Are we REALLY doing the RP thing AGAIN???? REALLY???
Back to the 'you hate the constitution if you didn't vote Paul';"you don't want liberty, freedom, etc.' rhetorical pretense is what REPELLED people more then Paul did. REMEMBER??
Now the Strormfront mantras of 'We'll teach the Republican party' and 'burn it all down till they pick our candidate' and 'they'll respect us after 4 dem years'. Realize it or not PAUL IS NO LONGER A CANDIDATE.
People CAN be reverent of liberty, the Constitution, et al and NOT vote Paul. The Paul supporters have no more claim to disenfranchisement due to Paul not winning as the Huckabee, Thompson, etc. supporters do. The distasteful, condescending, and at times violent behavior of his supporters did more to hurt Paul's campaign as anything.
Vote for whomever you want. That's your right, but get over yourselves. Paul wasn't martyred, he simply failed to lead. Step one in leadership is influence and his long record and now 2 presidential campaigns have borne out a lack of ability to do so.
What's worrisome is the potential for another Constitutionalist candidate with real leadership ability being shot down by having the 'Paul II' label stuck of him and having to deal with all this nonsense before ever being seen individually.
Lastly, I keep hearing Paul supporters saying they are annoyed that they are statistically insignificant and when (if) McCain loses they will be shown to be significant after all. Well, 2 things about that. First, will you embrace being insignificant when (if) he wins? And second, do you realize that is virtually verbatim from StormFront's approach to this election?
If all the Huckabee supporters vote for him as a write in it would do more damage. Same with groups such as Christians or Jewish people. Ready to give them that higher status?
Paul didn't make a dent in the primary's. Neither did Thompson or Giuliani. Paul supporters are only special in that some of them harbor more hostility and resentment then the others. The associations Paul has share those attributes.
I hate them all except Ron Paul
....bout sums it up for the mindset....and the associations there to.