who suffers the view that Ron Paul has more than a 1% chance?

[ancient_philosophy]

Ron Paul, who?

Ron Paul, whos that?....

honestly, even if the man gave 90% of his money to pro-gun groups.....who here is suffering the delusion that this nobody has more than a 1% chance

a snowflakes chance in Hades.

im having flashback to when that midget billionaire (what was his name??!!!) was talked about.....but was as much a dud as wet gunpowder. :banghead:

John McCain has 20X the election potential Ron Paul does, and McCain is slipping faster down the political toilet than used TP.

 

[RobTzu]

He has a good chance. NH has a good amount of Libertarians and I expect him to get 10-15%. If he does, he will be taken seriously No other Republican is anti-war, he should get all that voting bloc. We well see. If he gets less than 10%.. well, hopefully he can roll campaign cash into his congressional campaign.

 

[ArmedBear]

He's good for more than 1%.

Maybe only 1.1%, but I'd put a few bucks on "over 1%".

I wouldn't bet a dime on him to win, however.

 

[physics]

The election is still a long ways away, he still has a chance.

 

[ancient_philosophy]

quote:::
"NH has a good amount of Libertarians and I expect him to get 10-15%"


Libertarians dont believe in taxation, but expect the military , roads, etc to be paid for my magic fairies who throw money from the sky.


NH is not representative of MOST of the south, MOST of of Right-wing midwest, ...and NONE of the SE.

I remember George Clooney (looney clooney) father running on an anti-gun ticket here in KY.

thats like a gay-hating pro-gunner trying to get elected in San Francisco

 

[skinnyguy]

The so-called "midget" was Ross Perot, and I voted for him. The underdog here is Ron Paul, and even if his name isn't on my ballot when I go in to vote, it will be after I'm done voting.

 

[cbsbyte]

Oh **** another Ron Paul thread. These threads are worst than cancer.

 

[samtechlan]

honestly, even if the man gave 90% of his money to pro-gun groups.....who here is suffering the delusion that this nobody has more than a 1% chance... Libertarians dont believe in taxation, but expect the military , roads, etc to be paid for my magic fairies who throw money from the sky

"Nobody"? Wonderful understanding of the Libertarian philosophy by the way. Once again folks putting forward their own ignorance as a debating point.

If you really want to go by polls at this point then pack it in because almost all polls show Obama or Hillary winning it all. And you seem to put a lot of stock in today's polls.

 

[camslam]

While old Ron has some good ideas, especially regarding following the constitution, his foreign policy is a mess and shortsided.

Does he have a chance - no.

Do we need something different than what we currently have - yes.

Is it going to matter in 08' - Hurts to say, but I doubt it.

 

[Regolith]

I don't really care what chance he has. I am no longer willing to condone the lesser evil. And the more people who wake up and realize that the lesser evil really isn't, the better.

 

[Sage of Seattle]

I've been on THR for a little over a year now and I think this thread is the worst example of a troll that I've read.

I guess the Ron Paul Megathread(TM) or the Ron Paul Megathread Part Deux(TM) isn't enough, so this thread has to be started?

 

[nobody_special]

this nobody has more than a 1% chance...

Ok, sorry but I must put these rumors to rest.

I am not, in fact, Ron Paul.

 

[samtechlan]

his foreign policy is a mess and shortsided.

So the foreign policy as advocated by the founding fathers is a mess and shortsighted. Compared to what, the Bush/neocon, cakewalk in Iraq, screw up Afghanistan foreign policy? That is a good one.

 

[glockman19]

My guess is he will out do McCain. His campaign won't make it to November.

 

[RobTzu]

Libertarians do not expect magic fairies to sprinkle taxes from the sky. We just want excise taxes. And a hugely reduced role of the state. Forced Benevolence is theft. "A liberal is someone who cares so much about poor people that is he willing to spend your money to help."*

*copyright 2005 -Me

 

[HiroProX]

Considering that the current GOP "top two" are both more of the same Rockefeller Republican, east coast socialists...

What praytell IS the choice?

Dr. Paul looks better to me than the rest of field of socialist thieves, robbers, and scumbags. So that's who I'm backing.

 

[gego]

Ron Paul has stated that he is surprised to be doing as well as he is. He has also stated that he did not really know how much of the remnant was out there (freedom loving individuals) to hear his message.

So his current chances are not as good as Hillary, which should give you a fairly good understanding of the American public. But if you ever study how ideas penetrate a society, you need to identify the growth curve. How fast is acceptance of the idea doubling? (You know the deal about doubling a penny for each square on the checkerboard, and how huge the last doubling on the last square is.)

If his third quarter contributions are less than, or not significantly more than the second quarter contributions, then he might as well pack it up. To maintain his huge current rate of growth, he would need to collect about $12 million in the third quarter, so if he does that or better, then I think that he has a much better chance than anyone can imagine. It is all related to exponential growth; all the big gains are at the end of the growth curve, not at the beginning, so when you see someone rise from obscurity to fame, seemingly out of the blue, it is because their acceptance is on an exponential growth curve with a high rate of doubling.

Right now, without adequate statistics, it is hard to say. I bet if the Ron Paul campaign took the log of daily hits to their website and fitted a line with a third or fourth degree polynomial formula, they could get a good indication of their momentum and growth curve, and where they might be by the end of the year.

 

[LAK]

Ron Paul who? The Ron Paul who topped an ABC News poll by a ... uh ... "slim" margin

http://abcnews.go.com/politics/beseenbeheard/popup?id=3135373&POLL288=4000000

Ron Paul's election chances will with certainty be limited - with vorciferous malice - by the corporate oligarchy running this country since the 1960s. The consequences of their stranglehold on this country and their not so thinly veiled global socialist agenda are already very apparent.

This is our last chance; slim or not. A vote for anyone else is a vote for them. If their stranglehold continues, the fruits of their agenda will be the eradication of everything that significantly differentiates this country - ideologically, culturally and legally - from the rest of their global plantation.

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http://searchronpaul.com
http://ussliberty.org
http://ssunitedstates.org

 

[Finch]

I used to think that Ron Paul didn't have a chance. But then I listened to him, I read about him, I looked at his voting record. I could care less what his chance is. But if I vote for him in the primaries, I can rest assured that I was not apart of the problem that is constantly perpetuated in American politics. I can rest assured that I voted for a man who would do this country right by obeying the constitution. So if the the unfortunate happens and Clinton/Obama/Romney/Guiliani gets elected, then I can sit back and honestly say "Hey, not my fault our liberties are going to $#!%"

Besides, if you go to Alexa and plug in some numbers, you would find some interesting things.

Here are some three month averages in page rankings.

Ron Paul - UP 1,753%

Romney - UP 53%

Tancredo - UP 40%

McCain - DOWN 4%

Hillary Clinton - DOWN 30%

Obama - DOWN 53%

Guiliani - DOWN 20%

Edwards - DOWN 47%

Interesting results to say the least....

 

[Michigander]

John McCain has 20X the election potential Ron Paul does, and McCain is slipping faster down the political toilet than used TP.

If Ron Paul was not in the race, McCain would be doing a lot better.

 

[pacodelahoya]

Ok A P
so who are you gonna vote for? I'd like the chance to belittle you and your candidate .

 

[GoSlash27]

who suffers the view that Ron Paul has more than a 1% chance?

I do.

 

[Marshall]

Ron Paul - UP 1,753%

10 votes x 1,753% = 175.3 votes.

Yep, he has a chance to got over 1%, maybe.

 

[araiford]

Jimmy Carter barf had similar chances 18 months before his election.

 

[araiford]

Why does Ron Paul inspire so much dislike from those who should (on paper, at least) be his biggest champions?