Ron Paul
supporters--
Make The Argument is dedicated to the simple
proposition that most of the problems that plague the
Further, we believe that the best way to fix this problem is that concerned
citizens should learn to make the argument themselves, effectively and
confidently winning over their neighbors.
The only hope of getting the nation to vote wisely is in getting them to
diagnose the problems correctly. Hence, our aim to help you, the people,
to
Make the Argument!
MakeTheArgument.org is being built in order to give US citizens some new tools with which
to convince their peers that we need to restore our federal government to a
strict obedience to our Constitution.
Many are eager for such a movement to take hold, yet no particular plan
to insure the success of such a movement has yet become preeminent.
The back-to-the-Constitution theme
is certainly not new, and yet it has languished for decades without ever
maturing, and without ever managing to overcome the efforts of the political
establishment and the press to pretend it doesn’t really exist. Meanwhile, adherents to this general philosophy
are more often than not coaxed by a counter-productive sense of pragmatism into focusing
more on the immediate election cycle than on winning over the minds of this generation as to the great wisdom of our Constitution. As a sad result, the back-to-the-Constitution
movement generally falls short of a successful movement of principle,
deferring instead to being closer to a movement of personality---following
one leader for a time, and then another.
But meanwhile, the vicious political
cycle goes on, and the Constitution is disobeyed by our federal government more
than ever.
The recent campaign of Ron Paul has
raised the hopes of many as his is also amongst the purest of constitutional
restorationist philosophies ever; it is consistent and reasonable and without
prejudice for tradition. Yet it looks
unlikely at this point that Dr. Paul will be elected in November, and this
eventually underscores all the more the need for a viable and persistent movement to take hold---as opposed to a
knee-jerk and sullen retreat for the next three-or-so years.
It is with just such a movement in
view that Make The Argument is being built.
But this is no desperate attempt to “just do something”! Instead, it is being designed to be a
calculated, measured, and long-term response to the facts of the current
situation. And that’s where you come in.
We have developed two important surveys aimed at getting Ron Paul supporters to share their opinions and ideas on where we ought to go from here. One is comprehensive, and the other is very short. After analyzing the survey results, we intend to invent whatever tools and resources prove necessary to help the people build such a movement right from their own home towns. The surveys are some of the most open-ended ones you'll ever take, as they give you many opportunities to comment freely. It will probably take you about half an hour to complete the long one, and as few as 2 minutes on the short one---depending on how many thoughts you'd like to share along the way. While the comprehensive survey requires a greater investment of time than most survey makers will ask of any audience, the cause is certainly more worthy than most. And we feel confident that you, of all people, will understand the value of that investment. It is an investment in our future. So please take the surveys, and please invite all your fellow Ron Paul supporters to do the same! You may opt in at the “Get updates” link on the upper right of this page if you would like to receive the results of this survey once they are tabulated.
Both the surveys will open in a new window.
Thank you for your help!