I’m on a short break at work. I’ll get to some of these now and some later.
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Since you are an electabilty expert or seem to be claiming there is a science or way to explain electablity can you please answer me the following questions:[/quote]
I’m not an expert, and I didn’t claim there was a science. And I’ll admit that I could be wrong about only Huntsman or Romney being electable. Anything’s possible. But if I were going to vote for a republican in the primaries, I’d use some common sense and not vote for somebody who I thought had little or no chance of winning.
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1. Why was Ronald Reagan deemed unelectable by the mainstream media and got elected and now is considered one of the best Republican Presidents in recent history? Reagan endorsed Paul remember…[/quote]
I don’t recall Reagan being deemed unelectable. I was around and I was watching, and I don’t remember that. Perhaps there were a few calls that he was unelectable, and perhaps those calls have been cherry picked out of history to make that claim. In any case, he’s one of the best presidents in recent history because he was, despite his rhetoric, quite pragmatic and able to deal with democrats to get things done. Our politicians have lost the ability to compromise and work together for the good of the country as a whole. But I digress.
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2. Why is Ron Paul the only republican candidate to get the Independent voters out and switch over democrats and why aren’t we discussing that? I think none of the rest of the candidates have a shot because they will not turn out those voters. That is electability! [/quote]
No, that isn’t electability. Paul is not getting out independents and switching democrats in the numbers required to get elected. And, because of some of his positions, he most likely never will. If he did those things in sufficient numbers, that would be electability. But he isn’t and he won’t be.
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3. Ron Paul was elected 12 times already, has sold thousands of books and only votes based on the Constitution. When every other candidate is going to march in there and violate the constitution, how can you knowingly vote for them? [/quote]
Elected 12 times. To what? Congress? Means nothing. Sold thousands of books? Means nothing. Every other candidate? But not Paul? I don’t think so. Besides, there’s more to running a country than hewing precisely to every letter of the constitution. I know that’s shocking. Try not to faint.
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4. When the end result of every single democrat and republican has been to run up massive debt how can you knowingly call them electable and plan A or B?[/quote]
I’m not happy about the democrats and republicans running up massive debt, either. And I do wish there were a candidate who was serious about reducing the deficit but who didn’t have the other problems that Ron Paul has. But there isn’t. One has to choose from the options available, and to me the best one isn’t Ron Paul.
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5. Ron Paul has won every single debate according to facebook polls and other verified polls. How is he not electable? [/quote]
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First of all, Ron Paul’s supporters, probably due to their demographics, have more on-line presence than the other candidates. Hence the facebook poll victories. How is he not electable? Not enough people would vote for him.
