[onyx]

I started working in local campaigns when I was 21. Pete Wilson was running for CA Assemblyman in my district. As you know, he later won election for Mayor of San Diego, U.S. Senator and finally Governor of CA. I love campaign work.

You and I both know that darn few people here actually work in campaigns: there's not enough hours in the day, given the time they spend here.

[Indy Pendance]

Free Republic now is just a popular chat site. And that's really a pity, because we have a lot of like minded folks who could do something, but they just 'don't have the time'. Free Republic used to be a do something site, not a bitch and moan site.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

In 2002, I quit a good job to spend four months campaigning for congress. I covered 16,000 miles across 13 counties. I personally talked to more than 10,000 people. I walked through many communities, going door-to-door. All of my campaign signs and literature contained the slogan "Stop Illegal Immigration" before such a concept was widely in fashion.

Prior to that I had been one of approximately 1,000 folks who angrily occupied the steps of the Tennessee state capitol and stopped the secretly planned imposition of a state income tax. The Associated Press distributed a photo of me waving a "Don't Tread Upon Me" flag at that tax protest.

I paid my dues.

Some of us go way beyond posting on freerepublic.com