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Posted on 01/03/2012 7:14:35 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
The young Paulistas gathered to receive their marching orders. Get a haircut. Wear a tie. Be polite. Don't gratuitously annoy mainline Republicans. Leave the discussion of political philosophy to the candidate. Your job, they were instructed, is to win votes for Ron Paul.
That was the scene as described to me in New York City this summer. Since then, it has become standard operating procedure for the activists once dismissed as the "Ron Paul kids" during their long march through the GOP.
"No tats," one young Paul volunteer told the New York Times he was advised. No "fraternizing in the dorms, nothing like that." No scruffy beards, boozing or even impolitic tweets either. Don't do anything that will hurt the cause. Instead ask yourself, "What would Ron Paul do?"
In 1968, door-knocking hippies cut their hair and dressed in the wardrobe of the establishment in order to support Eugene McCarthy's antiwar candidacy for the Democratic nomination. Their slogan was "Get clean for Gene."
McCarthy didn't make it to the White House, but he did unseat a sitting president with a stronger-than-expected showing in New Hampshire. Paul has already moved into the top tier in Iowa and New Hampshire. Few will be surprised if he eclipses his 2008 tally of more than 1 million votes.
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And a Happy New Year to you.
Re: “Is it ‘Paulistas’, ‘Paulbots’, or ‘Paultards’? “
In the 2008 campaign I coined the term “Ronpaulians”, kind of like how I describe Tea Party activists as “Teapers”.
That sure beats what the left calls us IMHO.
Neither one of those terms ever really caught on, but I still use ‘em. After all; I made ‘em up so I ‘spect I’m entitled to.
As for appearances, at our 2008 State Convention, one of our native Ronpaulians was seen in his gray wool CSA uniform leaning on the side of the main entrance placidly toking on a doobie.
“The South gonna RAHZZ AG’IN, duuuuuuude!”
I’m not sure if that’s the image they really want to project, but it’s apparently not at all uncommon.
I’m not at all sure what kind of a President Paul would make, but he certainly would be interesting!
so this can be used to show of kook paul is and earned name since they will not fight back. This also prevents them from trying to use “viral pr” by talking up paul.
They are uncivilized savages trying to act civilized.
(see “mirror mirror” from the original star trek.)
A polished turd gathers no respect. Talk reason to them long enough, and they will slip back into their moonbat-speak. It’s a fact of their biology. It’s also how we out so many Paultards on FR, and why there have been so many ZOT’s recently.
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