Challenge: Republicans nominate Ron Paul in 08

Caspian

Banned
Paul's just too far out of the regular GOP ranks - he couldn't be nominated. Even killing off the other candidates won't get him the nomination - some else would step in.
 
Little to no chance without something drastic happening. If he ran as a third party, say Libertarian, got endorsements from Nader and Ross Perot, he might be able to crack the 15% barrier to get on the debates. If he could win at least two debates and get up to 25%, he might have an outside chance of winning IF (A) Obama caught at a meeting of the Allied Muslim Communists AND (B) Mac Daddy dies and Palin discloses a lesbian affair with Condi Rice.

I would love to see that victory speech.

(Written in jest.)
 
A significant chunk of the young people who wanted "change" but didn't know what sort of change they wanted go for Paul and Obama is defeated.

The problem is getting there, since Paul only got 1 million votes in the GOP primaries out of (how many?) millions cast.

Perhaps he realizes that he ought to try to channel Pat Buchanan, not Michael Moore? Instead of discoursing about "our empire" and attacking US foreign policy from what sounds like the left, he instead does it from the right.

And a repudiation of the 9/11 Truthers, the sooner the better.
 
Okay fine, some sort of "Manchurian Candidite" scenario where Ron Paul uses his medical knowledge to brainwash several GOP bigwigs into backing him? :p
 
And a repudiation of the 9/11 Truthers, the sooner the better.

Those lunatics backed Ron Paul?

Anyways, it's almost impossible for Ron Paul to win the nomination. He is so against the GOP on Iraq, security policy (like the Patriot Act), and other social policies.
 

Nikephoros

Banned
Those lunatics backed Ron Paul?

Anyways, it's almost impossible for Ron Paul to win the nomination. He is so against the GOP on Iraq, security policy (like the Patriot Act), and other social policies.

He was to the left of Obama on many of those issues, so yes, no chance.
 
Those lunatics backed Ron Paul?

Anyways, it's almost impossible for Ron Paul to win the nomination. He is so against the GOP on Iraq, security policy (like the Patriot Act), and other social policies.

A lot of them (and other miscellaneous conspiracy theorists) threw in with Paul whether he liked it or not.

I was at a Paul rally and was standing next to some guy who discoursed on "Loose Change" and Bohemian Grove--supposedly it's where America's decadent power elite experiment with homosexual sex (because they've had so much heterosexual sex they want to try something new) and atrocious weird things like killing hookers with eagle's beaks.
 
He was to the left of Obama on many of those issues, so yes, no chance.

Maybe, maybe not.

In some Paul campaign discussions, we were talking about taking advantage of the divisions in the GOP. Paul was the only antiwar GOP candidate, while the other seven were prowar.

If there were enough divisions among Paul's rivals, he could take advantage of that. Giuliani could "noun, verb, 9/11" his way to dominance among the national-security crowd, Huckabee could dominate among the Religious Right (as he did in OTL), Thompson could grab a lot as the "Southern-fried Reagan" who was on Law and Order, etc.

That, unfortunately, did not happen. Thompson and Giuliani fizzled and Huckabee didn't get beyond his base in the South. In any event, Giuliani, being more socially liberal and more well-known than Paul, could have taken such Republican voters from Paul.

I wonder when Grimm will show up? He spent the GOP primary insisting Paul had no chance at all, was non-entity, etc. Although this ultimately came to pass, he gave no reasoning for it and there was a strong tone of gloating.
 

Xen

Banned
I seriously doubt even if Paul got the nomination he'd win the election, in fact it is very possible to see Obama pull a 1984 on the GOP, hell he may even sweep the nation, turning the whole damn thing blue. Why? Paul does not appeal to moderates, nor does he have the reputation of John McCain, and where he is going to be supported for his stance on most social issues, he was so far out of steps with American's on economical issues. The last thing people wanted to hear is the government will not interfere in the economy. It would have been like leading lambs to the slaughter.

Paul's message may have worked in 2000 when things were looking very good, but not so much since then. After 9-11 he is wa off on security to be elected in 04, and way off in the economy to be elected in 08.

His diehard supporters say otherwise, but looking at things objectively, it wouldnt look good for him.
 
AH commandos raid the GOP national convention and lace the water supply with mind altering drugs as a prank. With the unexpected nomination of Ron Paul after a visibly deranged John McCain talks about some Palin female as a suitable vice presidential choice...:p
 
AH commandos raid the GOP national convention and lace the water supply with mind altering drugs as a prank. With the unexpected nomination of Ron Paul after a visibly deranged John McCain talks about some Palin female as a suitable vice presidential choice...:p

When I first saw the mention of Palin, I thought you were suggesting a drugged McCain and Palin would start making out on the floor of the convention and THAT would cause him to lose the nomination.

Of course, "some Palin female" need not mean Sarah.

Bristol Palin? Juno for VP?
 
I seriously doubt even if Paul got the nomination he'd win the election, in fact it is very possible to see Obama pull a 1984 on the GOP, hell he may even sweep the nation, turning the whole damn thing blue. Why? Paul does not appeal to moderates, nor does he have the reputation of John McCain, and where he is going to be supported for his stance on most social issues, he was so far out of steps with American's on economical issues. The last thing people wanted to hear is the government will not interfere in the economy. It would have been like leading lambs to the slaughter.

Paul's message may have worked in 2000 when things were looking very good, but not so much since then. After 9-11 he is wa off on security to be elected in 04, and way off in the economy to be elected in 08.

His diehard supporters say otherwise, but looking at things objectively, it wouldnt look good for him.

That is a good point. If the subprime crisis breaks out per OTL, "lassieze faire" (sp?) doesn't look good.

Thing is, the bank bailout was a controversial decision, with a great deal of opposition from both the right and left. If Paul announces he opposes the bailout, he might get some support that way.
 
Grimm appears weaving back and forth slightly but in the general direction of the screen.

Multiple titanium-steel alloy razor sharp barbed oversized serving forks are protruding from each of his eyes.

I'm sorry, did someone suggest John McCain and Sarah Palin naked and having sex on national television in prime time?
 
I'm sorry, did someone suggest John McCain and Sarah Palin naked and having sex on national television in prime time?

"Well, that's what we do in Alaska, doncha know?"

BTW, I didn't say anything about sex, just making out.

Perhaps McCain can then have a duel with either Gov. Palin's husband or that Pakistani general who had a crush on her.
 
"Well, that's what we do in Alaska, doncha know?"

BTW, I didn't say anything about sex, just making out.

Perhaps McCain can then have a duel with either Gov. Palin's husband or that Pakistani general who had a crush on her.

Excuse me?! A Pakistani general had a crush on Gov. Palin?!
 
The OP just says nominate. Any chance of him getting a VP nod? Any scenario in which this happens?
 
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