Any 5% people here who would have voted for Ron Paul?

[rafterman191]

If the GOP had backed Ron Paul as a nominee instead of their pocket candidate Romney, would you have voted for him today? I know I would have. Which makes me wonder if the GOP really wanted to win this election, which I highly doubt at this time. Their base was in line to vote out Obama regardless of the candidate, so they really needed to rally support from undecided voters who wanted reform. It's just a perfect example of how badly indebted to pac's and special interest the GOP is.

 

[daddymikey1975]

Without question.

 

[redneckmedic]

Cheese

 

[Que]

I would have.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

I would have. But Obama would be polling at over 50% if that we're the case.

 

[TWalker]

I would have voted for him. I enjoyed watching some of his old debates on youtube.

 

[jayhawk]

That would definitely be a different GOP if they were backing Ron Paul, but I would absolutely vote for a GOP backed Paul. Didn't agree with him on everything, even philosophically, but I liked him a lot better than the two current mainliners.

 

[hornadylnl]

He would have been the only repub I would have voted for. Didn't vote for a single repub tonight.

 

[eric001]

Absolutely would've voted for Paul!! At least he was consistent and had well-reasoned arguments for his views, even if I didn't agree with all of them.

 

[rat-man]

I would have. But Obama would be polling at over 50% if that we're the case.

I respectfully disagree. I think it would if anything be over 60%.

He (and we) really got the shaft from the GOP, but let's be honest, even as close as we are to him being proven correct about all the disastrous stuff he's been bringing up alone for decades, the GOP, and the majority of American public, aren't yet ready for the kind of Liberty he represents.

Too bad we'll be in the same boat as Greece before they realize it.

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To answer the OP, yes, I would have certainly voted for him, and I wonder who is VP pick would have been, but I'm guessing it would have been Andrew Napolitano.

Once this all went down the tubes @ the RNC I decided the best thing I could do to advance the liberty movement in our corrupt 2-party system was to Vote for Gary Johnson. The Libertarian party is more appealing to me than the modern Republican party, and 5% of the popular vote gives them access to public funding and automatic ballot access. That's a lot more than any write-in vote for Ron Paul would do at this point.

 

[rat-man]

Good man. Nor did I.

He would have been the only repub I would have voted for. Didn't vote for a single repub tonight.

 

[NYFelon]

roger.

 

[IndyGunner]

Gary Johnson and Ron Paul

 

[dlbrown75]

Yes i would have.

 

[tmfinney]

In a heartbeat!!!

 

[IncendiaryGunner]

Not only would I have voted for him - but I firmly believe the Republican turnout would have been much greater.

Also, Republicans would still carry the independent vote against the incumbent president. They had that going for them even as a "generic republican" ballot.

 

[CindyE]

Yep! I like Ron Paul.

 

[racer77]

i would have been in for rp... sad he isn't on the ticket...

 

[Fletch]

If the GOP had backed Ron Paul as a nominee instead of their pocket candidate Romney, would you have voted for him today? I know I would have. Which makes me wonder if the GOP really wanted to win this election, which I highly doubt at this time.

From my perspective, the GOP has done their best since January to lose this election.

 

[Lex Concord]

Ummm...yeah. Had he been a write-in, I would've voted for him today.

Wondering if I should just keep the decal on my truck...maybe I'll be scraping off "2012" and the "on" in Ron...leaving "R Paul for President"...some things are timeless.