Townhall.com wants YOUR opinion - "Is it Ron Paul or nobody?"

[realtonygoodwin]

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guyben...blicans_shouldnt_alienate_ron_paul_supporters

I have deep differences with Ron Paul, but he's also right on a number of big issues and attracts support from folks who don't usually get involved in politics. Why antagonize and aggressively marginalize Paul supporters when the Right will need an all-hands-on-deck effort to defeat President Obama in the fall? Doing so might only serve to encourage many of them to "go rogue" or stay home.

Please be very respectful and polite. Remember, you represent Ron Paul.

 

[lucent]

They already alienated us and they can't win without us. It is either Paul or Obama, they need to choose.

 

[flightlesskiwi]

just like AF said last night...

that ship has already sailed.

 

[69360]

townhall.com spammed me for a donation to frothy today.

 

[flightlesskiwi]

oh, and for those who have high blood pressure and support the ONLY principled GOP candidate, make sure you take some meds before reading the comments.

 

[ShaneEnochs]

townhall.com spammed me for a donation to frothy today.

Me as well! I was pretty surprised to his Santorum's name in my inbox.

 

[Muttley]

I think the establishment continually asks these questions so they can gauge their strategy for the next line of bullshit they'll have to play.

 

[Romulus]

They know the answer already.

 

[Travlyr]

just like AF said last night...

that ship has already sailed.

Exactly. Now is time for the GOP to jump in and start swimming if they hope to hold on to any chance at all. Doing it today would be their best bet because before long it is hammer down ... sayonara goodbye.

 

[Jingles]

Why is the social-con group of voters so concerned with people being gay? Reading through the comments is like insanity. I'm basically reading things like "People are free do what this wish unless its X, Y, Z, K, Q, R, or if I'm personally against it. Then we need to lock them in cages or impose the force of the state on them". Or people not understanding that initiation of aggression/force is immoral. I'm not even Christian, but I see such a grave glaring inconsistency regarding Christianity and preemptive war.

People need to run a reality check on the consistency of their beliefs/views.

 

[FreeTraveler]

With the comments on that post, he really thinks we're stupid enough to have loyalty to people who talk about us like that?

 

[pacu44]

To me, Ed Rollins looks resigned to the fact that they have lost the Paul supporters, a super majority of them, and that most of the establishment will not listen and he knows the outcome....

Rollins is no dummy... He knows how this is going to play out...

 

[nano1895]

oh, and for those who have high blood pressure and support the ONLY principled GOP candidate, make sure you take some meds before reading the comments.

taking a brief look it's mostly just one dude commenting and replying...to his own comments so no meds needed

 

[pacu44]

Am I out of my mind to think, IF, a big IF, IF Paul goes third party, can we get 30% of the general election?

Now 30% and we pick off a few states? Really, I do not see this being that much of a fantasy... We can pull ALOT of I's and I bet we can pull 20% of the D's and 20% of the R's....

Am I just out to lunch?

 

[Danny Molina]

Why bother? It's not a place for anything resembling intelligent discussion.

 

[69360]

Am I out of my mind to think, IF, a big IF, IF Paul goes third party, can we get 30% of the general election?

Now 30% and we pick off a few states? Really, I do not see this being that much of a fantasy... We can pull ALOT of I's and I bet we can pull 20% of the D's and 20% of the R's....

Am I just out to lunch?

Well it would depend on fair coverage and debate access. In other words no.

 

[affa]

the comment section is absurd

 

[Danny Molina]

I think you are out of your mind if you think we can get 30%. 10% is more likely is also an effective number. The GOP could never win if all Ron Paul supporters didn't vote for them which would mean holding the party hostage.

 

[ghengis86]

just like AF said last night...

that ship has already sailed.

And the GOP is still waiting at the train station

 

[MsDoodahs]

I don't read their site, so I am posting my response to the query here.

I heard Hannity say just yesterday that **he would not vote for Ron Paul if Ron Paul were the nominee.** He is by no means the only "conservative" pundit/talker/shill to make such a claim. Clearly the pundits/talkers/shills believe this to be an acceptable position for them to espouse against Dr. Paul.

Some of Ron's supporters (most of us?) feel that same way about the other GOP candidates: we will not vote for them. What goes around comes around: it is an acceptable position for *us* to take against the other candidates.

Yes, yes, yes - I fully understand what another four years of Obama will do to the country. I also recognize that the GOP "leaders" are fine with another 4 years of Obama (remember, Kristol called him a "born again neo con" and his delight with Obama's election was evident in his Daily Show appearance, I believe it was).

The GOP rank and file have a decision to make. It is a difficult one for many, in part because they have wrongfully trusted their leadership and pundit class for decades.

The choice is simple: Nominate Ron Paul, or get ready for another four years of Obama.

Because without us - you cannot defeat Obama.

We know it.

You know it (or you will soon enough, once you realize that the general will come down to a few key states with razor thin margins).

Every day you spend spewing more hatred at us is another day you spend galvanizing the No One But Paul stance.

Is it reversible? I tend to agree with my friend who said recently, "that ship ... has sailed."

Sadly for the rank and file - you have no one to blame but yourselves.