Would you vote for Ron Paul if Romney was the VP

Ron/Romney ticket

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No - that would defy what Ron Paul is all about. If I wanted a flip flopper, I'd vote Mitt for president.
 
parocks said:
The question isn't "do you prefer Romney"? The question is, if that was the ticket, would you vote for it?

No one here should say "no, I won't vote for Ron Paul because of who the VP is".
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No. Everyone here should say 'no'. This push for a Romney/Paul, Paul/Romney and Romney/Rand ticket is NOT coming from us. It is not coming from the campaign. The meme is coming from the establishment itself as it tries to do damage control over losing such massive mindshare to Ron Paul. They are floundering around, trying to figure out how to proceed.

Pushing forward the Paul/Romney meme to us, and trying to see if we'd go for it, is establishment politicking at its best.

If we are to the point that we are seriously discussing a Paul/Romney ticket, then we MUST recognize that we have the power in our hands to allow Ron Paul to choose his own running mate, rather than allowing the Establishment to choose one for him/us. I will not vote for a ticket involving Romney, period.
 
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I feel dirty. I voted yes.

Romney is the epitome of oiliness and makes my skin crawl, but Kennedy wasn't fond of Johnson.
 
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I'd vote for Ron regardless of his VP pick. I just hope he has excellent security if he chooses to give an establishment darling the nod.
 
I would. Then I would beg Ron Paul to demand that I be hired by the Secret Service and assigned to him. Then I would hope and pray I was paranoid enough at all times.

brushfire said:
No - that would defy what Ron Paul is all about. If I wanted a flip flopper, I'd vote Mitt for president.
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You act like the veep actually does something.

The vote in the Senate just isn't tied all that often.
 
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affa said:
No. Everyone here should say 'no'. This push for a Romney/Paul, Paul/Romney and Romney/Rand ticket is NOT coming from us. It is not coming from the campaign. The meme is coming from the establishment itself as it tries to do damage control over losing such massive mindshare to Ron Paul. They are floundering around, trying to figure out how to proceed.

Pushing forward the Paul/Romney meme to us, and trying to see if we'd go for it, is establishment politicking at its best.

If we are to the point that we are seriously discussing a Paul/Romney ticket, then we MUST recognize that we have the power in our hands to allow Ron Paul to choose his own running mate, rather than allowing the Establishment to choose one for him/us. I will not vote for a ticket involving Romney, period.
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I don't think you can dismiss such a notion as simply "establishment politicking". Clearly someone such as the OP, who has been on these boards since '07 and has 3,000 posts under their belt, is not likely an establishment hack. This is a genuine question based in pragmatism, even if it's misguided. It would not even be close to the ideal scenario, but it is not out of the realm of possibility.

That said, I do not believe that Ron would ever choose Mitt, but if he did, I would still vote for him. Like I said, I just hope he hires amazing security, if that ends up being the case.
 
No. Principle. And even why do this to ourselves? This is about as likely as Iran nuking Israel.
 
gb13 said:
I don't think you can dismiss such a notion as simply "establishment politicking". Clearly someone such as the OP, who has been on these boards since '07 and has 3,000 posts under their belt, is not likely an establishment hack. This is a genuine question based in pragmatism, even if it's misguided. It would not even be close to the ideal scenario, but it is not out of the realm of possibility.

That said, I do not believe that Ron would ever choose Mitt, but if he did, I would still vote for him. Like I said, I just hope he hires amazing security, if that ends up being the case.
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No, you misunderstand. I am not saying anyone that posts this question is establishment. I am saying the meme was created by the establishment, and started showing up in various establishment media sources. That is where the meme is coming from, and as memes do, it spreads, and so people here start talking about it. Some here are plants, I'm sure. Others are full on Ron Paul supporters who are sincerely curious.

This is an extremely common, and extremely well known, manipulation tactic. It's often called 'floating an idea'. It's a common method of vetting options on controversial subjects. You have a few outlier articles float an idea, like a Paul/Romney ticket, or a Romney/Rand ticket, and you gauge reception to the idea. It's such a odd concept, that people start talking about it. Wondering about it. Discussing it. It's like a seed; you plant the idea, and watch it spread. And suddenly a ridiculous concept, like Paul actually accepting Romney as VP, become an option on the table, which is the goal of floating an idea. And here we are, discussing the ultimate compromise, putting Romney in second in line, and acting like it's a good thing despite obvious examples in history, like Kennedy, as to why this is an absolutely unacceptable option.

It's really no different than how you spread any meme -- like how articles and comment sections commonly refer to Paul supporters as being rude, or young, or druggies. Common sense and even a bit of reading of comment sections disprove this; it is the anti-Paul commenters that hurl insults, and most Paul respondents write eloquent rebuttals, or simply 'Ron Paul 2012!'. Yet, this meme that we're rude sticks... even in the face of empirical evidence that anyone can find in the comment section to any article.
 
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I sure would! Paul could fix a lot of crap before Romney got the coat tail nominee status. Plus Paul could be a mentor to Romney (like Yoda) and could convert him to the ways of the Jedi...I mean liberty.
 
CaptainAmerica said:
You guys are completely STUPID to history.

JFK >LBJ

thats all I have to say for you dimwits who voted yes.
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THIS! That was the first thing that came to my mind! Who was the last pres that tried to end the fed? Too many similarities in that hypothetical scenario!
 
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