Ron Paul Meetups Descend on Fort Hood, Texas (2/20/08)

We all appreciate the men who defend our country, but we want them to know that we want them here, defending us at home, not fighting a bloody interventionist war that will never end.

A DFW Meetup member Vincent Campos has recently returned from Iraq to Fort Hood before leaving the service.

He believes that the troops at Fort Hood would respond more favorably to Ron Paul if we go down there and show them with CROWDS and SIGNS for Ron Paul which is also showing SUPPORT FOR THE TROOPS.

His plan is to man the 2 main gates at the noon hour when most of the 25,000 troops leave the post for lunch. They evidently have quite a traffic jam trying to get back on post, so the lanes full of soldiers will be inching past the gates with lots of time to read our messages.

Vincent has set February 20th as the day for this excursion to Fort Hood. He is arranging the details with the post. He asked me to ask all of you who can to SET ASIDE THAT DAY.

We will meet at 10:30 at the K-MART PARKING LOT at the corner of Hwy 190 and Fort Hood St. I'm sure he will have his flag--he asks that some of us bring flags, also. Make signs ahead of time that are specific to supporting the troops and bringing them home. We will divide into two groups and move to the two main gates at 11:15.

The plan is to combine several central Texas groups and meetup with large numbers. He was in the Austin meetup (largest one there is until recently), and we'll contact several other meetups.
This sounds like a great idea to me. Please be thinking up slogans which link Ron Paul's platform with the troops. We need specific signs that will persuade them!!

THIS IS SUCH A GOOD CHANCE TO INFLUENCE OUR OWN MILITARY!! The fact that we are taking time off from work to stand there and show support to them is POWERFUL!!! This is EXCITING!!!

Who is more likely to vote to bring troops home? Families or strangers? These voters will feel empowered to vote for RON PAUL if we let them know we SUPPORT THE TROOPS, but also want to BRING THEM HOME!

*** UPDATE ***

On Monday, February 8, Robert Paul will give a speech at the CTC in Killeen Texas. Then on Wednesday the 20th the Meetup Groups will have the rally outside the gates of Fort Hood. After the sign wave, the crowd will then move to the downtown area of Killeen where we will talk with every merchant there about Ron Paul and asking them to put out the custom made flyers we have that announce that Ron Paul himself will be there Saturday February 23rd to speak at the Vive Les Arts Theater in Killeen to (hopefully) the entire town of Killeen.

I'm asking all Texas (and surrounding) Meetup Groups to please post this event on their Meetup sites so we can show the Troops what *real* support is.

If you have any good ideas for slogans to put on homemade signs, please post them here as well. Thanks!