The Importance of Getting Involved in Politics Locally : By Onan Coca

The Importance of Getting Involved in Politics Locally : By Onan Coca

from Doofiegirl on 06/13/2015 03:47 PM

A few years ago conservative grassroots activists surprised the nation when we rose up together to protest the increase in spending, the creation of new regulations, the addition of new methods of taxation, and particularly, the possibility of Obamacare. The mainstream media and the establishment quickly got used to seeing Tea Party activists everywhere they went – at Town Hall meetings, at local speeches and just about anytime the politicians came home, we were there to question them about these horrible policies being handed from Washington. Many of us smelled change in the air, how could they ignore millions of us across the country protesting and demonstrating as one? But ignore us they did.

 

Sure, we got a few electoral victories here and there; Mike Lee in Utah, Rand Paul in Kentucky, Ted Cruz in Texas, Marco Rubio in Florida, Scott Brown in Massachusetts (yuck) and many more in the House... but has it really changed anything? I don't think so.

The problem is that while we were active publicly and on the national level, we forgot that real change starts in our communities and in our state. From home we can build a platform to affect change on a greater level, but without first winning locally, any gains we make nationally will be short-lived. For example, we might win a big victory like getting a Tea Party Senator elected... but what good will that do if our state leadership is beholden to the establishment and only willing to allow establishment candidates the chance to run for office? Sooner or later that one Tea Party voice will get drowned out.

What we need to do is first win our states, then launch our assault on the national establishment... and one state is showing us the way.

Grassroots conservatives won a major victory this past weekend when in North Carolina the conservative base won stunning victories over the GOP establishment for control of the state party!        http://www.redstate.com/diary/helmsconservative/2015/06/07/grassroots-conservatives-win-control-nc-republican-party/

http://eaglerising.com/19617/the-importance-of-getting-involved-in-politics-locally/#YA6Lg9Pthd0EYGeh.99

Re: The Importance of Getting Involved in Politics Locally : By Onan Coca

from TheRedJester on 06/13/2015 03:54 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tu32CCA_Ig
https://represent.us/action/thesolution/