Posted on 07/01/2008 2:19:51 PM PDT by mnehring
Why is Ron Paul not President?
um...cause he’s a freakshow?
Thanks. Saved me the trouble!
If Ron Paul is so insignificant, why is there so much discussion about him? I have read dozens and dozens of articles linked from this site and others that talk about how insignificant he is, and how his supporters don’t matter at all.
Seems like if someone was truly insignificant you wouldn’t have to write a bunch of articles saying that he was.
Issue for issue, I’d take Paul over either two.
I just discovered that the Libertarian Party is blatantly pro-abortion.
I can see why Paul did run under their banner.
Wonder what happened to Barr....I didn’t know he opposes the right to life for babies.
If Rep. Paul was significant, he would have one a primary or caucus, but he didn’t win any.
His mini me Bobby Barr is just as much a flake and his Obama views being anti war, for gay marriage, legalize drugs, and Bobby Barr is on his third marriage.
There are a lot of discussions about head lice too.
I’ll agree that Paul comes off as eccentric, but I don’t think he ever really had a chance at winning. His message is what got people moving. Constitutionalism and limited government (real limited government not the lip service we get from many Republicans) is very appealing and at the very core of conservative values. Besides his anti-war stance, I’m not sure why so many republicans pound him so harshly. And even his anti-war stance has some merit. I don’t completely agree with it, but the fact that the executive declares de facto war without Congress actually declaring war is something to be frightened about. It is a blatant disregard for the Constitutional process, and Congress goes along with it, which is also scary.
The same reason why there is discussion of Robert Downy Jr. drug problems or Brittney Spears- it is a curiosity of pop culture. But in reality, we are just trying to help all the Paultards who complain Paul got no press coverage at all.. Can't have it both ways, can't complain you don't get press coverage, then can't complain the press coverage exposes the parts of you that aren't so pretty.
Barr had acquiesced to his then-wife having an abortion in 1983.
He had also invoked a legal privilege during his 1985 divorce proceeding so he could refuse to answer questions on whether he’d cheated on his second wife with the woman who is now his third.”
Ok then, why all the discussion about someone who didn’t win a primary or caucus? I don’t see tons of articles written about Tancredo, Gilmore or Brownback. In fact I don’t see this much discussion about Thompson and Rudy.
I think the fact that not enough people voted for him just might have had something to do with it.
So are you admitting there is a segment of people that make up his faction?
Sorry, I have to disagree. The people that jumped for the limited government message where a minority. If you visit any of the meet-ups, forums, or look at what happened at their marches, what got people moving was conspiracy theories, fear of neocons and 'zionists' and, as you mentioned, the anti-war message. Most of us who yearn for Constitutionalism and limited government don't look to Paul. As I've said many times before, Ron Paul is to the Constitution just like Fred Phelps is to Christianity.
That question makes no sense. All ‘factions’ have segments of people. You can go to an insane asylum and you will find ‘segments of people’.
well said, sir.
We still have discussions about Paul because his supporters continue talking about him, as if he’s still running for president.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.