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So after the disappointing revelation that my sister and her dude-to-be are Ron Paul supporters, I thought I would write up a post about why Ron Paul is crazy. A bit of Googling showed me that someone's already done a fine job of that for me. This four part post from phenry does a very good job of detailing (most) of what I mean when I say Ron
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Regarding the main thrust of the post, I think the left-leaning Paul supporters fall into three camps:
(1) People who don't see anything other than opposition to the Iraq War. When I'm being uncharitable I think of this group as the group that only opposes Bush and Cheney because the voices in their heads tell them to.
(2) "The white supremacist is running to Giuliani's left." People who are informed about this but conclude, even taking everything into account, that he's still the best option they're giving. Tends to involve heavy denial about the actual apparent state of the populace. I haven't done enough research on the others to be firmly in this camp, but from what I know I'm at least sympathetic to it. As I noted before, as I will never vote in an election where my vote will influence what happens at the federal level, I've had no real motivation other than morbid curiosity. Which brings us to...
(3) People who support Ron Paul because the campaign season is way more awesome with people like him around. Especially since Mike Gravel, the equivalent nutjob on the Dem side, has already dropped out. I'm definitely sympathetic to this one. Amongst Democratic partisans (I don't really count myself as one beyond wanting the Republican Party as currently constituted to go the way of the Whigs), this is often combined with the belief that it would be great if he won the nomination because then a Democratic victory will be assured. Just like it was in 2004.
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