I'm going campaigning tomorrow
Nah, just kidding. Not for Huckabee, anyway. But Maine's caucuses are this weekend, and Ron Paul is the only candidate that actually came here. And with him he brought a SHIT load of signs. I have about 40 standard ones in my car right now, and will get more tomorrow. They're giving them out by the case full. They also have 4'x6' signs for the taking, so I'm scouted a few prime places for such a thing and my roommate (Who is a Bushie, btw - I know, "uuggghhh") and I are gonna go around town tomorrow and put up as many as we can where ever we can. There maybe some photos to follow.
[edit]I went to the local campaign office to get a resupply of signs. I met the man there that runs it and he pointed to a pile of cell phones and said that if we wanted to come back tonight, that I can just pick one up and start calling people to encourage people to come to the caucus on Saturday, so I think I will.
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Also, the town of Freeport had their vote today, with an absolutely disgusting turnout - but Ron Paul came in second. Read below for more information.
"Freeport was the second town to hold a caucus. Dennistown Plantation went Tuesday. Fifteen registered voters came – 10 for Mitt Romney, four for Ron Paul and one for John McCain. Nobody voted for Mike Huckabee.
The votes, however, have no official significance beyond announcing the town’s preference. Delegates who go to the state convention are not bound to any one candidate."
Then it goes on to say they were expecting about 8 people to show up, so they were excited about the turnout - Am I missing something?
Ron Paul FTW!
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Good on you - I hope he wins Maine. If it was Obama vs. Paul after the primaries, I just don't know what I'd do.
Applause for actually going out, making the effort.
I had almost instantly skipped onwards when I saw the Huckabee logo at first
I like Ron Paul.
But realistically he is a token candidate now not having placed in any high positions in the races so far, the GOP picked Mitt Romney is failing fast as well as his campaign tried to push him through Bush tactics instead of simply capitalizing on his business credentials. As a whole the party is unwilling to take up McCain as a probable candidate at the moment, but will do eventually, the GOP simply doesnt like being told what to do. But McCain is the most probable candidate that will have some fighting chance against a democratic opponent.
Good on you for taking action though MarineGunRock. Though I gotta ask, what about Ron Paul appeals to you?
Goooooooo SKELETOR!!!
McCain and Clinton, and the Hillary wins. Ladies and Gentlemen, Bushes and Clintons, Clintons and Bushes......this will be the twin-legacy of the United States' demise, and perhaps historians finally become enamored with truth as they take it back to the beginnings of this circus....Our only saving grace would be to actually try and convict some of the worst of them....WHILE THEY ARE STILL ALIVE!!! No more of this, documents sealed till 2025 bullshit-Drag em the fuck out into the street!!! If you knew the simplest of truths concerning the Clinton's legacy, they would be Rosenberg material, that is, if we had news media. scholars, and justice on the side of truth-
No faith in this system whatsoever, save that of the natural order of business as it relates to systems humans create.......they corrode, wither, and die, and new ones pop up in their stead....
Rome......Dark Ages....enlightenment.....Romish experiment.....Dark Ages, well, lets frikkin' hope not this go-round.....we've come too far, to fuck it back to basics-
Farhad, can't I just say "everything"?
No?
OK, well, I like his ideas on packing up and moving home (U.S. bases overseas)
Hell, even if we only did it a few years, we might be able to take a chunk out of or eliminate out national debt.
I love his ideas for returning power to the state governments - that's how this country was founded.
Even if I didn't like a single thing the guy said, I still would vote for him, because he's the only candidate that has a proven track record of never increasing taxes, and he's honest. Yeah, I know - crazy right? A politician that's honest? Well, everything he says now, he's said before, and has yet to reverse himself.
Nearly gave me a heart attack when I saw the Huckabee sign. I hope Mike drops out before Ron does. I think it will bring him closer to the forefront and give him more media attention since McCain and Romney seem to be leading the pack right now.
I've always wondered about signs for political candidates. What are they supposed to be for, really? I mean, is anybody basing their decision on who to vote for on the number of signs that a candidate has? Or are there undecided people who see a sign and think "I like that guy's name!" and then vote based on that?
It's really for the undecided people - and people may simply see the name "Ron Paul" and wonder who it is, look him up, like what they see, and vote for him.
Also, After three hours at the call center calling people tonight and 70 or so signs put up around town, I think I've my my good deed for the day.
P.S. - I got some Ron Paul DVDs which I will watch, and if I like it I'll upload it for someone to post.
^ yeah. that's the thing.
everyone that doesn't know shit about him, knows one word: kook
they know that word, specifically. over & over.
then they take 2 minutes, to look up anything about him, from a reliable source, and no one says that word anymore.
that one Paul clip i posted? my buddy watched, and contributed hundreds of dollars. despite the same mortgage woes, etc, that any guy with a happy wife and 3 happy kids would have.
so, yeah. if i can't have my political dream team of Kucinich-Paul, it'd be Obama.
but only because, very unfortunately, the gop looks to be going with McCain, now. who i could've voted for, in 2000, and think we'd be better off if we had.
Obama carrying my home state of ny? would be sweet.
Why Ron Paul? Because hes a strict Constitutionalist. Just for shits and giggle I did a little research today on how many people could be looking at the ax at work if Ron Paul does eliminate some of the unconstitutional departments. While at the OPM website (Office of Personnel Management) I came across their budget. Just that office, the OPM, has a budget of over 230 MILLION dollars annually? WTF is that about. All the OPM does is the same thing that every agency they "oversee" already does with their organic personnel offices. Thats just one part that no one ever thinks about. This office does not do a single thing for the American people. Ron Paul is all about cutting out the fat such as this. And thats fine by me.
Oh heres their budget justification. Scroll down till you see the numbers.
https://www.opm.gov/budget/2008Budget.pdf
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