Is Ron Paul the repukes Obama?

[southernleftylady]

Getting their young and and excited out to vote and starting a movement? NOT WHAT EACH OTHER STAND FOR.. but how they get young people (and older for that matter) excited about voting?

[high density]

1. No, it's for batshit crazies that want the government dismantled at all levels

so that they will not have to pay any taxes, except to run a huge military.

(edit to fix spelling error)

[livetohike]

5. Now this is the best description of Libertarians I've seen!

Short and to the point :toast:.

[southernleftylady]

9. thats the repukes I meant with the excitement level and revolution talk not what they stand for nt

[ozone_man]

21. Paul is against the military.

He wants to bring all the troops home. It's Democrats and Republicans that are pro military industrial complex.

Obama is a centrist who is inspirational, full of hope and change, and is youthful. He appeals to youth for different reasons that Ron Paul.

Ron Paul appeals to Libertarians, who tend to be youthful as a group. Tech savvy idealists.

Obama has rock star appeal. Paul has the appeal of a wizened old grandfather who speaks truth to power. At least when it comes to speaking out against the MIC it's the truth. Maybe a few other positions, e.g., anti-corporate welfare.

Dennis Kucinich would be the closest analog we have to Ron Paul, but he doesn't attract many supporters. He gets marginalized by the press. He's an elf. Ron Paul is an elf too, but his supporters seem to look beyond superficial qualities to ideas.

Politically, I come closest to Kucinich, but people respond more to stars like Obama and Clinton, and the MSM that feeds their images.

[high density]

22. He's anti-Iraq war, yes

But I haven't seen anything in his positions that talk about dismantling the military. In fact I think he'd probably focus the military domestically to search for illegal aliens and at "securing" the border.

[ozone_man]

32. You didn't look very hard.

A defense policy designed to keep Americans safe should start with the idea that we must secure our borders from those who would cross them to do us harm. Currently, the United States maintains hundreds of thousands of troops in more than 100 foreign countries. In many cases, they are there to defend foreign borders. Maintaining such a global empire drains nearly one trillion dollars from the U.S. economy each year, while offering very little real security for the American people. What’s worse, our U.S. Border Guards are sent overseas to places like Iraq while our own borders remain porous and vulnerable.

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/national-defense/

You won't hear a Democrat talk like that. :)

The elephant in the room, that no status quo politician will acknowledge, is the military budget that is draining a trillion dollars a year from our country, causing our debt to be over $9 trillion dollars and we continue to deficit spend. And it is approved of by Democrats, at least half of them anyway.

[AlCzervik]

2. no because Ron Paul's "Young voters" aren't turning out at the polls.

it's a movement of cash, thats all.

[Exultant Democracy]

3. Except he is a crazy extremest and he isn't getting out many voters either.

[southernleftylady]

7. true! nt

[physioex]

14. Right...

His supports are very vocal but as a group they aren't the majority. I have seen more of RP signs than all other candidates combined.

[southernleftylady]

18. That is what I am talking about .. signs and vocal supporters nt

[Exultant Democracy]

20. Yeah they like to be seen, and they post all over the internet too. Obnoxious

places where I have never seen anyone post anything about politics and all of a sudden like 10 ron paul post in a row. I've never seen a Clinton or Obama poster do something like that.

[libertee]

4. yup and I wish he were a democrat

[tammywammy]

11. Really? What postitions specifically of Ron Paul's do you agree with other than the war?

[libertee]

25. lower taxes, sound monetary policies and less government.

[tammywammy]

27. He's not lower taxes

He's no taxes. And less government by Paul would be no welfare, no food stamps, no governmental programs to help people.

He'd also eliminate U.S. Department of Education, U.S. Department of Energy, the US Department of Commerce,the US Department of Health and Human Services,the Department of Homeland Security, the Federal Emergency Management Administration, the Interstate Commerce Commission and the Internal Revenue Service.

[high density]

26. I think we'd have to add a few thousand square miles to the size of our tent

for that to happen.

[cali]

6. *snicker*

man, what a feeble piece of shit flamebait.

:rofl:

Oh and only an idiot would actually believe a comparison between Ron Paul and Obama was meaningful.

[chascarrillo]

8. He's the Repukes' Kucinich.

Getting the young and kinda nutty excited and then disheartened and discouraged.

[southernleftylady]

13. Thats a good comparison! thank you nt

[ElsewheresDaughter]

10. yes...Paul has deffinetly done exactly what Obama has

[tammywammy]

17. Really? What states has Paul won?

I didn't realize he was in a tie with the other candidates.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

29. "win" who said anything about a win ...read the OP again

[tammywammy]

30. There's no need to be nasty

And for someone commenting on my reading skills, you could use a little work in spelling.

You said " yes...Paul has deffinetly done exactly what Obama has"

Obama's won many states. If Paul's done exactly what Obama has, what states has Paul won?

[book_worm]

12. with the exception that Obama has won several states while Paul hasn't.

[AlCzervik]

15. yup, i think he has 9 delegates. His support is a mile wide and about a half an inch deep.

[OHdem10]

16. Huckabee might be a better comparison

[blogslut]

19. Personally, I think it started as a joke

that went viral and got out of hand

[Blue-Jay]

23. Oy.

[Renew Deal]

24. He's the republican Kucinich.

[southernleftylady]

28. Yeah thats a better comparison I think.. thank you! :) nt

[whistle]

31. With 16 delegates, Ron Paul is going nowhere

[Dob Bole]

33. If by 'Obama' you mean the Republican who opposed the War and supports civil liberties, then yes.

His economic policies are different, but he's the best of the Republicans this year.