What kind of person supports Ron Paul?

[Melchior]

I'm a libertarian. I started out as a left-liberal and then became more independent with my ideas, eventually becoming an individualist and hard-core capitalist.

The kind of people I'm seeing being supportive of Ron Paul are of course, some libertarians (key word; some), paleoconservatives, market anarchists, as well as a number of moderates and liberals who are more open minded or moderate towards free markets.

This is some mix isn't it? I don't agree with Ron Paul on everything but I think he's a step in the right direction, even if he doesn't win he'll have a positive influence.

 

[MsDoodahs]

Market Anarchist here.

 

[ronpaulitician]

Libertarian. Supported the war in Iraq in '03, but have since come to regret that decision. Atheist, still trying to make up my mind about my view on abortion (currently: a woman should have the right to abortion up to the moment where the fetus could survive on its own outside the body). Support open borders, but believe that because of the mistakes made in our foreign policy over the last century, we've made so many enemies that we need to secure our borders. Also believe that our welfare state attracts many immigrants that want a free lunch (though I believe that most immigrants come here to improve their lives by working hard).

 

[Gee]

Well, its my personal belief that everyone is a libertarian (more or less) until they start to desire some sort of power over other individuals, or get scared into wanting government protection. Most people have libertarian leanings on many issues, even if its a statement as simple and universal as a "live and let live" policy (towards the middle east or otherwise). So I think thats a strong motivating factor for many people to support Dr. Paul.

A lot of people are afraid of the free market, and want government protection from it. I think a lot of that stems from the collision of big corporate lobbiests and a republican democracy. Most people don't understand that a lot of the inequality in the market and our society stems from corporations protecting their interests by meddling in the market by influencing lawmakers, thus no longer making it free. Many people think to support a free market is to support big corporations and the wealth gap, which of course is not the case.

Then there is the fact that he is straightforward, honest, and clearly more courageous than the other 9 GOP canidates.

 

[aravoth]

Former extreme right republican here, had a major wake up call about a month ago. Hit the wall, figured out that I was wrong, that we were wrong, and that Haebeus Corpus is suspended, and that the Patriot Act lets GW declare Martial Law for any reason, and congress can't reveiw that action for 6 months.

I guess I'm still a republican, but under a different name. The real republican party exists now as the Libertarian party, becuase our name has been hijacked and soiled on by war-mongering neo-cons.

 

[JoshLowry]

These kinds of people: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=32



I don't care for labels. I'm just an American who likes what I hear from Dr.Paul.

 

[aravoth]

These kinds of people: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=32



I don't care for labels. I'm just an American who likes what I hear from Dr.Paul.

well said

 

[Gabecpa]

I consider myself conservative, but many people will call me libertarian.

I'm basically from the Milton Friedman school of thought: "I don't really care very much what I'm called. I'm much more interested in having people thinking about the ideas, rather than the person."

 

[Gabecpa]

I guess I'm still a republican, but under a different name. The real republican party exists now as the Libertarian party, becuase our name has been hijacked and soiled on by war-mongering neo-cons.

Well said.

 

[cujothekitten]

I was Barry Goldwater in a former life

(Minus the rampant McCarthyism)

 

[angelatc]

I was a college social-liberal, then a member of the apathy party. These days I'm calling myself a pro-choice libertarian.

 

[Horace]

RP supporters are going to tend to be: young, male, well-educated, white collar, self-motivated. In other words, 1% of the electorate, but 40% of every internet polling sample.

Where are we talking right now? On the web. How about that.

 

[Captain Shays]

The more I studied American history, the more I began to realize that the founding fathers must be spiining rapidly in their graves if they can see what these globocops and authoritarians are doing to our liberty and our reputation in the world as well as our economic health.

Ron Paul seems to be our ONLY hope of restoring the Constitution.

 

[Captain Shays]

BTW,

I just started a MSN group dedicated to the campaign

http://groups.msn.com/RonPaulGrassRoots/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=2

 

[giskard]

A realist.

 

[jimvkruse]

A paleoconservative. A fan of The American Conservative, Chronicles, VDare, antiwar.com, LewRockwell.com, The League of the South, The Vermont secessionists, AmRen, Steve Sailer, Larison.org, ConservativeTimes.org, Takimag.com, the Distributists, the Southern Agrarians, Burke, Tocqueville, T.S. Eliot, Russell Kirk, Richard Weaver, Robert Nisbet, etc.

 

[4Horsemen]

I am patriot conservative, Army Veteran, firefighter/paramedic, Pittsburgh Steelers fan, Copenhagen dipper ( I know, I was young though), agnostic, beagle owner, snook slayer (I wish). About 11 months ago I came across a website that stated the CIA (rogue agents) has been running drugs (cocaine and heroin) into the America for 45yrs. I laughed at that notion, but I soon wasn't laughing anymore and that was just the tip of the iceberg. I'm not going to lie, the truth can screw up your life, many sleepless nights wishing it wasn't true. I'm thankful that I don't have children because I would be ragging right now. We got hope in Ron Paul. It's a slim chance because of the system, but what else do we got?

 

[abouthadit]

Market Anarchist here.

ditto. I like the term anarcho-capitalist and A.J. Nock, Lysander Spooner, Napolitano, Lew Rockwell, Mises, Jefferson, Burke, and the US Constitution.

 

[ARealConservative]

I'm a real conservative.

I understand that govenment is a necessary evil. I understand this doesn't simply apply to domestic policy - but to foreign policy as well.

I am a conservative however. I think it is perfectly acceptable to allow lower forms of government to impede individual freedoms. The smaller the form of government, the better. People are then free to vote with their feet and find an area more in to their liking for what government should do for them.

 

[abouthadit]

People are then free to vote with their feet and find an area more in to their liking for what government should do for them.

or to change it:
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.