Comments on: Ron Paul’s support is fake

By: Pkpost

Pkpost — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 01:41:24 +0000

…and joshuabrucel promptly voted for Barrack Obama the moment Ron Paul’s fake campaign support hit the event horizon.

By: Eric Fisak

Eric Fisak — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:00:10 +0000

I can assure that the support for Ron Paul is real. Very real. I attended the Republican debate at Morgan State and there were scores of average people, like myself, there to support Ron Paul. There was no evidence of supporters for any of the other candidates. Sure, there are people who say that they like Thompson, Romney, or McCain. But the fact is that they are not nearly as motivated as Ron Paul supporters. If you are unaware of the large grassroots movement that is taking place in this country, then you are either ignorant or in denial.

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:54:40 +0000

I agree with your assessment of this support being “faked” for the rally. If they were doing as you said, and acting as those they were actual students of Drexel, then that misrepresentation is just plain shady.

As the last commenter said, I find it odd that all these Ron Paul supporters just came out of the woodwork to comment on your blog.

I disagree with the comment by Gene Trosper. The primarily internet campaign doesn’t work in this day and age. In spite of the spread among young voters, most primary goers and caucus participants (that serve an important role in determining a party’s nominee) still get their news from old media sources like broadcast TV, radio, and print.

By the way, this is great material for me because I can use it in my Presidential Election class that I’m taking. Thanks for posting it.

By: Brendon Kozlowski

Brendon Kozlowski — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:23:04 +0000

Wow. I’m not much for politics, but being the under-educated political person that I am, I’ve heard of everyone discussed in this topic *except* for Ron Paul…and yet, people whom I’ve never seen visit your blog ever before have amassed in full to support someone. It’s somewhat eery. Considering it’s Halloween, I suppose it’s fitting.

By: Diana

Diana — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 13:41:08 +0000

Doesn’t sound like there is anything fake about Ron Paul’s support. Maybe you should argue instead that “Ron Paul’s support is annoying”? We are an enthusiastic lot, so I could see how it might get to be too much at some of these events.

By: Derrick

Derrick — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 10:05:18 +0000

I can attest that I am real.

By: adam

adam — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 08:05:13 +0000

Staged? By who? From your description it sounds like Ron Paul’s support is “staged” by his supporters… Wouldn’t that make the support real?

By: Flemlord

Flemlord — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:48:46 +0000

You said there were no other Republican signs in the audience but large number of Ron Paul supporters showed up, each with their own signs, cameras, etc. So why is HIS support fake? It sounds like Ron Paul’s supporters were genuine.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:18:17 +0000

It was a democratic debate, there were no republicans waving around their signs there. And by “fake”, I mean posing as if there were supporters at the school the news was reporting from, when there really wasn’t any support from those students. They may be actual volunteers that support Paul following the news around, but they’re trying to make it look like he has more support than he does. If they weren’t super rude and crowding out everyone else I wouldn’t have bothered writing about it.

By: Gene Trosper

Gene Trosper — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:14:31 +0000

I agree with Zach that Ron Paul supporters are more organized…and I’ll add: more energetic. That is pretty obvious to even the most casual observer. However, to say his support is fake demands some hard evidence. To date, I have yet to see any evidence to show his support is “fake”.

We have entered a new era in campaigning. Ron Paul has just adapted to it quicker than the other campaigns and the media. I predict that in a couple of election cycles, his campaign strategy will be adopted widely.

Question though: where are the Romney, Giuliani and McCain supporters? Where is their energy and enthusiasm???