Ron Paul

Nov 28, 2007 09:47

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ctop November 28 2007, 19:12:25 UTC
Is a jackass who has the potential to split the conservative vote. A potentially positive jackass.

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h4ppydaze November 28 2007, 20:11:30 UTC
ha, indeed a republican split would be good. But he's not drawing republicans exclusively. What he's doing is taking a healthy portion of (mostly naive) young voters, for several reasons - he is making politics relevant, interesting, and more importantly, fresh for them. Can't be a bad thing.

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h4ppydaze November 28 2007, 20:14:46 UTC
I'm not saying he is the best candidate, I'm nowhere close to deciding who'd be best, but he's considered batshit insane mostly because of his economic views. Most people, who are avid supporters of fairly mainstream economics, dismiss him entirely as a wack-job. But then you look at Ron Paul economics and realize that it is pretty consistent with the Vienna or Chicago School of thought, which are both fairly respected economic doctrines, though heterodox ( ... )

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ctop November 28 2007, 20:38:42 UTC
Ummm, he's also considered batshit insane because white supremacists/neo-nazi's support him, his views privatizing more of the government (especially at the level libertarians want to) would turn our country into an even bigger cesspool of lobbying and no-bid contractual hell, he utilizes suspect methods of campaigning including enlisting spam-bots and dipshits on the street fresh off the LaRouche wagon-- and ultiamtely doesn't offer anything tenable in terms of policy.

Don't get sucked into this bullshit.

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h4ppydaze November 29 2007, 01:13:45 UTC
I'm not getting sucked into this bullshit ( ... )

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RE: batshit ctop November 29 2007, 05:22:33 UTC
See also (just from tonight's Repub debate ( ... )

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djfntstque November 29 2007, 01:04:51 UTC
ron pau-lol.

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h4ppydaze November 30 2007, 01:43:30 UTC
mmm puns

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h4ppydaze November 29 2007, 04:34:48 UTC
interesting take on it, I think his appeal comes from something else entirely

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djfntstque November 29 2007, 06:50:28 UTC
"currently"?

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