KramerDSP
02-21-2010, 03:53 PM
I always enjoy reading comments after stories regarding Ron's CPAC Straw Poll win. While I realize that a majority of Paul supporters actively search for those articles and comment on them, they can still be useful in getting a feel of where others stand on things. Here are several comments in particular that really stood out.
ABC News - Ron Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll (http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/02/ron-paul-wins-cpac-straw-poll.html)
I love Ron Paul. I think he is so smart and he truly loves his country.
How dare anybody turn their nose up at him. Are you listening to yourselves? I like him but he is old you are repeating what McCain, Bush, Palin,and any body else who does not want Ron to run again. Well there are a lot of old gezers out there who might just vote for him.He truly is the only candidate who wants to give the money back to the people
Nobody in Washington is happy about him winning that straw poll. HA!! HA!! Take that Nancy and GW ccCheney and all the rest of you bullies the people are almost awake YES!
I am sure there will be lots of questioning of him as a candidate. As someone who keep tabs on him I can assure you he might considering run. His people raised more money from in one day than any other candidate he was heavily supported by the military and received more donation from the military than all the candidates combined. He is well loved and a lot of people are for him!!! Don't turn your back on him or you will be turning your back on yourself.
Posted by: Lisafrequency | Feb 20, 2010 8:38:50 PM
Well fellow Republicans, if we want to win back what we lost.....we need to jump on the bandwagon. We can always dump him later for a true elitist.
Posted by: rich | Feb 20, 2010 8:43:14 PM
This is brilliant sarcasm. At least I think it is.
I could live with Paul, as long as he had a democratic congress to work with, we've already seen what happens when the GOP controls ALL branches of government, the destruction of America.
Posted by: JR | Feb 20, 2010 8:50:45 PM
Spoken like a true liberal. In addition, one of my strong liberal friends tweeted something four hours ago saying "at this point Ron Paul's pretty much the only republican I'd consider voting for. Also Mitt if he reverts back to his old form." Just saying. And the GOP thinks he's unelectable?
Well...Ron Paul doesn't turn me off near as much as most of the other contenders. It's a start.
Posted by: bravebrick | Feb 20, 2010 9:07:00 PM
Ron Paul is against abortion and if he can overturn and ban it, I am all for him. That is the greatest evil in the world right now. I would love to see Gingrich in there. He is one of the most intelligent people, I have ever heard speak. We should be so lucky.
Posted by: Sensons | Feb 20, 2010 9:15:40 PM
This one confuses me. But it suggests that at least some of those that favor Gingrich and/or can get behind his abortion stance are more receptive to Paul.
He is not beholden to special interests. Is there anyone else in the Federal government that can make that claim. Ron is the one for me. I consider him a personal hero given the fact that he has challenged the corruption in DC all the while getting laughed at. Ron Paul in 2012. He may be 76 years old at the time, but his wisdom more than makes up for it. Maybe add Kucinich to the ticket. We need men or women of integrity.
Posted by: Ben | Feb 20, 2010 9:15:58 PM
As much as I would hate to see it, a small part of me feels like the GOP will just screw Ron over again and put up a Romney/Ryan or Romney/Huckabee ticket for 2012. If that happens, I would be receptive towards the idea of an Obama/Biden vs. Romney/Huckabee vs. Paul/Kucinich. I mean, Paul and Kucinich disagree on a lot, but on the four issues they do agree in, they could get a lot of things done in terms of course correcting and getting the country back on track. And the country might just say "You know what, let's go for this".
OK... here's my position. In 2004, I left the Republican party because I could clearly see that it had lost its way.
I watched Ron Paul during the last general election get rejected by the old school republicans (smurking at him during the GOP debate), and was even further disappointed in the party, as he was the only one who's ideas stuck with the TRUE platform of the party.
If Ron Paul is the primary candidate again Obama, I would vote for him. If some one else is selected, I'll vote for Obama again.
Your choice republican party.
Posted by: X-Republican Because of Bush | Feb 20, 2010 9:58:41 PM
Ron Paul can change the world. Enough of this big brother BS. We cannot let the government make our decisions and control our destiny. Ron Paul is all about the people. If you have common sense, you would vote Ron Paul. For those who fear actual freedom, then Ron Paul is not for you and you belong with the rest antagonists
Posted by: Joe | Feb 20, 2010 10:08:20 PM
I'm pleasantly surprised. I thought they'd be dumber than this....
Posted by: Cassandra | Feb 20, 2010 10:08:51 PM
I usually vote democrat but I could get on board with Ron Paul. I agree with a lot of his ideas.
Posted by: Janice | Feb 20, 2010 10:46:22 PM
Ron Paul is his own worst enemy. He has some great ideas and he would make a great president but he speaks like he’s in a panic all the time. I don’t trust people who panic so just the sound of a panicky voice scares me.
I once heard him speak in a non-political interview and he came across as intelligent and self assured. On the campaign trail he goes back in to panic mode. He’s a brilliant man but the manner of his speech makes him sound like a nut.
I’m not trying to insult the man, I hope he reads this and takes my advise. Calm down, lower your voice a few octaves and try not to sound like you're in a panic.
Posted by: oonogil | Feb 20, 2010 11:29:07 PM
Ron's the man. No kook in my book. Someone that has gotten everything right is no kook. Fringe maybe since the mainstream has gotten everything so wrong.
Posted by: Dave | Feb 21, 2010 12:43:11 AM
I voted for Obama in 2008. Obama was a big disappointment. I hope Ron Paul runs in 2012. I will vote for him.
No independent is stupid to vote for Sarah Palin or Mitt, or these other neocons.
I also found out that Ron Paul was the one who started these tea parties back in 2007 and now the neocons have hijacked the movement.
Posted by: Joey | Feb 21, 2010 1:34:29 AM
From the National Journal's "CPAC's Winners and Losers": (http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/02/cpacs_winners_a.php)
I second your first poster. Obviously, Ron Paul is a 'winner' from this weekend. Or do you realistically pretend he LOST influence?
It is clear from Ann Coulter going out of her way to underline that the only thing she disagrees with Paul on is foreign policy, that he is shaking people up in their assumptions. If that wasn't enough to convince people, Beck cribbing the entire substance of his speech (not the show parts) from Ron Paul's CPAC speech should convince anyone, from his focus on Woodrow Wilson (Ron Paul's) to even his statement that you need to look at foreign policy (Ron Paul's).
Such is the candidate partisanship that the most ironic point is that while Ron Paul's wins was bood by establishment types, Beck's speech, drawn in substance from Ron Paul's positions, was cheered.
Lucky for Paul, for him it is all about spreading IDEAS not winning races.
I'd say that made him the hands down winner.
spinnikerca | February 21, 2010 12:15 PM
In my mind, Calvin Coolidge is our most underrated president. We have never had a president more focused and effective in carrying out his program. He is rightly remembered as the president who brought the American people a period unprecedented prosperity and peace. He presided over one of the most vital and exciting decade in the American history. Coolidge was able to reduce a massive WWI debt and simultaneously cut taxes, eliminating them for most working folk. He also downsized a bloated Federal establishment, making it work efficiently and effectively. On the international front, his Administration assisted in the successful restoration of the international gold standard, which helped to revive world trade. Much of the success of his fiscal program was due to having the newly created Bureau of the Budget under his direct control. He and the Budget Director made, as they put it, every dollar sweat. He also made use of the new medium of the radio to report directly to American people twice a year on the fiscal state of the government, which gained him public support against Congressional spenders, of which, as now, there were many. The situation we faced today calls for another Coolidge: a man or women who can balance the books and make the government work efficiently and effectively once more.
JLWallace | February 21, 2010 3:42 PM
And from The Hill's Brent Budowsky who, in addition to his nice write-up on Paul, had this to say in the comments section: (http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/national-party-news/82479-ron-paul-wins-huge-victory-in-conservative-straw-poll)
Thanks for the comments, some very good ones. I would add that Ron Paul has a libertarian streak that makes him different than most Democrats and Republicans. And he has argued this positions for many years and been very consistent regardless of the shorter term political trends . What most of the others do, is shift with the winds. Obama goes from pseudo populist saying he wants to attack the fat cats to saying Wall Street bonuses at Morgan and Goldman were justified.Republicans take huge special interest money and favor banks yet pretend they are populists. Some tea party pseudos ask for $500 to get into their meetings which was ridiculous.Ron Paul is totally consistent, honorable and clear in his views and always has been. Authenticity is important right now and Paul has it. Sometimes I agree with him,other times I dont, but he is always honest and worth listening to.
BY brent on 02/21/2010 at 07:31
BTW as a pure organizational matter, Paul's victory was a politically brilliant work of art. The CPAC crowd appeared stunned. Poor Mitt Romney, a liberal Republic an who spends years shape shifting what he stands for, and Ron Paul creams him and leaves Palin in the dust. The pure political organization of this was brilliant and if this transposes to the 2012 campaign it could be very interesting indeed.
BY brent on 02/21/2010 at 07:57
No matter how much the media spins this, I think a huge paradigm shift is occurring right in front of our eyes, as more people are beginning to see things in an entirely new light.
ABC News - Ron Paul Wins CPAC Straw Poll (http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/02/ron-paul-wins-cpac-straw-poll.html)
I love Ron Paul. I think he is so smart and he truly loves his country.
How dare anybody turn their nose up at him. Are you listening to yourselves? I like him but he is old you are repeating what McCain, Bush, Palin,and any body else who does not want Ron to run again. Well there are a lot of old gezers out there who might just vote for him.He truly is the only candidate who wants to give the money back to the people
Nobody in Washington is happy about him winning that straw poll. HA!! HA!! Take that Nancy and GW ccCheney and all the rest of you bullies the people are almost awake YES!
I am sure there will be lots of questioning of him as a candidate. As someone who keep tabs on him I can assure you he might considering run. His people raised more money from in one day than any other candidate he was heavily supported by the military and received more donation from the military than all the candidates combined. He is well loved and a lot of people are for him!!! Don't turn your back on him or you will be turning your back on yourself.
Posted by: Lisafrequency | Feb 20, 2010 8:38:50 PM
Well fellow Republicans, if we want to win back what we lost.....we need to jump on the bandwagon. We can always dump him later for a true elitist.
Posted by: rich | Feb 20, 2010 8:43:14 PM
This is brilliant sarcasm. At least I think it is.
I could live with Paul, as long as he had a democratic congress to work with, we've already seen what happens when the GOP controls ALL branches of government, the destruction of America.
Posted by: JR | Feb 20, 2010 8:50:45 PM
Spoken like a true liberal. In addition, one of my strong liberal friends tweeted something four hours ago saying "at this point Ron Paul's pretty much the only republican I'd consider voting for. Also Mitt if he reverts back to his old form." Just saying. And the GOP thinks he's unelectable?
Well...Ron Paul doesn't turn me off near as much as most of the other contenders. It's a start.
Posted by: bravebrick | Feb 20, 2010 9:07:00 PM
Ron Paul is against abortion and if he can overturn and ban it, I am all for him. That is the greatest evil in the world right now. I would love to see Gingrich in there. He is one of the most intelligent people, I have ever heard speak. We should be so lucky.
Posted by: Sensons | Feb 20, 2010 9:15:40 PM
This one confuses me. But it suggests that at least some of those that favor Gingrich and/or can get behind his abortion stance are more receptive to Paul.
He is not beholden to special interests. Is there anyone else in the Federal government that can make that claim. Ron is the one for me. I consider him a personal hero given the fact that he has challenged the corruption in DC all the while getting laughed at. Ron Paul in 2012. He may be 76 years old at the time, but his wisdom more than makes up for it. Maybe add Kucinich to the ticket. We need men or women of integrity.
Posted by: Ben | Feb 20, 2010 9:15:58 PM
As much as I would hate to see it, a small part of me feels like the GOP will just screw Ron over again and put up a Romney/Ryan or Romney/Huckabee ticket for 2012. If that happens, I would be receptive towards the idea of an Obama/Biden vs. Romney/Huckabee vs. Paul/Kucinich. I mean, Paul and Kucinich disagree on a lot, but on the four issues they do agree in, they could get a lot of things done in terms of course correcting and getting the country back on track. And the country might just say "You know what, let's go for this".
OK... here's my position. In 2004, I left the Republican party because I could clearly see that it had lost its way.
I watched Ron Paul during the last general election get rejected by the old school republicans (smurking at him during the GOP debate), and was even further disappointed in the party, as he was the only one who's ideas stuck with the TRUE platform of the party.
If Ron Paul is the primary candidate again Obama, I would vote for him. If some one else is selected, I'll vote for Obama again.
Your choice republican party.
Posted by: X-Republican Because of Bush | Feb 20, 2010 9:58:41 PM
Ron Paul can change the world. Enough of this big brother BS. We cannot let the government make our decisions and control our destiny. Ron Paul is all about the people. If you have common sense, you would vote Ron Paul. For those who fear actual freedom, then Ron Paul is not for you and you belong with the rest antagonists
Posted by: Joe | Feb 20, 2010 10:08:20 PM
I'm pleasantly surprised. I thought they'd be dumber than this....
Posted by: Cassandra | Feb 20, 2010 10:08:51 PM
I usually vote democrat but I could get on board with Ron Paul. I agree with a lot of his ideas.
Posted by: Janice | Feb 20, 2010 10:46:22 PM
Ron Paul is his own worst enemy. He has some great ideas and he would make a great president but he speaks like he’s in a panic all the time. I don’t trust people who panic so just the sound of a panicky voice scares me.
I once heard him speak in a non-political interview and he came across as intelligent and self assured. On the campaign trail he goes back in to panic mode. He’s a brilliant man but the manner of his speech makes him sound like a nut.
I’m not trying to insult the man, I hope he reads this and takes my advise. Calm down, lower your voice a few octaves and try not to sound like you're in a panic.
Posted by: oonogil | Feb 20, 2010 11:29:07 PM
Ron's the man. No kook in my book. Someone that has gotten everything right is no kook. Fringe maybe since the mainstream has gotten everything so wrong.
Posted by: Dave | Feb 21, 2010 12:43:11 AM
I voted for Obama in 2008. Obama was a big disappointment. I hope Ron Paul runs in 2012. I will vote for him.
No independent is stupid to vote for Sarah Palin or Mitt, or these other neocons.
I also found out that Ron Paul was the one who started these tea parties back in 2007 and now the neocons have hijacked the movement.
Posted by: Joey | Feb 21, 2010 1:34:29 AM
From the National Journal's "CPAC's Winners and Losers": (http://hotlineoncall.nationaljournal.com/archives/2010/02/cpacs_winners_a.php)
I second your first poster. Obviously, Ron Paul is a 'winner' from this weekend. Or do you realistically pretend he LOST influence?
It is clear from Ann Coulter going out of her way to underline that the only thing she disagrees with Paul on is foreign policy, that he is shaking people up in their assumptions. If that wasn't enough to convince people, Beck cribbing the entire substance of his speech (not the show parts) from Ron Paul's CPAC speech should convince anyone, from his focus on Woodrow Wilson (Ron Paul's) to even his statement that you need to look at foreign policy (Ron Paul's).
Such is the candidate partisanship that the most ironic point is that while Ron Paul's wins was bood by establishment types, Beck's speech, drawn in substance from Ron Paul's positions, was cheered.
Lucky for Paul, for him it is all about spreading IDEAS not winning races.
I'd say that made him the hands down winner.
spinnikerca | February 21, 2010 12:15 PM
In my mind, Calvin Coolidge is our most underrated president. We have never had a president more focused and effective in carrying out his program. He is rightly remembered as the president who brought the American people a period unprecedented prosperity and peace. He presided over one of the most vital and exciting decade in the American history. Coolidge was able to reduce a massive WWI debt and simultaneously cut taxes, eliminating them for most working folk. He also downsized a bloated Federal establishment, making it work efficiently and effectively. On the international front, his Administration assisted in the successful restoration of the international gold standard, which helped to revive world trade. Much of the success of his fiscal program was due to having the newly created Bureau of the Budget under his direct control. He and the Budget Director made, as they put it, every dollar sweat. He also made use of the new medium of the radio to report directly to American people twice a year on the fiscal state of the government, which gained him public support against Congressional spenders, of which, as now, there were many. The situation we faced today calls for another Coolidge: a man or women who can balance the books and make the government work efficiently and effectively once more.
JLWallace | February 21, 2010 3:42 PM
And from The Hill's Brent Budowsky who, in addition to his nice write-up on Paul, had this to say in the comments section: (http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/national-party-news/82479-ron-paul-wins-huge-victory-in-conservative-straw-poll)
Thanks for the comments, some very good ones. I would add that Ron Paul has a libertarian streak that makes him different than most Democrats and Republicans. And he has argued this positions for many years and been very consistent regardless of the shorter term political trends . What most of the others do, is shift with the winds. Obama goes from pseudo populist saying he wants to attack the fat cats to saying Wall Street bonuses at Morgan and Goldman were justified.Republicans take huge special interest money and favor banks yet pretend they are populists. Some tea party pseudos ask for $500 to get into their meetings which was ridiculous.Ron Paul is totally consistent, honorable and clear in his views and always has been. Authenticity is important right now and Paul has it. Sometimes I agree with him,other times I dont, but he is always honest and worth listening to.
BY brent on 02/21/2010 at 07:31
BTW as a pure organizational matter, Paul's victory was a politically brilliant work of art. The CPAC crowd appeared stunned. Poor Mitt Romney, a liberal Republic an who spends years shape shifting what he stands for, and Ron Paul creams him and leaves Palin in the dust. The pure political organization of this was brilliant and if this transposes to the 2012 campaign it could be very interesting indeed.
BY brent on 02/21/2010 at 07:57
No matter how much the media spins this, I think a huge paradigm shift is occurring right in front of our eyes, as more people are beginning to see things in an entirely new light.