ODonnell On Politics
columnist: Jim ODonnell

Reader Comments:

Posted By: Mark E. Vreeland
Date: 2008-01-02 05:00:55

First, I would like to say, that Ron Paul NEVER deserted his supporters. It was made clear from the start, that he would spend 19 days on the ground with them campaigning in Iowa. Further, it was dubbed "Ron Paul's Christmas Holiday," and yes he did spend "Christmas day" with them and I think anyone would agree THAT SAYS A GREAT DEAL about Ron Paul the man! Talk about character and passion! Finally, Ron Paul never said he would also be spending New Year's on the ground with them as well. He was caring and considerate enough to come back in from the snowy blistering cold of Iowa for his family to at least spend New Years with them, considering that he gave his Christmas time to his supporters. And YES, he DID follow through and spent all of those 19 days he had originally agreed to with his supporters on the ground in Iowa. He campaigned harder than any of the other candidates did throughout Iowa, and none of them sacrificed Christmas for any of their much smaller camps of supporters. This speaks loudly for Ron Paul and his love for his massive army of supporters on the ground in Iowa. Speaking of "consistent" - nothing is a greater display of being "consistent" than this! Not to mention he has the GREATEST, MOST CONSISTENT honest voting record in the entire history of Congress. Who cares if YOU don't support Ron Paul as you are just someone who further attempts to reduce his image as the hero that he truly is. We don't need YOUR support anyway, considering that Ron Paul is going to win in Iowa by a LANDSLIDE!!!

Mark E. Vreeland of www.RonpaulrevolutionTools.com, Carbondale, Illinois

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Posted By: Joe
Date: 2008-01-02 05:05:58

Yes indeed, they shall reap the whirlwind.
Go Ron Paul supporters.
Go Ron Paul.
Time to show them what we're made of.

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Posted By: Chris
Date: 2008-01-02 05:45:54

I have no doubt if the votes are counted fairly, at the very worse, Ron Paul will finish a strong third in Iowa.

What I am afraid of though is that there is a big conspiracy going on to surpress Ron Paul in the polls, then use vote fraud to deny Ron Paul his rightful votes.

The media will say, look, the polls were right as we all suspected, Ron Paul has no support.

I am so afraid that the votes will not be counted fairly to deny Ron Paul and his supporters. Those who have power are scared of Ron Paul and will use that power to stop him and the will of the people.

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Posted By: jimmy
Date: 2008-01-02 06:18:58

THIS ARTICLE IS TRASH. YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM.

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Posted By: Captcorona
Date: 2008-01-02 08:04:17

I think, some of the posters here have mis-read what I consider to be a tongue in cheek comment, "

I may have to reconsider supporting Ron Paul now that I have learned that he deserted his supporters over New Years. Why did he do this?

Seems he wanted to spend the incoming new year with his family. The man is nothing except CONSISTENT."

Imagine spending New Years w/ Family...I know crazy huh? Unfortunately some of us are so used to the negative articles about Dr. Paul that we often miss the jokes when they come. Comedy can also be difficult in text. As I consider the many articles about Dr. Paul on this site, this is the conclusion I have come up with. In general, I have found this site to be very supportive of Dr. Paul and the movement inspired by him. I could be wrong, but I don't think I am.

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Posted By: 10thzodiac
Date: 2008-01-02 09:07:19

Jim ODonnell ,

If Ron Paul is such an "un-person" as you claim, why do you trouble yourself with your rabid preoccupation with Ron Paul's campaign ?

If all your 'Sour Grapes' about Ron Paul is what it takes in your mind for your candidate to beat Ron Paul, obviously you are not that intelligent and all the gobbledygook in the world won't hide your fraud !

http://i151.photobucket.com/albums/s143/10thzodiac/PollResults.jpg

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Posted By: carlos
Date: 2008-01-02 09:40:39

Paulies,

It's called satire. Don't get your panties into a snit.

Great article. (have you been reading HST?)

Carlos

RP2008FTW

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Posted By: Sovereign Person
Date: 2008-01-02 10:11:47

I agree with captcorona - this article is definitely tongue-in-cheek. I, too, initially started to get my hackles up, til I read through to the end. Relax, guys, this one's our friend!!

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Posted By: James Bowery
Date: 2008-01-02 10:41:52

Vote fraud needn't involve "a big conspiracy" and indeed "big conspiracies" are doomed to failure precisely because they can spring so many leaks.

Vote fraud can be committed at the point of aggregation as long as the component counts are not made public by their sources.

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Posted By: chris lawton
Date: 2008-01-02 12:58:26

WHO IS FOX & ABC KIDDING???

Ron Paul has won the vast majority Republican Straw Polls nationwide; and in all areas of the country no less:
 
 
     http://www.ronpaul2008.com/straw-poll-results/
 
     http://www.nolanchart.com/article615.html
 
 
Ron Paul consistently leads all Republicans and all but one Democrat in the weekly comprehensive SIPP Political Performance Index comprised of over 650 quantitative factors measuring the level of support and how well each candidate is connecting with individuals:
 
 
     http://www.spartaninternet.com/2008/
 
 
Ron Paul by far is the #1 favorite candidate by a landslide on meetup.com which is actual grassroots membership, involvement and boots on the ground:
 
 
     http://www.meetup.com/topics/polact/cand/pres/
 
     http://techpresident.com/scrape_plot/meetup_supporter
 
 
Ron Paul is the #1 favorite candidate by a landslide of regular people watching political videos on YouTube:
 
 
     http://www.techpresident.com/scrape_plot/youtube
 
     http://www.techpresident.com/youtube
 
   
Number of events requested by supporters:
 
 
     http://techpresident.com/scrape_plot/eventful
 
 
Ron Paul is the favorite Republican candidate by a landslide on the social networking sites like MySpace:
 
 
     http://techpresident.com/scrape_plot/myspace
 
 
Ron Paul is the favorite Republican of our military personnel; our soldiers have given significantly more money to Ron Paul than to any other candidate:
 
 
     http://www.ronpaul2008.com/states/iowa/the-military-supports-ron/
 
 
Ron Paul is the favorite Republican of students on websites sites like FaceBook:
 
 
     http://www.techpresident.com/scrape_plot/facebook
 
 
"Ron Paul" has been in the TOP TEN Internet search terms since May 9, 2007 (the first Republican Debate); and "Ron Paul" is the #1 Internet search term overall (consistently more popular than even Paris Hilton):
 
 
     http://www.technorati.com/pop/
 
 
RonPaul2008.com consistently gets significantly more visitors in terms of both overall and first time visits than and other candidate Republican or Democrat:
 
 
     http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/ronpaul2008.com?site0=www.ronpaul2008.com&site1=www.mittromney.com&site2=www.mikehuckabee.com&site3=www.barackobama.com&site4=www.hillaryclinton.com&y=t&z=3&h=400&w=700&range=6m&size=Large 
 
     http://techpresident.com/scrape_plot/hitwise
 
 
Bottom line... Never agree with any person that says he can't win.  Please be prepared to throw this information right back at them.  Don't accept defeat and don't accept their word for it.  With this information you don't have to.  You will know that we really do have the upper hand; and the strong upward momentum going forward.
 
And don't forget that the secretive polls that you see on TV are all bought and paid for by special interest groups like the Military Industrial Complex, the Medical Industrial Complex, the Bank Holding Companies and numerous global interests that want the American tax payer to keep manipulating the economy and paying their bills for them.
 
It is these very secretive and corrupt polls that is the sole justification for not fairly reporting on the Ron Paul Revolution and the only reason they use for referring to him the fringe candidate.  Every other statistic not provided by the syndicates of the organized News MAFIA (above) indicates that RON PAUL is both TOP TIER (tip top) and Mainstream.
 
My Advise:  Turn off Fox News and instead refer to these dynamic links and charts on a regular basis to get a real since of what is going on in American politics.

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Posted By: Joshua Rosenblatt
Date: 2008-01-02 17:47:38

Umm, Mr. Vreeland Sir (see comment below):

Jim O'Donnell was being sarcastic. Sheesh. Have we become so defensive as Ron Paul supporters that we see malfeasance everywhere?? Jim O'Donnell is CLEARLY a Ron Paul supporter speaking tongue in cheek.

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Posted By: Bill
Date: 2008-01-02 23:15:35

Ron Paul supporters in Hawaii are standing by and awaiting the outcome of a landslide for our beloved Paul. Tired of the lies and big Government. Homeland Security (CBP)is nothing more than a cashcow for Supervisors sending their kids to private schools. Stay warm out there and believe we will be awaiting the outcome. Godspeed.

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