Get Involved
It is more important than ever that YOU become an activist. The Conservative message is being ignored or silenced in the mainstream media. National elections are no longer decided by those committed to left or right ideologies, but rather by the people most likely to neither know nor care much about the issues - the so-called middle. Now is the time that we each must do all we can to educate those who are not already committed to Conservative principles. This task is not difficult, but it does require some patience, after all, most of the people who need to learn political history and current events really do live much of their lives as conservatives; they just don't recognize it. Here are ten steps that you can take to further the cause...
1. Get informed, stay informed
Study the history and foundation of
this country. Learn the steps that have taken us this far down the road
toward socialism. Learn current events and policy issues. Being
informed helps you back up your opinions with facts.
2.
Participate in the discussion
Participate in blogs,
write letters to your local newspaper, talk to your friends and
neighbors. Encourage them to get involved, too. We need to
build an army of activists!
3. Hold politicians accountable
Every politician from the school
board to the President of the United Sates deserves to hear from you,
and it is your responsibility to contact them on important policy
decisions. They're spending your money! Remind them how they got into
office and whose money they are spending. Your phone calls, emails, and
faxes can sometimes make a difference.
4. Volunteer to help the GOP
Your local GOP can use
your help, no matter how much or how little. There are some precincts
that need chairmen, but virtually all precincts can use more help
during elections. It is vitally important that we be able to provide
poll workers to keep our elections fair and honest. The local party can
also use your help working events, fund raising, and even providing
feedback and more ideas to strengthen our base here in Nueces County.
Use our Volunteer
Form or plan
to attend one of our meetings.
5. Get involved in local government
Attend meetings of your local
government. The decisions made by your city council and county
commissioners have a direct effect on your life, typically in a short
term. It is vitally important that these folks hear a conservative
viewpoint during their deliberations. Yes, I know. We have jobs and
families and churches, but we can no longer ignore government. You may
not be interested in government, but it is interested in you!
6. Build your circle
You influence more people than you
might realize. Build your circle of email friends, Facebook friends, or
even the coffee klatch. Share the things you are learning with your
friends and encourage them to get involved. If you feel strongly enough
about an issue to write your elected officials, share your letter and
your motivation with your friends. If you encourage them to use your
letter, you have a stronger possibility of getting them to join with
you. Keep your circle upbeat and motivated.
7. Convert five
This may be the most difficult, but
you must do this. We cannot each exist in an echo chamber where we only
associate with those whose beliefs match our own. We must move out of
the comfort zone and commit to recruiting/education/converting five
people this year. Find those who have a passing interest in politics
and get them more interested. Feed them material and make them think.
Conservatism is natural to a rational person and if you wake them up,
they will understand. Remember, it is the middle that is deciding
elections.
8. Educate young people
Young people today are energized
about politics. The trouble is, they are energized for many of the
wrong reasons and being young people, they haven't had a lot of time to
internalize liberalism vs. conservatism. It's our job to help them
understand that. We must. After all, they need to be working,
productive people to pay for our Social Security!
9. Learn the tactics of the left
The left and the current
administration are following an established template. Their goals are
not surprising, but the tactics employed over the past several years
have
proven to be very effective. The key to our success comes through
organizing. Each of us must work to make our county GOP as strong as
possible and to build an organized network that not only responds, but
is proactively working to recruit.
10. Make noise
Our current President cut his teeth
being a community organizer. As a role model for us all, we must now
embrace the (legal) tactics of the left to make ourselves heard. We
have a national media that is deaf or even in collusion with the left
to ignore the Conservative message. We cannot tolerate that. The recent
Tea Parties scattered around the country were organized quickly and
were successful considering the time frame. The next ones will be
bigger and the following July 4th Tea Parties will be enormous. We must
get in the collective face of the nation - all the time smiling.