Ron Paul - juggernaut of Google
Friday, 11 May 2007 | 2,150 readers so far
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.
1 May 11th, 2007 at 9:32 am
Tim says:
“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.”
I fully expect Ron Paul to be excluded at the very last minute from the next debate. I hope I am wrong.
2 May 11th, 2007 at 9:39 am
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3 May 11th, 2007 at 10:31 am
Trevor says:
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.
4 May 11th, 2007 at 12:00 pm
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5 May 11th, 2007 at 7:46 pm
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6 May 14th, 2007 at 11:50 pm
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7 May 15th, 2007 at 8:34 am
B says:
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.
8 May 15th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
Trevor says:
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.
9 May 16th, 2007 at 12:31 pm
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11 May 16th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
Carol Brys says:
~I honestly think Ron Paul may be our last hope for saving our Country. He is the only hope for our Children~
12 May 16th, 2007 at 9:10 pm
NH says:
When I search for Ron Paul on Google I get 47,700,000 hits
13 May 17th, 2007 at 1:14 am
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14 May 18th, 2007 at 5:54 pm
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15 May 20th, 2007 at 10:27 pm
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16 June 1st, 2007 at 4:47 am
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17 June 13th, 2007 at 11:24 am
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18 September 8th, 2007 at 1:12 am
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19 October 17th, 2007 at 9:40 pm
randy says:
there are now 10,200,000 results for RP for prez & 2,000,000 for GHOOLiani
20 December 4th, 2007 at 5:41 pm
Channon says:
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.
21 December 19th, 2007 at 7:42 pm
ron paul money bomb says:
He just seems real and not simply stating what his political analyst tells him to say.