Monday, 04 January 2010
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What can YOU do?
Start by refusing to be the victim and beginning to take control of your own future.
The following is a guest post by the state coordinator of Pennsylvania Precinct Activists . I believe this will be useful to all of you. This is part of a national project that any of you can become involved with regardless of your political party.
The Hijacking of Primary Elections
I used to say that if you wait until the General Election in November, you are too late. The real contest is in the Primary, where the political parties, which are similar to private clubs, elect their candidates. Now I am going to assert that if you wait until the Primary Election, you may be too late already.
The Primary Election is where the party voters select their candidates by secret ballot. That's democracy, right? Well, it would be if that was what was truly happening. In reality our Primaries, the most important of all elections, are being hijacked as we speak by party leaders and other deal-makers before the party voters even get a chance to hear the candidates and learn what they stand for.
Candidates are quietly traveling around Pennsylvania, meeting with party leaders, asking for endorsements. Do you think they are asking the party leaders to endorse them based on the fact they, the candidates, are going to do the best job to protect our freedoms and promote principles of justice? If only we could be the little bugs on the wall that our party leaders seem to think we are to hear what was said during those meetings….
In February, the Republican State Committee will vote whether or not to endorse our statewide candidates. Most likely they will vote "yes." Before that, county leaders will meet in regional caucuses and do the same. After they vote Yes to endorse, then they will go ahead to endorse the Annointed Ones for whom we, the party soldiers, are expected to fall in line and get busy putting out yard signs, passing out literature, and do other assorted grub work.
So what's the problem?
The problem is that the Primary process is being manipulated and hijacked before the party voters get to vote. By endorsing candidates, they are unnecessarily influencing the outcome of an election that is supposed to be decided by the voters. Do we really need to be told who to vote for? What happened to good old-fashioned political debate and discourse and freedom of choice?
In fact, why have a Primary Election at all? If the party leaders "know best,' why not skip the Primary Election altogether and save the taxpayers a truckload of money? I mean, they already told us who to vote for, right?
Do you get the feeling that someone out there doesn't want you to choose your elected officials? Do you get the feeling that the process is corrupted from top to bottom? Well, I do.
How We Change It
In May, all the state party committee members and most of the county committee members will be re-elected. The county committees will elect their Chairmen shortly after the election. So this is what you do:
1. Concerned voters should run for a spot for their county committee seats. You can obtain a nomination petition on Feb. 16 at the county Elections Office.
2. Before you vote for your Chair, you ask him if he will pledge to vote NO on any questions regarding endorsing candidates. If he does not pledge NO, you vote for someone who will pledge YES.
3. Before you vote for any state committee members, ask them how they will vote on endorsements. If you cannot reach them or can't get an answer, don't vote for them.
4. Find people to run for state committee positions who pledge to vote NO on endorsing candidates.
If we can't take back our Primary Elections and let the electorate choose their candidates, we will never get the candidates we want in the General Election. Period.
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Lois Kaneshiki is the Pa state coordinator for the Pennsylvania Precinct Activists . Remember~~All politics are local! Lois Highly recommends the following video:
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Comments (11)
It's time for the nice people to get active instead of just faithfully living and being good citizens. That's not enough anymore. Praying is the key word. I heard it in the video. Hope and pray for change.
Happy New Year!
@mcbery - yes, you know not being involved is a active choice. There is nothing passive about it. I really had to rethink this. So Christians have made a active choice to not be involved in politics and then wonder why society is on the skids.
BTW, I am involved in this project. I am one of the county coordinators to assist people to get involved. I am also helping with a national nullification project as one of the states administrators. I will still complain, I will still point pout what is wrong, but I must engage, otherwise I have chosen not to engage.
I enter 2010 with no resolutions, but a entire new prospective. May God richly blessly your family this next decade.
Outside the box,
John
Todd Wolf here in beautiful Limerick, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. I, like many others, have been involved over the past year in contributing to the efforts of taking back our country; attending Tea Parties, rallies, and townhalls; visting Washington D.C., Harrisburg, and local government offices; writing the letters, emails, and faxes; making the phone calls; doing the reading, writing, and arithmetic; making the social network rounds; talking and listening to whoever was willing to take the time. I am 51 years old; have lived in the area for over 46 years; have worked in the construction industry for over 35 years; raised a family; and over the course of those 51 years, I have watched as our country fell prey to the Big Lie: "You gotta play the game if you're gonna get ahead in this world." Well, I don't play ... never have and never will. I have always had a sense of self, knew where I stood on every issue, and never compromised my principles. The events of the past year have been a tipping point of sorts. I have been inspired by the response of like-minded Americans of conscience and courage who realize that this battle will be fought and won by confronting the problems and problem-makers face to face; calling out the self-serving political pirates by name; exposing the crimes and criminals and making them examples of what not to do, of what is not acceptable; and challenging the constitutionality of over 100 years of legislative usurpation. I am on a mission, searching for people who understand that Liberty must never be subordinated to order and boots on the ground must never be subordinated to monitor fixation.
Looking forward to sharing experiences, thoughts, ideas, and opinion of those ready, willing, and able to meet the challenges coming in the year ahead.
Your Friend in Liberty,
Todd Wolf ... fieldgeneral@comcast.net
@fieldgeneral - got your back Todd ! Thanks for your comment and input. John
hahaha,,, the video,,, "there are generous commission based opportunities" hahahahaha
that tells me something,,, i dunno,, maybe its just me,,,
@mejicojohn - now that was wierd. The video I was listening to was not the video that downloaded. So I just replaced the video.
this one is better....
If we're going to get this country moving in the "right" direction again, all of us who have the time and are willing to make the commitment, MUST DO THIS! The only way you change any organization, especially a political organization, is from the inside! We must get the Republican Party out of the grips of the "business-as-usual" politicians and return our Government to "We the People", instead of "We the Chosen"!
I've made "The Commitment" to change the direction of our Great Country by being involved at the Local Level-Will you? Join us and together we can make the difference!
Rob
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@LevittownRob - Hey Patriot, I hear you loud and clear! BTW, come check us out on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pennsylvania-Freedom-Fighters/150966462615?ref=ts
It's worse than that. In many states, the primary election means little at all. In Texas, for example, the primary election does nothing other than register the voter with one party or the other (notice this is stated as though there are only two choices). The vote is non-binding, meaning the parties are not bound to select the candidate chosen by popular vote. In fact, the decision is actually made by those voters who know how the system works and go to the precinct meeting after the polls close (but before the results have been tallied). It is here that delegates for the county, and later state and national, conventions are chosen. These delegates will go to the respective party convention(s), and there they will cast their vote for the candidate they desire. There is quite a bit of strategic deal making that goes into getting these coveted delegate positions; these delegates literally have the power to decide who you get to vote for in November (or not). This is why one of the key strategies for the Paul campaign here, had more to do with getting tons of us to go to the precinct conventions, than actually influencing people to vote for him...