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I don’t think John McCain would endorse threatening other people with murder to force them to flee the country. I’m pretty sure that he thinks that in the marketplace of ideas, he can win. I think that’s why we have elections instead of tyrants. You can’t really believe what you’re saying, you just must think it’s a line that sounds funny. It really just sounds pathetic.

You (not you specifically, but people reading here) are either afraid Ron Paul can win, or you’re not. If you’re not, who cares? He can’t win. If you think he can win, why do you think he can win? Because a majority of the people are insane?

What I am seeing is that Paul’s supporters are more enthusiastic than the supporters of the other Republican candidates. What I have to keep asking myself is — why? If the Ron Paul supporters are able to put themselves at the top of the online polls, and there are so many more Giuliani supporters than Ron Paul supporters, why aren’t the Giuliani supporters doing anything about it? Where are the Thompson supporters beating up on Ron Paul voters all day long in the AOL straw poll? People here invented the concept of Freeping, for crying out loud. Where are Fred Thompson’s hundreds of thousands of online donors?

I mean, I’m sincerely curious about this. Given that the other Republican candidates are indeed so far ahead in the polls, why don’t they beat the Ron Paul guys in ever measure of online fundraising that there is? Or in online polls? It ought to be easy for them to do, they’re way ahead in the polls so they must have a lot of supporters. They just don’t care? They’re not that enthusiastic? I don’t see that as a good thing, and it’s not a good omen for a Republican winning in 2008. If it’s true that all of Ron Paul’s supporters are Democrats (which is a questionable assertion) then I think it’s a wake up call to all of us to see how much energy Democrats are putting into this election compared to what Republicans are doing.

Is the best we’re going to do that we’re going to nominate a candidate that no one is excited about, and then say “well at least they’re not Hillary” and hope that they win?

I think it’s a wake up call to all of us to see how much energy Democrats are putting into this election compared to what Republicans are doing.

the Democrats know who they're running against, George W. Bush. When the Republicans know who they're running against, there'll bw more passion. BTW, Paul is running against Bush too.

Where are the Thompson supporters beating up on Ron Paul voters all day long in the AOL straw poll? People here invented the concept of Freeping, for crying out loud. Where are Fred Thompson’s hundreds of thousands of online donors?

All very good questions that I'd be interested in hearing the answers to.