How is that so many here support Ron Paul?

Question

I spent particular attention watching Ron Paul's answers and performance last night at the Republican candidates' debate at Morgan State University. What struck me was how badly he performed. He stumbled over questions, he seemed confused and repetitive, and his comments--while appealing to traditional conservatives (and particularly neoisolationists)--were simplistic and at times naïve.

So explain to me why you think this man is able to do this job?

ADDITIONAL NOTE:

Just as an observer not answering the question, but having answered many others, I notice that there is a tendency to give the thumbs down to those individuals with whom people disagree. As a general rule, I only give thumbs down to those who express their opinions rudely and/or with extreme ignorance.

Just a thought from the politeness police!

Cheers.

Answer 1

Ron Paul is not a Republican; he is a Libertarian. He only switched parties because of our two-party system. How poorly a candidate performs at a particular event is not dispositive of his platform. I watched him at several debates and in speeches on YouTube, and he was very eloquent with regards to his positions.

He is called an isolationist because he understands that American involvement fomments more anger than it resolves. We support the Saudi Royal family, which the majoity of Saudis hate. We support Israel while it violates UN Resolutions and represses Palestinians. We invaded Iraq for no reason, we giv e aid to the Sudanese gov't while it kills thousands opf innocent civilians, and on and on, and on.

America needs to get its fingers out of everyone else's pies. If two groups want to kill each other, we need to evaluate more stridently whether our intervention is in AMERICA'S interest, not the market interests that might be disrupted.

It doesn't matter one single bit who controls Iraq; Neither Sunnis, Shia, or Al Qeda can drink the oil. They have to sell it to someone to get money. Our policy should be to let them fight it out amongst themselves and buy the oil from whoever is left standing. In the meantime, we could use all this war money to strengthen our own defenses here at home.

Thomas Jefferson warned us to be wary of 'foreign entanglements'. We've ignored that advice since Korea in the 1950's. How's that strategy worked for us?

Answer 2

I was, sadly, unable to watch the debate from Morgan State University. These things happen when you have a 9-month-old. Anyway, I have been able to watch one debate and my impression was that his mouth could not keep up with his thoughts. I'm supporting Ron Paul because I believe that not only is he able to the job of President, but he is the only candidate running who would live by the oath of office and actually uphold the Constitution, rather than manipulate it. His answers seem repetitive because his message is simple: follow the Constitution. He is the only candidate that I've ever been enthusiastic about voting for. Will he win, probably not, I have no great delusions. I believe that he can win, but more importantly, I feel that his campaign is the foundation to people waking up and taking back this country.

Answer 3

Glad u asked, He wants to stop the war, he has seen all of Bushs excuses for staying in Iraq come and go! He can see like the rest of us that the rich are getting richer every day that this farce continues to wage. He is a good man with a good heart unlike the EVIL that is in white house now. Although i wouldn't vote for him, i can see why people would want some one so different from the Monster we have now.

Answer 4

If you listened to the audience at that debate, he got the loudest cheers by far. Besides, that it is foolish to claim that his comments are "simplistic" or "naive" especially when other candidates support ridiculous ideas such as wars of aggression against non-enemies (look up Iran or "Darfur"), violating the Constitution in numerous ways, and the discredited economic system known as Socialism (look up "Universal Healthcare").

The problem is that there is a disconnect in this country between the people in Washington and the people outside of Washington. The majority of the people outside of Washington recognize that both "liberals" and "conservatives" do an absolutely awful job. They recognize that socialist programs don't work and that the warhawks only make us less safe by making people hate us. They recognize that sacrificing liberty for "security" only causes you to lose both.

If you are one of the "sophisticated" Statists in the Beltway, you will obviously think that Ron Paul performed poorly. However, the rest of us, whenever we listen to him, recognize that he is right, even though most of them will assume that other people won't support him.

Ron Paul is actually the smartest person running for president, as he is the only one who recognizes that it is best not to run our lives, run the economy, and run the world. Those who see Ron Paul and look at him as "simplistic" or "naive" are simply incapable of understanding why he should be our next president.

The Founding Fathers recognized very clearly that there are 2 very different types of people. Those who trust the people to run their own lives (Lockeans and Jeffersonians) and those who do not (Hobbesians and Hamiltonians). If you have a Hobbesian worldview, you are going to be mentally incapable of comprehending a Lockean worldview (though Lockeans understand a Hobbesian worldview and recognize it as self-evidently wrong).

Answer 5

He's the only guy in the race that understands the constitution the same way I do. I thought I was alone, but he's brought it to my attention that many others think like I do. Because of him, I'm no longer afraid to voice my opinions in public. All of the other candidates give us the corporate view of the constitution, and that's both unsatisfactory and intolerable.

Answer 6

I think he appeals to the those of us with utter disgust for our current system of government and how it operates.

He wouldn't make a good president but he's quite good at pointing out some of the absurdity of how our government got so large and continues to grow.

I especially like his point about why the hell do we need a department of education? Department of energy? wtf?

It's like every election cycle politicians create some new program or department so they can feel like they accomplished something, whether it was needed or not.

I mean did you know that prior to world war 2 there was no income tax? Now that the cold war is over why do I still have to get raped every paycheck by the government, raped by inflation by central banks, screwed over through crowded schools, hospitals, and housing costs due to hoards of illegal aliens coming over here to be exploited by the rich.

I'm just sick and ******* tired of it and I want to be able to live without having spend so much of my working life supporting such a huge worthless piece of **** like our current government.

Things that matter like federal disaster relief, wealth creation for the middle class, quality of life in general are the things that should be addressed. All these politicians are self serving whores that don't give a **** about you or your life and family.

Answer 7

On the previous debates, Ron Paul was outstanding and it is the reason why he is favored by many Yahoo answerers.

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Answer 8

They really don't they are one of three things:Paid stooges with 5-10 separate avatars and names:
Totally deluded children, parrot anti-establishment, probably not old enough to vote:
Totally bamboozled by that lying incompetent Paul
It seems like every reference they make is to one of his websites. Well now how do you think he is portrayed there. And straw polls. Oh yes, I will pay into his campaign so I can vote at his meeting. Wow, that tells a tale.

Answer 9

He doesent stumble. Also he isnt confused. Yes there is repetition.....its important to get that stuff out there over and over because normal way isnt working. The only way to get through to thick skulled people that were in trouble is to beat them over the head with it.

Answer 10

As far as I see, he's just another Republican. It would be unwise to vote for him, as he's the same party as Bush. As much as people think the opposite, Bush isn't completely responsible for what he's done. He has a party which allows him to do what he does. He even has the American public that hasn't removed him from office.

Why would anyone vote in the same party again? The party that continues to sit back and do nothing about its leader?