Ron Paul Supporters Here?

[FutureCarmeliteClaire]

[quote name='qfnol31' timestamp='1334865380' post='2420790']
I'm just curious what would happen if Ron Paul decides not to run and all the other candidates running are as terrible as Obama and Romney. Will people here not vote in that case?
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I suppose some would not vote. If I were old enough to vote, I wouldn't. I doubt that there would be NO ONE running third party who wasn't good, though.

Edited April 19, 2012 by FutureCarmeliteClaire

[Aloysius]

there is no reason to vote if you do not favor any option over any of the other options. if it was my estimation that every person on the ballot was a tool of the same behind the scenes oligarchy that actually rules this country and would therefore not, in effect, do anything differently in any substantial way that matters to me, (ie Romney and Obama), I would write-in a protest vote. either for Winchester or Ron Paul.

[Winchester]

[quote name='mcts' timestamp='1334858946' post='2420716']
I suppose I'd vote for him. I'm certainly not voting for Romney. I was fully prepared to support the Santorum campaign with full force. I understand why he had to drop out, though.
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNiVaFKomlI[/media]
A liar, and an idiot.

[Norseman82]

[quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1334845609' post='2420593']
Non Serviam. Paul or nobody.
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Careful - those who cry "The whole loaf or none!" often end up with "none".

[Winchester]

[quote name='Norseman82' timestamp='1334882724' post='2420994']
Careful - those who cry "The whole loaf or none!" often end up with "none".
[/quote]
I'll take my chances.

[kujo]

[quote name='USAirwaysIHS' timestamp='1334859867' post='2420726']
He's a big government businessman. People say that a businessman is what we need right now.

How's that working out for us with our hairless turd in Tallahassee?
[/quote]

To say that Ro[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]mney = the sche[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]ming, swindling Volde[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]mort lookalike, Rick Scott, is a tre[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]mendous insult to Governor Ro[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]mney. I a[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]m quite well acquainted with Gov. Scott, and let [/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]me tell you--he's a flippin' idiot! Not only did he steal [/font][b][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]millions and [/font][/b][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][b]millions of dollars[/b], but he's a flat-out [/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]moron! [/font]

[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]You can take issue with Ro[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]mney's conservative bona fides, but he is [/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]more than just a "business[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]man." [/font]

Edited April 20, 2012 by kujo

[Vincent Vega]

[quote name='kujo' timestamp='1334886110' post='2421055']
To say that Ro[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]mney = the sche[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]ming, swindling Volde[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]mort lookalike, Rick Scott, is a tre[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]mendous insult to Governor Ro[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]mney. I a[/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]m quite well acquainted with Gov. Scott, and let [/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]me tell you--he's a flippin' idiot! Not only did he steal [/font][b][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]millions and [/font][/b][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif][b]millions of dollars[/b], but he's a flat-out [/font][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]moron! [/font]
[/quote]
You don't need to convince me of the worthlessness of Rick Scott.

[kujo]

[quote name='USAirwaysIHS' timestamp='1334886262' post='2421059']
You don't need to convince me of the worthlessness of Rick Scott.
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Wasn't aware you were a Florida rez. What part of A[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]merica's tail do you live in?[/font]

[ardillacid]

I'll probably vote for my good buddy Ron. Or Leto II. Or myself.

[qfnol31]

Ron Paul is just another way for the establishment to ensure that Obama gets another term.

[Vincent Vega]

[quote name='kujo' timestamp='1334886552' post='2421065']
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Wasn't aware you were a Florida rez. What part of A[font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]merica's tail do you live in?[/font]
[/quote]
Gainesville for school, but home is Jacksonville.

[Winchester]

[quote name='qfnol31' timestamp='1334887555' post='2421078']
Ron Paul is just another way for the establishment to ensure that Obama gets another term.
[/quote]
If Ron Paul were controlled by the Establishment, you might have a point. In fact, suggesting Ron Paul as a kind of false flag operation would probably get the conspiracy nuts up in arms. Maybe it would distract them from their incredibly stupid theories about the collapse of burning buildings being impossible.

[r2Dtoo]

[quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1334936494' post='2421262']
If Ron Paul were controlled by the Establishment, you might have a point. In fact, suggesting Ron Paul as a kind of false flag operation would probably get the conspiracy nuts up in arms. Maybe it would distract them from their incredibly stupid theories about the collapse of burning buildings being impossible.
[/quote]
You don't have to know that you're serving the other side's interests in order to do so. You just need some naivete.

People who think a third party candidate has a chance of winning don't know what they're talking about. That's the point of third parties in America really, to take votes away from serious candidates.

[4588686]

[url="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/03/does-the-romney-ron-paul-pact-make-paul-a-sellout/253805/"]http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/03/does-the-romney-ron-paul-pact-make-paul-a-sellout/253805/[/url]

[quote name='Winchester' timestamp='1334936494' post='2421262']
If Ron Paul were controlled by the Establishment, you might have a point. In fact, suggesting Ron Paul as a kind of false flag operation would probably get the conspiracy nuts up in arms. Maybe it would distract them from their incredibly stupid theories about the collapse of burning buildings being impossible.
[/quote] [url="http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/03/does-the-romney-ron-paul-pact-make-paul-a-sellout/253805/"]http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/03/does-the-romney-ron-paul-pact-make-paul-a-sellout/253805/[/url]

[brianthephysicist]

[quote name='r2Dtoo' timestamp='1334945012' post='2421309']
You don't have to know that you're serving the other side's interests in order to do so. You just need some naivete.

People who think a third party candidate has a chance of winning don't know what they're talking about. That's the point of third parties in America really, to take votes away from serious candidates.
[/quote]

If everyone that wanted to vote third party stopped whining about the viability of third party candidates and actually started voting for them, then they'd [b][i]BE[/i][/b] viable.