At this point there are twelve replies to the original post. Of those, eight are anti-Paul hits. Many of them say and believe that the Ron Paul movement is being orchestrated by a very few college kids hunched over their computers in dingy basements. When a rally does draw a dcent crowd ‘they’re all bussed in from outside the area.’
It’s interesting that a supposedly open minded group such as FreeRepublic has so many closed minds on this one subject. Of course, they may be right but the evidence that I see on my personal e-mail site leads me to believe the movement is real, it’s alive and it’s entirely possible that Ron Paul is the most popular candidate in the race. We’ll just have to wait until a few primaries have passed to see. Until then all these cute photoshopped pictures have the same weight as my opinion - which is dreadfully small.
You need to step away from the crack pipe if you think a nutjob like Ron Paul has any real chance.
I just love ol’ Elron posts on FR—I know I can count of a good laugh or at least a chuckle or two from fellow Freepers.
“supposedly open minded group”
Ahh, that’s where you’re mistaken. FR posters are not all that open minded. There was a thread a few months ago lamenting the lack of diversity of opinion here. Many posters wrote in to say they liked it that way. Their opinion was that there are plenty of other places where people with different opinions can share their thoughts and that FR should stay focused on just ideas they agree with.