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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 10:06 PM
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I counted 12 Ron Paul bumper stickers today
and they all seem to be Cowboy's in big pick up trucks. The other day I was in Farmington, New Mexico the Halliburton capital of the mainland when I saw a Ron Paul sticker and next to it he had a sticker that said "9/11 was an inside job." It takes BALLS to drive around with a bumper sticker that says that in Farmington!
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NMDemDist2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 10:09 PM
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1. yup, that's the only Repuke stickers I see around here
Edited on Sun Oct-28-07 10:09 PM by AZDemDist6
except for a couple of Cadillacs that still have the old Bush '04 faded on the bumper

both driven by horrid looking old mean white women, I might add

lots of Richardson stickers around though....
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BlueCollar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 10:10 PM
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2. as a Texas resident all I can say is
We don't have a monopoly on lunacy

:shrug:
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TheFarseer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 10:10 PM
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3. There's a Ron Paul fanatic in my apartment complex
they've got the bumper sticker, the sign up on their balcony and they've got literature in the laundry room and occasionally on your door. Ron Paul has a diverse group of supporters, although his backbone is Redneck types that want the government "off their back", whatever that might mean.
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johncoby2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 10:16 PM
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4. Lots of Ron Paul supporters work at NASA
although Paul had advocated ro the end to NASA funding......

Go figure.
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johncoby2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 10:35 PM
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10. Ron Paul supporters are weird!
The three I met recently either had real bad teeth (lack of insurance) or smelled bad.
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Islander Expat Donating Member (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 10:17 PM
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5. Thats a good sign!
means people are waking up.
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Quixote1818 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 10:21 PM
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6. At least we can expect those people probably won't vote for someone like
Giuliani. If Ron Paul loses they will probably just stay home or maybe even vote Democrat.
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Islander Expat Donating Member (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 12:23 AM
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15. If Ron Paul gets cheated out of the Repunk nom....
than those people will be voting independent.
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Islander Expat Donating Member (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 04:19 AM
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18. You can count on Ron Paul pulling off the same kind of upset Ross Perot would have
had he stayed in the race.

This is going to be fun!
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 07:34 AM
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28. or look for Ron Paul to seek and Independent nom
That wouldn't surprise me.
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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 08:20 AM
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30. That's what I was thinking
The party bosses of the Repugs will just cheat him out of the nod and all these people will just stay home or vote independent. They won't let a non-Imperialist get the nod.
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provis99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 10:22 PM
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7. No surprise there; Paul's a big 2nd Amend gun kook
Thats all those Cowpokers probably know about.
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shenmue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 10:23 PM
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8. There's a lot of them here, too
I live near Tampa, FL. Wonder what the heck is in the water.
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 10:23 PM
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9. His signs are all over Columbus, OH.
for some reason.
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johncoby2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 10:38 PM
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11. Ron Paul has as much chance of winning......
As Kucinich.
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Tesha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 06:28 AM
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21. Actually, Paul is doing pretty well in New Hampshire.
Edited on Mon Oct-29-07 06:31 AM by Tesha
NH has a strong Libertarian/libertarian (Capital-L
and lower-cased-l) streak and Paul's faux Liber-
tarianism has strong appeal up hear. Paul has
quite a few lawn signs out, so even if its only
a handful of nutters from the Free State Project,
they're a dedicated handful of nutters. They
were doing a highway-bridge "honk-and-wave"
just the other day in Nashua.

Oh, he won't finish big, but he'll finish high
enough for the professional political pundit
yammering class to be scratching their asses
heads and wondering "wha' happened??"



Tesha
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 10:50 PM
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12. There are a lot of well placed (and usually handmade) signs around Atlanta.
This is in the most liberal neighborhoods between our house and my office. I don't know about the Republican neighborhoods that ring the city.

There were bunches of sign wavers just outside our biggest Halloween parade last Saturday.
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HeeBGBz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 06:35 AM
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22. I'm traveling from Biloxi to Missouri and I've seen a lot
Ron Paul signs everywhere and they are all homemade, but all very noticeably placed.

It beats all those freakin Haley Barbour signs and stickers in Mississippi. Ick.
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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 11:05 PM
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13. Ron Paul is one of the only candidates I've seen bumper stickers for
In Austin, I saw a good number of Obama stickers alongside one or two Edwards and Hillary stickers. But on the "R" side, I think Paul may be the only candidate I've seen a sticker for. And driving in East Texas, he seems to be the only candidate I ever see them for. It may have something to do with his being from, roughly, this part of the county, but I have no doubt there are a good number of folks around here who have no problem with his nutty views on quite a number of issues.
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Tatiana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Oct-28-07 11:12 PM
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14. Of all the Republican candidates, the only bumper stickers I see are Ron Paul ones.
Glad to know I am not the only one. And I am in a moderately conservative area. It's certainly weird to see a multitude of Ron Paul and Obama bumper stickers.
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harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 08:23 AM
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31. He is the only one they can stomach, heck he is the only one I can
Edited on Mon Oct-29-07 08:23 AM by harun
listen to without having to change the channel.
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TimBean Donating Member (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 12:29 AM
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16. Ron Paul is all over youtube as well.
I think a lot of people are aching for change after 7 years of bushshit.
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Beerboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 01:07 AM
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17. I had to google; never heard of him.
Except for the American genocide in Iraq, which he curiously opposed, he's a reliable fascist back-bencher.
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Marie26 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 04:25 AM
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19. Counted three "Ron Paul" freeway bloggers
Edited on Mon Oct-29-07 04:26 AM by Marie26
And a ton of "Ron Paul 2008" bumper stickers & signs in yards. In contrast, I don't think I've seen ONE sign/bumper sticker for any of the other Rep. presidential candidates. He's definitely got a real grass-roots movement going in North Carolina.
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Perry Logan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 06:05 AM
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20. The guys at StormFront are all gaga about Paul.
Paul is the darling of alienated white males.
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Vinca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 06:52 AM
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23. It's amazing the number of Ron Paul supporters who will look like a deer
in headlights when you ask them why they're so eager to give up their social security. They latch on to one thing about this guy - the war, or legalizing drugs - and ignore everything else. I've got a feeling a whole lot of these people thought Shrub was god.
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 07:10 AM
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24. I keep saying that there is a libertarian backlash coming,
and it will be aided by the Dems trying to push Republican lite as the flavor of the election. Digging our hole deeper, one neocon coporatist at a time.
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KharmaTrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 07:13 AM
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25. Third Party Action Ahead
Next March could be quite a fun time. By then the GOOP field will have thinned and those who aren't too happy with their selections will be looking elsewhere. While the corporate media is focused on the "Religious Right"...but watch for Paul to head back to his "Libertarian" Party or "Reform" party or some other third party. He used the GOOP primaries to raise his visibility and cash...getting far more exposure and a nice little kitty for next year's general election in the process.
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cgrindley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 07:17 AM
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26. Ron Paul has no support on planet earth
and his supporters seem particularly assholish.
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Horse with no Name Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 07:32 AM
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27. I'm seeing a groundswell of support for him in Texas as well
This can't bode well for the corporate handlers....
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youthere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 08:02 AM
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29. Without a doubt...
I've seen more Ron Paul stickers and signs than for any other candidate, including Democrats.
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Blue_Tires Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Oct-29-07 08:24 AM
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32. here, they have covered all the street sign/stop light poles
i sure as hell hope that when paul returns to obscurity that these fanatical volunteers remove every last one of them:mad:

who am i kidding? they will probably still be up in another four years:argh:
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