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Let's just get serious about this. RP represents the sullen independents...who think there's a way to just magically constitutionally wand ourselves back to 1913.

Who don't want war, no matter what.

How do we get this 20% of the electorate to wake up?

War isn't forever, and it (in the US' case) leaves the planet healthier than the circumstance that caused the war.

How do we reach these peaceniks? Can it be done?

Who don't want war, no matter what.

We're not really peaceniks. Ron Paul voted to authorize the invasion of Afghanistan. He believed the Taliban was shielding Osama, their old comrade (and they were).

I'm not sure if any FReepers on our pinglist has ever said that RP's antiwar position is first on their list or even high on their list of reasons for supporting Dr. Paul. Anyway, I can't recall it.

I think the problem is that we don't hide under the bed whenever someone mentions terrorists. Generally, most of us don't think we're really safe anyway with wide-open borders through which illegals from terror states routinely cross, some in collusion with drug gangs. Anyway, I've read those sorts of things from the posters on our Ron Paul Pinglist many times.

I think the reaction of most Ron Paul supporters to politicians invoking the War On Terror is about the same level of excitement they'd get from hearing about a War On Drugs, a War On Poverty, etc., etc. Just more big-government nanny-statism.