The Ron Paul Thread

[steve74baywin]

doh bandwith usage!
Here be the image:


I saw that NY times has remedied the page prob. due to a Ron Paul fan attack.
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Having a hard time uploading the right size, sorry.

What is the story....The NY times isn't showing his results?

[LiveonJG]

After Florida they'll need to quit showing Rudy and Droopy's results too.

-John

[steve74baywin]

After Florida they'll need to quit showing Rudy and Droopy's results too.

-John

You know, the media and the fake news and attempts to make it the way they want have been saying Rudy will win Florida...

[LiveonJG]

After Florida they'll need to quit showing Rudy and Droopy's results too.

-John

You know, the media and the fake news and attempts to make it the way they want have been saying Rudy will win Florida...

Recent polls are showing him quickly falling beneath the spinning wheels of the Straight Talk Express. Watch out, McCain's gaining momentum.
-John

[Amskeptic]

I hope Guiliani crashes and burns. Soon.
Colin

[Velokid1]

Elephant Club Update, 1/22/2008:

Fred Thompson's out, despite the effect his VERY DEEP VOICE would have had in the Middle East.

Huckabee is broke and has asked his staffers to start working for free.

Giuliani is a whiney quitter and his days are numbered. He can't handle being underdog.

Romney... surely there isn't enough hairspray in the entire world to get him through another year of campaigning.

McCain is rocking and rolling but would be no match for Obama in The Octagon next year.

Ron Paul's message will become more and more pertinent over the next 12 months as our economy continues to take a nosedive and Americans start asking why. He will run independent and he probably won't win the Presidency, but the dialogue will hit more than a few ears who need to edumukashun.

[upnorthman]

I thought I saw RP say numerous times that he will not run as an independent?

[steve74baywin]

I thought I saw RP say numerous times that he will not run as an independent?

Close,,,,the media keeps asking him, he says he has no intention or plans to do that and his focus in on this campaign...They have then tried to say, so your saying you will not run as an independent, he says he will not shut that door, or be that absolute, but he has no plans and is not thinking of it...

[Velokid1]

Nice to "meet" ya, upnorthman! I love upnorth!

... Why even bother running as Republican if you're going to say, while doing it, that you intend to lose and then run independent?

Of course he keeps blowing off the question of whether he would run independent, because addressing that question is admitting defeat.

If things continue on the same trajectory they are now, he will be the #3 man when the Republican primaries are through. Not bad for a man who the establishment has laughed heartily at since day one of this campaign and who has gotten this far in spite of being shut out by the media.

If you ask any presidential candidate what single thing is most valuable in their campaign (other than the American people being so averse to critical thinking), they'll tell you media coverage, media coverage, media coverage.

Ron's done it without media coverage, so far. The longer he's out there, the more people get exposed to his message. If he'd admitted defeat in the Repub primaries 4 months ago, his message would be reaching nobody at all.

So he's doing something right.

[upnorthman]

Agreed, it makes sense when explained that way.
Good to 'meet' you as well.

It is amazing what happens when the people that laugh about him start to listen to him talk and they all the sudden change their mind and now support him.

I may not agree with all he has on the table but he is IMO the best option that there is.

Media, hmmm I can't even watch the news anymore. I would rather watch reruns of Seinfeld on one of my four channels. The way they are covering this primary stuff has opened my eyes even more.

[LiveonJG]

It's official Droopy's out!

I'm gonna miss that old sleepy fool.

-John

[Velokid1]

He does remind one of Droopy, doesn't he?

Word is that Huckabee is out of funds and is asking his staff to work unpaid while they figure out how to run a leaner, more efficient campaign. Something RP's been doing since the first day.

And he's raised another $3.5 million since the first of this month.

Not bad. But they'll be counting votes next November, not dollars.

[Velokid1]

It is amazing what happens when the people that laugh about him start to listen to him talk and they all the sudden change their mind and now support him.

That was me a few months ago. It's been a crash course.

[Lee.]

I was hoping to vote for Ron Paul this year. Oh well.

[upnorthman]

He is not out yet,

January 30, 2008


Every movement in history has faced some time of testing, some experience that either forges it into something strong and unified, or forces it to fade away into the history books as another failed experiment.

Dr. Paul has written to you that we are heading straight for Super Tuesday. Our opponents are free to beat up on each other and wear themselves down while we gather our supporters and prepare to storm the convention with delegates.

Last night, over 60,000 people stood up and asked for an end to the runaway violation of our liberties. But contrary to the impression you may be getting from the mainstream media, no national delegates have yet been won in Florida. Those delegates will only be awarded between February 6 and April 30 at delegate selection caucuses, and many of those delegates will be supporters of Dr. Paul.

Ron Paul is the only candidate not to give up on any state in the Republican race, and just as we competed strongly in overlooked states like Nevada and Louisiana, so too will we compete in Maine, Minnesota, and other states that the so-called "top-tier" candidates are content to ignore.

Now, as the focus shifts to Super Tuesday, Rudy's campaign is crushed, Huckabee is losing momentum by the day, and McCain and Romney are fighting over who is the most liberal.

We've been here before. In 1776, despite a courageous effort at holding onto the city, George Washington ceded New York and quickly retreated to New Jersey.

1777 brought the British recapture of Fort Ticonderoga, as well as American defeats at Brandywine and Germantown.

And then, during the winter of 1777-1778, Washington and his army faced perhaps their most humiliating moment, forced to endure a harsh Pennsylvania winter with limited supplies at Valley Forge.

The American revolutionaries dealt with their defeats, focused on their goals, and emerged from Valley Forge as a force that would defeat the most powerful nation on earth.

Our momentum is building. Each one of us, from Dr. Paul himself down to the grassroots supporter who donates the last $5 he or she can give, is focused on the goal.

Early in the struggle for American independence, George Washington wrote: "Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages." Even then, Washington realized that a fierce struggle for self-government can only be won with a spirit of determination equal to the challenge.

Today, in the midst of our new revolution, let's consider Washington's words once again. The task before us is enormous. The foes of liberty are deeply entrenched, and they will not relinquish their power without a struggle.

But fighting in our favor is the unconquerable human spirit, the innate desire to be free. We must embrace this inner strength, dig in our heels, and persevere, just as Washington and his rag-tag colonials, the first American grassroots patriots, did before us. And if we must pass through a Valley Forge or two along the way to victory, let those times of testing temper the steel of our determination.