[POLL] IF Ron Paul looses out in the Primaries, Who would be the next best candidate?

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If Ron Paul looses out in the Primaries, Who would be the next best candidate?

  1. Barack Obama

    73.1%
  2. Mike Huckabee

    7.7%
  3. John McCain

    7.7%
  4. Hillary (Bill) Clinton

    7.7%
  5. Mitt Romney - Not Possible! <surprise>

    3.8%
  1. #1
    If Ron Paul looses out in the Primaries, Who would be the next best candidate?

    Ron Paul has to buy a lot of publicity, he is just not well known outside the internet community.
     
    gauharjk, Dec 23, 2007 IP
  2. Bernard

    Bernard Well-Known Member

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    #2
    If Ron Paul wins the GOP nomination, who would be the best possible VP/running mate?

    BTW, reports are that somewhere between 70-80% of the USA is connected to the internet. The internet is part of the fabric of life for mainstream America.
     
    Bernard, Dec 23, 2007 IP
  3. gauharjk

    gauharjk Notable Member

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    After reading a lot of other forum, I found people hardly know about Ron Paul. They have to find out, learn more if Dr. Paul has any chances of success. Offline advertising, especially TV. I heard plans of advertising during Super Bowl before Super Tuesday.

    I don't believe there can be good co-ordination on the internet on grass-root levels, because it has never been done on such a large-scale before. There is no precedent.


    Clinton is the most popular candidate I have heard. Barack Obama is rocking!

    If Barack Obama Wins, Al Gore will be Vice President.

    If Ron Paul Wins, Pat Buchanan will be Vice President.
     
    gauharjk, Dec 23, 2007 IP
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    Briant Peon

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    You didn't actually give us a choice gauharjk.
     
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    demosfen Peon

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    Exactly... All these people that you listed have one thing in common - they want to bomb Iran and stay in Iraq. That's a major reason why Paul gained popularity - the establishment candidates are just too corrupted by the military industry. There isn't any difference between them, you can safely choose any one
     
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    gauharjk Notable Member

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    Ron Paul has very different principles, a very radical ideology, which some people feel looks good in theory, but not possible to implement practically.

    I have seen a lot of other forums, and that is the general perception I have gathered. People talking against Ron Paul's utopian ideals.

    I hope Ron Paul wins, because America needs a change. But if he doesn't qualify, then I am sure most of you would still like to vote. Now, who would that candidate be? I'd like to know what Americans think about it.
     
    gauharjk, Dec 24, 2007 IP
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    Bernard Well-Known Member

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    #7
    If Ron Paul fails to get the nomination, it will remain to be seen which of the candidates left standing will adopt (part of) RP's positions/platform to win over his constituency. In short, IMO, your question cannot be answered at the moment because none of the candidates are viable second choices right now.
     
    Bernard, Dec 24, 2007 IP
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    tarponkeith Well-Known Member

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    if this is true, why doesn't the grassroots get that xrummer software and spam the hell out of all those other thousands of forums they don't post on?
     
    tarponkeith, Dec 24, 2007 IP
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    demosfen Peon

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    What is radical about it and why it is not impossible to implement? All he wants is go back to pre-FDR time, it worked very well for America back then so why shouldn't it work now. He is about the only non-radical candidate running, if you ask me. I think Obama, Guiliani, etc. are very, very radical. Nuclear wars, abolishing Constitution, etc. are very radical ideologies


    There isn't any difference between them, they all represent the establishment and work together. If you note how Kerry and Gore "lost" elections to Bush or how Guiliani "lost" to Hillary, you'll see they are all the same gang. There are no separate Republican and Democrat parties, they are just 2 factions of Communist party
     
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    Will.Spencer NetBuilder

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    When Ron Paul loses the Republican Primary, the best candidate to support will be whoever wins the Republican Primary. duh.
     
    Will.Spencer, Dec 24, 2007 IP
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    d16man Well-Known Member

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    which is still up in the air, although I am pulling for Huck!
     
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    Will.Spencer NetBuilder

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    #12
    I'm leaning towards Rudy (21.2%) , but I'll live with Mike (18.2%), Mitt (15.2%), or Fred (11.8%).

    It's John (14.8%) that bothers the heck out of me. I'd rather vote for Shillary.
     
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    It does seem counter-intuitive to the argument that Paulunteers spam the internet, doesn't it?

    By the way, it's XRumer, and it's very innovative software. I "acquired" a copy just so I could figure out how to spam proof my forums against it. Been meaning to write a post on that...
     
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    tarponkeith Well-Known Member

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    #14
    I've never used it, but heard about the software...

    If the right is already calling Ron Paul followers a bunch of "spammers", then shucks, if you're already taking the blame, might as well commit the crime... It might help get the word out a bit... or might backfire and piss off a bunch of forum owners...
     
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    Will.Spencer NetBuilder

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    I'm not sure there's a forum that they haven't hit yet...
     
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    #16
    We've been called spammers since day 1. Some guy called into C-SPAN this morning, and said that the campaign was a hoax, that the HQ was paying for spam.

    Luckily, the hostile Ron Paul witness mentioned that every expense is itemized, so if HQ is using all of this money (from a few spammers? there is a leap in logic) to spam, then it would show up on the Q4 filing.

    He's going to get attacked in the worst way possible. Then he's going to come under physical threat. That's his path to the presidency. Unfortunate, but true. There are too many, massive and global interests who have a lot to lose under a Ron Paul presidency.
     
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    Will.Spencer NetBuilder

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    Yeah, particularly one called "The United States of America." :rolleyes:
     
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    Perhaps the governmental and corporate "United States of America" but not the "We the People" of America.

    I was really thinking more along the lines of Boeing, Haliburton, Texaco, Goldman-Sachs, Kellogg Brown and Root, BP, Dow Chemical etc.

    Basically, anyone on Rudy Giuliani or Hillary Clinton's corporate donors list.
     
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    I agree with that. There are the worst 2 that we can get.
    Denis kuchinic is a decent guy. He would be my choice.
    If Chuck Hagel was running, he would be almost as good as Ron Paul.
     
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  20. Will.Spencer

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    Yeah, because really, all of world history is one big conspiracy run by a secret cabal of corporate elites, hell bent on dominating each and every little defenseless moron on the planet -- and yet somehow unable to for unknown reasons.

    Yeah... us against them babay! Don't let the man keep you down! Eat the rich! Kill whitey!
     
    Will.Spencer, Dec 24, 2007 IP