GOP Group Cancels Straw Poll After Ron Paul Supporters Pour In

Discussion
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Sometimes verbal protest is called for. What were we supposed to do. Just take it like sheep and quietly walk out?

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Dear Phil,

Bottom line is always (IMHO) whether the actions we take further our
cause or not. It's a tough call.

Marcy

Sometimes verbal protest is called for. What were we supposed to

do. Just take it like sheep and quietly walk out?

  From: Amarcy D. Berry
  To: lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com
  Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2007 5:43 PM
  Subject: [lpsf-discuss] Re: GOP Group Cancels Straw Poll After Ron

Paul Supporters Pour In

  Thank you, Phil. I agree with you. As an aside, I personally believe
  such melee hurts the libertarian cause.

  Marcy

  >
  > It was her party. She owns the organization which is not affiliated
  with the GOP. It was classless, and fraudalent, and inconsiderate, but
  it's her thing.
  >
  > No state action is warrented.
  > From: Kurt Ferber
  > To: lpsf-discuss@yahoogroups.com
  > Cc: Dr. Michael R. Edelstein ; Ron Paul San Francisco Meetup
  > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 10:52 AM
  > Subject: Re: [lpsf-discuss] GOP Group Cancels Straw Poll After Ron
  Paul Supporters Pour In
  >
  >
  > Hi all,
  >
  > I would like to file a complaint with the FEC.
  >
  > Could someone versed in law draft a complaint template
  > based on the FEC guidelines here
  >
  > Help for candidates and committees | FEC
  >
  > Thanks
  >
  > Kurt
  > NYC
  >
  > --- Starchild <sfdreamer@> wrote:
  >
  > > I just posted this comment on the blog:
  > >
  > > The organizer, or at least the contact person for the event, was
  Gail
  > > Neira -- she can be reached at (415) 820~1430 or (415) 821~4452.
  Ron
  > > Paul supporters might wish to call and demand their money back

for

  > > the event if they haven't already. It also seems possible that

this

  > > action somehow violated the California Republican Assembly's
  bylaws.
  > > The state CRA bylaws can be found at http://
  > > www.californiarepublicanassembly.com/bylaws ... ; I could not

find

  > > any bylaws online for the SF group ( http://members.tripod.com/
  > > ~CRA0115/SFCRA.html ). If the SFCRA does not have any bylaws,

that

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Marcy,

  That's my bottom line as well. But I do believe that the most effective response to an injustice occurring, if our aim is to advance the cause, is to raise a clamor for justice. Radicalizing and motivating the people on our own side is probably even more key to our success than drawing the maximum amount of public sympathy.

Love & Liberty,
        ((( starchild )))

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Dear Starchild,

You might be entirely correct! However, you have known me long enough
to have anticipated my feelings toward radicalization of anything! I
have consistently appealed to our groups to solve everyday differences
amicably. Save the shouting for a *real* problem!

Regards,

Marcy

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Marcy,

  I meant "raising a clamor for justice" metaphorically, not necessarily literally -- although literally is one way to do it. I do consider the political establishment's hostility to Ron Paul to be a real problem, not just an "everyday difference" but a serious obstacle that requires a struggle to overcome.

  What do you think you would have said in 1773 to the idea of the Boston Tea Party?

Love & Liberty,
        ((( starchild )))

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No, Starchild, I would not have participated in the Boston Tea Party
either!

I completely agree with you that the establishment's hostility against
libertarianism (not just against Ron Paul) requires a struggle to
overcome. We just disagree on whether some forms of struggle are
effective.

Marcy