In Iowa, Republican candidates for President are eating their own kids. Besides attacking each other, they’re ganging up on Ron Paul because he’s the front runner. They’ve called him zany, not a “decent” American, “to the left of Obama on the wars,” and racist. Hell, I’m surprised one of them hasn’t accused him of kidnapping the Lindbergh baby!
Dr. Paul is much more mature than I am – but if I were he, I’d probably say this:
“OK, listen up suckers. You’d better start focusing on President Obama’s failed policies and present your own creative solutions – or it’s going to get real grim around here.
If I don’t get the nomination, I may well just start my own third party and it won’t be a Donald Trump joke. Ross Perot got about 20% of the vote in 1992 when things in this country were a lot better.
I might win and I might not. But today people are angry enough to give a third party 30- maybe 35% of the votes that might have gone to you. Obama may win anyway – but you’ve got NO CHANCE if I walk with tens of millions of voters.”
And here’s a political reality Republicans forget: No one cares about gay marriage, abortion rights, nor even the wars – when he’s standing in an unemployment line waiting for a bank to foreclose on his house.