[AmericanInTokyo]

I know we are all tired out here, BUT.....

FR should start to develop scores of Freepers to run for local council, school board, water board, sewage board, assemblyman, alderman, Congressman, various offices in 2010 and 2012. People who could NEVER imagine themselves running for office and serving, need to be called forth from FReeRepublic. Talk about citizen activism. We can cultivate many and support each other, contribute, volunteer, and take on Democrats in vulnerable seats nationwide. The pendulum, in my opinion, WILL BE FULLY SWUNG BACK ON BEHALF OF THE GOP BY 2010. How many Freepers out there are willing to get on their surfboards, suspend their personal careers, ask their families to make some sacrifices, and ride this TOTALLY AWESOME wave of conservatism from coast to coast that will be upon us in less than 24 months??!! By then, MILLIONS of Joe the Plumber's across the fruited plains will have received their federal tax bills...and they aint gonna like it....

This is the Perfect Storm in the making.

Obama is going to be extremely unpopular in about a year out time, and Democrats will be doing everything to not be tagged to him.

[ElayneJ]

I hope this is right. The deck will certainly be stacked against us and in a way that might silence us - but we need to do whatever it takes to be the opposition. We need organization.

[NoControllingLegalAuthority]

Your suggestion is we conservatives should spend our time running for office and creating grass roots organizations.

Here's my experience. I ran in a primary for congress back in 2002. I quit a good job and went on the road for 4 months, driving 16,000 miles thru 13 counties and personally talking to thousands of citizens.

My conservative "friends" mostly didn't lift a finger to help nor did they donate any money. They were too busy earning money to help straighten out the government mess.

Here is the irony of the communist takeover:

Conservatives have jobs and businesses. They are busy being productive.

The left can field armies of losers and community organizers who don't have a damn thing to do but undermine liberty and capitalism and wait for a hand-out.