To put it bluntly, I think Ron Paul really only draws from the legalize drug crowd, and that will mostly be Democrat votes. Plus most all Republicans supporters now know better then to vote a phoney Ross Perot 3rd Candidate at this point. There are a few on the right out to make a point of getting worse before it gets better, most of us don’t want to go to a Democrat bottom.
Okay, so I got a Ron Paul rant to get off my chest.
Recently we elected an RDC-rep. district chair- to replace one who got ejected...long story.
Now I like the guy who got elected, nice fellow, personable, but he never struck me as any kind of genius. Still I am his secretary and he loves me, as he should.
So last meeting I ask him who’s his primary candidate of the current field. He tells me, with a smile, Ron Paul.
This gives me great pause.
Now I walk softly here as I do not wish to insult any Ron Paul fans on this thread and be kind as even my own husband, who I know is a smart guy, is suddenly a Ron Paul fan.
So I listen anew to Dr. Paul, with open ears and mind.
I’m so sorry but I don’t buy a thing the man says, particularly his foreign policy stance, although of late I do kind of wonder if America shouldn’t get out of lands in which it don’t belong, we never fight wars to win any more...like that. It’s why so many once normal people suddenly like Ron Paul.
There’s so much awful info out there about Dr. Paul, including questionable racist quotes in newsletters he once wrote, or oversaw the writing....you gotta be deaf and dumb not to be taken aback.
So this RDC, who I work with doing as secretary’s do, writing the Minutes, correcting his spelling and verbiage, reminding him what needs done, designing sign-in forms, tracking convention attendees, you know the deal, doing all the work behind the scenes.
And he’s voting for Ron Paul?
Sigh.
That and anti-war peaceniks. The case can be made Paul would hurt Obie more than our guy. Much more, imho.