JasonPye.com: Paul supporters plan insurgency

I received this via e-mail earlier this afternoon. Supporters of Ron Paul are attempting to hijack the GOP convention:

Many Ron Paul supporters across Georgia have been working hard to elect Ron Paul supporters as delegates to the Republican National Convention. We have had success in most of the large counties (over 80,000 population) that selected their precinct delegates on February 16. It appears that we have the majority of the precinct delegates in several of the large counties. With your help, we will be successful in electing Ron Paul supporters to the Republican National Convention. Please commit to attending the following:

Precinct Mass Meeting and County Convention
this Saturday, March 15 at 9 am sharp

8th Congressional District Convention
April 19 at 10 am sharp in Warner Robins, GA

From our February experience in Houston and Bibb counties, all we have to do is SHOW UP! If we are successful at the congressional district level, we will ask for your help in electing even more delegates at the state convention in May. But for now, please commit to attending the meetings listed above.

Ron Paul supporters across the country have been very successful in the delegate process. Ron Paul has the majority of delegates in many states, and in one state we have 70% of the delegates! If the majority of delegates at the Republican National Convention are Ron Paul supporters – we will control the convention!

How does the convention process work? Counties with less than 80,000 population will hold mass precinct meetings at 9 am this Saturday, March 15. Don’t be late because those arriving at 9:01 am are not allowed to participate. I recommend arriving by 8:30. Delegates will be selected to represent each precinct. Usually there are more available slots than there are delegates, so if you just show up you can become a precinct delegate. Following the mass precinct meeting at precisely 10 am (again – don’t be late), all counties large and small will conduct their county convention where county delegates are selected. County delegates will represent your county at the 8th Congressional District Convention and the State Convention. Also, bring friends and vote for each other! The more Ron Paul supporters who show up, the better our chances will be. Strategically, it works better if we don’t advertise our goals or advertise that we are Ron Paul supporters at the county conventions.

I know Ron Paul supporters believe every primary was stolen but...Ron Paul lost. Get it over it. I voted for him in the primary, but I was embarrassed with the campaign he ran. I also found out a lot about the man (or at least things that were done in his name) that I wasn't previously aware of.

Comments

Jason,
A majority of the people, including myself, worked for Paul's campaign knowing we were going to lose but the point was to bring people together that would have not normally found each other and start a grassroots movement to do bottom up reform. Which has been very successful in the Henry GOP.

I know Paul lost the election but it is very important for the remnant to try and become delegates because we can still have influence on the party. By becoming delegates we can introduce resolutions at the county convention and the state convention that would: condemn not having a balanced budget, condemn going to war without a declaration, condemn the income tax, draft a declaration that would call for the abolishment of the department of education, a declaration that says the Republican party will work to implement a voucher system for schools, and the call for the establishment of a sound currency. Moreover, in the debates Paul was able to bring up subjects that were not brought up in many years and needed to be addressed. For example, making McCain look foolish when Dr. Paul asked him a yes or no question about the President's Working Group on Financial Markets.

In conclusion, you must try to understand the frustration of the Paul supporters. I also ask you to excuse the more excitable members' harsh rhetoric, their passion can be mistaken for something more radical. There is no attempt to "Hijack" or create an "Insurgency" against the GOP because that is a tactic of our opponents. I attend the local GOP meetings and overtly engage in healthy discourse allowing everyone to know where I stand. Theses friendly conversations has lead them to embrace me and they welcome my different opinion. Thus, helping prove Paul's point of being friendly with everyone creates better results than confrontation. If people claimed to be true Ron Paul supporters then they will engage in nothing more than peaceful discourse or civil disobedience.

I also am not pleased with Paul's lack of oversight of the people underneath him. That being said, I can not find any videos or writings penned directly by Ron Paul himself to lead me to believe he is a racist. His voting record also proves that he is a strong supporter of civil liberties and civil rights.

Posted by: Ryan Larosa | March 13, 2008 12:23 AM

They can't be stupid enough to believe this will actually work, can they ?

Posted by: Doug Mataconis | March 13, 2008 06:52 AM

There is such a lack of participation at the local level it only takes a handful of people to do it.

Posted by: Ryan Larosa | March 13, 2008 07:35 AM

Ron Paul has the majority of delegates in many states, and in one state we have 70% of the delegates!

And what states would those be?

Posted by: Loren Collins | March 13, 2008 09:42 AM