Comments on: Understanding the Ron Paul Win at CPAC

By: David S.

David S. — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:47:42 +0000

I like Ron Paul. Individual liberties slip away slowly with the passage of many of the laws. Freedom to spend your money the way you choose slips away a little at a time with a tax increase here and there, and with the gradual erosion of the value of money (just ask your grandpa what he paid for something 50 years ago). If you think America is in SERIOUS trouble, then take a hard listen to what Ron Paul says himself, not what others try to paint him as. You will see that his heart beats true with immense love of this country. He has woken many up and they are enthusiastic about getting involved, and in many cases trying to make up for lost time with regard to political involvement. I understand their zeal.

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By: Brent S

Brent S — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:05:51 +0000

I enjoyed this post. I’m a Ron Paul supporter, so I was extremely happy to hear the results of the poll, but at the same time I was very much aware of the poll’s futility. With the heavy CFL and YAL presence at CPAC the poll results were not very surprising. Even so, I don’t think anyone should underestimate Ron Paul if he decides to run in 2012. He’ll be able to raise a lot of money and he’s gained a lot of credibility on economic issues. Fixing the economy will be a lot more important than the trivial 9/11 conspiracy theorists who support him. Run Ron Run!

By: @stackiii

@stackiii — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:23:51 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I posted something similar on Saturday evening. Since I did, I’ve been told I’m on “Team Palin,” that I’m a neocon, that I “just don’t like the fact that Ron Paul won CPAC.” None of those epithets could be further from the truth.

*sigh* This is what happens when a cult of personality is built around an individual. We saw it happen with Obama and Palin, and Paulites can’t see the forest through the trees.

By: politicaljules

politicaljules — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:04:30 +0000

Thanks you so much for this post. I was losing some trust in the people who attended CPAC. I don’t hate Ron Paul either. I just think we guarantee BHO a second term with a RP ticket. He is too divisive and his followers are a little too fringe for most of us. He’s a great representative in Texas and he should continue to push for legislation to audit the Fed and abolish the punitive Income tax. That’s his niche. He’s good at it and his followers could do more good supporting those initiatives rather than trying to divide and hijack the tea party movement.

It really gets ridiculous when RP supporters start screaming that they were the original tea party movement. They should know by now that no one owns the tea party movement. NO ONE! Not even R.Paul.

It worries me with their radical nature that they are too easily influenced by the disillusioned radical obama supporters. In fact it still worries me, and I would hate to see a good group like Paul supporters lose their way, but they are hopefully mature enough to see that coming. Even from the most manipulative of progressives.

On a side note. I do see allot of similarities with the Debra Medina supporters and the RP supporters. She is one of his followers and seems to mirror some of his beliefs. The wishy washyness on the gov involvement in 9-11, and some of the language on taxes point to many similarities. Although, before I get blasted, I will point out that they have both since recanted their positions on 9-11. However, that is a position that is hard to shake off once you’ve let the cat out of the bag.

IMO, Medina would not make a good Tx governor. I also think it is quite possible that she is only a pawn for Kay Bailey Hutchinson. Once Medina loses the primary, she will throw her support to KBH, thus giving a rino some of the moderate and woman vote. These are sneaky tricks we have seen in the past and some we even suspected Paul might have been involved in. I guess, in my mind anyway, it will have to be revealed after March 2nd to see where Medina throws her support. My predictions say yes.