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To: GovernmentIsTheProblem
The argument the Paul-haters make is that his support is from the left primarily.

Well wait a minute. Aren't you capable of thinking on your own? Just because some poster says liberals will be the Ron Paul voters you accept that.

You quote one of my posts on this thread. Are your abilities to understand a simple paragraph so limited that you think my statement says that his support comes from the left when it clearly says that he will siphon off Republican votes?

Let's try this: You tell me what impact Ron Paul’s running as a third party candidate will have on the election, not what others have said. Will Ron Paul win? Will Ron Paul draw his support (votes, not financial) from libertarians and conservatives or liberals?

130 posted on 12/27/2007 7:27:53 AM PST by big'ol_freeper ("Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not." ~ Thomas Jefferson)
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To: big'ol_freeper

“Let’s try this: You tell me what impact Ron Paul’s running as a third party candidate will have on the election, not what others have said.”

I think that a good showing will have a bigger effect on other elections, by introducing people to libertarian ideas - people who now consider themselves social democrats will be drawn to him for his antiwar views and then get exposed to his ideas on small government. The sad thing is, the GOP should be spreading that message! They don’t.

“Will Ron Paul win? Will Ron Paul draw his support (votes, not financial) from libertarians and conservatives or liberals?”

Both. Liberals who think that Hillary is pro-war, which is many, and conservatives who think the GOP isn’t serving them anymore.


192 posted on 12/27/2007 8:13:11 AM PST by GovernmentIsTheProblem (The GOP is "Whig"ing out.)
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