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In response to "LYC: Michelle Branch has joined the Ron Paul bandwagon. -- (link)" by MDH

People are backing him because of the libertarian label, not knowing what it actually means or researching Paul himself. -- nm

Posted by Mop (null lbs) (aka rburriel) Dec 29 '11, 12:29

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I completely disagree. - Strongbad Dec 29, 12:35 10
- Maybe his core supporters, but Clarkson and Branch are already recanting. -- nm - MDH Dec 29, 12:38 7
  - I just don't buy the "oooo he's a libertarian! I'll support him!" idea. - Strongbad Dec 29, 12:40 4
    - Honestly, I think that's a lot of it. I get how it resonates and agree (and have always agreed with significant parts of it). But strict adherence - pmb Dec 29, 12:48
    - Sadly your IM is dead on with a lot of people. They are the "hot new thing," people like the word. -- nm - MDH Dec 29, 12:42 2
      - I just don't see it with Paul - Strongbad Dec 29, 12:46 1
        
        His core supporters are increasingly young people who view this as something new and exciting. - pmb Dec 29, 12:50
  - It's the approach of those who are Libertarian in name only. - Mop (null lbs) Dec 29, 12:40 1
    - this -- nm - Beaker Dec 29, 12:45
- I'll grant you, his voting history and policies are clear. His skeletons, though, are just coming out. -- nm - Mop (null lbs) Dec 29, 12:37 1
  - He's just the flavor of the week, aka he hasn't proven himself to be an idiot yet, but now he's doing just that. - MDH Dec 29, 12:41
He's pretty right-on about foreign policy. Most everything else... not so much. -- nm - Don Homer Dec 29, 12:31 4
- Not really. He's right that we probably stick our noses into others business too much. He's absolutely wrong that it's never appropriate. -- nm - pmb Dec 29, 12:52
- That's interesting, given that it's his foreign policy that's taking the most heat right now. -- nm - Mop (null lbs) Dec 29, 12:32
- Except for his stance that we shouldn't have gone to war against Hitler -- nm - amoxy Dec 29, 12:32 1
  - That's the thing. People don't follow through what the world would look like if Ron Paul ran it. - pmb Dec 29, 12:55

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