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I'm thinking of voting Ron Paul.
And don't want McCain to win.

2007-09-10 21:48:42 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Politics

OK cancu well said, but i think Ron Paul is different than the rest of the republicans running right now it seems he's going to do good for the country.

2007-09-10 22:07:43 · update #1

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Ron Paul is not a pacifist.
At the time of the September 11, 2001 attacks, Paul, defining them as an act of "air piracy", introduced the Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001, which would have granted Letters of Marque and Reprisal, as authorized by Article One, Section Eight, against the specific terrorists, instead of warring against a foreign state.[17] He has also reproposed this legislation recently under the new title of Marque and Reprisal Act of 2007.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#Letters_of_Marque_and_Reprisal

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.

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)

Ron Paul has more friends in MySpace and more subscribers in YouTube than any other Republican.

As of September 4, Ron Paul has won 9 of 23 straw polls.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/straw-poll-results/

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

2007-09-11 05:29:44 · answer #1 · answered by Eric Inri 6 · 1 0

I would not vote for Paul as he is a Republican, and all Republicans are essentially the same, especially once the money starts flowing!

I am going to vote for Hillary, and then I am going to vote for the candidate put up by the Democrats. I would NEVER vote for a Republican, especially after their 40 years of terror!

Read this and see what Republicans REALLY love to do, and note that ALL of them are the same. Only the degree of corruptness is a little different!

This is from the GAO and is not a political document, though I use it as one as it so clearly defines the difference between what people say and what they do!

http://www.uuforum.org/deficit.htm

2007-09-11 05:00:30 · answer #2 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0 1

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