What Kind of People Support Ron Paul?

Ron Paul is doing well in the race for the GOP Presidential nomination even though he's still in fourth place. He finished a close second behind Mitt Romney in Maine's caucus this weekend, but still could manage to win that one.

He could still win Maine because one county postponed their caucus. Washington county's caucus will be held on Saturday, February 18. It was postponed due to weather. One thing is for sure, Paul supporters are very...tenacious. If he rallies his supporters and they come out in full-force for him, he just might be able to pull off a win finally.

What kind of person supports Ron Paul so fervently? Well, for one, the guy that shot his daughter's laptop because she posted a snotty post on Facebook.

Police visited Tommy Jordan after the video of him shooting his daughter's laptop with a .45 pistol went viral. Perhaps he needs a psychiatric evaluation too because allegedly his daughter has only been living with him for 6 months. He and his ex-wife are divorced. Gee, I wonder why. Could it be his anger management issues? If he's shooting the daughter's laptop after 6 short months, what is going to happen to the 15-year-old before she reaches age 18?

The daughter was being a little brat, no disputing that. And Jordan has received much praise from parents across the nation for his actions. However, this guy is clearly a few cards short of a full deck, sort of like his choice for President. Both men may sound appealing but do you really want to live with either of them?

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Bill Dowder Feb 13, 2012, 2:22pm UTC

Dr. Paul warned as early as 2001 about the housing bubble and its coming explosion. In 1998, Ron Paul warned that terrorist attacks would come to our shores, if we continued to unconstitutionally bomb Iraq and other places around the world. Currently, Paul is the only candidate offering real cuts and talking in depth about monetary policy. The author would be wise to acknowledge the wisdom of Ron Paul for his accurate predictions and analysis in the past, instead of this attempt at marginalizing him and people who support his vision.

Lora Covrett Feb 13, 2012, 9:47pm UTC

Good points, Cookie.
There's Santorum - who supports racial profiling.
There's Ron Paul - who wrote in his news letter how to kill a black youth and get a way with it.
There's Gingrich - his list of transgressions is too long but he's basically ethically void
And then there's Mitt Romney - the spoiled, rich kid who doesn't know what it means to have to decide which bill to not pay so his kids can eat or have any idea of what a budget is.
Great bunch, eh?

Bill Dowder Feb 14, 2012, 1:13pm UTC

LOL, you nasty simpletons. Ignoring the facts while clinging to your racist and increasingly ineffective mantra. Cookie, your generation can go lie in the "hole" you dug. Your generation has elected the same trash over and over again, you Obama Zombies crack me up. You have no perception of what our national debt is or inflation or the Federal Reserve. Racist wah wah wahhh

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Bob M. Feb 13, 2012, 3:38pm UTC

What kind of people support Ron Paul?

The kind who so passionately believe in his policies... several of which I agree with by the way... that they are willing to risk another 4 years of President Obama to get their point across.

That is a risk I am unwilling to take.
Vote with your head and not your heart.

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Mooch -. Feb 13, 2012, 3:56pm UTC

Well lets see you just seem to call all people who support Ron Paul 'Crazies'
I'm not sure what that says about you and your mentality.

But then if you can't judge people objectively maybe YOU need the psychiatric evaluation!

What kind of people support Obama? Many, not all of them, are ones that only know the argument racist, to include Obama himself and his blabber mouth talk queen, if you don't agree with him, or his policies, or you didn't vote for him.

Lora Covrett Feb 13, 2012, 9:53pm UTC

The attacks on Obama have been either motivated by ignorance or racism. Since all hate is fueled by ignorance, they are essentially the same thing.

What President has had a congressperson shout out "liar" during a state of the union address? What President has been continually called a Muslim and had a witch hunt after them to produce a birth certificate -- that still is not enough proof for them of his citizenship?
He's been attacked every step of the way. If it's not his race, what is it?

Lora Covrett Feb 13, 2012, 10:01pm UTC

I'd rather be called crazy myself than vote for someone as extreme as any one of the GOP candidates.

I want a President I can look up to, that is a good role model and that is smarter than me. Barack Obama is all of those things.

Bill Dowder Feb 14, 2012, 1:15pm UTC

Mooch, that's all they know how to do. They quickly run out of facts and cling to their last defense, the race card. As time goes on, that card gets weaker and weaker. They're too simple to debate, so they try to end all debate with hate and race-baiting.

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Winston Smith Feb 13, 2012, 9:25pm UTC

You mean people that realize we are following down the path that Greece is currently on?

You mean young people that realize the baby boom generation has left them with an unsustainable government?

It is refreshing to see the young people of America waking up to the realization that more government is not the answer .

Lora Covrett Feb 13, 2012, 9:57pm UTC

Ron Paul is an extremist.
Perhaps less government is needed. I agree with Paul that we need to keep our nose out of other country's business. We should have never been in Iraq. But we need to maintain a relationship with other countries.
Ron Paul thinking we can go back to pre-1913 IS crazy. Unrealistic.

Chad A. Feb 14, 2012, 1:28pm UTC

We will be forced to go the austerity path if our government's spending habits don't change. It would be easier to handle minor austerity now, than major cuts 10 years from now. The spending problem started with Bush, Obama has simply exacerbated it.

As for Ron Paul supporters, I don't consider myself one of them, but I do see many valid points in his arguments. The intent of this article was to demean those that do adamantly support him, and single out an obviously deranged father as an example. I'm sure one could find a nut bag Obama supporter and showcase him (or her) as the stereotypical Obama supporter.

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Scott H. Feb 14, 2012, 10:20am UTC

What kind of people support Ron Paul ?

IMO, mostly anti establishment young adults and anti federal government anarchist. Neither of which have ever stop to think nor to fully inform themselves as to what the institution of Mr. Paul's style of less federal government and more state government agenda would do to the welfare of our country.

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Mark H. Feb 15, 2012, 7:34am UTC

As a Paul supporter I must say I would love to see an honest debate with Paul and Obama. No teleprompters, on notes, no hidden ear pieces.

Mark H. Feb 15, 2012, 7:35am UTC

That is no notes. Sorry.

Bob M. Feb 16, 2012, 7:31am UTC

As a Romney supporter, I must admit that would be interesting! But frankly, President Obama v/s Newt would be a real Hoot!

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les f. Feb 19, 2012, 8:36am UTC

Churchill called Ghandi a ragged little beggar and snarled his disappointment that nobody had shot him. Of course, once the Wehrmacht was breathing down their neck, the Brits turned to the man who saw them coming 7 years away, never gave up sounding the alarm, and had a plan how to deal with the situation. Were they ignorant racists? Was he? Or was a bit of name-calling and wishful thinking completely irrelevant given the advent of a real problem?
15000000000000$ ious are a real problem. Endless war qualifies,too. And when your egalitarian genius of a president signs a bill allowing the military to capture and detain the citizenry of their own country without due process, you have the mother of all problems in the land of the free.
I don't believe Obama's endgame is to create a police state. I don't think he has much game at all. But if the presidency fell into malevolent hands, the mechanism is in place, thanks to Obama.
All of which was foreseen, foretold, warned of and railed against for years flowing into decades by RonPaul.
I'm not ignorant. I'm not racist. Neither is Ron Paul. But someone who doesn't even know me tarring me with that brush is a bigot.

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