NYT: Will Ron Paul Supporters Get Behind a Republican Nominee Not Named Paul?

[anthony0738]

I'll give Obama another 4 years over a Mitt Romney whitehouse.

Ron Paul or Spite-Vote

 

[P. R. Robinson]

RON PAUL OR NONE AT ALL![/B]

 

[Matthew Zak]

The only way the GOP gets in the whitehouse next year is if Ron Paul is nominated. PERIOD.

 

[Accountable]

I'm willing to vote for Gary Johnson if he gets the Libertarian nomination. But no, I will not vote Republicrat or Demublican if Paul is not the Nominee.

That's the way I feel.

For all of you that say you won't vote at all if Paul isn't the nominee, how will the Republocrats know that a significant number don't support them? If we at least put up a protest vote by giving it to the Libertarians, that would at least send the message.

Of course, the goal is to have Paul as the nominee, then this conversation won't even matter.

 

[agorist ninja]

I'll give Obama another 4 years over a Mitt Romney whitehouse.

Ron Paul or Spite-Vote

Why? There is no difference between Obama, Romney, Gingrich, etc. All of them are exactly the same when it comes to the major, substantive issues. Foreign policy, monetary policy, civil liberties, the constitution, and on down the line, every candidate is reading from the same sheet of music.

No one but Paul.

 

[Carson]

Back a globalist shill?

 

[tremendoustie]

That's the way I feel.

For all of you that say you won't vote at all if Paul isn't the nominee, how will the Republocrats know that a significant number don't support them? If we at least put up a protest vote by giving it to the Libertarians, that would at least send the message.

Of course, the goal is to have Paul as the nominee, then this conversation won't even matter.

Yep, that's it. Every vote for Johnson (in the unfortunate and unlikely event that RP doesn't win), sends a loud and clear message that we're not going to accept big government pro war neocons as nominees.

 

[Captain Shays]

what part of "No One but Paul!" don't they understand?

Man@ I was going to say that and you stole my thunder. Anyway. Well said.

 

[Carson]

Ron Paul's ideals are the only thing that can turn us back in the right direction. I'm afraid if we all can't get behind him anyone else will just dig us in deeper.

 

[Spikender]

Bugs Bunny: The New York Times don't know me very well, do they?

Honestly, the fact that the NYT even has to ask this means that they either have their heads in the sand, or their heads up their asses.

 

[MrTudo]

No chance.

 

[Anti Federalist]

No One But Paul

 

[Anti Federalist]

No One But Paul

 

[Anti Federalist]

NO ONE BUT PAUL

 

[PauliticsPolitics]

Will Ron Paul Supporters Get Behind a Republican Nominee Not Named Paul?

not bloody likely

 

[michaelwise]

Um, NO.

 

[bobbyw24]

No wonder the GOP dismisses us.

They think Paul won't get the nomination and therefore we won't vote GOP

So why shouldn't the GOP dismiss us?

 

[thoughtomator]

No wonder the GOP dismisses us.

They think Paul won't get the nomination and therefore we won't vote GOP

So why shouldn't the GOP dismiss us?

Because they can't win without us, as 2006 and 2008 proved... and they win solidly with us, as 2009 and 2010 proved.

They need us. Left to be determined is whether we need them. I personally don't think we do - I think we can ditch the neocons and the faction that obsesses about abortion and homosexuality, adding instead huge chunks of the presently independent vote and steal rejected elements from the Democratic Party as well (anti-war groups, civil liberties groups, anti-drug war groups, just for starters).

Bottom line: We can put together a bigger coalition than the GOP can. And I think that is starting to sink in in some quarters, hence the nice comments from Palin.

 

[goldpants]

I will offer a little bit different answer to the question. I would consider voting for another republican nominee if some things were different beginning now. This message is to the mainstream media and the corporations that own them. If you agree to treat Ron Paul on equal footing as the other top contenders. If you stop smearing RP over racist bs, since you chose to gloss over other nominees real racist.comments, the ones on tape coming out of their very mouth. If you give RP equal time in the debates and no longer ask him if he is going to run third party. If you in the mainstream refrain from referring to RP as an isolationism despite being corrected thousands of times that his position is non-interventionism. If you stop repeating the phrase RP is electable especially when he is amongst Tue top of the pack in polls. If you promise not to manufacture surges for other candidates to prevent people from realizing RP is electable. If the other nominee promises to restore the liberties that have been stolen from me with unconstitutional laws. If the other nominee proves he/she hasn't been bought by lobbying groups. If the other nominee promises to cut government spending by a trillion dollars in the first year of their presidency. There are more things but if the media and a nominee could follow through on that request list, I would certainly consider voting for another nominee.

Too bad it is you the media that will not allow the process to play out naturally to allow for us Ron Paul supporters to consider voting for another candidate.

 

[bobbyw24]

Bottom line: We can put together a bigger coalition than the GOP can. And I think that is starting to sink in in some quarters, hence the nice comments from Palin.

Agree