I think they ought to run the text messaging votes "American Idol Style" thus raising campaign funds for each participating candidate. Now THAT would certainly put the entire evening into a new light wouldn't it?
What if each one of those text message votes put money into Ron Paul's coffers - what would H & C have to say about that? I see them as sort of the "Simon Cowel" negative role that adds the right amount of anger and tension to the evening to keep things from being boring.
Sad to say, my dad watched the show and fell for Huckabees lines about leaving Iraq.
Maybe someone can write a great "Welcome Home Troops" Speech for Ron like he did that Ron Paul Inaugural Address?
My Dad thinks if we leave Iraq, then OBL wins. He sees it as very black and white. When I told him the war was over 3 years ago he got angry with me and argued that it is not over. I told him Bush himself decared victory 3 years ago and it is now an occupation. We are not ending the war, we are ending the occupation. He said all of those people will die if we leave, and I told him they are dying now because we are there. He just can't get himself over this one hurdle.
My dad is a die hard Republican and has been for many years - the only Dem he ever voted for was John F. Kennedy.
He now says he wants Thompson for president. Go figure? I told him Thompson is for big government and globalism, and now he is digging in his heels and basing his decision on emotion rather than logic. I think he listens to too much talk-radio myself.
I am reading on this thread and a couple of others that perhaps we ought to distance ourselves from other groups. To this all I have to say is:
The things that pull all Ron Paul Supporters together is the same things that pull us apart. We all want the freedom to live our lives as we see fit. Everyone does, that is universal. So that makes for a very diverse base of supporters. We should not distance ourselves from ANY supporters, just because they seem "different" from ourselves. We should just support their right to freedom, as much as we want and deserve our own rights and freedoms. Big People, Little People, Skinny People, People who climb on Rocks, Even pointy tinfoil hat people want life, liberty and most of all their freedom. (Thinking of an old armour hotdog jingle please bear with me
) This is America, we are a mulligan stew of people who want our country back.
