Blogcritics Comments on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Comment by Jacob on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Fri, 4 Jan 2008 18:15:52 EST

Any state that wants Huckabee in the Oval Office shows it is not ready for primetime. The country doesn't need John Hagee as Secretary of Defense. The Iowans are sniffing too much ethanol.

Comment by Dave Nalle on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Fri, 4 Jan 2008 13:58:02 EST

It's not over yet, guys. As I wrote in my recent article, NH is the state where Paul will have one of his best showings. Dave

Comment by Clavos on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Fri, 4 Jan 2008 09:46:59 EST

I'm with troll. The "revolution" was largely in the minds of the Paulies... Had he a realistic worldview and policy, he might do better; he DID seem to strike a chord with those looking for a change, but not enough of them; due to his unworkable "foreign policy," IMO.

Comment by troll on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Fri, 4 Jan 2008 07:28:21 EST

imo Paul supporters needed to show evidence of the alleged revolution sweeping the land - they didn't - he's finished

Comment by Dave Nalle on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Fri, 4 Jan 2008 02:29:44 EST

Paul's hardly out of it, wait and see if he does any better in New Hampshire. He did pick up 2 delegates in Iowa, which is 2 more than most of the candidates. Oh, and for the last comment replace 'open' with 'damaged'. Dave

Comment by dude with an open mind and 2 hours to spare. on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 3 Jan 2008 22:57:22 EST

Check out this site if you have 2 hours to spare and an OPEN MIND to what COULD be happening to our country.

Comment by you were right on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 3 Jan 2008 22:54:28 EST

He lost. Just as you said. Sucks, though, because if he had at least done the minimum and got some IOWA supporters, he would have at least made it to the final ballot, and then all the internet people could have gotten up from their computers for an hour and visited a voting booth and elected the fellow. Oh well, time to vote for someone else.

Comment by Dr Dreadful on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:29:35 EST

Man, I need to get to Byron Bay next time I'm over there. Looks like a place one could hang about at for a bit.

Comment by STM on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:40:42 EST

I would normally suggest anyone linmking to that site scroll down a few pictures to the ironwomen "joggercam" pix ... and then also click on the Miss Bondi '07 bikini contest pictures. But, look, that would be sexist, and as everone knows that Aussie men are both recontructed AND meterosexual, I'm not even going to propose anyone do such a thing. Oh, and then there's the lovely picture of Bob McTavish ... at Byron Bay

Comment by STM on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:29:12 EST

Yes, those country mice certainly have it good. Me, on the other hand, the city mouse, I just have to put up with living in Sydney, the world's ugliest city and the horror of Bondi Beach. Dang ... shit, life can be cruel sometimes. Why can't I be lucky enough to live in, say, Idaho, for instance?

Comment by Jacob on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:12:02 EST

Now you must know that a Town Mouse once upon a time went on a visit to his cousin in the country. He was rough and ready, this cousin, but he loved his town friend and made him heartily welcome. Beans and bacon, cheese and bread, were all he had to offer, but he offered them freely. The Town Mouse rather turned up his long nose at this country fare, and said: "I cannot understand, Cousin, how you can put up with such poor food as this, but of course you cannot expect anything better in the country; come you with me and I will show you how to live. When you have been in town a week you will wonder how you could ever have stood a country life." No sooner said than done: the two mice set off for the town and arrived at the Town Mouse's residence late at night. "You will want some refreshment after our long journey," said the polite Town Mouse, and took his friend into the grand dining-room. There they found the remains of a fine feast, and soon the two mice were eating up jellies and cakes and all that was nice. Suddenly they heard growling and barking. "What is that?" said the Country Mouse. "It is only the dogs of the house," answered the other. "Only!" said the Country Mouse. "I do not like that music at my dinner." Just at that moment the door flew open, in came two huge mastiffs, and the two mice had to scamper down and run off. "Good-bye, Cousin," said the Country Mouse.

Comment by STM on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:39:26 EST

Clav, I'm hoping to go around mid-year, possibly a bit earlier, which would be your northern spring/summer. Yes, of course, mate, if I went all the way to the US I'd go down to Florida to pay you a visit. I am trying to organise it now, so we'll see how we go. But mate, please, just don't let me near a golf cart. Also, to whoever asked, John Cornell's wife was the unbelievably sexy and beautiful Delvene Delaney. She must be in her 50s now and is still a good sort. They are very wealthy in their own right (not from the Hogan show) and now live up at Byron Bay on the New South Wales/Queensland border where a decent waterfront house (and not even in a city or remotely near one) can set you back $US10 million. Good place for a visit, though, which is about the best I can manage. Some of the world's best surf spots are contained in an area of about 100kms between the south-eastern Qld border and the far northern coast of NSW. However, one of my mates recently bought a farm house on five acres for the price of my house in Sydney, and it's a 10-minute (max) drive down the hill to the coast. The bastard works from home, though - and as far as we can tell, most of it involves getting continually wet on a long piece of three-finned foam and fibreglass covered in wax.

Comment by Jacob on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:34:00 EST

"Democratic voters want... Universal Health Care." Do they still want Hillary's 1993 Universal Health Care plan? Ugh!

Comment by STM on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:28:22 EST

Doc: "Not to everyone's taste, I suppose. I think the Aussie sense of humour must just strike a chord with me." Doc, we're all entirely mad ... which is probably what strikes a chord. Honestly, even at work, my whole life is just one long laugh-a-thon. It's a good place to live, all right.

Comment by Dr Dreadful on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:49:02 EST

I believe the attractive lady (can't remember her name) was actually the wife (girlfriend, maybe? at the time) of John Cornell, who played "Hoges"'s dopey sidekick in those sketches where Paul walked around wearing Aussie rules football gear. The two had a fruitful partnership and it was Cornell, I believe, who went on to produce/direct the Crocodile Dundee films. The first Mrs Hogan was, by all accounts, no oil painting and it's perhaps not surprising that Hoges fell for the charms of Linda Koslowski, his attractive blonde American co-star in Crocodile Dundee.

Comment by Colin on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:37:55 EST

Sorry that's rather rude to even ask that. Fair play to you if you are - I wish I could get a job like that... Do you think Ron Paul would take on a down-on-his-luck (not to say self pitying) British recovering drunkard? (That's to remain on topic, do you see?) Anyway, all the best to you all, have some fine arguments...

Comment by Colin on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:30:49 EST

I think I was in my sneery teen wearing-black, greebo, drug-death, nihilist/Marxist/anarchist years when I saw Mr Hogan - (Nothing changes ;o) perhaps I would look on him more kindly now. I do remember him having a stunningly attractive side-kick lady though, who may well have been his real wife before America ruined his life, made him a millionaire married to a beautiful Hollywood starlet and made him make that follow up, yeauch. Is he still alive/in rehab/prison/Guantanamo?? I do like that Aussie comic Kevin Bloody Something...? A bit of a shock jock but what I've heard, I think about cricket in particular, has made me chortle... And to remain on topic - are you being paid to monitor these threads Jacob? You're here more than I am, which is saying quite a bloody lot. I'm sure I could be doing something useful somewhere - after all I can cure all known diseases and leap buildings (even building 7!) with a single bound... Back to the world of dreams then.

Comment by Jacob on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 14:06:59 EST

"The principle of democracy is to vote for the candidate who both has a chance of winning AND agrees with you on a reasonable number of issues." -- Dave Nalle What a crock. If the MSM informs us it would be either Hillary or Giuliani, and NEITHER provides a reasonable set of issues on which someone could agree, your principle of democracy falls flat.

Comment by Dr Dreadful on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:47:28 EST

I remember seeing The Paul Hogan Show on late-night ITV back in the seventies, long before Crocodile Dundee came out. Hilarious stuff, even if back then I didn't understand all the Antipodean pop culture references. Not to everyone's taste, I suppose. I think the Aussie sense of humour must just strike a chord with me.

Comment by Colin on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:07:40 EST

Don't go Stan - I've seen Crocodile Dundee, and we all know what it did to Mr Hogan... Very much a local taste in my view, although following Croc's shock world-wide success several series of his comedy were inflicted on British audiences too. No fair. It was a long time ago and some of the hulks were little more than luxury cruise liners for Crims. To stay on topic, Ron Paul will never win, he has two first names, or archaically, christian names and American has never had a president with two first names, and Tricky isn't a name! (Or has it? - happily corrected. Isn't there an Adam somewhere?) :o) Beep beep and beep beep yeah.

Comment by Clavos on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:57:34 EST

Stan, When do you expect to be in the US, and will you get down to this corner?

Comment by Silver Surfer on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:13:53 EST

And BTW, when I come to the US next year, which is looking more and more likely, I'm not coming to Austin to see you if you bloody look like that. My daughter is frightened enough already.

Comment by Silver Surfer on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:11:55 EST

Yep, I agree 100 per cent with Dave (for once), Which is why, one of these days, you must adopt preferential voting in America. It's a fairer way of doing it.

Comment by Dave Nalle on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 02:26:10 EST

No, Omar. The principle of democracy is to vote for the candidate who both has a chance of winning AND agrees with you on a reasonable number of issues. A candidate you agree with 90% of the time who can't win is as useless as an easy winner who has nothing but bad ideas. Dave

Comment by Omar on Why Ron Paul's Followers Will Cost Him the Election

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:02:51 EST

Dave Nalle has a poor understanding of politics. The principal of democracy is to vote for who you WANT to win. Not who you "think" will win.