I think your premise is sound, if Ron gets the backing of the general populace of Republican voters. I don’t see that happening. I agree with much of Paul’s views, it’s just the foreign policy issue that makes him look like a total lunatic in my eyes.
How could I vote for a guy who sees Iraq in the same light as Pelosi, Ried, Murtha, Sheehan and the rest of the pinko Congressional members?
I mentioned that I like a lot of what Ron stands for. Do you have any idea what the media would do to this guy in the fall of 2008? If the media can make others look like the moonbats of the planet, just wait until they sink their teeth into Ron. While that isn’t something I would like on the issues they’ll do it on, you just know it’s going to happen.
Ron isn’t going to get the nomination because of his outspoken opposition to destroying the terrorist networks in Iraq and Afghanistan. He wouldn’t win the election because many conservatives would simply ignore the top position on their ballots. I would join them in doing so. And last but not least, the media would have Ron looking like the biggest whackjob on the face of planet earth, including the subject of the war which they fully agree with him on.
Ron’s chances are a big fat goose egg IMO.
If Ron gets enough support and doesn’t get the nomination, guess what happens. He starts a third party. The idea that he has gotten a lot of the Black vote, makes this a very real possibility. It lays the foundation for it. And if Ron does this, guess who wins again, just like her husband did against Bush I.
The Bushs and the Clintons have ruled this nation since 1988. That run may continue if we’re not careful, but I won’t vote in a person who will not lift a finger if our nation is attacked.
Sorry to be so diametrically opposed to your view on this, but that’s what it comes down to.
I agree that Dr. Paul will not get the nomination. There are too many single issue voters who don’t like his position on Iraq.
It’s funny that so many people will not vote for Dr. Paul because they disagree with him on one issue while he is rock solid on every other conservative issue. But they want conservatives to vote for Rudy who is against us on almost every issue except Iraq.
As for the media, just watch what they do to Rudy or Mitt or Huckabee if one of them gets the nomination. That will be really bloody.
I’d be happy with any one of the three conservatives getting the nomination and happily work and vote for any one of them. I’d jump for joy if Hunter, Tancredo or Paul got the nomination, and I’d go back to working for the campaign and maxing out my contribution to their campaign. (Something I haven’t done in quite a while.)
I’m sick of liberal Republicans getting nominated and voting for the lesser of two evils.