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Originally Posted by Steve
I know I've aid this a number of times, but it never really seems to sink into those really thick skulls.
Ron Paul isn't running against George Bush. Your continued attempt, and the attempts of all the Ron Paul fans out there, to compare him to Bush is what will spell certain defeat for him.
Start comparing him to the other people who are actually running for President, and not to the failed policies of George Bush, and you might have a snowball's chance in Hell of seeing him elected.
Emphasis, by the way, on the word "might"...
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Ron Paul and his supporters have been comparing him to the entire broken system, if you haven't already noticed. The entire Republican field is fighting to be Bush-Redux with more warmongering. Giuliani has just talked about a military buildup against Russia! As long as Republicans live in denial about their original and core values, they will lose next year's election soundly.
Ron Paul would add a tremendous dynamic to the Presidential race because he did not support the war at any time. If he were to run against Hillary Clinton he could claim to have never voted for the war; never increased taxes; never voted for the Patriot Act; didn't vote for sanctions on Iran, which makes them even more of a threat as it hurts their citizens and they look to stronger leadership against the west because of it.
Hillary was in the gov't when it doubled the debt, while Paul has never voted to increase spending.
His record is principled and flawless while her's is questionable. Tell me this: How does Paul lose to Hillary? He takes the south, he takes the swing states that are thick with Independents. He keeps the White House for the Republican Party while rejuvenating the party and rejecting the failed neo-con strategies.
The only thing wrong with Ron Paul, to date, is a party that remains in denial.