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Originally Posted by samcol
I don't understand what you're wanting us to do. Do you think we should just stop going to meetup groups stop taking polls, stop raising money? I'm sure that's what you would like.
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Hey....this has nothing to do with what "I want you to do".
The question in the OP was about "serious" or "mainstream" candidates and whether Ron Paul fits that description. I have simply been offering my opinion on the topic and correcting what I believe are misrepresentations about polls v SLOP surveys or misrepresentations of poilitical positions as I see them. I would do the same on a thread about other specific candidates.
I hope you continue in your quest because I want to see more people engaged in the political process
I also hope you do so with an open mind when Paul does not win. Dont cop out and blame it all on media bias, sabotage by the republican party establishment, etc.
IMO and from my understanding of the current attitudes/positions of the American electorate, he is likely to stay in the single digits (percentage) when the votes are cast because he is not "mainstream" and most Americans dont share his views.
It seems to me that you guys dont want to discuss the issues I raised in post #94.
- the majority are pro-choice, Paul is not
- the majority support a social safety net role for the federal government (Soc Security/Medicare), Paul does not
- the majority support federal R&D in alternative energy, medicine, science and technology, etc.....Paul does not
- the majority support a federal role in regulating the environment, consumer products, food/drugs, etc.....Paul does not
- many benefit from federal programs that Paul wants to eliminate.
- many probably dont know or care much about the Federal Reserve and Paul's obsession to abolish it
What makes you think I am mischaracterzing these postions/issues?
Public attitudes may change in time, but there is no evidence that it has or will for the 2008 election.