[quote=aldante]Pray tell SK, what does “guarantee” electibliity? The only thing I know to does is getting more electoral votes then the next guy.
And I thank you for your in depth analysis. But it does not change my summation of what I discussed above. (in fact it reinforces my point)
Btw Ron Paul did not vote for the NDAA. He was on the campaign trail trying to change a country that would even consider having it come to the floor for a vote. And unlike any other candidate he has denouced it’s passage.[/quote]
You want to know why Ron Paul is unelectable?
He wants the US to withdraw from the WTO.
He wants to eliminate all foreign aid.
He wants to eliminate the Department of Commerce and virtually all trade regulations.
He opposes constitutionally guaranteed citizenship.
Given the chance, he would repeal the equal rights amendment.
Despite claiming to be a libertarian:
He released an add in Iowa questioning whether the repeal of Roe v. Wade would actually eliminate enough abortion rights.
He opposed classification of birth control as a preventative medicine.
He wants to allow states to determine the validity of same-sex marriages, but wants to retain the Defense of Marriage Act (parts of which have already been deemed unconstitutional in federal court.)
He opposes the federal court decision of Lawrence v. Texas which decriminalized consensual sodomy.
And his rediculous claims on the gold standard, which has repeated lead to deflation, bank panics and depression (in the US alone, in 1807, 1837, 1873, 1882, 1893, 1920, 1933, and 1937) while opposing central banks, which, over the last 60 years, have successfully eliminated depressions and bank panics in every country utilizing central banks and following keynsian monetary policy. (To summarize that, under the gold standard the US had 8 depressions in less than 140 years. Under Keynsian monetary policy, as imperfect as it is, not a single depression in the 60+ years since the gold standard was dropped.)
You, and some of his supporters may think these are all good things. I don’t. Once his proposed policies, which are so far outside of the mainstream, are publicized, he can’t win. Few women will vote for him. (He supports policies that are downright hateful to women.) Minorities won’t vote for him. (He want to designate english and the national language, and prohibit use of any language other than english in government documents.) Even his opposition to LGBT rights is no longer mainstream.
Obama would love to run against Ron Paul. He would be an easy target. As would every other current GOP candidate that isn’t named Mitt Romney or Jon Huntsman. That’s a short list of why he’s unelectable.
