WaPo: Will Rand Paul Inherit the Energy From his Father's Campaigns? (cites RPFs)

[AuH20]

Bastiat's Law was actually quoted in the article!!

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-inherit-the-energy-from-ron-pauls-campaigns/

But what about the former? There's not much mention of Rand in the comments to Nystrom's farewell address. Over at Ron Paul Forums, though, the Paul family chapter seems to be continuing, rather than closing. "That was a great promo!," commented Bastiat's The Law on a post containing Rand's announcement video. "Reminds me of some of the passionate Ron Paul youtube videos."

 

[Inkblots]

WaPo: Will Rand Paul inherit the energy of Ron Paul’s campaigns? (cites RPFs)

Last week, Michael Nystrom wrote a post at DailyPaul.com, a site he founded, that indicates its end is near. The site was for years a focal point of conversation and energy orbiting the stated and implied political philosophy of Ron Paul. [...]

Since it became obvious that he would run for president -- something that is expected to become official on Tuesday -- two questions have surrounded Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) First, could he retain the energy of Ron Paul's vocal and generous base of support in his 2008 and 2012 campaigns? (Update: The Times reports that Ron Paul will attend the announcement.) And, second, could he distance himself from his father's more ... exotic beliefs? We've addressed the latter before; so far, he's emerged unscathed, even as Ron Paul keeps doing his own thing.

But what about the former? There's not much mention of Rand in the comments to Nystrom's farewell address. Over at Ron Paul Forums, though, the Paul family chapter seems to be continuing, rather than closing. "That was a great promo!," commented Bastiat's The Law on a post containing Rand's announcement video. "Reminds me of some of the passionate Ron Paul youtube videos."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-inherit-the-energy-from-ron-pauls-campaigns/

There's some interesting poll data there showing Rand is more popular with younger voters than Ron was, although, this being electoral politics, "younger" means "under 50".

 

[orenbus]

Rand Paul is putting a lot of faith in defectors like Nystrom being in the minority. And he is probably hoping that he takes the Infowars conspiracy theories community with him.

Oh man, that's harsh.

 

[Jeremy]

RPF understands that old poster of Ron Paul from 2007 with the caption, "the fight has just begun".

 

[orenbus]

Rand Paul is putting a lot of faith in defectors like Nystrom being in the minority. And he is probably hoping that he takes the Infowars conspiracy theories community with him.

Oh man, that's harsh.

 

[jllundqu]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...-inherit-the-energy-from-ron-pauls-campaigns/

There's some interesting poll data there showing Rand is more popular with younger voters than Ron was, although, this being electoral politics, "younger" means "under 50".

Will Rand inherit the energy of his father's campaign?

Answer: Not even close. The passion that drove the 2008/2012 NOBP campaigns were borne out of pure unfiltered truth to power. So far the Rand 2016 Campaign seems hell-bent on playing politics as usual and panders WAY too much to ignite the fires that spread in 2008/2012.

Will I vote for Rand? Yes. Will I dedicate as much of my time and money to his campaign that I did to Ron Paul's? Probably not. Will I be selling "Rand Paul Cured My Apathy" T-shirts? No, because no one would buy them...

Sad but true. Love the guy, but there's a difference between being a statesman and a politician. I prefer the former.

 

[Inkblots]

Oh man, that's harsh.

I thought that was pretty amusing, considering how on board Alex Jones is with Rand's run. I don't imagine he'll be going anywhere.

 

[ItsTime]

From where I am standing it is a mix bag in NH. Some grassroots are jumping on board others not so much. This will be a much different campaign than his fathers.

 

[orenbus]

I thought that was pretty amusing, considering how on board Alex Jones is with Rand's run. I don't imagine he'll be going anywhere.

Yea I found it amusing too, just caught me by surprise that he decided to end the article that way almost like he was a poster on RPF purposely trying to throw a jab at someone.

 

[jllundqu]

From where I am standing it is a mix bag in NH. Some grassroots are jumping on board others not so much. This will be a much different campaign than his fathers.

Agreed

 

[Inkblots]

Sad but true. Love the guy, but there's a difference between being a statesman and a politician. I prefer the former.

I'm going to disagree with you a little there, since I don't think "statesman" is the right word. Ron was certainly not much of a politician, but statesmen - respected figures who by their service materially change the course of a nation - are almost invariably politicians. What Ron was, and is, is a philosopher. He's more interested in ideas and the theory underpinning government and society.

 

[jllundqu]

I'm going to disagree with you a little there, since I don't think "statesman" is the right word. Ron was certainly not much of a politician, but statesmen - respected figures who by their service materially change the course of a nation - are almost invariably politicians. What Ron was, and is, is a philosopher. He's more interested in ideas and the theory underpinning government and society.

I would agree with that statement.

 

[William Tell]

Oh man, that's harsh.

And nonsense. I'm sure Rand is plenty glad to have passionate Alex Jones type supporters fueling his campaign. He doesn't have to endorse back.

 

[Inkblots]

From where I am standing it is a mix bag in NH. Some grassroots are jumping on board others not so much. This will be a much different campaign than his fathers.

That's not an entirely bad thing. Rand's campaign will undoubtedly lack the sheer, unrestrained fervor of Ron's runs -- but that fervor not infrequently did more harm than good. If we can keep the excitement without coming across as the political equivalent of Jehovah's Witnesses, we'll hit the sweet spot.

 

[green73]

Bastiat's The Law, you're famous!

 

[William Tell]

That's not an entirely bad thing. Rand's campaign will undoubtedly lack the sheer, unrestrained fervor of Ron's runs -- but that fervor not infrequently did more harm than good. If we can keep the excitement without coming across as the political equivalent of Jehovah's Witnesses, we'll hit the sweet spot.

I hope Rand can hold on to the pony vote. That's the main thing.

 

[Inkblots]

I hope Rand can hold on to the pony vote. That's the main thing.

Well it appears the level of ungulate support is pretty high around here.

Seriously though, you can't really tell as it's so small, but my avatar's a Rand Paul pony. It even has a little eye surgery cutie mark. I knew I had to grab it for the forum as soon as I saw it, it was too funny.

 

[devil21]

Oh man, that's harsh.

Big surprise that a NYC based blogger for propaganda central WashPost would take a shot at truth seekers.

He's busy writing such monumental tomes as "Tom Cotton Eats Birthday Cake Every Day" and "Mayor of London Endorses Bloomberg for London Mayor", so he clearly can't be bothered with such silly things as monetary policy coordination, foreign policy shenanigans, and encroaching police state issues. Topics his own employer routinely lies about in order to treat people like mushrooms. In the dark and fed lots of shit.

 

[SilentBull]

Oh man, that's harsh.

I agree though. The last thing Rand needs is the type of supporters that would insist on mailing un-targeted brochures with tons of issues, thus guaranteeing that voters would be put off enough by at least one of them, to decide not to vote for him. I think those types of supporters are more interested in being part of the process than they are about winning and advancing liberty. That to me is selfish, and I am glad many of the purists are choosing to stay away. It kind of reminds me of liberals that only want to fix problems if it's the government that fixes them. If someone told them they could eradicate poverty by just having government do nothing, they would choose poverty, because it's not the solution they care about.

 

[Anti Federalist]

From where I am standing it is a mix bag in NH. Some grassroots are jumping on board others not so much. This will be a much different campaign than his fathers.

Well, we'll how how the "pros" do this time.

We scored a second place.

Maybe they'll win.