who?

I have to admit I'm hoping he gets to speak at the convention.
yeah I know. they'd never allow it. but one can dream.

Never underestimate the collective power of unmedicated mental patients

Well if prescription drugs were not so expensive blah... blah... blah...whine...cry... the president...free health care....

Ron Paul Revere: nekom: who?

I get it. It's funny because anyone who's been on the internet in the past year oughta know his name, but you're pretending you don't.

ROFLCOPTER

I get it. It's funny because you're sarcastically dissecting a joke you don't care for.

ROFLFU

Let me guess, subby is some goat lovin' Texan and voted for Bush both times.

Minnesota has a similar level of support, it is quite possible that Paul gets the majority of national delegates this weekend.

Good luck to him. While I disagree with some of his platform, I think he's a major positive influence on the Republican party.

Richard Pye: ロナルドポール!!!

Рон Паул!!!

Whatthefark: Let me guess, subby is some goat lovin' Texan and voted for Bush both times.

Or, like me, he/ she could be relaying through his/ her headline his/ her personal experiences with Pacific Northwesterners.

I swear, I honestly believe it's all the rain and lack of sunshine. It makes them crazy.

Hobodeluxe: I have to admit I'm hoping he gets to speak at the convention.
yeah I know. they'd never allow it. but one can dream.

I persuaded my parents to vote for him on the basis that, no, he wasn't exactly getting elected, but every vote he got increased the chances that he could speak at the Republican Convention and verbally biatch-slap the entire group into remembering the old-school platform of limited government and individual freedom.

It'd be truly awesome if he spoke, both from a serious policy perspective and from an unintentional comedy perspective. Too bad you're right, Hobodeluxe, it'll never happen, and him being shoved in a corner probably won't even generate media coverage.

I have mixed feelings about Paul. I want him to be heard from - he has things to say that don't get said often enough these days. But I really don't ever want to see him with any power - he just isn't stable enough to be trustworthy. Ideally, I would like to see him leave Congress, and morph into a pundit/gadfly type of figure.

Hopefully he can send enough delegates to the RNC to at least cause a scene, though I wonder if they'll simply be barred from entering...

Wouldn't it be nice, that while the media is focused on the Democratic race, Ron Paul is quietly usurping the GOP nomination? Everyone thinks the Democrats are going to have a civil war at their convention. Maybe we shouldn't discount the Republicans having the same exact thing going on.

LOVE IT!

nekom: who?


"... sigh."

Ron Paul would be a great president. Which is why he will never be president.




sigh indeed

I am very curious to see exactly how many delegates he really has. Unfortunately we'll have to wait till the convention to find out.

His army of supporters have been infesting themselves in the GOP and taking over a lot of the caucuses, so while he won't win the nomination I'm looking forward to a surprise in the the number of votes he gets.

I am a Ron Paul supporter but I wish Mitt, Fred, and Huckabee had stayed in as well. If McCain ends up with something like 80+% of the delegates it will look like he has way more support than he really has. We all know Obama isn't the overwhelming Dem nominee -- I have a hard time believing McCain is more popular with republicans than Obama is with Dems.

Blaxabbath: I am a Ron Paul supporter but I wish Mitt, Fred, and Huckabee had stayed in as well. If McCain ends up with something like 80+% of the delegates it will look like he has way more support than he really has. We all know Obama isn't the overwhelming Dem nominee -- I have a hard time believing McCain is more popular with republicans than Obama is with Dems.

Agreed.

Personally, I wish as many people as possible would just stay in all the way to the convention.

MataHari: Wouldn't it be nice, that while the media is focused on the Democratic race, Ron Paul is quietly usurping the GOP nomination? Everyone thinks the Democrats are going to have a civil war at their convention. Maybe we shouldn't discount the Republicans having the same exact thing going on.

LOVE IT!

You need to read the internets more. Obama has the Democratic presidential spot pretty much locked. There will be no 'civil war'in Denver. Hillary is only keeping up the appearance of a campaign to keep the money rolling in to pay off her debt.

The best Ron Paul and his supporters will do at the Repub convention in Minneapolis will be a small side show, unless the Republican party decides to meltdown right then and there as they all come to realize the epic ass whupping they are about to receive come November.

The capacity for self deception among Ron paul supporters is truly astonishing and gives me a perverse pleasure.

You small government guys kill me. A country of over 300 million people and 3.8 million square miles and the single biggest economy in the world is not going to function with a small government. Nixon knew it, Reagan knew it and both Bushes knew it. The general American public doesn't want small government either. With over 70% of Americans saying the country is on the wrong track, Americans want governemtn to do things and solve problems. If you want small government move to a small country, however you will sacrifice small things like freedom, Democracy and a decent standard of living.

Never underestimate the collective power of unmedicated mental patients

Well, it is the prozac and vicadin me-generation that elected Bush - twice. So, to the extent that subby attributes the 60% of people voting for the establishment to this, bravo.

steve_s - The best Ron Paul and his supporters will do at the Repub convention in Minneapolis will be a small side show, unless the Republican party decides to meltdown right then and there as they all come to realize the epic ass whupping they are about to receive come November.

True. What's ironic is Ron won MN buy a pretty strong margin, IIRC.

Not shocked by this. In 1984, the Republicans in Washington State nominated Pat Robertson.

Fox News and Michael Moore are too popular for Ron Paul to win, but supporting him sends the right message to those who understand that the current crop of "Republicans" is not what the people want or need.

It's all about the message; small government and freedom.

That's all that the Ron Paul Revolution was ever about.

Corporations decide who our presidents will be by influencing the media to script public opinion in favor of the candidate that will best serve their purposes. A lot of people believe that Obama is different in this respect. He isn't. Wait and see.

Still, the small government and freedom message will influence the RNC for years to come, and that is worth a lot.

steve_s: If you want small government move to a small country, however you will sacrifice small things like freedom, Democracy and a decent standard of living.

Err, big governments take away freedoms, they are less democratic, and they reduce prosperity.

Rob Chase, a Paul supporter from Liberty Lake, east of Spokane, said he hasn't given up on Paul winning the national party nomination. "I don't think McCain totally has it locked up," Chase said. "He's carrying a lot of baggage and he could still implode."

WOW

Just, wow.

Why would people think you're crazy?

TFA: "Paul received less than 8 percent of the vote in the state primary and no delegates"

BobtheFascist: steve_s - The best Ron Paul and his supporters will do at the Repub convention in Minneapolis will be a small side show, unless the Republican party decides to meltdown right then and there as they all come to realize the epic ass whupping they are about to receive come November.

True. What's ironic is Ron won MN buy a pretty strong margin, IIRC.

If what I've heard is any indication, that small Ron Paul sideshow could well consist of 80% of all convention attendees, with a massive swarm of other supporters outside the facility.

Ron Paul supporters caused a cancellation of the Nevada state convention. The national convention will be far more hectic. I'm looking forward to seeing it first-hand. >:o)

Some may not have noticed, but most Ron Paul supporters are not of the armchair-support ilk who claim to "support" their commercial-brand candidate with loud spittle-flecked rhetoric, poor understanding of what their TV has told them to believe, and glazed lab-rat expressions.

Side-show? I'm skeptical that anyone will refer to it as a sideshow during or after the convention.

tallguywithglasseson: Well that idea that McCain campaign could implode between now and the Convention is a fairly reasonable one. The idea that the party would choose Paul over say Romney if such a thing happens is whats laughable.

"From what I've heard" seems like a defintive source of info to me. Yeah 80%, let's just pull numbers out of thin air. Good one.

So destroying the GOP in public is good way to move forward with your ideology? Sounds like adding another decade or two in the political wilderness to me.

/you RP guys crack me up.

steve_s: "From what I've heard" seems like a defintive source of info to me. Yeah 80%, let's just pull numbers out of thin air. Good one.

So destroying the GOP in public is good way to move forward with your ideology? Sounds like adding another decade or two in the political wilderness to me.

/you RP guys crack me up.

Showing support for a candidate in the running =! destroying the GOP. Try harder.

Mr Logo: steve_s: If you want small government move to a small country, however you will sacrifice small things like freedom, Democracy and a decent standard of living.

Err, big governments take away freedoms, they are less democratic, and they reduce prosperity.

Please name this freedom loving democratic small government paradise. Funny how the countries with a higher standard of living than the US, like Norway or Sweden don't have small governments.

It really sucks that the whole philosophy behind RP's campaign is being pushed aside because of his more rabid supporters.

I still like to think of how disconnected people are from reality when 51% of the population votes for Bush in '04...talk about crazy.

I'm sorry, I may not agree with the Democratic philosophy, but at least they still have an aura of sanity. When I think "Unadulterated insanity" I think of the current state of the Republican party.

Tacoby Bellisbury: steve_s: "From what I've heard" seems like a defintive source of info to me. Yeah 80%, let's just pull numbers out of thin air. Good one.

So destroying the GOP in public is good way to move forward with your ideology? Sounds like adding another decade or two in the political wilderness to me.

/you RP guys crack me up.

Showing support for a candidate in the running =! destroying the GOP. Try harder.


However, bringing up the tireless OBAMA=MUSLIM argument, like you do in every thread about him that you're in, = dipshiat.

Tacoby Bellisbury: steve_s: "From what I've heard" seems like a defintive source of info to me. Yeah 80%, let's just pull numbers out of thin air. Good one.

So destroying the GOP in public is good way to move forward with your ideology? Sounds like adding another decade or two in the political wilderness to me.

/you RP guys crack me up.

Showing support for a candidate in the running =! destroying the GOP. Try harder.

Hey its you RP guys calling for the open revolt and overthrow of John McCain at the Repub convention, not me. Careful what you wish for.

SpyroChiro: It really sucks that the whole philosophy behind RP's campaign is being pushed aside because of his more rabid supporters.

I still like to think of how disconnected people are from reality when 51% of the population votes for Bush in '04...talk about crazy.

I'm sorry, I may not agree with the Democratic philosophy, but at least they still have an aura of sanity. When I think "Unadulterated insanity" I think of the current state of the Republican party.

He doesn't believe in separation of church and state. Enough of a reason for me not to vote for him right there.

steve_s: "From what I've heard" seems like a defintive source of info to me. Yeah 80%, let's just pull numbers out of thin air. Good one.

So destroying the GOP in public is good way to move forward with your ideology? Sounds like adding another decade or two in the political wilderness to me.

/you RP guys crack me up.


The GOP has already done a fine job of destroying itself. The GOP is over with for the next few years, and the credit goes to you and all of those who will also spin their pure fail as a win. Good work... Now go get a job at Chase cuz I've got some put options on them for Q4 and every ounce of fail helps.

steve_s: Hey its you RP guys calling for the open revolt and overthrow of John McCain at the Repub convention, not me. Careful what you wish for.

McCain isn't a Republican any more than you are. What are you, retarded?

If McCain were a Republican, a registered Republican like me would be supporting him.

You dolt, JFK was a better Republican than McCain. Go suck Dick Cheney, you neocon filth.

Top story at the Seattle Times: Ron Paul may have as much as 40% of Washington state delegates. Never underestimate the collective power of unmedicated mental patients

Huh. Maybe Reagan releasing all those mental patients onto the streets in the late 80's wasn't such a good idea after all.

Just this morning on the drive to work, I passed a guy with huge "Ron Paul 2008" decals on the rear and side windows of his car.

I_Approve_Of_This_Message: Not shocked by this. In 1984, the Republicans in Washington State nominated Pat Robertson.

Came to say this.

As an officially medicated mental patient (as of yesterday - really!), I'll take RP over McCain any day. Sorry I just can't stomach Obama's socialist policies anymore than I can stomach McCain's fascist leanings.

Probably after a couple more days on the drugs, I'll be too zombified to care anymore, so whatever.

steve_s: Hey its you RP guys calling for the open revolt and overthrow of John McCain at the Repub convention, not me. Careful what you wish for.

Yeah, let's have some more sweeping generalizations.


Go play hockey or fark a moose or something.

I enjoyed voting for Ron Paul. Would I rather have McCain or Paul? Paul. Would he shake up the country.....?

*rolls on floor in stitches laughing*

You want change :P

/voting for Obama in November though.
//but I really enjoyed voting for Paul. He's just a firecracker of awesome

Superjew: Top story at the Seattle Times: Ron Paul may have as much as 40% of Washington state delegates. Never underestimate the collective power of unmedicated mental patients

Huh. Maybe Reagan releasing all those mental patients onto the streets in the late 80's wasn't such a good idea after all.

Maybe, but probably not:

I'm pretty sure that the American Paranoid Schizophrenics Party of which every Christian Conservative and Neocon are outspoken members -- when they aren't hiding from imagined hordes of terrorists -- are backing McCain while the American Irresponsibly Spineless Coalition is backing one of the Democrats.

In fact, if you eliminate all of the spineless people, the religious extremists, the power-mad, the chickenhawks, the hopelessly stupid, and the neocons from the demographic, you'll likely find that most of those who remain are successful businessmen who are also Ron Paul supporters.

Tacoby Bellisbury: steve_s: Hey its you RP guys calling for the open revolt and overthrow of John McCain at the Repub convention, not me. Careful what you wish for.

Yeah, let's have some more sweeping generalizations.


Go play hockey or fark a moose or something.

Nice comeback. Where did you learn to argue so effectively?

Moose are too big, I prefer a nice docile deer. Now that summer is here, we have to play road hockey.

steve_s: Tacoby Bellisbury: steve_s: Hey its you RP guys calling for the open revolt and overthrow of John McCain at the Repub convention, not me. Careful what you wish for.

Yeah, let's have some more sweeping generalizations.


Go play hockey or fark a moose or something.

Nice comeback. Where did you learn to argue so effectively?

Moose are too big, I prefer a nice docile deer. Now that summer is here, we have to play road hockey.

I'd take you more seriously, but you put gravy on french fries.

Is this the Ron Paul thread where I scorn common sense and tell anyone who doesn't support Dr Paul that they're fascist, socialist, Constitution-hating sheep who are scarcely worthy of my scorn, and who deserve the doom that is neigh approaching?

It IS? Oh good.

RON PAUL