Republicans --You Can't Say I Didn't Warn You

American Thinker website ^ | Nov. 17, 2008 | Alicia Colon

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Most Republicans work for a living in positions in which they cannot take time off to campaign.

So do I, in addition I care full time for three kids all under 7....

One hour a night, perhaps two nights a week.

Two hours on Saturday.

C'mon. It's not that hard. A lot is at stake here, and it feels great getting out there and actually DOING something....

Not to mention it's a great networking tool.

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Republicans are overwhelmed with their daily responsibilities to family and work.

Don't want to sound picky here... but so am I.

I BRING the kids with me to hand out fliers in my neighborhood.

They love it. (well the first half hour anyway)

I put up message signs along highways.

Try and create an email club with stories relevant to local issues.

We CANNOT make excuses. It only takes a little effort from a lot of people to make a difference.

[olivia3boys]

I agree. I work 24 hrs/week and am also raising 4 young children.

I found the time to do some phone banking for McCain.

Just takes getting off the couch and doing a little bit. It we all did it would all add up to a lot.

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BOTH major parties have already ceded the point: government is your daddy.

Please don't sound so defeatist.

McCain was an AWFUL candidate, and dragged each other Republican ballot candidate down 5-10%.

With a young energetic, articulate, ATTRACTIVE candidate ... the GOP can recover.

The 58 million Republican voters voted despite hating McCain and the wimp-GOP message of 2008.

Just think what could happen if we had an exciting candidate, and not a boring, semi-sickly Washington insider bringing us all down.

[alicewonders]

When I was young, I was a member of the 'Tar babies' .... Teen Age Republicans.

We went on ski trips, played basket ball, and had a blast.

That is great & it's something that really sticks to you when you're a kid. I am in a neighborhood organization where I have my place of business. The residential area around it is mostly low-income families. Every summer, our organization has a festival, with food vendors, musical entertainment, inflatable amusements, sometimes fireworks, etc. The kids absolutely love it and ask every year if we're going to do it again.

We all are busy, but when you have a group of people - you can get a lot accomplished. Each of us needs to look around our communities & see areas that could be targeted.

[supremedoctrine]

She is the ONLY commentator to have said something pertinent about Obama’s “community organizer” credentials, and what they mean politically. Instead of snickering at it, (which was naturally spun into “that’s a racist codeword”)it was brought up as if it was something only a starry eyed idealist would do. It is anything but, as Alicia Colon points out. It’s just typical once more of the McLame campaign to have missed that opportunity to show how Community Organizing was the equivalent of “making your bones” in the Chicago Democratic Machine structure.
A rite of passage, and a good training and proving grounds for shake-down rabblerousing. Once again, McLame’s campaign flew along with no research, no felt need for any, and kept its fingers crossed that mockery would be enough to carry them through.Needless to say , it wasn’t.
Win or lose, it would have been far far better to have at least EDUCATED the electorate a little on what Obama’s background REALLY was. Cold and calculating, rather than naive, untested, and idealistic ,which he is ANYTHING BUT .

[supremedoctrine]

BTT

[Lexinom]

How about this, for the sake of discussion:

If/when you knock on a door, make it clear that you are taking time out of your busy schedule because you believe the country is important. Point out (!!!) that the reason the campaigners for the other side have both the freedom and resources for community organization is precisely because other people are working hard to pay taxes. Lastly, the close: Ask the person rhetorically, What would happen if everyone lost the incentive to work, due to high taxation, and if EVERYBODY were on the public dole? "That is why I am are asking for your patriotic support for candidate x."

[Daveinyork]

I did that for years - canvassed, campaigned, made calls to get Republicans elected in our area, especially the city. I was the volunteer communications coordinator for the local Bush/Chaney committee in 2004. I was responsible for getting letters to the editor, and monitoring talk radio.

For our city candidates (York, PA) we got no help from the county party, which has conceded the city to the mismanagement of the Democrats. The Dems have not reciprocated, and continue to run candidates in the Republican county. They don’t call the GOP the stoopid party for nothing.

Chalk up my declining to work for the grand old party this year to my waning enthusiasm brought about by the party’s waning enthusiasm for conservatism - smaller government, sanctity of life, free trade, etc., as well as the nomination of the one candidate who has made a point of spitting on conservatism.