Who are our troops supporting for President?

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They are supporting every candidate there is.

Contrary to what any special interest groups or biased new channels want you to believe, the military is made up of the same people that the whole country is made up of.

I doubt that link means much. $22,000 isn't much money any way you cut it.
 
........ This year I am not sure who to support. Ron Paul? He has a cold day in hell's chance of winning against Obama or dare I say it Hillary. The rest are just as bad as the democrates :(
 
"Ron Paul? He has a cold day in hell's chance of winning against Obama or dare I say it Hillary."

Anybody ever hear of self-fulfilling prophecies? Vote your conscience, not the odds.
 
Anybody ever hear of self-fulfilling prophecies? Vote your conscience, not the odds.
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Haha. All I am saying is you get to choose between a ****** bag and a turd sandwich when its all over and its been that way for a long time... Primaries vs General Election... two seperate stories.
 
saw this quote....made me think of Ron....and all of us kooks that will vote for him:

"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." ~ John Quincy Adams
 
Paul would trounce Hillary. Her so-called "base" prefers him because he was on their side on every issue that was important to them while she wasn't.
 
"the military is made up of the same people that the whole country is made up of."

Does that include the middle aged, the elderly and the unemployed, etc.?
 
I doubt that link means much. $22,000 isn't much money any way you cut it.
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I agree. For a US Presidential bid, that's chump change. You could get your senior advisers haircuts or something with that.

I still find any statement of Ron Paul's viability interesting at least. The sheer vociferousness of his supporters alone reminds that there is a much wider political spectrum in this nation than is often reflected.
 
"Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost." ~ John Quincy Adams
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+1. Good thing the Founding Fathers and the soldiers who volunteered to
fight in the Revolution ignored the odds at the time.
 
"the military is made up of the same people that the whole country is made up of."

Does that include the middle aged, the elderly and the unemployed, etc.?
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I'd ask the same question.

Also, Ron is the only Republican candidate that has a chance of beating Hillary or Obama.
 
He still has more moeny than McCain.
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A 102yr old man has a better pulse than Elvis. It doesn't mean he is in good health though. According to the fundraising report I saw this morning, Ron Paul raised $2.4 million this last period - which is impressive fund raising given the difficulties he faces and helped by the fact he spent wisely. McCain though raised $11 million over the same time period. The reason Ron Paul has more money is not because he is gaining support and money; but because McCain spent $13 million during the same period. In other words, McCain truly is a heir to GWB's legacy...

For further comparison, Obama raised $33 million over the same time period and Hillary raised $27 million. Perennial butt-of-jokes, Dennis Kucinich raised $757,000 over the same period. Financially, Paul is doing about as well as Biden, who is basically in the race as a suicide bomber for Hillary (i.e. he isn't there to win, he is there to take out candidates that threaten Hillary).

Comparatively, candidates like Obama and Hillary have $59 and $53 million respectively.

I'm not saying people shouldn't vote Ron Paul, on the contrary, I would like to see him do well and if you can't vote your principles in the primary election then you might as well give up on voting at all. When the general election comes around though, it is going to be time to pick the most pro-gun candidate out there and get behind them regardless of whether you wanted them there. If Ron Paul supporters want him to be that candidate they need to start coming up with much better funding than this.

Again, I'm not trying to belittle Rep. Paul, I am just explaining that if you think $2.4 million is progress, you are in for a disappointment.
 
I doubt that link means much. $22,000 isn't much money any way you cut it.
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No that is not a lot of money. that just shows where the money is coming from, who is donating.
On the other hand the candidates with a lot of money are spending it wildly (like they do in DC), with very little gain. Romney has pumped up his numbers from his own pocket. McCain is closing offices and firing staff, and is in a tailspin. Rudy is losing support.
Ron Paul is growing, despite efforts to silence him. The folks making signs(seen any homemade signs for the others?) and handing out fliers are not paid to do so. The on line support has no Dollar figures.
People support him because of the message.
Freedom is popular.
 
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