Will the Paul Political Dynasty one day rival the Kennedy Political Dynasty?

[Galileo]

Will the Paul Political Dynasty one day rival the Kennedy Political Dynasty?

President Ron Paul

Senator Rand Paul

[Galileo]

Ron Paul has zillions of grandchildren.

[Galileo]

This is just a straw poll, it don't mean anything except that JREFers can stuff ballot boxes.

[lionking]

it don't mean anything

Right there for once.

[Galileo]

Right there for once.

If you believe that, why not vote for Paul in the straw poll?

:confused:

[lionking]

Well as I'm in Australia, my opinion counts for nothing at the polls. Your obsessions are amusing though.

[Galileo]

Well as I'm in Australia, my opinion counts for nothing at the polls. Your obsessions are amusing though.

don't let low self esteem get you down; vote PAUL!!

:eek:

[Pardalis]

Please, M. Galilei, get a hold of yourself.

Nobody in the world gives a **** about Ron Paul.

[leftysergeant]

Ron Paul's legacy will be as a punch-line for sick political jokes.

[Upchurch]

Ron Paul has zillions of grandchildren.

How many of them are in politics?

So far, your straw poll is favoring the Kennedys. Is that significant of something and, if not, what was the point of the poll?

[NWO Sentryman]

Ron Paul has zillions of grandchildren.

Stundied

Ron Paul's legacy will be as a punch-line for sick political jokes.

Nominated for Pith.

[Damien Evans]

:dl::dl::dl::dl::dl::dl: :dl::dl::dl::dl::dl::dl::dl::dl:

[BaaBaa]

How many generations comprise a dynasty?

[NWO Sentryman]

This is just a strawstrawman poll, it don't mean anything except that JREFers can stuff ballot boxes.

fixed

[Brainster]

Ru Paul is about as likely to father a political dynasty as Ron Paul.

[Ladewig]

This is just a straw poll, it don't mean anything except that JREFers can stuff ballot boxes.

Actually, no. You are wrong. "Stuffing ballot boxes" refers to casting more than one vote in an effort to cheat. At this point, there have been 26 different voters and 26 votes are displayed. The system prevents people from voting more than once so this is a fair and unhacked poll.



ETA: In your next poll would you follow JREF tradition and include a Planet X option?

[hgc]

ETA: In your next poll would you follow JREF tradition and include a Planet X option?


"Yes" is the Planet X option.

[NWO Sentryman]

no, a blame thande option is necessary.

[drkitten]

Will the Paul Political Dynasty one day rival the Kennedy Political Dynasty?

Only in that eventually both the Paul political dynasty will be dead, and so will the Kennedy dynasty.



President Ron Paul

... will never happen.

[Spindrift]

Will the Paul Political Dynasty one day rival the Kennedy Political Dynasty?

President Ron Paul

Senator Rand Paul

And the rest of the dynasty:
RuPaul
Mrs. Paul
Pope John Paul

[Galileo]

Its funny, this site hates Ron Paul even more than they hate 9/11 conspiracy throries.

[Galileo]

And the rest of the dynasty:
RuPaul
Mrs. Paul
Pope John Paul

Don't forget:

Rapper named Ron Paul!
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=233824

:cool:

[fullflavormenthol]

Well I dislike Ron Paul supporters and I dislike 9/11 truthers, it is only coincidence that that the Venn diagram shows one hell of a cross over.

[Ladewig]

Its funny, this site hates Ron Paul even more than they hate 9/11 conspiracy throries.

Educated people who deny evolution deserve whatever mockery they receive.

[fagin]

I voted yes. I have no idea who you are talking about, but Paul is a great name.

Fagin - aka Paul

[gambling_cruiser]

Ron Paul's legacy will be as a punch-line for sick political jokes.
maybe together with Sarah Palin. LOL

[drkitten]

Its funny, this site hates Ron Paul even more than they hate 9/11 conspiracy throries.

Not at all. Ron Paul is little more than the butt of jokes.

The Paultards, on the other hand,.... well, they're little more than the butt of jokes too. But they're also the ones who are actively disrupting the forum by posting gibberish.

[Cleon]

Its funny, this site hates Ron Paul even more than they hate 9/11 conspiracy throries.

Hate him? No, we find him amusing more than anything else.

Now, his followers, on the other hand, tend to be rather obnoxious examples of the Dunning-Kruger effect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect).

[Sword_Of_Truth]

Check it out, people! Ron Paul has doubled his votes in this poll in the last 24 hours! He's un-@#$%ing-stoppable!

[Ladewig]

Its funny, this site hates Ron Paul even more than they hate 9/11 conspiracy throries.

If Mr. T announed his candidacy for the presidency, I would not hate him. I might mock the idea. I might mock his followers, but I would not hate him. Similarly, I do not hate Ron Paul. I think many of his ideas are mockable, but that is very different from hating him.

[Galileo]

OK, out with it! Who besides Galileo voted for Ron Paul?

:o

[Tricky]

OK, out with it! Who besides Galileo voted for Ron Paul?

:o
This guy. The one who knows nothing about him, but just likes the name.
I voted yes. I have no idea who you are talking about, but Paul is a great name.

Fagin - aka Paul

[Moss]

Nobody outside the US normally knows of Ron Paul himself, much less his kin. So I guess they are as relevant as Ronald Schill.

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Will the Paul Political Dynasty one day rival the Kennedy Political Dynasty?

President Ron Paul

Senator Rand Paul

Peter, Paul and Mary

[wunky]

There is a Ron Paul supporter down the street. He still has his Ron Raul for President sign up in the front yard- I know storms have knocked it down- he keeps putting it right back up. There is an old ramshackle house on the property, looks like it is being held up with toothpicks and scotch tape. There is a rusted out old school bus on the property that looks lived in. The yard has not been mowed any time in the last score, tall grasses cover what is left of the rotting away entrance. There are no trespassing signs up high in every tree- as if the signs are for the birds and not humans. No mailbox, no driveway, newspaper on the windows. Every time we walk the dogs by the house they want to run to the other side of the street. Simon won't even pee on his trees, and Simon pees on every tree he can find,usually. Now and again you can see the owner walking the mile to the local liquor store, if you are outside you can hear him return, cheap rye clanking in each of his pockets and a 40 in his hand.
Galileo- I am sure you two would get on like two peas in a pod...

[Spindrift]

Its funny, this site hates Ron Paul even more than they hate 9/11 conspiracy throries.

Hate Ron Paul? No, I don't hate him. I think his running for president is a joke and his blissfully ignorant, delusional followers are just sad. Those followers are going to spend the next two years grasping at every straw that RP is going to be president. He's not even going to come close to winning many delegates, let alone the nomination. (Yes, I'll put money on that.) But the Paulinistas are not going to waiver, right up to the convention. They will contrive some bizarre scenario that will have Paul winning and delude themselves into believing that it will happen.

So, Rolf, I pity you and your ilk. It's going to be a long two years.

[Galileo]

Ron and Rand are both leading in the polls. Looks like Galileo was right again, despite the odds against him.

[Spindrift]

Ron and Rand are both leading in the polls. Looks like Galileo was right again, despite the odds against him.

Um, no one is ever disputing that Ron Paul is going to win his Congressional seat. It's Texas for god's sake. But him winning that seat has never, ever translated into any kind of success on a national level.

As far as Rand Paul goes, that election also has absolutely no bearing on the presidential election.

[Ladewig]

Ron and Rand are both leading in the polls. Looks like Galileo was right again, despite the odds against him.

Winning a legislature seat (even by a margin of 90 to 1) does not translate to winning the presidency.

As Bob Parks said, "To wear the mantle of Galileo it is not enough to be persecuted by an unkind establishment. You must also be right."

Lastly, let me agree with Spindrift by saying I, too, have money I am willing to bet on Ron Paul's not being elected president in 2012 or 2016.

[marksman]

Wait. Maybe Galileo didn't mean the Massachusetts Kennedies. Maybe he meant the failed family dynasty of unsuccessful Louisiana Senate candidate John Neely Kennedy. If so, the Paul's have a slim chance of surpassing that one-man dynasty. (Well, two-man... his brother is a successful political consultant.)

[The Central Scrutinizer]

Ron and Rand are both leading in the polls. Looks like Galileo was right again, despite the odds against him.

That's why I was one of the 3 people to vote YES in the poll.

[applecorped]

I heard Paul is dead.

[Legend]

Ron and Rand are both leading in the polls. Looks like Galileo was right again, despite the odds against him.

Does Galileo want to stop talking in the third person?

Alex.

[Sword_Of_Truth]

Rolf Lindgren - are you aware that the "Dear Leader" of your proposed political dynasty is in favor of keeping the Guantanamo Bay Terrorist detention facility open (http://www.dailypaul.com/node/115368) and that he supports trying terrorists in military tribunals?

BOWLING GREEN, KENTUCKY – Leading United States Senate candidate Rand Paul today criticized the Obama administration’s decision to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center and try terrorism suspects in United States Civil Courts.

“Foreign terrorists do not deserve the protections of our Constitution,” said Dr. Paul. “These thugs should stand before military tribunals and be kept off American soil. I will always fight to keep Kentucky safe and that starts with cracking down on our enemies.”

Dr. Paul believes in strong national defense and thinks military spending should be our country’s top budget priority. He has also called for a Constitutional declaration of war with Afghanistan.

How enthusiastic can you be for a Paul political dynasty when half of it isn't aware that 9/11 was an inside job*, or that when the elder Paul dies, the Paul political dynasty will become a clone of George Bush on terrorism related issues?

(*It obviously wasn't. But speaking to Rolf means speaking to his delusions.)

[Foolmewunz]

Ron Paul's legacy will be as a punch-line for sick political jokes.

I, for one, hope he runs six more times. I'm tired of making Stassen jokes and no one getting the punchline.

[Beerina]

First of all, Paul needs to earn hundreds of millions of dollars. This is easiest to do, if you are careful, via making something illegal, say, booze, then becoming rum runners.

Only after your family has earned, say, $300 million this way, you then, and only then, pass massive increases to income taxes. This will not affect you because you already have the money; it's no longer income. But notice it will greatly hamper new competitors to power from arising, making your job easier.


People already flabulously wealthy, who join politics as spoiled scions, usually have little difficulty slapping massive taxes on new income.


Lemme ask you this, is Paul already rich? Like exceedingly rich?

[Galileo]

Rolf Lindgren - are you aware that the "Dear Leader" of your proposed political dynasty is in favor of keeping the Guantanamo Bay Terrorist detention facility open (http://www.dailypaul.com/node/115368) and that he supports trying terrorists in military tribunals?



How enthusiastic can you be for a Paul political dynasty when half of it isn't aware that 9/11 was an inside job*, or that when the elder Paul dies, the Paul political dynasty will become a clone of George Bush on terrorism related issues?

(*It obviously wasn't. But speaking to Rolf means speaking to his delusions.)

He's just saying that to get elected. That's why I support the Paul's, they are epople of principle.

:eye-poppi

[Spindrift]

He's just saying that to get elected. That's why I support the Paul's, they are epople of principle.

:eye-poppi

He's lying to get elected and he's a person of principle?

I suppose in the world of Paul supporters that makes sense.

[Foolmewunz]

He's lying to get elected and he's a person of principle?

I suppose in the world of Paul supporters that makes sense.

Actually, I think he said he's an "epople", which I believe should read epopple, .... from the late Latin epopulus, epopulum, no doubt. An obscure central Texan word meaning Man Who Says Anything That Sounds Good to the Audience He is Speaking To.

[zaphod2016]

Ru Paul is about as likely to father a political dynasty as Ron Paul.

Probably more likely, being that Ru Paul has more sex appeal (or so I'm told).

I say this as a card-carrying, certified Paulian wacko: Galileo what the hell are you trying to do here?

I oppose nepotism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nepotism) in any form, why would I want a "Paul Dynasty" as opposed to more candidates like Peter Schiff, who I think presents a more rational face to the movement?

Also- please leave poor Doctor Paul alone in 2012. He served his purpose. It is time for the movement to evolve, or die. And being that more members of the movement follow your brand of "logic" than mine- well, in the immortal words of my magic 8-ball: "outlook not so good"

[Spindrift]

Also- please leave poor Doctor Paul alone in 2012. He served his purpose. It is time for the movement to evolve, or die. And being that more members of the movement follow your brand of "logic" than mine- well, in the immortal words of my magic 8-ball: "outlook not so good"
The "movement" for most of them is a personality cult, it's not about ideas. (of lack thereof).

[zaphod2016]

The "movement" for most of them is a personality cult, it's not about ideas. (of lack thereof).

The longer I waste my life attempting peaceful political change, the more I realize the above is the absolute truth, whether talking about the left or the right, the Democrats or Republicans, the Paulians or the Obamabots.

[Travis]

The longer I waste my life attempting peaceful political change, the more I realize the above is the absolute truth, whether talking about the left or the right, the Democrats or Republicans, the Paulians or the Obamabots.

If there's a movement there will be radicals.

[Sword_Of_Truth]

If there's a movement there will be radicals.

"There is no cause so noble that it will not attract fuggheads".
- Larry Niven

[fagin]

This guy. The one who knows nothing about him, but just likes the name.

Probably more rational than most of his supporters

[Ausmerican]

I was considering voting yes but I just need something cleared up first...
Are you asking if it is possible that someone shoot will Ron Paul and Rand will get drunk and drive off a bridge?

[Sword_Of_Truth]

He's just saying that to get elected. That's why I support the Paul's, they are people of principle.

:eye-poppi

So you concede then that your 9/11 trutherism, and possibly any "weak" stance on terrorism isn't politically viable. This is good.

When do you think that you think that your candidate, Kevin Barrets solution to terrorism (rounding up the jews, legally mandated conversions to islam) will become politically viable?

[Galileo]

So you concede then that your 9/11 trutherism, and possibly any "weak" stance on terrorism isn't politically viable. This is good.

When do you think that you think that your candidate, Kevin Barrets solution to terrorism (rounding up the jews, legally mandated conversions to islam) will become politically viable?

There's a report out that pro-Israel democrats are supporting Trey Grayson.

[dudalb]

There's a report out that pro-Israel democrats are supporting Trey Grayson.

Nice code word for "Jews".

[zaphod2016]

OK, out with it! Who besides Galileo voted for Ron Paul?

:o

I not only voted for Paul in the Florida primary, I donated money, campaigned locally, made phone calls, represented the "Campaign for Liberty" at several local debates, and watched as my heart was crushed and Dr. Paul returned only 3% of the popular vote in the entire state of Florida.

I only hope that most readers of JREF realize that the Paul movement is one of the most diverse and radicalized in recent history. Galileo represents a small sub-set, the Alex Jones fringe. And unfortunately, Galileo is a very squeaky wheel.

I would also remind Galileo that, according to Ron Paul, 9/11 was NOT an inside job:

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Listen to your messiah here for yourself.

I'll cut to the chase here, Galileo. If you want to help the Paulian movement, stop discrediting us by posting this inane nonsense. Better yet, become a vocal Hillary Clinton supporter.

If you continue to post this sort of drivel, I will be forced to conclude that you are NOT a Ron Paul supporter, and that your entire schtick is nothing but a satirical performance art.

You're not crazy, Galileo, you're a poser. Where were you during the primary? What did you sacrifice? And how many JREFers walked away, convinced our entire movement was insane, based on the misrepresentations presented by you and your fellow Jonesians?

You have offended me, and done more harm to this movement, than every Democrat-voting skeptic on JREF combined.

Now go ahead and post a witty retort to this. Show me how this is nothing but a game to you.

[Sword_Of_Truth]

You're not crazy, Galileo, you're a poser. Where were you during the primary? What did you sacrifice? And how many JREFers walked away, convinced our entire movement was insane, based on the misrepresentations presented by you and your fellow Jonesians?

In Rolf Lindgrens defense, he was out there participating in the electoral process. He was the campaign manager for a congressional candidate who endorses the agenda of Al-Queada, beats his wife and approves of Americans taking up arms against their government.

[Galileo]

Nice code word for "Jews".

I didn't say that in the report, that I am aware of. The report just said "pro-Israel democrats". The religion of the people was not mentioned, but most people in the US are Christians. I'm not sure what religion has to do with it, or why these people are against Rand Paul.

Some people get upset when candidates don't say they want to bomb the sh** out of democratic Iran.

[Galileo]

I would also remind Galileo that, according to Ron Paul, 9/11 was NOT an inside job:



So what?

[cornsail]

I actually like and respect Ron Paul a lot, I just disagree with his hardcore free market ideas. I think he buys way too much into the "Austrian economics" pseudo-science of antiquated writers like Mises and Rothbard. But he's willing to say things few politician have the balls for and they're often very true. That's good for the country for sure, as the political spectrum is usually narrow.

ETA: The question in the OP is obviously ridiculous.

[Spindrift]

I didn't say that in the report, that I am aware of. The report just said "pro-Israel democrats". The religion of the people was not mentioned, but most people in the US are Christians. I'm not sure what religion has to do with it, or why these people are against Rand Paul.

Some people get upset when candidates don't say they want to bomb the sh** out of democratic Iran.

Okay, what epitome of journalism did this report appear in?

[ZirconBlue]

If Mr. T announed his candidacy for the presidency, I would not hate him. I might mock the idea. I might mock his followers, but I would not hate him. Similarly, I do not hate Ron Paul. I think many of his ideas are mockable, but that is very different from hating him.

I, on the other hand, would just pity the foo'.

If there's a movement there will be radicals.

Free radicals?