I don’t see why there is so much rage against Paul and his supporters on this site. I would think that as a hard-right website, Paul would get a little more respect than this.
Sure, there’s no way he’s getting elected. That’s a given. But I voted for him in my county’s caucus, and he actually won my county by a landslide. I don’t even agree with him on everything. But the fact is, he wants to restore America to the founder’s vision. To full Constitutionalism. And he’s honest about it. As far as we know, even Gingrich and Santorum could be RINOs acting conservative to get themselves elected. Remember how many “tea party” pandering candidates voted for the NDAA last year?
Ron Paul may not be perfect, but nor is anyone else. But when I read comments on this website, it seems as if he is closest to what most Freepers truly want. I just don’t understand what you have against him.
The problem is that when it comes to selecting a tribal leader, most of the decision processes are emotional.
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Consider Obama: he is an arrogant, natural Dictator. Who among his supporters is seriously bothered by the following two questions?
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A mandate is merely a dictate. Thus, if we are dictated to, do we then live under a Dictatorship?
If our freedom of choice is taken from us by the dictates of a hostile Federal government, then what Liberty do we have left?
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Emotions override Reason in a Dictatorship.
With our Republican Candidates, the voting record and logic is over-ridden by emotion.
Game, set and Match - - - .
First of all, where in the past two posts did I say anything against him? I agree with what you say to a point. However, Paul’s cozy relationship with some skinhead publications, 911 truther’s, stand on Iran and other points make him look extreme. Not to mention he’s antisemitic.
I would vote for Paul too if it weren’t for those issues, and the fact he’s less than honest about these past and present coalitions make me trust him about as much as I do Bill Clinton.
He’d govern like Jesse Ventura did in Minnesota and before half way through his term the base would abandon his quirkiness and put him in a big gilded box for the remainder of his term.
For the record, Paul won my precinct at our county caucus too, but how that relates to delegates is insignificant. How many national delegates does RP have 50?
I feel like we are experiencing Clinton’s second term race again...doesn’t really matter who the nominee is out of this group, they all seem too Bob Dole-ish to me. We remember how that turned out.