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Can McCain claim the Ron Paul votes?

politico.com — With iconoclast Ron Paul having ended his quixotic bid for the Republican presidential nomination — his platform had called for, among other things, ending the Iraq War, repealing the PATRIOT Act, returning to the gold standard and eliminating taxes on tips — his many dedicated supporters are up for grabs.

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  • inactive, on 06/23/2008, -0/+14Anyone who jumps from Ron Paul to McCain never agreed with Ron Paul in the first place.
  • btschul, on 06/22/2008, -1/+14No
  • franklymister, on 06/22/2008, -2/+11I can imagine a lot of Ron Paul voters going for Bob Barr, but I'd expect far less to go for McCain than anyone, even Obama.

    Chuck Baldwin, though? This is the guy who left the Republican party because Bush/Cheney was "too liberal," loves to rant about the danger of the "homosexualists" and the "NWO," wants to outlaw abortion in every case, including rape, incest, and the life of the mother, and is a vocal supporter of the 9/11 "truther" movement. Good luck with that guy.
  • tajitj, on 06/22/2008, -3/+10Go join Dr. Paul new organization "The Ron Paul Campaign for Liberty"

    60,000+ have signed up in the first week.
    http://www.campaignforliberty.com/

    Then join Dr. Paul in Minnesota on Sept 2nd! Democrats are welcome. All Americans are welcome.
  • ExOrienteLux, on 06/22/2008, -2/+8Franklymister,

    I agree. Chuck Baldwin may talk about the Constitution, but his and the Constitutional Party's religious rhetoric is disturbing. How can that possibly attract Libertarian minded Liberals?

    God doesn't need the state to enforce faith; enforced virtue is no virtue.
  • DragonDawg, on 06/22/2008, -2/+7Ron Paul supporters have proven that they are smarter than that!
  • Leadman584, on 06/22/2008, -1/+5Pastor Chuck Baldwin is very close to the moral majority. He will definitely siphon some of these votes from McCain. He has worked hard in helping Dr. Paul, but I disagree with his morality agenda.

    Bob Barr seems to have gone fully libertarian. His party gave him the nod on the sixth round of balloting.

    These men will garner most of the Ron Paul Republicans.
  • stealthcat42, on 06/22/2008, -2/+6Since neither of the two republicrat candidates offers anything close to Ron Paul's message of liberty, there is no point in voting for either. I refuse to be frightened by the "lesser-of-two-evils" that the Republican and Democratic party powers push. The obvious answer for me is that "Ron Paul" will gain the Ron Paul votes. At least my conscience can be clear.
  • btschul, on 06/23/2008, -2/+5Short answer: No. Long answer: No, and go ***** yourselves you ignorant cockbags. I consider your statement that RP supporters are up for grabs uninformed.
  • btschul, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3amen
  • rapcrap187, on 06/23/2008, -0/+3Not a single smart supporter of Dr.Paul would ever imagine voting for Mccain.. ***** not a single smart person period should be voting for McCain.

    edit* how come every time Paul is mentioned quixotic almost always follows..... I don't think I've heard this word uttered more than a half a dozen times in my life except for the hundreds used to describe Ron Paul his supporters or his campaign.
  • TheJeffer, on 06/23/2008, -0/+2And then there will be some like me, who will write in Ron Paul. Yes, I know that it won't be counted. Yes, I know it will be merely a symbolic gesture. Nevertheless, I'll vote for the man I support, not the lesser of two evils.
  • Berkana, on 06/23/2008, -0/+2I second that. I'd sooner write in Ron Paul than vote for McCain.
  • wreckosaurus, on 06/22/2008, -2/+3actually, the NWO and truther movement overlaps largely with the "revolution," and Paul himself is pro-life. I'd say Chuck Baldwin sounds to be about the closest thing to ron
  • Robjayne, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Does a bear crap in the bathroom?
  • lnardozi, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1Not gonna happen. Going to vote AGAINST EVERY REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE. I'll go back to being a Republican when the Republican party goes back to being Republicans.
  • btschul, on 06/23/2008, -0/+1I'm ***** right there with you. If people would stop being part of the problem and voting for the "lesser of two evils" and become part of the solution and vote for the best candidate, we might be able to get rid of this stupid 2 party system.
  • macdoodle, on 06/22/2008, -1/+1Obama has a JD in Constitutional Law.
    he's planning to reinstate many lost freedoms, civil and human rights. and has the training to get it done.

    i suggest even if your not for him check out issues on obama's website and weigh in.

    its not time yet a third party candidate can do it and we need repair or we lose USA alltogether.
    with MR WW-III i got my bennies scr3w the new vets ALREADY BEEN TO ISREAL TO CASUE TROUBLE between them and iran..
    who's gonna pay fro the oil wars the loss of middle class privacy rights and more,
    We will .
    who can help change it ...really? Obama.

  • sgiffy, on 06/23/2008, -2/+1Most were disaffected to being with and will remain that way. Its not like they are segment of voters the Republicans had and now are losing. No more then say Democrats with communists.
  • evanct, on 06/23/2008, -1/+0THAT'S wonderful, I'M GLAD you're SO EXCITED ABouT IT.
  • noseeme, on 06/23/2008, -6/+2Maybe only half of them, which means he'll add another 3000 supporters.
  • macdoodle, on 06/22/2008, -7/+2ALREADY been SEEING SOME RON PAUL ITES HEADED TO OBAMA.

    ESPECIALLY VETS on the VET ISSUES.

    obama-bond act began a huge flow.

    check out senator obama's page too.


  • NoStoppingUs, on 06/22/2008, -8/+1It's cute that Paul's own campaign says "oh god dont vote for Obama", yet all of the ron paul nutjobs on digg are not barack hussein obama nutjobs.

    just goes to show they're nothing but sheep!

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