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"I haven't seen him pull those kind of numbers in any "legit" poll. Our poll was either hacked or the target of a campaign. So we took the poll down."
Which prompts the question: if Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, and John McCain are the true front-runners, with legions of fans everywhere, why can't they replicate the same thing Ron Paul supporters are doing? Where are the supporters for the other candidates?
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Our methodology for this is actually quite fool-proof. We take a transcript of the debate and parse each of the words spoken at the debate and count who spoke how many words. This is what we got.
Candidate # of Words % of Candidate Total
Mitt Romney 1357 22.8
Rudy Giuliani 1091 18.3
John McCain 781 13.1
Fred Thompson 728 12.2
Mike Huckabee 445 7.5
Duncan Hunter 431 7.2
Tom Tancredo 401 6.7
Sam Brownback 387 6.5
Ron Paul 343 5.8
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Originally posted by IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Thanks for commenting.
In that last stretch I forgot to mention how hes been blocked from at least one debate, and is about to be again, by the GOP.
Originally posted by spacedoubt
That there can be manipulation by omission.
The Republican Jewish Coalition debate on October 16, 2007 explicitly excludes Ron Paul due to his "record of consistently voting against assistance to Israel and his criticisms of the pro-Israel lobby", according to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, resulting in calls for boycott by Jews for Ron Paul.[119]
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Did republican candidate Ron Paul draw more attendees to his rally than the Iowa Tax Forum from which he was excluded? The campaign and some eye witnesses say that the rally held next door to an Iowa GOP tax forum – sponsored by the Iowans for Tax Relief and the Iowa Christian Alliance - drew at least 1,000 individuals. This would have been at least 200-400 more than the forum itself, and would have raised even more questions about the reasoning behind excluding Ron Paul – supposedly because he does not have an organization in Iowa, nor the capacity to build one.
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Originally posted by Novise
But I thought we were supposed to support who we believed in. Vote for who we thought would best do the job. If I think Ron Paul is the best one for the job, who also represents ME and my views! What else can I do in good conscience but support him.
Originally posted by Nohup
Other than ideas (which like I said, I have plenty of my own), just what does Ron Paul bring to the table? Massive support? Not really. Money, connections, favors? I don't think so. He's like a little kid pressing his nose against the candy store window, but all he has is a dime in his pocket.
So this is where you get to make a mature, thoughtful decision. Knowing how the political game is played, and recognizing that it's probably not going to change anytime soon, what are you going to do? Support somebody who has zero chance, or compromise a little and maybe investigate candidates who do have a better chance who also may have platforms you can mostly get behind? Remember. Politics.
Originally posted by IgnoranceIsntBlisss
Ron Paul isn't the end but instead the beginning, whether he makes it or not. The Revolution is much bigger than Ron Paul, but he's there to show the People that they can stand up for justice while getting the Sheeple's attention to the real world.