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Specifically, who?
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"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Ron Paul
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"Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Damn, Ron Paul is over 70?
Paul's independent streak has helped garner him exceptionally strong support among young voters who have been largely responsible for boosting him out of obscurity and onto the heels of the mainstream Republican contenders.Last edited by Naked Gents Rut; November 23, 2008, 22:17.Comment
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I hear the kids dig that Mittmentum."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Paul's independent streak has helped garner him exceptionally strong support among young voters who have been largely responsible for boosting him out of obscurity and onto the heels of the mainstream Republican contenders.
In the general. Ron Paul would've been brutally stomped in every demographic group, youth included. You're deluding yourself if you believe otherwise."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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He wouldn't have been stomped any worse among twenty-somethings than McCain was. McCain didn't appeal to that demographic at all; at least Paul had the nutty conspiracy theorists on his side.
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There really aren't that many of those people. Look up general election polls between Paul and Obama (and contemporary McCain and Obama polls).
Republicans in general are pretty ****ed wrt 20-somethings. McCain was somewhat better than the rest..."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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Ron Paul, the Texas congressman frequently dismissed as a long shot candidate with no real chance at winning the Republican presidential nomination, has won nearly twice as many total votes to date as Rudy Giuliani, a candidate still widely viewed as a strong contender. ...
Paul’s performance is a testament to his appeal to young voters, who have disproportionately supported his candidacy. According to exit and entrance polls, Paul came in second among 18 to 24-year-olds in New Hampshire and finished a close third in Iowa after Mitt Romney among the 17 to 29-year-old demographic.
“There are a lot of things in Ron Paul’s message that resonate with younger voters,” said Ethan Eilon, executive director of the College Republican National Committee. “The anti-establishment ring to what he’s got to say, typically younger voters tend to gravitate to that to some degree.”Comment
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This is just an assumption on your part. You have no real evidence for it. The GOP primary results didn't show any of the major GOP candidates having a major advantage over the others in appealing to the youth vote.McCain was somewhat better than the rest...
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I repeat, in the general."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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No other GOP candidates were involved in the general, so how the **** do you know they would've performed worse than McCain with the youth vote? You're just pulling that out of your ass.
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This is just an assumption on your part. You have no real evidence for it.
Pollsters that showed Obama and McCain statistically tied (among all voters), showed Obama up in the neighborhood of 20% against Paul. That really isn't consistent with Paul outperforming McCain in any significant demographic group. I can't find any internal breakdowns, but I think this is a safe assumption.
You can also check out how Paul performed in the states where he was on the ballot (MT, LA)."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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What states were Huckabee and Romney on the ballot in?Comment
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That was a secondary point. I repeat, if you lose 20% with all voters, you're probably not gaining anything with under 30's."Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before. He is full of murderous resentment of people who are ignorant without having come by their ignorance the hard way. "
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