Are the Paulbots delusional? Or ahead of the curve?

[Pab Sungenis]

One of my Facebook "friends" shoved this link in my face this morning:

http://www.dailypaul.com/228087/whistleblowers-needed-to-unravel-romneys-campaign

[h2]Dr. Ron Paul One 'Romney Scandal' Away From GOP Nomination[/h2]
Submitted by legalizeliberty on Sat, 04/21/2012 - 16:41 in Activism

I think I know what is needed to get Mitt Romney out of the presidential race.

Offer whistleblowers cash reward money for coming forward with dark secrets/dirt on him.

We all saw what happened to Herman Cain.

Truth is Dr. Ron Paul is one 'Romney scandal' away from the GOP nomination and certain presidency.

Needless to say that Romney being forced out would never lead to a Paul nomination (none of the other candidates have to my knowledge officially released their delegates yet, and Romney would have a lot of say in who his delegates backed if he backed out) but that this scenario is being taken seriously (even if by a group of obviously insane individuals) shows how much damage Romney's lying-and-or-perjury about Bain has hurt him.

Things could get ugly in Tampa.

Oh, and to mollify any potential alerters, let me insert the obligatory "Fuck Ron Paul" here and now.

[Panasonic]

1. Like I said, if Romney is too radioactive by the time he goes into the GOP convention next month...

Expect a smoke-filled backroom deal - a brokered convention, in other words.

[coalition_unwilling]

11. Hell, I'm holding out for fisticuffs on the convention floor. Smoke-filled

rooms are so 20th-Century!

[Ganja Ninja]

22. Just remember they're allow to bring guns but not brass knuckles.

[lunatica]

2. You have to admit though that it would be fun to watch

[monmouth]

3. Tickets would sell like hotcakes on pay-per-view...n/t

[onehandle]

4. Loons. They worship a fake Libertarian.

Even if he was for real, they'd still be loons.

[malaise]

5. Tampa will be the ReTHUGs 1968

except that they will make that Democratic party mess look like childsplay.
These fugger will be armed. Still it may be the one way to clean up that stinking party.

[Selatius]

6. It might actually be a favor to the Democrats if Rmoney survived to November.

He's already in a weakened position. However, he is a known quantity, and Democrats can adjust the strategy around known variables. If Romney drops out, Dems will have to place themselves into a holding pattern until the Republicans select the new guy at the convention, likely a brokered one. Then Dems will have to adjust strategy once again based upon the new guy and see what happens. In the best case scenario, the new guy is even easier to attack. In the worst, he'll be a true moderate that could stand to siphon away independent voters.

A moderate is somebody we do not want going up against Obama. This is why I tended to think Jon Huntsman would've been the most dangerous candidate to oppose Obama if he got as far as Romney has.

[coalition_unwilling]

13. Yeah, I agree with you 100%. Huntsman was my real worry (and

Huckabee too, altho he had already bowed out of the race).

I was sooooo glad Repigs chose McCrazy in 2008 and not Huckabee.

[Spazito]

7. Delusional n/t

[bowens43]

8. delusional nt

[amfortas the hippie]

9. Who?

Could they possibly get to replace him?
I wrack my brain, and can't come up with a single name, that meets even the loosest criteria...even discounting the Crazy-Feature.lol.
As I've said, R's are Fracturing....the '68 analogy is apt.
Taking this as given, we should take the opportunity to shore up our own Policy/Philosophy. Get out yer napkins, a la Weyrich, Phillips and Viggurie(sp-2)...
Construct a Narrative, now. Theirs is finally eating itself; it can no longer avoid it's Absurdity.

[coalition_unwilling]

14. Palin is ready to accept the call - n/t

[amfortas the hippie]

17. nah

she'd only have a fraction of the needed support...which is their big problem.
Existential/Ontological Crisis

[sadbear]

10. If Romney had to drop out

no republican could win (the presidency) in November. So yes, delusional, in so many ways.

[Nevernose]

12. Those two things aren't mutually exclusive

I.e., Paulbots can be both delusional AND ahead of e curve. It takes a special kind of crazy to follow Ron Paul as of he were some kind of gun-toting, tax hating Mesiah, but many of these people are far from stupid. Just nuts.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

15. I Have A Friend Who's A Paulbot

And he insists that if Ronnie gets the nomination, he'll wipe the floor with Obama. He doesn't believe me when I tell him that Ronnie won't have a chance because he'll scare off the religous wacko vote. Once they find out he doesn't oppose abortion, they'll stay home on election day and the Republicans will lose a huge portion of their base. If the Republicans lose the religious wacko vote, they can't win.

[sadbear]

16. Ron Paul does oppose abortion

And he believes that the universe is only 6000 years old. At least that's what he's said in public.

[ChoppinBroccoli]

19. What Happened To That Whole, "Libertarians Want To Keep The Gubmint Outta Yer Bizness" Stuff?

I could have sworn I heard Ron Paul claim that he was against a government ban on abortions (and I think on Gay Marriage too) because the government should stay out of your "bidness."

[abolugi]

23. Libertarians Want To Keep The Gubmint in Yer Lady Bizness"

Fixed it for ya!

[n2doc]

21. These paultians are so deluded

Somehow their super candidate NEVER wins primaries, can only get delegates through convention shenanigans, and yet he would mysteriously suddenly become LBJ 1964 if only he were the nominee!

[99Forever]

18. "Truth is Dr. Ron Paul is one 'Romney scandal' away from the GOP nomination and certain presidency."

Now that's some funny stuff!

[Poll_Blind]

20. Tea Party Caucus = 66 members. Congressional Progressive Caucus = 76 members. If the question is...

...whether or not Rmoney's removal from the race would lead to a Ron Paul nomination, I think the answer is "unlikely".

If the question is "Are the Paulbots delusional?", I think the answer (politically) is "It doesn't matter. They still vote."

If the question is "Are they ahead of the curve?" I think the answer is unquestionably "Yes." or at least insofar as their proven effectiveness as a political movement, as vetted through voting.

As someone pointed out upthread, these things aren't mutually exclusive. It's quite possible to have people who at the same time are unlikely to win the GOP nomination, ARE delusional, but are still ahead of the curve. It's a freakishly effective movement, for the time being.

PB