Can Ron Paul win?

Question

I'm Canadian so I can't vote in your election. But I find this guy the most honest and inteligent poitician I've seen in ages. Unfortunately I don't think he can win an election because it's all fixed and manipulated.

Your comments are invited.

Answer 1

Yes, he can win. The number of disenfranchized voters, namely: a) disgusted-with-the-war republicans; and b) disgusted-with-diminishing-civil-liberties democrats; have grown beyond what scientific polls reveal.

Those who've not voted in the last several elections and the first time young, vibrant voters today are also not represented by Harris, Zogby et al polls.

With the aforementioned and independant libertarians and constitutionalists, most of the above have more energy and will, than the usual lazy folks polled (who won't physically bother going to vote) will clench the race for Dr. Paul.

Further, most everyone: 1) realizes that Paul is the most likely anti-war candidate of all to rally the country; 2) knows about his proven voting record and thus most able to succeed with a democratic congress; and 3) generally prefers the checks and balance of an opposite to Congress in the oval office.

JMHO and...

Answer 2

This may be the biggest test of the political system seen in the USA for a long time.

You see in the past, whoever had the most money to spend on advertising their promises to the public, got elected.

But, now some of us know where that advertising money came from.......It came from special interest groups that would benifit from the candidate of their choice being elected.

However, this time it may be different, because there are probably 50 to 100 thousand "BIG" money contributers who back both the Republican & Democratic candidates that will try to expand the money monoply the U. S. dollar has on the world......

.......Where-as Ron Pauls supporters are fed up with war, overbudget spending, dis-regard for the Constitution, un-stopable inflation, lack of privacy, to only name a few things..........
.......and the Ron Paul supporters are growing in numbers by leaps & bounds, honest polls are proving that.

My estimate is it would take about 20 million solid grass roots Ron Paul supporters to vote in Ron Paul as President.........How do we get 20 million Americans to support him????

Word Of Mouth!
There are over 700 Ron Paul meet-up groups already in the U. S. & the numbers are growing daily.

So, if each meet-up group eventually has 100 members that would be 70,000 active Ron Paul supporters. If the 70,000 supporters can convince 10 or more people to vote for Ron Paul, that would be 700,000 & quite possibly enough to get him nominated on the Republican ticket.

Once he gets nominated, one person equals one vote in the general election......20 million isn't such as large jump from 700,000.
It can be done if the Americans that hear & support his message ever again want freedom, peace, & prosperity, to be the rule of order in the USA!!!!
Thank you.
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Answer 3

I hope so. If America wakes up. I believe Ron Paul to be the best choice for America. He is the only experienced candidate that isn't part of the CFR (Council on Foreign Relations). This organization is big business, big money and controls most media outlets. Instead do a search about them. To me it seems like they want to take our ever decreasing constitutional rights away and put in a dictator/puppet of their choice. Eventually they want a one world govt, controlled by them of course. America's military is their policy making attack dog, hence some of the past wars and current war, our lives = their profit. If he is not elected we may become the North American Union instead of the USA, have a big *** highway run through the country, and instead of the US dollar the Amero. There may be more consequences/theories but I'm too lazy to type. So don't take my word for it, do your own research. You can check his campaign website for his stance on issues. Also check out youtube for other info. CFR the real terrorist is a threat to our national security. Vote wisely. Good Luck

Answer 4

Sigh...

Here's the thing. Right now 'none of the above' is leading candidate for the Republican primary. If everyone who is now saying 'none of the above' marshall behind Ron Paul, he can at least win the primary and at that point there will be a certain amount of people who will vote 'against' the Democratic candidate, and at least you have something of a horse race.

I don't know that there is such unity of opinion in the undecideds, even being one of them myself, however, we could do worse than Ron Paul from what I read about him. I haven't made up my mind, though.

Answer 5

I don't think that Ron Paul has a chance. I like him and I think he has some good ideas but he hasn't had the P.R. to win. I agree with you about the elections being fixed. I am 59 years old and it has taken me many years to learn this. I have voted for many, many years. I am stubborn ans will continue to vote however. Even if it is fixed.
I think it will be between Hillary Clinton and Gulliani. I think Clinton may win because the American people are tired of the war.

Answer 6

Does it matter? Most Ron Paul supporters know that its not about Ron Paul the politician. Its about the message of Freedom and people are demanding it. The guidelines are already written in the Constitution. We just need to have something called "Rule of Law" and start following it. Ron Paul supporters are folks that are aware that we are heading into tyranny. Voting for the other cronies will only be lending your consent to more WAR, Bondage and seriously more intrusion and harassment, all in the name of (FALSE) security. FREEDOM or SLAVERY. I'm voting for Ron Paul because I want to vote for freedom. His record proves that he keeps his word.

BTW, For those who don't understand the, "abolish the Federal Reserve" idea and snicker and joke with ignorance about it, I have a question for you to ponder. Why do we pay interest to the FED to create currency out of thin air, when it says in the Constitution that Congress has the power to do it without interest? Why do we need a central bank to rob us blind and wreck our economy with no one accountable, and privately controlled I may add, when each state can have their own banks. All we need to do is repeal the Federal Reserve Act 1913 to get rid of the biggest cancer in America and the World. Someday RP haters will figure it out. Most likely when its too late.

Answer 7

On July 15th, the Federal Election Commission announced the 2nd-quarter fundraising totals for each presidential candidate. In the Republican field, Ron Paul's $2.4 million placed him:


3rd in total receipts for the quarter
4th in total receipts to date
3rd in total current assets (ahead of former front-runner John McCain, and just $800,000 behind Mitt Romney)
Thus far, 47% of the contributions made to Ron Paul's campaign are donations of under $200 from individuals (John McCain's 17% is the second-highest percentage). This is a telling statistic, as it highlights the fact that most other candidates rely heavily upon donations from corporate interests and political action committees (PACs) (i.e. moneyed, influence-seeking sources who can readily afford to contribute large sums). Since Congressman Paul has always voted against special favors and privileges for anyone, special interests know they have nothing to gain by stuffing Ron Paul's campaign coffers. As one member of my local Meetup group put it on a home-made sign, "Ron Paul is thin because he won't let special interests buy him lunch."

Among all candidates, Dr. Paul is now first in total donations from military personnel and veterans. While this may come as a surprise to some, Tom Engelhardt identified the primary reason when he asked rhetorically, "why should (military personnel) want to be endlessly redeployed to a lost war in a lost land?" (see Why the US Military Loves Ron Paul).


Why, indeed – President Paul would bring them home now.

Answer 8

Of course he can!

He trouncing everyone in the online polls.

When people has a chance to hear him speak,he wins.

Diebold is now under serious scrutiny (expectly after Kerry beat Bush in the Ohio exit polls).

You better believe there is gonna be a ton of "paulites" at these voting places to make sure the votes are tallied fairly.

If not, there's gonna be a big stink!!

PS. Don't pay any attention to any opinion polls, because are manipulatied by the MSM Military Industrial Complex.

Answer 9

No.

First, on-line polls are not scientific polls. Howard Dean did well with on-line voters in 2004 but that group is just a small percentage of the actual electorate.

Second, the nomination process of the two parties is not open to all voters but instead, in many of the largest states, is limited to registered members of that particular party. While Ron Paul might appeal to some independents and some Democrats, those people will not get a chance to vote for him in the Primary. Ron Paul opposes the policies of the current Administration. The overwhelming majority of Republicans support the current Administration. As such, he can't get the nomination.

Bottom line. No fix is needed. Ron Paul might represent the views of a substantial number of Americans but he does not represent the views of the Republican Party. He has no greater chance of being the Republican nominee than the leader of the Bloc Quebecois has of being the next leader of the Liberal Party.

Answer 10

Ron Paul has won ten elections in Congress against the same system.