Anyone hear from Ron Paul lately?

[Ikonoklast]

We seem to have had a dramatic drop-off of the True Believer Paulistas coming here trying to educate DU'ers as to how brilliant he is and how stupid anyone is that doesn't realize that fact, and the media seems to have forgotten if he is even alive.

Looks like Vendetta Gingrich and 'Ol Frothy have stolen all of the air in the room.

[liberal N proud]

1. The other clowns in the car have him locked in the trunk

[Old and In the Way]

3. Ron's biding his time.....

he'll take his10% of the delegates to the convention and leverage them to get the coveted Fed Chairman slot. Win! No more paper money!

[Ikonoklast]

5. You know, picking on an elderly man is just mean.

But I can definitely see those other two pricks shoving him in and slamming the lid.

[Arneoker]

23. As his nutty ideas would ruin this country for my kids,

I have no problem seeing him getting picked on!

Maybe he is on the border, fighting illegals, the UN, and the North American Union!

[Denninmi]

2. Who?

He seems to have become the invisible man the past few primaries.

[Ikonoklast]

6. Where are his loonie supporters?

They usually were pretty noisy, but now....(crickets).....

[Ebadlun]

4. The whole internet seems much quieter suddenly

A few weeks ago you couldn't move in political forums, even non-American ones, for posters saying 'Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate to restore the constitution!!',

It's like someone's thrown a master-switch and they've gone into standby mode.

[Ikonoklast]

8. is there a national Ayn RandFest going on somehwere?

Where they all dress up like John Galt and bore each other to death spouting pure drivel?

[ellisonz]

26. Yes. Yes there is...

...except it's out in the middle of the desert and they all got lost and ran out of water. Pity the Paulistas.

[GeorgeGist]

7. I don't understand ...

why supporters of a Republican candidate for President are allowed to post on DU.

Winning elections is important — therefore, advocating in favor of Republican nominees or in favor of third-party spoiler candidates that could split the vote and throw an election to our conservative opponents is never permitted on Democratic Underground.

emphasis mine

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=termsofservice

[Ikonoklast]

10. Oy. I hope that you are not being serious.

If you actually think that, alert on my OP.

If you also think that I am a Paulista, thanks for the laugh, I needed one.





Psssst...reading comprehension is an important skill to have in one's toolbox.

[Obama3_16]

15. I think he meant...why would we see Paulites on here espousing Ron Paul

if the rules of the community say DU won't allow those people a forum to discuss Republican candidates.

[Ikonoklast]

18. We discuss them all the time. Paulites advocating for their guy were here en masse.

Most of them were gone the same day, some stayed a couple of days, but they all got shown the door in short order.

DU'ers are allowed to discuss any and all political candidates, look at all the threads about Santorum today, for instance.

I don't see anyone advocating for any of those candidates, and neither have I, as that poster thought I had.

[theshadowknows]

25. Read the rest

"But when general election season begins, DU members must support Democratic nominees (EXCEPT in rare cases where were a non-Democrat is most likely to defeat the conservative alternative, or where there is no possibility of splitting the liberal vote and inadvertently throwing the election to the conservative alternative). For presidential contests, election season begins when both major-party nominees become clear."

Since Obama is the only choice for the Democratic party there's no harm to the Democratic campaign in discussing the GOP candidates and in my opinion discussion of ideas especially ones you might not subscribe to should be embraced. If anything it's good practice for arguing your own case. It forces you to analyze different ideas their strengths, weaknesses, and similarities with your own. Isn't that what democracy is all about and why it's such a powerful political/social tool?

[ellisonz]

27. END THE FED!!!

What did you want to discuss?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

9. Odd. It seems that when the news broke about how Ron Paul knew about

and *approved* those racist newsletters, the Paul Worshippers have had nothing to say since.

[Ikonoklast]

11. Wouldn't you suddenly find something better to do with your time, too?

I mean, if the candidate of your choice was definitely outed as just another state's rights racist, I think I'd forget that I ever heard of the guy, and deny I ever even thought of supporting him.

[Lawlbringer]

12. Good LORD do I hate the word Educate now.

Thanks to Paulites.

"Ron Paul EDUCATES" this person and that person.

Between educates and sheeple, I can't stand Pauliticians simply because they insist on using those words.

[Ikonoklast]

13. Got to love that superior attitude coming from them.

The only problem is, when they start speaking about, say, the Constitution and what it says, they ignore settled laws ruled as constitutional by the SC, they want to ignore all that and interpret that document in the way that they seem fit.

[aaaaaa5a]

14. The UFO swooped down and took all of Paul's supporters home. nt

[Ikonoklast]

19. Maybe the Paul campaign cut the Cheeto budget, and lost all its followers.

[Canis Mala]

16. Elvis Clone Revelas Ron Paul's 2012 UFO Proposal

I read it in the Weekly World News!

[gateley]

17. They were all in Minnesota voting in the primary trying to keep the hope alive. :-) nt

[RevStPatrick]

20. Yes, his latest can be found here...

[Tarheel_Dem]

21. They're on the radio call in shows now, lying about how they "supported Obama in '08".

But never fear, they're pretty easy to spot after they tell that first lie. Randi Rhodes & Stephanie Miller mock them regularly. NPR tries not to be confrontational, so they let 'em blather on. It's a hoot!

[ellisonz]

22. Busy building a compound in the middle-of-nowhere for when the money all goes bad. n/t

[morningfog]

24. He should go into hiding since his ties to white supremacists groups was made clear.