Thanks for your thoughts. and the time and effort put into giving them. I returned favor with the same and read through your linked posts. (a little tricky at first, figuring out how to get to them with the new domain, but you just swap out the root and it still worked)

There is definitely a lot of truth to what you warn. And I understand where you are coming from, and why. But perhaps I can provide a little more context on my opinion of the situation. There are a number of political plays that need to be made. But there is also a battle for the hearts and minds of everyday Americans.

We now live in a world where every person on the left. and 90% of those in the center, and even the RINOs are so brainwashed with blind hatred, that they refuse to talk about any topic with the words "republican, trump, conservative, or right-leaning." They shut down, cover their ears and yell LALALALA. Because the TV has trained them to do so.

I cannot have conversation with my own family unless I walk them through step by step "independent" policies and thoughts. Libertarian, Patriot Party, etc. Then they can at least listen. And this is how we win the hearts and minds.

If nothing else, view thepatriotparty.win as a means of engaging the hearts and minds of these lost souls. walk them through the ideas. The Tea Party came and went. but they had one lasting impact - they brought the topic of small government onto the radar. If not for the tea party, no one would be talking about small government.

Whether the Patriot Party consumes the republican party or the republican party consumes the patriot party is in many ways, irrelevant. We're going to be fighting some losing battles in the election world for a while. But we can use independent thoughts, ideas, arguments to start winning battles in the hearts and minds of men and women.

win enough battles in the hearts and minds, and we can win a single county clerk position in a single red county and pass meaningful election reform. Once we cross that first hurdle, and prove that election reform ideas work, that we can have honest elections where every vote is verifiable, that people can trust their vote. Then we can win the next county and the next county. and eventually the 90% of red counties in the nation will have honest elections, and those dishonest elections in the blue counties will start to look very suspect, and with the hearts and minds won over, people can see what a fair election looks like vs a fraud election. THEN we can start winning the big elections again.