i.e. the one candidate who actually stands for something, that all the other candidates have to conspire against to destroy, so the system can continue unchallenged?
2007-10-10 02:42:32 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
You say neither party will work with him?
Sounds like an endorsement in my book!!!
2007-10-10 02:48:12 · update #1
Howard Dean was a huge long-shot until he came out against the war and became hugely popular.
I think Ron Paul will appeal to anti-war Republicans, who are growing in number.
2007-10-10 02:58:44 · update #2
No, because unlike Howard Dean, Ron Paul has never enjoyed frontrunner or "top-tier" status and is still considered a "spoiler" candidate. Also, Dean himself is still part of the "establishment" that so many love to attack.
2007-10-10 02:54:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Ron Paul has discovered that third parties don't work and is therefore trying to take over the Republicans.
He has been the candidate of the Libertarian Party for years, and sees the Neocon Theofascist wing that has captured the Republican party since Reagan as fully discredited.
Unfortunately the Libertarian Ideology is as disingenuous as the Neocons as each puts Corporate power above that of actual humans, and would destroy any social responsibility, or policing against economic or environmental crimes.
They are also trying to do the same thing by running Mike Gravel in the Democratic Party, but the Democrats are not biting and he is running behind even third string Democrats.
Comparing Howard Dean to Ron Paul is like comparing JFK to Ronald Reagan, Dean would support Universal Health Care, as he did in Vermont, Ron Paul would would toss everyone to the wolves.
2007-10-10 02:50:53 · answer #2 · answered by Dragon 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
No, Howard Dean was leading the Democrat party and had a great chance of winning the Democrat nomination. Ron Paul has never had enough support to be considered a real contender within the Republican party. You can't compare the 2 of them. You could compare Ron Paul to Pat Buchanan who broke off from the Republican party after the primaries and went independent. You could also compare him to a lot of third party candidates like Libertarians or others though I think Pat Buchanan is the best analogy.
2007-10-10 02:55:48 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
Why is it that Ron Paul supporters seem to think everybody is picking on their candidate? What would they have to gain from that? The candidates tend want to bring down the front runner. They don't go after someone with no chance of winning.
Ron Paul's pie-in-the-sky nearly anarchist ideas are not flying with most people because they don't make sense. It has nothing to do with picking on him or the establishment.
I cannot imagine why anyone would waste time conspiring against Ron Paul to destroy him. He has some goofy ideas and that is what makes people treat him the way they do not some vast conspiracy. But you dream on. Don't sob too loudly when he loses in the primaries.
2007-10-10 03:08:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
i think of Ron Paul is Democrats and Republicans nightmare. he's professional American, no BS variety of guy. He and his family individuals is nicely-known variety of people. I worry that with him being merely an widely used individual attempting to do the final element, without backing from the elite, that he will possibly no longer make it. I even have been to one among his rallies and prefer an impressive variety of what he says, on condition that. i'm professional determination, and he's no longer. i comprehend no person is suited, yet I do have faith his judgment greater desirable than the others.
2016-11-07 21:20:54 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dean was discredited because he yells funny. Ron Paul is given no airtime to speak and only used as a Ghouliani punchline. Sad.
2007-10-10 02:46:25 · answer #6 · answered by The President 3 · 5⤊ 2⤋
By that definition, yes.
But Dean did not stand for something nearly as well or clearly as Ron Paul.
2007-10-10 02:46:16 · answer #7 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Yeah, I would put Ron Paul and Howard Dean in the same mold, but not for the reasons you named.
2007-10-10 02:47:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋
He's a great Dem, so in that respect your comparison holds true.
2007-10-10 02:57:49 · answer #9 · answered by Kubla Con 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Conspire against?
No need for that. The guy is self destructive.
He's a maniac.
All the other candidates have to do is stand there and watch him implode.
2007-10-10 02:47:42 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 5⤋