Posted on 01/14/2008 2:28:06 PM PST by mnehring
It was supposed to be a revolution. Ron Paul was set to take America and the world by storm by winning primary after primary on his way to the White House. The supporters of the ten-term US Congressman from Texas were convinced that the money he raised would equal support at the actual ballot box. Now in the cold hard days of January, the truth has broken though.
So what has happened to Ron Paul? The answer isn't difficult; his support was never very large to begin with. It was magnified by a presence on the Internet (or the "Internets" if you prefer) and it would never push through into the real world of voting. This was never really anything more than an online revolution that could never come close to cracking the mainstream of political thought.
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For a dark horse candidate, he made all that he could out of his Libertarian philosophies. He brought forward a whole bunch of young folks that didn't really understand the political process and they are now excited and involved. Of course, Iowa and New Hampshire slapped many of them across the face and Michigan and New Hampshire will do the same. Come February 5 even the staunchest Paul political supporter will have to realize that it isn't going to happen.
The problem that many didn't really understand is that Paul wasn't preaching anything new. This was the same Libertarian Party line that had been regurgitated over and over in one form of another for election after election. I'm not certain why so many thought it might be "magical" this campaign season.
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There is a reason that the Libertarian Party exists in relative obscurity. Though many of us hold several of the ideas of the party dear to our hearts and believe them fully, once the movement of the fringe takes hold it is too much to bear for most people.
Many scoffed at the "mainstream" and believed they didn't need them as their man Ron Paul would rise above and dominate. They didn't believe the polls that showed little support and the true believers don't even believe the votes that have been cast at the ballot box. I'm not certain if Paul and his supporters will go away quietly, but one thing is certain, they won't win this election or even come close enough to move the political debate.
LOL!!
Still in complete denial.
LOL!!
Keep throwing that good money after bad.
“Let’s just go to a “Pray for President Bush” thread and everything will be roses again.”
No need for jealousy. I’m sure there are people praying for Ron Paul to take the White House. Probably in mosques across Syria and Iran.
He should have been running as a Libertarian from the start. He has no business running as a Republican. It's what I've been saying since the start of the primaries.
Does Giuliani have any business running GOP?
I think it might have been old style Republicans who legalized prostitution here, I’m not sure.
My husband said he ran over two Ron Paul signs today and he also scraped one off of a gas pump in town. Some nut is polluting the area with Ron Paul signs.
“So you guys won’t have any problems if Paul goes 3rd party then.”
None at all sooner the better. Can he leave tonite?
He’s not like Perot.
He will not take any Votes from the GOP.
Apparently the powers that be disagree with you, or else all of us who support Paul would be gone, and there’d be no ping list.
BTW, you’ve been had. EEE does NOT support Ron Paul last time i checked.
Again, you confirm what I have been telling you all along.
Ron Paul is has been in this election for the laughs only. He's enjoying himself by spending other peoples money while simultaneously stroking his over-indulged ego.
He'll be laughing because he realizes that his sycophants will always be there to pour more money into his coffers.
I have found this to be true. In the past few days, many lefty articles have been urging the voters not to vote for Ron Paul. Apparently the thought of government shrinking is more horrible to the authors than the war continuing.For example:
While a Ron Paul presidency would likely end the war, at what price would this come?
Ron Paul uses the term liberty a lot, so let’s take a look at what he means by liberty.
The liberty Ron Paul demands is:
The liberty of the capitalists to exploit without labor laws and environmental protections;
The "state’s right” to prevent Blacks from voting without the interference of the Voting Rights Act (voted against its renewal in Congress);
The "states right" to ban abortions without the interference of Roe v Wade;
The freedom of the government to deny same-sex rights (was an original sponsor of the "Marriage Protection Act");
The freedom of children not to attend schools (would abolish public education);
The freedom of the elderly and disabled to starve (would abolish Social Security);
The freedom of the sick to die (would abolish Medicare);
The freedom of the U.S. to destroy the planet without even the most basic limits on carbon emissions (opposes signing on to Kyoto and all other carbon limitations);
This is, in short, the liberty of a wealthy minority to make their money from the exploitation of labor and the environment with zero interference from labor laws, environmental laws, and the IRS. While his program is liberty for a minority of rich white heterosexual males, it is slavery for the majority.
Simply put, Ron Paul’s promises to end the war are not enough when one looks at the fact that he would eliminate two centuries of hard fought social progress in the United States."
:) I don’t think Ron Paul, or myself for that matter, could ever be called hippies.
Deflecting again.
Please take it to a Bush thread. This is a Ron Paul thread.
There just aren't that many wacky 9/11 Truthers out there.
Anybody who believes that is simply fooling themselves.
Ron Paul was in this for Ron Paul. He enjoys the attention and loves spending other peoples money to get the attention.
What's sad is, he will always have a cadre of sycophants who will fund his ego trips.
Ron who?
LOL!!
I think he already did that with his newsletters. It got him in a whole lot of hot water.
Perhaps he should try a different approach.
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