Thread: Ron Paul Gaining Support?

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6774366.html



Evidently Paul is gaining support and some credit where its due. While its hard to agree with Paul on all of his values, its good to see that people are listening and even a little action has come out of it. Say what you will about the man, but many of his points are solid and are more than worth the attention.

Great! I hope this is legit and grows.

Call me when more than one or two elected officials in Washington are willing to throw their weight behind Ron Paul.



Hell, I liked Kucinich's policies more than Obama's. But I never deluded myself into thinking that Kucinich had even the most remote shot at succeeding.

[quote name='nonsqtr' date='17 December 2009 - 06:42 AM' timestamp='1261060958' post='81426']

How about 317 of them? You haven't heard? That's 3/4 of the entire Congress! WTF are you talking about? ???







He does now. Now that people are waking up to what a true liberal is, again.



This is the right thing to do, and now's the right time to do it. We need to take our country back.[/quote]

i don't know man, sometimes I think tough love may work. I often think if we allow the establishment to continue their path of destruction, then maybe people will get it. Hell Obama is the right man for this job, he and his bankers have devastated the economy, and early next year, people will demand their removal.

[quote name='nonsqtr' date='17 December 2009 - 09:42 AM' timestamp='1261060958' post='81426']

How about 317 of them? You haven't heard? That's 3/4 of the entire Congress! WTF are you talking about? ???

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No... That's support for a single bill. I'm talking about showing support for Ron Paul as a future president. Last time around, Ron Paul scored one congressional endorsement out of some 530-odd congress members. That's not just poor; that's piss-poor. Especially for someone who's had 188(?) years to make the political connections necessary for a presidential run. And if you can't make connections, you're gonna suck when it comes to international diplomacy.

He does now. Now that people are waking up to what a true liberal is, again.



This is the right thing to do, and now's the right time to do it. We need to take our country back.

Not feasible. There is no possible way to "take our country back" without handing control to the Republicans or Democrats. Supporting a third-party or dark horse candidate is a hollow gesture that won't have any meaning on or after election day.



The only vaguely viable measure would be to somehow implement runoff voting, in which a voter could select three voters in descending order of preference. Under such a system, voters would be free to cast their primary vote(s) for independents and dark horses, while using the third slot for their mainstream candidate - just in case the first one(s) don't make the cut. Of course, such a radical change to our voting system would have to be approved by our Democratic and Republican Congress, which is highly unlikely to support a measure that would weaken both parties.



Getting "major" support for Ron Paul, Kucinich, or anyone else is like getting the entire population of Florida to defiantly spit into an incoming hurricane. Sure, it's a grand gesture. But they're still gonna get fucked, and after the hurricane hits, no one is going to remember the gesture.