Answering Andy on Ron Paul
Some guy named Andy posed the following questions on our post about the debate excluding Ron Paul when we said ““I’m also looking forward to seeing how the Ron Paul crowd reacts to their man being left out.”
Here are our answers:
What is it that you are looking forward to see?
You guys spray paint and hang sheets from overpasses. It’s weird, and kinda cool all at the same time. If you have the passion to do that, what will that passion force you to do when your man is left out of a debate? The answer to that is what we are looking forward to seeing.
What do you expect?
Honesty, we have no freakin’ clue, but it should be pretty passionate.
Are you looking forward as some form of gloat or are you simply curious to see what they’ll say?
Just curious…
Are you expecting outrage or complacency and given either, what is your particular interest and opinion?
For our interest, see above. Our opinion is that you should spray paint sheets that say “F Fox News.” Just use the letter F. Don’t use the word. Little kids can see the sheets hanging from overpasses also. Parents can just tell their kinds that the F stands for “Fart On.”
Why did you think there were too many people on stage before and at what point did the number of participants EVER figure into time allowed per candidate?
“At what point did the number of participants EVER figure into time allowed per candidate?”
That’s a dumb question. Basic math. Let’s use one hour for example. One hour divided by 7 candidates equals 8.5 minutes. One hour divided by 5 candidates equals 12 minutes. Yeah, we know there are questions and other breaks, but you get the gist of it.
We thought there were too many people because no one had time to explain their solutions to our nations problems. How can you give your solution to the illegal immigration problem in 30 seconds or by raising your hand? It doesn’t make sense.
How do you feel that it affected the debates of the past and will improve the upcoming debate?
See previous answer…time to explain solutions.
Is there something that you wanted to know about that eluded the list of topics covered?
Yes. REAL SOLUTIONS! Not 30 second stock answers.
What is it that you still need to know?
SOLUTIONS, SOLUTIONS, SOLUTIONS!
What more can you learn about these people that you didn’t know?
Their solutions.
Does it affect you either positively or negatively that the field of qualified candidates was arbitrarily pared down by some corporate executive or corporate/political committee?
That didn’t happen. The field was narrowed down by polling, which is a direct measure of voter opinion. In essence, the voters narrowed the field.
Does this alarm you in any way that small groups of men sitting in their high board rooms can make decisions regarding what is important or how much a nation is to hear of any given subject or idea?
See previous.
Or do you find this perfectly acceptable. And why are you alarmed or placated by such manipulation?
Yes, we do find it acceptable. And we don’t accept the premise of the question.
Did it bother you that Kucinich was dropped from the last debate?
We didn’t watch it. But if we had, probably not.
Was that fair to the American people to lose such a large percentage of alternative opinion and ideas because of an elite group of individuals decided the American people had heard enough of that particular idea?
See 5 answers up - the American people decided.
December 28th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
“i can see the paul supporters had there big glass of crazy this morning!”
I don’t blame Palmetto Scoop for doing a whole h*#^ of a lot more name-calling than that. My question: Why doesn’t the Sh*t do more?
It’s a lot easier than trying to answer questions. None, btw, of the real questions about Ron Paul’s issues are ever even addressed on all the big SC GOP blog sites. Here’s some more, just for practice: Why do you feel the need to believe every word uttered from NYC neocons about the Middle East? Don’t South Carolinians have their own take? Or, for that matter, anything original to contribute to the debate?
Goldwater Jr enthusiastically endorsed Ron Paul, saying, “He is the conscience of the conservative movement. We may not like to hear everything he says, but in our hearts, we know he’s right.” Madbomber Goldwater is what gave the South the right to become Republican. Why don’t you realize that sticking with that PHILOSOPHY is the only way SC will continue to have that permission granted from our northeastern masters?
Better yet, why not diss our masters?
Or better yet, why not go outside the box, on history, of accepting every commie education bureaucrat lie? If you don’t accept all of the crazy that is in gov’t schoolbooks from NYC Libs, then what does that say about the Civil War and its relevance to Ron Paul’s positions?
Saudi Arabia is today what the USSR was in 1941. Another Cold War? We don’t have to make the same mistake twice, that is, about siding with the enemy of our enemies. Most of the 9/11 attackers were Saudi.
Here’s another look: Al Qaeda is today what the Irish IRA was in 1920. Why let Lloyd George and Churchill keep running the ship when we have plenty of our own Chestertons and Bellocs?
December 28th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
Tim - dude, you really need a hug. Maybe it will help your hate filled heart.
December 29th, 2007 at 3:18 am
I’m a Ron Paul supporter, but I’m loving your poster
Paul at least takes a different stand than the others, indeed he’s the only one taking a clear stand on seemingly anything. Without Paul, it’s a debate among clones. There’s a Futurama episode about this:
Source.
December 30th, 2007 at 12:18 pm
Ron Paul yard signs outnumber all other candidates in Columbia about 8 to 1. Ron Paul has A LOT of support….. Look around.