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I have contributed money, stuffed envelopes, paid for postage, passed out literature at the polls, etc. I have not been to any party meetings.

I am not saying to not work within the party. I am saying it's not enough to move the party.

It is pretty obvious to all but the most obtuse, that the agenda today is controlled by left wing groups nominally outside the Democratic party. Conservatives(except for possibly the NRA) have not effectively countered these groups - so we do not set the agenda - even in the Republican party.

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"I am saying it's not enough to move the party."

Not individually, no. But get 50 people of like mind to show up to those meetings regularly and you will control the local party apparatus.