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Paul is an equal opportunity infuriator, to borrow Vivien's word. Legolas Send a noteboard - 09/01/2012 10:56:57 PM
For every idea of his that is acceptable or even attractive to any particular group in American politics, he has two that said group would find absolutely unacceptable. He doesn't want to become president bad enough to abandon his principles, which of course is one of the things so many people admire about his candidacy - but it also means he's not actually a candidate to be President. He just wants to promote his ideas, and he certainly has a lot more influence this way than he'd have through his House seat alone.

So to sum up, it's not gonna happen, and you wouldn't like it if it did (although Paul becoming president would definitely be one of the most exciting political experiments in recent history: how much would he actually change, and what would the consequences be? It's just only a madman would want to volunteer his country for said experiment.)
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Rövsmör. *NM* - 04/01/2012 09:50:21 PM 753 Views
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try using more heat and better oil *NM* - 06/01/2012 06:18:19 PM 658 Views
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Peanut *NM* - 06/01/2012 11:27:49 PM 715 Views
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Re: Those are really not equivalent. - 06/01/2012 10:27:11 PM 1301 Views
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dude, gross! *NM* - 04/01/2012 04:39:34 PM 683 Views
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is an ass - 10/01/2012 05:10:09 PM 1335 Views
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Define "OK." - 11/01/2012 08:29:09 PM 1226 Views
Paul is an equal opportunity infuriator, to borrow Vivien's word. - 09/01/2012 10:56:57 PM 1214 Views
I agree with you completely. - 10/01/2012 12:06:19 PM 1252 Views
while I, of course, disagree with your conclusion. - 10/01/2012 02:21:46 PM 1730 Views
Re: while I, of course, disagree with your conclusion. - 10/01/2012 07:38:39 PM 1283 Views
Ron Paul's biggest problem is isn't a republican - 10/01/2012 04:18:16 PM 1269 Views

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