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Ron Paul – juggernaut of Google

Posted by Trevor in under other on May 11th, 2007 | View Comments |

There are now more than two million returns when you type Ron Paul for President into Google. Contrast that with Rudy Giuliani for President, which yields about 1.2 million results, or Mitt Romney for President, which yields a similar result. It appears, at least among Republican candidates, that Ron Paul is the juggernaut of the Internet. How that will translate into a nomination remains to be seen.

The key to Paul’s popularity is easy. Ron Paul is that rarest of politician – a man who really believes what he says he believes. Ron Paul exudes conviction and pragmatism.

Ron Paul has been the most consistent successful politician advocating the limited-government principles that he sees embedded in the Constitution. Part of his appeal, to a voting base that we can safely presume isn’t as libertarian as Paul is himself, is that of the very rare politician following his own conscience and mind with steadfast integrity. Indeed, Paul is not afraid of aggravating even parts of his libertarian constituency when he thinks it’s the right thing to do, as on immigration (where he’s against amnesty and birthright citizenship, and for increased border control) and his vote this month in favor of prescription drug negotiation.

While other politicians devote huge resources to carefully calculating and scripting every response, Paul speaks his opinion with conviction and force. He doesn’t have to pause to consider his position on any given issue – he already knows where he stands. Where he stands resonates well with many voters.

Lower taxes? Yes, that resonates. Smaller government? Definitely, that one strikes a chord. New direction in Iraq? People are ready for something, almost anything to change.

I expect the May 15 Republican debate in South Carolina to further focus grass roots support on Ron Paul. Tune in and maybe you’ll become part of the Ron Paul juggernaut.

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He just seems real and not simply stating what his political analyst tells him to say.

Channon

I second the well-founded opinion of Carol Brys. I believe if Ron Paul is not elected, we are going to keep going down the road we are on, which will complete our national bankruptcy, push us into a monolithic and unrepresentative world government and pretty much vaporize any rights and freedoms we now enjoy under our Constitution.

randy

there are now 10,200,000 results for RP for prez & 2,000,000 for GHOOLiani

NH

When I search for Ron Paul on Google I get 47,700,000 hits

Carol Brys

~I honestly think Ron Paul may be our last hope for saving our Country. He is the only hope for our Children~

Trevor

Well B, I'm not sure what to conclude from the 33 million return results you claimed. I only got 25 million results. Interestingly, when I typed in Paul Ron for President I got 9+ million results from Google. Maybe we can conclude that if you type random crap into Google you might get a lot of results?

My targeted search results were more interesting though.

B

And there are 33 million returns when you type in "John Smith for President". I think it just says more about how generic Ron Paul's name is than anything.

Trevor

I've wondered if that might happen. I think that the grass roots support is genuine, and that represents a threat to the status quo. Those who have the power will naturally resist giving it away.

Tim

"I expect the May 15 Republican debate in South Carolina to further focus grass roots support on Ron Paul. Tune in and maybe youâ€™ll become part of the Ron Paul juggernaut."

I fully expect Ron Paul to be excluded at the very last minute from the next debate. I hope I am wrong.