Posted on 11/24/2007 9:32:43 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
How to make sense of the Ron Paul revolution? What's behind the improbably successful (so far) presidential campaign of a 72-year-old 10-term Republican congressman from Texas who pines for the gold standard while drawing praise from another relic from the hyperinflationary 1970s, punk-rocker Johnny Rotten?
Now with about 5 percent (and climbing) support in polls of likely Republican voters, Paul set a one-day GOP record by raising $4.3 million on the Internet from 38,000 donors on Nov. 5 -- Guy Fawkes Day, the commemoration of a British anarchist who plotted to blow up Parliament and kill King James I in 1605. Paul's campaign, which is three-quarters of the way to its goal of raising "$12 Million to Win" by Dec. 31, didn't even organize the fundraiser -- an independent-minded supporter did.
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PAUL'S A KOOK!
Revolution? The kook can't poll 5% nationally. He's purely a novelty, a distraction that will be forgotten by May.
But cant you understand why he’s attractive to the voter?
He tells them what he’s going to do different. and the difference is attactive.
C’mon politicians are at a 12% approval rate.
We are lucky that’s not a Chavez type that people are leaning tword.
Libertarians are ALWAYS on the verge of changing the election dynamics.
Those polls exclude Paul's name and they are calling the same registered Republicans who voted in 2004 on land-line phones.
Nearly all of Paul's supporters are newcomers & independents.
So instead of reaching out to these people on a few issues, you'd rather ignore/denigrate them and then complain when they vote 3rd party. That's not smart election strategy.
They’re just a different flavor of Moon Bats.
What percentage of the folks supporting Ron Paul are far left wing nuts who like his stance on the war on terror?
bwahahahah. Be careful you don't get dizzy with that kind of spin.
So they would in effect be turning the GOP into a third party?
Would they support any other Republican candidates? Would they support any planks in the GOP platform? Or would it just be Republican in Name Only leadership and support?
Probably miniscule, a fraction of 1%. Keep in mind that the anti-war moonbats also support intervention in humanitarian missions such as Darfur. Paul opposes this.
That's funny.
No spin, it's the truth. You're going to sit here and tell me that Paul has won the majority of straw polls (people who actually get out and pay to vote), has more media clips and volunteers than any other candidate and yet is somehow stuck at 2% in "scientific" polls? You need to have your BS meter valve replaced.
The farthest left wing nuts (like Food Not Bombs) protested Clinton’s wars too.
"About 90 percent of the hate mail I’ve received supporting Ron Paul comes from Truther nuts." --Michelle Malkin
These libertarians are well-educated, young adult professionals. Stereotyping them as aging hippies who just oppose the war is not going to work.
No wonder why the GOP lost the mid-terms and Bush only won his presidential elections by razor-thin margins. There's a huge bloc of votes sitting out there who are small-gov't types.
I've seen what the Framers believed called a lot of things but that may be a new low. Thanks for confirming the 'conservative' Republican party has no use for the legacy the Framers left us..
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