The GOP is so VERY hijackable and its SO well, FUN !!!
Submitted by Treg on Sun, 02/22/2009 - 20:43
As I go merrily hacking away as a GOP "PC", I find I am amazed at how well oiled the GOP machine is, with little worker "R's" all being so helpful and unlike us in the "L" or Libertarian party, never ever giving me the 3rd degree limits test of Libertarian purity & Knowledge exam. The GOP is so wide open and it is this well oil system that has let us Ron Paul PC' rs slide RIGHT UP there. And it only took ten "R" to signatures on a stupid peace of paper for me? Talk about so damn easy!
Its so very ....EASY. Wear the "R" loudly and proudly. Yet, be a "L" in every other way. Strangely they...THEY do not know the difference. And if they do, like Borg they see it as "not their job" to "go there" and are just happy you are yet another "warm body" with an R on his shirt, that's it!!!!
It reminds me of some Nova Nature program on ants. Ants "wear" a particular smell, and that is how they decide if you are "in" the colony (friend) or "out" of the colony (enemy). Some ant predators are so clever that they simply mimic the ant "in colony" smell and eat away as ants just mill about their merry business, even helping the ant-smelling-eating invader go about eating up all her little sisters! Yuck! Life is stranger than fiction!
That's how it is at every local GOP & State GOP function. I feel like a "Idea Virus" and as long as I preface my sentance, "this will beat the democrats..." its all ears and smiles. I say, psst, "Hey, how can we make the Democrats take the fall for the Drug War disaster?"--- All smiles.
But why waste your time with rank 'n file R ants? Get to the levers of real power. Ask a question, "Can I have access to all the States Registered Republicans, phone numbers, addresses, and so forth? The reason is I know a 'good honest R' who wants to run for office and I want to help this 'good honest R' out. Will you help me?"
Answer: "Oh sure, just contact Cindy and she will set you up on our computer data base and get you all you need, show you the forms and introduce you to some money people to help him out" -- Swing! I am in! Thanks for all your goodies in your giant ant nest.
Another way to look at it is Sports Team mentality. Once upon a time the Dastardly Shaq played basketball for the LA Lakers, and Phoenix fans hated him, boo, boo, Shaq. Today, the Shaq is playing basketball for Phoenix Suns and the locals love to scream, Shaq! Shaq!... (you see he is wearing the little Sun Logo on his shirt--- Team Mentality.
This TEAM MENTALITY is all what the "R" and the "D" is about.
Not so with the Libertarians. Like the good doctor, we are all about IDEAS, FREEDOM IDEAS. Liberty is our North Star and like a compass needle, we do not waver.
So my fellow DP'rs... YES!!! YES!!!!!!! YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The GOP is totally hijack-able. Hell you know the NeoCons did it in 1980 and where busy setting new policies in place by the end of Reagan's second term. They even had the balls to rewrite Reagan's Foreign policy history -- you know "He who controls the past, controls the future"...
Anyway, for those of you not at HOME in the GOP, go try the DNC.
Its JUST ANOTHER TEAM.
Yes I know I know I know.... I too had a real big hard time taking off the libertarian " L " on my shirt and putting on the R on my shirt. It was a foolish identity thing, but don't get trapped with outside symbols of identity. We are about core freedom values, that's it. You know its true, if Ron Paul was a life long D, I would put on a D on my shirt and hijacked the DNC. The team shirt logo means little to me. I am like Dr Paul, I am a Champion of the Constitution and I am a Champion of Civil Liberties and I am a Champion of the Free Market and I am a Champion of Peace. How does that saying go? We are all about Freedom, Prosperity, and Peace!
So my friends, BOTH are totally hijack-able. DO NOT BE DETERRED.
Most of all.... GO HAVE FUN. Politics is lots of fun, why? Because we do not have to "play politics"...We know where our North Star is, and so the fun (and amazing part) of it is, is how all the other little R's just treat you so swell, never ask any questions as long as you are "For the Party of R". What the party of R is, or what the Party of D is, is of little consequence, like Shaq playing for the LA Lakers one year, then playing for the Phoenix Suns.
Pay close attention to the psychology here. He is still SHAQ, yet the Fans are so full of that TEAM MENTALITY that for them, in the end, platform positions are just players, to be used, traded, and put back on the bench. Obama used the team player called MAKE PEACE NOT WAR, now he has benched him. Bush in 2000 running for election also used a team player called, A HUMBLE FOREIGN POLICY along with another team player, OUT OF BOSNIA NOW. Well as you know, as soon as Bush got the Presidents job, he benched both players immediately, he had other goals for TEAM R you see. For the D's and R's, that is called, "Playing Politics".
For you and me, we call that being a Sell Out and we belch.
But do not worry, the NEOCONS have shown us all the way. Just be yourself. That is right, just be yourself and yet, WEAR the R or D Team Jersey. Let the TEAM MENTALITY to do the rest. You saw that work with liberal voting McCain, certainly not a conservative at all, yet Team Mentality Kicked right in come election time.
Lets face it. We will NEVER have enough L's in this world. So few of us have super large families! Most people if asked, why are you a Dallas Cowboy fan or why are you a Democrat, the real answer is, My Family was one so I was born into it.
So there you go! There will never EVER be enough Libertarians or L's to grow our base. Plain and simple. Even if every Libertarian female got married at the age of 16 and proceeded to have her humanly full capacity of children, we could never EVER catch up to the amount of Ds and Rs born out there every year after year. We are way too far behind.
So YES, hijacking the GOP is the ONLY way to go. No I take that back, It is one way to go. The other way is to hijack the DNC. In fact, we really should do BOTH.
YES !!! We must Hijack both! And why not? If you were running for State Governor on the DNC team and I running on the GOP team, who wins? Answer: LIBERTY wins!
Liberty wins when we play BOTH sides against each other.
WAKE UP DP'rs... that is what Big Govt does, it plays both teams D's and R's to Grow itself. Butter and Guns. Welfare and Warfare. The choices are stacked, the game is rigged.
But two can play this came. (wink)
In Peace & Liberty,
Treg
Very well said Kevin...
It makes me wonder what all of the Obominable supporters are now thinking-or not.
"the Government is appetite, and it is never satisfied."
BINGO!
BRAVO!
The ship has sunk anyway.
Most of the neocon idiots don't even know how they got halfway to the bottom of the ocean. I doubt that one day they will realize that once they leave their stupid conventions and their rules of control and enter real world America they will realize most Americans hate them.
I mean nobody likes democrats, but when people are voting democrat out of fear of republicans... you know your fucked. The GOP however are just THAT fucking retarded.
bump for relevance.
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BINGO!
5***** STAR POST!
throwing off the shackles
1. The radical "centrists" are in control.
2. They are ideologically "radical interpretationists" with regards to
the Constitution.
3. They are "radical international military adventurists"
4. They are "radical usurpers" of the rights and powers of the People
5. Their "radical elitism" is pushing the "money" away from the people
and into the hands of the few "select and elect"
Go Treg
i like this and plan to use
i like this and plan to use it on my "radical" friends.
RAND PAUL CARDS!
www.CardsForLiberty.com
Though it is true for the most part that the Republican party
has become this gaping hole just waiting to be filled, I take exception to the cynical attitude that is being presented here. I cringe at this attitude because is a little too much what the old guard's mentality was all about(Karl Rove et al). And I sure as hell don't ever want to see us going down that road again!
Our movement isn't about being cynical, this is about getting back to our Sovereign/Constitutional roots. Being leaders in our districts providing true educational services, 'real' transparency and much more passionate participation from those once 'disillusioned' Republicans in our communities. But most of all having a lot of fun doing it too.
I look forward to the unleashing of creativity from all of us as we get to work in our newly elected BPOU's and truly make a difference. Education of the people is empowering and energizing.
I agree it was unbelievably easy this last convention. (I am still pinching myself) that all of us, 'Constitutional Republicans', took our entire Congressional District and there are many other CD's coming along in our State of Minnesota, but mostly, it is truly wonderful how our efforts have truly paid off over this past almost two years now!
http://articlesoffreedom.us/Coalition.aspx
Its Up To Us - Articles of Freedom - New Website! Thread:
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/123543#comment-1330135
For Deeper Understanding here is what a delegate wrote:
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/123897
Good comments, Anisha---
We must not treat our fellow Republicans as the enemy. We encountered resistance at first, then they attempted to silence us: The told us, "sit back and just get to know people and let US show you how it is done".
That didn't work--we didn't sit back and be quiet, we take part and make things happen, and we EDUCATE at every opportunity!
I have used the up-to-date news and articles posted by Daily Paulers to gain the respect of a few of the Neocons most resistant to those newly active in the state party.
Most of them are concerned about losing our constitutional Liberty, but most of them don't understand that the Patriot Act is just a means to take our Liberties, and they don't understand that Nation Building is causing us to lose respect in the world.
Education does take time--but we need to remember where WE were thinking politically a few years back!
BEAUTIFUL POST!!!
actually ... that's a kick @ss post!!!!!!
Thanks!
Make these ideas your ideas.... take the flame from my candle...
In peace & Liberty,
Treg
I have been harping on this
I have been harping on this for months locally. We have close to 500 Ron Paul Meetup members in this county. The local Rep Party only has about 150 active members with about 400 vacancies. If only 200 of our Ron Paul patriots joined the local Party we would have control of the second largest Republican Executive Committee in the state. And that would only take a donation of one evening per month to attend the meetings. So far we have only been able to talk about 25 people into getting off their asses to do this. If we loose, it's our own fault!
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I love this post! Its so
I love this post! Its so relevant and important to our mission - I'm glad it resurfaced. Ants...that's pretty funny.
Good post, I liked it. Only
Good post, I liked it. Only thing I would take issue with was the following:
"Wear the "R" loudly and proudly. Yet, be a "L" in every other way..."
I'd be an L in most ways, except I'd still side with Ron Paul on the illegal immigration issue(secure borders, ports and coastlines and secure interior, in other words enforcing visa rules, and no amnesty of any kind for illegal aliens). If I became an L in every other way, it would mean turning against Ron Paul in that area and I won't turn against Ron Paul because I think RP is right and the L's are wrong when it comes to that.
This post applies to Vermont as well
they are wide open.............
all it takes is a persistent
all it takes is a persistent minority to set brush fires.
some of us may have different ideas about how to set those brush fires.
but I'm good with most of it.
excellent post Treg.
More on the subject....
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/84759
Written by me...A Washington State activist in the big R tent.
treg on track
I am with you Treg
The "L's" in the local area are not so on track.
They don't want to be recognized as "R's," that would simply be too distasteful.
I think it a shame, really. They would rather be PROUD LOSERS than HUMBLE WINNERS.
The shame of it is that WE NEED THEIR HELP to "INDIANA JONES" this very fine truck in the desert from the Nazi that is driving it... They appear to be interested in making a new truck from items found in the desert....like these SOGUARO CACTUS ARE KINDA ROUND...THEY MIGHT MAKE GOOD WHEELS....
So NOT Indiana Jonesin.
Thanks for your fine report.
Brad
Nicely said!
I like your analogies.
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Are you a person?
Do you really control your own affairs?
Great Job
Reminds me of country music. If you wear a cowboy hat or have a little draw in your voice they will think you are the next Hank Williams.
bump.
One positive result of the last election was that the Republican party leadership was forced to show their true colors, dirty tricks and all, to its own members just to stay in power. They lost a lot of credibility. This should come in handy for us in the next election cycle.
Democrats OWN the GOP
The ONLY thing the GOP is good for is keeping Democrats in power.
Ron Paul PROOVED that this past election.
The Democrats own the GOP?
Or do you mean the NeoCons?
In Peace & Liberty,
Treg
Is there a difference?
Oh, I suppose there is--liberal Democrats enthusiastically take away gun rights, while wringing their hands about 'reluctantly' having to bomb other countries.
With neo-cons, it's the reverse.
SUPPORT OUR FOUNDERS' AMERICA
Support the Constitution of the United States
SUPPORT OUR FOUNDERS' AMERICA
Support the Constitution of the United States
He means like "they got
He means like "they got owned".
It's an internet slang term. When one side kicks the shit out of another, in net lingo, it's called getting owned, or you got owned, or X owned Y.
spelling can vary:
owned
own'd
pwned
pwn'd
and yes the Democrats owned the Republicans party this last election.
I think he means the
I think he means the neocons. We will soon prevail or eventually!
RAND PAUL CARDS!
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Long Live the Republic
Imperium Delenda Est
Sic Semper Tyrannis
The GOP Is In Shambles!! We Just Need To Show Up And Take Over!
Great Post!!
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/83796
You got that right brother! Great Post you have there!
In Peace & Liberty,
Treg
Go for it!
Go for it! I would love to have someone I can vote for without holding my nose in the primaries, if not the general election. At least this year my wife and I could vote for Dr Paul for president.
Here is Oklahoma write ins are not allowed and it is nearly impossible for 3rd parties to get on the ballot.
I'm a PCO for the R's
I have a Ron Paul bumper sticker on my car and let the neocons know who I am.
I live in such a dem district that we struggle for every vote. We failed to get liberal dem Adam Smith out of the house this year, but Postma, the real conservative, is again ready to run against him in the next election in two years.
Wish us luck!!
It doesn't take many!
This is not a number game.
Best post of the year. Can I donate somwhere?
2nd best post this year:
We've taken over Minneapolis City Committee !!!
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/80743
3rd:
They did it again! Just like Nevada!
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/73622
Best Post of the Year? Do I get the prize?
And just what would that prize be I wonder.....mmmm
1) A kiss on the cheek from that little girl holding the Ron Paul sign?
2) Several kisses from those cute Ron Paul Calender babes?
3) A Daily Paul Ron Paul Poster?
4) A lunch with the man himself, Ron Paul?
5) Ghost writer for the man himself, pinch me I am dreaming!
6) One of those T shirts with "Don't Blame Me, I Wrote in Ron Paul !!!"
7) A real paying job working with the Campaign for Liberty?
8) A real Ron Paul Gold Coin?
9) $5,000,000 to run against John McCain as US SENATOR?
10) All my social security tax money back?
**** I think I will take the Several Kisses from those cute Ron Paul Calender babes.... After all, our women are priceless!
In peace & liberty,
Treg
This post is my pick for
This post is my pick for post of the year. BTW- I could go for one of those Ron Paul gold coins. Yes sir! That would be a dream come true. I'm glad to see you are back on DP, Treg.
prize
Well, in my opinion, this post should be on the front page until someone wrote a better one.
Also, CFL should give you a diploma for "Most Valuable Supporters" (MVS).
May I ask, how useful would it be if I could get you 5 more supporters for the stuff you do? What effect would that have?
Get 5 people to become Republican PC's
Then recruit from within. Select one of you RP'ers to run for something.
Then all the RP people who are PC's work their tail ends off using the Republican machinery to get the rank n file Rs to vote for your man.
Its as simple as that. Not complicated at all.
The hard part is getting a RP person who is well polished, smooth, calm, looks and acts the part, and never says too much..... all to run for something...say State Senator. Then next, work him into a Governor stint for a term or two. Then, he (or she) is primed and ready for the big time race for the White House. We in the Revolution would back that person.
That person would be used to being on TV local news, doing-giving sound bites, and working policy from behind the scenes. One or two terms at Gov and that person is ready for the White House.
But our special RP republican can not do this without Ron Paul republican PC's all in place, ready to whip the ants into a hive of frenzy for this "good honest Republican". The PC people use the Team Mentality that just comes natural to the rank n file republicans out there.
Do you know what this means?
This means that somewhere, in one of the 50 states, we (even as small a rag tag bunch that we are) can groom and cultivate our NEXT RON PAUL for the race to the white house in year 2016 when Obama is sure to be out of there (if not sooner). Indeed, we could run our NEXT RON PAUL in Iowa and New Hampshire and in South Carolina in the 2012 race against Obama -- Just to get Name Recognition and TV time all as a rehearsal for 2016.
This means folks, WE have a good shot at getting a true blue Ron Paul Man into the White House!
Think about and most of all, become a PC... Learn the levers of power.
In Peace & Liberty,
Treg
Thanks Treg. You are 100% correct.
Ron Paul is my President.
Ron Paul is my President.
great post
Glad to be a republican with you republicans around.
Awesome post Treg!
I just hope all the naysayers keep in to themselves.
Front Page!
Nice writings, Treg. You make it sound so obvious.
I can't wait until the moles get here and try to convince you how your energy is better spent doing something less effective. =)
P.S. I am a Republican
Every once and a while
I have to bookmark a post at DP. It doesn't happen to often, but this needs to be burned into my brain so I can speak to it in a way that most everyone can understand.
It is this "Team Mindset" that sums it up so well. The great thing about a Team mentality is that it can work either for or against you.
Fill the "team" up with people of character and principals that believe in and exercise personal responsibility and the team become formidable indeed.
Thanks for this post!
Thanks, thats a nice compliment
May I offer this essay to you and all others who wish to claim it?
Sure, just copy it, past it into your own email letter, add your name at the bottom below my name if you so desire, and then mail it to ALL your libertarian & RP friends!
Its that easy!
Spread the word.... we will not be deterred!
I will be tickled pink if it gets sent to me from some random Ron Paul fan friend of mine with a 100 names signed at the bottom!
Wow would that not be great?!!!
In Peace & Liberty,
Treg
yes i was welcomed into my
yes i was welcomed into my local county young republicans club with great enthusiasm lol ... after all we are the only ones with the passion of liberty
all sorts of assistance from them and on my way to being elected as a committeeman to county GOP
Treg, your energy and confidence
and ideas are awesome! Thanks for being on the leading edge.
A bump for
a job well done, and one that needs to continue. Great work!!!!
Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must. like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it.-Thomas Paine
The R3volution requires action, not observation!!!!
Great Post!
I agree! See The GOP Is In Shambles!! We Just Need To Show Up And Take Over!! http://www.dailypaul.com/node/83796
Great info at your post too!
Please repost it here "just in case" someone misses it.
In Peace & Liberty,
Treg
You are so right!
The RNC are so glad to welcome people into the party that I've been treated like a long- lost friend.
(The Ron Paul sign on my lawn was my husband's, of course.)
It only took 2 days of helping in the office for me to be on the computers with access to voting lists.
I feel like a "James Bond" spy and find it exciting. And yes, I agree that most of them hold many of our views but think of Ron Paul as an outsider. Can't figure that one out.
It really is a lot of fun. Those not doing it should give it a try.
the JRP could sure use a dump of that list... LOL
Please send it over via CSV.. LOL
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