I think we all have common objections that we get from people when introducing Ron Paul to people who have never heard of him. We also get objections from people who know exactly who he is, and want us to explain his rationale behind some his positions. I couldn't find a thread on this, so am going to start one.
Please list the common objections you get, and how you answer them. Maybe we can help each other out when these objections come up in the future, I'll start.
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He can't win based on poll numbers
I try to tell them a few things, like John Kerry was at 4% a month before the primaries and managed to win. Also explain to them that pollsters call only registered Republicans who voted in the last election, something that doesn't reach Ron Paul supporters. And that they sometimes only give options of the most well known candidates, and list people they don't want to win in an "other" category.
Besides, voting is for who you want to win. Not who you think is going to win. And if enough people support Ron Paul, people will take notice and start adopting his policy ideas. If everyone only voted for the same type of media-hyped "top tier" candidates, we're going to keep getting the same type of government we have now.
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He wants to remove the dept. of education
He's not anti-education. He just doesn't want there to be a federal dept. of education. Some rural area out in Kansas does not need the same standards as New York City. States and local communities know their own needs, and education should be left up to them. When you have these arbitrary federal standardized tests, teachers spend all their time teaching students how to score well on standardized tests.
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He's a Republican? (mostly for my more Liberal friends)
Yeah, but wouldn't you rather have him than Rudy or Romney? I mean wouldn't you agree he's the best Republican? You should support him, cause I know for sure you don't want Rudy to win, he'll be worse than Bush.
I tell them they can vote for whoever they want in the general election, but for the primaries, it's important to vote for Ron Paul, to keep the neocons out.
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If he doesn't support universal health care, how would we help poor people who need health care?
Americans are very generous. If all Americans made 30% more money, cause they paid less taxes, I'm sure many will donate and create privately run charity hospitals. (I also tell them Ron Paul worked for $3 an hour when he was a medical student/resident in a church run charity hospital).
They won't get the absolute top notch best health care, but we have to be realistic. Creating a government run system that gives everybody the best health care possible will bankrupt our country. If you look at other places like Canada, people die on waiting lists, or fly to the US to get care. We don't want that.
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He's Pro-Life
Yeah, he is. He's also against the death penalty. He thinks all life is sacred. When he was delivering babies as on OBGYN, he looked at the issue, that he would get paid if he killed the baby 1 second before birth, but he would go to jail if he killed the baby 1 second after birth.
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He's never done anything in congress
Yeah, but most things ever "achieved" by congress cause more pork, more spending, more taxes, more regulation. Plus I would say nearly all of it is unconstitutional anyway. If you have a guy who advocates small government, you don't want him to create more government programs, or to increase government spending.
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Anyway those are the biggest objections I come across, and the way I handle them. I would love to hear your input on your biggest objections, and especially what you say. If you have different answers to the objections I get, I would love to hear that too. =)
Please list the common objections you get, and how you answer them. Maybe we can help each other out when these objections come up in the future, I'll start.
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He can't win based on poll numbers
I try to tell them a few things, like John Kerry was at 4% a month before the primaries and managed to win. Also explain to them that pollsters call only registered Republicans who voted in the last election, something that doesn't reach Ron Paul supporters. And that they sometimes only give options of the most well known candidates, and list people they don't want to win in an "other" category.
Besides, voting is for who you want to win. Not who you think is going to win. And if enough people support Ron Paul, people will take notice and start adopting his policy ideas. If everyone only voted for the same type of media-hyped "top tier" candidates, we're going to keep getting the same type of government we have now.
--
He wants to remove the dept. of education
He's not anti-education. He just doesn't want there to be a federal dept. of education. Some rural area out in Kansas does not need the same standards as New York City. States and local communities know their own needs, and education should be left up to them. When you have these arbitrary federal standardized tests, teachers spend all their time teaching students how to score well on standardized tests.
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He's a Republican? (mostly for my more Liberal friends)
Yeah, but wouldn't you rather have him than Rudy or Romney? I mean wouldn't you agree he's the best Republican? You should support him, cause I know for sure you don't want Rudy to win, he'll be worse than Bush.
I tell them they can vote for whoever they want in the general election, but for the primaries, it's important to vote for Ron Paul, to keep the neocons out.
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If he doesn't support universal health care, how would we help poor people who need health care?
Americans are very generous. If all Americans made 30% more money, cause they paid less taxes, I'm sure many will donate and create privately run charity hospitals. (I also tell them Ron Paul worked for $3 an hour when he was a medical student/resident in a church run charity hospital).
They won't get the absolute top notch best health care, but we have to be realistic. Creating a government run system that gives everybody the best health care possible will bankrupt our country. If you look at other places like Canada, people die on waiting lists, or fly to the US to get care. We don't want that.
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He's Pro-Life
Yeah, he is. He's also against the death penalty. He thinks all life is sacred. When he was delivering babies as on OBGYN, he looked at the issue, that he would get paid if he killed the baby 1 second before birth, but he would go to jail if he killed the baby 1 second after birth.
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He's never done anything in congress
Yeah, but most things ever "achieved" by congress cause more pork, more spending, more taxes, more regulation. Plus I would say nearly all of it is unconstitutional anyway. If you have a guy who advocates small government, you don't want him to create more government programs, or to increase government spending.
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Anyway those are the biggest objections I come across, and the way I handle them. I would love to hear your input on your biggest objections, and especially what you say. If you have different answers to the objections I get, I would love to hear that too. =)
