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- inactive, on 11/09/2007, -9/+70Every time Ron Paul is shown on TV more people like him.
He doesn't try to duck and dodge, he isn't pompous and full of himself like other candidates and his message of freedom resounds with all classes of people from all walks of life.
I am so glad he's running! - finnorlandkvis, on 11/09/2007, -4/+63This is the first time, ever, that I've voted for someone I'm excited to vote for, financially support, and work for. In the past is was a drag to even think about voting. Who wants to vote for the least of two evils? I knew nothing would change. Same crappo agenda no matter which party got in. That agenda was always: More control-freak government tyranny, less money in my check, more jobs shipped out of the Country, higher taxes, and mega loss of more freedoms. So, why bother to go to the polls. It's not gonna be that way this time. First time ever, I've had HOPE for the future of my beloved Country, children and grandchildren.
- agentx216, on 11/09/2007, -7/+63He got out the "sometimes they don't even list my name" and Wolf automatically moves on. That's the main reason he's at 2% in national polls!
- cindylauper, on 11/09/2007, -4/+33Gotta donate again...Ron Paul never fails to impress me
- dsmx, on 10/10/2007, -2/+23I find it disappointing that the only reason there interviewing him is because of how much he raised and not because of his policies. That just shows how wrong this election coverage is.
- SeethisPass, on 11/09/2007, -7/+27Here's another 5 bucks Ron, It's all I have for now, Keep up the good fight.
- speerross, on 10/10/2007, -1/+17"the system is so biased against allowing democratic competition...to me it's so ironic we go around the world spreading democracy by force yet theres some democratic short comings here in our country"
-Ron Paul
genius, he said what needed to be said. Reform democracy, allow the people more of a say in all key issues, end the 2 party system. - falcooonpunch, on 10/10/2007, -10/+24While I admire your support of Ron Paul, God had nothing to do with this. :P
- dpknc84, on 10/10/2007, -3/+16Donate to his campaign:
https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate - zephc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12That would be ballsy, but incredibly impractical. Remember, you don't win friends with salad.
- SiNN4R, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13You could if you wanted.. or you could just remain apathetic.
- AydenV2, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13It does when the only way to get the candidate any air time is to push his name all over the internet. Media is biased against him and we are pretty much the only way he has a chance of getting nominated.
- fightzero01, on 11/08/2007, -1/+12I couldn't agree more. I seriously can't wait to vote. I've often asked myself why we can't have candidates of the same caliber of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, etc.. Ron Paul is exactly this.
- reticulate, on 10/10/2007, -3/+13I believe he calls it a State issue, but someone may want to correct me on that.
- ErrorS, on 11/09/2007, -16/+25I'm not a Ron Paul supporter, I simply disagree with his views.. that being said:
I think the reason he doesn't show up in polls is simple. This may sound like an attack but it isn't and I am right about this.. the majority of his supporters are young.. young people are in college and young people live at home while trying to find their footing. I know when I lived at home up until I was about 20 years old, I didn't answer the phone a single time for any kind of poll or political message, even though I was interested in politics.
Those polls are for the head of the household, the people there to answer the phone. Our age group isn't part of who these pollsters call.. They don't take into account the time of day, multiple phones in a single household, indpendent views for a single household, etc.
Again, i don't like Ron Paul, I'm sick of seeing the most trivial of stories about the man show up on the front page of digg (whether you agree or not, RIGHT NOW, more people support Obama than Paul and we get MUCH less news on him).. It's obvious with that 5M he has more support than these polls show.. I don't think it's downright dishonesty for a lot of the pollsters (some, it's obvious it is) but their polling methods are flawed.
I know I'm going to get dugg down.. I can imagine Paul supports saying to themselves "HE DOESN'T LIKE RON PAUL? there must be something wrong wit hhim! BURN HIM! DIE!".. because, you know, someone who has an opposing viewpoint MUST be insane. - biggsdarklight, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11That is correct. He believes the Fed has no business mandating or prohibiting either of these things.
- pathy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Unless I'm reading something widly different, he's simply stating that young people don't answer the polls. Whether they're doing other things at the time, they aren't the person that picks up the phone (Which is perfectly reasonable - If you're living at home, is the main method of communication for young people their landline? I know for me it's email, IM, or my mobile - I very, very rarely have any friends phone me up on my landline.), or whatever else.
Their viewpoint and age are irrelevant, but the method the polls go about collecting their data is flawed. As he stated in his penultimate paragraph. - lordmetroid, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8I got several reports that Ron Paul isn't an electable option for people being called in the polls.
- biggsdarklight, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Well he supports "alternative energy initiatives" because he supports getting out of the Middle East. If we aren't able to pillage oil from those countries it's something we're inevitably going to have to look into. Why should a president have a position on Education in America other than getting out of the way of the states? The federal government has no business being involved in Education. He completely supports stem cell research, just not on the federal government dime.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7"Wolf Blitzer is just a twiddle dee talking head - asking canned questions - like a moron."
So, like everyone else in the MSM then? - dsmx, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6more to the point though unless you get mainstream news coverage no-one will vote for you.
- lcarsdeveloper, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8How good is this guy? Well I'm Australian and even I want to vote for him. But I can't do that. I want to donate, but I can't do that either. The only thing I can do is Digg any story that reveals what a geniune guy this is and highlights why more people should seriously consider voting for him.
- fxu1989, on 10/10/2007, -3/+9I believe young people have started a movement.
The Ron Paul '08 movement :D - brianbb98, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7i gave him 20 yesterday... every bit helps
- macman2k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5With respect to charity, if 51% of the people vote for government funded charities (SS, Welfare, ...) then that means that 51% of the people are "willing" to give their income for these causes. I vote AGAINST government charities AND I still give. So you argument that the "few" must force the "majority" to do something unatural runs contrary to freedom AND to reality.
- dt07, on 11/09/2007, -25/+30God Bless America
God Bless Ron Paul - MarvinGalaxy, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8Since I have been libertarian in my view for so long, I will definitely vote for Ron Paul if possible. Regardless, I dugg you up. I think you have a fair explanation of why young people aren't represented by polls. I would like to add that young people also don't vote as often so they are not considered as seriously as they should.
I agree that trivial stories of Ron Paul should be thinned and I think they have in recent weeks. This particular story is a big deal because it is one of the first big interviews he has had that will be viewed by a huge number of people. - mvent2, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6Yes. Its called "don't click on it".
- AydenV2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Yeah, I misread it and wasnt able to edit in time. Ignore the post.
- jeffiek, on 11/08/2007, -1/+6"more jobs shipped out of the Country, higher taxes,"
That's a good point often overlooked. High taxes, especially income taxes are effectively a tariff against the citizen. The word "tariff" is used to keep "them" out, under the pretext that it is good for the country. Mathematically, taxes have the same effect on the citizen as tariffs do on the foreigner. So higher taxes discourages local labor and gives an advantage to the foreigner, increasing the pressure to ship jobs out of the country.
When there are sound economic reasons, outsourcing is good for everyone. When they're the result of tax policy, everyone loses. - Syntaxis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5So can foreigners donate without, you know, ruining his right to become a president? I mean, it wouldn't surprise me if they kicked him out for illegal foreign donations or something.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5At least he made it on TV. If some hollywood bimbo got hurt or died as a result of overdose, etc Ron would have been cancelled, and we would have the next month of TV "news" covering the "story"
- mkrfctr, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4What if they are vegans who really like salad? Hmm...
- elnerdo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4But he's smart enough to know that, "The American public I represent are much more intelligent than getting their news from a moron like you" is not true.
- dm33, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Ron Paul doesn't just get support from young people, he gets support from all ages.
He shows up low in the polls because its so darn hard to hear about him if you don't live on the internet. Mass media erases him from reality. With most coverage you wouldn't even know he's running. Even to this day, look on MSNBC. There's not one story about him. But there are stories, headlines sometimes, about GOP candidates that received fewer donations.
The big corporate special interests have no interest in Ron Paul. They funnel money and attention to the mainstream candidates and just want Ron Paul to go away. - biggsdarklight, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5"I would like to have a libertarian solution to police forces, fire brigades, etc. "
Your question is really complex and I recommend checking out Lew Rockwell's site or the Ron Paul library for answers to this stuff. Note however police and fire are funded at the local level and have nothing to do with federal funding. I think the 9/11 responders did a lot better job than FEMA did. - jeffiek, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4"someone who has an opposing viewpoint MUST be insane."
Well yeah, what other explanation is there? :)
But your analysis is good. Polls are only valid when they are representative of population. This takes time to validate. In a situation like this, where change is rapid, the extrapolation to the general public falls apart. - macdude20, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5I wish I could dig you up a 100 times
- elnerdo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3This is partly because history has rubbed out the flaws of candidates like Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Lincoln.
- darnit, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It's CNN
- roho76, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6You're a ***** idiot. Ya those are his personal beliefs but he also believes that the federal government should not make laws governing such things. So don't try to pass off his personal beliefs as his political agenda. Your just making an ass of yourself.
- elnerdo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Most of the answers should be obvious because of his libertarian position:
Of course you can't NOT support alternative energy initiatives, but he wants the PEOPLE to have this initiative, not the government.
Same thing for stem cells. He supports scientific discoveries, but he's against dumb government spending
Anyway, his position on abortion is not the same as Bush's. He's PERSONALLY against it, but does not want the federal government to interfere with it. - TsuruchiBrian, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6If there was only some way you could find a way to resist commenting on Ron Paul stories.
- brandvegn, on 10/15/2007, -1/+4Dugg for ending 2 party systems.
- tehawesome531, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2We always end up voting between a giant douche bag and a turd sandwich.
- mtekk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2"I will definitely vote for Ron Paul if possible."
Even if he isn't on the ballot, you can always write in his name. - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4You know, Ron Paul is running for the Republican nomination. Not the Libertarian. He is Libertarian in many issues, but he's not when it comes to national borders and such. No, Ron Paul is a Constitutionalist. That is a far cry from a pure Libertarianism. You are worried about local issues. The states are to take care of that. Not the Federal Government.
- diggduggjoe, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Honestly, if we were for freedom, why not let the world vote with their wallets in our campaigns? Well, for one thing, guys running on limited use of our armed forces would win more. It is far better to have the Halliburton's and Blackwaters's donating, so only the true war mongers get elected. Like they said in the movie, "I just love the smell of napalm in the morning!"
Yeah, it smells just like money! - inactive, on 10/10/2007, -5/+7Go Ron Paul!!!
- tao52nyc, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2The Ron Paul campaign's fundraising goal for Q4 is $12 million - if they make it it will raise even more eyebrows than before.
But it really doesn't matter to me the size of campaign war chests - it's what's done with them that matters. We shouldn't feel intimidated but the massive cash infusions grabbed by the "leading" candidates. People like Hillary and Rudy NEED huge cash infusions because they literally need to "buy" voter support and loyalty, which can, nevertheless, shift on a dime. Let them waste their money, and in so doing show the world how'll they'll treat YOUR tax dollars when they get into office.
I give my time, money, and vote for Ron Paul freely - I consider his candidacy an incredible gift to America, and I can only give back in kind, with incredible gratitude. There is no other candidate who inspires this in so many. -
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