Comments on: Ron Paul: The Internet's favorite candidate

The libertarian-leaning Republican may not receive as much media coverage as better-known presidential candidates, but he enjoys a commanding lead on the Internet.

[kakodes_too]

Ron Paul's popularity

He's the most searched for because no one knows who he is.

[Solaris_User]

Ron Paul is going to win Iowa and New Hampshire.

Then what will you haters say.. if he really does have support, and is not so "long shot" anymore.. would you vote for him?

If you want someone that can beat Hillary, Paul is your guy.. he makes HER the pro-war candidate.

[Solaris_User]

Not to change your mind.

Where do you get this? Paul has never said anything that is even remotely close to a truther. Sure he went on Alex Jones a few times, big deal.. It's not like Rush Limbaugh is inviting him for a interview. He also told some student that there may have been some CYA going on in the white house with regards to 9/11, and he would be in favor of investigating that. We already KNOW Sandy Burger took documents regarding 9/11 out of the archives.

I think you get this from Michael Medved, that guy is scared **** less that Paul will win, and Israel will be left to fend for it self. He cuts him down every day.. I'm starting to think he's a Zionist because he's WAY harsher on Pail than anyone else that I've ever heard. He just senselessly attacks the man.

I don't expect you to change your mind but be aware that the "kook" stigma is just used against Paul politically, it's not actually true.

[Jim Satterfield]

A Generous Description

I'm sorry but that's an extremely generous description of Ron Paul supporters. I prefer delusional ideological whackos who don't look at the entire spectrum and history of his viewpoints.

[Solaris_User]

Entire spectrum

It's you who is failing to look at the entire spectrum.

Paul is a "delusional ideological whacko", His policy is practically right up the Republican main stream road except to his stance on the war.

If your looking at the "entire spectrum" why are you supporting gun banning, pro gay rights, pro abortion, non christian, pro immigration, RINO's like the Rudy McRomney trio?

In my eyes there are two real Republicans on stage. Ron Paul and Tom Tancredo.

[Jim Satterfield]

Not a Chance

Even if Ron Paul did make it into the general election he'd lose to any Democratic candidate. Why? Because the majority of the general electorate doesn't want Social Security eliminated. They don't want the elimination of the EPA, OSHA and every other regulatory agency in the government. Unlike Dr. Paul they know what their lives are like on a daily basis and the insecurity that being on the lower rungs of the American economic ladder bring to them. And they also know that there is nothing inherently evil in the concept of a social safety net. Unlike Dr. Paul and his supporters.

[Solaris_User]

Your a Democrat who is scared.

Ha. you KNOW he can beat Hillary. If Hillary becomes the pro-war candidate and has to defend the war, shes toast, her base will go to Paul.

What's left for her.. Health care and abortion.. against a OBGYN??

[jeroneanderson]

great candidate....

I don't generally like republican or democratic candidates but Ron Paul seems like the best choice we have at the moment. He has plenty of views I do not share but his singularly consistent vision about 911 and its failure to relate to Iraq and Iran. His opposition to our involvement in those countries shows he is the only candidate who seems to understand the issues which affect US foreign policy and how best to defend our country from terrorists. Now if only he would be pro choice and pro environment he would be about perfect.

[WuTangChan]

Thank you CNET

I believe part of the reason Ron Paul is still considered a long shot and an internet only candidate is because articles like this, especially among the major networks, are still incredibly hard to come by. OF COURSE a candidate is going to be struggling to reach 2% in any of the "major's" conducted polls: if their four page stories on the debates and other events only feature one unflattering sentence about Dr. Paul, yet yield an entire page for Mitt Romney's "zingers", what else can be expected?

So thanks again CNET! It would be nice to see more of these;)

[FindLiberty]

Keep the Internet free of (total) media manipulation and spin

Nice review CNET!

Either "Lame Stream Media" does not get it, or they are deliberately keeping the masses in the dark regarding Ron Paul's message and his popularity. (I think it's the later... see iHateRonPaul dot com)

The recent ABC Iowa Debate on-line "winner pole" shows Ron Paul at ~64%, while their on-line ABC Iowa Debate article states he is at ~2% (if one digs, you find it's an older telephone survey result).

This CNET article points to this as, "Popularity on the Internet" but it's really the absence of central planner / authoritarian spin control.

Go Truth Seeking CNET Techies.

Go Ron Paul, America's best, last hope!

[WayneLBurnham]

I support Paul too, but a few things off

I support Paul but have no problems with Fred - whichever seems able to capture the nom from the RINOs.

But, with all respects, inflation and unemployment are in excellent shape and, really, the whole analogy of leaving like Gorby is not true.

What is true is a massive war debt and 4,000 service women and men dead to attempt to civilize a benighted land we should have just crushed, beheaded and partitioned.

I will note endlessly neither Democrat nor Republican has noticed many of those deaths were from those who would have had their hands ripped and tied behind their backs by ticket writers and been humiliated and imprisoned if they had a handgun or even a beer in this enemy-of-the-youth country they died serving.

Let's just hope neither Hitlery nor Julie Annie ever, ever, ever gets their hands on the powers Bush amassed in the Patriot Act, even if he used little of them himself.

[batavier]

Keyword: "Libertarian"

That is the only word needed to explain his internet poplularity.

[hdjones]

Ron Paul is a litterbig and a threat to the environment!

I was at the mall the other day, I came out to see all the cars in the parking lot not with fliers tucked uder their windsheild wipers, but DVDs. DVDs in *full size* plastic cases, the kind you buy your movies in.

A) Expensive (your support dollars at work)
B) More of the landfill

I saw a good amount of these DVDs strewn across the parking lot, which means the natural resources that went in to making them are wasted, and they're going to take up more space in the giant garbage pile.

What a waste. I don't even know who this guy is, but that one act of watefulness alone is enough to make me not even want to find out.

[jambrell]

Litterbug? that's absurd

Maybe you should of wathed that DVD. You may have found that alot of his ideas and politcal philosphies are actually in your benefit. Paul is not the litterbug. Those idiots who threw them on the ground are. Every Presidential canidate uses natural resources in some way or another. Just look a Bush. He wastes our most important natural resource: HUMANS! And what about Obama? He recently said he isn't ruling out a NUCLEAR attack on Iran. War is innevetably in our future if it's Democrats or most Republicans. Most, but not all. Paul is against the war and future wars. Weak response hdjones.

[Cooltruth]

Happens every election. What else is new?

Fliers, buttons, DVDs, campaign info in all forms & from all candidates, it happens every election season... What else is new?

[gdg19]

Thank you Cnet!!

You guys are great! Ron Paul needs all the coverage he can get as the Main Stream Media for some reason is against the freedom message and the Constitution! So...wouldn't that mean they are for socialism, tyranny & communism? Ron Paul for President 2008!!

[tetsuyo]

There we go again

There you have it again with a Ron Paul supporter just skipping over the contentious issues and continuing on with the Ron Paul cheer. Ron Paul needs to face up to the important questions regarding his candidacy and any of his supporters not doing that is not helping him at all. The guy came in fifth in the Iowa straw poll and needs to articulate his ideas and policy positions much more clearly to America if he is to garner more support.

[Robert MacCargar]

The People Are The Internet

So if the internet is as big as everyone says and Ron Paul is the internet favorite.....then why does the "Mass Media" refuse to talk about him?....because they are owned by the Corporates and Ron Paul is not. Save our Great Nation and vote for Ron Paul.

[sammo93]

RP appeals to young voters--NOT me

I am NOT a young voter. Nor are my friends. I am near 70 but I very much understand that my government is going down the WRONG path due to violating our constitution. RPaul clearly understands this as no other candidate does.

I do not agree with everything he says. But I know my country will be safer, more free, and more prosperous if we return to strict adherence to the constitution.

Both Dems and Reps have taken away many freedoms, and perverted the rights of eminent domain, 1st amndment, 2nd amendment, and the 14th have been twisted out of shape. They claim the constitution is a "living" document. It is NOT. It is static and the only thing that will save this republic.