Is Ron Paul "Electable"?

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  1. MARIS61

    MARIS61 Real American

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    LOL indeed!

    Denny Crane, Champion for the Teacher's Union!

    Here's where that $77b really goes:

    http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/budget/fy2012/assets/education.pdf

    BTW, I can't think of a more wasteful use of the money than spending it on Macs when the entire business world uses pc's.
     
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    Back of the bus, eh?

    However, you are mistaken. Private schools exist only for the wealthy, and reserve the right to refuse admission to anyone.
     
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    Getting back to Paul, the subject of this thread, he might get my vote if he wasn't running as a Republican simply because of his strong support of the 2nd Amendment and his opposition to the Patriot Act.

    I agree with him on very few other issues, but these 2 are the most important issues for me.

    No other candidate has stepped up on either issue, and Obama is coming down hard on the 2nd Amendment right now.
     
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    So you favor the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan?
     
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    ...yes, vote Ron Paul 2012 [or you're in for more of the same...status quo policies]! :clap:
     
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    Charter schools dominate public schools. Public Schools waste hundreds of thousands of dollars just to fire ONE teacher, so spare me.
     
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    Also back to Ron Paul being electable.... He's been picking up some momentum in Iowa. If he wants to make a serious run he needs a lot more money.

    His son probably has a better shot to win, however his Son is 99% Ron Paul and 1% neocon on some stuff... The guy sounds more aggressive in foreign policy. I would not mind voting for Ron Paul or Gary Johnson as a third party candidate.
     
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    You know things are bad when George Will is calling on you to drop out of the race.

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    I honestly do not care if Paul makes the neocons lose.

    That's what they get for being big-government spending hypocrites.
     
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    I've always voted for the guy I wanted to win, never the lesser of two evils. I'd rather see Paul get 20% of the vote and Obama get another term than vote for Newt or Romney.
     
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    i am going to do this as well
     
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    I'll be voting for Ron Paul in the Idaho Republican primaries. No point voting Democrat in an Idaho primary.

    I don't see him beating Obama, but even if he did I'd prefer a principled person I disagree with to an unprincipled person I disagree with.
     
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    In the end, you'll settle for an unprincipled person you agree with?

    :)
     
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    What if they held an election and nobody voted?
     
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    A better move would be if nobody paid their taxes.
     
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    i like his foreign policy and drug policy..the rest no bueno for me
     
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    I'll be happy to see Mitt beat Newt (if it happens).

    But yeah I'm still voting for Paul in the general election.

    Well you need to take a look at Europe, brah.
     
    huevonkiller, Dec 15, 2011
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    http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/15/politics/ron-paul-iowa/index.html
    Paul could pull off an upset in Iowa
     
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