I think it’s kind of cool how Ron Paul’s campaign “activated” many of us to action. Here I am, blogging about a guy I’ve never met, in a state I’ve never visited, and in an election I have no say in. Except that maybe my little bit of influence might matter—like a drop of water in the river that breaks the dam. And together, there is an almost inevitable chance that change is coming to USA political headquarters.

So it’s getting closer to crunch time for Mr. Lawson. A friend of mine, Daniel Harmon, recently called me to ask if I’d heard about him. I actually forgot that I had, but in any case, Daniel re-introduced me to him. He says:

He’s running for congress in North Carolina’s 4th District. And he’s the spitting image of Ron Paul…minus about 40 years, the receding white hair, the Texas drawl and about $35 million in raised campaign funds.

OK. So they obviously have their physical and financial differences. But when it comes to political ideology, they’re almost identical twins. In fact, on his site, BJ says, “I was drawn back to politics by Ron Paul’s tireless and principled work to restore a Constitutional federal government.” It looks like he’s even adopted a fund-raising strategy from Ron Paul’s play book: posting his numbers in real-time on his homepage. Nice move.

— Daniel Harmon

What if each of us donates $5 to his campaign, and tells two friends about this opportunity to come together again? If we can win congress, one seat at a time, we can put an end to (or at least slow down!) the corruption and warmongering that has undermined our freedom and sent the country into economic turmoil.

Hurray for grassroots politics!