100 Things I Learned from the 2012 GOP Primary

[nedomedo]

100:
Candidate who holds massive rallies much bigger than all of his opponents put together will usually finish last.

[Tyler_Durden]

I'll bite....

99: The GOP actually wants Obama to be re-elected.

[Philosophy_of_Politics]

98: The Grand Ole' Party is not really so Grand after-all.

[The Dark Knight]

97: No Matter how popular a candidate is with the youth, the GOP will still essentially ignore you and let the Democrats win that vote.

[LinRasinti]

100:
Candidate who holds massive rallies much bigger than all of his opponents put together will usually finish last.


100a: Targeting a group that don't vote is a surefire losing strategy.

[wgadget]

100a: Targeting a group that don't vote is a surefire losing strategy.

They voted for Obama, did they not?

[twomp]

100a: Targeting a group that don't vote is a surefire losing strategy.

Yah that totally didn't work for Obama in 2008 huh? ooh wait...

[UtahApocalypse]

97: Its fair to change Caucus, Convention, or other Party rules midgame.

[nedomedo]

96: If a candidate is 200 points behind and you still have 16% of the votes to count its pretty safe just to announce the winner and ignore the rest of the votes.

[cartemj06]

95: I am not alone

[FSP-Rebel]

94)
http://i44.tinypic.com/swtuld.jpg
Losers, duh.

[thoughtomator]

93) "Those who count the votes, they decide everything."

[Supernaut]

92: Birth control, abortion, and pornography apparently are the greatest issues facing our country today. :rolleyes:

[Tyler_Durden]

91: I hate Apathy.

[Rebel4Liberty]

My take..

90 : The GOP are NOT conservative republicans and more less right-wing christian fundamentalist incapable of embracing the libertarian ideology

[soulcyon]

90: Many people born this number's year found that voting for Obama was a grave mistake.

[1stAmendguy]

My take..

90 : The GOP are NOT conservative republicans and more less right-wing christian fundamentalist incapable of embracing the libertarian ideology

90a: And their hand-picked candidates (Romney, Gingrich, Santorum) are paper tiger fiscal conservatives.

[robert9712000]

89: The Media can Lie about whatever they want and the sheeple will eat it up,because in there mind Media = The Gospel Truth.

[TurkishMarch]

88: Never underestimate the difficulty of overcoming the combination of ignorance and passion. (Don't try to understand it either, because that's infuriating.)

[Tyler_Durden]

87: I'm capable of jumping up and cheering during a Debate in the same manner I would at a sporting event.

[ChristianAnarchist]

86: Homophobes like Santorum (think...)

[1stAmendguy]

88: Never underestimate the difficulty of overcoming the combination of ignorance and passion. (Don't try to understand it either, because that's infuriating.)

That combination has a name - ignorance is strength.

[1stAmendguy]

85: A particular rowdy group of South Carolinians apparently love war and the New Testament.

[nedomedo]

84:
If you advocate invading countries and bombing people, and you give money to planned parenthood you are pro life.

[Jack Bauer]

83: Pizza may get you the ladies but not the votes. :(

[Liberty Rebellion]

82: Video cameras should be used at all times

[Supernaut]

85: A particular rowdy group of South Carolinians apparently love war and the New Testament.

http://jakeisfantastic.com/images/Spray%20and%20Pray%204.jpg

[Aden]

81.) Ron Paul has the biggest caucus.

[Tyler_Durden]

80: They really do think he's dangerous to them.

[Cleaner44]

79:
The Golden Rule is for pussies not Christians.

[bobmurph]

78. Unfortunately, elections are NOT about ideas.

[dbill27]

77. Nominating mccain was a bad idea because he was a moderate who inspired no one, so the GOP thinks it's a better idea to nominate an even more liberal moderate who inspires less excitement and couldn't even beat mccain.

[dbill27]

76. The GOP thinks that nominating Ron Paul would be unelectable in the general election despite every single poll proving otherwise, not to mention, he's the only GOP candidate winning head to head with independants.

[dbill27]

75. The tea party hates bailouts, government healthcare, and deficits, but they'll vote for a candidate who supported all of them.

[No Free Beer]

74: The GOP is on their way out.

[dbill27]

74: The GOP is on their way out.

correction, we're less than a generation away from owning the GOP

[TurkishMarch]

79:
The Golden Rule is for pussies not Christians.
I LOL'd.

[jacmicwag]

73. At this rate, we'll have more original songs and YouTubes than votes in 2016.

[No Free Beer]

correction, we're less than a generation away from owning the GOP

Correction,

we will not.

We will form our own party.

[stuntman stoll]

73. People are dumb AND evil

[No Free Beer]

72: Pleading to follow the Constitution goes against the GOP's morals.

[Tyler_Durden]

71: No matter how hard I try, I can't convince everyone of this truth bomb:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/429565_402012099824344_387458607946360_1553310_138 7024604_n.jpg?dl=1

[dbill27]

71. CNN can create a candidate surge by saying "santorum surge" non stop for a week before he iowa caucus with no proof of such a thing

[andrew1229649]

66: The Republican and Democratic party are exactly the same ( I use to say it all the time, now I know it is true)

[No Free Beer]

70: I feel like crying.

[stuntman stoll]

66. Regardless of your record, if you call yourself "conservative" a certain number of times, you are then a conservative (and it means whatever each republican wants it to mean)

[dbill27]

- Republicans think that Israel is the 51st state

[andrew1229649]

Go back and edit your post so the numbers appear correctly :D

[Tyler_Durden]

64: RPF members can't keep up with the countdown. :D

[dbill27]

64: RPF members can't keep up with the countdown. :D

not that easy when everyone posts simultaneously

[stuntman stoll]

This thread could have been "1000 things i learned..."

[jacmicwag]

Go back to your post, click Edit and get the numbers right.

[Anti Federalist]

63 - Freedom is not all that popular. For most people it's a just a meaningless, throw away word.

[stuntman stoll]

62 - Ron Paul deserves better

[stuntman stoll]

61 - America deserves Obama

[stuntman stoll]

60 - With 3000 counties in the US there should be 1, just 1 where freedom is given a chance. Wouldn't it teach a lesson when the most God forsaken peace in the country would be turned into our own "Hong Kong"?

[Tyler_Durden]

59: You can be arrested for recording with a camera while people around you are recording with a camera.

[Tyler_Durden]

58: You can campaign completely opposite of your entire record, yet people will still believe and support you.

[stuntman stoll]

57: Bachman, Perry, and Pawlenty learned that they got out of the race too soon. All three would be beating Santorum at this point

[smithtg]

56 every candidate (except one) for president wants war and supports the military industrial complex

[craezie]

55. Most TEA party members are Television Educated A-holes.

[PaulConventionWV]

http://jakeisfantastic.com/images/Spray%20and%20Pray%204.jpg

LOL some people are such hypocrites.

[PaulConventionWV]

91: I hate Apathy.

91b: but I prefer apathy over zealous support of state crimes.

[Pauls' Revere]

88: Never underestimate the difficulty of overcoming the combination of ignorance and passion. (Don't try to understand it either, because that's infuriating.)

88a) Don't waste valuable time trying to convince/convert diehard opposition. Convince/convert those with an open mind willing to accept liberty and freedom.

[wgadget]

54. If you're a candidate for president with media connections, you can get someone to make a YouTube that tells lies about another candidate and get the media to blast it all over the airwaves two days before a primary.

[Ninja Homer]

53. There are many ways to rig an election, and the establishment uses them all.

[HenryKnoxFineBooks]

52. Randy Travis is worth 500 votes if played in AMES (and therefore, a win in Iowa, and Maine, and ...)

[Liberty Rebellion]

51. The candidate that receives the most money from active duty military than all the other candidates combined is clearly the one with the worst foreign policy

[hardrightedge]

50. The internet is dead...

[Pauls' Revere]

50) Moneybombs are cool !!!

[Tyler_Durden]

48: you can outperform other GOP Candidates in polls against Obama and still be asked if you'll run 3rd Party.

[oldsmobile98]

47. Most people really don't care and won't care until the state throws them in jail for a victimless crime.

[Tyler_Durden]

47. Most people really don't care and won't care until the state throws them in jail for a victimless crime.

46: Less than 2% of my "friends" on my personal Facebook page have a clue about what's really going on.

[oldsmobile98]

45. If you really engage in the freedom movement, you will meet some of the most patriotic and amazing people in the world.

[Ninja Homer]

46: Less than 2% of my "friends" on my personal Facebook page have a clue about what's really going on.

46a: More than 98% of my facebook friends ignore anything I post about Ron Paul.

[Ninja Homer]

44: The real object of an election is to vote for who you think is going to win, otherwise you might somehow be seen as a loser, because politics is just like a sporting event.

[wgadget]

43. If you've spent months on the campaign trail as an embedded reporter for Ron Paul, it's hard to let him go.

[coffeewithchess]

They voted for Obama, did they not?

Not by the numbers they were expecting I think though.
Here is one interesting piece on it..then and now:
http://www.civicyouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/CIRCLE_Release_Cumulative_March12.pdf

[J_White]

the image is too good !


71: No matter how hard I try, I can't convince everyone of this truth bomb:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-snc7/429565_402012099824344_387458607946360_1553310_138 7024604_n.jpg?dl=1

[oldsmobile98]

42.We have a TON of education to do.

Stated more positively: everyone who loves liberty is in a target-rich environment and has been provided by Ron Paul with thousands of info-bullets.

[J_White]

41. Republicans hate TSA and acts like NDAA, yet will find Romney irresistibly "electable" who would have signed the NDAA too !!

[Victor Grey]

40: People give up too easily.

[Tyler_Durden]

39: nobody can tell you what The Matrix is. You have to see it for yourself.

[1stAmendguy]

38:

Romney hates his dog

Santorum hates gays and muslims

Gingrich hates the media

The media hates Ron Paul

[Anti Federalist]

53. There are many ways to rig an election, and the establishment uses them all.

+rep

37: Any "delegate strategy" will end up with Reince Priebus calling out SWAT, closing down the convention and arresting every RP delegate. Missouri was a foreshadow of things to come.

[coffeewithchess]

37: a) Know your target audience
b) Be prepared for the kitchen sink, before it hits you
c) The majority of voters are ignorant and do what they hear from the radio/tv

[ape]

36.) This country and the majority of voters have turned into a complete joke.

[floridasun1983]

35.)Buddy Roemer is more popular than Ron Paul in Puerto Rico.

[JudgeNapFan]

34.) "Anyone but Obama!"...except if he/she is NOT virtually the same as him.

[oldsmobile98]

34.) "Anyone but Obama!"...except if he/she is NOT virtually the same as him.

+1 Rep. Big government Republicans love the phrase "anyone but Obama," because that's one qualification they can meet. For that matter, Hillary Clinton meets it.

[oldsmobile98]

33. Chuck Norris doesn't get the Constitution. He endorsed a candidate that voted for the Lautenberg Gun Ban and the Gun Free School Zones Act instead of endorsing a champion of the Bill of Rights.

[noneedtoaggress]

32) There are a TON of people going to Ron Paul rallies. Our movement is growing by leaps and bounds, all while the entire system is stacked against us!

[anaconda]

#78) We live in a country that is far more controlled than most of us are prepared to comprehend. It's almost liberating for me to finally believe this. With this in mind, I think I can say that Ron Paul has made a much bigger blip on the radar than most of us can appreciate or are prepared to understand.

[mikeforliberty]

31) I'm moving to New Hampshire

[anaconda]

#69) The powers that be do ACTUALLY get nervous about populist uprisings.

[anaconda]

31) I'm moving to New Hampshire

Have a good time...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKQEQ7qHvgM

[Wooden Indian]

#30

The lesser of two evils is still evil.

[Muwahid]

29. Israel is the 51st state

[PolicyReader]

Not sure where this fits on the number scale but I bet it goes in there somewhere
http://www.thoughtsfromaconservativemom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/gopvoters.jpg

[kathy88]

28. Real men have a man crush on Ron Paul.

[tbone717]

I have a few, because this was actually something I have been working on:

27) Retail politics is still the most effective way of campaigning.
26) Social media is great for shaping opinions on issues, but is ineffective at GOTV
25) Don't duplicate efforts
24) Tailoring your message to your intended audience is essential.
23) Negative allegations need to be addressed, corrected and silenced
22) All 99 counties in Iowa are worthy of a visit.
21) Never "skip" an early state regardless of the potential outcome.

That's about all for now.

[Tyler_Durden]

20. Raycom Media won't fire or censor a Journalist who goes out of his way to report the truth.

[kill the banks]

19 declare War on them

[Tyler_Durden]

18. The Black-Outs and Marginalization will remain standard operating procedure regardless of whether Ron Paul is 1 of 10 Candidates or down to 1 of 4.

[klamath]

17; Don't sell your ideas as RP's if they are different.

[The One]

http://jakeisfantastic.com/images/Spray%20and%20Pray%204.jpg



http://images.wikia.com/wikiality/images/9/9d/EasterUnderAttack.jpg

[klamath]

16; Don't repeatedly insult the very demographics you are trying to win.

[klamath]

15; Candidates need to personally campaign in every county of the early primary states.

[tbone717]

14) Focus on internal faults rather than blaming everyone else.

[klamath]

13; Don't try and use the military donations as a campaign ad out of one side of your mouth and insult the troops out of the other side of you mouth.

[Tyler_Durden]

13; Don't try and use the military donations as a campaign ad out of one side of your mouth and insult the troops out of the other side of you mouth.

Huh?

[tfurrh]

12: Rand Paul is shorter than he looks,....and he looks very short. (I met him in IA)

[iamse7en]

11: The globalists are desperate and truly fear the Ron Paul Revolution.

[nobody's_hero]

100a: Targeting a group that don't vote is a surefire losing strategy.

100b: Targeting a group that does vote but just won't vote for Ron Paul is also a surefire losing strategy.

[UtahApocalypse]

10) According to the media rally of 50 Santorum supporters shows more support then that of 1400 Ron Paul supporters.

[pen_thief]

9) Americans have come to love their chains.

[Cinderella]

8. Dr. Paul always wears really comfortable shoes :)

[kill the banks]

7 dr Paul is the BOSS

[Tyler_Durden]

6. If I was single and still in my 20's, I would've totally utilized the R3volution to hook-up. ;)

Don't judge me.

[kill the banks]

6. If I was single and still in my 20's, I would've totally utilized the R3volution to hook-up. ;)

Don't judge me.

seems cool to me

[Voluntary Man]

#s 1-100: The GOP is the right hand of the DNC, and the DNC is the left hand of the GOP.

[AdamT]

6. Every vote cast for Ron Paul scares the hell out of the Establishment.

[smtwngrl]

5. The MSM is "for entertainment purposes only". The courts have upheld their legal right to lie. http://www.relfe.com/media_can_legally_lie.html

(A majority of people are unaware of this, however.)

[PaulConventionWV]

15; Candidates need to personally campaign in every county of the early primary states.

Not true.

[klamath]

Not true.
Not, not true.

[tbone717]

4. Many Ron Paul supporters are afraid to look at the faults of the candidate and campaign and prefer to blame everyone else for the losses.

[jolynna]

31) I'm moving to New Hampshire

Costa Rico for me!

[cjm]

3) A modern, complex, multi-dimensional foreign policy can be boiled down into a single word.

[Crystallas]

2) Boo the golden rule when possible.

[cjm]

1) My father was right, television really is the idiot box.

[nedomedo]

101:
Those who want to trade with other nations and be in peace with them are isolationists.

[Anti Federalist]

1) My father was right, television really is the idiot box.

Number One and thread winner.

That is all.

/thread

[Darthbrooklyn]

1. There are terrorists around every street corner and all of our oil comes from the middle east.

[Darthbrooklyn]

2. Never move to South Carolina

[Akus]

Yah that totally didn't work for Obama in 2008 huh? ooh wait...
Obama did a massive black voter turn out, not necessarily young white one. I should know, I've attended last election's primaries.....

[Darthbrooklyn]

3. Israel is the 51st State

[jt8025]

We going back up in numbers now?

[Tyrion Lannister]

94: The majority of the GOP are liberals.

[enjerth]

http://images.wikia.com/wikiality/images/9/9d/EasterUnderAttack.jpg

Under Seige: The Rising

[nedomedo]

4.
Palestinians are apparently invented people.

[truthspeaker]

(106)

5. KNOW ROBERT'S RULES OF ORDER

[Victor Grey]

107: If you do know Robert's Rules of Order, you're probably still going to somehow be a trespassing rioter if you disagree with the entrenched board.
Learn it anyway though.