Call me a troll... here's my case... then I'll shut up.

I agree with the original post. However, Ron Paul knows whats best,...and until he announces a 3rd party run we should support him as a Republican. But shit, 3 of my friends told me yesterday that they are now giving up on Ron Paul and our now backing Obama. So the poster is right. We need to make a quick bold decision right NOW, before we lose any more confused supporters. I will support Ron Paul till the end of my life no matter what. So eat shit haters.
 
speciallyblend said:
OUR MOVEMENT is just beginning your right:) but the republican party is dying this is a good thing;) we dont need the republican party,our movement will grow,we dont need the republicans and its pretty obvious the republican party doesnt want us,let them die,actually we can call it entertainment

i will stay republican until the day after convention day,but anyone thinking we will win the nomination thru a brokered convention is dreaming, we will not get the nomination ,the gop has done everything possible to make sure it doesnt happen, THIS IS REALITY to ignore reality is insanity..

good luck though within the republican party,it isnt going to happen anyone talling themselves it will,is lying to themselves. the republican party /gop has spoken already ,they endorsed the media blackout and endorsed the trashing of ron paul

RON PAUL 2008
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Perhaps this belongs on a different thread, but could a few of you please define "our movement". I have been a Libertarian since thee 70's and supported Ron Paul in 88. I also supported the decisions in the past not to run LP candidates against him in his home district. There are many libertarians supporting Ron Paul, but his campaign is not solely or even predominantly driven by libertarians. So what exactly is this movement you see growing? Is it build around Dr. Paul the man? Is it inclusive of libertarianism or separate? This is not a criticism, I'm just interested in what I've gotten myself into.
 
dan barry said:
I agree with the original post. However, Ron Paul knows whats best,...and until he announces a 3rd party run we should support him as a Republican. But shit, 3 of my friends told me yesterday that they are now giving up on Ron Paul and our now backing Obama. So the poster is right. We need to make a quick bold decision right NOW, before we lose any more confused supporters. I will support Ron Paul till the end of my life no matter what. So eat shit haters.
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You should have been propagandizing your friends all along about the "don't waste your vote" canard. Sounds like their support for Paul was soft. Now you have your work cut out for you to recover those votes. If he's the best candidate, you vote for him. Plain and simple.

And don't go chasing the 3rd party mirage. The fight over policy is in the republican party, against the neo-con wing. Abandoning the party is abandoning the fight. Some of the inveterate 3rd party posters on this board are trying to dilute Paul's forces so that the neo-con's can become further entrenched.
 
parocks said:
The MSM has been far worse to Dr. Paul than the Republicans have been.

Remember the Fox debate prior to NH? That was Fox who excluded Dr. Paul, not the New Hampshire Republican party.

Our enemy is the MSM, not the Republicans.

If you think the MSM will mention Dr. Paul within the context of a 3rd party run, you're solely mistaken, unless it's to help Hillary in some way.

By the way, many of us here support Dr. Paul because he is by far the best Republican running.
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Isn’t it entirely possible that the MSM would see Paul as a spoiler? Isn’t that helping Hillary?

Staying in the Republican race will make the movement stagnant. Jumping into the general election right now will create an entirely new level of enthusiasm.
 
literatim said:
Keep this trash out of Grassroots Central.
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Dont you ever have anytig good to say? All I ever see from you are insults directed at peoples intelligence and allegiance.

At this point I think your motivation is in question. Do you really think such a bad attitude is going to draw more people into the movement?

I think you are smarter than that. I think you know exactly what you are doing.
 
No 3rd Party or Independent run, thank you! You will figure out sooner or later as to why!
 
Redcard said:
No. They didn't.

In 2000, they hit .4%
In 1996, they hit 8.4%, but.. for some reason, they didn't try to claim any of the money in the following presidential election
In 1992, Perot had the lead, but dropped out.
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According to this link:

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0781450.html

In 1992 Perot got 19% (I think he dropped out, then got back in)

In 1996 he got 8.5%

Clearly, the Reform party had 5+% in successive general elections. Now they are a non-factor. The candidates list on their website include 3 people, one of whom is running for a township clerk.
 
The bottom line is that Ron Paul has been in this game for a long time and knows how to play it best. We should follow his lead and see where he takes us. If he feels the time is right for a 3rd party run, he will do so.

Keep up the support, keep waking people up with the Red pill as opposed to the Blue, and it will all pay dividends.

There certainly is a possibility that if he did choose to run 3rd party, many Democrats would be more likely come over to Paul that way than to vote for him as a Republican.

It is important to have open discussions, but the choice is Dr. Paul's to make.
 
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