All that said I totally understand why the campaign must distance itself from the likes of Jones. It’s too wide a gap of realities to get elected.

Some of you people truly don’t get it, do you? Those “kooks” ARE Ron Paul. They are attracted to his campaign because the man is a man of truth – truth in words and actions. He is a man who does not balk at difficult truths – (see his many house speeches such as that on “Dollar Hegemony” and the “Iraq War”). The so-called “kooks” aren’t gravitating to him for no reason. Birds of a feather, you might say… Perhaps, on some issues, it might help some of you to redefine what it means to be a “kook” before you try to pry a wedge between Ron Paul and those who support him most fervently.

If you’re saying that people are “kooks” who are suspicious of their government and suspicious of the system because they fear it has been or might be overrun by bad guys, then I am PROUD to be a “kook”…AND a supporter of Ron Paul.

I understand the workings of politics, and it’s not like I try to get support for Dr. Paul by talking about government coverups or assassinations. His message rises above and beyond any single issue and dives straight to the core of what it really means to be an American and to be FREE. It’s time people grow up and understand that a presidential candidate cannot control every single one of his supporters (unless, of course, he pays for all of them) and let’s just focus on what matters…getting this important man elected president so he can change some things that need to be changed before liberty can be restored.

..And that brings me to another point… Why does liberty NEED to be ‘restored’? Ask yourselves that before you go throwing the work “kook” around. I’ll tell you, if it wasn’t the result of a conspiracy of some kind, then that was either one very lethargic public, or one very busy individual.

Ron Paul has already addressed this issue on Fox News and defended his position very tactfully, I might add.

If you think Alex Jones is a “nutburger”, might it just be possible that you simply don’t know what your own candidate stands for? He has visited his show repeatedly and always spoken his mind openly on controversial issues the MSM won’t touch.

There is good reason to question poll results and I see nothing wrong with pointing them out. Our Republic is being stolen and it might behoove people to recognize this and at least attempt vigilance in that respect, doncha think?

If Congressman Paul only talks to mainstream press…he would hardly have any presstime. He is using his resources. Amazing…a former mayor and a former governor get more face-time than a sitting congressman of over 20 years. Amazing.

I wonder what the people who call RP supporters “wacko” get out of it…what is their investment in bashing the Congressman?

I agree with B.D. I say listen to what Dr. Paul says…not his supporters’ opinions, not sound bites. Read his speeches, listen to his interviews. He is very smart…and says only what he means–not what you THOUGHT you heard. Listen, research, and become a Ron Paul supporter!

Donate, join and work with your local Ron Paul Meetup, register Republican, get active in the GOP, vote in your State Primary!!! We have to work together with people of all voting status, party affiliation, race, gender, creed, color, and social status to share the ideals of liberty and prosperity.

Ron Paul 2008!!!

I guess I sound like a wacko too…

How about everyone stops pinning labels on Ron Paul, and actually LISTEN to what he’s saying???

Then maybe you’ll wake up to why he is so popular to such a wide variety of people.

Then maybe you’ll see why he has the ONLY well established base of grassroots supporters willing to donate their precious time to the cause. Being “Inspired Not Hired”.

Wake up man. This isn’t about any isolated sect of people, this is about a message that transends all divisions, “the freedom message unites people”.

Peace,

B.D.

That’s what sets him apart from any other contender. The GOP needs someone who will pump some life back into it.

Most Republicans I talk to sound completely discouraged, and overall deflated.

I just tell them go with the man with the message. Ron Paul.

With what little attention the established press has given him his popularity has spread like wildfire.

He also stands for a change in policy, something I think is essential to make any Republican candidate viable for the White House in ‘08 with 70+ percent of people wanting something different from what we’re presently doing in Iraq.

The people want something different. I think we’ve all had enough of this. And Ron Paul is just a drastic enough departure from the current administration to win a popular vote for the GOP this coming election.

D.

While at the straw poll we saw hundreds of busses pull in and unload people for Romney, Tancredo, Hunter and Brownbeck. None for Ron Paul he did not pay to buss anyone in. These sheep were herded to the voting places by paid staffers who did not allow them to leave the line till they had voted for their candidates. It seems like some must have voted differently than for their candidate or Dr. Paul would not have gotten as many votes as he did.
There were 26,000 tickets sold, but only 14,000 vote counted? What happened to the missing votes?

At the beginning Ron got 1.300 votes and while all the other candidates counts kept going up his never changed – not once. Romney started off at 421 – the mixup with the voting machines – Romneys count climbed off the chart and others got a few extra votes also – but Ron’s never changed. That was the strange thing to me…

From Tancredo’s supporters:

Someone put out a message that the busses were cancelled, which was false, so the supporters stayed home or drove if they could. Romney bought 6,000 and had 4,516 votes. This is a completion rate of 75.2%. Tancredo bought 2,300 tickets and had 1,961votes for a 85.2% completition.

It is reported that Huckabee’s campaign purchased 1,800 tickets, but then had 2,587 votes. That means that over 700 Huckabee supporters had to show up at Ames and purchase tickets at the Straw Poll. Huckabee had no buses bringing in voters as did Romney and Tancredo. So if he had a surge in the afternoon, where did it come from?

3. Buses stopped arriving about 1pm. Huckabee had no buses to bring in voters at any date, much less a late date.

4. At 2pm, ABC news reported from its exit polling data that Tancredo was in second place.

5. After 3-4pm, a surge in the voting was reported. Where this surge was from is not determined. There seemed to be no surge in voters going to the various voting locations.

6. The vote was then delayed from 7 pm to 8:40. Two machines reportedly malfunctioned and the votes were handcounted from those two machines. Voting occurs by the machine reading a paper ballot. The reason given for this was “humidity” but the machines were in air-condidtioned buildings.

The movement called We The People also were concerned that all the candidates were going to suffer… Upon filing the suit, the Plaintiffs formally asked the Court for emergency injunctive relief, i.e., to order state election officials to modify the voting procedures for the Iowa Straw Poll to insure the validity of the voting process.

Specifically, the desired order sought to eliminate the use of Diebold voting machines that had been -officially decertified by the state of California on August 3rd, to assure that the ballots were never out of public view, to force state election officials to publicly hand-count the ballots at each voting station and to announce the results and to conduct the tabulation of the vote station subtotals under full public observation.

Romney’s campaign is a whos who of the Bush administration pros all behind him now. He even has the Blackwater (mercenaries for hire) hired, and is a fellow of the CFR.org, who said at the Yeshiva U speech he wants to increase the military 100,000 and increase military spending to the highest levels – to about 5% of GDP.
I don’t see any Changes coming from this candidate, since he parrots all of Bush’s views and has taken all his political talent including Rove’s assistant onboard.

I can reassure all of you that there was no conspiracy at the Iowa Straw Poll.

Ron Paul did do a good job here though considering that many did not know who he was, and that he only spent a week here. I am betting that he put more effort into New Hampshire than in Iowa. New Hampshire has many many swing voters and the Republicans are more liberal there.

Go Ron Paul !!!

When do I get to vote for him.