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To: Lorianne
If college kids agree with Ron Paul enough to campaign for him and vote for him, why isn’t that significant?

It is not significant because candidates do not change policy, only elected officials do that.

Adults understand that ideological purity works in NeverNever Land, but in the real world there are alternatives to Ron Paul that are worse to varying degrees, and some are a whole order of magnitude worse. If the Republic doesn't survive long enough for the Ron Paul Wave to arrive that sweeps him into power because purists stay home or vote for 0bama, the game's over.

Get it?

126 posted on 08/13/2011 6:21:41 PM PDT by FredZarguna (Not forbidden by the laws of Physics, so, it must be OK.)
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To: FredZarguna

You’re decrying purism here? At FR?
That’s funny.


129 posted on 08/13/2011 7:02:15 PM PDT by Lorianne
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