I statement making the rounds

[PolicyReader]

This is making the rounds (at least in some circles) via social media.
I'm not assessing it's pro/neg impact but it certainly does have its facts straight, there is no path to the white house without Ron Paul
(I wonder what the reaction will be, if any, to the continued spread of this message)

Pay attention Republican voters.

I am a Ron Paul supporter. This election season, no candidate will get my vote for the Office of President of the United States of America except for Ron Paul. There will be no exceptions. If he does not win the nomination, I will write his name on the ballot.

No amount of slick talking, flip-flopping, wooing, cajoling, threatening, or condescending will persuade... me to vote for any other contender for that office.

You don't want to admit it, but you know that the Republican Party cannot beat Obama without me, a Ron Paul supporter. It's long past time you admit it.

You and I have conflicting goals. I will only cast a vote for liberty, for peace, for small government, for fiscal sanity and respect for the Constitution of the United States and adherence to the oath of office of the Presidency. You however are content merely to vote for whatever Republican the GOP leadership and the media approve of.

I will not move. I cannot be persuaded. You cannot win without me.

I am not here to convince you that Ron Paul's positions are superior. I am not here to convince you that his foreign policy is in line with traditional conservatism. I am not here to convince you that his understanding of economics put everyone else in Washington to shame. I am not even here to convince you that the positions of the other candidates are not materially different than Obama.

No, I don't need to do any of that. I only need to tell you that without me, you have lost. If you do not vote for Ron Paul in your Primary or Caucus, you are already defeated. If you fail to nominate Ron Paul to be the Republican candidate for President, Barack Hussein Obama will serve a second term.

This is not blackmail. This is not a threat. This is a simple statement of fact.

I stand firm and I will not accept anything less. You have been warned.

 

[MrGoose]

True.

 

[Sentinelrv]

I think it's awesome. These people need to get the message sooner rather than later. Wake up to this reality NOW or lose in November.

 

[AndreLCabrera]

Awesome. This needs to be shared all over the place.

 

[ssjevot]

This is what No One But Paul is all about. We must never give in or the Freedom Movement is dead. Make them come to us, not the other way around.

 

[PolicyReader]

It has been suggested for those sharing it who are also veterans to make a note of that as well (for what I think are obvious reasons)

In related news I've seen a few interviews of late wherein the "who's your second choice if Paul doesn't get the nomination" was raised.
The answers have all been the same "I'm voting for Ron Paul in the general even if I have to write him in"

It remains to be seen of the GOP will understand, but the truth is clear no one beats Obama in the general without Ron Paul supporters, and we won't vote for anyone but Paul.

 

[silk30]

Facts are facts. People not voting RP might not like having to swallow such a fact, but I know that I definitely enjoy it.

 

[ryanmkeisling]

How about: most GOP voters are liberals at heart. Obama has done even more for them than GWB could. The neoconservatives run both parties. It's a false dichotomy.

 

[affa]

I support this message.

No One But Paul.

 

[Akus]

I don't support this message.

Like him, I will not vote for a Republican candidate if RP doesn't get the nomination.
Unlike him, though, I will still vote. Only in my case, I will vote Libertarian party. Writing Ron Paul in baffles me as it achieves nothing, but voting Libertarian is a protest. I would rather vote for someone I KNOW has no chance in hell of becoming a President that I actually support, rather then vote for some guy, because he is not some other guy.

Call me Debby downer or a professional contrarian, but this is my position.

 

[alucard13mmfmj]

at least we can tell people "i told ya so" when the sh1t hits the fan. hehe.

 

[MsDoodahs]

No One But Paul.

 

[Travlyr]

I don't support this message.

Like him, I will not vote for a Republican candidate if RP doesn't get the nomination.
Unlike him, though, I will still vote. Only in my case, I will vote Libertarian party. Writing Ron Paul in baffles me as it achieves nothing, but voting Libertarian is a protest. I would rather vote for someone I KNOW has no chance in hell of becoming a President that I actually support, rather then vote for some guy, because he is not some other guy.

Call me Debby downer or a professional contrarian, but this is my position.

Both are protest votes.

Why vote if not on principle. It is clear that the central bankers stand in the way of your freedom (assassinations, wars, monopoly money). The Libertarian Party candidate is not sworn to end the Fed. Ron Paul is. Wasting your vote for an unprincipled candidate that will do nothing to help you achieve liberty, peace, and prosperity is no better than casting your vote for the most principled man to ever run for president.

NoOneButPaul.com

 

[unknown]

Writing Ron Paul in baffles me as it achieves nothing, but voting Libertarian is a protest. I would rather vote for someone I KNOW has no chance in hell of becoming a President that I actually support, rather then vote for some guy, because he is not some other guy.

Isnt voting/writing-in Ron Paul voting for someone that you support?

 

[BigByrd47119]

Both are protest votes.

Why vote if not on principle. It is clear that the central bankers stand in the way of your freedom (assassinations, wars, monopoly money). The Libertarian Party candidate is not sworn to end the Fed. Ron Paul is. Wasting your vote for an unprincipled candidate that will do nothing to help you achieve liberty, peace, and prosperity is no better than casting your vote for the most principled man to ever run for president.

NoOneButPaul.com

Isnt voting/writing-in Ron Paul voting for someone that you support?

Glad I wasn't the only one confused by that statement...

 

[affa]

double post

 

[affa]

Writing Ron Paul in baffles me as it achieves nothing, but voting Libertarian is a protest.

Huh? They're clearly both protest votes that have about the same effect... that is, they are not votes for the big two, and an effective lost vote for the Republican party.

Besides, all you'd need to do to 'fix' the blurb is add one phrase: "If he does not win the nomination, I will write his name on the ballot [or vote third party]." However, since the entire point of this meme is unity, it would make sense to have, well, a unified front.

 

[Liberty74]

I strongly support this message. The Party has been hijacked by big government whores. There is no difference between the two party criminal system except on rhetoric. I especially support it because it is blowback for what Hannity, Rush, Levin, Beck and the rest of them have strategically done on purpose and with purpose to Ron Paul as a man and to his message which is true conservatism.

 

[parocks]

I don't think we should be making this argument, even though people really do seem to like it. We've got our campaign staff talking about how important it is to beat Obama, and Ron Paul supporters saying "we don't care about beating Obama". We have people suggesting we run commercials talking about his electability, and then suggesting that electability isn't at all important to them personally.

If Ron Paul supporters say no one but Paul, what's to stop hawks from saying something else? Pure authentic neocons would likely support Obama over Paul. What would Bill Kristol say about that matchup? We gain independents and 18-29 males from Obama. But we do lose some Republicans.

 

[affa]

I don't think we should be making this argument, even though people really do seem to like it.

It's not so much an argument as the truth. There is absolutely no chance my vote will go anywhere but for Ron Paul. Zip. Zero. Nada. I am not alone, obviously. Those worried about Ron Paul making a 3rd Party run need to understand that if Ron Paul himself told me to vote for Romney, I wouldn't.

THEY are the ones that made 'Are you going to run 3rd party' an issue. They asked this question a thousand and one times. They made it clear: if Ron Paul runs 3rd party, the GOP loses. And now they need to understand the flaw in their question - it doesn't matter if Ron Paul runs 3rd party, because he's got our vote even if he doesn't.

It's a fact. I'd shout it from rooftops if I thought it would help.

As for any 'Republicans' that we lose, they were never Paul supporters to begin with. We didn't 'lose' them, we never had them, and even if Ron Paul gets the nomination without the 'No One But Ron Paul' message being publicized, they -still- wouldn't vote for him. So why the hell are we worried about them? The largest GOP voting block is clearly ABO.

simple math:

ABO + NOBP = Ron Paul
Romney - NOBP = Obama
Gingrich - NOBP = Obama

think i might just add that to my sig.