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Old 08-16-2011, 07:24 PM   #48
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I think Ron Paul gets MSM attention because he's a novelty of sorts,
I think his running is mostly to continue to inject his message into the dialogue. He certainly has a small but dedicated base, and when bussed in can even almost win a straw poll.
While he's a bit outside of the mainstream, Paul should certainly get some props for consistency, non-conformance and while I don't agree with some of his views an understanding for the substance of issues.

-spence
wow...an "outside the mainstream constitutionalist"...tell me...who is the constitutionalist on the democrat side?
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