Many awakenings (Ron Paul is as surprised as anyone at the near messianic zeal he inspires)

Concord Monitor ^ | September 30, 2007 | By SARAH LIEBOWITZ

[maine-iac7]

the near messianic CULTIST zeal he inspires)

There is, always has been, a percentage of the ummmm, what's a word...emmm, brain dead in every society,

I wonder if the audiences aren't getting infiltrated with some dimWits and with the help of the media - they aren't intent on pumping up the only rabid antiwar pubbie...Why would he suddenly hit a pocket of worshipers? If it were in Vermont, yeah

[Erik Latranyi]

So, “success” is now defined as single digit polls since he got into the race, eh?

So, “success” is now defined as attracting the looniest of the lefties and righties to internet polls?

Ron Paul and “success” are oxymorons.

[SandRat]

A perfect depiction of the Paulites.

[Popman]

95 % Ron Paul's message is strict constitutional conservatism, which I agree with wholeheartedly

I fail to understand why he thinks Islamic terrorism is the point he diverges into la la land.

I forget who said it, but the Constitution isn't a suicide pact.

As POTUS candidate his plan to address terrorism is utter nonsense, so the man is a non starter.

[Man50D]

That reminds me, where’s Pat Paulsen?

[OldSmaj]

He (Ron Paul) was reluctant to run for the Republican presidential nomination, he said yesterday...

Though nowhere near as reluctant as I and a plethora of others are to vote for him or even support him for the nomination.

The man is a barking moonbat, he acts like that other moonbat, Kucinich.

I thought I'd never say this, but, well, I'm almost to the point that I'd vote for Hillary rather than him.

......chirrup, chirrup.....

Nah, I'd never get that desperate, but the man is a damn fool and even worse, he's a dangerous damn fool.

He'll get a few so-called conservatives to cast their support for him.

More's the pity.

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[Moose4]

Agreed. See tagline.

What really disappoints me about Paul is that his campaign has intentionally made his anti-war stand the most visible part. They’ve made a conscious decision to go after the Code Pinkos and their ilk instead of playing up his small-government positions, which would resonate better with the Republican/conservative/libertarian base. It’s like there’s somebody there—maybe Paul himself—who said, “nah, forget all the ‘Dr. No’ stuff that’ll fire up the base. Let’s get the kook Justin Raimondo vote instead!”

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[DB]

That’s the bottom line.

And I agree.

[svcw]

Ron Paul doesn’t understand his own success.

My thoughts exactly. I guess I need a new dictionary. Thought success meant something completely different.

Its like that Monty Python ditty “and now for something something different”.

[svcw]

Millions? Define millions.

[svcw]

Yes, which is why I would never support him.

[italianquaker]

Paul is a traitor, short and sweet

[Allegra]

Thos are pretty harsh, unfair comparisons you are making about a fine patriot!

Funny thing, that freedom of speech, isn't it?

Actually, the reference is more directed at RP's followers. His acolytes. That should have been obvious.

Ron Paul fans are the strangest, most worshipful people I've seen in a long time.

He's a politician for crying out loud; not the Second Coming.

[Crim]

BINGO!

[mnehring]

The Ron Paul Bible.

(He's too busy rolling up the real thing into zig zag papers and a little pied piper flute to use that.)

[Cat loving Texan]

He didn’t know his calls for an end to the Federal Reserve and the Department of Education would draw cheers, that his anti-income tax, anti-foreign intervention and libertarian message would resonate.

If you take out his anti-foreign intervention message I can see his appeal. Unfortunately we can’t afford that message now. Libertarians are 75% correct. Its the 25% that is wrong that makes them unelectable.

Fox had a story a week or so back that said getting out of the UN drew huge positives where other issues didn’t move voters.

[PerConPat]

I forget who said it, but the Constitution isn't a suicide pact.

Justice Robert H. Jackson wrote it, if this source is to be believed.

There is so much of the Libertarian platform that appeals to me. However, I prize pragmatism, as it relates to our survival, above all other considerations when evaluating political parties and candidates. Dr. Paul is obviously entitled to stir the debate, but I hope that Hillary will not be the immediate consequence of the pursuit of perfection that seems to entrance the Paul supporters.

[trisham]

I'm not surprised he's dumbfounded. His whole administration would be one dumbfounded moment after another. ("Now why would those Kenyans set off that bomb in the Sears Tower? We didn't occupy Kenya!")

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LOL!!

[mnehring]

To attend a Ron Paul event is to see where some disaffected Democrats and Republicans have turned....opponents of the North American Free Trade Agreement and proponents of tougher border security.

Do they know Ron Paul earmarked at least $13Million to the NAU/NAFTA Superhighway and he voted against putting the military on the border at least four times?