On July 7th, 2011, I traveled an additional 80 miles to go to an El Paso County Republican Party meeting to support a fellow liberty-lover. Sarah Anderson, who has recently been elected secretary for the El Paso County GOP, is being ridiculed for speaking out against “the establishment” (a Republican Party member that is not following the Constitution). Sarah is 22 years old, a young female who has worked on campaigns since she was nine, and one of the brightest people I have met concerning the liberty-movement.
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I also represent the next generation of leaders – I am running for congressional district three in Colorado. The reason I am running as an Independent is for the same reasons that Ms. Anderson is being chastised. Instead of doing what these “good ole boys” want us do (which is shut up, sit down, and stand in line), we have decided that the Republican Party should actually stand for what it says it is standing for. Apparently, when you do this – you are no longer welcome.
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Tonight, I arrived about 15 minutes early and already saw people standing in line outside of the building. Once reaching these folks, I realized that the meeting inside had apparently reached their “45-person capacity” (even though a Republican citizen there said that they had allowed many more people in for a different event and there was a sign on the door that said the seating capacity was 75). We stood in line, and it started to rain. No real word from anyone “on the inside” about what was going on – we were told that “they had reached capacity”, and we were to stay waiting outside. An apparently off-duty sheriff was at the door to make sure we stayed there. There were several precinct chairs and other leadership that seemed upset.
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The meeting started at 5:30 – and we waited – in the rain until about 6:00. There was no communication from the inside. I asked politely if I could use the restroom, and was allowed inside the building – upon arriving I was grilled for what I was doing in there (responding that I needed to use the facilities) – and to my surprise there was a very large space that looked like a waiting room. That sure would have been nice for the 40 or so people who were outside getting poured on.
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At this point, sensing no chance of actually showing my support for Ms. Anderson through the meeting inside, I left. As I walked across the parking lot, I saw some people putting up a 10×10 tent as an after-thought for the people who were already drenched outside – nothing like putting your supporters, donors, and volunteers under a lightening rod during a lightening storm. It is a sign.
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You see, the people who were locked out were THE PEOPLE – those that were allowed in – this sacred executive committee with reserved parking places near the door that were shuffled in while we stand outside being rained upon – those people consider themselves leaders. In fact, they are fools – they are ignorant of the fact that a huge faction of people is starting to get sick of their treatment of people who actually believe in the Constitution, that actually have to work to make ends meet, and that actually are the voters who will become independent and support representatives that don’t act like snotty better-than-you elitists, and that don’t have their head up their anal cavity. How the establishment has treated Ms. Anderson, and how the establishment has treated myself and many other young patriots – is a sure-telling sign of the election year to come.
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Here is to WE THE PEOPLE.
- Tisha Casida
