Doctor Ron Paul: A case study in negativity - Chapter One

Constitution Club ^ | 12-26-2007 | pgwarner

[TheConservativeCitizen]

Chapter One: “I’m trying to change the system!”

This is a statement each and every politician makes. Will Dr. Paul change things if he somehow manages to get elected? Possibly, his hybrid brand of libertarianism certainly makes claims of being radically different. First let us examine whether it looks even remotely possible for him to get elected.

Currently Ron Paul is running 4% nationally for the Republican Party’s nomination according to RCP’s poll averages. It is true that he is a little higher in Iowa at 7%, and he has raised some money. It is germane to note that Governor Dean was raising what then was considered a massive amount of money on the internet right before Iowa too, in his disastrous campaign in 2004. Dean, a animated doctor with a decidedly different outlook from the conventional Democrat, ran on a vision of change. He set Democrat fund raising records leading up to the Iowa Caucus. In fact he shattered Clinton’s record by getting his “Deanie Babies” (activists, mainly young ones who the campaign claimed were those who had not voted yet, or who usually did not vote, so the did not register in a poll) to buzz the internet. These “Deaniacs” sent their hard earned shekels in to Dean in small amounts by the hundreds of thousands. This new internet dynamic was going to result in a ground swell that was going to propel Dean into the White House. Dr. Dean was not successful.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The author conveniently ignores the fact that Dr. Paul is underrepresented in many of the MSM polls. In fact, many of these polls exclude Paul's name with "Other." (There's a hilarious YouTube clip of someone pushing "Other" only to be zotted out of the database).

These polls are polling the same registered Republicans who voted for incumbent Bush in 2004, so of course Paul is going to be "low" in these polls. And ever since then, this base of registered Republicans have been dwindling.

As usual, we have the obligatory Howard Dean comparison. There's no comparison to Dean here. Dean still ran a top-down campaign, many of his "volunteers" were paid staffers, and Dean didn't have a message that transcended the hardcore leftists who supported him. Plus he was toast anyway, because next-door neighbor NH voters knew his socialist record and he didn't have a prayer of winning there. With Paul, all he did was throw the message out there, and people came to him. In IA, you can register Republican right up to the day of the caucauses, and Paul's supporters are more enthusiastic than the other candidates. It's going to be January and it'll be cold. Will Romney, Huckabee and Fred's aging supporters show up in sub-zero weather?

Very non-factual and poorly written article here.

[sofaman]

"underrepresented". I see...

Yes! He's actually at eleventy-four percent in the polls!

See, it's a conspiracy. All the polling organizations got together and said, "Lets drive Ron Paul mad. We'll ALL depress his poll numbers all the time. But don't tell anybody. That should drive his supporters bonkers .... or more bonkers as the case may".

I can't wait for the caucus just to see this under-represented tripe go up in smoke.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

See, it's a conspiracy.

I never said it was. The anectodal evidence speaks for itself.

Let's see, Dr. Paul leads all GOP candidates in:

• Straw polls
  
• Grassroots support
• Number of people at rallies
• Internet searches
• Fundraising (4Q)
• Online and text polls

And the author is going to rely on biased MSM polls that don't even exclude Paul's name as credible evidence? BWAHAHA!

I can't wait for the caucus just to see this under-represented tripe go up in smoke

I can't wait either.

[captain anode]

A case study in negativism is a good self description of the article. It does not describe RP.

Ron Paul’s record is far more Republican than all current presidential candidates and most opposition is not on an intellectual level but simply name calling, he is not Dean or Perot. He’ll get a lot more votes.

Previous history,
2x Reagan smaller government
2x Bush liberal lost to the Clintons
1x Dole liberal lost to the Clintons
2x Bush liberal lost us along the way
2008 Ron Paul

Ron Paul is by far nearer an ideal candidate than the last Republican 5 choices.

[navyguy]

Ron Pauls worst enemy is his own followers.

[captain anode]

So, if unable to articulate, attack character...

Thanks for your service.

[exnavy]

LOL Very well said.

[joecoastie]

Despite being dead on in regards to the economy and size of government, his foreign policy makes him completely unelectable. Our planet is too interdependent for classic isolationism.