I'm going to enjoy this.
"Real candidates have thousands of people show up to hear them speak at campaign stops .."
So does Ron Paul. 1100 people showed up in Greenville, SC. 2000 people showed up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Well over 1000 people showed up and voted in Ames, Iowa.
It's inaccurate to say most candidates have larger audiences. When Ron Paul held his own rally in Iowa after being excluded from a debate, his crowd of 1000 overpowered the other candidates' debate of only 600 audience members.
Frankly, in primary states some candidates will do stump speeches with as little as thirty people, so, that's not exactly true that the other candidates are often drawing more.
Obama draws 10,000 to California rally
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-03-18-obama-rally_N.htm
I could go on with other candidates if you like.
"His racist background..." (not true)
You might want to shut your eyes real tight here in hopes that it will just go away.
Neo-Confederate movement
http://web.archive.org/web/20000919191637/http://www.templeofdemocracy.com/Essay1.htm
Please name the neo-con that forced your candidate to attend a gathering of racists who are supportive of violence against gays and Lesbians, are openly racist and openly advocate a division of the United States of America .. just like Paul.
"Why do we need the federal government? There's no Cold War and no Communist threat. Many other nations are breaking into smaller and smaller pieces. The centralization of power in Washington occurred in a different time. Why not think about getting rid of the federal government, returning to the system of our Founders, and breaking up the United States into smaller government units?"
Break America up into nation-states????
Do a bit of research on the Political Cesspool where Paul has been a guest many times. It's the radio program for the White Citizens Council ... you'll find him listed under P, right above Prussian Blue, the white supremacist teenage singing duo.
http://www.thepoliticalcesspool.org/guestlist.php
Did Eric Dondero force your candidate to be a frequent guest on a white nationalist radio show? .. Or maybe that wasn't actually Ron Paul appearing. Perhaps it was an "aide", a "ghostwriter". a ghost.
The ONLY congressperson to get a 100% rating from John Birch Society.
http://votesmart.org/issue_rating_detail.php?sig_id=004474M
Go check out his connections to these people ....
Stormfront White Nationalist Community - Is Ron Paul the One
http://www.stormfront.org/forum/showthread.php/ron-paul-one-388512.html
Lake Jackson News: Clear Media Conspiracy Against Ron Paul
http://lakejacksonnews.blogspot.com/2007/05/clear-media-conspiracy-against-ron-paul.html
Heritage Front
http://www.heritagefront.com/updates/lobbyhf.html#9
Vanguard News Network, Larry Pratt, Chris Somcox, Council on Conservative Citizens, David Duke, and many others.
You'll notice that I didn't get into the newsletter evidence because you'll just deny it .. even though I have proof .. but let's see how easy you slide away from his participation with hate groups.
"delusional politics..." (doesn't matter what you say on this)
Good move on your part because your logic would be destroyed. They are myopic dreams with no applicable real world application. Don't think so .. try it.
"and vapid legislative record...." (considered by most--even detractors--to be the most principled and pro-Constitution in America)
That just means that you listen to jingles but don't know much about substance. I bet I know his legislative record better than you do. He's the most ineffectual Member of Congress. With all his years in Congress, doesn't chair a Commission, Committee, or Sub-Committee. .. Do you know anything about Congress .. I do. Do you know about HR 1146 .. I do.
"have caught up to him and he's already reached his peak of support..." (no, his base of support is growing, and will continue to grow as other conservative GOP candidates drop out).
Prove that. I don't mean in MySpace hits. I'm talking about real serious politics. He's going backwards is some scirntific polls. Don't believe that? .. He is down from his all-time record high of .. 3% .. back down to 2% or 0% in ALL the polls .. REAL polls.
Where's the money?
"People like myself who are actively working against Paul..." (and seemingly working for President Bush who you claim to like better)
I'm a liberal. I'm one of those people who told you Bush was an idiot before the rest of America figured it out. And because someone might say Hitler seemed better than Satan .. doesn't mean they like Hitler.
I used the Bush analogy as comparison to the scum of the bottom .. and said Paul would be worse than that. Doesn't mean I like scum.
"Are winning this battle." (Oh really?)
Really. Sorry, it's that reality thing that keeps getting in your way.
All we need do is present the facts and evidence and others will make up their own minds." (Well, so far you've only presented non-facts and made up stuff, in the interim, the man has been touring the country with actual facts and solutions to serious problems and has been winning support that way.)
I respect your right to have an opinion.
If Ron Paul had the background that you said he did, I would not support him.
With all due respect, I don't believe that. I would think more of Paul supporters if they just came out and said they don't give a damn about Paul's racist beliefs. Just say you aren't black or hispanic so why should you care?
I doubt if you'll do anything with that information than what you have ben doing .. simply reject it.
Fortunately, I know you're desperate to oppose his economic views--seemingly have no strong opinions about the war or you'd at least give credit where credit is due--and thereby want to slander his social views with inaccurate information.
You've already lost in the realm of public opinion and the media. Nobody is saving your magic nuggets of wisdom for a rainy day when they need it, the information you peddle is DISCREDITED.
Myself, a Jew who is no stranger to what bigotry looks like, and my associates in the grassroots effort, from all backgrounds and ethnicities, believe in the optimistic message of the Constitution much more than the dismissive, unhopeful attitude you have repeatedly shown.
Keep the day job. Psychology is not your bag.
I oppose his economic views because they've been historically proven to be an absolute failure. The lassiez-fare system that "free marketism" is based on has itself never been fully realized, not even in France where it was born, and attempts at it have failed .. thus today EVERY industrialized nation opperates on a mixed economy. Lassiez-fare thinking and the hording of gold, another stupid Paul idea, led to the Great Depression.
I am an antiwar liberal who has been against this mnidless war before it even started .. AND .. has been part of the media, political, and grassroots movement against it .. sometimes, an intergral part.
About those "magic nuggets" .. wrong again. Don't know how, do ya'.
Please, save the speech about bigotry.
And save that bullshit about "optimistic message of the Constitution." I don't look for solutions to today's society 200 years in the past to a document that was written by and for white men only. The Constitution was great beginnings but if you know anything about it's history then you'd know that even Jefferson didn't want to ratify it unless it was modified or including what became the Bill of Rights. I believe in a living Constitution that adapts to modern society.
Feel free to challange any of this or debate about his politics, economic perspective, or racist history .. or not.
