I support Ron Paul for the Republican nomination and can't say much at this point as I am the one who derailed Nader's initiative petition campaign by exposing fraud by some of the petioners who were being paid to get Ralph to get on the ballot in Oregon. Allot of people at that building the petition campaign contractor was located in knew about some of the tricks and scams.
I was the only one who patiently documented as many of them I could and got the information to the right people. Believe it or not, I am an effective, real life activist. But don't hold it against me please. ;-)
People I know lurk my posts, and I am trying to get along with my fellow Pacific Greens so I am not going to jump in and say exactly how I feel right now about various people.
Other then to say Paul is the only qualified Republican canidate, and I most closely agree politically with Dennis Kucinich.
I figured as much. Makes perfect sense. I'm having a problem. There's a girl about 24 with whom we've been friends since she was 3. Lives in Bay Area California. Typical liberal urban schooling, UC graduate, parents lower middle class. 1/2 upper middle class jewish grandparents. Seems pretty aware of many issues, well travelled.
She's supporting the Dems because they aren't the Pubs, regardless of the candidate. Actually she wants Kucinich. Doesn't want to discuss or hear anything about Paul because he's pub and anti-abortion. The war, altho bad, is the fault of the pubs.
More the reality of it, to me, is that she is fukked. She can't get a job unless it's funded by the government because private industry in the areas in which she's interested don't exist (organic agriculture). She doesn't have a job. Finishing Master's degree. College loans, still lives with parents. Has never held a 40 hour per week gig for more than 2 months and that was only once.
Therefore, she instinctively knows that her only option is to support the socialist candidate because otherwise, she has no future. I think that's the belief of many liberals who support the dems. They have to have it, no matter if it causes genocide, environmental pollution or class/race warfare; all the things they like to believe they're against.
How do you reconcile the erroneous "Paul = Republican Neo Con" to people in that circle?
How do you reconcile the erroneous "Paul = Republican Neo Con" to people in that circle?
'Neocon' is erroneous (and I doubt that anyone believes that RP is a neocon) but 'Republican' is not. He declared repeatedly that he wishes to stay inside the big tent of the awfully disgusting GOPs. I know, he disagrees with the GOPs more than he agrees with them but, for some incomprehensible reason, he wishes to stay with the party of Giuliani, W Bush and Scooter Libby.
Like my Chinese friend would say if he heard of this: "vely, vely, stlange".