Isn't is interesting that the only people touting that CLOWN, Ron Paul, seem to be his hucksters in here?

Question

His whole campaign effort seems oriented to conning Internet users into thinking he amounts to anything. Most of the Q & A that support him probably are coming from those folks. I wonder if they realize that their efforts are a JOKE to most of the rest of us?

The vast majority of Americans don't even recognize his name. And probably never will.

To "Al Cracka" -- Ron Paul has some good ideas, but FAILS on egalitarianism. Just as abysmally as do all the other Republicans in the race, with the sole exception of Giuliani. IF Ron Paul were Pro-Choice on abortion, and stood up for EQUAL rights for gays -- THEN I'd be interested in him.

Otherwise, he's nothing more than just another Republican BIGOT. (I say this as a staunch defender of ALL personal liberties and civil/human rights. So would **never** vote for a bigot.)

To "Mike Paul" -- In, I actively opposed segregationists during Civil Rights Movement I, in Mississippi. ALL bigots are ludicrous clowns. The anti-black ones then, and the anti-women and anti-gay ones today. Thus, Ron Paul is a clown, by that definition.

CORRECTION: The above comment was directed to "Mike P," not "Mike Paul." (Sort of a Freudian slip on my part? :) )

To "Hollywood Joe" -- So you say the Republicans will not nominate Ron Paul because he's anti-war? So much for HIM, then. Being opposed to the war was about the only really GOOD thing he had going.

To "FREAKZILLA" -- Social liberals are the **mainstay** of American society. You can thank our constant and vigilant support of personal liberties for the fact that we continue to RETAIN most of those liberties.

To Mike P" -- Interesting edit, in which you said NOTHING to counter my objections to Ron Paul. Let me make it CLEARER. Ron Paul is NOT Pro-Choice on abortion, and thus doesn't give a rat's patoot for teenage girls and women. And he is NOT pro-equal-rights-for gays. His opposing stances on these issues make him a **bigot**. And NO bigot deserves to get any votes or support.

To "TheDude" -- I noted with interest your OMISSION of the fact that Ron Paul supports the loathsome agenda that seeks to FORCE millions of girls and women to gestate UNwanted pregnancies to term against their will. A very real, 9-month-long form of RAPE.

I'm an Iowan, so get his campaign literature in the mail. Ron Paul is **adamantly** and hatefully ANTI-Choice. Thus, he is a bigot and a LOSER. Unfit for office, no matter *what* else he may stand for.

Answer 1

no. it's one of those work at home opportunities. they get 25 cents for each pro-paul post. probably a cashcrate or treasuretrooper subsidiary. not to be taken seriously. dr no rates 1% in popularity polls. about the same as tommy thompson who dropped out of the race some time ago.

Answer 2

I am interested that Ron Paul supporters are so Internet based. But thats because their views aren't widely supported.

Its like YouTube. If you look at YouTube, it would seem that the majority of the US are atheist. But thats not the case. And the reason they run towards the Internet because their views are controversial and not accepted, just like RP position.

Its nice that his supporters are so confident in their candidate, but the Republican party WILL NOT nominate an anti-war candidate...PERIOD.

And I agree with you, anybody who thinks the Civil Rights Act of 1964 infringed on national liberties, then they are a clown.

Answer 3

Though he has no chance of winning, it is nice to see someone with strong ethics running. I have to say to that he has a very vocal community in South FLorida.

Which part is the joke, the fact that he actually wants to do something, the fact that he is proven to be honest, the fact that he doesn't take money from PACs and criminals like ALL the others?

I guarantee you that if YOUR candidate wins, which ever that is, the will make a far worse President then creepy Ron Paul would have.

Which crook do you support?

Answer 4

Qualify 'clown'. Do you really know anything about him? Are you familiar with where he stands on the issues or are you just regurgitating what you've heard? Please update your question to include your justification for calling him a 'clown'.

Update:
You've answered my question. You've made it very clear that you really don't know anything about Ron Paul or Libertarian politics. You've twisted his positions to meet your liberal objections rather than interpreting his words with an open mind. Go back and do some homework before you make insulting comments.

Update 2:
I have no problem with people making educated observations that are contrary to my opinion but I'm just amazed by people who scream loudly against ideas and issues they are totally unqualified to comment on. You, sir, are one of those people.

Ron Paul is not a bigot and cares a great deal about the issues you point out. He just doesn't believe it's the Fed's job to be involved with those things. He wants us to stop categorizing people into groups. Rather, he believes that all Americans should be considered Americans, regardless of race or sexual orientation. What he doesn't believe in is that the Federal Government should be involved in our personal lives, our race, our sexual orientation or anything else that is personal in nature. This country's founders would agree with him whole-heartedly. He expects that the American people should take responsibility for their own lives and be accountable for their actions. It's called being 'adults'. In return, we will all experience more freedom and have less government intervention in both the private and corporate sectors. The result is more prosperity and better quality of life for everyone.

What you are not understanding is that when we come to rely on our government for support, the government gains control of our lives. The more the govt takes, the more it wants. Is that the kind of country you want to live in? I sure don't. And that's what Ron Paul is all about. He's not trying to take anything away from you, he wants to restore the freedoms that we've lost and make sure we don't lose anymore than we already have.

He wants to make you more free. And for that you call him a clown?

Answer 5

http://picasaweb.google.com/J.SkyWave/FoxPoll

proof that there are more supporters than you think and that you can only vote once

and here is his stances so you can decide for yourself
I am arguing that (Republicans) have lost their way. Right now, on the surface, a lot of Republicans in Washington will be critical of my positions, saying "I don't support the president or the party," but if you look at our platform, our state platforms, our policy positions, I would say we have lost our way. And quite frankly, I have not seen anybody running for the presidency on the Republican ticket that's actually offering to stand up and stand for the principals the Republican Party has been built on.

In the past six years, when the foreign policy really changed, when we accepted the notion of pre-emptive war, a strong violation of our personal civil liberties, (we) at the same time (became) the party of entitlements, doubling the size of the Department of Education, McCain-Feingold. These are all things that Republicans used to criticize and not support, and all of a sudden we accept them. In essence, we have accepted what has traditionally been the Democratic platform -- increase entitlements and foreign intervention, getting involved in quagmires abroad.

IRAQ:

The president, if we are attacked or there is an imminent threat, has the authority to go to war. That's been clearly understood since the Constitution. ... The president, as commander in chief, can defend his country in times of emergency. But you know what? That has never happened in all these years. Even with the Soviet threat. ... Under today's conditions, the policy has significantly changed for the worse. That is, we now have established that our policy is to pre-emptively strike a country that has not attacked us and is not a threat to us. We just want to go in and have regime change.

We ought to look to the Constitution. ... We should only fight when there is a declaration of war, when there is an extreme circumstance. We should not have all options on the table to attack Iran when they don't have a weapon.

We shouldn't finance bad policy or unconstitutional war.


Ron Paul: A Conservative Study in Contrasts
IMMIGRATION:

The problem of illegal immigration is one of the top issues in this country. ... People are really, really disgusted with it. I think the immigration problem is in some ways a symptom. And my position is that if you subsidize something, you get more of it. And we subsidize and encourage illegal immigration. It started in the 1980s when amnesty was given after illegals came here.

Amnesty, ... I don't like that idea; I don't want to reward those who are already here. I don't think anybody has an easy answer about what to do with those who are already here. I think we ought to enforce the law, but what kind of an army would you need to round them up?

I also don't support a pathway to citizenship. They cannot get in the front of the line; I would not reward them in any way whatsoever.

I would also get rid of all the mandates from the federal government that say the states must provide free education, medical care and benefits to illegals. That is another reason they bring their families over here.

I believe we should beef up the borders, and I believe it should be civilian, not military. I believe we shouldn't be worried about the border between North and South Korea after 50 years or about the border between Iraq and Syria. I mean, that's where all our money and personnel is going. I think we should bring the troops home and getting them out of the war mode and probably be using the resources … to beef up our borders without adding any cost to the budget.

SPENDING:

I don't think there is one single budget you can't cut. Politically, the easiest budget to cut is the overseas expenditures. And then you deal with other problems as time goes on. I certainly would not be signing a bill that would double the size of the DOE or increase the size of the entitlement system or a drug company-promoted prescription drug program. That's where we as Republicans have fallen down, and that is the reason our base was very unhappy last September.

TAXES:

We lived in this country a long time without income tax, but then we had limited government. I don't think we need an income tax. I promised my people I would do anything and everything I can to get rid of the income tax, to repeal the 16th Amendment, never vote to raise taxes and always vote to lower taxes. And it's been a popular position. My slogan at home has always been "the taxpayers' best friend," and most people like that regardless of what party they are in.

CAMPAIGN STRATEGY:

I felt good about every trip I have taken. We always pick up support and enthusiasm, … and the reception has been good. We don't have $100 million in the bank; we are not supported by wealthy special interests, so we are not polling. ... We actually wanted to limit the campaign to four or five early states, but the pressure is to have everybody together, so small candidates like myself are cut off before we get any traction whatsoever.

Republicans sometimes get intimidated that they have to follow the party instead of the platform and our promises in the Constitution. My job … is to make conservatives feel comfortable on any number of issues for really following through on what they believe in.

STEM CELL RESEARCH:

I think stem cell research is crucial and is very, very important. Medically, it has a great future. The answers aren't in yet, completely. Politicians and bureaucrats and the FDA don't know either. I don't think that's where it should be determined. I think it should be determined in the marketplace. In Washington, we've only had two choices. Either prohibit it or finance it. My position is we shouldn't do either. ... It should be up to the states to devise the rules and laws of what you can or can't do. ...

I am strongly pro-life, and the worst thing I can think of is to manufacture babies to be used for research. But as an obstetrician, I have on quite a few cases had to do surgery on a woman who had a pregnancy in the fallopian tube. The fetus is small and alive, but if you don't operate on them, the fetus dies and the patient dies. ... I don't see any reason why you can't use that fetal tissue for research.

GOLD STANDARD:

I don't exactly say, 'Let's go back to the gold standard,' and you may chuckle a little bit, … but the question has to be turned around. What is it that possesses anybody to think that governments, which (are) not trusted by anybody, should have the power to create money out of thin air and create runaway spending and allow the politicians to not worry about deficits in order to buy reelection? And allow them to police the world and allow them to provide all these big benefits? ... That is the most astounding philosophy in the world, and it has never worked, … and now we are in the process of a failing dollar. ... So, yes, I want to restore integrity to the money, not be a counterfeiter. My proposal is not to close the Federal Reserve down and go back to the 19th century, it's just to legalize that which the founders consider(ed) very important.

Answer 6

He is the real deal and knows what going on in this country better than most of us. I'm no huckster for him nor can I vote for him in the primary because I'm not registered as a Republican. If you can vote for him in the primary you should consider carefully what he has been saying for the last four years. It is backed up by fact. He is the only Republican candidate that is willing speak the truth address the truly serious issues our Republic is faced with.

A Texas official once said, "those that keep their head buried in the sand will soon get run over by the tractors of change or suffocate by way of their own stupidity".

Answer 7

Ron paul has quite a following actually. Just little press coverage, vitually none is positive.

Answer 8

I remember Ron Paul i voted for him years ago when he ran on the libertarian ticket

Answer 9

Well, it's a shame that the vast majority of Americans only consider the people whose names have been moderatly rich and in the media the longest.

For all I know, my next door neighbor could be the one who saves the world one day.

Answer 10

If the vast amount of Americans, don't know of Ron Paul, nor
ever will, I am in wonder why all your mud slinging and waste
of energy with your echos of anger.