Topic: Ron Paul
The Stages of Ron Paul Ron Paul's showing in Iowa is only a phase in a larger picture.by Steve Jones
(libertarian)
Friday, January 4, 2008
The Caucus held in Iowa last night is an important stage of the Ron Paul movement and cannot be discounted. Although the Mainstream media will ignore/discredit his numbers, they really do show positive hope for him. Here are 7 stages of his candidacy.
1- The first stage is when he announced he was running. this was about 9 months ago. He had few followers, (I was in this group) and was not taken seriously at all.
2- The second stage is the "few internet spammers" stage. This is when he was accused of having a few 16 year old kids in their moms basement as his supporters.
3- The Internet phenomenon. Online polls started picking up. The meetup groups started forming. It soon became apparent that he was a force online. This soon converted to the straw poll stage. Of course still not taken seriously.
4- The mass fundraising stage. Guy Fawkes says it all. The Boston Tea party showed the world that there is a real revolution going on... Still not taken seriously by MSM.
5- This is the stage we are in now. This is the stage where we find out if internet support can convert to real votes. It appears in Iowa, where Ron Paul did not campaign that much and has views unpopular for farmers had a very well outcome. This is the stage where the rubber meets the road so to speak.
6- The rising star stage. hopefully New Hampshire will propel him into the underdog gone mainstream status.
7- The Viable electable stage. He has the money already. He has a fervent base. He has proven he can bring people to the polls. He just needs the push to get here.
I say this to encourage. I cannot predict the future, but it seems like it could be well with him. Even when the MSM is gloom and doom, it is only spin, and might not be consistant with reality.
Go Ron Go
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Pauls Iowa results leave him just off the radar as far as being an attack target for one of the others, but clearly shows he is closer to the top than where people thought he was, he got 22 times the vote Duncan Hunter received, and has broken into the double digits! I want to know how he does this Sat.
Ron Paul captured 10% of the vote in Iowa despite a near total media blackout. In Milwaukee, WI the local paper "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel" does not cover Ron Paul, period.
Imagine what Ron Paul's support would be if the main stream media gave him the same chance they give all the bush-clones.
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