When I tell people that the political scene in this country is a disaster, it\u2019s not something they don\u2019t already know.<\/p>\n
Those who believe we can salvage the Republic by voting for the less socialist of the two major parties are brainwashed.\u00a0 We\u2019ve been played for suckers for too long.\u00a0 As Eddie Childs used to say, \u201cI\u2019m mad as hell, and I\u2019m going to do something about it!\u201d<\/p>\n
There\u2019s a lot of talk these days about secession, and truth be known, it appeals to all who believe in freedom.\u00a0 We\u2019ve tried it twice in this country and it worked once.\u00a0 Some people are willing to go for \u201cbest two out of three!\u201d\u00a0 They are desperate as they watch this country subside under corruption and political correctness, as morals decline and imbeciles occupy the halls of power, managed by an Invisible Hand of Power.<\/p>\n
However, the time for secession is not quite right.\u00a0 It may come, but until there are some elected constitutionalists, we have no color of law and we have no chance of success.\u00a0 Instead of secession, a bloody war and martial law, let\u2019s try something that you can do, right now.<\/span><\/p>\n Whether they know it or not, Bob and Mary have just become one of the most powerful political blocs in their county!<\/p>\n Before you laugh this idea off, let\u2019s look at the potential.\u00a0 We all know that many elections are decided by just a handful of votes.\u00a0 Your first goal is to make sure that those \u201csqueakers\u201d will go the right way.\u00a0 You now have a hard impact of 110 votes, and a proven ripple effect of about 250 votes.<\/p>\n If you can find four people in your county to build teams like this, you can impact or sway over 1,000 votes in several key races.\u00a0 On the local level, this is huge!\u00a0 Statewide, that doesn\u2019t seem all that big a deal, but if you can work the \u201czone defense\u201d in your county, and if we organize 25 counties, do you see the potential for influencing the 2014 election?<\/p>\n I have spent the last 16 years working hard to organize the Constitution Party \u2014 a failed mission (for a variety of reasons).\u00a0 Building a third party in a state where the federal and state laws are stacked against you can only succeed where there is a groundswell of public opinion ready to join that machine.\u00a0 If nothing else, I\u2019ve proved to myself that it cannot be done in this current political climate.\u00a0 People are too scared.<\/p>\n The Constitution Party has failed to capture the existing groundswell of discontent among conservative voters, and will not be on the ballot in Texas in 2014.\u00a0 The Tea Parties, on the other hand, have captured the groundswell, but they are clearly being managed by skillful Republicans to \u201ckeep them in the fold\u201d and vote for candidates hand-picked by the Bushes and the Dewhursts and the Karl Rove crowd.\u00a0 The Tea parties are thus being co-opted and many don\u2019t even realize it.\u00a0 Those who do are frustrated and don\u2019t know how to change things.<\/p>\n This is how you change it.\u00a0 Walk away.\u00a0 Don\u2019t give the GOP another nickel.\u00a0 Don\u2019t attend their meetings.\u00a0 Don\u2019t vote in their primaries.\u00a0 And for goodness sakes, never vote straight party ticket again!\u00a0 Ignore them \u2014 just as they have ignored us over the past decades.<\/p>\n Instead, when they give us a Ted Cruz or a Steve Stockman to vote for in November, we\u2019ll vote for them in November.\u00a0 In the meantime, we can do better.<\/p>\n The Independent candidate, once ballot qualified, has the whole year to campaign, whereas the losing conservatives in the GOP primary have only a few months to get beat like a drum, and it\u2019s over for most of them.<\/p>\n The Independent candidate, if he finds himself facing a bona fide<\/em> opponent after the primaries are over, may withdraw from the race and work for a good candidate.\u00a0 But if that good candidate loses in the primaries, it\u2019s too late for another one to declare.\u00a0 This keeps your options open for the general election in November.<\/p>\n Objections<\/strong><\/p>\n You can depend on the loyal Republicans to scream bloody murder, \u201cYou are splitting the vote!\u201d<\/p>\n The answer, with a smile, is, \u201cYes, we know that.\u201d<\/p>\n They will then say, \u201cIf you split the vote, the Democrats will win!\u201d<\/p>\n And you will say, \u201cThat\u2019s what you get, when you stray from the platform and the Constitution \u2014 you deserve to lose.\u00a0 Besides, our Independent Conservative just may win, in which case YOU are splitting the vote!\u201d<\/p>\n When you quit playing their game by their rules, they cannot sustain this hoax much longer.\u00a0 They can no longer take the conservative vote for granted.<\/p>\n Republicans have voted for bail-outs, for tyrannical legislation to increase spying on Americans, for funding various agencies which are clearly unconstitutional, for deficit spending, for illegal wars, for welfare programs, etc., and they frankly don\u2019t care that you and I don\u2019t like it \u2014 we have nothing they want.\u00a0 Except a vote<\/strong>.\u00a0 And they aren\u2019t afraid when you will walk away by yourself.\u00a0 But if you walk away with 250 to 1,000 votes in your county, they soon will care!\u00a0 Because they will start losing elections, and that\u2019s a good thing.\u00a0 (Don\u2019t worry about the Democrats \u2014 they won\u2019t do any worse, and if elected, it will be temporary.)<\/p>\n If you\u2019ll spend a few hours studying the races in your county over the past decade, you\u2019ll find that many races are uncontested in November. 1<\/a>\u00a0 What does that mean for you?\u00a0 It means that your Independent candidate will often have a viable chance to win.\u00a0 (First of all, all the opposition voters will vote for the Independent.\u00a0 Then you throw in your Bob and Mary votes and watch the paradigms shift.)<\/p>\n This doesn\u2019t take two years.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t take two months.<\/p>\n How long do you think it takes to form a voting team of ten voters?\u00a0 I will tell you from experience \u2014 about two hours!\u00a0 In one meeting with ten friends, most of them will say yes to the following proposal:<\/p>\n Guys, I\u2019m sick and tired of watching constitutional candidates get beat out by RINOs and other socialists at the ballot box.\u00a0 I\u2019ll make you an offer:\u00a0 I will do the homework and with your help, we will find the best candidates our county has to offer in this next election if you\u2019ll do one thing for me, because I\u2019m no longer happy to just vote once \u2014 I want to vote ten times!\u00a0 I want to multiply my vote.\u00a0 So, if we come up with a list of the best candidates, regardless of party<\/span>, will you do two things for me in exchange?\u00a0 First, I want your pledge to vote for our endorsed candidates, and second, I want you to get us just ten more votes.\u201d<\/p>\n The first and most common objection is that they are afraid they might not agree with a candidate on our list.\u00a0 Answer:\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s no big deal.\u00a0 If you think we\u2019ve endorsed a candidate who is unworthy of your vote, then you have an obligation to tell us \u2014 early, I hope \u2014 and you always vote your conscience.\u00a0 But if we endorse six good conservatives, and you only vote for five of them, we won\u2019t be upset.\u00a0 Just imagine instead how good we\u2019ll all feel when we elect five constitutionalists and stun the party bosses in this county!\u201d<\/p>\n You can form that \u201cBob and Mary\u201d team in one meeting.\u00a0 You ask people to not get too ambitious, to just focus on influencing ten voters.\u00a0 If they get excited and want to build their own team of 100 voters, then they need to build a parallel party, the \u201cTom and Suzie Party\u201d!\u00a0 And now you have two groups, organizing independently, yet working together, and effectively sabotaging the monopoly currently held by the two socialist parties.\u00a0 When the \u201cDick and Jane Party\u201d join in, well, you get the picture.<\/p>\n Until now, we\u2019ve just written articles and developed the method, but we\u2019ve never formed county organizations.\u00a0 This is a call for volunteers to start your own alternative to politics as usual in your county.<\/p>\n You can do this by yourself, and never tell us, and that\u2019s okay, but if you let us know that you\u2019re organizing a given county, we might be able to send you a few new friends in that county, and we definitely want to give you the opportunity to have a say in our statewide endorsements coming up next year.<\/p>\n No budget, no advertising, no paperwork to fill out for some government agency \u2014 you still have enough freedom of speech and freedom of association to recommend candidates.\u00a0 Just you and your ten friends could turn your county around in 2014.\u00a0 You can own your city council, your county commissioners and your school board.\u00a0 You can<\/span> take your county back!<\/p>\n And, if it comes to secession, well, you\u2019re going to need those ten friends more than ever.<\/p>\n For more information, go to www.ICVUSA.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n
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