Posted on 01/14/2008 2:28:06 PM PST by mnehring
It was supposed to be a revolution. Ron Paul was set to take America and the world by storm by winning primary after primary on his way to the White House. The supporters of the ten-term US Congressman from Texas were convinced that the money he raised would equal support at the actual ballot box. Now in the cold hard days of January, the truth has broken though.
So what has happened to Ron Paul? The answer isn't difficult; his support was never very large to begin with. It was magnified by a presence on the Internet (or the "Internets" if you prefer) and it would never push through into the real world of voting. This was never really anything more than an online revolution that could never come close to cracking the mainstream of political thought.
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For a dark horse candidate, he made all that he could out of his Libertarian philosophies. He brought forward a whole bunch of young folks that didn't really understand the political process and they are now excited and involved. Of course, Iowa and New Hampshire slapped many of them across the face and Michigan and New Hampshire will do the same. Come February 5 even the staunchest Paul political supporter will have to realize that it isn't going to happen.
The problem that many didn't really understand is that Paul wasn't preaching anything new. This was the same Libertarian Party line that had been regurgitated over and over in one form of another for election after election. I'm not certain why so many thought it might be "magical" this campaign season.
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There is a reason that the Libertarian Party exists in relative obscurity. Though many of us hold several of the ideas of the party dear to our hearts and believe them fully, once the movement of the fringe takes hold it is too much to bear for most people.
Many scoffed at the "mainstream" and believed they didn't need them as their man Ron Paul would rise above and dominate. They didn't believe the polls that showed little support and the true believers don't even believe the votes that have been cast at the ballot box. I'm not certain if Paul and his supporters will go away quietly, but one thing is certain, they won't win this election or even come close enough to move the political debate.
The question and its answer are irrelevant here. The Paul-haters aren’t going to be swayed by arguments, no matter how valid they are. You should eat some Tums and try to get some sleep.
I agree with that statement. Some people are just so filled with hatred that it just does not matter. If the person they hate says the sky is blue, they will argue against it just because that person said it. The Stupidity of some people just amazes me to no end.
"What does it take to make government shrink?"
The answer to that is simple. Stop voting for the same old same old BS year after year and vote for the only man that will make that come to pass. Ron Paul.
Don't like tums and I sleep fine.
But the opposition we face here at FreeRepublic will not be overcome by discussing. The Freeper High Command has decided to oppose Ron Paul and his adherents here on the site, and that's that. Our energy is better spent elsewhere.
I've been involved in the Patriot movement for over 20 years and a lot of people in this country just do not want to hear it. They are so comfortable in their slavery they don 't want liberty.
Liberty means personable responsibility and personable responsibility seems to be too much for a lot of people to handle. So they continue along in their lives believing they are truly free when in reality they are not.
A few years ago some idiot actually looked me in the eye and said "I'm free as long as I do what the government tells me what to do."
RP is no BG
Barry Goldwater ran on keeping us out of the Vietnam War. Look where that got us. That War has destroyed the Country and we’ve never gotten over it. It was a political war fought by Draftees. 50,000 dead and hundreds of thousands wounded and in the end, all for nothing.
I hope and pray Iraq turns out better but as far as a “Democratic Iraq” goes - thats a “Fairy Tale” for ya.
The Muzzies don’t believe in it. And if they have a “real election” they vote in the most Radical elements they can.
I would disagree he did not campaign on getting out,
he campaigned on winning.
Thats how Johnson campaigned as well. “I’m not going to send American boys to fight a War Asian boys should be fighting”. Of course he was lying through his teeth.
Goldwater had too much sense to get into a lsnd war on the Asian Mainland. He could see whst appened in Korea.
In fact when Johnson went to visit Douglas MacArthur during his lsat few days, the General begged him not to get entangled in that mess. But since Johnson thought of himself as a great leader, he jumped into the maelstorm willy nilly which led to disaster.
No, I wouldn't do that. The devil has enough advocates.
What I'm saying is that Jim Robinson has taken an anti-Ron-Paul stance. That's where the opposition to your arguments is coming from, and not from any merit or lack thereof in your arguments themselves.
We do not need a third party in this country, we need a second party.
Yes Sir!
He lost his mind a few years back?
Is that what you’re asking?
I get daily emails from my nephew Marine telling me Ron Paul is the answer to all of our problems. It drives me nuts how he could support Ron Paul. However, my nephew, the marine, fought in Iraq and I tell him daily he has ever right to vote or support he he would like..... but I still don’t understand why he supports him.
Dream on, Alice. You'll get to Wonderland some day.
None are as blind as those who refuse to see.
What’s so horrible about that statement? If a turd burglar wants to ride the Hershey highway than as long as he isn’t infringing on the life, liberty or property of another, then no matter how disgusting I find it to be he has the right to do so, but wait they spread their AIDS like wildfire, so in fact they are infringing on another’s life.
I guess that makes me a homophobe in your eyes?
Tonsil jockeys claim being a sodomite is ”normal and healthy“, ok what about bestiality and necrophilia? They claim its ”normal“ to them. I guess we should allow them to marry dead bodies and sheep?
How about NAMBLA?
In the scriptures it states that if a man lyes with another man as he does with a woman, it is a detestable thing and its also an abomination.
It went over to McAmnesty.
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