[quote=curiousmind]Plus he just doesn’t have media appeal. Although some of his ideas may make sense, he just comes across as another also-ran oddball.
That’s your opinion, and you are very disconnected if you think that Paul is just a random “also-ran” candidate. Wake up.[/quote]
[quote=curiousmind]Ron Paul is the only candidate running who has walked the walk. He is the only candidate who’s views are based on principles(constitutional ones)- not fame, money or status quo. He is also the only candidate who implements any form of critical thinking.[/quote]
Ron Paul is not an electable candidate. As much as you might want him to be. I’ve said I don’t think it’s any kind of back room conspiracy (and I certainly could be wrong on this), but the fact remains that the media has not and is unlikely to get behind him. They barely give him the time of day. He hasn’t and probably won’t get the media attention that Ross Perot got 20 and 16 years ago. Despite whether he might be electable if everyone knew who he was, they don’t and won’t. That makes him unelectable. That makes him an also-ran.
I don’t know what walk he’s walked that others haven’t. He’s a politician. He’s made deals. His principles are no more constitutionally or ideologically consistent than any other candidate. See his views on DOMA, states rights, and full faith and credit clause. See his views on abortion, which are inconsistent with his claims to be a libertarian. (His argument that it should be left up to the states, just as he has made at times with DOMA is a total abandonement of libertarian principles on issues which he believes the government SHOULD invade personal liberties.)
Paul is an idealogue. Just the same as many politicians. Ideologies and critical thinking are like oil and water. You can craft rhetoric to make them appear to be compatible, but eventually they separate. And the critical thinking always disappears.
