Ron Paul 2012
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- utopian0
Dr. Quack (aka) Dr. No (aka) Dr. Doomsday
Who could take this: arrogant, ignorant, self-absorbed, megalomaniac, old fuck seriously? This guy should be committed to a mental hospital or psychiatric ward of a general hospital.
- HijoDMaite0
Register now for an early seating voucher! Ron Paul at UCSD Friday May 4th.
- UKV0
I would describe myself as a politically disenfranchised moderate with a conservative background, and Paul is the first politician in a long time to bring a message of reform that resonates with me (I see both parties as terribly corrupt on a multitude of issue). I really hope he runs as an independent, and I would happily vote for him if only to send a message of dissent to the republican elite who insist on fielding totally out of touch sound-bite candidates.
- agreed, he has such a fervent following, it would be a shame to sweep him under the carpet in favour of romney._niko
- utopian0
Ron Paul's offspring...Rand Paul daddies boy, has a bigger ego, is more bat shit crazy and more fanatical than his wacko nut job father. Who would of ever guessed?
- it takes a fanatic to post about fanatics. :)
by the way hows your vote 4 obama working out for you. :)yurimon - seriously? You think Obama was the worste option?zarkonite
- Yes, and not even close.404NotFound
- it takes a fanatic to post about fanatics. :)
- utopian0
What a fucking a nut job Quack!
- BrokenHD0
Is there any reason why one should not vote for Ron Paul? Serious question. So far, I am liking this guy more and more.
- tanpopo0
Same guy?
- Handel0
Don't be fooled. He's a homophobic and racist Republican. He's never started a revolution and he never will.
- formed0
There are many reasons why one shouldn't, imho. He has some admirable views and you have to respect a guy that stands by his ideals for so long, but he would be horrible for our country.
"Free market" is a great buzz word and seems logical, on paper, but who controls things, then? The super wealthy and large corporations would, with no checks/balances anywhere. I fail to see how that wouldn't be massively worse than some kind of gov't run program (money goes to the same players, people would just have no say in what happens).
There are many other reasons, go listen to his answer to the question he got "should someone be allowed to die on the street if they can't afford health care". The answer, by his ideals, is "yes", if that person doesn't have health care.
I like his purity on many other issues, like foreign policy, but his uncompromising vision would not be good for a country.
As is, I would never consider voting for him. I do believe that health care should be a right, not only to those with a ton of money (that's how the "free" system works - money is power, and only money). "Free" markets are never truly free, anyhow (look at oil, banking, etc., etc.).
His "true" colors would come out if he did get more chance of being elected. He'd look fairly crazy, then, and would fall from popularity very rapidly (just like Cain/Perry/Bachmann did). Romney is the only R that stands a chance, and, personally, I don't see it being a big chance.
Things continue on, just as they always have. Too bad we haven't had one good discussion about real matters for our country and its people.
- 20120
I think it's a classic case of the guy who has no chance of getting elected being the most appealing because he can promise the moon.
But let's say RP did somehow get elected. It would be the most disappointing presidency ever. His supporters would be expecting a sudden change in economic policy, ending the Fed, mass shrinking of government, troops coming home, etc, etc..
But guess what, the President doesn't directly control any of those things. Unless you elect hundreds of Ron Paul clones to Congress, he would be blocked at pretty much every turn.
- ThePublics0
"It would be the most disappointing presidency ever."
Impossible to top Obama in terms of disappointment.
- aldebaran0
"is this the guy who said hes gonna take out the F.E.D. if he wins?
if so, he'd be "mysteriously" dead a week after he won."It's more or less the reason why he won't win.
- BusterBoy0
If yanks cared to take a look outside their borders and see how universal healthcare works in most civilised countries, then perhaps attitudes may change a little.
- eating_tv0
^ you can forget about that. If they had wanted to really improve it, they would already have done so. I no longer care for the dysfunctional system that are American politics. Friends of mine who've gone to the US from Europe tell me other things (for instance, how cool the real people are).
Is there a shadow government in the US? As there is in Britain?
- Yes, it is called corporate America. Basically corporations with the most money have most influence.
monoblanco - yes. everyone else is fucked.mikotondria3
- there are conflicting interests.... medical costs will probably not go down for a long time, too much $$$ to be made....vaxorcist
- Yes, it is called corporate America. Basically corporations with the most money have most influence.
- randommail0
If I'm even a somewhat relatively affluent Republican, why would I vote against Obama? The market is looking pretty good. Taxes are great. Obama is pro-deregulation. Obama hasn't done anything to positive for social issues.
Rock the vote = rock the boat.
No need to if you're a conservative.