Posted on 04/26/2011 7:09:29 PM PDT by Bokababe
....Part of Paul's fervent support in 2008 was grounded in college-aged voters, a constituency that also largely favored Barack Obama. In this campaign, the 75-year-old Paul said today, Mr. Obama won't be able to hang on to the youth vote.
"I think that Obama will not be able to hang on to that enthusiasm of the young people because of what's happened in the last couple years," Paul said in Des Moines, Iowa, after his exploratory committee was announced.
The financial crisis, the bloated deficit and the ongoing wars make the libertarian views Paul is known for -- such as his anti-interventionist foreign policy and his antipathy toward the Federal Reserve -- even more relevant than in 2008, Paul suggested....
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Benjamin Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, Abraham Lincoln (Linc on “The Mod Squad”), James K. Polk?
Then Obama would not even be in the race, because he only won the votes of the under 44 age groups in 2008.
We can all agree that the over 44s will be more against him than ever, so if he can’t win the youngers then we can claim victory right now.
I could have mentioned the John Adams...but I’m sure you would have called “Specious!”
Polk? Who names a kid POLK , middle name,surname ?
OK, that one was a stretch. I think I heard it as a nick-name in my youth up here in midwest polka country...:{)
Stupid kids.
The crank will be 77 or 78 in 2012.
And you think Ron Paul, looking like a whiny, old duffer of an uncle, is going to attract the youth vote? You’re friggin’ crazy man...
Funny and true... bingo!
...and, of course, William Henry Harrison, since we already included his grandson.
Paul takes a tough stand in the debates and then backs down in interviews.
RP ping
Honestly....I can’t predict anything. I’m just picking up ‘rumblings’ on the internet.
Yeah. I would agree but I’m not that concerned at all about a whack job like Ron Paul skewing the election.
I admit that I didn’t have any real animosity towards Ron Paul, as I couldn’t really find myself to pay attention to him. But when my younger sister became one of those glassy eyed Ron Paul supporters and also became a Code Pink supporter, that was nearly too much for me.
I think my sister is over that now (thank God) but it did change my perception of Ron Paul significantly. Hearing his name mentioned now tends to trigger a rise in my irritation level.
Some people have given boys the mother's maiden name as a given name, of the last name of some famous relative, and blacks gave their kids the full name of presidents, once they were allowed to name their own children; however, TAYLOR, as a girl's first name is a new phenomena.
Polk was more than a "stretch"!
What is more common, amongst a certain strata, are names that could be in any order, for pols, like MCGEORGE BUNDY; two last names.
Harrison is also not a common first name.
This circus needs a Ringmaster...not more clowns.
You know, most of us were young at one point or another… :-)
I really do try hard to find in my heart not to pillory the youth with respect to their values, politics, or outlook in general.
I do believe wholeheartedly in that quote supposedly attributed to Winston Churchill where he supposedly said: “If a man isn’t liberal at the age of 24, he hasn’t got heart. It is not a conservative at the age of 50, he hasn’t got a brain.”
But hard as I try, I just can’t suppress the contempt that I feel for them and their causes. I often feel irritated that these brains full of mush (as Rush Limbaugh likes to refer to them) are courted so strenuously by both parties. I’ve grown to feel the exact same way about those idiotic and brain-dead “Independent voters”.
And Ron Paul Supports Ground Zero Mosque; ‘You’re Closing The Door On What Makes America -per BB
I say this SOB has lost before he begins.
Ron Paul’s candidacy is good for the national debate. Let’s see how he does with the youth vote in the first primaries. It’s pretty clear the incumbent has lost it.
Someone remind me again why Ron Paul’s not a conservative? I’m wearing virtual flame retardant clothing against those who can’t tell rhetorical questions from actual ones. He has libertarian qualities, sure, and that’s what he’s usually classed as, but isn’t his attitude on foreign intervention the same or similar to Washington’s? Any differing policy after that is by definition also not conservative. And he’s very much pro-life, with his personal experience as an obstetrician and gynecologist to back it up. I’ve heard him called too queer-friendly, but need more details, which I’m sure someone will provide. Is his policy different from the Catholic Church’s one of hate the sin, love the sinner? Has he spoken on homosexual ‘marriage’?
I’d prefer his son Rand be running (that’s clear from my profile), but still don’t quite understand why there’s so much hostility to Ron Paul. I think the proverbial gunsights should be more squarely fixed in the direction of the enemy, the crypto-communist Democratic Party.
The media’s “Anybody But Palin” parade continues. Every time they do a hit-piece on her, they look like total garbage and she comes out smelling like a rose. It’s obvious that the media has changed tactics. They’re now operating on the premise that any airtime given to anybody else is airtime that is Sarah Palin is NOT getting. Throwing bombs hasn’t worked at all, so now it’s just a media blackout.
As for Ru Paul and Donald Trump, they’re both crappy candidates. Trump occasionally shows some potential but his criticism of Bush in 2007 was downright bizarre and shows that we shouldn’t trust his views at all. (I’m not saying that Bush didn’t deserve criticism, I’m just saying that Trump was less than impressive when going public with it. And why was he even doing it?) Ron Paul is a total pantload. Any media play that he is getting is because the MSM wants to advance weak candidates for the GOP. It worked like a charm with McCain, why wouldn’t they keep right on doing it?
There is no possibility of reasoning with the Paul haters here. He isn’t the perfect candidate or conservative, but has far more virtues than liabilities. He isn’t going to get the nomination - it is inconceivable short of hyperinflation. Nevertheless, he helps by educating younger voters about fiscal, tax, and monetary issues. That is more than I can say about anyone else running. I think the main problem now is that there is no really strong candidate in sight, but it is still early.
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