Archive for the ‘Grassroots’ tag
You asked for this
This is funny:
When the Republican Party issued a clarion call last week for its grassroots supporters to submit ideas online to build the party’s platform, Republican National Committee officials probably weren’t expecting a concerted push for the dismantling of the Federal Reserve and a return to the gold standard.
But Ron Paul supporters have made themselves at home on the the GOP platform site, sounding many of the themes that turned the Texas congressman’s doomed run for the Republican presidential nod into an internet cause célèbre.
This is, sadly, makes no difference as the GOP going to completely ignore the suggestion it so insincerely solicited. More to the point the platform is going to be ignored even before it is ever written. But the gesture, made by those grassroots activists, clearly makes a point.
Participation is the key
Sometimes history is being written by the losers….
The political game is usually decided by those who participate, and when Libertarian start participating seriously they will start effecting. Participating will involve also compromising, but this is not always a bad thing.
Getting involved
A good friend of mine sent me an e-mail, telling me about a support rally for Ron Paul he attended this weekend. He is usually not the type of person that join rallies, so he felt a need to explain:
Yes, I broke down and got involved. As ordinarily not a person of guilt, I will call it a result of "honor" and "responsibility". In other words, if I’m standing in line to see the doctor in 2010, with my heathcare ration cards, I will proudly tell my fellow sufferers that IT’S NOT MY GODDAMN FAULT!
Few months ago all I hoped from Ron Paul candidacy was that many people will be exposed to the message of liberty. It seems that it is happening - the on going war in Iraq, the recession and the feeling that the political course of increasing government tyranny is wrong - making more and more people get involved. I don’t know what will be the outcome of the Primaries but it will be shame if the crowd gathered to make a change will not used to build an on going effort to influence a real change.