There is no conspiracy in the U.S. to deny Ron Paul the opportunity to win the Presidency.
Ok, do you remember his campaign back in 2008?? I remember the debates, it was RIDICULOUS.
Everyone gets these general feel good questions, where they can spew their pre-determined answers that are like the back of some self-help book where it promises to turn you into super-champ by reading a book... but you gotta BUY the book before you find out how good it is.
Anyway, then they turn to Dr Paul, and ask a question like "are you electable?" Might as well ask "what are you doing here??"... NOT because he's not holding himself to republican values, but because he would interfere with those "in name only"s agenda. Or he answered a question about pulling out troops and what's his name steps up and is like 'oh but 9-11... 9-11 and 9-11, you should apologize'.
He was called crazy, a kook, they called him unpatriotic, racist, everything... yet, when he continuously won in the polls, the news anchors would claim that 'it must have been his one fan clicking the button over and over'... then he was no longer included...
If it is not a 'conspiracy', then it's because they all independently decided to attack Ron Paul simply because he actually has a track record that shows that he WILL vote for what he believes in. That type of integrity, yes... I understand that makes him over-qualified for president, but to say that he 'CANNOT' win... no, the closer he might get to winning the stronger the attacks will become.
WHY would people be interested in stopping Ron Paul???
Well, he believes in the constitution... so :
- No more torture
- No more wars over-seas unless someone takes it to us first
- No more income tax
- No more federal reserve
- No more mercenary contracts
- Less room for corruption.
Ya... I can see why he's really unpopular.
He will very likely fail, because his political positions have insufficient appeal. One needs broad-based appeal to win one's Party nomination and then the general election. An energized but narrow base is not enough.
Actually, even though the tea parties have to a great extent been compromised by the 'neocons', you'll find that this broad base, ALSO includes a significant 'silent support' that has remained in tact.
The fact that his warnings have all had merit, and he's managed to cause a situation where the patriot act failed to get super-majority... consider it's original vote of 98-1-1 abstention.
I think if he builds on his support base, which has NOTHING but grown.. and I mean exponential growth curve, and if people can go without being distracted by the other candidate pushed out as some sort of saint promising everything under the sun, then he could potentially pull out a big surprise, don't forget, Dr Paul has appeal within democratic ranks as well.
That said, he will not win... the day after he's out of the race he'll be treated properly for his expertise and asked to speak... whatever, until then.
There's also one final factor, while I know on this site, the MSM is still treated as gospel of accuracy (aside from political bias), but in the real world, on street level, people understand to a much greater extent the true motivations behind what makes it into the news.
Oh, and btw, to those pushing that Ron Paul is racist... go for it... whether he is or not, is actually somewhat irrelevant because he's got a level of integrity that absolutely shames anyone else on that field.