Is Ron Paul really so crazy? (townhall)

Townhall.com ^ | 10/23/07 | Jason Wharton

[Patton@Bastogne]

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SJackson


Ron Paul supporters at "Star Trek conventions ... Renaissance fairs" ...


Hey ! Don't ruin the reputation of "normal" patriotic Trekkies and "Renaissance Knight Defenders of Jerusalem" ... (like me) ...


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Patton-at-Bastogne


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[t_skoz]

New Hampshire is going to be significant... Stay tuned!

[CJ Wolf]

“Voted YES on barring website promoting Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump.”

What’s this about?

[Eric Blair 2084]

We’ve already been through this. That wasn’t me. Anymore than your real name is WhistlingPastTheGraveyard

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1913471/posts

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Not me. I missed that thread.

[George W. Bush]

Don't forget Barry Manilow's!!

The rumor is that Garrison Keillor donated, not verified yet. Wouldn't surprise me.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

For months, we’ve been hearing that, according to the FEC filings, Ron Paul leads the field in contributions from the military.

Are you suggesting that not only are the occupations of the donors not verified (”circus clown”, “slacker-in-chief”, etc), but the names aren’t either?

If the FEC information is so unreliable that even the names of the donors can’t be trusted, why did Paul supporters make such a big deal out of the number of supporters who listed military occupations?

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

For months, we’ve been hearing that, according to the FEC filings, Ron Paul leads the field in contributions from the military. Are you suggesting that not only are the occupations of the donors not verified (”circus clown”, “slacker-in-chief”, etc), but the names aren’t either?

If the FEC information is so unreliable that even the names of the donors can’t be trusted, why did Paul supporters make such a big deal out of the number of supporters who listed military occupations?

[George W. Bush]

I dunno. It's actually just campaign trivia. Ron Paul's donation data is far more complete than the other candidates. Can I guarantee the identity of all persons on that list? Well, no. Who could? The same is true of all the other candidates too. How much checking the FEC does is an open question but their past performance but donations by the Hsu gang or the Indonesians or the Buddhists isn't especially inspiring.

In fact, if Paul had 100% support from active duty, that doesn't change anyone's reasons to vote for or against him. And if he had 0% military support, same thing.

The troops take orders and they do get to vote. They don't select the commander-in-chief. The voters do via the electoral college. Regardless of who is elected, the military will follow its lawful orders because that is their sworn duty.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

It was hardly presented as trivia. It was offered as evidence that Paul’s anti-war candidacy was supported overwhelmingly by the men fighting the war.

[WhistlingPastTheGraveyard]

Sorry for the double post, BTW.

[George W. Bush]

It was hardly presented as trivia. It was offered as evidence that Paul’s anti-war candidacy was supported overwhelmingly by the men fighting the war.

The numbers have never been large enough to draw such conclusions.

The real surprise was always that the lone antiwar candidate in the race would attract any support at all from military employees, either civilian or active-duty. It's not as surprising that RP would get support from veterans or from Coast Guard folks because he has such a long record of concern for the medical care of veterans and for better funding of Coast Guard.

[lolhelp]

Do your own research.