Can't believe I read the whole thing. I will try to be nice.
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Originally Posted by kane
3. He seems to be running for president before he even wins the primary. The reality is that right now he doesn't have to convince everyone he is the best person for the job, he has to convince the republicans that he is the best person for the job and so far that isn't working out. The republican party is basically run by the conservative christian right and they have massive influence during the primaries. You can see this influence in the rise of huckabee and the fact that thompson is even running. Ron Paul is all about freedom of choice and many of the hard right republicans are not. They don't want to hear a message other than theirs. They see a guy like Paul giving equal voice to people that don't believe like them and they don't want that.
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You should be his campaign manager.
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Originally Posted by buzzy
Radical? lol. I see invading 2 countries and threatening to bomb a 3rd as "Radical".
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That is because you don't understand the meaning of the word in the context it was used.
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Originally Posted by tblake
Well 17 days left until Iowa and then we will know for sure if there is any magical underground Ron Paul vote movement full of independents and young new voters!
I'm keeping my fingers crossed.
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Originally Posted by rebel23
if he can gets his voters out he will do well in the early states don't you worry about that
the polls massively understate him, he has pointed out that a lot of the polls leave him off their lists (see the youtube video further up) that a lot of his supporters were not registered republicans who voted at the last election or primary and that a lot of them might be young without landlines so the polling organizations don't contact them
Paul has his best chance in Iowa and New Hampshire because they're open primaries with no voter registrations you can just show up and vote or caucus so in theory if he can get enough of his supporters out these formats should favour him massively and he's spending and campaigning hard in those states while Guiliani and Thompson have already given up on them
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I just know you are going to be fun.
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Originally Posted by rebel23
he has been elected to congress 10 times as a Republican and has been a Republican for over 30 years so he is pretty much "really" a Republican.
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There is a difference between pleasing constituents in a district and convincing a country.
It isn't like he has been holding office non-stop there even. he has represented Texas districts in the U.S. House of Representatives (1976?1977, 1979?1985, and 1997?present).
I have a question . . . are we supposed to think you are a Republican trying to save the White House from those pesky Democrats?
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Originally Posted by rebel23
btw, your probably not seeing Ron Paul's ads because he is concerntrating them in the early states besides does he need to advertise in Oregon im sure that state will turn out for him in large numbers.
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Can't wait to see how much air time he gets here.
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Originally Posted by Myst
What confuses me is why people dont like Ron Paul... do they enjoy war? Do they enjoy income taxes? I dont get it
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I like you, but this is why the used to not let women vote. He does not have the power to eliminate taxes, and yes, as a matter of fact, we need taxes.
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Originally Posted by rebel23
And where in the US Constitution does it mandate the federal government to run a Department of Education? Ron Paul follows the Constitution and will adhere to the pledge of allegiance. if more politicians actually did that then the US Government wouldnt be trillions of dollars in debt and have hundreds of military bases around the world
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I am wondering why we need a President at all. Why don't we all just become independent nations, like Europe, South America, Africa and Asia?
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Originally Posted by StickyGreen
Well I guess it isn't important if you don't care about the future of this country... Keep electing the lying pieces of shit who are in the elites' pockets...
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You do realize that Ron Paul is lying too, right?
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Originally Posted by StickyGreen
This shit is bigger than Ron Paul... so quit repeating that he "has no chance" because we already know that... let it go...
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Okay, sorry . . . so why are people like rebel so adamant that Ron Paul can win?
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Originally Posted by Young
50 delusional Ron Paul supporters.
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More than that.
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Originally Posted by StickyGreen
Ron Paul believes in everything he says, and he is consistent as can be.
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Okay, see that is the problem. I would hope he is lying to us, because if he actually believes he can make the changes he wants then he is delusional.
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Originally Posted by cashcows
And he is the only one smart enough to see what a scam the Federal Reserve Bank and IRS is and wants to do away with it. Which would bring this country out of debt.
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ummm, how would that work? Eliminate the IRS and taxes and debt disappears? Can you explain that so I can utilize it at a very local level?
Thank you in advance.
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Originally Posted by drjones
He's just going to have to work with congress. Even if he couldnt accomplish anything, it would be awesome to put a guy like Ron Paul in the oval office, simply for the veto power.
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Yeah, just what we need, four years of nothing being accomplished. Are you a Republican?
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Originally Posted by notoldschool
Who said doing the right thing should be easy? You sound like a quitter to me. Always have an excuse why it wont work.
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Pay attention. He said he would immediately get rid of the IRS. That is just one thing. Just how immediate do you think that is in reality?