Local Republican County Convention

at 03/30/08 9:08PM

Texas has county conventions on March 29, so I just attended our convention yesterday. It was enlightening. In a county of 6000, with a majority of the voting public Republican, so perhaps 1500 voting this last election, less than 10 people decided to become precinct delegates. Of those, only five of us showed up at county.

Luckily, four of us were Ron Paul supporters. The county coordinator was clearly distressed as we passed pro-2nd amendment, pro-habeas corpus, pro-US sovereignty, pro-limited government measures. Frankly I was surprised at the resistance from both her and the non-RP delegate. It just goes to show how far we as a nation have come when habeas corpus is controversial. People! We fought a revolution over this already! Backsliding now would be both reprehensible and pathetic.

The county hasn't sent a full delegation to state in years. This year, three liberty-loving patriotic constitutionalists will be going! The party isn't done yet, folks. This is the beginning of yet another "quiet revolution" within the party, returning us to our roots. The "Reagan Revolution" was one. The 1994 "Contract with America" was another. This will hopefully have just as deep and lasting an impact.
  • bryanharwell
    I'm with you 100%!!! If only Alabama would do the same.
    by bryanharwell at 03/31/08 5:20AM
  • wordwielder
    Laura (Dial) Weldon here! I love finding old friends on pleonast.
    by wordwielder at 03/31/08 10:53AM
  • kennon
    This makes me incredibly happy :)

    I feel kind of disconnected from the entire process since I'm living in Europe ... but if I were in the US I definitely would have done this too.

    I think this will be Ron Paul's real legacy - he has awoken an entire generation to the truth that it IS possible to stand up for the principles that our country was founded on.

    I have never been so interested in our country or our principles as I have been in the past year or so - thanks Ron Paul!

    (good luck at the state convention!)
    by kennon at 04/05/08 4:02AM
  • kennon
    And it sickens me too how habeas corpus could possibly be controversial by ANYONE in the US ...
    by kennon at 04/05/08 4:02AM
  • jhurst747
    RP is way too kooky for me. Some of his principles I don't overly agree with either. I'll hold my nose and vote for McCain.
    by jhurst747 at 04/23/08 12:56PM