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Accept No Substitutes? [Just who are Ron Paul Supporters?]
Blog P.I. ^
| 5/26/07
| William Beutler
Posted on 05/28/2007 2:00:11 PM PDT by bnelson44
Analysis of the GOP Bloggers Straw Poll
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Ron Paul supporters like nobody less than Giuliani for whom most observers called that debate based on his response to Pauls blowback comments, even as the Ronbots contended that the very same exchange proved Ron Paul the obvious winner.
Unlike supporters of the realistic (and popular, arguably faddish and maybe unrealistic) candidates, Ron Paul supporters apparently would not vote for any other GOP candidate in the Republican primary though intriguingly, a minority would consider Tancredo.
I submit this as fair evidence that Ron Pauls online base of support is not drawn from actual Republican party primary voters. Activists for every other candidate have their fallbacks, nemeses and frenemies, but no other group is so far outside the mainstream as the activists for Ron Paul.
Maybe Ron Paul is the GOP vanguard. More likely, his support measures something besides the current Republican mood.
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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: gop; paul; poll; rino; ronisright; ronpaul
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To: muawiyah
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posted on
05/28/2007 5:54:32 PM PDT
by
Jason_b
To: bnelson44
If this immigration bills passes, I will declare the country medically dead and therefore no longer worthy of the ‘lesser of two evils’ idea.
I will then be a full-on Constitutional or Libertarian Party supporter.
To: bnelson44
Just who are Ron Paul Supporters? Radical "live and let live" libertarians who want to legalize all drugs, oppose "one man and one woman" marriage legislation, dismantle the Patriot Act, disengage from protecting our international interests, etc.
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posted on
05/28/2007 6:06:20 PM PDT
by
joseph20
To: Aztec Girl
Cant say that is the case today.
Can’t say that I see him much of a threat to win the GOP today either.
To each his own I guess.
64
posted on
05/28/2007 6:08:55 PM PDT
by
deport
( Cue Spooky Music...)
To: carenot
There are a sadly large number of "conservatives" who'd find the following quote to be seditious:
They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security
I wonder which side of the Revolution they'd actually have been on.
65
posted on
05/28/2007 6:19:42 PM PDT
by
mgstarr
(KZ-6090 Smith W.)
To: bnelson44
They are the kooks that still believe in the Constitution and limited government.
66
posted on
05/28/2007 6:22:10 PM PDT
by
niki
To: bnelson44
Maybe Ron Paul is the GOP vanguard. BWAH! That's the funniest thing I've read all day. :-)
67
posted on
05/28/2007 6:22:47 PM PDT
by
lonevoice
(It's always "Apologize to a Muslim Hour"...somewhere)
To: bnelson44
I believe he thinks all that should be left up to the individual states, not the federal government. Are you against that or do you like big government?
68
posted on
05/28/2007 6:34:26 PM PDT
by
abigailsmybaby
(I was born with nothing. So far I have most of it left.)
To: abigailsmybaby
The concept of freedom and liberty existed well before there were (R)’s and (D)’s.
You’d be hard pressed to see that based on the threads here in in support of “benevolent” Big Brother.
69
posted on
05/28/2007 6:54:39 PM PDT
by
mgstarr
(KZ-6090 Smith W.)
To: bnelson44
He wants to get rid of all federal laws against drugs.Of course he does.
He believes most laws should be up to the States.
70
posted on
05/28/2007 7:11:19 PM PDT
by
carenot
(Proud member of The Flying Skillet Brigade)
To: Puddleglum
Any candidate who has the party bosses running their mud factory overtime has my interest. They sure cranked it up for Sen. Coburn of Oklahoma.I sure do like him. He is a lot like Ron Paul.
71
posted on
05/28/2007 7:49:02 PM PDT
by
carenot
(Proud member of The Flying Skillet Brigade)
To: elkfersupper
Wrong elkieboy, I have met Paul and he is a squirrel. He will not be elected president. I certainly do not fear him.
72
posted on
05/28/2007 7:58:11 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: bnelson44
I don’t know. I don’t speak for them. I personally like the way he has voted against many Constitutionally questionable bills.
73
posted on
05/28/2007 8:34:22 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: Tolkien
I was a Ron Paul supporter until he became a Alex Jones clone.How is he an Alex Jones clone?
74
posted on
05/28/2007 9:09:27 PM PDT
by
carenot
(Proud member of The Flying Skillet Brigade)
To: carenot
Who IS Ron Paul? Everybody seems to dip out of each other's cup and borrow OPO's (other people's oppinions) concerning Ron Paul. A growing support base means the man has something to say. Why not listen and decide for yourself?
NOBODY explains Ron Paul BETTER than Ron Paul himself! Here is an interactive audio archive of Ron Paul speeches and interviews in chronological order. Worth a look! www.ronpaulaudio.com
To: goldenequity
Signed up today to campaign for Paul I see. Well welcome to FreeRepublic, but Paul is going no where, get used to it.
76
posted on
05/28/2007 11:58:52 PM PDT
by
Ditter
To: mysterio
I find it remarkable that just about every Ron Paul supporter I know also frequents Prison Planet
77
posted on
05/29/2007 6:14:26 AM PDT
by
bnelson44
(http://www.appealforcourage.org)
To: mysterio; P-40
His supporters do tend to be people who have read the Constitution a time or twoIn reality Ron Paul and his supporters know a lot less about the Constitution than the average Republican.
Ron Paul, touted by his supporters as a defender of the Constitution, is actually a huge booster of the legal theories of Lysander Spooner - a Constitution-hating crank.
Ron Paul is no Constitutionalist.
78
posted on
05/29/2007 6:37:19 AM PDT
by
wideawake
("Pearl Harbor is America's fault, right, Mommy?" - Ron Paul, age 6, 12/7/1941)
To: bnelson44; OrthodoxPresbyterian
Just did a check. Of the 6195 votes for Paul right now, 4063 of them came from this site: http://www.gopstrawpolls.com/pollresults.php?state=&refer=gopstrawpolls.com Not sure what that means (maybe spamming, not sure)Perhaps OrthodoxPresbyterian hit the vote button 4,000 times? ;-)
To: wideawake
In reality Ron Paul and his supporters know a lot less about the Constitution than the average Republican.
Then the average Republican must not know very much. And Ron Paul is a booster of Spooner?
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posted on
05/29/2007 6:40:14 AM PDT
by
P-40
(Al Qaeda was working in Iraq. They were just undocumented.)
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