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Comic Book Character, Statue Rally For Ron PaulYou may have wondered what, exactly, the eclectic collection of people cheering for an old doctor were doing on Saturday afternoon outside Independence Hall? Well, silly, it’s the Ron Paul Revolution! Or, rather, the Ron Paul RLOVEution or something; I dunno, it was on their signs. Maybe Ron Paul is the hippy candidate. He is for ending the War on Drugs. Ron Paul is, as you may know, for ending pretty much everything, including the Dept. of Education, UNICEF and the Free Puppies For Sick Children program. He also voted against, I ‘unno, Rosa Parks or someone like that getting some Congressional medal, because he votes against all of those frivolous things. Oh, he’s also the only Republican candidate smart enough to be against the Iraq War. Paul also wants to change our currency to the gold standard or something (eh, not quite), which means this is about the closest we’ve gotten to the historic election of 1896, where William McKinley defeated William Jennings Bryan in the election you never quite understood when you learned it in grade school. Oh! Free Silver! Cross of Gold speech! This is easy to get in 8th grade. (Oh, come on. Being able to go to a bank and deposit whatever and get coins? Guh-wha?) So that’s Ron Paul, I guess. But who were his supporters? Right: Online, they’re a band of angry commenters who travel from blog to blog, angrily telling you to support Ron Paul. In person, though? Mainly these people:
So, uhh, the Statue of Liberty and the V for Vendetta guy support Ron Paul. Oh, no wonder he’s so popular! Update: Be sure to read the comments. So far, this is my favorite: “His supporters are real folks that you can’t persuade anymore, much to your dismay, you don’t matter any longer. We can take care of our own news now, thanks anyway.” I look forward to the first edition of the Ron Paul Press! Philadelphia Freedom [Reason] |
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I guess your trying to be funny….you failed.
Besides these two how about the other 3000 or so people that happen to show up.
this article is made of fail and AIDS.
What a stupid article…totally meaningless.
Wow, what a smear article. If you’re to lazy to find out why Ron Paul is so popular (because of his political philosophy!) than maybe you shouldn’t write an article about the “Ron Paul Revolution”.
Swiss Friend of Ron Paul
http://switzerland4ronpaul.blogspot.com/
I smell a Pulitzer nomination here as you are one talented wordsmith. Never before have I read such genius.
His supporters are real folks that you can’t persuade anymore, much to your dismay, you don’t matter any longer. We can take care of our own news now, thanks anyway.
i predict that, as election season really gets underway here, if you can keep this up you could end up with more crazy comments from ron paul nutsos than you did from the friends of barbaro. it might take a little while to get rolling, but just watch — you can tell from the tone of the posts above that the groundswell of crazy is starting to grow.
Wake Up! I have never voted because I refused to vote for the lessor of two evils or someone who does not deserve my vote. I cannot wait to get to the polls to vote for this guy. Well worth the wait. GO RON GO.
I have only heard a little about Ron Paul. But anyone who could force a talentless hack like this to attempt an article must be worth checking out.
I have read real journalist’s reports of 4,000 plus at the Philly rally. Pretending two people in costume represented the majority, as the rest of this, uh, piece did demonstrates a silly attempt at smear.
Of course, it’s not just this moron, the smear campaign is obvious. Anyone worth a smear from this business-as-usual supporting media is worth checking out. From what I’ve learned myself, Ron Paul is a very honest and principled man. Certainly more so than the warmongering liars surrounding him in the GOP.
Awe yes, the sound of defeat lol.
The liberal/democrats are pissed at Ron Paul for stealing democrats away from the party and the republicans are pissed because he’s for ending the war and that will go against everything they’ve been brainwashed to believe over the last 6 years. My only suggestion to you people that fall in this category is to take a shit or get off the pot!
There was 4000 ppl there, and they took shots of the ONLY two ppl in costume. (besides the Revolutionaries in their 18th century attire)
No good Republican can vote for Romney, Giuliani, McCain… we made a mistake with Bush..
Let us fix it all with Ron Paul.
TinyURL supports Ron Paul. If TinyURL can support Ron Paul so can you!
Don’t hate the guy for not getting it. Besides, that is a cool picture!
Yes, there were over three thousand people there. But as per this article’s excellent analysis, it’s clear that all of them were dressed up in crazy costumes.
You know, Ron Paul supporters are given all kinds of names by the Old Press such as “the Paulites,” or “libertarians,” or “Paulistinians,” or even “web savvy organisers,” but I have a little nickname for Paul’s supporters I came up with last night… oh, what was it again…uhhh…oh yeah, “the American voters”! Ha-HA!
I’m sorry that you have such a cynical opinion about Ron Paul. His professional and political career have been consistent and principled, so I think it’s rather disrespectful to use such a mocking tone when writing about him.
I think that we will be very much surprised by the turnout for Ron Paul in the primary elections. The major polling organizations’ “likely voter” sampling methods are quickly becoming obsolete as the mid-tiered candidates’ unrealistically low poll numbers indicate. I doubt that it’s due as much to sinister bias as to the rapid changes in information and communication technologies that are outpacing the election cycle period. Regardless, Dr. Paul’s campaign seems to be building up a formidable head of steam.
Even though many who are considering support of Ron Paul’s platform take issue with one or more of his stated positions, the overriding appeal of a Paul presidency is that it will a) send a powerful signal to both of the major parties that we seriously want a leaner, more constitutional federal government, b) create a more realistic check and balance between the presidency and Congress, and c) encourage young people who aspire to politics to want to follow Paul’s very principled, incorruptible governing philosophy.
I just thought I would stop by this blog and take an opportunity to angrily demand that you support Ron Paul!
Just wanted to make a quick comment about the Rosa Parks issue.
Ron Paul did vote against it. But not because he doesn’t believe Rosa Parks deserves to be honored. He just doesn’t support using tax payer money to do it.
During the house debate Ron Paul actually went to individual members of congress trying to get them to donate money. Not surprisingly, they weren’t willing to give their own money to honor her.
Using http://www.google.com/trends one can see that there is a gigantic disparity between search volume and news reference volume for Ron Paul in relation to the other candidates. The larger this disparity, the more profit that can be made from advertisement where Dr Paul’s name appears in the article. The reason: a larger search audiance than any other candidate by far, yet the smallest news reference volume means more search audiance per news reference article. Of course, the easiest way to cash in on this “gold rush” is to write a non-researched negative spam article such as this.
HOW TO AVOID LOOKING FOOLISH AND LOSING YOUR CREDIBILITY AS A WRITER:
Read first. Then write.
Thank you.
just go to fucking church where you belong and stop talking about Ron Paul.
I’m not sold on Dr. Paul completely but I wish people would argue him on the issues rather than attempting to minimalize him.
He proposes returning to the gold standard so that money’s value is based on something. Tell me why thats a bad thing?
He proposes ending the Dept. Of Education. He says the responsibility of education lies with the states… Whats wrong with that? States already create most of their own curriculum standards, why do we need the Federal Govt. to impose additional?
I’m not an expert on any of these things so I am very open to anyone who can explain logically why his positions are harmful.
Apathetic argument.
Holy god, I’ve never seen so many comments on a PWD post. Do Ron Paul people troll the internet all day every day looking for someone who said something unkind about their candidate?
Ron Paul can no longer be labeled a “long shot” candidate. He has clearly has surpassed John McCain and is now a “top tier” candidate. I have created a website to support this statement.
Please visit http://www.thecaseforronpaul.com and judge for yourself.
The bloggers (pretend writers) say that Ron Paul is a crazy, wacky, loony, weird, isolationist, racist nutcase and his followers are tin-foil hat conspiracy whack-job cult morons.
Then they complain when his many supporters comment in his defence.
Since his opposition is that dishonest and inept, he may win.
Wow. Awesome. These people are way better than the Friends of Barbaro. I wonder when the Ron Paul erotic fan fiction will hit?
Everytime I read an article like this i donate $10 dollars to ronpaul2008.com
I would ask that you all do the same. If articles like these were known to be a battle cry for donations we may stop seeing them!
As a staunch republican and Ron Paul supporter, I used to hate these smear articles, now they make me laugh. You seem to be rapidly becoming the minority now.
A vote for Ron Paul is a vote not for someone else. (all of the someone else’s suck)
Is anyone else sick of bloggers piggybacking on reputable news organization websites? No fact checkers at all; these people can print anything and because it’s a blog, they’re not held accountable for anything they print…and the cbs or nbc or cnn logo at the top would lead you to believe it’s a factual representation of actual stories, instead of what it really is: an opinion piece whose sole purpose is to slander whoever the article is on.
This is not a good way to get your blog traffic to increase. I am going to nominate you for The Biggest Douche in the Universe award.
Poorly written article. Clearly a product of the Dept. of Education system. Angry? No, just laughing at the level of education of average Americans.
Boy, I hope the author is not as dumb as this article makes him out to be.
dear unnamed author of this article:
thanks for the silly ridicule !
every time you people take another swipe at us -
guess what -
our numbers multiply !
have a great day and God bless you.
charles ranalli
albuquerque nm
see, 25 more comments in barely a half hour. when you’re right you’re right. let the kookery begin!
“But who were his supporters? Right: Online, they’re a band of angry commenters…”
I wonder why…maybe it’s because of ignorant articles like this one. Oh and don’t quite your day job. Unless it’s writing.
Ron Paul supporters are assholes.
YUCK! What a silly article. Nice try PW.
1) The proper way to spell it is: r[3VOL]ution.
2) Ron Paul is for permitting the use of gold as legal tender,
not for changing our currenncy to Gold. Two totally different things.
Other than that, your article was totally… boring.
I’m in favor of turning our currency to gold.
Hey, author (and everybody), read up on gold standard and fiat currency, inflation, Federal Reserve, credit bubble, do yourself a favor — do it now, do it fast, and filter as many different sources as you can find. Don’t trust your financial adviser, your family, the media — by and large, everybody’s in dreamland. Don’t buy wholesale into conspiracy theories, but pay attention to the relationships they discuss.
I work in a Wall Street hedge fund, and I was laughing, too, up to a month ago. But I’m not laughing anymore, that’s for sure. I don’t yet know if Paul is philosophically right, but I do know that our economy is loaded to the gills with the very problems that he rails against, and the risk of a big collapse has perhaps never been greater.
There’s some time left to protect your savings, but if you don’t, you’re a sitting duck, and nobody is going to give you advance warning if sh*t hits the fan. It’s every man for himself when it comes to money.
Do you know what the Fed is doing right now? I’m guessing that they are praying. What are you going to do?
No, Seth, Ron Paul supporters are educated, informed, civically engaged citizens who truly care about our country, our Constitution, and the path we’re headed down.
People like yourself who blindly generalize based on their resentment are assholes.
What an absurdly broad and uninformed brush stroke you use when you simply characterize Dr. Paul’s supporters as angry bloggers. While I have no problem with people questioning or challenging Dr. Paul’s views in a thoughtful and intellegent manner, your article is neither. I find that the “angry” are those who are either too uneducated, and or too lazy, to respond to Dr. Paul’s positions with substance.
No, Ron Paul supporters are educated, informed, civically engaged citizens who truly care about our country, our Constitution, and the path we’re headed down.
People like yourself who blindly generalize based on their resentment and are afraid to use their names because of it are assholes.
I want to sit on a duck.
Ghandi once said, “first they ignore you, and then they attack you, and then you win,” or something like that.
i get it, you’re scared. ron paul has a chance and you are scared of that. he now has enough money to stop being ignored. i guess that means it’s time for the attacks to begin. that’s cool…with every attack he just gets more exposure and the chance to win over more americans.
but really, out of the thousands of people who showed up to the rally, you decided to pick two of the most extreme people you could find? it’s kind of like when the news crews go to the poor neighborhood and seek out the most unintelligible person to represent that community.
once upon a time, media helped the people. boy how things have changed.
I went to the Ron Paul rally out of curiosity. I’ve never seen more people smoking in one place since before the city’s indoor smoking ban went into effect. When I politely asked them to wait until there weren’t so many people around them, they just said stuff like “it’s my constitutional right!” and kept right on blowing their smoke wherever they pleased.
did you exercise your constitutional right to bear arms in their direction?
or did you offer them some pot?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXP5ui_Tro0
Please point out all the smokers in this video and then we can point guns at them! weee!
Nice article, “D-Mac”, really shows your journalism skills.
With your pre school ranting you did to yourself what you wanted to do to RP. Now thinking people who have not heard about RP’s messages might want to know why someone would take the trouble to smear him so….
So here it goes… FIND OUT ABOUT RON PAUL BY YOURSELF VISIT HIS SITE AT:
http://www.ronpaul2008.com
Your post was obviously part of a BIG MEDIA conspiracy to stifle the voice of Ron Paul. But we Ron Paul supporters know the real truth. You remind me of the “muckrakers” who tried to drag down Teddy Roosevelt with your “yellow journalism” when he joined the Bull Moose party. Because you and your ilk are scared of original ideas and revolutionaries. You and the rest of BIG MEDIA want more of the same. Well, let it be known that I have created a special voodoo doll with your face on it, and will stick a new needle in it every day until you admit the error of your ways.
So 10,000 monkeys at 10,000 typewriters, or should I say 9,999 because one escaped and wrote this crap, Oh and Seth you should learn how to be a big boy, and articulate your self. U are the Asshole.
Johnny Goodtimes just made me pee mypants
I’ve noticed a trend on youtube and other blogs. They all are writing about Ron Paul or putting Ron Paul in the search criteria since so many people do searches on Ron Paul…This guy just wanted to get some hits.
Did you actually go to the rally? If so, you might have seen the hundreds of veterans there as well.
As for Lady Liberty, would you consider it a good sign or a bad sign that she showed up at a candidate’s rally? Would she show up for Giuliani or Clinton? Are you for or against liberty?
The V for Vendetta guy? If you saw the movie, he helped an oppressed nation stand up to a fascist government. Which candidate’s rally did you expect him to attend? Maybe Mitt Romney’s, to support the candidate who wants to “double Guantanamo”? I didn’t think so.
There’s a reason Ron Paul supporters are fired up. If you were paying attention, you might figure it out.
What was the point of this? There were a lot of other people dressed in character at the rally. Like the group of people dressed like vegans, the people dressed like college students, and all those people who were “slumming it” by dressing up like poor people! Of course, they were all “dressing up” to deceive people into thinking that Ron Paul might just be that voice in the wilderness that us poor young folk have been looking for. Those…uh….jerks.
How the hell did this article turn up in a “news” search on Google? This is not news, this is a joke.
is now the right time to say i feel threatened by Ron Paul and his penis? and if not now, when?
Ron Paul detractors are grasping at straws. He is certainly in the “top tier”…
http://tinyurl.com/34hbnv
You wanted hits? You got ‘em.
If you had any credibility before, you just flushed it all down the toilet with this article, which is fantastically ignorant.
I yearn for the good old days when comments were limited to chrissmari, councilmens’ penises, and going to fucking church!
How to write a article on Ron Paul.
By Rupert Murdoch
To all my media outlets,
It is important to write an article about Republican candidate Ron Paul once a month to show that we are fair and balanced. Here is the format I would like you to use:
1. Start the article by making him look crazy. Use terms like, “fringe, moonbat, crazy, longshot,and dark-horse”
2. At some point in your article point out his results in the telephone polls that don’t call his support base.
3. Next, I know this goes against any journalistic integrity you may have left, but, make a statement that he will not win. I recommnend some form of these statements:
- “he has no chance of winning”
- “his less than power-ball chances”
- “he will not win the nomination”
- “don’t bet on him getting one delegate”
4. Finally, spend some time denegrating his supporters. Write that they are all crazy and angry. I know again I am asking you to lie, but that’s why I pay you.
Please be creative.
friendlynerd, I agree more people should be talking about me.
I’m not afraid of Ron Paul’s penis!
Hmmm, Why would Dr. Paul be the one consenting vote against Rosa Parks getting the Congressional Gold Medal?
He was good friends with the Reagan’s, why was he the one vote against them getting the Congressional Gold Medal?
In both instances he took a $100 bill out of his pocket and asked his fellow congressmen and women to due the same to cover the cost of the medal. In both cases Congress went against him and authorized the spending of $30,000.00 taxpayers dollars to mint the medals.
The Constitution does not authorize the spending of taxpayer dollars for these medals. Congressman Paul takes an oath to uphold the Constitution every time he is elected.
It is shameful for you to poke fun at such a principalled man.
Keep dreaming, Paulistas.
Keep dreaming that your candidate stands a chance.
Ross Perot supporters thought he had a chance too.
“It is shameful for you to poke fun at such a principalled man.”
Hey, I did not make fun of Mr. Belding.
I wonder what Ron Paul had to pay to rent out the Storm botnet. Too bad a real candidate didn’t think of it first.
Thanks for posting an article that allows for comments.
Although you meant this POS to denigrade Ron Paul, it allows us to continue to debate openly.
Maybe you will read some of the comments and learn something new… or begin to formulate your very own thoughts.
I know… I know… critical thinking is hard. But you can do it.
I suggest reading “The Little Engine that Could” if you need inspiration. It’s about at your level.
Sounds like Ron Paul doesn’t have a penis.
Holy Cow! Ron Paul crazies must have a computer program that tracks down all things written on him … and they must monitor it 24/7. Creepy!!!!
Dan, you’re a pawn of Rupert Murdoch? Why wasn’t I informed of this earlier???
These posts are beautiful!
And I can’t believe the founder of Wendy’s came back from the dead to lead off the posts and inform you that you aren’t funny! Wow … no Buy 1/Get 1 Ranch Chicken Sandwiches for you.
This ‘writer’ doesn’t have to make jokes…he IS the joke.
I hope you develop herpes and die.
2 new entries in my HOSTS file:
74.205.85.12 willdo.philadelphiaweekly.com
74.205.85.12 http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com
I’m the only joke around here.
I hope Richard Simmons gets herpes.
Two new entries in my VISITORS file:
MBC Penis
RP Penis
Dear Brad,
You need to bone up on STDs if you want your burgeoning death-wish blog-comment business to flourish.
Herpes won’t get it done, son. You need to go with AIDS, or at least syphillis. I’m trying to help you out, buddy. I have extensive knowledge of what will and will not kill you, so please take my advice. I’m kind of the Gordon Ramsay of Death, OK?
Sincerely,
TGR
Barbaro for president in ‘08!
Time to write that article where you suggest Ron Paul digs up Barbaro and bangs his corpse, Dan.
Does anyone have photos of Ron Paul and Alycia Lane wearing a bikini?
It’s pretty basic here. The big government, welfare-warfare Democratic and Republican front-runners Rudy, Romney, Hillary, Obama and Edwards PAY people to come to their rallies, cheer and hold signs (the rate is $50). We witnessed this again at the Drexel debates. Ron Paul’s supporters came to Philly on their own dime from as far away as Alaska because he is the only Presidential candidate other than Gravel and Kucinich who is honestly committed to an immediate withdrawal from Iraq. Immediate.
The problem is our financial system. Fiat currency inexorably leads to racketeering wars, theft from the poor and middle class via currency inflation to pay for it and loss of civil liberties (tyranny) to keep the sheep in check. It’s here and now so figure it out. The choice is clear - a return to freedom, peace and prosperity or the end of American freedom in the very near term (thanks for nothing, Pelosi et al).
Is the writer going to vote for a Democratic neo-con? Is he even a registered voter?
Damn … so, let me get this straight. If I get a job as Sperm Donor/Hillary Supporter/Happy Ending Masseur, I can make $150 a day?
Who knew sperm and politics could be a $30K/yr job?
Could you imagine registering as a Republican just to get Ron Paul to 2% in a primary, then realizing once the election is over that, uh, hmm, now I’m registered as a Republican?
It’s like a registration walk of shame.
You don’t actually get paid to write, do you? Dismal skillz.
I would donate sperm to Ron Paul.
I saw this “PhiladelphiaWillDo” writer at a party once. I tried to say “Hi”, but he just laughed at me and continued to drink his martini. He was wearing an ascot. He speaks French. He hates sports. Trust me, fellow RP supporters, if a jerk like this is writing something bad about Ron, that a GOOD thing.
I heard he also loves to write 15,000 words on marathons and second-rate bike races.
Oh, wait. That’s Johnny Goodtimes. (Call me, dude.)
Pathetic excuse for a reporter.
I, too, am interested in turning our currency into gold!
man, i want to be the gordan ramsay of something…
I want to be a real boy!
FOR: infragreen at November 12, 2007 11:23 AM
Google (you know the number one website on planet earth) has an engine that will “find” new articles that are created and placed on working web servers. Once it finds one, it places a reference to the page in its own personal database.
Then, if a human searches on a term (such as Ron Paul) the Google engine uses the data base to display a list of hyperlinks to web pages that contain the searched term.
Once a user clicks on a link provide by the Google Search Engine, lo and behold, they are taken to the page!
Upon reading an article, humans may want to interact with the author of said article.
As a web developer, I can assure you that it doesn’t take a conspiracy of the Illuminati for biased articles such as this one to be called out for what they are. It merely requires the Internet to work the way it was designed.
Peace.
Scott Barber | Fort Worth, Texas
I would like to google DMAC and interact with him.
What’s Ron Paul’s position on Barbaro?
This is the highlight of my Monday.
How dare you speak about my brother Ron that way. His supporters are free-thinking individuals who have had enough of the government’s business as usual.
If Ron becomes the President of America, then I will see to it that his very first act of business is putting you in jail for treason. A more efficiently-run, privatized prison, no doubt.
I went to the Ron Paul rally dressed like Ron Paul.
This blog is a B.L.O.G.: Big Load Of Garbage!
A writer this isn’t.
Funny he ain’t.
Stupid he is.
Wow, this is truely amazing. You just poke and poke and get no response (except for Chrissmari and those who would like to fuck her) for weeks on end, then one day a throw away post on two people in funny costumes, and before you know it your a star.
I haven’t been this happy since Milton Street dropped out of the mayors race.
As dumb as this thread has become…I have to admit I laughed at the Mr. Belding reference to my misuse of “principalled”.
Good job…see ya.
Do I get a prize for 100th comment? Is this a PWD record?
At least one of the barbaro threads got more than 100 comments.
You can smell the flop sweat on the media now. What does it tell you when the more support Paul gathers the more shrill they become denouncing him? If he’s not going to win, what are they so scared of?
Check out Ron Paul, and you’ll see why they’re so scared. And he’s bringing his friends.
I’m afraid of Ron Paul and his penis.
Gold and silver IS real money… what the heck is that green paper stuff? I vote Ron Paul.
Oh, this made my day. Nothing like a band of myopic psychopaths to cheer up a gloomy Monday.
I like the way the “author” of this fine prose tried to defend himself against in advance against “the band of angry commenters who travel from blog to blog angrily telling you to support Ron Paul.”
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL (that’s pure comedy gold)
We merely point out your incoherence, and invite you to join the grown-ups who are willing to talk about real issues, instead of playing name-calling games. But guess what? The incoherent insist upon playing games, seems it is the only trick they know.
Why would we be angry with you? If not for people like you, the Ron Paul Revolution would be much, much farther away from the goals of freedom and liberty. Instead, you give us the chance to promote the idea that you own your own life, not the criminals in DC.
Angry? Hell no, I hope you write another column, and double the fun!
In other words, thanks for your inadvertent support.
COMIC BOOK EDUCATION BRINGS COMIC BOOK “NEWS”
The writer of this article is disrespectful and inaccurate in stating that the 5,000 people were just cheering for an ‘old doctor’ in comic book fashion.
Actually they were cheering a 10 term Republican Congressman who is running for president of the good ‘ole USA !!
This man served courageously as a flight surgeon for the US Air Force. Might I also add that he recently received $4.2 million in one day, more than any other Republican candidate in the field.
He is also courageous enough to break from the party gate keepers to say what he believes. He is the ONLY Republican with the courage get us out of this mess in Iraq. We are spending trillions of dollars maintaining our empire. We can not afford this anymore–just go buy some gas or try to pay your medical bills, kids college education and tell me inflation isn’t going through the roof.
And no, I am not an angry supporter–I actually see more anger of those against Paul. In fact this article seems to be written with angst. Most Paul supporters I meet are highly motivated and educated supporters. We are just tired of being robbed by our government, which was supposed to be limited. We are tired of seeing our brothers and sisters die for a war that was a lie. We are tired of the bought mass media working mostly for big corporations and not for telling the truth.
The attacks on Ron Paul will increase as he’s picking up stream. The great spirits supporting
Ron Paul should expect a continuation of this violent opposition(smear pieces, hack news, etc.) Ron Paul stands for freedom,prosperity,individual liberty and the truth–those who take time time to understand what Paul is all about will vote for him over any other candidate–period. In the end, we will prevail because you can’t fool everyone all the time, even with hit pieces like the one here. People again yearn for benefits of this unique experiment, created by our founding fathers called a Republic, where individual liberty wins over tyranny. That is what America stands for, a beacon for freedom and truth, not a lying, overtaxing, freedom stealing, war-mongering empire (I could use stronger words but I’m not an angry supporter :-)
I believe in a country called: “America, land of the free, and home of the brave.” And so do the other Ron Paul supporters.
GO RON PAUL !!! PRESIDENT 2008 !!!!
I own my own life? So Tom Brady should fuck me if I want him to?
Wow, you people are douchebags.
I guess these people who belittle RP on the gold issue believe all that paper is worth something. Why is it worth something? Because the government says it is. There is something you can put your faith in. The words of the government are worthless so is their money.
Ron Paul For President
How comes you write an article without using your brain? I mean, do you actually have one ?
RON PAUL for president or be a SLAVE!
You’re trolling. There’s nothing clearer than that.
Nice try…err, like, ummm, whatever. Very professional.
I have some gold in my teeth.
Oh, why I oughta- you get that consarned gold from yer fancy paper, what’s gonna become of me?
Only anyone lower’n a rattlesnake’d get their gold anywhere’s but a nice mountain stream. Yep!
I could care less about those snobby Ron Paul supporters. They can stick their $5 gold nuggets up their rears.
Andy at Nov 12th suggests that we send Ron $10 everytime we read an article like this. Great plan! I just sent Roin another $10. Thanks Andy, for the thought.
We need a name for this idea. How about:
MONEY BLOWBACK
As in, “Your article was so awful, it caused a Money Blowback. Ron Paul just got another donation from me.”
ANGRY RANT
No, not really. Thought it was funny.
-Ron Paul supporter wondering what I should wear to the Boston Tea Party…
To all of you fucktards who think we just troll the web looking for Ron Paul news, you’re right, we do. It’s called being engaged, being supportive. Don’t you wish your candidate could attain a true following?
I just read another article that says Obama is having a “money bomb” on some day coming up (trying to come up with 5 million in 24 hrs). That’s great, at least Obama knows who the leader is. But alas, he won’t touch Dr. Paul in grassroots support.
Don’t forget about me!
lol, what a funny article. Makes me want to throw some of the “new twenty dollar bills” in Ron Paul’s direction. If you don’t know what “the new twenty” looks like, it has a picture of Benjamin Franklin on it, and people are throwing them around like twenties a few years ago. If your frugal, you’ll might even get change back from your hundred.
Yesterday, I was standing in line waiting to pay for my groceries, when the Lady in front of me who didn’t have that much, whips out a Franklin to pay. She needed two of them.
I feel like sipping some Tea at a Party. Earl Gray, or maybe Green Tea.
fuck Ron Paul. Vote for me!
I’ve learned two things about libertarians.
1. They are Republicans who got caught up in smoking weed at some point so they’ve lost the fire to get insulted by homosexuals and other Republican-classified persona non grata.
2. They make up for their deficient numbers by being about five times as vocal as members of political parties with any chance of winning.
That said, I am a Democrat IN FAVOR of making a bong out of a rifle, so I can relate a bit.
I love the guy who calls goofing on Ron Paul nuts “violent opposition,” as if when he reads tongue-in-cheek posts about Ron Paul supporters, Chinese stars come flying out of his computer screen.
How pathetic, and all this time I thought ‘journalists’ were supposed to report the news, not use their personal opinions to create it. Nobody cares about your lame opinion - you get one vote on election day just like the rest of us.
It’s funny how the smear attempts are so obvious. People aren’t buying it. Pass this on to FOX news/Sean Hannity. Dr. Ron Paul 2008 President!
I’m sure I’m wasting my keystrokes here, but folks - this is a humor blog. Read a few posts not dealing with your boy Ron and you might see that nobody and nothing is safe. The purpose of this blog is to make fun of shit. Deal.
Well, that was some honest journalism for you there. (pause) Not (Borat Not jokes work after all).
If you are going to disagree with a candidate, instead of smear tactic which in the end will make YOU look like a fool and typical person who resort with ad hominem attack, you may just want to check your sources first and make sure your opinion is based on facts and solid evidence, not just some nonsensical blabber you make up as you go along.
1. You fail to mention in the sensationalized Rosa Park vote to make Ron Paul look like some unsympathetic racist, that in fact the vote wasn’t against Ms. parks, which he said to CNN was a difficult one for him to vote against since he admire and supports civil obedience in general, AND that he had asked his colleges at Congress to all chip in $100 for the medal, BUT the vote was against forcing tax payers to pay for it. Get your facts straight idiot.
2. On the other issues where you try to paint some sort of monster of Ron Paul you do realize that his stance against Department of Education isn’t necessarily because her personally feels that way, but because he doesn’t think the Government is authorized by the Constitution to support such departments and programs. But that wouldn’t go over well in your humorless attempt to distort whom Ron Paul is.
3. You obviously don’t seem to have a clue about economics. Right now the Private FED is printing money out of thin air BUT charge an interest that can NEVER be paid back to the people. That’s like you loaning yourself $100 and charging yourself $10 in interest. How do you pay back $110 with only $100? You don’t except to go into debt that cannot be paid back.
Wonder what you yourself have in your closet that would make you write such a bias piece of junk. Well, you have to sleep at night. Think about if someone did this to you..
I challenge Ron Paul’s penis to a duel!
That was a pretty shameful post. Why don’t you actually research Ron Paul’s votes and his reasons….or better yet, just open up the constitution and read that and you’ll get most of your answers. Oh, and he offered to spend his own money, not the tax payers’, to mint the Rosa park medal.
I can’t believe Ron Paul dopes are STILL posting here as if this blog is some serious commentary on issues! How can I vote for a guy whose most ardent followers are humorless and functionally retarded? (Oh yeah. I did that when I voted Kerry in ‘04. Oops!)
Just keep the douche bags busy here so they will
stop spamming the emails of everybody on the damn net.
THE RON PAULCALYPSE HAS FINALLY ARRIVED!!!!!
What did I say, the frigging Queue Commandos are coming out.
Proof that the Cabal exists.. and its here!
TH*S *S R*GG*D!!
Wow! I just figured it out. Religious zealots have no tolerance for those who disagree with them, blindly adhere to the teachings of their creed without really understanding what it teaches and have zero sense of humor. Ron Paul zealots have no tolerance for those who disagree with them, blindly adhere to his political ideas without really understanding them and have zero sense of humor. Ron Paul is GOD! Yeah, it’s a ludicrous logical conclusion but I’ll bet the Paul zombies could run with it. Fire up a spliff, get real populist-like and bingo, the revolution is being televised and I’m part of the movement Mom!. Sure the dude’s not as hot as Ayn Rand but he’s got a nice racist vibe that she could never put across. When RP’s 15 are up, will you all please promise to go away and never, never get near a voting both again?
LOL … I can’t even tell who the Ron Paul spazzes are from the people acting like Ron Paul spazzes to mock the real spazzes …. is the “Queue Commandos” guy real, or someone goofing? My head might explode!
This is the greatest blog post ever! However, I believe the author is a bad person for assuming people aren’t characters in the movie Idiocracy or batshit crazy like Ron Paul.
Hi,
How are you doing? I am Shawntae. The Statue of liberty in the photo. I would appreciate if you are going to use me for your article please use accurate information. I do not have blogs. So how can you can you say I’m angry commenter who travel from blog to blog, angrily telling you to support Ron Paul. I had been insulted at the time when the photo was taken. Hopefully you will wake up before it’s too late!
Go Ron Paul!
Shawntae
“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”
Thomas Jefferson
Hi,
How are you doing? I am Shawntae. The Statue of liberty in the photo. I would appreciate if you are going to use me for your article please use accurate information. I do not have blogs. So how can you can you say I’m angry commenter who travel from blog to blog, angrily telling you to support Ron Paul. I had been insulted at the time when the photo was taken. Hopefully you will wake up before it’s too late!
Go Ron Paul!
Shawntae
“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.”
Thomas Jefferson
Hi D-Mac,
I’ve been reading your blog for a few months, now, (for no good reason really…I live in Boston, but I’m regularly entertained by what’s happening in PA) and also, happen to be a Ron Paul supporter.
Just wanted to say, some of us are both passionate and balanced :)
Go Dr. Paul! & thanks for linking to the Reason article.
Looking forward to catching up on the rest of the month, and it’s fun to see RP mentioned here.
1. Ron Paul has a large number of web surfing supporters. We like to read (gasp!) and blog. We like to comment on stories or blogs that have that functionality. We are very active. THAT IS NOT SPAMMING. Spamming is sending out mass communication without regard to the recipients. A large group of like minded people all doing the same thing is called a MOVEMENT or a REVOLUTION.
2. I think you will find that there are more Paul supporters that actually know where Dr Paul stands on the issues than there are for most of the other candidates. On the contrary, it is his detractors that make the crazy statements based on something they heard on some blog or mainstream media outlet. One lady was going on about how Ron Paul wanted us to have to do all of our financial transactions in gold. Does she have any idea how much gold is an ounce (probably not). You’d be buying your twinkies with specs.
3. I’m sorry if you ran into Paul supporters that are intolerant of others’ beliefs. The majority of us are libertarian and believe that everyone should have the freedom to believe what they want. The correct response of a Paul supporter to someone who says he is crazy should be: “That’s an interesting statement. I think you may have been misinformed about his platform. I really do encourage you to go to http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/ and see where you and he might actually agree.”
RP08
Dear Author,
1) You neglected to affix your name to your article. I understand you would be ashamed of your unresearched babble.
2) You proved no point, except to confirm that you can write a list of complaints, without the documented reasons Ron Paul gave for his actions. Research, research, research.
3) Who are you going to vote for, and why? Obama refused to put his hand to his heart during the playing of the National Anthem of a country he proposes to lead, and if he will not show respect to our country, how can we show respect to him?
4)Stop writing articles. It’s not your forte. Ignorance is. Wise up!
Ron Paul still will not win, and there’s nothing his 10 supporters can do about it…
Wow. The author of this article is a complete idiot. I was looking up articles for Ron Paul’s political platform because I have to do a paper for my college class, when I stumbled onto this site. I wasn’t even sure who I would vote for. Now I know, simply because people without actual intellect must vote for other candidates. Just because this imbecile is lazy and doesn’t do any research… Did you even look up anything about him?! It’s people like you that make this world ignorant to other possibilities. Do the world a favor and never write anything EVER again.
“Ron Paul still will not win, and there’s nothing his 10 supporters can do about it…”
I haven’t counted, but I’m pretty sure that there are more than 10 supporters who’ve responded to this one poorly-written article. There were 3,000+ of them on Independence Mall on that gray day in November. And however many there are, they’ve donated $18.4 million since the beginning of October.
I love seeing pics of Ron Paul supporters, you don’t see that with other presidential candidates followers or at least not in these numbers that we have been seeing.
Is this article the best that the Philadelphia Inquire can muster ABOUT Ron Paul at all? I can see why my brother was so skewed about his perception of Dr. Paul when I talked with him last. Congratulations Inquire, you have proven that you must be so anti-Republican that you can’t even see a true AMERICAN in Dr. Ron Paul. The r3VOLution has noticed your bias, and we will have to target your area to talk to people in person, so in that regard you have succeeded in slow down the r3VOLution in your influential area, but we will get though. All this in the birthplace of Freedom, the place I was born, Philadelphia, PA???
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Ha ha ha! Looks like Ron Paul was right! Enjoy your depression Philadelphia-will-do! Hope your ready for what is coming. Suckers.
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