Isilion

December 2, 2007

A Sad Post

Filed under: Politics, Ron Paul
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Sigh. And some folks wonder why most people hate politics. Anyway, this is how it looked shortly before it went away.
My name is Marc Whittemore. I started the original grassroots group ObamaLA and carried it until it was 2,500 people strong. Having done substantially more homework now I am inclined to switch my vote.

Make no mistake about it — I think Obama would make a decent President — well at least far better than any other stale “part of the problem” Democrat running. However in case you have not noticed America is picking up “flush momentum” and we are going down the tubes FAST. We no longer have time for rehearsals or inexperience. We MUST get it right and get it right this time. We don’t even have the luxury of voting along party lines if we are to get it right.

And so. Even more surprising is that for the first time in my 32 years of voting I will be voting for a Republican president. And that Republican is Ron Paul. Listen people. And take the time to listen CLOSELY to Ron Paul — because, like the last, we can ill afford one more drastic idiot mistake in the White House. Lives depend on making the right choice — indeed our entire nation depends on the right choice this time.

Sincerely,
Marc Whittemore
Los Angeles, CA

ad infinitum…

WATCH THESE VIDEOS PEOPLE — DO IT NOW
!!!
THIS IS OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE!! !

The following was written by a friend of mine and includes links to the
videos that sold me 1000% on Ron Paul –because he says it so much
better than I — I leave it intact:

For what it is worth there are several really good youtube

videos.  Many
of them are kind of preaching to the choir kind of things, but there are
a some that I know for a fact have won people over cause I’ve heard the
testimonials from people who say that watching them was what did the trick.

I have a friend who is an aging punk rocker, covered in tattoos, full of
piercings and a thorough-going ceremonial magician.  I sent him this
link and about a half an hour later he called me and said “Where do I
sign up?”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWfIhFhelm8

This one made me cry.  I love the song, too.  It is my Ron Paul theme song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55mnPm-s-io

This one is powerful, period.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DqY8iIxe2c

This one has a couple of minutes of breathless numbers that could be
shorter, but round about 2:24 it really starts driving it home.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFfdB5OzlyQ

Now, for me, it was of course the war that first got me fired up for
him, but as I’ve listened I’ve really started to listen on economics and
monetary policy.  It was always boring to me, as I’m sure it is for most
people, but I’m beginning to realize that it is one of the key issues
because so many other things flow from it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abV9tgbG-bA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji_G0MqAqq8

Oops, I forgot one. This is a bit more cerebral than the others, but it
really strikes a chord in me, if for no other reason than the
unassuming, almost self-effacing speech that concludes it.

“Let it not be said that we did nothing.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSlcNqcvdXg

Sometimes — it can be just as much about what a

politician does not do!

Ron Paul:
…has never voted to raise taxes.
…has never voted for an unbalanced budget.

…has never voted to raise congrssional pay.
…has never taken a government paid junket.
…voted against the Patriot Act.
…voted against regulating the Intenet.
…voted against the Iraq war.
…has never voted for restriction on gun ownership.

…has never voted toincrease the power of the Executive branch.
…does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.
…returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year.

Ron Paul will:

…IMMEDIATELY pull the troops out.

…IMMEDIATELY dissolve the IRS!!! (and so much more)

Sound too good to be true?
LISTEN TO THE VIDEOS!

Stay strong, Marc.

4 Comments »

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  1. Google just removed the site from their cache… i guess we can figure out who’s bed they sleep in at night…

    their main site, where mark’s change of heart and his explanation were featured, is now gone, but all the other cached links to his site (which still appear to be endorsing obama) work fine…

    Comment by Js — December 4, 2007 @ 11:51 am EST

  2. When I pulled the plug on ObamaLA I was angry for all the lies and defamation of character posted by the immature lot of ObamaLA volunteers and thought I’d just flush any of my future involvement. BUT. By the virture of one major LIE being told by “Leslie” on the other page — has given me a way to PROVE by police report - that what I say is true — hopefully further allowing people to see those that post their LIES for exactly what/who they are. I am now looking into restoring the ObamaLA message.

    Comment by Marc Whittemore — December 4, 2007 @ 10:08 pm EST

  3. Okay — the ObamaLA.com website is back up — with some edits.

    Comment by Marc — December 6, 2007 @ 12:38 am EST

  4. Hey Marc, do you still have any ObamaLA buttons?

    Comment by Marc Sigoloff — February 7, 2008 @ 2:28 am EST

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