Actually that's not true. A Ron Paul 3rd party run would devastate the GOP far more than the Democrats.
The anti-war left isn't behind Paul. They're behind folks like Obama and Kucinich. You see, the vast majority of Americans want the war to wind down and most of these folks are supporting Paul. These folks also never voted before or participated in politics.
But by all means, please keep airbrushing a large portion of the electorate who simply oppose the war (but who are conservative on all of the other issues) as a bunch of leftist moonbats.
“You see, the vast majority of Americans want the war to wind down and most of these folks are supporting Paul. “
Yeah, most of the vast majority of Americans are supporting Paul. Please. People want to win, not cut-and-run.
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 lets 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 "states 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 Pauls 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."