When you encounter a Rick Perry supporter.....

[surf]

i work with a ton of people that probably voted for Obama. the only republican they'll vote for is Ron Paul. The republicans i work with or see tend to like governor good-hair but fear Bush 3 (Obama) and would gladly support Ron Paul - though they see him in the it'll-never-happen view.

funny thing is the look on the faces as they tell a die-hard libertarian RP supporter that it won't happen. it's generally like they're letting me know that someone i know just died. of course i disagree with them.

anyway - thanks for the Perry thoughts. he can't win. we can.

 

[Justinfrom1776]

Sorry, I didn't read through the entire thread either.. I'm convinced that nobody could beat Obama except Ron Paul. Only Ron can actually take votes away from Obama and count them for himself, this is like getting 2 votes for 1 in a general election. The polls show it too, Obama receives the fewest votes when matched up against Ron.

The everyday non hardcore politicos will be convinced through comedy central and SNL that Rick Perry is the 2nd coming of GWB.

Mitt Romney would be destroyed via Obama's attack ads, his past of trying to be 'everything to everyone' will catch up with him.

Bachmann will destroy herself before we even get to the primaries, every time she opens her mouth she loses votes.

Only Ron can win the whole damn thing because even Neocons like Tricky Dick Morris and Billdo O'Reilly will vote for him in the general.

 

[Suzu]

Not many people no about the Al Gore connection.

Can we not even spell "know" now?

 

[Sentinelrv]

Another thing, as we move up in the polls, this method will become even more effective and undeniable. I think we have a winning strategy here, one that doesn't require time consuming explanations to win people over. Some of these people will do anything they can to prevent Obama's reelection. If we drill it into their heads that nominating Romney or Perry will guarantee Obama's second term, they'll have no choice but to support Ron, because losing to Obama would be an even worse fate to them than Ron being elected president.

 

[Kregisen]

If a Perry supporter came up to me I would just ask them if they're aware of Perry signing an executive order to force all sixth-grade girls to take Gardasil, disregarding parents rights.....not even Obama is liberal enough to do that.

 

[KingRobbStark]

*In a french accent*

I fart in their general direction.

 

[KingRobbStark]

Can we not even spell "know" now?

No

 

[Ronpauljones]

Another thing, as we move up in the polls, this method will become even more effective and undeniable. I think we have a winning strategy here, one that doesn't require time consuming explanations to win people over. Some of these people will do anything they can to prevent Obama's reelection. If we drill it into their heads that nominating Romney or Perry will guarantee Obama's second term, they'll have no choice but to support Ron, because losing to Obama would be an even worse fate to them than Ron being elected president.

And it's true. Romney and Perry are only there because it would be easy for Obama, as unpopular as he is, to tear them apart. Especially Perry, I swear he has so much dirt him vs Charles Manson would be a dead heat.

 

[Ronpauljones]

If a Perry supporter came up to me I would just ask them if they're aware of Perry signing an executive order to force all sixth-grade girls to take Gardasil, disregarding parents rights.....not even Obama is liberal enough to do that.

Obama disregards everybody's rights.

 

[morely webb]

The Perry supporters I encounter keep repeating mindless slogans like "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs" and "Jobs is (sic) what it's all about" and "Rick Perry can create jobs".

They're brain-zapped zombies along the lines of the Obama '08 supporters ("Change"..."Obama's going to Change things")

Here's one for them: "Texas ranks 27th in unemployment in the country." Mediocre, mediocre, mediocre.

http://www.bls.gov/web/laus/laumstrk.htm

 

[Romulus]

Until a few days ago I spent about a week on Perry's facebook page doing nothing but posting factual dirt about him. The Perry supporters can never defend him with facts, all they do is pretend im lying, make personal attacks and call Ron Paul crazy.

You just proved my point right there. Rick Perry supporters don't care about his skeletons! So personally attack him in NOT effective and a waste of time in winning over that voter to our side.

That is 8% of likely republican voters either writing in Ron Paul, voting 3rd party, or sitting home on election day. Elections are won and lost with much smaller margins...

If bringing this up, I would caution not to say that you yourself fall in this category, you're just pointing out some supporters are unwavering.

Exactly - the whole idea is to neutralize the situation and let them know that the Ron Paul base is loyal and wont vote for anyone else.

Another thing, as we move up in the polls, this method will become even more effective and undeniable. I think we have a winning strategy here, one that doesn't require time consuming explanations to win people over. Some of these people will do anything they can to prevent Obama's reelection. If we drill it into their heads that nominating Romney or Perry will guarantee Obama's second term, they'll have no choice but to support Ron, because losing to Obama would be an even worse fate to them than Ron being elected president.

This is all R's that I know! They want Obama gone and will vote Ron if that's what it takes. It's up to us to keep driving home the message: Ron Paul is the ONLY one who can win!

 

[Revolution9]

Rick Perry supporter == Jacques Trapp.

HTH
Rev9

 

[RJB]

Good strategy. This is exactly what the neocon talking heads do. Right from the beginning, Hannity et al tell us who has a chance and who doesn't. 2008 was very eye opening how they said "Ron paul has no chance." They even did it with other neocons who weren't in the club such as Duncan Hunter and Tancredo. I heard so many times, "Tancredo is good but he doesn't have a chance..."

And the audience bought it hook line and sinker. It really is disheartening to see how gulible Americans are when trapped in the MSNBC/FOX news, left/right paradigm, but that said, we might as well use their stratagy. It works and it's true, Ron Paul is the only one who can beat Obama.

 

[Working Poor]

mention the poll in Texas that Ron won against Perry

 

[Christianlibertarian]

I used this strategy with a bunch of neocon coworkers and it seemed to work. They all liked Rick Perry because they just want Obama gone. The one democrat in the group said that he would vote for Ron Paul over Obama if he made it through the primary. That statement got them all thinking.

Also, this whole discussion proves that we are winning. We are setting up a Ron Paul bs Obama mentality.

 

[Tarzan]

We made some Dick Parrot handout cards that bring his record into question.
Here they are in case they are useful... playing card size, printable PDF format, 8 per sheet.

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?309034-Rick-Perry-Playing-Card-sized-Handouts

 

[mosquitobite]

mention the poll in Texas that Ron won against Perry

link?

 

[Romulus]

I used this strategy with a bunch of neocon coworkers and it seemed to work. They all liked Rick Perry because they just want Obama gone. The one democrat in the group said that he would vote for Ron Paul over Obama if he made it through the primary. That statement got them all thinking.

Also, this whole discussion proves that we are winning. We are setting up a Ron Paul bs Obama mentality.

+ rep!!

Let's hear more stories folks. This is a winning stragety!

Note: This is NOT about tearing down Perry - even half supporters will get defensive if you attack Perry right from the start. Don't do that! Perry supporters just want Obama to lose - the goal is to get them Fearful of an Obama victory and Doubtful that Perry can beat him.

Just keep reinforcing the idea - Ron Paul is the ONLY ONE who can beat Obama!! Eventually those Perry supporters will be coming our way.. keep it up.

 

[Koz]

Thats what most of us call him in Texas, he really isnt that popular here. Plus the Texas governor cant do much our constituion is pretty air tight. Last election there where no choices...

Medina would have been a better choice.

 

[Ronpauljones]

+ rep!!

Let's hear more stories folks. This is a winning stragety!

Note: This is NOT about tearing down Perry - even half supporters will get defensive if you attack Perry right from the start. Don't do that! Perry supporters just want Obama to lose - the goal is to get them Fearful of an Obama victory and Doubtful that Perry can beat him.

Just keep reinforcing the idea - Ron Paul is the ONLY ONE who can beat Obama!! Eventually those Perry supporters will be coming our way.. keep it up.

I will switch to this strategy. How do we go about convincing them that Paul is the only candidate that can beat Obama?

Edit: Especially without posting any factual dirt on Perry?