Is it a good idea to reach out to Ron Paul supporters?

[Jason Taylor]

The Ron Paul supporters are certainly their own breed. They have many qualities that would certainly make them valuable teammates. They are unapologetically conservative, fiercely loyal and patently activist.

On the other hand, their highly idealistic nature leads many to believe that they are too inflexible to accept any platform which requires even their most lofty aspirations to be put on hold.

Where exactly do they stand on the issues? Can we find success by embracing them into our new plan for the Republican party, as many have voted for on rebuildtheparty.com?

One thing's for sure: We had better figure this whole mess out quickly, figure out just exactly who is going to be on our side in this, and start laying the foundation for success. Unfortunately, it seems like a "hot potato" issue that nobody really wants to take head-on.

I'd like to invite you to explore this topic with me. I have created the group "Committee on the Campaign for Liberty", and if you're interested in seeing exactly where they stand on the issues compared with us, please join. I believe that it is important for us to make every reasonable effort to understand these folks, and to include them in what we're doing here - if possible, to build a bridge between these obvious factions of our party. I hope that you think so too.

[Brew_Crew]

Dan, it's not that we 'didn't agree with everything' with McCain, it's that we 'didn't agree with anything' about McCain or Obama. The media gave us a choice of pooh with mustard and pooh with catsup. We just decided not to eat the pooh. And as far as wasted votes, couldn't we also say that every vote for McCain was wasted, because he didn't win? So did you waste your vote, or did you vote for the winner?

[Tim D]

@Michael - I'll cite once more what has been mentioned numerous previous times: This is not about Ron Paul. Congressman Paul just had the cahone's to expose what is actually happening. Those who admire Congressman Paul will vote for ANYONE who espouses the same principles. The RP Republicans are not a part of some personality cult (although there may be a few among them who are). Ron Paul just woke many of these people up as to what is going wrong in this Country, and those people started educating themselves.

I had been studying these very issues for 25 years before I ever heard of Ron Paul. Since I had studied the facts, I recognized that what Congressman Paul was saying was the truth. I am not an endorser of men...I only subscribe to the facts.

@Yucca Man - the CFR, hands down. Acorn is just one of their tools. This is provable fact. Trace a line from Acorn administrators to the supporting foundations, then look for CFR member involvement with those foundations. It's very elementary, and takes only a little time to check.

There's no doubt (again, with homework) that REPUBLICAN SENATOR Richard Lugar groomed Obama and supported him in CFR circles. Do a little reading, will ya?

Thanks,
Tim

[Yucca Man]

I thought we were moving forward? How can we do this if we are always looking over our shoulder for the Boogeyman in the shadows? Who had more influence in this election the CFR or ACORN? While we were looking over our shoulders, we were bypassed by a very successful campaign machine funded by those that not only ignore the constitution, but also would love to create a new one. Now those same funders (George Soros, Hollywood, Wall Street crooks) want to "assist" their new messiah in pushing forward the very things the constitution is supposed to protect us from.

[Tom Morgan]

So we ALL need to work together because third parties and third party candidates are NOT the answer and for a while, NEVER will be.

Agreed Michael. Third party candidates don't have the infrastructure to run candidates in all 50 states ( or 57-whatever). The Republicans can't even find enough candidates to run in each Congressional District. Alan Keyes went to the Constitutional party after the RP ignored him and he couldn't even get on the ballot except for a handful of states. And let's not forget that Ross Perot split the Republican party and gave us Billy boy for 8 years.
Our times are much more dangerous this time and the President isn't even the most liberal, it's a out of control Congress that is the communist sword.
The RINO's are more dangerous than Ron Paulers.

[Michael Brennan]

I am a true conservative who has never voted for Ron Paul and there are millions in the GOP like me. Please remember the GOP is holding its arms open ans the RP supporters either come in or not, we are not going to force you. I am here to help the GOP not a single candidate. To me, naming a candidate as the only person who is the true conservative is like walking thorugh life blind to those around you with the same belief and yo deny us because we oppose his foreign policy.

[Tim D]

Sorry, should read "...in front of the council..."

[Tim D]

For all you hard-liner GOP-ers, I'd like to cite an example of Socialist / Council on Foreign Relations, pro-Obama activity in powerful places among your own ranks.

Enter Senator Richard Lugar, R-IN, one of the most powerful men in American politics. Who, by the way, has been grooming Obama for the last 4 years, even to the point of "endorsing" him in from of the Council on foreign Relations!

I challenge you to google this:

http://www.google.com/search?q=Lugar%2C+Obama%2C+council+on+foreign+relations&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

Then, look at the slew of evidence that Lugar has been conspiring with many enemies of the Republic! And then, wonder why the RP Republicans are up-in-arms!

[Doug]

@Tim- Excellent! I found his book to be well written and invaluable. WFWIW-I have received all my property for 2007 from State and Fed.

[Tim D]

@Michael - I might add that RP Republicans are not "the ones who strayed" or some goofy group of wanna-be's. They are fairly educated, as a whole, about issues that the majority of Republicans have no idea about. They are fiercely loyal to Constitutional Republicanism.

It is the GOP that has strayed. The Republican Party is currently controlled by the Council on Foreign Relations, Non-Government Organizations (foundations, etc), and the Main Stream Media. In short, they are controlled by the very Socialists that they claim to abhor.

These things can't be said of RP Republicans.

Thanks,
Tim

[Tim D]

@ Michael Brennan - Let the RP supporters back in? That's exactly the problem, in a nutshell. RP supporters won't "let themselves back in" until the Republican party steps up and makes some changes! It's not up to you, or anyone else, to decide whether the RP Republicans will come back in. It is the Party that will lose if they don't admit to their several and frequent errors.

You have it backwards, Michael. RP supporters are hopeful that they will be able to invite YOU back in to sound Constitutional principles!!! Your statement above is 100% of the problem with the Party! Get a clue! Read the blog page I posted above and you'll see that in no way will RP Republicans allow themselves to be "let back in." They are determined to bring the Party back to its originally stated policies.

@ Doug - I took your suggestion and ordered that book, Doug. Thanks.

Tim