Frankly, I believe the only hope for liberty is the younger generation. Older folks are mostly kneedeep in socialist shibboleths of various kinds.
Telling it straight on the b*llsh*t drug laws is ONE way of having some semblance of credibility with younger folks, who, despite the years of gubmint agitprop in the skools, laugh out loud at the official lies.
Laughing at lies is a very good place to start building an actual majority of voters who support liberty.
FDR-loving Democrats and Republicans are dying off; it's not worth the effort to convert them to Constitutionalism.
Speaking truth to the currently powerless is THE best way to build a future majority.
That's why I love to participate on the WOD threads, even if, intellectually, it is the equivalent of shooting fish in a barrel.
Socialism is the enemy; love of liberty is the only force that can destroy it.
I don't give a rat's *ss about Party; I only care about victory over modern Totalitarianism.
Fighting the WOD is the best way to accomplish this, IMNSHO.
It's a question of tactics. Telling the American people that the very first thing you're going to do if elected -- before even making your acceptance speech -- is to pardon all the druggies may be a wonderful way to make a statement about how bad the WOD is. But it's also a guaranteed way to make sure you never get to do anything more than make statements.
If we want to actually do anything about the WOD, or any of our other ideas, we have to get some people elected.