GOP in Deep Trouble, Ron Paul Looking Good

[Cap]

Hey, I gotta be honest, I felt absolutely betrayed when Rand endorsed Romney. That is going to be hard to put behind me.

 

[Matt Collins]

Hey, I gotta be honest, I felt absolutely betrayed when Rand endorsed Romney. That is going to be hard to put behind me.

Use your brains, not your emotions.

 

[Cap]

Emotions aside, it still brings to question his true core beliefs. Are they absolute like Ron's? Maybe it was all just future strategy, But I'm not 100% convinced.

 

[torchbearer]

Rand is still my man. We don't agree 100%, but he is leagues beyond all the rest.
I understand his endorsement of Romney. It is golden now.
He didn't make any unnecesary political enemies within the party he would run in...
He didn't give up any of his principles, and even called out Romney on shit.
If you don't support Rand, you fall in the functionally retarded category.

 

[sailingaway]

avoid name calling, please. some will support him, some won't and some may, but not yet.

 

[July]

touche. but I've seen bombast from Lew, as well. And Tom. They are RIGHT, they don't have to do that.

I think Tom is just sarcastic, that's all. He has a sort of dry sarcastic sense of humor. But yeah, but I guess some people read that as being insulting, though I don't think it's really meant that way most of the time.

And Lew, I dunno. I like Lew a lot, but I get the impression he is trying to really drive the points home. Maybe it is his way of trying to de-sanctify the current system, and break people of delusional attachments to government and politicians. You know, kinda like calling King George a Royal Brute and a pirate.

 

[Matt Collins]

Emotions aside, it still brings to question his true core beliefs. Are they absolute like Ron's?

Yep

 

[lx43]

For what its worth I still fully support Rand even with his endorsement of Romney. I'm more concerned how he votes that who he endorses. Even Ron Paul has made mistakes with endorsement--he did endorse Michelle Bachman if memory serves me correctly.

 

[Qdog]

I don't see the truth as "insult slinging".

Absolutely, you beat me to the punch. +rep

 

[Qdog]

I think some of you are freaking out about the endorsement of Romney. Since he made that endorsement, he used his prominence to..

1) crusade against more military spending
2) bash Romney on foreign policy
3) support non-establishment Republicans
4) rail against foreign aid in the Senate

What we should be discussing is how amazing it is that Rand's stock within the party has risen dramatically despite taking all of these contrarian positions to the neoconservative movement. People outside our bubble are seriously saying he is a front-runner and an alternative to the "big traitor" Christie. Did you see Rand much with Romney after the endorsement? He did just a handful of tiny events, and was not at the GOP all-star "NEOCON" fest that was the Cincinnati rally.

In conclusion, Rand is not a sell-out. He's advancing our movement more than Ron ever could. Use Ron as the educational device, and Rand as the salesman. It's working so far and we shouldn't be the ones to thwart him. He's our best hope.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to supermario21 again.
I totally agree. I would rather Rand make a bullshit political endorsement of Romney in 2012, and then have a chance to WIN in 2016 and effect positive change... than for him to screw himself out of any chance of a political future by choosing to be symbolically pure and righteous by refusing to play politics.