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The Peacesign movement has taken its first steps. If you have been watching this site then you have seen the graphic design which has now been adopted by the Peacesign Movement as it's logo and motto. Through the help of local, national, and international contribution's of graphic design coupled with words so profound, they were and are destined to change minds. We hope to raise funds as well as awareness to the growing problem's that face us today. The time of willful ignorance are over, no single   more...person or party can save us. Now is the time to speak your mind. For volunteer info t shirt, poster's, ideas. Post them here and we will answer, please be patient. Power to the people!!!


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Debunking the "Ron Paul can't win" Myths

It's become a standard component of all discussion surrounding Ron Paul's presidential candidacy: "..but he won't win the nomination." Stop saying it, because it's not true. I'll tell you why, without even mentioning his unshakable internet support mob (well, except to say his avid supporters have completely taken over Digg and Youtube, and he consistently wins every online poll that's offered).

Back in the real world:

Two years ago, Republicans made up 50%   more...of the electorate. Indisputably, Bush's bungling of the war has shrunk that number down to 30%. Did that 20% just vanish, was it absorbed into the Democratic party, or did they drop off the radar as disenchanted conservatives because there was no one in leadership representing their views?

Who are these people that make up the missing 20%? From my own observations, about half of them are what is known as paleo-conservatives, small-government traditionalists who opposed the war from the start, but opposed Democrats even more, whose votes in 2004 were primarily anti-Kerry votes. Another quarter of them are Christian conservatives who've painfully recognized the liberal nature of this administration's policies and failures of its execution of the war in Iraq, the Birchers and Buchananists. Some of them are the free-trade libertarian-minded conservatives who've grown tired of government interference in the matters of the economy. A small handful of them are anti-immigration conservatives seething from Bush and the GOP leaders' refusal to protect the borders. All of these groups are primed to embrace Ron Paul's message with enthusiasm, and together they comprise a full 20% of the electorate.

Remember, Paul consistently ranks high in conservative leadership as determined by major conservative organizations. Early on, conservative support for Paul was vocalized. And some of these conservatives have already formally endorsed Paul for the GOP nomination.

Roughly 35% of the electorate self-identify as Democrats, and a dwindling 30% call themselves Republicans. Media polling organizations often limit themselves to voters in these two groups, leaving out the voices of the 35% who claim neither party as their own. This graphic is a crude representation of how the party faithfuls are selecting their respective frontrunners without the influence of these independents. When it comes down to the primaries, the party activist votes will be divided among the frontrunners selected by media polling organizations.



Using the latest Gallop poll results (which wildly contradicts internet polling results, but that's another matter), Giuliani has the support of 29% of self-identified Republicans, or about 9% of the electorate. McCain has 23% support from Republicans, or 7% of the electorate. Do you see where I'm going with this? A full 20% of the electorate is comprised of conservatives who've abandoned the GOP for various reasons, all potential Ron Paul supporters. This 20% poses insurmountable odds to the likes of Giuliani's 9%, McCain's 7%, Thompson's 6% and Romney's 3%, provided these disenchanted voters are mobilized to participate in their states' primaries.

In addition to the GOP split effect described above, we have another layer of influence to consider in how the country will vote. With nearly 70% of the country now opposed to the war in Iraq, and only one candidate offering to end it conclusively and expiditiously, odds are pretty good that candidate will get a lot of support from independents in the primaries.

Not to be taken lightly, a third level of influence comes from liberals writhing in their perceived betrayal of the newly elected Democratic majorities. Recent actions by the Democratic congress concerning war and trade issues have party activists livid, as a cursory scan of the liberal blogs will reveal. An undercurrent of Paul's common sense policy proposals already flows through these environs, and can easil  less