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Bob,<br>
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It does look like Ron Paul is in striking distance in Iowa despite a
massive campaign<br>
to black him out in the media.<br>
<br>
Tony Pomonis who is on this list is connected with local people who are
in turn connected with<br>
people in Iowa and with the Ron Paul campaign directly. Maybe Tony
will see this and comment.<br>
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You may be interested in doing something independently. <br>
Many will be doing working independently, but perhaps it may be useful
to coordinate<br>
with others to avoid reduplication of efforts and minimize turf
conflicts and any confusion or backlash.<br>
<br>
Some local people have been participating in phone banking and have
access to voter lists.<br>
<br>
I am also copying Barry Holley and Marty Johnson who are involved
locally.<br>
Barry was and still is a big fan of Kucinich. <br>
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Maybe they can help you get plugged in some where in Iowa, maybe help
you find a place to stay.<br>
<br>
I am pretty sure that Steve Bierfeldt is the Iowa Campaign director for
Ron Paul. He is <br>
a really good guy. Barry or Marty may have his contact info.<br>
<br>
I like your simple message:<br>
<pre wrap=""><i>if you want to end the war in
Afghanistan, if you don't want war with Iran, if you want to cut the
military budget, vote for Ron Paul in the Republican caucus.</i>
We may not agree with Ron Paul on every issue and certainly may not agree
with all of Ron Paul's supporters on every possible issue but when you
boil it down to foreign policy it works for lots of us.
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On 11/17/2011 3:41 AM, Robert Naiman wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Thanks, Carl. There's a lot that people can do without any traveling:
basically, time and money.
Time: calling potential voters in Iowa. As I understand it, the Paul
campaign is focusing its outreach on "Republicans." That means there
is a huge group of potential peace voters that the Paul campaign is
not reaching out to. We can get voter lists and call.
For example, we could get the voter list for people who voted in the
2008 Democratic caucus - a lot of first time people who told pollsters
that ending the Iraq war was their top issue - and we could do this in
particular areas where peace voters tend to congregate: university
towns. Ames, Iowa City, Cedar Falls.
The call script would be simple: if you want to end the war in
Afghanistan, if you don't want war with Iran, if you want to cut the
military budget, vote for Ron Paul in the Republican caucus.
People are more likely to do this if they do it collectively, because
it's more pleasant. So there could be a calling party at someone's
house.
Money: I am working to get some of the national peace groups to
cooperate on an "Iowa voter guide" - where do the candidates stand on
war with Iran, ending the Afghanistan war, cutting the military
budget? Then we would publish this in the Des Moines Register and
other newspapers. Folks could donate money to this project: the more
we raise, the more we can distribute.
On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Carl G. Estabrook
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:galliher@illinois.edu"><galliher@illinois.edu></a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Bob--
I wouldn't be able to participate but I would contribute/fund-raise for the
effort.
The difference between Paul and the other Republican candidates (and Obama)
on war issues couldn't be more obvious. I'm delighted to see that you're
doing something about it.
The two most important things the federal government does is kill people and
transfer wealth from the majority to the rich.
The Obama administration has proved itself even more brutal and efficient at
those tasks than its predecessor. It has expanded wars in the Mideast and
Africa, and has conducted a good-cop/bad-cop charade on government spending
with the Republicans to attack social supports. And the beneficiaries of
Obama's policies are the 1%, whose wealth has increased at an accelerating
rate, even after the financial crisis - as more and more Americans are
coming to recognize.
Ron Paul of course votes consistently against Obama's wars, on ethical and
political grounds. And he commendably voted against Obama's mendacious debt
deal.
Unfortunately, on economic policy Paul is a notorious believer in the debt
and deficit malarkey peddled by both parties. What Paul believes as a matter
of "libertarian" conviction is being used by others - often cynically - to
scare Americans into accepting the elite's austerity program. (Wealth is so
concentrated in America that an emergency tax of 15% on investable assets
over $1 million would make the deficit disappear - and 99% of American
would not be subject to the tax.)
Nevertheless Paul votes correctly - against both the wars and the debt deal
- and is the only major party candidate to do so.
Best wishes for your efforts,
Carl
On Nov 15, 2011, at 8:21 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
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<pre wrap="">In December 2003/January 2004 - when I was a graduate student - I
spent the winter break in Ames, Iowa, as a volunteer for Kucinich,
coordinating the campaign in Ames.
I am thinking of doing something similar now - for Ron Paul.
The Iowa Republican caucus is essentially an open primary. You just
have to show up, register as a Republican, and then you can vote.
A new Bloomberg poll shows that the race is a four way statistical
tie: Cain, Paul, Romney, Gingrich.
This means that any mobilization effort could tip the balance.
What if we got a group of people from C-U, picked a target where we
thought we could be useful (the Kucinich campaign sent me to Ames
because it's a campus town), rented an apartment for a month, and
worked on mobilizing peace voters for the caucus on January 3?
--
Robert Naiman
Policy Director
Just Foreign Policy
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.justforeignpolicy.org">www.justforeignpolicy.org</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:naiman@justforeignpolicy.org">naiman@justforeignpolicy.org</a>
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