After watching the repub debate tonight, how many think Paul will run as an independent?

Windy

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:19 PM
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After watching the repub debate tonight, how many think Paul will run as an independent?

I do. His answer to the question was evasive to say the least... he doth protest too much.

He's still raking in millions.. I think he will.

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dorkulon

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:20 PM
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1. Sure hope so.

Ross Perot redux!

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ingac70

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:54 PM
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10. I second that. n/t

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ursi

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:22 PM
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2. lots of folks we know hope so ...

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nonconformist

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:22 PM
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3. I'm praying he will.

Hearing that announcement will be almost as nice as Fitzmas!

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saltpoint

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:24 PM
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4. I guess at this point the squirrely little puke might just as well bolt and run

an indy effort.

If it drains a few votes off the GOP ticket, I support it will be useful.

Other than potentially favorable polling arithmetic, though, there isn't much else to recommend Paul's campaign, no matter what flag he unfurls.

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tuckessee

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:26 PM
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5. I do & I hope he does.

Otherwise after the conventions there will not a single anti-imperialist, anti-Iraq/Iran war viewpoint out there.

That message is very strong & appealing.

Maybe he can influence one or both of the other candidates to be less of a warmonger.

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pnwmom

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:41 PM
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7. No other anti-Abraham Lincoln candidates out there either.

Edited on Thu Jan-24-08 11:43 PM by pnwmom

No other candidates who don't realize that it was the South who fired the first shots of the civil war, and think we should have taken a more gradual approach to ending slavery.

http://edgeofthewest.wordpress.com/2007/12/23/ron-paul-very-gradual-emancipationist/

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tuckessee

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:59 PM
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11. Honest Abe is a little less of a looming issue in '08 as the possible war in Iran ...

...& the fact that our economy is near collapse as result of our imperial follies.

I never said I hope he gets elected or that I hope the Big Two candidates are inluenced by ALL of Ron Paul's views.

As I said, I hope he influences the Big Two candidates to soften their hawkishness.

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pnwmom

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Fri Jan-25-08 03:41 AM
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12. When a nutcase spouts views that happen to echo ours on Iraq, it doesn't

help our cause.

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TwilightGardener

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:26 PM
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6. He wouldn't be able to get on the ballot in some key states (his own Texas

for one), so it would be pointless--he couldn't win, electoral-college wise. Would be nice to see the GOP fracture like that, though.

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Blue_In_AK

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:43 PM
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8. He very well may...

They sure didn't want to give him any time in the debate (at least the half hour I watched).

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pnwmom

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Thu Jan-24-08 11:45 PM
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9. Ron Paul is the proverbial broken clock: he's right twice a day.

He was right about the Iraq war, but he's wrong about virtually everything else.

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