Ron Paul is in!

[All Along The Watchtower]

Lolbertarian candidacy.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Hey, this is my first ever post!

In Britain here, I'm torn between voting for the lesser evil. Labour are socially and economically evil. Lib Dems are sort of economically evil but socially awesome and the Conservatives are socially iffy and economically awesome. So, I have to vote Lib Dem!

Anyway, sorry, just wanted an intro. I love Ron Paul, myself and other UK classical liberal really look up to him as an example of Jeffersonian principles. So I'm really glad to hear he's joining the presidential debate, hopefully he'll own them all like he did on foreign policy a few years back.

Ron Paul for 2012!

Welcome to the Fourm! Enjoy your stay.

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OMG I JUST HAD AN ORGASM OVER THIS OMG RON PAUL RON PAUL OOOOOOOOOOH OHHHHHHH

[HarveyCanis]

Hey, this is my first ever post!

In Britain here, I'm torn between voting for the lesser evil. Labour are socially and economically evil. Lib Dems are sort of economically evil but socially awesome and the Conservatives are socially iffy and economically awesome. So, I have to vote Lib Dem!

Anyway, sorry, just wanted an intro. I love Ron Paul, myself and other UK classical liberal really look up to him as an example of Jeffersonian principles. So I'm really glad to hear he's joining the presidential debate, hopefully he'll own them all like he did on foreign policy a few years back.

Ron Paul for 2012!

Welcome to the Fourm! Enjoy your stay.

Thank you very much. I'm fascinated by American politics. So different to ours.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

OMG I JUST HAD AN ORGASM OVER THIS OMG RON PAUL RON PAUL OOOOOOOOOOH OHHHHHHH

Did you at least peed your pants out of excitement about Dr Paul saving America?

[Likely Voter]

I got to say, i never really understood why so many of the young are attracted to Paul. Never met a 20 something who wanted to return to the gold standard or who thought the FDA was opressing him. But then again, the Libertarian is in favor of legalizing drugs so maybe that is the ticket

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Last night I had a dream Ron Paul was campaigning locally. He collected "votes" in a dumpster for some reason. It was empty. Am I a prophet?

[specific_name]

I got to say, i never really understood why so many of the young are attracted to Paul. Never met a 20 something who wanted to return to the gold standard or who thought the FDA was opressing him. But then again, the Libertarian is in favor of legalizing drugs so maybe that is the ticket

It's probably because of the drugs or the truther subculture, which pretty much reveres him.

[Oakvale]

I remember someone on another forum I used to visit speculating that, to paraphrase, "young people (on the internet) like Ron Paul because he takes a bold, no-nonsense stand on the Iraq War, while ignoring the fact that he spends the rest of his time taking bold, all-nonsense stands on everything else".

[MyRescueKittehRocks]

If he does run as a Libertarian after hypothetically losing in the primary, hopefully we'd get an interesting election night. I'll bet 1992 was an interesting one and we may get a repeat (though probably not as successful-Paul'd probably get five percent or less).

I disagree-I think he could do just as good as Perot, provided the Republicans run Palin or Bachman, and the Constitution Party endorses him.

Palin and Bachaman would back him if neither runs.

[Phony Moderate]

It would be bleakly amusing if Ron Paul were elected, and turned out to be like most other Presidents.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

It would be bleakly amusing if Ron Paul were elected, and turned out to be like most other Presidents.

Or even better, he turns out to be a fascist!

[Ⓐnarchy in the ☭☭☭P!]

It would be bleakly amusing if Ron Paul were elected, and turned out to be like most other Presidents.

Or even better, he turns out to be a fascist!

Allow me to one up you; what if he won and turned out to be

A STALINIST

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

It would be bleakly amusing if Ron Paul were elected, and turned out to be like most other Presidents.

Or even better, he turns out to be a fascist!

Allow me to one up you; what if he won and turned out to be

A STALINIST

That's be awesome to see! Ron Paul elected only to pour trillions into the military and domestic spending, plus a new patriot act and a stepped up war on drugs. I'm being totally serious when I say it'd be hilarious.

[Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon]

It would be bleakly amusing if Ron Paul were elected, and turned out to be like most other Presidents.

Or even better, he turns out to be a fascist!

Allow me to one up you; what if he won and turned out to be

A STALINIST

Or
AN OBAMAIST! OMG

[Themistocles18]

Does it bother no one that Ron Paul is 75 years old and would be 77 on election day?  Isn't that just way, way, too old?  Even if you like his ideas, isn't it possible to find a better vehicle for them?  For my part, I wouldn't vote for a 77 year old if it turned out I'd been cloned from one of his cells and was, in fact, identical to him ideologically and temperamentally. 

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

Imagine, by the fluke of the Gods,  Paul becomes President and Libertas is still posting.

How long before he'd be like "oh noes, Ron Paul turns out to be just another mainstream Republican!"

[Mr. Taft Republican]

Imagine, by the fluke of the Gods,  Paul becomes President and Libertas is still posting.

How long before he'd be like "oh noes, Ron Paul turns out to be just another mainstream Republican!"

I'd cry, then lol.

I think most likely is that he picks someone like Romney or Huckabee as VP, then have a heart attack on election day, and his last words will be "OH NOES!!"

[All Along The Watchtower]

I find it amusing that Paul was "inspired" to get into politics when Nixon took the US dollar off the gold standard in 1971.

Seriously, how many people are passionate about "restoring the currency"?

It's also interesting-and kinda frightening-how much thought Paul personally puts into his positions in comparison to the average Congressperson. He cares more about his Libertarian ideals than about getting re-elected.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Does it bother no one that Ron Paul is 75 years old and would be 77 on election day?  Isn't that just way, way, too old?  Even if you like his ideas, isn't it possible to find a better vehicle for them?  For my part, I wouldn't vote for a 77 year old if it turned out I'd been cloned from one of his cells and was, in fact, identical to him ideologically and temperamentally. 

Yes, it does bother me. The presidency is very hard on people, and Ron might die within the first month. So whoever his VP would be (Johnson, Paul the Younger, or Sexgod if he wants establishment candidate support) would be the real deciding factor.

[feeblepizza]

Does it bother no one that Ron Paul is 75 years old and would be 77 on election day?  Isn't that just way, way, too old?  Even if you like his ideas, isn't it possible to find a better vehicle for them?  For my part, I wouldn't vote for a 77 year old if it turned out I'd been cloned from one of his cells and was, in fact, identical to him ideologically and temperamentally. 

Yes, it does bother me. The presidency is very hard on people, and Ron might die within the first month. So whoever his VP would be (Johnson, Paul the Younger, or Sexgod if he wants establishment candidate support) would be the real deciding factor.

Who is Sexgod?

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Does it bother no one that Ron Paul is 75 years old and would be 77 on election day?  Isn't that just way, way, too old?  Even if you like his ideas, isn't it possible to find a better vehicle for them?  For my part, I wouldn't vote for a 77 year old if it turned out I'd been cloned from one of his cells and was, in fact, identical to him ideologically and temperamentally. 

Yes, it does bother me. The presidency is very hard on people, and Ron might die within the first month. So whoever his VP would be (Johnson, Paul the Younger, or Sexgod if he wants establishment candidate support) would be the real deciding factor.

Who is Sexgod?

Mitch Daniels.

[This user has not been convicted of 34 felonies]

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[CatoMinor]

It's also interesting-and kinda frightening-how much thought Paul personally puts into his positions in comparison to the average Congressperson. He cares more about his Libertarian ideals than about getting re-elected.

How on earth is that a bad thing for someone in Congress

[All Along The Watchtower]

It's also interesting-and kinda frightening-how much thought Paul personally puts into his positions in comparison to the average Congressperson. He cares more about his Libertarian ideals than about getting re-elected.

How on earth is that a bad thing for someone in Congress

I meant that so many other Congresspeople DON'T do that.