What’s up with Ron Paul?
The above image was dugg pretty heavily today, and I think it’s worth reflecting on. What is the popular appeal of Ron Paul, and why is the Republican Party working so hard to suppress it?
I admire Ron Paul for bucking the Republican Party status quo and for his stance on the Iraq War. That’s about it, though. However, I think he is the candidate that best matches the modern Republican voter. Like Kucinich on our side, he should be a strong contender, but the Party leadership and big media don’t want to hear it.
One side note about the above image — I think it’s a bit misleading in one aspect. The major candidates don’t use meetup.com to organize their supporters. Instead, they have their own in-house systems that accomplish the same and more. So, the numbers in the image are a bit of apples vs oranges.
What are your thoughts about Ron Paul and about “minor candidates” in general?
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December 9th, 2007 at 6:44 pm
I was a “young” republican when Ron Paul was bucking the “big government” republican trend in the 70’s. He’s a 72 year-old guy now and appears to be a little out of touch. He also is “Right-To-Life” and I’m “Freedom of Choice”. He showed his cluelessness when he asked an aide,”What movies was he in?” when he met Tom Cruise. I know Cruise from “A Few Good Men” so Paul may be a “Geritol” Republican that will need industrial strength Geritol when the primary season starts. Most libertarians are pushing Paul so that’s the reason he’s getting a lot of coverage.Paul was a Libertarian presendential candidate ONE time but Paul actually is a republican congressman down in a south Texas district.I’ll be voting in democratic primary and I haven’t really looked at Texas ballot since it will not be printed until Jan.
December 9th, 2007 at 11:30 pm
Yeah, I guess this is Ron Paul’s second wind. He must have some savvy folks on his campaign staff, because he’s generating a lot of buzz on the internet. We’ll see how far he goes in the Republican primary, though. I’m guessing “not far.”