You should put this back up top for the week so it can be seen by all who come to visit for the next week!

You should think about not being a flake. You should think about putting your country above you fragile ego.

You should donate your time AND money.

Or you should stop complaining.

So you are going to make one phone call to Rubio’s campaign and, when you don’t get a call back, surmise that the reason they didn’t call you back is not because your message slipped through the cracks but because “they want money, not willing hands.”

When I called the Maricopa County GOP long ago to express my desire to become a PC, I ran into all sorts of roadblocks. Why? Because the people who man the phones are volunteers. So I continued to call. Eventually I got through to the right person and it all worked out. You should try it. If that doesn’t work, drive over to the office and introduce yourself.

I hope you’ll become a PC, too.

Thank you.

ColdWarrior

www.theprecinctproject.wordpress.com

An apt quote: ““Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan “press on” has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race” — Calvin Coolidge

You’re wondering why your goal is not being met. I have one reason. If it dissuades others, then people need to grow a spine and stop being so easily swayed.

I never liked the “my way or the highway” approach to soliciting help or being told how to react.

Should I ever hear from Rubio’s people, I’ll let you know. Until then, good luck with your fund drive and remember, not every conservative who disagrees with your current project is your enemy.

But, your chances for a misery-free future don’t look so good either. In the end, there is no compelling reason to believe that the Republican party will not retain it’s status-quo control over promoting your (then) elected officials, along with the current crop of squishy RINOs that you will unwillingly support by proxy. You’ve chosen one way to flail at that problem. I wish you luck!

Go ahead and record it if you are taking stats.

ColdWarrior

I don’t have the millions of dollars, so I became a PC.

You should, too.

I don’t know how many of the Redstaters are PCs, but I know many of them are. They are my heroes.

Those that are precinct committeemen know that they are going to have a direct vote as to who the Party leaders are. That’s real political power.

I hope you’ll become a PC.

The worst thing for the country would be for lots of conservatives to abandon the Party and either join an existing third party or try to form a new third Party.

“Abandon” is the wrong word. A conservative precinct committeeman leaving the Republican Party would be an abandonment, because you have to be “in” something in order to abandon it. A registered Republican voter simply changing his Party affiliation is just that — a change in Party “affiliation.” (Indeed, I can’t fathom a conservative PC abandoning the Party — once you become a PC and start “learning the ropes,” you quickly see that at the local GOP meetings a single conservative CAN change the Party just by his presence. My experience is that one conservative in a gaggle of mushy moderates is really not outnumbered. Conservatives have logic and make sense; many self-identified “moderates” actually hold many conservative values and principles and can be persuaded to think and vote like a conservative if presented with good arguments. They just don’t want to call themselves “conservative.” No problem. Good ideas drive out bad.)

Our adversaries, the Debtocrats, want conservatives to abandon the Party or affiliate with another Party — it’s the classic divide and conquer strategy. If, by contrast, all conservative/libertarian types would join the Party and try to move it to the right through the leadership elections and by working to make sure the best conservative candidates win the primary elections, we would improve our chances greatly of getting the kind of representative government we desire. United we stand, divided we fall.

It’s the strategy the leftist Obama supporters employed against the Clinton Machine. It worked for the Obamabots. With 50 per cent of the PC slots nationwide vacant, it could work for conservatives. If we’d all just spend a little time and effort and become PCs.

Thank you.

ColdWarrior

Or not. ;o)

Apparently, that is seen as “the cost of doing business”, you accept it and pretend it’s a manageable problem. But it is a bannable offense to mention it or suggest one possible remedy?

“bs” indeed!

I would debate your second point on earmarks as I think that’s an area where many conservatives are wrong. As a representative of a district RP has a responsibility to his constituents to see that the tax dollars they pay work to their benefit even if he disagrees with the collection of those dollars. I also think that opposing earmarks is equivalent to saying “I am offended by the <1% of the budget that I know how is being spent. To solve that problem please don’t tell me where any of my money is going.”

I can clearly see that we have to work within one of the major political parties to achieve anything. Maybe I should refer to myself as a Ronulan Republican in the future.

Finally, I do think our allegiance is to the agenda and not to the individual but when the individual represents your agenda you support the individual as well as the agenda.

If things pick up I have a long list of people and organizations I intend to continue to support, I know it’s a catch 22, but I cant give what I dont have.

If you don’t want a discussion, that’s fine. I hope you and your side have great success, but you’ll have to wait until 2010 for my money.

I’ve also politely told the NRSC to pound sand. They’ve been sniffing around looking for a contribution, but I don’t trust them to give the money to conservatives. As Nessa posted above, changing the GOP is an inside job and that change has to come from us.