GOP Group Cancels Straw Poll After Ron Paul Supporters Pour In

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

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

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 )))

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

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 )))

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