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	<title>Comments on: Ron Paul Probably Won&#8217;t Win, But&#8230;</title>
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		<title>By: AnduinX</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-380908</link>
		<dc:creator>AnduinX</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 05:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron Paul is the kind of man I would be proud to call my president.  We haven&#039;t had this kind of honor and integrity in a politician for centuries.  He has my vote, and everyone I know is voting for him too!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron Paul is the kind of man I would be proud to call my president.  We haven&#8217;t had this kind of honor and integrity in a politician for centuries.  He has my vote, and everyone I know is voting for him too!</p>
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		<title>By: Donklephant &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Ron Paul: Will Online Turn Into Offline?</title>
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		<dc:creator>Donklephant &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Ron Paul: Will Online Turn Into Offline?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] written about this pretty extensively [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Kevin Houston</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-375464</link>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Houston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 13:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think the biggest difference between Dean and Paul is the message.

Dean was spouting all the usual platitudes that usually motivate Liberals.

Dr. Paul is spouting all the usual platitudes that usually motivate Americans.

The key difference is that Dr. Paul&#039;s message has cross-party appeal.

Many others have expressed this same (or similar) message before, but few were major party.  Of those in the major parties that have expressed this message, Dr. Paul is the first to have no serious baggage.

Rudy Julie-Annie cannot win.  Once his views on *public funding for abortions* are made clear, his chance of winning any GOP nominations outside of the NYC area is NIL.  That he is doing so well in the polls, (supposedly among GOPers without any particular democrat to unify them) should make you think twice about giving that poll any credibility.

McCain cannot win.  His views on immigration are simmlpy not compatible with the GOP base at this time.  His fundraising and poll problems are but symptoms of the larger issue.

Mitt Romney cannot win.  His views on every issue is to take both sides.  In the final analysis, you cannot depend on him for anything, he will put policy up for sale (not just for money, but perhaps for prestige, and certainly for power)

Fred Thompson could win if he times it just right, so his past and his policies aren&#039;t given any real scrutiny before the voting begins.

Yes, many GOPers will try to delude themselves with thoughts that Frudy McRompson could beat the democrat in any given race, but only at the cost of having that candidate become even more liberal in the process (although, frankly that&#039;s impossible for some of these guys)

But in the end, I think they will see that Ron Paul can easily defeat Hillary, and stand a very good chance against Obama.  It&#039;s going to be a lot of hard work, but we have a lot of people, and they are no strnagers to hard work.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think the biggest difference between Dean and Paul is the message.</p>
<p>Dean was spouting all the usual platitudes that usually motivate Liberals.</p>
<p>Dr. Paul is spouting all the usual platitudes that usually motivate Americans.</p>
<p>The key difference is that Dr. Paul&#8217;s message has cross-party appeal.</p>
<p>Many others have expressed this same (or similar) message before, but few were major party.  Of those in the major parties that have expressed this message, Dr. Paul is the first to have no serious baggage.</p>
<p>Rudy Julie-Annie cannot win.  Once his views on *public funding for abortions* are made clear, his chance of winning any GOP nominations outside of the NYC area is NIL.  That he is doing so well in the polls, (supposedly among GOPers without any particular democrat to unify them) should make you think twice about giving that poll any credibility.</p>
<p>McCain cannot win.  His views on immigration are simmlpy not compatible with the GOP base at this time.  His fundraising and poll problems are but symptoms of the larger issue.</p>
<p>Mitt Romney cannot win.  His views on every issue is to take both sides.  In the final analysis, you cannot depend on him for anything, he will put policy up for sale (not just for money, but perhaps for prestige, and certainly for power)</p>
<p>Fred Thompson could win if he times it just right, so his past and his policies aren&#8217;t given any real scrutiny before the voting begins.</p>
<p>Yes, many GOPers will try to delude themselves with thoughts that Frudy McRompson could beat the democrat in any given race, but only at the cost of having that candidate become even more liberal in the process (although, frankly that&#8217;s impossible for some of these guys)</p>
<p>But in the end, I think they will see that Ron Paul can easily defeat Hillary, and stand a very good chance against Obama.  It&#8217;s going to be a lot of hard work, but we have a lot of people, and they are no strnagers to hard work.</p>
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		<title>By: andrew</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-372279</link>
		<dc:creator>andrew</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2007 01:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;People, IÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ve seen this movie before. This is JUST like the Dean campaign&lt;/em&gt;

Actually, this is how the Dean Movie ended:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FzCeV0ZFc

YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAH!

So unless you think Paul is in for a similar meltdown, this race could get VERY interesting.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>People, IÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢ve seen this movie before. This is JUST like the Dean campaign</em></p>
<p>Actually, this is how the Dean Movie ended:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FzCeV0ZFc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5FzCeV0ZFc</a></p>
<p>YEEEAAAAAAAAAAAH!</p>
<p>So unless you think Paul is in for a similar meltdown, this race could get VERY interesting.</p>
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		<title>By: To Rule is to Destroy</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-371188</link>
		<dc:creator>To Rule is to Destroy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 02:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I donÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t think anyone who really thinks those things has a place at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue anyway. ItÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s really sad that the U.S. has so many people so ignorant that they think itÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s a good idea.&quot;

Actually I think its a splendid idea.  Of course I think the Constitution is still a pretty groovy document. 
Besides what did Medicare, Medicaid, AFDC, food stamps, public education, the Department of Education, FDA, OSHA, EPA, ever do for you?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I donÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢t think anyone who really thinks those things has a place at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue anyway. ItÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s really sad that the U.S. has so many people so ignorant that they think itÃƒÂ¢Ã¢â€šÂ¬Ã¢â€žÂ¢s a good idea.&#8221;</p>
<p>Actually I think its a splendid idea.  Of course I think the Constitution is still a pretty groovy document.<br />
Besides what did Medicare, Medicaid, AFDC, food stamps, public education, the Department of Education, FDA, OSHA, EPA, ever do for you?</p>
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		<title>By: Jive Dadson - California</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-371109</link>
		<dc:creator>Jive Dadson - California</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 22:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron Paul&#039;s next hurdle is clear: name recognition.  He does not have many people naming him in the old style polls, but he has more supporters who are enthusiastic and energetic than any other candidate.  Still most people have not heard of him.  Once people find out about him and hear his message, they very frequently join up.  No selling or persuasion is necessary or even helpful.  Thanks to the internet,  anyone can find out everything they need to know on their own.  People are more enthusiastic when they discover something that way.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron Paul&#8217;s next hurdle is clear: name recognition.  He does not have many people naming him in the old style polls, but he has more supporters who are enthusiastic and energetic than any other candidate.  Still most people have not heard of him.  Once people find out about him and hear his message, they very frequently join up.  No selling or persuasion is necessary or even helpful.  Thanks to the internet,  anyone can find out everything they need to know on their own.  People are more enthusiastic when they discover something that way.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim S</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-370643</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:22:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Justin,

    Be honest. Paul doesn&#039;t stand a chance if all of his beliefs come out into the public arena.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Justin,</p>
<p>    Be honest. Paul doesn&#8217;t stand a chance if all of his beliefs come out into the public arena.</p>
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		<title>By: Justin Gardner</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-370625</link>
		<dc:creator>Justin Gardner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:22:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Will you please get over Dean Justin?&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Oh, I&#039;m well over Dean, but that doesn&#039;t prevent me from doing this thing called drawing parallels. It&#039;s this thing that I do when I notice that two things are very similar. And whether you like it or not, Dean and Paul are very similar.

But hey, I think you should go out there and try to get him elected. It&#039;s great that you&#039;re so passionate, I just have some serious doubts that you&#039;ll be able to elect somebody like Paul. If he has any shot at doing anything, he should run on a 3rd party ticket. That&#039;s the only way he can win.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Will you please get over Dean Justin?</p></blockquote>
<p>Oh, I&#8217;m well over Dean, but that doesn&#8217;t prevent me from doing this thing called drawing parallels. It&#8217;s this thing that I do when I notice that two things are very similar. And whether you like it or not, Dean and Paul are very similar.</p>
<p>But hey, I think you should go out there and try to get him elected. It&#8217;s great that you&#8217;re so passionate, I just have some serious doubts that you&#8217;ll be able to elect somebody like Paul. If he has any shot at doing anything, he should run on a 3rd party ticket. That&#8217;s the only way he can win.</p>
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		<title>By: Justin Gardner</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-370624</link>
		<dc:creator>Justin Gardner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jimmy, you know the rules. Quit creating trouble just for trouble&#039;s sake.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jimmy, you know the rules. Quit creating trouble just for trouble&#8217;s sake.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim S</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-370555</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:36:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Absolutely. Ron Paul is completely correct. We must abandon the 21st century and dive headlong into th 18th. Medicare, Medicaid, AFDC, food stamps, public education, the Department of Education, FDA, OSHA, EPA and anything else not specifically mentioned in the Constitution must be eliminated. Of course the states can take care of it all by themselves because very few people ever cross state lines and nothing important at all has changed since the Constitution was written. Every important change or addition of how our government is run must be determined by Constitutional Amendment or not happen. And most important of all, while the Federal government can&#039;t support a church the states are perfectly free to pass any law they want that they think reflects the will of God and what Jesus would do.

Unfortunately the software does not allow me to add a &lt;i&gt;sarcasm&lt;/i&gt; tag to my comments. But in fact what I wrote does express the basics of Ron Paul&#039;s philosophy and what some of his supporters approve of and what others don&#039;t realize it means. I&#039;ve actually read some of his supporters say that while he may believe those things that it doesn&#039;t matter because he is at least realistic enough to know that they won&#039;t happen (The word soon is an unwritten ghost in the statement.). Guess what? I don&#039;t think anyone who really thinks those things has a place at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue anyway. It&#039;s really sad that the U.S. has so many people so ignorant that they think it&#039;s a good idea.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Absolutely. Ron Paul is completely correct. We must abandon the 21st century and dive headlong into th 18th. Medicare, Medicaid, AFDC, food stamps, public education, the Department of Education, FDA, OSHA, EPA and anything else not specifically mentioned in the Constitution must be eliminated. Of course the states can take care of it all by themselves because very few people ever cross state lines and nothing important at all has changed since the Constitution was written. Every important change or addition of how our government is run must be determined by Constitutional Amendment or not happen. And most important of all, while the Federal government can&#8217;t support a church the states are perfectly free to pass any law they want that they think reflects the will of God and what Jesus would do.</p>
<p>Unfortunately the software does not allow me to add a <i>sarcasm</i> tag to my comments. But in fact what I wrote does express the basics of Ron Paul&#8217;s philosophy and what some of his supporters approve of and what others don&#8217;t realize it means. I&#8217;ve actually read some of his supporters say that while he may believe those things that it doesn&#8217;t matter because he is at least realistic enough to know that they won&#8217;t happen (The word soon is an unwritten ghost in the statement.). Guess what? I don&#8217;t think anyone who really thinks those things has a place at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue anyway. It&#8217;s really sad that the U.S. has so many people so ignorant that they think it&#8217;s a good idea.</p>
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		<title>By: wj</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-370549</link>
		<dc:creator>wj</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 17:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I believe that the support, in polls or contributions, for Dr. Paul divides into two distinct sub-groups:
1) those who generally agree with his extremely libertarian positions,
2) those who are using him to express their unhappiness with the rest of the candidates on offer.  In effect, as a substitute for &quot;none of the above.&quot;
Which is the larger of those two is obviously a matter of opinion.  Or, more accurately, of personal belief.  I&#039;d bet on the latter being larger, but then that reflects my preference for a less intense libertarian philosophy.

Therefore I suspect that his influence, should he actually pick up a significant amount of support whent he primaries come around, will be this: a lot of reconsidering of positions by the existing candidates, and perhaps the appearance of someone new who is both different fromt he rest and less intensely libertarian.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I believe that the support, in polls or contributions, for Dr. Paul divides into two distinct sub-groups:<br />
1) those who generally agree with his extremely libertarian positions,<br />
2) those who are using him to express their unhappiness with the rest of the candidates on offer.  In effect, as a substitute for &#8220;none of the above.&#8221;<br />
Which is the larger of those two is obviously a matter of opinion.  Or, more accurately, of personal belief.  I&#8217;d bet on the latter being larger, but then that reflects my preference for a less intense libertarian philosophy.</p>
<p>Therefore I suspect that his influence, should he actually pick up a significant amount of support whent he primaries come around, will be this: a lot of reconsidering of positions by the existing candidates, and perhaps the appearance of someone new who is both different fromt he rest and less intensely libertarian.</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmy the Dhimmi</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-370355</link>
		<dc:creator>Jimmy the Dhimmi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I used to think Ron Paul was just a fringe player, so insignificant that I didn&#039;t have an opinion on him, but now I think he is a full on, tin-foil hat wearing douchebag.  This is what he said:
&lt;blockquote&gt;Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, said the country is in &quot;great danger&quot; of the U.S. government staging a terrorist attack or a Gulf of Tonkin style provocation, as the war in Iraq continues to deteriorate.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
Asshole.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to think Ron Paul was just a fringe player, so insignificant that I didn&#8217;t have an opinion on him, but now I think he is a full on, tin-foil hat wearing douchebag.  This is what he said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, said the country is in &#8220;great danger&#8221; of the U.S. government staging a terrorist attack or a Gulf of Tonkin style provocation, as the war in Iraq continues to deteriorate.</p></blockquote>
<p>Asshole.</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmy the Dhimmi</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-370354</link>
		<dc:creator>Jimmy the Dhimmi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I used to think Ron Paul was just a fringe player, so insignificant that I didn&#039;t have an opinion on him, but now I think he is a full on, tin-foil hat wearing douchebag.  This is what he said:
&lt;blockquote&gt;Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, said the country is in &quot;great danger&quot; of the U.S. government staging a terrorist attack or a Gulf of Tonkin style provocation, as the war in Iraq continues to deteriorate.&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;
Asshole.&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I used to think Ron Paul was just a fringe player, so insignificant that I didn&#8217;t have an opinion on him, but now I think he is a full on, tin-foil hat wearing douchebag.  This is what he said:</p>
<blockquote><p>Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, said the country is in &#8220;great danger&#8221; of the U.S. government staging a terrorist attack or a Gulf of Tonkin style provocation, as the war in Iraq continues to deteriorate.</p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p>
Asshole.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>By: brody</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-370334</link>
		<dc:creator>brody</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 21:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Translation of this article: The polls vote for us so we might as well just give up and not vote. 

That&#039;s basically what Justin Gardner believes, but he just had to take the next step and try to fool others into believing it too. I&#039;m guessing he was a hardcore dean supporter, but then crapped out politically when dean fizzled, and has been bitter ever since. Will you please get over Dean Justin?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Translation of this article: The polls vote for us so we might as well just give up and not vote. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s basically what Justin Gardner believes, but he just had to take the next step and try to fool others into believing it too. I&#8217;m guessing he was a hardcore dean supporter, but then crapped out politically when dean fizzled, and has been bitter ever since. Will you please get over Dean Justin?</p>
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		<title>By: Justin Gardner</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-370317</link>
		<dc:creator>Justin Gardner</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 19:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>People, I&#039;ve seen this movie before. This is JUST like the Dean campaign, except you&#039;re not registering anything in the polls. And by this time in the election cycle, you should be. 

Remember, the primaries are only 6 months away, and it&#039;ll be on you in a heartbeat. This quarter in particular is SO key to your cause and if he doesn&#039;t raise a substanial amount of money, he&#039;s done.

But that certainly doesn&#039;t mean you can&#039;t keep things going and prove the pundits wrong. I think ultimately what you&#039;re going to find is that it&#039;s extremely hard to turn your passions into turn political power. Dean found this out the hard way in Iowa and lost all his momentum in one fell swoop.

So maybe more than anything, study the Dean campaign religiously and make sure you don&#039;t make the same mistakes and incorrect assumptions he did.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>People, I&#8217;ve seen this movie before. This is JUST like the Dean campaign, except you&#8217;re not registering anything in the polls. And by this time in the election cycle, you should be. </p>
<p>Remember, the primaries are only 6 months away, and it&#8217;ll be on you in a heartbeat. This quarter in particular is SO key to your cause and if he doesn&#8217;t raise a substanial amount of money, he&#8217;s done.</p>
<p>But that certainly doesn&#8217;t mean you can&#8217;t keep things going and prove the pundits wrong. I think ultimately what you&#8217;re going to find is that it&#8217;s extremely hard to turn your passions into turn political power. Dean found this out the hard way in Iowa and lost all his momentum in one fell swoop.</p>
<p>So maybe more than anything, study the Dean campaign religiously and make sure you don&#8217;t make the same mistakes and incorrect assumptions he did.</p>
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		<title>By: Patrick</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/07/12/ron-paul-probably-wont-win-but/comment-page-2/#comment-370298</link>
		<dc:creator>Patrick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:04:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m amazed at this bizarre notion that Ron Paul&#039;s greatest hope or aspiration would be to become the next Howard Dean. This is a pathetic and academic comparison; Howard Dean was/is an empty suit, while Ron Paul is all substance. There is absolutely no reason to believe that the trajectory of Ron Paul&#039;s campaign must or should follow Dean&#039;s flash-in-the-pan popularity in any way, shape or form.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m amazed at this bizarre notion that Ron Paul&#8217;s greatest hope or aspiration would be to become the next Howard Dean. This is a pathetic and academic comparison; Howard Dean was/is an empty suit, while Ron Paul is all substance. There is absolutely no reason to believe that the trajectory of Ron Paul&#8217;s campaign must or should follow Dean&#8217;s flash-in-the-pan popularity in any way, shape or form.</p>
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		<title>By: zenpiper</title>
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		<dc:creator>zenpiper</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The election is 16 months away...   Plenty of time to get the word around.  So far so good.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The election is 16 months away&#8230;   Plenty of time to get the word around.  So far so good.</p>
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		<title>By: Tara</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:27:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This morning Bill Bennett had one of the &quot;major candidates, one of the &#039;grownups&#039;&quot; on his show, Duncan Hunter.  Duncan Hunter?  The first thing they asked him was something about the war, and Duncan mentioned Ron Paul&#039;s name...and Bennett&#039;s crew let out a loud, rude guffaw.  

I am personally insulted by this kind of behavior from our media, who dare to moan and groan about the &quot;Fairness Doctrine.&quot;  Fairness, my foot....

Dr. Bennett, you should be ashamed.  When do we get that Ron Paul interview???</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This morning Bill Bennett had one of the &#8220;major candidates, one of the &#8216;grownups&#8217;&#8221; on his show, Duncan Hunter.  Duncan Hunter?  The first thing they asked him was something about the war, and Duncan mentioned Ron Paul&#8217;s name&#8230;and Bennett&#8217;s crew let out a loud, rude guffaw.  </p>
<p>I am personally insulted by this kind of behavior from our media, who dare to moan and groan about the &#8220;Fairness Doctrine.&#8221;  Fairness, my foot&#8230;.</p>
<p>Dr. Bennett, you should be ashamed.  When do we get that Ron Paul interview???</p>
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		<title>By: NH</title>
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		<dc:creator>NH</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 17:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>At this point in time, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter each only had 1% name recognition. I know I had never heard of either of them.

The media of course then pushed both upon the public.

Ron Paul on the other hand, has taken over Google, YouTube and MySpace, and has followers from years ago, myself one of them. It is still early on and so getting the message out is key.

In my suburban GOP town, I&#039;ve seen one lawn sign for Romney and one for Biden. The rest are over 100 4 x 8 Ron Paul signs spread out all over NH...

That is real support.

Paul will NOT show up in polls when the caller only asks you to vote for Rudy, Mitt or Fred. If you say &#039;other&#039; that is not separately counted for Ron even if you mention his name...

As for what happened at the Iowa &#039;blowback&#039; rally, Paul had 1200 supporters while Failor ended up with 600 for all the others combined.
Failor has since quit the McCain campaign.
Ron has made more money than McCain.

I&#039;d say about half of Ron&#039;s money goes unreported since fans spend their own so it is not part of campaign contributions (take that and shove it George Soros!)

So if you could consider that, I would think it&#039;s closer to $5 M that he&#039;s actually made.

As for sovereignty, check this out about the coming dictatorship:

For those who are still not in understanding of why the globalists are happy you liberals calling yourselves libertarians will support their open borders, here is a great website that explains about one world government, what it is, and who is behind it and how they are implementing it using gaia (earth worship)/global warming, world poverty, terrorism, and even education to scare people emotionally into supporting it....

In Canada, people who tried to get information about it were arrested..

http://www.augustreview.com/issues/globalization/the_global_elite%3a_who_are_they?_200511146/

http://www.augustreview.com/  (Main Page)

The shadow gov&#039;t is now starting to realize that it will NOT be accepted by a large enough number of INFORMED Americans (thank you internet) to cause a problem for them, thus the UN has been diligently working on disarmament of small weapons from the masses.

Welcome to 1984</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>At this point in time, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter each only had 1% name recognition. I know I had never heard of either of them.</p>
<p>The media of course then pushed both upon the public.</p>
<p>Ron Paul on the other hand, has taken over Google, YouTube and MySpace, and has followers from years ago, myself one of them. It is still early on and so getting the message out is key.</p>
<p>In my suburban GOP town, I&#8217;ve seen one lawn sign for Romney and one for Biden. The rest are over 100 4 x 8 Ron Paul signs spread out all over NH&#8230;</p>
<p>That is real support.</p>
<p>Paul will NOT show up in polls when the caller only asks you to vote for Rudy, Mitt or Fred. If you say &#8216;other&#8217; that is not separately counted for Ron even if you mention his name&#8230;</p>
<p>As for what happened at the Iowa &#8216;blowback&#8217; rally, Paul had 1200 supporters while Failor ended up with 600 for all the others combined.<br />
Failor has since quit the McCain campaign.<br />
Ron has made more money than McCain.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d say about half of Ron&#8217;s money goes unreported since fans spend their own so it is not part of campaign contributions (take that and shove it George Soros!)</p>
<p>So if you could consider that, I would think it&#8217;s closer to $5 M that he&#8217;s actually made.</p>
<p>As for sovereignty, check this out about the coming dictatorship:</p>
<p>For those who are still not in understanding of why the globalists are happy you liberals calling yourselves libertarians will support their open borders, here is a great website that explains about one world government, what it is, and who is behind it and how they are implementing it using gaia (earth worship)/global warming, world poverty, terrorism, and even education to scare people emotionally into supporting it&#8230;.</p>
<p>In Canada, people who tried to get information about it were arrested..</p>
<p><a href="http://www.augustreview.com/issues/globalization/the_global_elite%3a_who_are_they?_200511146/" rel="nofollow">http://www.augustreview.com/issues/globalization/the_global_elite%3a_who_are_they?_200511146/</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.augustreview.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.augustreview.com/</a>  (Main Page)</p>
<p>The shadow gov&#8217;t is now starting to realize that it will NOT be accepted by a large enough number of INFORMED Americans (thank you internet) to cause a problem for them, thus the UN has been diligently working on disarmament of small weapons from the masses.</p>
<p>Welcome to 1984</p>
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		<title>By: Nick</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nick</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have been searchig Ron Paul for several weeks now. The amazing thing is that on all the sites (where most people use the same screen name everywhere they go) the names are mostly different. The regulars like me and some others show up, too, of course, but for the most part there are different people on all the different sites blogging about how they think Ron Paul WILL win and arguing that he won&#039;t win only if people who want to vote for him choose not to because they don&#039;t think he can. Why would anyone vote for their second choice? I&#039;m hungry for a burger but I&#039;ll have a hot dog instead even though I have both in my fridge. That&#039;s just dumb.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been searchig Ron Paul for several weeks now. The amazing thing is that on all the sites (where most people use the same screen name everywhere they go) the names are mostly different. The regulars like me and some others show up, too, of course, but for the most part there are different people on all the different sites blogging about how they think Ron Paul WILL win and arguing that he won&#8217;t win only if people who want to vote for him choose not to because they don&#8217;t think he can. Why would anyone vote for their second choice? I&#8217;m hungry for a burger but I&#8217;ll have a hot dog instead even though I have both in my fridge. That&#8217;s just dumb.</p>
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