Who’s More Principled Than Ron Paul?
By Justin Gardner | Related entries in 2008 Election, Ron Paul
Seriously. Can you think of any politician off the top of your head?
One thing you can say for certain: The crowds at Ron Paul rallies aren’t coming to be entertained. Stylistically, a Paul speech is about as colorful as a tax return. He is the only politician I’ve ever seen who doesn’t draw energy from the audience; his tone is as flat at the conclusion as it was at the beginning. There are no jokes. There’s no warm-up, no shout-out to local luminaries in the room, no inspiring vignettes about ordinary Americans doing their best in the face of this or that bad thing. In fact, there are virtually none of the usual political clichés in a Paul speech. Children may be our future, but Ron Paul isn’t admitting it in public. [...]Being at the center of attention clearly bothers Paul. “I like to be unnoticed,” he says, a claim not typically made by presidential candidates. “That’s my personality. I see all the excitement and sometimes I say to myself, ‘Why do they do that?’ I don’t see myself as a big deal.” Ordinarily you’d have to dismiss a line like that out of hand–if he’s so humble, why is he running for president?–but, in Paul’s case, it might be true. In fact, it might be the key to his relative success. His fans don’t read his awkwardness as a social phobia, but as a sign of authenticity. Paul never outshines his message, which is unchanging: Let adults make their own choices; liberty works. For a unified theory of everything, it’s pretty simple. And Paul sincerely believes it.
You may read this as ageism (it’s not), but the guy is too old to hide who he really is. He’s the genuine article, warts and all. He believes in what he says and his supporters, in turn, believe that he means it. A bit of a departure from the normal poli-speak and one of the reasons I find him so refreshing. And one of the reasons I’d like to see him mount a 3rd party campaign. We need his straight talk in the debate, and if Paul starts drawing double digits on the national stage, he’ll get into the debates.
Take this bit about unpasteurized milk for instance…
Most Republicans, of course, profess to believe it too. But only Paul has introduced a bill to legalize unpasteurized milk. Give yourself five minutes and see if you can think of a more countercultural idea than that. Most people assume that the whole reason we have a government is to make sure the milk gets pasteurized. It takes some stones to argue otherwise, especially if nobody’s paying you to do it. (The raw-milk lobby basically consists of about eight goat-cheese enthusiasts in Manhattan, and possibly the Amish.) Paul is pro-choice on pasteurization entirely for reasons of principle. “I support the right of people to drink whatever they want,” he says. He mocks the idea that “only government can make sure we’re safe, so we need the government to protect us. I don’t think we’d all die of unsafe food if we didn’t have the FDA. Someone else would do it.”
By the way, I knew a woman who drank raw milk and swore by it.
Me? I’ll stick with skim.
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December 22nd, 2007 at 10:05 am
Just one question:
Why are you so fired up about a 3rd party candidacy as long as Dr. Paul is still a contender for the GOP nomination? What would be better than having him as the official Republican candidate?
Impossible, you say? Why not wait and see? What do you think might happen when Republicans’ much vaunted survival instincts start kicking in and they figure out where their only chance of defeating the Dems in 2008 will come from?
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:21 am
There’s a good reason that Ron Paul will never consider a third party run. He knows that American politics is so corrupt that his message would be completely marginalized. Going through the two party system is our last chance at restoring a Republic. If Ron Paul does “lose” the election (whatever that means in a rigged system), his message still wins as the millions of Americans that might marginally support him will then be able to see in stark terms the brutal nature of this regime.
Win or lose, Ron has started the Revolution.
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:25 am
And to top off the “abolish the FDA” angle, Ralph Nader, of all people, has come out in support of Ron Paul — this despite Paul’s opposition to Nader’s “beloved FDA”.
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:25 am
I have been drinking raw milk for over six months and I’ve never felt better. I know people who can’t drink regular milk because they are “lactose intolerant”, yet they can drink raw milk just fine. I know the farm where my milk comes from. I can go visit it when ever I want if I’m concerned about the health of the cows or the cleanliness of the operation. The farmers from which I get my milk have a vested interest in the quality of the milk as well because they drink it themselves. People have been drinking raw, unpasteurized milk/beer/vinegar/etc. for thousands of years of recorded human history and now in the last 100 years somehow unsafe?
No, they strip the cream off to sell you skim milk for the same price as milk with cream, and then they sell you the cream as well in ice cream, butter, cheese, etc. What a scam, and we buy into it. Google ‘raw milk’ and decide for yourself.
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:45 am
Quit with the third party campaign hype, he is in the Republican Party and is competing for the Republican Party nomination. There will be no third party run by Ron Paul. As much as Neocons dislike it there still are fiscal, small government, humble foriegn policy Republicans in the party and Ron Paul will prove it. He will win the Republican nomination.
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:53 am
Good Morning Justin,
Will you still want Dr. Paul to run a third party campaign when he wins the Republican nomination?
He is going to win.
You keep painting analogies to the Howard Dean campaign 4 years ago. Actually, I’m okay with that. If Dr. Dean did not have his yeehaw moment plastered all over the news constantly it would be interesting to see how far he might have gone.
Secondly, we all know the polls this year mean squat. If Dr. Paul was ahead in the polls, I would say the same thing. The polling companies call registered Republicans who participated in the previous (2004) caucuses or primaries. President Bush ran unopposed in 2004 so only about 6% of Republicans actually showed up at the primaries. Of those who showed up they had to be hard core Bush/war fans. There is no way Ron Paul is ever going to break through with that narrow group. That still leaves 94% of registered Republicans that have an opinion. Why do I feel he is doing well there?
In 2003, when the economy was much better than now the Democrats were in a hotly contested primary. The top campaign fundraiser in 2003’s 4th quarter was your boy Dr. Dean raising $15.9 million. He was followed by Wesley Clark at $10.3 mil and John Kerry at $5.2 mil.
Ron Paul has raised $18.5 million so far this quarter and I imagine that number will be close to $21 million by the end of this month. A far cry from the $8 million you predicted at the end of October. The media generated GOP front runner Mike Huckabee is at $4.7 million for the 4th quarter and he probably will finish at about $7.5 million for the quarter. Mike Huckabee supports the war on Iraq like the others on the GOP side so it is easier to show growth in the polls of the 6% of the Bush supporters.
But why is it that whenever you visit the campaigns, Dr. Paul draws out way more supporters than any of the other GOPers?
Why do you see more signs and the only handmade signs for Dr. Paul?
This movement is big. I feel a landslide coming on. It is going to interesting to see the media scramble to come up with reasons why Dr. Paul shocks the nation. I appreciate your coverage and opinion.
Thanks.
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:59 am
ditto Darren.
December 22nd, 2007 at 11:00 am
The raw-milk lobby basically consists of about eight goat-cheese enthusiasts in Manhattan, and possibly the Amish
This isn’t so; lots of people believe in raw milk. My wife is a gray market reseller of raw milk. As always, Google will tell you more than you wanted to know about why some people prefer raw milk…
December 22nd, 2007 at 11:29 am
“Ralph Nader, of all people, has come out in support of Ron Paul”
James,
what’s so terrible about Ralph Nader? He’s been fighting this corrupt government long before Ron Paul even showed up. If Nader were to run I’d be voting for him but he’s not. I’m voting for Ron Paul instead. You’d be surprised how many Green Party/Liberals are supporting Ron Paul. But there is nothing wrong with Ralph Nader, he’s a warrior as far as I am concerned.
December 22nd, 2007 at 11:35 am
Principles and sticking to them are overrated. What the principles are count as much as sticking to them if not more. Given that Ron Paul’s principles are based on a combination of Federalism as practiced in the 18th Century expected to magically work in the 21st Century and Right Wing Christianity being practiced at the state level instead of Federal he isn’t about to get me to think positively about him.
December 22nd, 2007 at 11:42 am
The growing number of Ron Paul supporters have proven first in online votes and text message votes, but have they proven votes in person, where you actually have to leave your computer and travel somewhere, listen to stump speeches then wait in line to vote? The only test of that are straw polls. Straw polls are actually a rehearsal for Caucus and Primary day. They are held in almost every state and require a person to travel then sit through speeches and stand in line to vote. Furthermore straw polls are also GOP fund raisers, so in order to vote you often have to pay money.
There have already been close to 50 official straw polls throughout the country. There is a website that keeps track of these events and tallies the scores just like the Media and pollsters do. Now remember straw polls are the closest you can get to actual voting. There is no spammers clicking on 50 internet polls per day, there is no phone polling to the miniscule remnant of the decimated Republican Party. These are real people taking the day off to go and support their candidate. So without further ado here are the results.
Source http://www.usastrawpolls.com
As you can see the candidate with the most number of Straw poll wins is Ron Paul. Also notice that the current break through front runner in the phone polls Mike Huckabee has won only 2 straw polls.
Candidate# Wins
Ron Paul 25
Fred Thompson 24
Mitt Romney 22
Rudy Giuliani 7
John McCain 5
Mike Huckabee 2
Now here is the really shocking statistic of these real life votes. If you look at the total straw polls and average Ron Paul’s polling percentage the same way phone polls are averaged, the percentages of votes for Ron Paul is 33.02%.
33.02% is the media pundits answer to their question of translation to actual votes.
So if you were hesitant to throw your endorsement towards Ron Paul because of the Medias assessment of viability, you can now justify Ron Paul as your candidate.
Welcome to the Ron Paul Revolution.
December 22nd, 2007 at 11:54 am
Darren you are right on. I work for a package delivery company and everyday i see many Ron Paul signs at houses and on cars. I do not see any other signs and only one Hillary and one Rudy stickers. I think everyone will be surprised when Dr. Paul wins. I will dance in the streets and praise God, because finnally we will have hope again. I am a proud supporter of Dr. Paul, I have been for ten years and now I am not only completely surprised by what is going on, I also now have hope that we the citizens and consumers will have the power back that our founding fathers intended. This feels really good.
December 22nd, 2007 at 12:03 pm
Dr. Ron Paul is the real deal. I smile thinking about the possibility of seeing him speak truth to our country for the next 4 years.
The people saying he can’t win are in for a very rude awakening in the very near future. Note Mr. Zogby’s comments from yesterday . Dr. Paul is going to surprise a lot of people.
Let’s take our country back from the neocons.
December 22nd, 2007 at 12:23 pm
It’s the economy stupid! The rude awakening will be when the economy inevitably crashes. There’s only one candidate with the foresight, the knowledge and the cure to this crisis. Let’s get him elected before we actually need the doctor.
Question? Why do noe of the other candidates talk about the condition of our monetary system? Why does the media not ask them?
December 22nd, 2007 at 12:27 pm
A lot of raw milkers get around the law by owning a “cow share.” If you have a substantial ownership interest in a cow, you can drink its raw milk legally.
December 22nd, 2007 at 12:30 pm
Ron Paul has some good idea of what to do with our government. Question is could he get it done if President. Remember he will have a largely Democratic Congress to deal with. I don’t see them ( or Republicans ) giving up their special perks and programs.
December 22nd, 2007 at 12:37 pm
Dear Justin,
Although I don’t consider myself a political expert by any means, over the years I have worked at the ground level in four or five different political campaigns. In 2006 I served as Campaign Manager in a race for a Texas House of Representatives Seat.
As a somewhat battle-scarred veteran, if there is one thing I have learned is that at the present time and under the current circumstances, third parties, as a general rule can NOT win! There are a variety of reasons why this situation exists, three of which are the following:
1.the big money necessary to run a really successful campaign generally only flows to either the Democrat or Republican parties.
2. more importantly, when you run as a third party you are pitting yourself against a hardcore 30% to 40% straight ticket Democrat voter and a hardcore 30% to 40% straight ticket Republican voter. This leaves a 3rd party candidate scrambling to get the remaining 20% and if the candidate is really exceptionally well funded and lucky, an extreme of 40%.
3. When people are considering voting third party, in general that candidate is always considered the long-shot. This inevitably leads to the “not wanting to waste my vote ” syndrome, part of which also entails that the voter will simply dislike one of the two party establishment candidates more than the other. Ultimately, this all leads back to the voter either voting Dem or Rep in an effort to keep the other “scoundrel” out.
So if you are a 3rd party candidate, you, except in rare instances, are screwed. The best you can hope for is to get your message out and influence the debate and mindset of the candidates and the electorate. (The “Noble Cause” candidacy)
Basically, the current two party system is a rigged game. So if you really want to win, you must play within the two party system. It is my belief that Ron Paul has come to these same conclusions and that is why at this time a 3rd party candidacy is outside the realm of contemplation.
The independent voter-ship (otherwise known as third party or “indies”) is a growing number and is anxious to start winning. The way for “indies’ to win is slap a “D” or an “R” beside your name and blow incumbents out in the traditionally low voter turnout primaries. The ” indies” easily have the votes to really have an affect in the primaries….. if they can just get their acts together (no small feat).
Given two or three more election cycles, I think third parties will be able to win outright. But for now, the “indies” have to resort to strategies and calculated tactics.
By the way, if you check out the audio archives dated Nov. 12,2006 to Nov. 18,2006 at http://db.georgegordon.com/index.php?yr=2006 , I predict you’ll be a believer in clean, raw, whole, unpasteurized milk…… and you’ll be well on your way to having the rest of your friends and family call you “kooky”, but you just won’t care. You’ll be converting them as well……that’s the way love works!
Rich in Austin, TX.
December 22nd, 2007 at 12:45 pm
Hey, I grew up on premium unpasteurized milk, with about 5-6% fat content. The cream was floating on the top when you put the jar into the fridge…. Unpasteurized milk is legal in the European Union, provided you can show it has a sufficiently low bacteria count. It’s just one way of reducing bacteria in the milk, and not the nutritionally ideal one.
:)
Hope you damn Yankees get some sense and elect Ron Paul. Would be better for all of us.
Good luck!
December 22nd, 2007 at 1:49 pm
After Ron Paul wins the Republican nomination I would like to see both the Libertarian Party and the Constitution Party nominate him also, causing him to be on the ballot three times. This would accommodate all the democrats who I have heard say something like, “I agree with Ron Paul’s views on Liberty and the war, but I could never vote for a Republican”.
CBS reports that he is running third in Iowa. 12 more days to move up in the blind sighted polls before the voting begins.
December 22nd, 2007 at 2:07 pm
What nice things Tucker Carlson said. Why did he get involved with facilitating the brothel owner’s “endorsement” of Ron Paul a month ago? Honestly, Carlson is tough character to figure out. Ron Paul, on the other hand, is the real deal. He has my vote.
December 22nd, 2007 at 2:23 pm
People are sick-and-tired of the same-old song-and-dance from politicians. That’s why they’re supporting Ron Paul. See this new YouTube music video — a great satire on the president, the MSM, and the war on terror. It features horror movie veteran Reggie Bannister (Phantasm, Bubba Ho-Tep) and is from the international award-winning feature film,
“Song of the Dead,” a zombie musical and political satire. The filmmaker, Chip Gubera, is giving a share of his profits from the film to the Ron Paul campaign. For the YouTube:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qQmkkoxSKYw
December 22nd, 2007 at 2:54 pm
Government is not the problem - bad government is the problem. The solution is good government.
I am sick to death of the fact that so many otherwise decent people in our country are so tragically ignorant of the great body of political and philisophical thought that helped us become a ‘great’ nation.
Granted, thing are a bit hosed right now, and the options being offered up are not real sexy, but let us not lose sight of the fact that our government can act, and has historically acted as a force of good. No, not lately.
Vaccines, literacy programs, integration, yep… pasteurization, flouride, medicare, schools, attempts at peace… the list is endless and if you think Noblesse Oblige (look it up stoner) is going to save your sorry ass from the predatory instincts of the real world you got another thing coming.
So think about what might be done to fix our government instead of “tossing’ it. Your claim that you don’t want governmnet protections seems to indicate that you are ignorant of your need for them. Ron Paul’s appeal is strong evidence of the weakness of our public education system. To conclude that our weak public education system should be discarded because it is weak…..well…
Plain talk is easy, but the whole picture requires language that everybody doesn’t understand. Don’t lose hope though, there are options.
Vote for Ron Paul if you must, but it isn’t going to get you laid.
(oh, and James, my quick internet search leads me to believe that Mr. Nader is most likely to back John Edwards)
December 22nd, 2007 at 3:05 pm
a president that “doesn’t want to be noticed”? insert eyeroll here.
boy THAT sounds like a good idea…
paul’s just as “principled” as bush was. i don’t see any reason to think otherwise. he holds ridiculous fiscal ideas that even u of c economists think are bad, he doesn’t believe in the separation of church and state yet cries about the nation’s departure from the constitution…
the guy’s as much a politicians as all the rest of them. he just hides it well. mostly because he hasn’t had occasion for it to come out. he’s not a romney. or a giuliani. there’s no reason for the news outlets to look into him that intensely yet.
December 22nd, 2007 at 3:08 pm
not for farmers. without all your precious subsidies you can kiss all your farms goodbye.
i’m always amazed at how republicans can get a certain portion of the american public to constantly vote against their own self interests.
so odd.
December 22nd, 2007 at 4:35 pm
Dan,
Personally, I want the Federal Government Out Of Welfare. There has never been any incentive to get off of it.
Americans Will Take Care Of Their Own.
Government Does Nothing Well. ( Except Fraud, Waste And Abuse )
America is being undermined on many fronts. The one most eminent is our Bankruptcy. Fueled by War, Empire Maintenance, and Fallacious Spending of congress; The economic Overtaking of America will not be far off. The effects are just now becoming evident. We will be sold to our enemies rather than forced into submission.
Ron Paul is the only candidate running for president that has the vision of the founding fathers of this country ingrained in his heart. Core Character Counts. He is the only one in the field that I would trust my money and my family’s safety with.
The honesty and integrity displayed by Ron Paul coupled with the message he espouses is the glue that binds the support together. The word could not do it alone and this is precisely why The Media and the others are baffled. The Ron Paul Supporters Value Substance Over Symbolism. We fully believe that Ron Paul will follow his words as his record shows. He is not as the others with Pandering Platitudes.
The commonality with all Americans is the Constitution. This is why his support group can not be pigeon holed in to a specific category. We Are Diverse And Many. There is no singular stereotype that even comes close to the specification of the group.
Some sites I recommend you visit to get a better understanding:
A particular good read: http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2003/cr012903.htm
Others:
http://www.ronpaullibrary.org
http://www.house.gov/paul/
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/about/
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul
Think For Yourself; Do Not Be Easily Led.
Views Untested Are Worthless.
December 22nd, 2007 at 4:38 pm
dan, because I can tell you are still sleeping, I am gently nudging you to wake up and read a bit further about all of the candidates. You’ll not find a more honest person in the race who cares about American citizens than Dr. Paul.
C’mon, wake up sleepy head…
December 22nd, 2007 at 5:01 pm
How many people remember Micheal Bednarik? So much for a third party run! Paul is right to run on the Republican ticket.
December 22nd, 2007 at 5:59 pm
Everybody is principled. It’s just that some people’s principles are more attractive than others.
December 22nd, 2007 at 9:37 pm
STOP WITH THE DAMN 3rd PARTY RUN ARTICLES! ITS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN AND IT MAKES ME WANT TO PUNCH A BABY!
HILLARY CLINTON WILL HAVE TO EARN A VICTORY, NOT GET IT HANDED TO HER BY A RON PAUL THIRD PARTY RUN.
QUIT DREAMING, YOUR SICK FANTASY OF RON PAUL SPLITTING THE REPUBLICAN VOTE IN A REMAKE OF 1992 IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
I HATE YOU
December 22nd, 2007 at 10:05 pm
More 3rd party garbage. Give it a rest…
December 23rd, 2007 at 12:17 am
The Media needs to ask for new talking points from their masters. THis ‘third party’ angle has been overused so much and so often that even the sheeple can see it’s a B-A-A-A-A-D strategy to use to try yo minimize the growing support that Ron Paul keeps getting.
While Rudy, Mitt and the Huckster keep shooting themselves in the foot (pretty dangerous when it’s always in their mouth!), Dr. Paul keeps consistent and strong, even when faced with leading, unfair, biased or just plain DUMB questions. On “FOX and Friends’ he was asked on for an interview. They spent most of the time playing Huckabee’s smarmy ‘Christmas’ commercial and trying to get Dr. Paul to say something they could criticise. When that failed, they went into “rorschock interview mode’ and asked him to give ONE WORD ANSWERS to a series of rapid-fire topics! His laughter at that was almost as funny as the looks on the faces of the anchors when he blew them away with his answers!
The media just can’t get their brains around the fact that behind the grandfatherly looks and the folksy manner of ROn Paul, their lies a formidable intellect and the ferocious wit of a Duke-Educated doctor and man who has written countless books on economic theory.
It’s great to watch people go into intellectual battle armed with zip guns, when the Good Dotor has a mind like a Howitzer!
xtrabiggg
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December 23rd, 2007 at 1:12 am
Most people that attack Ron Paul talk either about how crazy his supporters are or how low his chances are. This is one of the few articles where I’ve actually seen comments that try to challenge his ideology. Unfortunately, and I believe this is also the case here, these people tend to write with the belief that Ron Paul would be a dictator. He’s not going to just… get rid of stuff hack and slash and burn and destroy everything we have set up in this country. He will be a force for fighting against the creation of new government behemoths and he will get our troops and country out of harm’s way. His honesty and principle would give America back its moral high ground, and he would through setting examples do more for democracy than any bomb we have. Without congress’s support, his power would be limited. He has said that not even he wants to cut people away from what the government has already promised them. There are many scare tactics used and they all seem to give tacit support to the military-industrial complex and to corporate welfare. These people are often hopelessly hedonistic, and ignore the concept of the long-term entitlement gap. The idea of spend-now-pay-later can’t work forever, and this kind of artificial economy is starting to become one big bubble. It’s time we stop living above our means, and form a sound monetary and fiscal policy. We can’t always live with the idea that our children will create such an economic boom and pay for our excesses. The message of economic freedom is just as important as the message of democratic freedom, and Ron Paul is a strong supporter of all kinds of freedom.
I am a very strong Ron Paul supporter - not because I’m some lunatic anarchist spammer, but because I believe electing him would be the one of the biggest triumphs of democracy since the civil rights movement. This country is operating under *no* principles now. We cannot be the world’s one and only superpower forever, and as soon as people can let go of that expectation, the sooner we can get our economy to a healthy enough state to start considering new programs. I have more respect for socialists than I do modern-day liberals. I am tired of this on-again-off-again hate you one day love you the next, middle of the road politics. We should return to the set of principles that makes the government legitimate, the constitution.
December 23rd, 2007 at 2:27 am
Doofus is back.
Guys, give it a rest. Justin is merely trying to piss you guys off so that his web traffic stays high to justify those phat Internet ad revenue
Justin, you can’t argue with the fact that RP wins all the real polls not manipulated by fraudsters. And think about it? Would people who donate their hard earned cash not also tell all their friends about the guy and trek through snow to vote for him. A blizzard could come here, and I’d still start the car up to go to my damn polling station.
Get real man. Stay something really intelligent ‘cuz your credibility is in ‘da dumps right now.
December 23rd, 2007 at 12:21 pm
Go Ron Paul! Every person that donates to a campaign will vote and will tell their friends and relatives about what they have done. Every straw poll requires real, motivated people to vote in it. Every internet and cell phone poll and site “spammer” is spending time and energy to do so. Why can’t the other candidates do the same thing Ron Paul supporters are doing? Why don’t they have a blimp and a grass roots campaign? Why don’t they have signs all over every city in the country and people hanging banners over the interstates? Why are the other candidates rallies so poorly attended? Why do Ron Paul supporters show up in greater numbers at the other candidates’ functions than the other candidates’ own supporters?
A tireless, vocal minority is rapidly becoming the majority. Government is the problem, not the solution. Socialism is alive and well, but it is not what this country was founded on and not what most of its citizens supports. The American Dream is about coming here, working hard, and succeeding. It is not about a welfare state (yes, that includes health care), running up huge debts, and perpetual war against imagined enemies.
Go Ron Paul!
December 23rd, 2007 at 1:19 pm
Some thoughts…
1. Folks, they’re ALL real polls, and when you collect them together you see trends that consistently put him in 5th or 6th place. Sure, he has won a bunch of straw polls, but those are a small piece of the puzzle. So to suggest that Paul is an exception is just wishful thinking. Sorry.
2. I keep talking about his 3rd party chances because that’s the only viable avenue for him. I know some of you think I’m trying to kill his candidacy, but nothing could be further from the truth. Currently, national polls show him taking around 9%, and he still hasn’t been introduced to the public as a whole yet. Once that happens, I would bet he’d poll much higher, probably in the low 20s. The result? He would most definitely get invited to the national debates. And if Paul is really a message candidate, he’ll take steps to make sure his message continues, even if he doesn’t win. The way to do that is to make sure he’s continually in the spotlight.
3. Yes, all of my analysis of Ron Paul and his campaign is merely a sinister way to drive traffic to the site and make the tens of dollars I now receive in ad revenue! It’s clearly not because his message is out of the mainstream POV and speaks to why I created this site in the first place! MooWAHAHA!!!
4. After reading some of your feedback, I think I might try some of that unpasteurized milk.
5. Happy holidays!
6. The end.
December 23rd, 2007 at 10:51 pm
You know, you could skim raw milk if you wanted to, but that would be like throwing away the yolk and eating only egg whites - dumb and extremely unhealthy!
Check out http://www.westonaprice.com
Go Ron Paul
December 24th, 2007 at 3:57 pm
“Americans will take care of their own.”
Of course they won’t. Ask the head of any private charity that isn’t politically motivated and they will tell you that their resources are completely inadequate to the job and that there are many people they’d like to help that they can’t. If Ron Paul did get his way and the government aid programs vanished this situation wouldn’t magically change. It’s just a way for libertarians to rationalize their incorrect, purely ideological beliefs.
Justin, if he became a more serious candidate and everything he’s written on lewrockwell.com that his followers seem to love became widely known do you really think his numbers would go up? The Religious Right wouldn’t like him because he says that he would allow some states to not ban abortion. The social liberals wouldn’t like him because he would not only allow states to ban abortion completely with no exceptions (In fact encouraging it.) but also believes that states should be allowed to control people’s private lives as shown in his article about Lawrence v. Texas where he defends the right of Texas to control homosexual behavior in private. No one who knows someone who really needs Medicaid, Medicare or Social Security would trust him because of his desire to eliminate the programs, correctly sensing that it would go wrong and there would be people who would suffer greatly. Once the digging began I really doubt his poll numbers would double. Especially when it comes out that Ron Paul supports a group that believes in the elimination of public education.
December 24th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
Another little not concerning the “Americans will take care of their own.” meme. The Salvation Army of the metropolitan Kansas City area is currently $500,000 below its Christmas fund raising goal. It’s an easy thing to say but it doesn’t mean it’s true.