Is anyone else excited about Ron Paul 2008?

Question

With him in the race we no longer have to chose the lesser of 2 evils

Answer 1

Ron Paul is the only Republican who can defeat Hillary Clinton.

Ron Paul is not a pacifist.
He sees the terroists and their teachers as individuals and not as representatives of any nation or the religion of Islam.
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://search.yahoo.com/search;_ylt=A0geu6EwxOhGZI8ANxJXNyoA?p=%22ron+Paul%22+military+donations&fr=ush-360
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_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.
($3,176,525 / $2,354,855 = 1.349)
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

You can learn more about him here.
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=RonPaul2008dotcom

Answer 2

Yes, I am excited for change and thrilled to have more candidates. I am undecided but reviewing / learning about each of them.

I do pray we for the day when , we we no longer have to chose the lesser of 2 evils and have someone GOOD , we want and are excitied about and how is excited about his job / wants it and can do it . He's got to be ready to lead .

This could be a he/ she / any race ... I want the right candidate who can do the job.

We are really at a transition , and we need the right leadership to make / break this country.

I fear we will be broken / America 's dollar is weak , economy hit hard. We are not strong. We are falling and fast .

Answer 3

From what I can gather, he's a decent man with an immaculate voting record and a consistant one for that matter. My jury's still out on who to vote for but I really like what I hear in Ron Paul so far.

Answer 4

Some of his ideas are good. His only shortfalls are his "blame America first" reflex, and the fact that he honestly does not see radical Islam as a threat to the country. I'd like to hear his detailed plan for protecting America.

Answer 5

i agree now if we can just get the Democrats and republicans to take their blinders off and see how the 2 parties have laid waste to this once great country

Answer 6

I am excited. Another crushing defeat like he suffered as a Libertarian and you "supporters" of him can crawl back into your holes.
He is a proven liar, do nothing, say anything non entity.
Look up his attendance record. Look up his accomplishments. Then when you stop laughing tell me how many votes you think that old fool can garner.

Answer 7

Yes. He really is a choice that would represent real change.

Answer 8

Any relation to Pope John Paul?

Answer 9

I was... until it dawned on me that nobody will trust a man who uses common sense

Answer 10

I think he would be the best Democrat running if he would switch parties. I dont really have anything against him, he has some good ideas but hes a little too liberal about some things for me.