People seem to not be happy with the two parties.. and want something different....so why not Ron Paul??
2007-09-08 17:55:34 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
I think many find his ideas ludicrous.
While he may be an internet fad right now, I don't believe he'll ever reach double digits in the real world.
2007-09-08 18:03:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Gallop Polls Are Biased, Inaccurate and Should Be Ignored:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/pitkaniemi1.html
2007-09-10 22:06:14 · answer #2 · answered by jswnwv 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he is a third party aggitator on the Clinton payroll to stop a Republican from winning. See Ross Perot in 92, the Clintons did it then as well.
2007-09-09 01:04:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because he belongs in the democratic primaries from what I saw in the debate a few days ago.
2007-09-09 01:13:05 · answer #4 · answered by DOOM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
He is not a real Republican yet he's running as one. I find that dishonest. He should start his own party, then we'd see how really wild he is.
2007-09-09 01:55:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Honestly, I didn't know who he was until his name had come up on Y!A, and for a while I thought people were joking about Rupaul running for president.
2007-09-09 01:02:20 · answer #6 · answered by in pain 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
He is doing better in the straw polls and online polls than in the Gallup polls.
I heard Gallup polls only include registered Republicans with land-line phones, not cell phone users.
Also it appears that Ron Paul does not plan to spend much money until October, November, and December when more people are ready to think about politics.
Among all candidates, Dr. Paul is now first in total donations from military personnel and veterans.
Obama and McCain were second and third in donations from military and veterans.
http://phreadom.blogspot.com/2007/07/ron-paul-is-most-financially-military.html
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/
1 Paul
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00432914/A_EMPLOYER_C00432914.html
2 Obama
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431445/A_EMPLOYER_C00431445.html
3 McCain
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00430470/A_EMPLOYER_C00430470.html
4 Clinton
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431569/A_EMPLOYER_C00431569.html
5 Richardson
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431577/A_EMPLOYER_C00431577.html
6 Romney
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431171/A_EMPLOYER_C00431171.html
7 Edwards
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00431205/A_ELECTION_C00431205.html
8 Giuliani
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00430512/A_EMPLOYER_C00430512.html
Tancredo, Ron Paul, and Hunter have the most conservative voting records on immigration.
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop2.html
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop3.html
http://www.betterimmigration.com/candidates/2006/prez08_gop1.html
Tancredo and Ron Paul have the best voting records for reducing government spending according to the National Taxpayers Union.
They were the only candidates to score 100 percent "A" Grades from 1992 to 2005.
http://www.ntu.org/main/page.php?PageID=97#
Sportsbook.com rates both Paul and Romney at 8 to 1 odds which is approximately an 11 percent chance of becoming the next President.
http://205.134.167.60/lines/lines.cgi?device=browser&site=sbcom1&sport=754
Mitt Romney's campaign only had 35 percent more cash than Ron Paul after subtracting debts on 06/30/2007.
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80000748
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80003353
Paul's campaign has almost 5 times as much money to spend as Tancredo.
http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/cancomsrs/?_08+P80003429
Romney's contributions from individuals dropped by a third from the first quarter to the second quarter.
Paul's contributions almost quadrupled from Q1 to Q2.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/?nid=roll_08campaign
Ron Paul received more than 10 times as much in donations in the last week of June as he received in the first week of April.
http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2007/Q2/C00432914/A_DATE_C00432914.html
Ron Paul's $2.4 million in fundraising after the second quarter placed him:
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).
http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/articles/ron-paul-small-donors-love-him.html
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."
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/sutton1.html
2007-09-09 09:54:25 · answer #7 · answered by Eric Inri 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How do we really know he's not?
2007-09-09 01:03:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋