Today, a new group of people know him, trust him, and will pay attention to what he recommends. It is an identifiable group: e-mail addresses and donation receipts. He can communicate with them very inexpensively. He can do it through his campaign organization. He does not need to involve his Congressional staff.
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NOT AGAIN... this is Gary North's personal pipe dream...
It's been posted here time and time again.
As I've said before it is a dangerous and very problematic idea. Current campaign funds SHOULD NOT be used to set up anything of the kind; it would amount to little more than outright fraud.
Those funds were raised from people who were NOT investing in a "long-term" educational foundation, but rather by people who wanted to fund a Presidential Primary campaign.
If Gary North -- or even Ron Paul -- truly want to set up such an organization, I say "WONDERFUL IDEA" -- but they need to raise funds for it separately and independently from the money raised for the campaign.
BTW, look at the date on Gary's article -- he was proposing doing this with virtually the ENTIRE $20M raised in the 4th Qtr -- which to me is disgustingly unethical.
Great article
In my canvassing for RP, I've come across quite a few like-minded people. I have my own database of people in my precinct that are not afraid to be activists for a candidate or cause in which they believe. A couple of them have even run for office before.
My suggestion for right now is to focus on your precinct only. We can work on getting orgainzed on a larger scale as progress is made. We're not going to jump out and start taking over the governers' offices right away. Start with City Council, School Board, County Commissioners, etc. As those people gain momentum, then start going for state reps and senators.
That's not to say that we shouldn't support those running for higher offices, only that I think I can have the most impact locally right now.
My $.02.
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Thank You
for posting this. If we could all somehow come together and stay united--we could TOTALLY do this! I know we'd all support each other, if we only had a little more organization and help to know what we're doing. Anyone have any ideas about how to better organize? ( I liked the fact that was pointed out about zip code info databases.....could be a great benefit if we could have access to it through the campaign..)
This sound great
and it really could be exciting to see Dr. Paul back in the hunt, but what about the delegates? The Grand Old Party seems hell bent on getting McCain all the delegates necessary to crown him "Nominee". I don't see how all the database information in the world can do anything about that, once the nominee is locked.
This is referring to...
This is not referring to the presidential campaign directly. Yes we need to focus on delegates and getting more delegates, but this is referring to the "long view."
Most people see up to the election. We need to see the next 100 years. Work in the present view, work for the long view...
Until the Election is Won!
Chaplain Steve
Ron Paul - Lion of the Constitution
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I think this info is important for everyone to read on dailypaul.
Emails/Myspace
When I first came across this, I emailed and posted it on myspace bulletins. I got great feedback. I suggest everyone do the same.
WE are the new media!
This is great! I highly
This is great! I highly recommend everyone read the whole thing, then run for city council, or school board, etc...
I have a question though. Could Ron Paul's database be used to support us locals? I mean, if I was running for some position here in Brooklyn, could his database be used somehow to unite local support? We still have the meetup groups, I guess, though I doubt those are nearly as comprehensive.
I plan on finding out if there's anything I can feasibly run for.
In most cases of local government, I understand, it's not a full-time job, so we can still follow our other careers.
Mmm... this is a good start, but this slow but steady strategy may be too little too late. I believe we have to win this NOW! Sorry if that's to ADD.
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Great article
Agree with the emphasis on homeschool,but NO curriculum.
I/we 'unschool',and I want no regulation or emphasis in order to create a truly free society in the future. This is the best way.
The specifics of it are individual.
We do not want to create Ron Paul automatons!!!!
This is a freedom movement,not a Ron Paul movement,remember?
www.johntaylorgatto.com for 'The Complete Underground History of American Education'.
For anyone who has attended public schools in the last 150 yrs,anywhere in the world,this book is for you! Astounding. Gatto was a 30 yr NYC school teacher. The chapters are free online; or order the book.
You can have it both ways
Unschooling is excellent for some folks. Other folks benefit from a curriculum. Some will find that a hybrid of homeschooling and traditional schooling works best, and a few people (a very small minority) are better off not homeschooling but instead finding someone else to whom they can delegate (not abdicate) responsibility.
I have found that the single most important book/resource for education is the Bible. In fact, when Harvard University was founded, its initial library consisted of a few hundred books. Sometimes less is more in education.
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God is the "LOVE" in the Ron Paul rEVOLution:
"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."
We are a lobby
We have the cause
We have the money
we have the people
We have Dr. Paul
We have all and any other politician who supports our cause
We have the track record for organization
We have the track record to raise the money
We can show up in numbers either on the net or in person
The people in power hate our stinking guts
The people in power are scared shi&%$ess of us
We are already bristling with PAC's and media experts
We are highly unpredictable
We are big time pissed off
It is already established in Washington DC who we are and what we can do
We are going to unseat a congressman or senator and once we do...we win
Why?
Because we will just email each congressman and senator that is up for reelection and tell them we will unseat them unless they vote as we instruct them to vote.
We are suing NH
We are suing LA
We are right
We are thinking about suing Alaska
We will simply kick the ever living spit out of everything we see fit to kick the ever living spit out of.
We have two dozen websites with millions of hits per month
We have a product that everyone wants(freedom)
Do you honestly think freedom is a tough sell?
A lobby is perfect because:
We don't have to get elected
We don't need any GD media coverage
We don't need that much money
When we have to back a candidate it will only be for a state campaign which means a far lower investment.
and?.......................we have already started.
I can pick up the phone and call my senator now.
"I am from the Ron Paul freedom PAC, I want to talk to senator dirtbag about his reelection campaign..."
"Senator Dirtbag speaking?"
"Senator, I have 2600 activists in your state and $2M in cash. We are planning on backing a candidate to run against you...I have your voting record here.....wow, this might not be pretty senator....why don't you just vote against HR1955 now and we can forget about the whole thing."
It's all about fear
It's all about job security
It's all about us
It's a screwed up system.......use it.
You've fired me up again, t.
That is a VERY interesting take on our situation. Maybe we're scarier than we think.
good but
dont give up on getting him elected. Its not over til its over!!! You have to remember alot can happen in 4 years and we may not be able to reverse things after that with new laws such as HR1955 and stuff. Got to stop it before it happens or else the job just keeps getting harder and less likely. "Once your freedoms are taken away from you you never get them back" We have got to act now!!!!
Great respect for Dr. North
Dr. North has written a huge amount on a huge range of subjects and I find large areas of general agreement, as well as more than a few particulars to disagree with. He became known as "scary Gary" especially for his loud trumpeting of doom in connection with Y2K, which I bought into heavily. I don't resent the fact that he was wrong about Y2K -- I'm still eating down some of my Y2K food storage (canned whole grains keep forever) but it would have been much worse if Y2K had been the disaster it was expected to be. But I digress. I think that on this subject Dr. North is spot-on.
I already homeschool my kids. Actually, this one phenomenon by itself is enough to bring down the old establishment. In the long run, education is the key, and whoever controls education controls the future. If you get kids out of the indoctrination of the public schools and get them in private schools or homeschooling, that in itself is more than half the battle.
Dr. North's "Doctrine of Interposition" is as well-established a precedent as it is radical-sounding. (Actually, it is not radical in the least, but it is not a generally well-known principle.) Here are some excellent articles on Interposition:
"Interposition. The doctrine that a state, in the exercise of its sovereignty, may reject a mandate of the federal government deemed to be unconstitutional or to exceed the powers delegated to the federal government. The concept is based on the 10th Amendment of the Constitution of the United States reserving to the states powers not delegated to the United States. Historically, the doctrine emanated from Chisholm v. Georgia, 2 Dallas 419, wherein the state of Georgia, when sued in the Supreme Court by a private citizen of another state, entered a remonstrance and declined to recognize the court's jurisdiction. Amendment 11 validated Georgia's position. Implementation of the doctrine may be peaceable, as by resolution, remonstrance or legislation, or may proceed ultimately to nullification with forcible resistance. The Constitution does contemplate and provide for the contingency of adverse state interposition or legislation to annul or defeat the execution of national laws." In Re Charge to Grand Jury, Fed. Case No. 18,274 [2 Spr. 292]. http://www.morallaw.org/e...
Between the Butcher and the Baby
http://www.theamericanvie...
The Irrepressible Myth of Marbury
http://www.law.northweste...
State Interposition
http://www.libertypost.or...
Read the above articles -- those concepts are really important.
To go back to my earlier point, in the long run, education is primary. If enough people (even a minority is sufficient) drop out of the government-dominated educational system and turn to private schooling and homeschooling, that alone will eventually lead to the overturning of the current system. Following Dr. North's entire strategy can only speed up that process, which is a good thing.
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God is the "LOVE" in the Ron Paul rEVOLution:
"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love."
sweet
very cool
i have read Gary North for
i have read Gary North for years. he is a smart cookie!
I was just wondering
How will bills such as HR 1955 and the patriot act going to affect this?
Great.
Great.
Aw yeah....
...in it for the long haul. Give us back our Constitution!
The Retrocon
Hope for America, Ron Paul for President in 2008!
I'm on board....for the long-haul....
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Patrick G.
Polk County, Florida
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Great job...good information.
The Moob dubs this post...
...blimp-worthy. :)
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"In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution." -- Thomas Jefferson
It has been clear for a
It has been clear for a while now that it would not happen in '08. But I like the sound of this.
I've been thinking for a
I've been thinking for a while now that this is the real "revolution". How would something like this be organized? I have already been reviewing what's involved in running for local office trying to decide if I want to take it that far for myself. I think it's a great plan! .
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I like this post!
gotta keep this
from getting buried
very important stuff...
Not only does the RP campaign have all of the contact info referenced in the article they've been trining grassroots activists the whole time and given all of those who signed up as precinct leaders (if you haven't yet do it!!) with invaluable voter information about our communities.
Oh yeah, and donate today!!
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I like it
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Buried already, to page 3
Thought I would give people a chance to read. I think this is very important for those feeling down about the campaign, and for those in it to the end, it is nice to know that we could have a future.
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all the Mitt posts are driving everything else down fast...
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good idea
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one thing to add
That was a good article. However, another thing we need to do is to influence senators and representatives that are already in office. The Downsize DC organization is trying to "build an army that congress can't ignore." Check out http://www.downsizedc.org.