Chumlee from Pawn Stars endorses Ron Paul for president

[jkob]

Pawn Stars is a pretty good show and really popular. Cool that he likes Ron Paul, the more people see celebrities they like endorsing Ron the less scary he becomes.

 

[ThePursuitOfLiberty]

This is great - this show has a HUGE "older crowd" following.
Grassroots should TWEET to these guys to get them Ron Paul stuff on the show...
I can guarantee you, it will be worth it..

Someone pull the cross-tabs on the viewership of this show and how much it re-runs.

I can tell you this much - the "old man" and Rick (the owner) are probably both Paul supports, too.
Complete inference but anytime Gold comes up during the show, they have a hay day making points about inflation and what have you.

 

[tbone717]

Yes this is great. It is the number one show on history, and it was an endorsement not only from the guy who plays the buffoon on the show, but also Corey which makes it all the better. If Rick and the Old Man were to do the same it would be awesome. This show is huge and has a big following.

 

[SchleckBros]

Corey and Chumlee, that's awesome. Pawn Stars might be my favorite show on TV.

 

[White Bear Lake]

Haha, nice. My dad watches the show constantly and loves it. As others have said, I think it's one of the most popular cable tv shows not on ESPN.

Not a game changing endorsement, but I'll take it.

 

[speciallyblend]

He is portrayed as a likeable, lazy, 20-something screw up on the show.

and as usual none of that is true or he would be unemployed. That is just tv drama played up by the pawn shop for ratings drama. This is good news i think.

 

[moostraks]

I always loved Chumlee. He plays the goofball but he really seems to know his stuff. This just reinforces it.

 

[FreeTraveler]

good idea maybe they could sell some RP shirts or something

Nope, somebody should take in something like a Ron-Paul signed copy of something fairly rare -- maybe a copy of the LLepard ad, or that big photomontage of RP made from images of his supporters. Framed under glass. That would be a real piece of memorabilia worth discussing. Or maybe something he signed during his 1988 run.

Okay, Vegas gang -- Make it SO!

 

[smithtg]

a lot of bubbas and non bubbas like me watch the show and for the bubbas it will give them something to think about

 

[Original_Intent]

Ron Paul = so simple, even Chumlee gets it!

 

[UNC08]

not a great endorsement but it won't have an impact.

Curiously worded but also peculiar.

 

[trey4sports]

nice! I love the show.

I'm pretty sure "Rick" (main dude, Corey's dad) is NOT a Paul supporter. I've heard him say things that don't jive with a mises/revisionist version of history. It's cool though.... glad to see Corey and Chum support Ron.

 

[Deborah K]

Oh no! The lovable goof!

 

[LisaNY]

Can we confirm this is authentic and not the work of a hacker?

 

[ropa2012]

actually, at the risk of sounding rude, Chumlee is exactly the type of person we need to attract more of...he comes off as someone incapable of thinking on his own and isn't the typical type of person Ron seems to draw. If we can get a Chumlee type to support Ron Paul, then his 'ceiling' continues to rise.

 

[Son of Detroit]

 

[UNC08]

I'm pretty sure it's a character (the show is semi-scripted), and that character is impossibly stupid. A total Rick Perry voter.

 

[JohnGalt23g]

So sounds like not quite in the same league as a Jim Demint endorsement, but its still slightly good news. That's cool, I will have to check out his show next time it airs.

I'd bet a lot more people in Las Vegas know who Chumlee is than know who Jim DeMint is.

Now, if we can just get Rick and the Old Man on board...

 

[Deborah K]

actually, at the risk of sounding rude, Chumlee is exactly the type of person we need to attract more of...he comes off as someone incapable of thinking on his own and isn't the typical type of person Ron seems to draw. If we can get a Chumlee type to support Ron Paul, then his 'ceiling' continues to rise.

If this story is true, then obviously Chums, is more of a 'thinker' than we realized. Ron Paul people are philosophical. There is no getting around that. Anyone who attempts to promote his ideas is not a follower, in my flea-bitten opinion.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

actually, at the risk of sounding rude, Chumlee is exactly the type of person we need to attract more of...he comes off as someone incapable of thinking on his own and isn't the typical type of person Ron seems to draw. If we can get a Chumlee type to support Ron Paul, then his 'ceiling' continues to rise.

I was thinking the same thing