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<blockquote data-quote="Jack T." data-source="post: 1793898" data-attributes="member: 412"><p>Get involved, they say. . .</p><p></p><p>Several years ago (5-6) I started getting involved. Started attending all the county party meetings. Held an office in the county party, ran for public office, served on various boards. Side note: when I ran for office, I actually had a member of the State GOP come have lunch with me, and try to discourage me from running. </p><p></p><p>You know what has changed? Nothing. I'm not alone in our local party. . .roughly half of regular attendees would be considered Tea Party folks. But the "respected" members of the local party are *firmly* old-boy/status quo/"I'd vote for Obama if he were on the GOP ticket" folks, and the local party bows to the will of the "respected" members. I'm dreading our next meeting because I *know* the convention will be discussed, and the "respected" members are gonna *blast* the Ron Paul supporters, and tell us how fortunate we are to have a slate of Romney delegates.</p><p></p><p>Each year, the counties have their own convention, and part of that process is to send a small handful (10-ish) of resolutions to the state for consideration at the state convention. I've never seen one of our resolutions show up on the state convention list. I'd be interested to see if *any* non-metropolitan county has had a resolution show up at the state convention.</p><p></p><p>*If* you live in OKC/Tulsa, and *if* you get involved enough, you might have a shot at making a difference. Unfortunately, those two areas of the state are locked down. . .and being "involved enough" means being independently wealthy so you can attend all the get-together-to-tell-each-other-how-important-we-are functions.</p><p></p><p>Am I bitter? Disillusioned may be the better term. I'm still very active, but now I do it out of a sense of duty, not because I think I can make a difference. </p><p></p><p>All that being said. . .I think we saw a difference made last week with the Open Carry stuff. I am not at all convinced that bill would have showed up on the floor without the pressure that was applied to both the House and the Senate.</p><p></p><p>One *very* good thing Ron Paul has done. . .whether you like him, his polices, or his supporters or not. . .is to get younger people involved. I see more Ron Paul stuff around university campuses than I do anywhere else.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jack T., post: 1793898, member: 412"] Get involved, they say. . . Several years ago (5-6) I started getting involved. Started attending all the county party meetings. Held an office in the county party, ran for public office, served on various boards. Side note: when I ran for office, I actually had a member of the State GOP come have lunch with me, and try to discourage me from running. You know what has changed? Nothing. I'm not alone in our local party. . .roughly half of regular attendees would be considered Tea Party folks. But the "respected" members of the local party are *firmly* old-boy/status quo/"I'd vote for Obama if he were on the GOP ticket" folks, and the local party bows to the will of the "respected" members. I'm dreading our next meeting because I *know* the convention will be discussed, and the "respected" members are gonna *blast* the Ron Paul supporters, and tell us how fortunate we are to have a slate of Romney delegates. Each year, the counties have their own convention, and part of that process is to send a small handful (10-ish) of resolutions to the state for consideration at the state convention. I've never seen one of our resolutions show up on the state convention list. I'd be interested to see if *any* non-metropolitan county has had a resolution show up at the state convention. *If* you live in OKC/Tulsa, and *if* you get involved enough, you might have a shot at making a difference. Unfortunately, those two areas of the state are locked down. . .and being "involved enough" means being independently wealthy so you can attend all the get-together-to-tell-each-other-how-important-we-are functions. Am I bitter? Disillusioned may be the better term. I'm still very active, but now I do it out of a sense of duty, not because I think I can make a difference. All that being said. . .I think we saw a difference made last week with the Open Carry stuff. I am not at all convinced that bill would have showed up on the floor without the pressure that was applied to both the House and the Senate. One *very* good thing Ron Paul has done. . .whether you like him, his polices, or his supporters or not. . .is to get younger people involved. I see more Ron Paul stuff around university campuses than I do anywhere else. [/QUOTE]
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