How come Donald Trump was able to get the exposure and support and crushing state victories...

[Akus]

...and Ron Paul couldn't?

 

[NorthCarolinaLiberty]

I don't follow this nearly as much as most people here, but these two are two totally different people.

Ron Paul sincerely believes in liberty and curtailing government. Most people hate freedom and love government for the other guy.

Don is a big government demagogue and opportunist who attempts to use government for his own selfish gain. Most people love demagoguery.

 

[FindLiberty]

...and Ron Paul couldn't?

Answer to Q in OP: The guy who's name shall not be mentioned
wrote a book that said something like,

If you keep saying bombastic stuff to the press, you get more and
more (wall-to-wall) media coverage, for free.

What a great deal it is, worth a YUUUGE amount of money!
They still do it for him, just like he said they would, for free!

Here we see the MSM as the dog, and the guy wearing the red shirt as the
candidate that wrote the book, demonstrating this technique:


See how the Pavlovian MSM is spinning around in circles on command,
like this trained dog dancing on its hind legs, except when
the MSM does it, they are also wearing a cute little red tutu.

 

[presence]

Because trump primarily appeals to the hoards of baby boomer, TV indoctrinated, uneducated low information housewives over age 50 whose highlight of the day is the young and the breastless? Whereas Ron appeals to people that have tuned out mass media and spend their free time studying Mises, Hayek, and Rothbard.

 

[Ronin Truth]

If you start out with several BILLIONS$, a lot of things tend to come very easily.

 

[thoughtomator]

It doesn't hurt to be a major media figure before running for office. There's no way the media can ignore someone who was the star of a top TV show for years.

 

[silverhandorder]

That is not what exit polls show. Trump does better with men.

 

[Matt Collins]

One word:


"personality"

 

[acptulsa]

It doesn't hurt to be a major media figure before running for office. There's no way the media can ignore someone who was the star of a top TV show for years.

They manage to black out Mel Gibson and Charlie Sheen.

As has been pointed out. And pointed out. And pointed out. And yet the spam continues, without ever bothering to explain how Gibson and Sheen can be ignored (despite having been far, far more popular than Trump ever was).

One word:


"personality"

You're saying that not having one is an advantage?

You would...

 

[Matt Collins]

You're saying that not having one is an advantage?

You would...

I'm saying that Donald's larger than life personality is what has propelled him to where he is at. Ron was too humble.

 

[Cleaner44]

Because Trump approached this like a business deal. He is a master at selling things. He studied and prepared for success. He is not a government worker or politician.

 

[William Tell]

Media exposure.

 

[luctor-et-emergo]

One word:


"personality"

Ron Paul has a personality. Trump has an image.

 

[Warlord]

the same goes for Bernie Sanders. He gets alot of attention and donations

 

[acptulsa]

the same goes for Bernie Sanders. He gets alot of attention and donations

What good are your lightning rods if you don't expose them to the elements?

 

[RonPaulGeorge&Ringo]

UPDATE/ BREAKING: Charlie Sheen still hasn't filed as a Presidential candidate with the FEC.

http://www.fec.gov/press/resources/2016presidential_form2nm.shtml

 

[idiom]

Because Ron ran on hope of reform. Trump is running on anger and punishing the political class.

Its a decade later, there is a lot more despair at fixing the system post Obama and the Tea Party. Trump represents a reliable shot at seriously fucking over the politicians who have ignored everyone.

Also Ron pulled his punches and refused to call people out on their bullshit.

Ron also refused to address the Medical Complex, whereas Trump is hitting it head on despite not being a doctor.

 

[klamath]

Very simple. Ron could NEVER attract the USA! USA! USA!, Kill brown people, torture brown people, and bomb the shit out of brown people, take their oil, make the ungrateful bastards pay for invading their countries...Crowd. Trump sure can because he has said all of those things.

 

[FindLiberty]

...Trump sure can because he has said all of those things.

He who shall not be named has found hot buttons that millions
of disgruntled voters are responding to ...in a YUUGE way. Many
of those topics have been avoided by ALL other candidates, for
decades. That gets a response like the crowds we saw responding
to Ron Paul (not so much Rand) had with the Liberty message. Oddly
there was a lot of cash getting donated from the voters. With the
T R U M P, the response this time is VOTES, from diverse demographics.

Because this guy's vote totals and percentages are much much greater.
He could possibly win this POTUS straight away; snatch it from the Clintons.
(unless, as I've come to believe, both parties are ONE and THE SAME, so they
will conspire together to find a way to stop him, perhaps and the
nomination convention even using Democratic Super Delegates to
underhandedly nominate another GOP candidate, or through the
electoral college.

No doubt, he who shall not be named is an authoritarian! Scary...

The ultimate question is, would he actually do any of those things
that you listed, while he is pursuing his stated goal of giving back
to the country, and confidently "helping" America become great again?

Or, do you think it's all a trick to rise to reach high office so he can kill,
torture, bomb and plunder other countries as soon as he gets his
little hands on the launch codes?

I see his 1st reflex is authoritarianism, but I think he is such a smart
guy, that he'll QUICKLY pick up on failed approaches, and go-around
and attempt something else.

I believe he is trying to help America become great again. And I see
FUTURE value even if balls-to-the-walls authoritarian force fails to
make it so.

 

[klamath]

He who shall not be named has found hot buttons that millions
of disgruntled voters are responding to ...in a YUUGE way. Many
of those topics have been avoided by ALL other candidates, for
decades. That gets a response like the crowds we saw responding
to Ron Paul (not so much Rand) had with the Liberty message. Oddly
there was a lot of cash getting donated from the voters. With the
T R U M P, the response this time is VOTES, from diverse demographics.

Because this guy's vote totals and percentages are much much greater.
He could possibly win this POTUS straight away; snatch it from the Clintons.
(unless, as I've come to believe, both parties are ONE and THE SAME, so they
will conspire together to find a way to stop him, perhaps and the
nomination convention even using Democratic Super Delegates to
underhandedly nominate another GOP candidate, or through the
electoral college.

No doubt, he who shall not be named is an authoritarian! Scary...

The ultimate question is, would he actually do any of those things
that you listed, while he is pursuing his stated goal of giving back
to the country, and confidently "helping" America become great again?

Or, do you think it's all a trick to rise to reach high office so he can kill,
torture, bomb and plunder other countries as soon as he gets his
little hands on the launch codes?

I see his 1st reflex is authoritarianism, but I think he is such a smart
guy, that he'll QUICKLY pick up on failed approaches, and go-around
and attempt something else.

I believe he is trying to help America become great again. And I see
FUTURE value even if balls-to-the-walls authoritarian force fails to
make it so.

You shouldn't have wasted all that time typing unless that is a cut and paste you spam everywhere. All I can say is you found authority not liberty.