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Originally posted by SimiusDei
if RP doesn't end up on the ballot with all the support he's receiving, that will (for me) mark the final crash and burn of our system.
Originally posted by drivin98
I saw my the first lawn sign for a presidential candidate in my neighborhood last weekend and it was for Ron Paul. Cool! I'd put some of those up.
I live in Florida and can't vote in the primary because I'm registered as an independent. I'm not a "joiner". I refuse to register as anything but independent. I usually vote somewhat to the left. I'll vote for Paul if his name is on the final ballot because he is the only one running (besides Gravel and Kucinich) with any integrity even if I don't agree with some of his positions.
Originally posted by katmandu
reply to post by IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Since this site is about denying ignorance, then allow me to offer some skepticism, if you please. While I, too, "thrill" at the possibility of someone similar to Ron Paul's alleged character attaining the presidency, I'm not certain that he's anything more than a distraction.
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If Ron Paul is the real thing, then he will be kept off the playing field...or sacked behind the line of scrimmage resulting in a broken neck. If he is a wolf in sheep's clothing - or an innocent pawn - then he is being manipulated or blackmailed and his presidency will be hollow. He is a rallying point for those desparate buffoons who want someone to save them, so they don't have to get their hands dirty or bloody.
Originally posted by katmandu
If he is, then why hasn't he done something about it, until now? We sure could have used his candidacy 20 years ago. I don't care how he's voted over the years. Why haven't we heard from him, till now?
Get back to me, please.
namaste
In the 1988 presidential election, Paul defeated American Indian activist Russell Means to win the Libertarian Party nomination for president.[16] Although he had been an early supporter of Ronald Reagan, Paul was critical of the unprecedented deficits incurred by Reagan's administration, for which Paul's opponent George H.W. Bush had been vice-president.[37] On the ballot in 46 states and the District of Columbia,[42] he placed third in the popular vote with 431,750 votes (0.47%), behind Republican Bush and Democrat Michael Dukakis.[43] Paul was kept off the ballot in Missouri and received votes there only when written in, due to what the St. Louis Post-Dispatch called a "technicality".[44]