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Bicoastal

(12,645 posts)
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 02:26 AM Jan 2012

Is it possible the GOP may just throw up its hands and go with Ron Paul?

He may be a closet racist, he may be too liberal on a few issues (and too crazy on the rest of them), he may advocate libertarianism to a degree that few are comfortable with, and he may be in his late 70's...

But the one thing positive thing you can say about Ron Paul (and to be clear, I'd never vote for him) is that he doesn't seem to be a hypocrite--at least, not as obviously, demonstratively hypocritical as Mitt "Average Joe" Romney and Newt "Family Values" Gingrich. And don't forget, he still has a fan base that would walk through fire for him...

If the two of them cancel each other out with their negative campaigning and media vetting, and Santorum remains as big of a religious nutjob as he is now, might we see a GOP convention that nominates Ron Paul to go up against Obama? Stranger things have happened...or have they?

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Is it possible the GOP may just throw up its hands and go with Ron Paul? (Original Post) Bicoastal Jan 2012 OP
Nope. n/t ellisonz Jan 2012 #1
He's a racist states rights person, not a Libertarian. pnwmom Jan 2012 #2
I'd give Ru Paul better odds :) pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #3
Indeed. HappyMe Jan 2012 #20
I'd go one step further.. 99Forever Jan 2012 #25
I think they'd go with the frothy frothiness of Santorum before they picked RP! nt MADem Jan 2012 #4
Santorum/Romney 2012 Man on dog on roof! ZM90 Jan 2012 #5
Someone here posted a graphic of it pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #6
OMG--it could very well come to pass! MADem Jan 2012 #9
Thing is RZM Jan 2012 #7
Yoo-hoo, I'm over here, still waiting, still available, you betcha'. Major Hogwash Jan 2012 #8
In 'A Wonderful Life,' an angel gets his wings... pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #10
Nominating Ron Paul would probably split their party. Not going to happen. JDPriestly Jan 2012 #11
He is not controllable in any respect The Second Stone Jan 2012 #12
No Sherman A1 Jan 2012 #13
I would love to see that for the humor value, but Rs know dimbear Jan 2012 #14
This message was self-deleted by its author Tesha Jan 2012 #15
War Monger is a requirement B Calm Jan 2012 #16
I think Newt and Mitt are going to battle it out. AtomicKitten Jan 2012 #17
Brokered convention: Mitch Daniels the nominee, Christie for Veep (NT) Owlet Jan 2012 #18
The way things are going, a brokered convention is a definite possibility Art_from_Ark Jan 2012 #21
no there is not even a .000000000000000000000000000000000001% chance of that happening Douglas Carpenter Jan 2012 #19
I see a couple of problems with what you say. rhett o rick Jan 2012 #22
Negative... JSnuffy Jan 2012 #23
No. undeterred Jan 2012 #24

pnwmom

(108,925 posts)
2. He's a racist states rights person, not a Libertarian.
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 02:32 AM
Jan 2012

He thinks it's fine for state governments to repress their citizens -- just not the Federal government.

But in any case, they're not going to nominate him.

99Forever

(14,524 posts)
25. I'd go one step further..
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 10:39 AM
Jan 2012

... with that and say Ru Paul is more than either Ron Paul OR Rand Paul to be POTUS. Ru Paul is the only sane member of the entire Paul Family.

ZM90

(706 posts)
5. Santorum/Romney 2012 Man on dog on roof!
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 02:41 AM
Jan 2012

Someone on DU said that I thought it was brilliant so I figured I'd repeat it.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
6. Someone here posted a graphic of it
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 02:48 AM
Jan 2012

That was several days ago, and I'm sorry I didn't capture a copy of it at the time. I hope someone will post it again.

 

RZM

(8,556 posts)
7. Thing is
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 03:26 AM
Jan 2012

'Throwing up their hands' means selecting either Romney, Gingrich, or Lil' Ricky.

Paul just has no chance, period.

What would be interesting is if the nominee asks Rand Paul to be their running mate. That would be something (though it's also unlikely, albeit less so).

Major Hogwash

(17,656 posts)
8. Yoo-hoo, I'm over here, still waiting, still available, you betcha'.
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 03:40 AM
Jan 2012

As Sister Sarah waves to no one there.

Which brings to mind the philosophical question, if Sarah waves, and no one is there, does anyone wave back, hoping she sees them?

And now as dozens of Sister Sarah's fans, pared down to just relatives of hers by now, cross their eyes trying to figure that one out, the bus pulls slowly away from the train station as the taxi driver asks for his fare from the cuckoo clock.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
10. In 'A Wonderful Life,' an angel gets his wings...
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 03:51 AM
Jan 2012

But in the case of Sarah, another turkey goes in the chopper...



 

The Second Stone

(2,900 posts)
12. He is not controllable in any respect
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 04:51 AM
Jan 2012

and the Republicans want to control government, not nominate a guy who has never played ball with them or anyone else.

dimbear

(6,271 posts)
14. I would love to see that for the humor value, but Rs know
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 05:40 AM
Jan 2012

it would cost them the congress.

Not going to happen.

Response to Bicoastal (Original post)

 

AtomicKitten

(46,585 posts)
17. I think Newt and Mitt are going to battle it out.
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 06:58 AM
Jan 2012

Hopefully it will be deliciously ugly for our amusement.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
21. The way things are going, a brokered convention is a definite possibility
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 08:44 AM
Jan 2012

If the current troupe of Republican schmucks were a Vaudeville act, they would have been yanked off the stage a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time ago

Douglas Carpenter

(20,226 posts)
19. no there is not even a .000000000000000000000000000000000001% chance of that happening
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 07:15 AM
Jan 2012

This would be just as likely as the Republicans deciding to nominate Angela Davis for President with a pledge to establish Soviet style communism in America. Ron Paul advocates a fundamental reversal of the universal post-World War II bipartisan agreement on America's role in the World as well as a reversal of universally held basic and fundamental bipartisan assumptions about monetary policy at the most basic level. The more radically pro-capitalist of the two capitalist parties - the more extreme militarist of America's two militarist parties are not going to nominate anyone from either the left or the right who is committed to dismantling their most basic institutions. This is not even remotely plausible on any level.

 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
22. I see a couple of problems with what you say.
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 10:18 AM
Jan 2012

First, you imply that the Republican base might chose him because he isnt as hypocritical as Mittens and The Newt. IMO the Republicon based couldnt care less about that.

Second, IMO the authoritarian masters of the party will decide who is going to win and then manipulate the base. IMO the "masters" like Mittens. The Newt is too loose of a canon. When Rove is done with him he wont have a chance.

 

JSnuffy

(374 posts)
23. Negative...
Sat Jan 21, 2012, 10:23 AM
Jan 2012

Most folks I run into seem to fall in the category of "I love Ron Paul except for his international and defense policies"

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