This thread is such a bad idea.
This race is going to be close. We are going to need every single vote and cannot afford to alienate anyone who opposes Obama for any reason. We have to be united going into the general and you are pushing some away. Should Paul decide to run as an independent, he can take 3-5 percent of the vote and keep Obama right where he is.
Not smart.
Look, this sentiment of “Don’t make them mad at us, or they will run independent and guarantee an Obama win” is just plain appeasement folks.
I’ve heard this same garbage way back during the Dole Campaign.
It’s primary season - NOW is the time to fight, and fight HARD for a TRUE Conservative, not some anti-Semitic conspiracy crackpot and Ruling Class Crony being foisted on us.
How does one apply the 11th Reagan Commandment when you have candidates running who ARE NOT TRUE REPUBLICANS??? Are we going to deliberately submit our Conservatism to defeat over fears that the crackpot might run third party or we might not get scraps front eh Ruling Class Table if Mittens wins?
Look, Ron Paul will probably run third party when he loses the GOP nomination. His mob-zombie cultists are already urging that course of action on their boards. Ron Paul IS NO Republican and he is NO Conservative. He runs on our ticket because that is the only way a libertarian can win elections.
As for Mittens, did we learn nothing from 2008? If you are going to run a Ruling Class liberal against a Marxist, the greater Big Government Leftist is going to win it hands down. That’s why the media and the regime are busy trying to convince America that Obama fears a Romney nomination, when the opposite is true. In a bid between two Statists - the greater Statist is going to win.
Them is just facts folks.
Screw appeasement. Screw compromise. Fight dammit!
We either fight now for SOMEONE who has a shred of Conservatism and consistency to our cause - or we surrender to those who honestly want Conservatives silenced, marginalized and rendered irrelevant. That is what Paulistinians will do, that’s what Mitten’s crew will do.
Sheesh, why even have a primary if we’re supposed to lie in fear of ‘offending’ other candidates’ followers? If I had to guess, a chunk of Paulistas would vote for Obama anyway if their vaunted political savior is not on the ticket, and it’s possible a lot of Mitten’s supporters might too.
It’s primary season, full throttle, engines ahead full, fight for a Conservative and damn the consequences. We can worry about patching things up after the convention.
If past elections are any indication, this thread is nothing compared to the ones you’ll see if RP runs 3rd party, and Obama wins by fewer votes than RP got. Every one of them will be counted as votes that should have gone to the Republican candidate, and people will want blood for it.
Have to remind optimistic that we can unit to get rid of the current traitor in charge.