Thanking all of the Ron Paul voters that might not have otherwise voted on Super Tuesday. by Sgt Ware
(libertarian)
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Open Letter of Thanks
I'd like to thank everyone who knows me and would not have otherwise voted for Ron Paul yesterday. I'd like to say that I am more motivated now than before, but that would be a lie. However, I will not be taking down my signs, I will not be peeling off my bumper stickers, and I will not be taking off my button, not just yet.
My reason for remaining hopeful is just that, my reason. Whether or not people will agree with me or simply wait until November to throw their support behind someone else, I still know what might happen. A brokered convention is still very possible, and while honestly I don't think that it will go the way of Ron Paul, he has the ability to be a Major factor in it. We've all heard by now how he was able to go from no delegates in West Virginia and come out with 3 from Mike Huckabee in a deal, (While shady, it is still very legal, and very much the idea of politics). He could very well get the most delegates to come his way in the Republican Convention, and he could very well go on to get the nomination. I've heard a few people say that he's still a Republican Party outsider, but the longer he goes on, the more everyone else starts to sound like him, even Obama. I never heard anything about the Constitution, our money being held hostage by China, our national debt, or rising inflation before I started listening to Ron Paul, and now I've heard every other major candidate running mention something about all of them. It seems as though they all wish they were Ron Paul, but glad that's not their name. They spend the better part of debates, (Republican debates), ignoring him or laughing about what he says, while trying to agree with him about the issues he gets applauses from. I've seen it when John McCain agreed about his economic policy, when Huckabee knew what it was like to be ignored over the media's favorite two, (Romney and McCain), and now again with Mike Huckabee winning a lot of states on Super Tuesday yet still being blacked out', albeit not to the extent of Ron Paul.
I will however make my predictions for the final round. The Democratic Party will nominate the first ever African-American major party Presidential Nominee. John McCain will win enough delegates to go to the Republican Convention with high hopes. I don't know that anyone will go to that convention with enough to KNOW they won, but he'll be hopeful. However it ends up in the Republican Party I will say this, if I had to bet on the next President right now, with my own money, I would honestly bet that Barack Obama would win, unless Ron Paul was running against him. Reason behind that is that there are many people that would vote for Obama if they didn't have the Paul option. I believe that there are as many republicans, democrats, and independents that if the vote were split from a third party run, that it would take votes' from each side equally therefore not be a spoiler if Dr. Paul was to run third party and not win. If the American people could hear him speak as a Presidential candidate next to only two others from each side that they would wake up. Many of you reading this have already had your coffee; don't you think we should pour a cup for everyone else?
Again, thanks for listening and reading all of the information I threw down your virtual throats and jumping on board, and I urge you not to jump off too soon, we don't have a life raft yet.
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I am AWOL in Canada I was too chicken s#!t to vote for General Paul :(
Everything is better up here, no campaigning for a politician that nobody wanted in office, no spamming, no opposing foriegn wars that everyone in America seems to want to win.
Americans don't want to lose a war, but they do want out of Iraq. I don't know that there is many people left besides talk show hosts that have never served that want to stay in Iraq.
I'm glad you are not giving up. Just the fact that Ron Paul is raising awareness of various issues is fantastic.I am reading many posts where people say they are more motivated then ever. Thanks for joining us in that. I am working a training program to help us all be effective activists in our own communities.
Posted By: Patrick Glover
Date: 2008-02-06 11:32:56
I am one of the 11,000 people that voted for Ron Paul in Oklahoma and I'm proud that I didn't waste my vote. The only way to change the staus quo is to vote and show that there is a large group of people that disagree with the status quo.
I voted yesterday for Ron Paul and it felt good to vote for someone who understands whats ailing this country. I do however hope that he makes some compromise with black voting block on entitlement issues, which he hints at sometimes and also do something about the immigration issue which turns off latino voters. Ron Paul movement will continue, but we need to get the blacks and Latino's on-board in a larger way to make Ron Paul movements appeal more broad and mainstream.
I became caucus chair last night. We had 42 folks. After preference, vote 20 left. Many people voted for Romney to stop McCain and then left. Five Ron Paul delegates out of 10 spots being elected to proceed to delegate elections at state convention. I asked several Romney supporters if their choice is McCain or Ron Paul, everyone said they would vote for Ron Paul. The press is reporting Romney won 43 delegates in Minnesota last night. This is a lie; no delegates were committed last night. Causes states do not commit delegates on caucus state. The spoils go to the faithful. Ron Paul has a chance to be the nominee for the Republican Party.
