Announcing a new event for Seattle Ron Paul 2008 Meetup Group!

What: September Straw Poll - "politics is won by those who show up"

When: Thursday, September 27, 6:00 PM

Event fee: USD16.00 per person

Where: Click the link to find out! http://ronpaul.meetup.com/72/calendar/6231741/

Event Description: This straw poll is held by the South Sound Ronald Reagan Republican Club. The vote will be part of the General Club Meeting at Great American Casino.

Bob Williams of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation www.effwa.org is scheduled to be the guest speaker. This is an excellent organization well worth hearing from.

The August picnic and straw poll the South Sound Ronald Reagan Republican Club held was the first one our members attended. The group was very friendly and welcoming and everyone seemed to have a great time. Kirby Wilbur of KVI 570 AM talk radio was the speaker and made some very encouraging comments about Ron Paul. At an event where the theme was "politics is won by those who show up," we had nearly 40 people there, and won the poll with 45 votes, 28% for Ron Paul. Fred Thompson got 40 votes, 25% of the total. Let's double our showing for the September event. The August meeting we found out about just the week before. This time we have a month to prepare. Let's expect the other candidates' supporters to be doing the same after that loss.

Here are a few reasons why attending this poll monthly through February is worthwhile:

1) Winning gives us a psychological boost and emboldens us.
2) Winning makes favorable news, which helps spread the word of Ron Paul's viability.
3) Fred Thompson has been making noise about entering the race in September, and we want to show Republican party leaders that Ron Paul's supporters are more motivated than Fred Thompson's supporters.
4) We can use the event to network and meet people from other groups. At this event, we met people from other areas and found their information and experiences to be quite encouraging.
5) We can reach out to existing Republican party members with Ron Paul's positive message, which is also attracting new people to the Republican party and inspiring people to activism who have been casual Republicans.
6) Ultimately, Ron Paul will win the nomination from the Republican Party. This is one important step in making that happen.

The event organizer for the South Sound Ronald Reagan Republican Club is club vice president Dick Muri. In addition to this meetup RSVP, please also RSVP with Dick, and mail your payment to him at the address below. We don't want to count on at-the-door tickets, they prefer to sell them in advance.

Dick Muri
Vice President South Sound Ronald Reagan Republican Club
Republican Precinct Officer 28-451
home - 116 Lila Street, Steilacoom, WA 98388-1418
home - [address removed]
home - [masked]
ronaldreaganclub.net

Finally, a comment from the Tacoma/Pierce County Ron Paul meetup group: "We are encouraging everyone who can to actually join the club. The "Mainstream Republicans" group refers to this club as "libertarians," so they are probably going to be very receptive to Ron Paul's message. They already seemed to be."

See You There!

Learn more here:
http://ronpaul.meetup.com/72/calendar/6231741/