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

[jmdrake]

I like Ron Paul's answer. "Only if they support my foreign and domestic policy". In other words, no.

 

[MsDoodahs]

Good, maybe they will get the message.

Ron Paul doesn't have to run 3rd party to ruin their dreams.

THIS.

 

[Dianne]

No one but Paul, no one but Paul... I will never be a sheeple again... And you better come for me in full riot gear, when you attempt to detain me illegally for no charges, no reason... a whim..... a wish... a bad thing said about the maggots that control this country.

 

[seapilot]

Ya gotta know this keeps Mitt up at night. He knows he needs us. How is he going to run negative ads against RP knowing he needs us? lol

If Romney gets the GOP nomination he will flip flop so hard in the general he will make Obama look like a warmonger and I am sure he will say Obama care, hell I came up with it he copied me!

 

[freeforall]

I have been a registered democrat for 15 years, therefore I will not have an option if Ron is not the nominee. I will cross that bridge if that unlikely scenario were to arise.

 

[blazeKing]

The GOP establishment has pretty well ruined any chance I had of getting behind their candidate if he were to win. The things I've heard directed at Paul and towards us the supporters have been vicious and downright wrong.

 

[DaninPA]

Some of us don't have to vote for Paul as a write-in (doesn't count in my state anyway) because hopefully Gary Johnson will make the ballot.

I voted Baldwin in 08 for the same reason (doesn't count in my state). Next morning the local paper had a blurb about how many people voted for Ron. I wonder how much bigger the number would have been if we weren't told that it "didn't count".

 

[Warrior_of_Freedom]

I lol. Will the GOP get behind Paul if he wins the nomination?

 

[KramerDSP]

No one mentioned the last line? I thought it was hysterical.

“There is no one else that I’d vote for, not even close,” added Andrew Lyons of Cedar Rapids, as he waited in a snaking line to get a photograph taken with the Libertarian Elvis himself.

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[torchbearer]

I lol. Will the GOP get behind Paul if he wins the nomination?

they will vote for obama and finally feel at home.

 

[RM918]

The GOP has been trying to throw us out since we got in in '07, and little do they realize how much of themselves they'll lose if they manage it. It is irrational.

Honestly, I think their fate is already sealed if Ron doesn't get the nomination because a lot of them will just hop ship to Gary Johnson if he gets the Libertarian nomination.

 

[FreedomProsperityPeace]

Not only will I not back their candidate, I'll be working against him as much as I can. After the way the GOP establishment, the other candidates, and their propagandist mouthpieces have treated us all, they deserve to lose again. The message needs to be sent: the revolution is taking over.

 

[RDM]

I've got Gingrich calling me a "indecent" American because I support Ron Paul. I've got the other candidates calling me a "cult" member because I believe in the Constitution and what it stands for and I'm a delusional follower. Plus, I'm considered not mainstream because I believe in a America our founding fathers envisioned. You've got the nerve to wonder if I'll vote for someone other than Ron Paul?

Absolutely NOT

NOBP

 

[John F Kennedy III]

No one but Paul, no one but Paul... I will never be a sheeple again... And you better come for me in full riot gear, when you attempt to detain me illegally for no charges, no reason... a whim..... a wish... a bad thing said about the maggots that control this country.

This. I will not be taken to a FEMA camp. Not alive anyway.

 

[abruzz0]

Will the MSM continue to discredit themselves by asking the same dumb questions ad nauseam?

 

[lib3rtarian]

No one but Paul. Period.

 

[georgiaboy]

I'm voting for the only small gov't conservative running in the GOP primary, Ron Paul.

If he doesn't get the nomination, I'll look for another small gov't conservative to give my vote to in the general. Thus far, the other GOP candidates don't fit this criteria at all. They're all Obama-lite. Rhetoric aside, their votes betray their true alliances to the out of control growth of the federal gov't and betrayal of their oath of office, in every direction.

I'd sooner pass or, as in 2008, send another protest vote in via a third party, than vote for one of those other RINOs.

I wish this weren't the case. I wish all the GOP candidates held the same basic philosophies as Ron Paul, as they should, and the struggle was just on nuances around how they'd implement their shared philosophies. Alas, we've come to the point in our history where the number of candidates who actually get what small gov't conservatism is all about is rare indeed.

And who's to blame for this sad state of affairs? The GOP establishment and their big gov't RINO candidates. They don't care what I think, but they sure want to keep my vote. I know of no other way to get them to pay attention than to only vote for those candidates who meet the qualifications for small gov't conservatism, and if there are none, to spend my vote on another party's candidate who does, write-in, or stay home, allowing the GOP to see via their vote totals (and hopefully stinging losses), where and why their support is leaking.

If more rank & file conservatives start doing this, the GOP will be forced to change for the better or face extinction. If they don't, the GOP will continue losing to the Democrats, which is moot, since the current GOP is democrat-lite anyway.

 

[GunnyFreedom]

I don't think there's even another politician I'll ever support after Ron Paul

sorry man.

 

[GreenBulldog]

I am loyal to the United States of America, not a political party

I'm loyal to the PRINCIPLES this country was founded on.

If not Paul, it wouldn't matter who's elected. The country is going toward the cliff-the cliff of the great default. Might as well go off it ASAP so we can start rebuilding. Why prolong the pain?

 

[Gravik]

Nope. And if I can't write Ron Paul in, then I'll vote for Obummer, because face it, the GOP doesn't deserve to win if Paul isn't the nominee.