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Tell people about this Web site, especially those who share your conservative principles. Tell your friends and family, your neighbors and co-workers, people in your civic club or religious group, etc., and ask them to pass the word along. That said, here are some other keys to spreading the conservative message and becoming an effective conservative activist. ► Learn the difference between a True Conservative and a Pretender. Plenty of politicians who know how to sound conservative, but aren’t. And there are many conservatives who, in their hearts, believe in the conservative philosophy, but are just not willing to rock the boat. A True Conservative is someone who will stand up to Establishment Republicans and liberal Democrats alike, and who will stand up for conservative principles even when it’s unpopular or even dangerous to do so. Once you learn the difference, concentrate your efforts on electing True Conservatives, and let the Pretenders fend for themselves. Do not provide any support to candidates or party organizations who do not follow conservative principles.► Become a delegate to your party’s county convention, state convention, or national convention, and encourage like-minded people to do the same, including family members and friends, neighbors and co-workers, and fellow members of religious or civic groups. If you can’t be a delegate – if, say, the filing deadline has passed – attend anyway if you can, or learn how the process works so you can be a delegate the next time. ► Consider running for party office or public office. Don’t fail to run just because there’s an incumbent in place, or because some other person is already running. Even if you don’t win this year, you can pave the way for future victories. (Who knew, when an obscure history professor named Newt Gingrich lost races for Congress in 1974 and 1976, that he would one day be the first conservative Speaker of the House?) ► If you do not run yourself, recruit someone else to run, or find someone already running whom you can help. Contribute financially, help raise money, and otherwise get involved as a volunteer. ► Begin to build an organization – something that can be as simple as a mailing list or a telephone list of people in your area who agree with you on conservative issues. ► Get some political experience, and help other conservatives get experience. Remember: the greatest advantage that the Establishment has is that its members know little things like when meetings are going to be held and what opportunities for political advancement are available. (Sometimes a small effort can have a major impact. I know of one city where most Republicans are conservatives, but the Establishment makes sure that only a few people – their kind of people – know when the meetings are held to pick the candidates. A few hundred phone calls or e-mails by conservatives before each such meeting would be enough to fix that problem.) ► Get training. A number of organizations – most notably, the Leadership Institute – teach conservatives how to do everything from blogging and Web site creation, to grassroots organizing, to fundraising, to working on Capitol Hill, to dealing with the news media. ► Express yourself! Stand up and speak at city council or county board meetings and other public forums. Call in to radio talk shows, write letters to the editors of newspapers and magazines, and complain to reporters when they write biased stories. (Check out How to Identify, Expose & Correct Liberal Media Bias for information on the different types of bias to watch out for.) ► Become an active member of this Web site. Vote regularly in our polls and petitions, check out our news section every day to find out what’s going on in the battle between True Conservatives and Pretenders, become one of our bloggers, etc. And let us know about activities in your area that would provide example and inspiration to other conservatives. We at ConservativeHQ.com are working every day to support and build the grassroots conservative rebellion, and we need you to help. ► Add your own suggestions to this list. Send them to us HERE, and we’ll post the best suggestions. |
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