Ron and Rand Paul #53 and #64 respectively on Most Hated List

[AuH20]

I suspect in the next year or two, for that ranking to increase.

http://media.glennbeck.com/docs/100americans-pg1.pdf

[Philhelm]

As for Ron Paul, there are many on the left that I have met who don't hate him. Obiously, they don't support him, but they differentiate Ron Paul from the typical Republicans that they tend to hate. I honestly believe that Ron Paul could win a general election for the presidency, but the largest obstacle would be the GOP itself.

[Elwar]

It would be a lot higher if they only polled lobbyists and Washington insiders.

[erowe1]

As for Ron Paul, there are many on the left that I have met who don't hate him.

But there are many on the left who do hate him. And there are probably even more establishment Republicans who hate him.

[catdd]

He's pretty far down on the list but I still don't know how anyone could hate him.

[John Taylor]

The left hasn't needed to really train their guns directly on him, because Ron and Rand haven't been the primary "leaders" over conservatism, or "reactionarism" or whatever they view us as...

[South Park Fan]

Except for the Pauls, Tucker Carlson, John Stossel, Walter Williams, Thomas Sowell, and Pat Buchanan it seemed like most of them were neoconservatives

[Kregisen]

Is it a bad thing that I hate most of the top 10 as well since I'm a conservative?

[catdd]

There's a lot of crossover, that's one reason why I don't see how any liberals could hate RP unless they are self-hating.

[Matt Collins]

They must be doing something right. They're catching on I'm telling ya!

[MichelleHeart]

A lot of liberals I talk to seem to hate Rand, though. A LOT.

[akforme]

Is it a bad thing that I hate most of the top 10 as well since I'm a conservative?

I feel the same way, out of the first 40 I looked thru I found a handful that I don't dislike myself.

[Knightskye]

I like how they have write-ups for the first fifty, and then for the rest, they just have titles.

[klamath]

Let RP move to the front of the pack on the republican side and you will see the real hate towards RP from the left. Rand is more hated by the left now because they see him as being a new powerful republican leader emerging. Everything they hate about rand RP is even stronger at. They aren't attacking Rand from the war angle but the domestic angle. RP holds even stronger positions domestically than Rand. The good news is that the minute RP would move to the front of the republican leaders and the left came after him with pitchforks the republicans would rally around him.

[RM918]

There's a lot of crossover, that's one reason why I don't see how any liberals could hate RP unless they are self-hating.

They tend to hate RP because they see his economic concerns as 'retarded' because it forces them to face reality (None of their big-spending could be possible if they had to worry about remaining solvent). They also think he's an objectivist, wants the poor to burn in hell and never be helped, and wants corporations to control everything. And then there's the abortion thing.

[Knightskye]

How did they measure this?

Or did they just make a list of 100 famous "conservatives" -- I put it in quotation marks because W. Bush is on the list. Don't get me wrong, the left does hate him (more than Beck, in my opinion), but about halfway down, I wasn't sure who the people were.

[John Taylor]

When Rand is a Senator he'll shoot up on the list. Ron isn't as hated by the left because he has a lower profile than many... and he is not in a position of power, so he can easily be ignored... and the leftists like when he sears the GOP, as he does regularly.

[ClayTrainor]

When Rand is a Senator he'll shoot up on the list. Ron isn't as hated by the left because he has a lower profile than many... and he is not in a position of power, so he can easily be ignored... and the leftists like when he sears the GOP, as he does regularly.

True.

Most of the "left" that I encounter in my personal life are sympathetic to Ron Paul for his firm anti-war stance, as well.

[malkusm]

Except for the Pauls, Tucker Carlson, John Stossel, Walter Williams, and Pat Buchanan it seemed like most of them were neoconservatives

Don't forget Thomas Sowell!

[Ricky201]

I expected Rand Paul and the governor from Arizona to be much higher on the list. I didn't really expect Ron Paul to be on at all. I think most liberals would see Ron to be an asset, especially since Ron believes in building coalitions. Rand comes off much more partisan to the liberals, especially when the neo-cons came to his defense.

[libertybrewcity]

i am willing to bet that more people on the left like ron paul more than those that hate him. i know that is at least true with young people. everyone college student i talk to, they say, yea i voted for obama but you know who i really liked? ron paul.

i hear it over and over.

[BuddyRey]

i am willing to bet that more people on the left like ron paul more than those that hate him. i know that is at least true with young people. everyone college student i talk to, they say, yea i voted for obama but you know who i really liked? ron paul.

i hear it over and over.

This!

I'm exceedingly skeptical at any website which purports to compile a definitive list of who "the left" hates the most, since "the left" is hardly a monolith. In fact, they're probably as fractious and polarized at the grassroots level as the so-called "right" is. When the Ron Paul movement wasn't about representing any particular party or wing of politics, the coalition was so broad and so diverse that the Old Media didn't know what label to slap onto us.

I realize the movement is maturing, evolving, and finding its voice, but I also fear that, by so hastily volunteering to go into battle with the banner of a "right-wing" political force, we run the risk of abandoning the carefully nuanced and wholly unmatched universality of the message Dr. Paul has always represented. The way we are now; un-tagged, un-labelled, and truly "independent" in every sense of the term, we hold a unique opportunity to come to the American people unblemished by their preconceived notions of party and ideology; and in so doing, make ourselves known as allies of all people who desire peace and freedom.

[Promontorium]

Ron Paul is consistently called "insane" for his beliefs. And everytime it's by a leftist calling his common middle of the road "right wing" positions insane, or a righty calling one of his mundane "left wing" positions insane.

Through Ron Paul, most Americans call the ideas of most Americans "insane". Either most people are insane, or they are just terrible at politics and should really rethink their life.


I think there's something to be said about Ron and Rand making this list, but welllll below anyone most people have heard of.

[Srg1]

Alex jones should be on that list.

[james1906]

People on the left start their opinions of RP with "Well, I like Ron Paul on some things....." You don't get that opinion with others in the GOP unless it's the liberal wing like Chaffee, Snowe, etc.

[Roxi]

LMAO at Tim Tebow being number 74

[Lucille]

He's pretty far down on the list but I still don't know how anyone could hate him.

"The men the American people admire most extravagantly are the most daring liars; the men they detest most violently are those who try to tell them the truth."
~ H.L. Mencken (http://www.lewrockwell.com/shaffer/shaffer218.html)

[HOLLYWOOD]

Lol! #72 ted nugent

[erowe1]

Don't forget Thomas Sowell!

Is Sowell not a neoconservative? He sure supports the wars in the Middle East a lot for someone who isn't, if that's the case.

[Anti Federalist]

As others have already noted, I don't care for most of who's on that list as well.

What's that say?

If you made a list of the "100 people the Right hates" I'd probably not care for the vast bulk of those folks as well.

[catdd]

They tend to hate RP because they see his economic concerns as 'retarded' because it forces them to face reality (None of their big-spending could be possible if they had to worry about remaining solvent). They also think he's an objectivist, wants the poor to burn in hell and never be helped, and wants corporations to control everything. And then there's the abortion thing.

Those are the areas we need to work on with them. I mean, I know getting through to liberals is like banging your head against a rock wall, but we can chip away at it.
The thing is to keep them on the defensive and hopefully they will get tired of fighting the truth.

[heavenlyboy34]

Coincidentally, I hate most of those people too! lolz

[JohnEngland]

A lot of liberals I talk to seem to hate Rand, though. A LOT.

Do they even know why they hate him?

And once they utter their answer, which will surely be along the lines of "oh, he wants to repeal the Civil Rights Act and hates black people", I hope you can correct them with the facts!