Posted on 05/28/2007 2:00:11 PM PDT by bnelson44
Analysis of the GOP Bloggers Straw Poll
Perhaps unsurprisingly, Ron Paul supporters like nobody less than Giuliani for whom most observers called that debate based on his response to Pauls blowback comments, even as the Ronbots contended that the very same exchange proved Ron Paul the obvious winner.
Unlike supporters of the realistic (and popular, arguably faddish and maybe unrealistic) candidates, Ron Paul supporters apparently would not vote for any other GOP candidate in the Republican primary though intriguingly, a minority would consider Tancredo.
I submit this as fair evidence that Ron Pauls online base of support is not drawn from actual Republican party primary voters. Activists for every other candidate have their fallbacks, nemeses and frenemies, but no other group is so far outside the mainstream as the activists for Ron Paul.
Maybe Ron Paul is the GOP vanguard. More likely, his support measures something besides the current Republican mood.
(Excerpt) Read more at blogpi.net ...
It would be nice if someone else would take on the role of "world police". Maybe then I wouldn't have to surrender to minimum-wage government employees at the airport who seem to want to inspect the inside of my shoes and underwear.
Speak for yourself, there "Nutroot".
No only do you fear Ron Paul, you fear people like him.
It would be nice if some "Republican" would advocate attacking Osama Bin Laden rather than the rest of us.
....not all, but those that do learned it from the Ron Paul detractors.
All the evil stuff was taught to you by others.
That right there is evidence that you're not really up to the job of governing this country.
Imagine that - the only conservative candidate getting a lot of votes from a conservative website.
you’re right that he has libertarian support
his foreign policy views are really very odd....dangerous actually
I have fought pretty hard elsewhere against those who like his worldview
I am not in favor of drug legalisation
yes....I have a problem with civil rights legislation that used the Commerce clause to supercede individual rights to discriminate even if wrongly
and where that has led...but that is just me and yes I realize that most here would disagree with me on that
putting the PC genie back in the bottle is too tall an order for my lifetime
and that argument is unsolvable.....the act is here and all it has brought forth
Wrong. If he wants to run for President, he needs to run in whichever manner he thinks he could win.
And your point is.........what?
Any candidate who has the party bosses running their mud factory overtime has my interest. They sure cranked it up for Sen. Coburn of Oklahoma.
The RINOs are the ones currently in power, who left the fiscal and Constitutionally-conservative base. Sons of FDR, almost to a man.
I could vote for Ron Paul, but of course I have libertarian tendencies.
LOL! Yeah, right.
“Based upon Pauls previous attempt at the Presidency, Id not worry about him being much of a force in this election.”
Yea, but back then in 1988, Ron was running against a true conservative and Reagan had just stepped down from the plate. Many conservative voters were not alienated.
Can’t say that is the case today.
I was a Ron Paul supporter until he became a Alex Jones clone.
I will tune into the next debate and see if the others go after him to try to nip him in the bud. If so, then he is onto something. If will be fun watching the big dogs go after a little 3% nobody with a resonant message.
Perhaps people who read 1984 and actually understand it.
I agree. A modicum, but no more.
That's odd.
Are any of them Freepers?
I would like their names, please.
I disagree. Not even a modicum.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.