- Much has been stated on the web about conspiracies which
will stop Ron Paul from winning. Some of it may be true, and some will
not. I have informally conducted a small survey of several people I personally know
who are intelligent, take an interest in politics and desire to have a
new president that won't run us into the ground.
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- At an annual luncheon yesterday, there were 14 professional
people at the table, all professionals. Over and over when I mentioned
Ron Paul to them, the usual response is "Who is he? I haven't heard
anything about him." Other than myself, I suddenly found myself
introducing Ron Paul's name and platform to the other 12 people when the
Iowa event came up.
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- Here is what I've concluded the problem is, all conspiracy
issues aside. Those of us who use the web regularly and are regular readers
of websites like rense.com, really USE the web. Not just for email or professional
reasons, such as scientists or engineers do who use it for research related
to their work to read up on latest papers, find grants, etc... Other
people only go online to read about sports scores, get their email or visit
a chat room to waste time. Depending on where they go on the web they may
never hear or see anything about Ron Paul. Heavy internet users such as
those who read this opinion, are in a different world from those who merely
restrict their web use to professional reasons.
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- There is the world of the well informed who use
the web to it's fullest, and the world of the semi-informed who let mainstream
media do their thinking for them. Does it take a degree in politics to
see who the semi-informed will vote for? And to realize that THIS is the
determining factor in Ron Paul not being able to win? It is a fallacy
to think anyone can win an election based on the internet alone. Even without
conspiracy issues.
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- The reason is that everyone in America exists in one
of two worlds, and the media already knows this. Ron Paul really doesn't
have any excuse to be unknown with 10 million dollars on hand, not
to be well known in New Hampshire and to take that state by storm. Perhaps
the real question is - will Paul spend a significant part of the money
to become well known in New Hampshire?
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- Ron Paul has the perfect platform for that state to earn
the majority vote there, if only people in NH will get to know
about him in time before they vote. He might need a new campaign manager
that can see the tremendous importance of getting his name out in the public
NOW, not later. People tend to vote the way they see others vote -
it's like a hive mentality. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why
they re-elect a defective president. After NH, the die may be cast
and the pattern set. If he cannot become well known in NH, he might as
well drop out of the race.Question remains - what happens to what's left
of the ten million dollars?
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- Ted Twietmeyer
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