Posted on 11/08/2007 8:51:31 AM PST by ksen
There have been 27 republican primary polls taken this calendar year WITHOUT referencing Ron Paul. And only 5 polls with Ron Paul.
(Excerpt) Read more at usaelectionpolls.com ...
No. That just wishful thinking from the Paulbots. Their god, Der Paul, really is this unpopular with the average voter.
lol. I was getting ready to post that link myself. :)
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Ron Paul just grabbed the media by the throat and got their attention with the only language they understand: money.Howard Kurtz - Paul's Haul - washingtonpost.com
Exactly what it says. Just someone wraps themselves in the cloak of something (the Bible, the Constitution, whatever) doesn't make them the champion of that cloak. This has been discussed in hundreds of threads here.
Have you actually heard what he has said or are you going by what people have said he has said, who haven’t heard him either?
And John ox didn’t get mentioned in any, did he?
And John Cox didn’t get mentioned in any, did he?
Gee, what happened to the old line that Ron Paul switched to the Republican Party because his wife asked him to?
..And said himself after he switched that it was just more practical to run as a Republican... and said “you don’t get a fair shake unless you join the establishment”
Again, I challenge you to cite one example, where Ron Paul has not lived up to his oath of Office. There are few inside the Beltway, these past 18 years, about whom one can make that statement.
William Flax
Let me know when Wrong Paul’s poll numbers are higher than the margin of error.
I would also commend him for standing up to the sloganeers in the recent Republican Presidential debates. Obviously, the 60 second sound bite is not his strong suit. He has a lot more to say than can be covered in 60 seconds. But he is gradually getting the message out.
And, by the way. You know the interesting thing is--the really vital thing is--that every time he convinces a young voter to actually go and read what the Constitution has to say, we have a real chance of winning a Conservative voter for life! The Constitution really is one of the strongest answers to the Socialists and their Collectivist dependence mantra.
Paul also shows a clear understanding of economics. He is not one of those puzzled by what is happening to the dollar, right now.
William Flax
Just one? Sure, saying that the authorization for the use of force in Iraq was not a legal declaration of war in Iraq but, accepting the same type of authorization for the war in Afghanistan. Completely ignoring Article 1, Section 8, Subsection 10 on the declaration of war when citing subsection 11.
ANYTIME you see a poll with his name on it you can confidently disregard his outcome because the Paulistas spam every one of them.
Good point, just ask LittleGreenFootballs, RedState, or Wired.
The Ron Paul Charade
Posted Jun 8th 2007 2:26PM by Scott
Filed under: President 2008, Republicans, Ron Paul
Since it’s Friday, I thought I’d write something on the light side. I couldn’t think of anything lighter than the gravitas of the Ron Paul campaign.
Paul is a congressman from Texas who calls himself a Republican but is more of a neo-libertarian. He constantly refers to the Constitution and acts as if his interpretation is the only true interpretation. He has a rabid, small following who Google his name three times a day (this will help them find this piece: Ron Paul, Ron Paul, Ron Paul) and comment on every Web site that mentions him. If what is said is derogatory, they become venomous and launch ad hominem attacks at the writer, kind of like LaRouchians. They go to every Internet presidential poll and vote for him repeatedly and then carp that America loves the man because he won a poll they rigged.
But let’s look at Ron Paul on the issues. Let’s start with national security:
Both Jefferson and Washington warned us about entangling ourselves in the affairs of other nations. Today, we have troops in 130 countries. We are spread so thin that we have too few troops defending America. And now, there are new calls for a draft of our young men and women.
We can continue to fund and fight no-win police actions around the globe, or we can refocus on securing America and bring the troops home. No war should ever be fought without a declaration of war voted upon by the Congress, as required by the Constitution.
Note that the only one to ever call or talk about a draft is Ron Paul and Charles Rangel and Rangel did it purely for political reasons. For the record, Congress did vote. I believe Paul was serving at the time. Note also every answer has the word “Constitution” in it.
He’s against the Patriot Act, which has been used successfully in numerous cases and has proved to not be as intrusive as Paul and liberals have said.
I do agree with Paul on several issues — immigration reform and tax relief — but his stand on national security is one I’ll never get past. We are fighting them over there and not here. We have not been attacked in the U.S. because of the WOT and Paul knows this. He just chooses to ignore it.
He’s a small-time candidate who will maybe get as many votes as Ralph Nader in a good year. He has a bit of an Internet recognition thing going but ask 100 or so average Americans on the street what they think of Ron Paul and you’ll get 99 blank stares and one guy who will agree with Paul (or his ghost-writing staffers) that the Israel lobby runs the U.S.
But Scott, you’ll all say, “he’s won every major poll after the debates on MSNBC, CNN, blah, blah, blah..”
I’ll say, “so what?” These polls mean nothing. Does anyone think that Hillary or Rudy have an e-mail list that they send out information on these votes urging their supporters to vote? Of course not, because it means nothing. Look at Rasmussen or any of the other polls, at present, Ron Paul is carrying at best 3% and is not even a footnote at Real Clear Politics. In other words, his campaign is a sham.
It’s nice that he has automaton supporters who bristle at every cross word said about their hero (believe me, I’m glad they’re occupying themselves on the net), but that and twice as many of you might give you .0008% of the total American vote.
Bring it Ron Paul fans, vent your ire. I predict that the first comment comes within ten minutes of this being posted and it’s a slam at me for either “hating the Constitution” or “supporting those who wish to create and oligarchy”.
The invasion of Afghanistan was in response to an attack on America originating in Afghanistan. It was similar, conceptually, to Pershing's incursion into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa.
Now, personally, speaking only for myself and not for my candidate, I have been willing to give the Administration a pass on the original decision to attack Iraq in 2003. My personal criticism is over the failure to celebrate our quick victory, and leave, turning the country over to a council of its natural leaders, to sort out where they want to go. We are destroying our currency because no one in Washington, Democrat or Republican--except for Ron Paul and a small handful of others--understand what the incredible deficits are setting in motion. We have to find a basis to drastically cut back, and you do not seem even aware of that aspect of the crises.
William Flax
It is a nice circular scam which, because of the follow-the-leader feedback mechanism, ensures that the media retains a certain degree of control over political coronations. Duncan Hunter, Ron Paul, Tom Tancredo, and lately even Fred Thompson are left out of some polls - while McCain and the Huckster are always included.
People who do not think that the leftist media is making a hedge are deluding themselves - if it isn’t a Democrat in the White House, it better damn well be a “moderate” (ie some combination of pro-tax, anti-RKBA, pro-”choice”, pro-gay, nanny-state, or pro-illegal) Republican. The MSDBM will turn pro-war with a Democrat in the White House, so that issue is not a concern for the masters of the sheeple.
Yea, that darn degree in economics really is blinding me.
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