From The New West Blog
The “Ron Paul” Effect Alive in Idaho, Montana
By Courtney Lowery, 6-05-08
The Idaho Statesman’s Kevin Richert has a good column today making the case for the “Ron Paul Effect” in Idaho and previewing how it might play out in the upcoming state GOP convention.
From Richert: “The Paul voters influenced the process in much the same way as Idaho Democrats hope the Barack Obama phenomenon will energize younger and disaffected voters to support other Democratic candidates.”
In Idaho’s May GOP primary, Paul grabbed 24 percent of the vote. In Montana yesterday, Paul, who tends to resonate with the more libertarian conservatives in the West, won almost 22 percent of the vote. Despite some disappointment among his supporters (read Robert Struckman’s story from Montana here), the Paul factor is alive and well in the Northern Rockies. The question, which Richert poses, is: Will those Paul supporters return to the party when he’s not on the ballot?
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The Dr. Ron Paul Message includes Freedom, Liberty, Justice, and restoring our Constitutional Republic. 99% of us are idealogicaly committed and will NOT quit.
How could 22% of Montanan's and 24% of Idahoans have voted for Dr. Paul, instead of the presumptive "Manchurian Candidate" McCain , when Dr. Paul got NO mainstream media coverage from November '07 on?
How many Jeffersonian and Peace Democrats that are being counted in the Obama and Clinton ( "Covert Islamic and Zionist Candidates") lists might now be supporting Dr. Paul if he had received even level playing field "fairness doctrine" media coverage?
What if each Ron Paul supporter gets just 3 McCain neighbors, and 3 Obama-Clinton neighbors, to watch "ENDGAME", "TERRORSTORM". "FROM FREEDOM TO FASCISM", and the "RP 2008" DVDs? Each weekend from now until November 4th?
Standby for "The Mother Of All Strikes" this July, followed by "The Mother of All Write-In Elections" on November 4th !