I’ll tell you why we strongly object to Ron Paul and his supporters:
Ron Paul says 9-11 happened because we were bombing them (the no-fly zone north of Iraq), or because we were in Saudi Arabia, or because we helped the Shah of Iran in the ‘50’s.
His followers refused to applaud hopes for victory for our troops on Saturday at the Texas Straw Poll. They shouted at Hugh Hewitt to sit down, when he spoke of the importance of not backing down to Saddam, Kim Chong Il, or Iran. They booed a video of the Vice President.
Supporters carried coffins and promoted a Paul/Kucinek ticket in 08. They joined Cindy Sheehan’s antiwar protests outside.
They over did the campaign propaganda, leaving 5 to 10 pieces of material in each chair (someone had put theirs in my chair, so I ended up with quite a stack), effectively killing enough trees to buy a tank for the troops. They were overly aggressive and disrespectful of personal space. They’d stop us, then several would swoop in, with one leader who tried to intimidate me with body language - 3 separate male leaders - it reminded me of the stories I’ve read about cults recruiting or trying to prevent their victims from being reprogrammed.
I’m doubting the “retired military guy,” now, because I’ve never known a military man who tried to hurt me when we shook hands.
Thank you for listing rational thoughts. So many of the posters here are sooo emotional that it made me wonder.