You should be thankful Dr. Paul is running. Like it or not, libertarians and pro-America populists make up a large percentage of the GOP. We've been kicked to the curb for far too long by authoritarian types, me-too liberal Republican types, and big-government socon religious types. You got folks who never voted or participated in politics before lining up and registering as Republicans just because Paul is in the race. If Paul wasn't running, these folks would stay home and you FReepers would be pointing fingers and whining about "those losertarians" voting 3rd party instead of your RINO.
So be nice to Paul. We need him and his voters to defeat Hillary, because Rudy, Romney, McCain, or possibly even Thompson can't attract these guys on their own.
rt= libertarians have been unsuccessful because their ideas have failed to attract a following by enough voters. Conservatives moderates and liberals of both parties find your ideas on national defense and domestic policys to be extreme and frankly kind of loopy. I think the name which you go by here bares that out. All political movements must attract enough followers to be successful, Libertarians have failed so far to do so. Americans don’t want to turn the reigns of government over to extremists. I don’t see any reason to think things will change in that regard any time soon.
EEE<You got folks who never voted or participated in politics before lining up and registering as Republicans just because Paul is in the race.
rt= There attracted to Ron Paul’s libertarian ideas, not conservative ideas. It’s doubtful many will vote Republican in the general election.
EEE<So be nice to Paul. We need him and his voters to defeat Hillary
rt= I don’t expect his voters to support a Republican candidate. They are Libertarian by nature, and therefore likely to vote that way if at all.