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Ron Paul is NOT being taken seriously
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jinju



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:06 am    Post subject: Ron Paul is NOT being taken seriously Reply with quote

This is sort of like claiming that IGTG is taken seriously. Paul is going to get flushed out of the race after the first primary, perhaps the 2nd if he overachieves.
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ontheway



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ron Paul is being taken SO seriously by Republican party insiders, that they have taken steps to restrict access to two of their primaries already. They have closed the voting to many voters in New Hampshire and New York and are moving up registration deadlines to keep young voters, new voters, independents and party switchers from having a chance to register to vote in time to participate.

Republican party insiders tracking Ron Paul's surge believe that the only way to insure that one of the "good old boys" gets the nod is to freeze the party membership at its current shrunken level in hopes that the old timers won't join the Ron Paul revolution.

Of course, the irony is that this strategy could succeed in keeping the nomination in the hands of Giulinani or Thompson, but it guarantees the defeat of the Republican Party.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ron Paul can't be flushed out in the first two primaries. He has already raised enough money to run TV and radio and go all the way to the nominating convention, and his funraising is growing daily. His poll numbers, originally showing him at zero and dragging through the 2 and 3 percent levels are now up to 8 and 10 percent. Growth is the key here. His support is growing everywhere, and as the pundits noted, he is the ONLY Republican showing significant growth in support.
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ontheway wrote:
Ron Paul is being taken SO seriously by Republican party insiders, that they have taken steps to restrict access to two of their primaries already. They have closed the voting to many voters in New Hampshire and New York and are moving up registration deadlines to keep young voters, new voters, independents and party switchers from having a chance to register to vote in time to participate.

Republican party insiders tracking Ron Paul's surge believe that the only way to insure that one of the "good old boys" gets the nod is to freeze the party membership at its current shrunken level in hopes that the old timers won't join the Ron Paul revolution.

Of course, the irony is that this strategy could succeed in keeping the nomination in the hands of Giulinani or Thompson, but it guarantees the defeat of the Republican Party.


How is Paul running against the Democrats ?
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ontheway



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is how Ron Paul can run against the Democrats. He takes their base away:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nacEl3WAXqA
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Joo Rip Gwa Rhhee



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

He gets the lunatic populists (see the video)?

I am hoping that he runs as a third party candidate. Then he will take the anti war and lunatic vote.

Anyway how does Paul poll against democrats? He is down 20 -30%.
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 1:35 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Republican party insiders tracking Ron Paul's surge believe that the only way to insure that one of the "good old boys" gets the nod is to freeze the party membership at its current shrunken level in hopes that the old timers won't join the Ron Paul revolution.


And now the conspiracy theory raises it's ugly head. (It was only a matter of time... Very Happy )

If everyone has to 'eat crow' from time to time, what do reactionaries eat? Pterodactyls?
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Gopher



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 2:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ontheway wrote:
...[Republicans] have taken steps to restrict access to two of their primaries already.


Republicans see him as a potential spoiler, not quite as powerful as Perot in 1992, but a spoiler nevertheless. He can harm the party. He cannot actually win concessions because he lacks sufficient support to influence the party's final platform. Besides that, he has alienated many and those of us who he has alienated are not interested in negotiating with him on anything.

Let him wither away after the first major primaries come to pass...
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jinju



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ontheway wrote:
Ron Paul can't be flushed out in the first two primaries. He has already raised enough money to run TV and radio and go all the way to the nominating convention, and his funraising is growing daily.


Sure he can. he will be humiliated and nobody will take him seriously. After the first 2 primaries even those in his support base will not want to throw their votes away and will go to somebody else. The guy is a lunatic. he appeals to people who need antipsychotic drugs, who see conspiracies and the big bad government boogeyman behind their door. basically he is going to get the Men in Black vote: people who think the so-called establishment is trying to hide conspiracies from them.
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mack4289



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:58 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="ontheway"]Ron Paul is being taken SO seriously by Republican party insiders, that they have taken steps to restrict access to two of their primaries already. They have closed the voting to many voters in New Hampshire and New York and are moving up registration deadlines to keep young voters, new voters, independents and party switchers from having a chance to register to vote in time to participate.

quote]

Source?
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ernie



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

[quote="Ya-ta Boy"][quote]Republican party insiders tracking Ron Paul's surge believe that the only way to insure that one of the "good old boys" gets the nod is to freeze the party membership at its current shrunken level in hopes that the old timers won't join the Ron Paul revolution.
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And now the conspiracy theory raises it's ugly head. (It was only a matter of time... :D )[/quote]

since when did nepotism become a 'conspiracy theory'?
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igotthisguitar



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:45 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gopher wrote:
ontheway wrote:
...[Republicans] have taken steps to restrict access to two of their primaries already.


Republicans see him as a potential spoiler, not quite as powerful as Perot in 1992, but a spoiler nevertheless. He can harm the party. He cannot actually win concessions because he lacks sufficient support to influence the party's final platform.

Besides that, he has alienated many and those of us who he has alienated are not interested in negotiating with him on anything.

Let him wither away after the first major primaries come to pass...


Why has he alientated you Gopher? How?

Harm the party? Are you joking? I've never much of a supporter of Republican candidates until now. If anything he will SAVE the party! Good shake up & genuine house-cleaning is essential every once in while.

Spoiler? More like AUTHENTICATOR.

Working to help restore people's faith in their elected representatives, citizens' revolution.

One thing that's clear is AmeriKa currently has a major Presidential candidate legitimating a REAL platform, bringing light to many issues & positions which almost every other phony wax-manequin crook acts as if aren't even worth discussing.

One clear way to understand the old guy's growing populist, cross-party support.

Honestly can't see the elephant Gopher?

The EMPEROR WEARS NO CLOTHES Rolling Eyes
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No_hite_pls



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Is it just me or does this man (Ron Paul) seem un-presidential.
Anyway, I will vote dem. this time; the country has just gone
too far to the right.
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Ya-ta Boy



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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since when did nepotism become a 'conspiracy theory'?



Nepotism, snepotism Exclamation It's a full-blown conspiracy to keep our boy Paul out of the White House. (You'll have to ask IGTG or regicide who is REALLY pulling the strings. They are far more in the know about the workings of the upper levels of government than us mere mortals.)
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riverboy



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PostPosted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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I am hoping that he runs as a third party candidate. Then he will take the anti war and lunatic vote.


So I take it you are supportingRon Paul then?
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