I don’t think there’s any need to call Paul a kook or disparage his supporters. That doesn’t carry much weight with me. I do think it is proper to say you can’t support the guy because of a/the specific public comment(s) he has made, or a/the stance(s) you can’t get behind.
Paul isn’t my cup of tea. That doesn’t mean that I don’t think he has offered up some good ideas over time, but as a whole package, I can’t support him.
These threads don’t need to get out of hand. I would hope that this forum’s participants could be more mature than those in 2000 were.
Some of the comments posted on Paul belong on a Jerry Springer show. I'd never thought that FReepers would sink this low in denigrating someone who has served America both militarily and politically.
The candidate who supports the Constitution the most is ironically denigrated on the very website who's mission is dedicating to preserving it.
Why not? Their ideology in some cases is to the left of Kucinich and their behavior is right out of moonbat 101. What's not to mock?
Don't hold your breath. I will be voting for Congressman Paul in the primaries, regardless of any and all insults thrown my way between now and then. Naturally; these same people will expect me to cast my vote for the eventual GOP nominee next November, and when they don't get it; will weep and wail as they watch Hillary Clinton take the oath of office in January of 2009. Treating people and their candidate like crap WILL come back to bite you in the behind...think about it.