What do you do on Election Day Nov 08 if Ron Paul does not win GOP nomination and is not on the ballot.
a. vote for the GOP candidate
b. Don’t Vote
c. Vote for 3rd party (throw your vote away)
d. Vote for Hillary
I already know what your answer is. In contrast most of us here on the FR that have a favorite candidate (other that Paul) realize how important it is to keep Hilliary out of the white house and come election day will put differences aside and turn out in droves to stop Hillary in her tracks. You?
If Thompson wins the nomination, I will likely vote for him. Alone among the GOP frontrunners, he actually talks about federalism and limits on federal power.
If Giuliani or Romney win the nomination, I will likely write in Ron Paul, since I won’t vote for a gungrabber under any circumstances. The other alternative for me if one of those guys is nominated will be to vote Libertarian.
As of now I’d probably vote for thompson if he wins the (r) nomination. However, I wouldn’t campaign or volunteer to help Thompson’s campaign. Unlike RP’s which I am putting in a good number of hours a week right now. If someone other than Thompson wins, it would be very a hard decision... I’d have to look at their platform at the time, might vote 3rd party, or maybe write in Ron Paul. I dunno.
If RP does win the GOP nomination, the GOP will have the added help of hundreds of volunteers in each major city/town across the country and, of course, free internet advertising (so called ‘spamming’, lol). I doubt too many of the RP supporters will be even mildly enthusiastic about supporting any of the other nominees, perhaps a trickle of support for Thompson. I was a poll watcher in 2004 for Bush, won’t make that mistake again. :)
And voting for a third party isn’t ‘throwing your vote away’, unfortunately, people seem obsessed with voting for ‘winners’, as if their self esteem is reflective on voting for a winning candidate. If everyone just voted for whom they most agreed with we’d be a lot better off, IMO.
e. Get so stoned you forget to vote and instead sit in mom’s basement eating twinkies and burritos to cure the raving munchies.
a. vote for the GOP candidate
b. Don’t Vote
c. Vote for 3rd party (throw your vote away)
d. Vote for Hillary
Vote for the GOP candidate. (I pray it’s not rudi)
How about you, would you vote for Paul if he were the GOP candidate (by some miracle)?