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Monday, February 4, 2008
Ron Paul and his supporters
This was inspired by a post I read on another blog, and a Ron Paul supporter’s response to it. Now, before I say this, let me say that I am glad Ron Paul ran. And I’m glad that he got the media attention that he did. In the same way that I am glad that Howard Dean experienced the success that he did. I am glad to see non-mainstream politicians running and capturing people’s attention. I also hope that all of the young voters who got involved in Paul and Dean’s campaigns have remained, and will remain, engaged in politics.

Ron Paul’s supporters, though, need to step off their high horse. Ron Paul has raised a TON of money. He has a ton of attention. Instead of blaming his failure on a media bias, they need to really reevaluate what the issue is. And the issue is one of two things.

One, Ron Paul and his campaign have been too busy talking about being outsiders, the media bias, complaining about not being in this article or that debate, etc. to talk about the issues and get something more than Ron Paul’s name out there. In addition, perhaps Ron Paul rEVOLUTION is not the best use of campaign funds. Especially when you’re running in the Republican primary. Republicans don’t support revolutions. Period. I believe that if the campaign hand’t been associated with “revolution,” it would have been at least somewhat more successful.

Second, the MAJORITY of people still don’t support Ron Paul’s policies. He has the media attention. He has the money. His name is 7 letters long. Very google-able. People know what he stands for. They just don’t like it.

If MILLIONS of people are out there putting up RP Revolution signs, YouTube videos, MySpace bulletins, and donating money, where are they when the caucus or primary rolls through their town?
Posted by Zach at 12:33 AM
Labels: 08, elections, Ron Paul

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