meetup leader to Ron Paul: ignore wacko supporters

[Alonzo]

The head of the Pasadena Meetup group, Bill Dumas, sent a desperate letter to Paul headquarters asking for guidance:

“We’re in a difficult position of working on a campaign that draws supporters from laterally opposing points of view, and we have the added bonus of attracting every wacko fringe group in the country. And in a Ron Paul Meetup many people will consider each other ‘wackos’ for their beliefs whether that is simply because they’re liberal, conspiracy theorists, neo-Nazis, evangelical Christian, etc. . . . We absolutely must focus on Ron’s message only and put aside all other agendas, which anyone can save for the next ‘Star Trek’ convention or whatever.”



http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/22/magazine/22Paul-t.html?pagewanted=5&n=Top%2FReference%2FTimes%20Topics%2FPeople%2FP%2F Paul%2C%20Ron

I had to laugh at that.

[NortheastCynic]

Well, that's the thing about espousing a broad message of freedom that can be attractive to a wide variety of people...It attracts a wide variety of people.

-NC

[micfranklin]

Trying to stifle the message are they?

[qwerty]

His message is so powerfull that it unites different kind of people with different kind of ideology. That´s what i call revolution!

Take a look yourself

http://rally.ronpaulplanet.org/

[Mayberry]

That´s what i call revolution!
That's what we need.

[Alonzo]

I don't know, revolutions should move us forward, not back into the 19th century. Economically that's where Paul would have us headed.

[Mayberry]

Economically that's where Paul would have us headed.
Naturally you would feel that way. I guess you enjoy being taxed to the hilt.

[Alonzo]

The results are worth it. I don't like paying health insurance either, but the consequences of not doing so would be even worse.

[NortheastCynic]

19th century economics? You say that like it's a bad thing :P

-NC