There is no doubt that Ron Paul has struck a chord with disenfrachised voters who are sick of both parties.
Sick of the religious right who want to club you over the head with a bible at the first opportunity.
Sick of Marxist/Socialist Dims who want to take your money, tobacco, booze, cookies for the greater good.
He has a constituency and a loyal following. It’s not just the war. If people were just looking for anti war candidates they could find plenty in the Dim field.
That’s why I want to see him run on the LP ticket. It will do a couple of beneficial things. It will siphon anti war votes from Hillary AND it will force the Big Gubmint GOP types to have to pay attention to the libertarian portion of their base for a change.
Most people I know feel so disenfranchised with government lies, corruption, party hacks and the invasion of this country, I'm surprised they support anyone at this time.
But I know what ya mean.
True enough - whether you like all of his views or not (and I don't), he's just about the only alternative to the Federal Government Party candidates wearing Democrat and Republican costumes. Which (more than his views) is part of the reason he's getting so much vilification from all sides.
As a side note: the argumentative, insulting tone of the so-called Religious Right posters on FR has sunk very near to DU levels. Not a surprise to those of us who have always seen through them as just another flavor of totalitarianism, but the divisiveness they are sowing is going to lead a lot of Republicans to stay home next year. Reagan's Grand GOP Coalition is finished - because its common theme was the quest for a smaller, less intrusive government, and neocons and socons both abandonded that first principle as soon as they thought they could use the power of Big Government to their own advantage.
Another anti-Christian chimes in. Thanks for your "opinion".