Paul vows to contrast his record with GOP rivals

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NASHUA , N.H. -- Rep. Ron Paul will spend the next five days in New Hampshire contrasting his record with those of his opponents who he says have done much less to shrink government compared to him.

"If they do vote for somebody who kept voting for big government that means they didn't get enough information," Paul told reporters following his first rally in New Hampshire since his third-place finish in the Iowa caucuses.

"So I think my job is to explain what they have supported in the past, and, as far as I'm concerned, all my opponents support way too much government and support the status quo, and the more they (New Hampshire voters) get this information the better."

Asked by a reporter whether he viewed former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum as his "biggest competitor," Paul said, "Oh, hardly."

Santorum is "one individual when the conservatives up here find out" about his record they will think twice about giving him their vote, Paul said.

"He talks about being for the balanced budget amendment, never did anything about it; four or five times he voted to raise the national debt, so that tells you how conservative he is," Paul said about his GOP rival.

His comments came after he was welcomed by hundreds of people inside an airplane hangar who cheered loudly as Paul was introduced onto the stage by his son, Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul.

The Texas congressman immediately launched into some of the criticisms of his campaign and the anti-war, intervention-adverse message.

"They call us 'dangerous,'" he said. "And in a way we are to their empire."

The crowd inside the Jet Aviation hangar began to form more than an hour before the rally.

Some held large handmade banners. Several wore shirts with Paul's face on them and one woman held Zeppelin-shaped balloons with "Ron Paul Revolution" on one side and "Ron Paul? Google Ron Paul" written on the other.

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Of-course. This is one of our greatest strengths.

 

[RickyJ]

Ron Paul gets huge crowds wherever he goes. No other candidate comes close to him on the Republican side at drawing these crowds. The people that come out to see him are mostly hard core supporters and will get many more to vote for him on election day than just themselves. We just have to make sure all of Ron's votes are counted and none are added to the other candidates. Not an easy task, but one that is necessary if Ron Paul is going to have any chance of being the next President.

 

[Svenskar_för_Ron_Paul]

Ron Paul gets huge crowds wherever he goes. No other candidate comes close to him on the Republican side at drawing these crowds. The people that come out to see him are mostly hard core supporters and will get many more to vote for him on election day than just themselves. We just have to make sure all of Ron's votes are counted and none are added to the other candidates. Not an easy task, but one that is necessary if Ron Paul is going to have any chance of being the next President.

Well Santorum has actually attracted some large groups of people. Some Santorum supporters, some undecided, but mostly anti-Santorum people, that just want to see this strange, weird guy ''live'' going on talking about how dangerous gay people can be and that the ''blaah'' people are sucking up all welfare.

 

[unknown]

I think this is a key strategy. As much as Ron Paul hates doing it, its almost a requirement that he self promote.

And he's done it before to an extent with his blacked out "I defend the platform" rebuttal.

 

[cdw]

Asked by a reporter whether he viewed former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum as his "biggest competitor," Paul said, "Oh, hardly."

LMAO

 

[Liberty74]

Is Paul finally moving the stick shift up to 5th gear?

Can we get a sixth?

 

[liveandletlive]

Doug Wead oughta feed Ron some of his lines, that guy is an excellent speaker and communicator. Also throw in a few jokes, reminds old folks of Reagan

 

[NancyNYC]

Well Santorum has actually attracted some large groups of people. Some Santorum supporters, some undecided, but mostly anti-Santorum people, that just want to see this strange, weird guy ''live'' going on talking about how dangerous gay people can be and that the ''blaah'' people are sucking up all welfare.

Quite true. And from what I've seen of Santorum in NH, he's not handling the hostility very well. He's visibly on the defensive and being rather testy about it, appearing much like a guy who has come crashing down to Earth after having had his hopes unrealistically buoyed by a series of fluke positive receptions elsewhere. Needless to say, this way of coping with his present situation is highly unlikely to win anyone over to him.

Asked by a reporter whether he viewed former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum as his "biggest competitor," Paul said, "Oh, hardly."

HA! Right on the mark!

 

[Liberty74]

Ron Paul gets huge crowds wherever he goes. No other candidate comes close to him on the Republican side at drawing these crowds. The people that come out to see him are mostly hard core supporters and will get many more to vote for him on election day than just themselves. We just have to make sure all of Ron's votes are counted and none are added to the other candidates. Not an easy task, but one that is necessary if Ron Paul is going to have any chance of being the next President.

It's not about who gets the largest crowds.

Politics is about HERDING THE SHEEP. It's about controlling your message and not letting another candidate(s) or media control it for you much less define you. You do those two things - you win!

 

[roc_rob]

I wish Paul would leave the GOP. It would provide greater contrast. A reason exists that he carries the strength of independents, where I also personally believe he derives much more of his strength than he does from the GOP. If he left early, while high in the polls, it would create a media frenzy. He needs to distance his image from the content of the newsletters, and that is a little difficult to do while sharing party affiliation with with the likes of Santorum.

 

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I wish Paul would leave the GOP. It would provide greater contrast. A reason exists that he carries the strength of independents, where I also personally believe he derives much more of his strength than he does from the GOP. If he left early, while high in the polls, it would create a media frenzy. He needs to distance his image from the content of the newsletters, and that is a little difficult to do while sharing party affiliation with with the likes of Santorum.

no.

 

[Kuthreck]

I wish Paul would leave the GOP. It would provide greater contrast. A reason exists that he carries the strength of independents, where I also personally believe he derives much more of his strength than he does from the GOP. If he left early, while high in the polls, it would create a media frenzy. He needs to distance his image from the content of the newsletters, and that is a little difficult to do while sharing party affiliation with with the likes of Santorum.

If we lived in a TRUE Democracy he would of Already. Unfortunately if you are not REP or DEM good luck getting on the Ballots.

 

[roc_rob]

If we lived in a TRUE Democracy he would of Already. Unfortunately if you are not REP or DEM good luck getting on the Ballots.

If he wins the nomination, do you honestly not believe the establishment will succeed in getting a candidate of their choice on stage with him for the national debates?

 

[Noob]

Santorum’s voting record. All for big government.

http://www.redstate.com/erick/2012/01/06/what-a-big-government-conservative-looks-like/