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Posted on 10/02/2011 2:55:51 PM PDT by Baladas
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — Ron Paul, antagonist of the Federal Reserve and advocate for the gold standard, probably won't capture the Republican presidential nomination. But with his libertarian leanings energizing a small though growing group of passionate conservatives, the quirky Texas congressman is proving to be a force in the 2012 contest.
Four months before the initial voting, Paul is having such a big impact on the race that some Republican operatives are convinced that he will play spoiler in important states, siphoning votes and attention from his rivals for months to come and helping determine the nominee.
He's empowered by unconventional but successful fundraising techniques, a more sophisticated campaign than his two previous attempts at the presidency, and a fiery message he's preached for decades but only now is resonating with Americans concerned about the nation's debt.
In short, he could prove dangerous for the early front-runners, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
"I have no idea what exactly spoiler means," Paul said recently while in New Hampshire. "If you're a participant and you have an influence and you win or come close and you influence the debate, I think that's pretty important. So I don't put a negative term on that as spoiling anything. Spoiling their fun? Maybe they need a little spoiling."
It's unclear which rival the 76-year-old Texan stands to hurt the most.
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wRONg PAUL is retarded.
In their dreams.
AP give up on Huntsman?
Only in some weird Twilight Zone wet dream, Paul isn’t a force for anything.
'nuff said, now let the children have their fun and pretend that he is relevant.
Who?
Is Huntsman that guy that works for the WSJ?
Al Huntsman? {; > /
Typo fixed.
Wow..the anti Paul posters are out in farce..oops I mean force. Guess you guys love the Fed, and all the wonderful things they are doing for our economy.
I also love pudding and puppies neither of which I would vote for as president.
Paul seems like a really nice fellow as a person. He is delusional when it comes to foreign policy and he is not the constitutional guy his followers think he is.
He should either run as a democrat where I think he would be happier or as a libertarian that he says he is.
So Paul has one issue he is right on. How about all the other nit wittery that comes out of his mouth? Blames US for 911, wants Iran to have nukes to level the playing field and so on. The guy is a kook.
Go Ron Paul.
There is nothing wrong with Ron Paul’s foreign policy .....
if you accept his premise that they are only mad because we are “over there”.
The danger is that if* he is wrong, we have exposed ourselves to annihilation because we will have no first, second or third line of defense.
1st= intelligence operations
2nd= regional forces
3rd= ready reserves, technology, and equipment
* of course he is wrong — even if he is partially right, it is no reason to abandon all our foreign security leverage
To which I would add: If their campaigns are "spoilable" by Paul then they are not ready for Obama.
Now he’s all pissed off because of that dead terrorist. He thinks the AQ thug was “assassinated”.
I’ve got two words for Ron Paul, and they are not Happy Birthday. A bigger idiot would be hard to find. Outside of his Congressional district, virtually no one even knows who he is and what he stands for.
No, we don’t a nominee who:
-—has ties to Code Pinko
-—calls America imperialist
-—thinks Iran should have nuclear weapons
-—hangs around with scumbags like anarchist Lew Rockwell
-—hates our military
-—is surrounded by antisemites and crackpots
Exactly!
Go Ron Paul and take Lew Rockwell and Thomas Woods with you back to Iran!
Ron Paul is to Conservative like kitten is to run-stopping nosetackle.
:)
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