“What angers most conservatives is his campaign tactics and efforts to hijack the RNC nomination using leftist anti-war money and votes to win the Republican nomination.”
I think what really angers some conservatives, not most, is having the basic premises of U.S. foreign policy questioned by a fellow Republican. This reminds me somewhat of Al Gore’s behavior when his global warming theory is questioned. It seems that all Ron Paul has done is show up for some debates, say what he thinks, and accept donations from legal sources. What particular “campaign tactics” do you especially disapprove of? Does Ron Paul have a “dirty tricks squad” like Dick Nixon used to? It seems that his “dirty trick” is merely openly expressing his controversial opinions.
If you want all 50 states to have closed Republican-voters-only primaries, you can certainly advocate that change. But those are not the rules the game is currently played under.
It seems to me that Ron Paul has done a great service for the Republican party by clearly exposing the fraudulent nature of Democratic ant-war posturing. Nobody can ever take Clinton or Obama seriously as anti-war candidates, after listening to Ron Paul. The problem for Republicans to solve is finding a way to hold on to Ron Paul’s constituency for their eventual nominee. We need Mr. Reagan’s big tent to rule America.
You continue to fool yourself...
“I think what really angers some conservatives, not most, is having the basic premises of U.S. foreign policy questioned by a fellow Republican.”
Not at all. Question, no problem. Adopt leftist talking points is a whole other issue.
“It seems that all Ron Paul has done is show up for some debates, say what he thinks, and accept donations from legal sources.”
No, I’d describe it as pandering to the anti-war left using leftist talking points and poor national security advice, for the purpose of attracting voters from across the aisle, not from within the party that disagrees with him.
“Does Ron Paul have a “dirty tricks squad” like Dick Nixon used to? It seems that his “dirty trick” is merely openly expressing his controversial opinions.”
No, his dirty tricks are spamming polls, pandering to the left and trying to hijack the RNC nomination with leftist money and voters.
“If you want all 50 states to have closed Republican-voters-only primaries, you can certainly advocate that change. But those are not the rules the game is currently played under.”
So, if George Soros and all his 527 groups than invested millions in electing Kerry in 2004, decide to put that money behind RP to effect the RNC nomination in ‘08 primaries, then reverse and vote for Hillary in the general, you think this is fine on the basis that it is “legal?”
“Nobody can ever take Clinton or Obama seriously as anti-war candidates, after listening to Ron Paul.”
Exactly, and that’s why Paul is panmdering for that vote and getting it, at least in the primaries.
“We need Mr. Reagan’s big tent to rule America.”
The BIG TENT theory is what filled the party with RINO’s like Rudy... And that’s why you are mad that we can’t get a conservative atop the ticket today...