GOP Debate: Ron Paul is getting booed

Darla said:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/06/us/politics/06debate.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin

Look at this picture, couldn't one of them at least wear a different suit? Are they all wearing the same suit here? And how many red ties, for God sakes? I would just die if I were a republican. That's what you've got. Wow. I'd run across the street, crossing myself the entire way, if I saw that group walking towards me.
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Well, at least Rudy isn't in a dress. That's actually a pretty nice suit he has on.
 
Cypress said:
Well, at least Rudy isn't in a dress. That's actually a pretty nice suit he has on.
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He probably was too scared to wear a dress. Imagine if Larry Craig had shown up in the audience wearing the same one? Any woman can tell you, that is just a die for moment.
 
blackascoal said:
Ron Paul is serving his only useful function .. making the republican debates interesting in a goofy sort of way. Beyond that, he's useless.

Perhaps a Paul supporter can explain how he plans to win the republican nomination while at the same time being booed and dispised by republicans.
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Perhaps you can remember that we said we knew that R. Paul wasn't going to win. In fact, that we said that you spend an inordinate amount of time trashing somebody who won't even slightly likely be the nominee.
 
charver said:
Anyone else getting the opening credits to Reservoir Dogs?
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I was thinking the usual suspects.


Blackflag is right these guys will soon be dead and then who will the Neo Cons run?

One of these guys has to have a grand kid they can brainwash.
 
Darla said:
I didn't see the debate. I find the whole bunch of them hard to stomach.
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I hear that. It's like not tasting the mystery leftovers in the ziplock baggie you find way back on the second shelf of the refrigerator. It may not kill you but what's the point?
 
blackascoal said:
Ron Paul is serving his only useful function .. making the republican debates interesting in a goofy sort of way. Beyond that, he's useless.

Perhaps a Paul supporter can explain how he plans to win the republican nomination while at the same time being booed and dispised by republicans.
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From a controlled and selected audience.
 
Darla said:
I've seen them attempt to explain that. Apparently, FOX news is part of the vast conspiracy against Paul, and they fill their audiences with people who aren't really Republicans, in an effort to make Paul look bad. But, real Republicans love Paul and are very much against the Iraqi war and always have been. And that's why he is going to pull a surprise upset and gain the nomination.
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Certainly nobody around here has said this. But things are improving all the time. The recent activity in Texas where nearly 300 GOP convention delegates joined the campaign, and the debate last night in New Hampshire, where a Republican audience cheered the anti-war candidate, is a very promising sign.

Ron Paul began this campaign virtually alone except for those of us who have followed him for years, and he is picking up steam every day.

These facts are plain:

Fox News is a Neo-Conservative network that supports the war without question. It caters to an audience that supports the war and is comprised of many (but definitely not all) Republicans and not all eligible primary voters for the 2008 election.

You should take heed to the fact that at the last Fox News debate, Ron Paul won great accolades in this country for standing against Rudy Giuliani despite being shouted and clapped down in that South Carolina auditorium and in the later Fox News coverage.

People at home knew Ron Paul was courageously speaking the truth, and they know it today.

This time he stood up to not only Mike Huckabee, but took to task the entire field, the arrogant moderators, and the party establishment and had well over half of the audience with him throughout. It was an exceptional, daring performance for him that is paying dividends.

The AP summed up the debate and in landed in every major news source:

"Republicans, Paul spar on Iraq."

And that very evening, he won the Text Message poll by a significant percentage. Also, his campaign contributions--from college students particularly--shot through the roof that night. If you look at the debate footage and you see those blue haired ladies who sat unmoved, you'll see that they were contrasted by many, many young people who turned out to the debates in support of Ron Paul.

Ron Paul is gaining ground and cannot lose his base of support. He can only stand to bring more people into his growing coalition.

I don't pretend to have a crystal ball like seemingly everyone else, but I do know what I want for this country, and my fellow activists and I are gonna work for it by aiming for a win.

We have a candidate worth working for, with ideas worth striving for.
 
Damocles said:
Perhaps you can remember that we said we knew that R. Paul wasn't going to win. In fact, that we said that you spend an inordinate amount of time trashing somebody who won't even slightly likely be the nominee.
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I like trashing him .. what's the problem?
 
Adam Weinberg said:
Ron Paul is gaining ground and cannot lose his base of support. He can only stand to bring more people into his growing coalition.
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WHERE?

Where is this "gaining ground" actualized?

He's gone backwards in some polls.

He's not pulling in truckloads of cash, including fron the internet.

He doesn't have thousands and thousands of people greeting him on campaign stops.

Where is this support you speak of?
 
blackascoal said:
WHERE?

Where is this "gaining ground" actualized?

He's gone backwards in some polls.

He's not pulling in truckloads of cash, including fron the internet.

He doesn't have thousands and thousands of people greeting him on campaign stops.

Where is this support you speak of?
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Those polls literally do not matter. The performance on the ground in terms of activism and turn out should speak for themselves that Ron Paul has the strongest volunteer support base and it will translate into a dialogue that will turn a significant number of the Republican base to our side, it is already beginning to happen.

These polls you cite are based on name identification, and if you listen to them, then you're listening to bad information that tells you Rudy Giuliani and John McCain are what traditional Republicans want. Everybody knows McCain has had it, and if you saw Giuliani in debate last night, you'd see that he can't even sway a Republican audience in the Northeast.

Ron Paul, given the capacity of his base, is raising a significant sum of money through grassroots efforts to assure the future of a competitive, efficient campaign in an election where the nomination is wide open.

Watch and wait for the next quarter financial reports at the end of the month and the continued progress of the campaign as the field slims.

You'll certainly find a way to downplay that too, but fortunately, we're not seeking your support. We don't have to convince you, we just have to prove you wrong.
 
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