N.H. Voters Explain How They Came to Understand Ron Paul

International Business Times ^ | January 13, 2012 | Maggie Astor

[Veritas_et_libertas]

Interviews with New Hampshire voters on Tuesday gave a glimpse into the issues that drew these newcomers to a campaign that has been trying to gain mainstream support for its message since Paul first ran for president in 1988.

Most said they were initially drawn to one element of Paul's platform, but came to support the rest of it later.

'Painfully, Very Slowly'

One voter, James Kelley, said he supported Paul at first because he seemed like the only candidate who was serious about cutting taxes and spending. But as he researched Paul's platform, he found himself reconsidering his hawkish foreign-policy views.

"Before him, I was basically like, nuke the Middle East and get it over with," Kelley said. "I started hearing what he was saying, and painfully, very slowly, I was like, yeah, actually, it makes sense."

From listening to Paul, Kelley concluded that it was the United States' own interventionist foreign policy that posed the greatest threat to national security.

"Initially, it [non-interventionism] didn't make any sense, because you keep hearing about all these threats and risks," he said. "But pretty much every single conflict we've been in, we've somehow preceded it. We armed the mujahedeen to fight the Soviets, and then we fight them as the Taliban. We put [Fidel] Castro in power; we put Saddam Hussein in power."

[Sudetenland]

Idiots will out.

[ejonesie22]

[Venturer]

LOL this is funny.

New Hampshire isn’t trying to exlain why they voted for Paul they are trying to excuse themselves.

New Hampshire is irrelevant. It is a sham.

Soon we will see how real voters feel, I think Mr. Paul has a big let down coming. At least I hope so.

[muawiyah]

It was inevitable that the funny little foreign folks with the evil mustaches would find out we were a pretty rich country.

America was no longer just the place to send the village rebel.

That's when the problems really got started ~ with England, with France, with the German states, with Austria-Hungria, with Russia, with...... the A-Rabs!

it's not like we'd been working along in splendid isolation from the world. My gosh, George Washington was part of the cause of the French and Indian War. The War of Spanish Succession certainly had something to do with American economic might behind the Brits! And, even earlier King Philippe II/III of Spain had used the division of North America as a ploy to bring a full 20 years of peace to Europe ~ (See Treaty of London 1604 ~ it's not about England winning a war ~ it's about Spain winning a war and being magnanimous ~ incredibly magnanimous).

Ron Paul's idea of cause and effect is very similar to the theory of a suppository. That is, that if you keep sticking it up your nether regions it may make its way to the top.

[ejonesie22]

I think Mr. Paul has a big let down coming. At least I hope so.

Bummer dude...

Guess there will be no government weed coming...

[mnehring]

From listening to Paul, Kelley concluded that it was the United States' own interventionist foreign policy that posed the greatest threat to national security.

And people wonder why most consider Paul's, blame America First ideas a danger to the US. This is Reverend Jeremiah Wright thinking. I wonder when Paul will just go all out and say 'Chickens Have Come Home To Roost'?

[Roninf5-1]

For James Campbell, a veteran and a volunteer for Paul's New Hampshire campaign, the order was reversed: it was foreign policy that first attracted him to Paul, and he latched on to the economics later.

While deployed in Somalia in 1993, "I saw firsthand the resentment and the fear that happens when you go in there and use a standing army as the enforcer," Campbell said. He was shot, received a Purple Heart, and was then deployed once again, this time to Bosnia. Once he came home, he recalled, "I was kind of lost until I heard Ron Paul."

Obviously another dope smoking pinko commie.

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

We put [Fidel] Castro in power

I haven't heard this from the Paul camp. Is that what they are saying?

[dfwgator]

Ron Paul’s Philosophy, “Everything wrong in the world is our fault.”

[Proud2BeRight]

“Before him, I was basically like, nuke the Middle East and get it over with,”

As soon as the “like” spills out, the source is exposed and the credibility fades.

[mnehring]

America's Chickens, have come home, to roost- Reverend Jeremiah Ron Paul Wright (or something like that)

[Sudetenland]

LOL!!!!

[Sudetenland]

In cannabis veritas. :)

[ScottinVA]

Wow... so NH Paul supporters agree with:

1. Withdrawing our forces worldwide,
2. Standing by as Iran gains nuclear weapons capability,
3. The repeal of DADT,
4. The notion the traitor Bradley Manning is a “patriot,”
5. The connection between Paul and troop-hating Code Pink,
6. 9-11 was a result of AMERICA’s policies, not islamic terror,
7. David Duke, in his support for Paul,
8. Paul’s support for OWS,
9. Paul’s possible ties to George Soros, and
10. The idea that killing bin Osama bin Laden is wrong.

OK... got it.

Kooks.

[ejonesie22]

Amen due, amen.

I call this meeting of the Holy Order of nachos to order...

You did order nachos, the munchies are kickin’ bad dude...

[ejonesie22]

Amen due, amen.

I call this meeting of the Holy Order of nachos to order...

You did order nachos, the munchies are kickin’ bad dude...

[Sudetenland]

Like, you know, man, like, there's this dude, Ron Paul, and he's like, you know, the coolest. He's going to end all wars by, like, you know, like disengaging from the rest of the world and, like, you know, keeping American, like, safe, you know, from within, you know?

Like, not only that, you know, he's going to like legalize pot. How cool is that, dude?

[muawiyah]

Hmm, he went to Somalia when half of the capital city was controlled by AlQaida, and the rest of the country was divided up into about a dozen little warzones ruled by warlords.

From that he deduced that a "standing army" is a problem?

He's screwy.

[SpringtoLiberty]

So sending hundreds of thousands of our young men over seas to defend, fight and die for other countries is ok while our closest neighbor is in full blown anarchy is fine?

Defending the 3rd and 4th largest economies in the world from communism is fine but defending our allies in our own hemisphere is forbidden.

Invading iraq is ok when we are already sending trillions to the saudi royal family is great! Sending in ground troops to pacify tribes in aa landlocked country is awesome. Wake up people.