Ron Paul running as a third party candidate will hurt Republicans like Ross Perot did in 92

You say that Republicans and Democrats "couldn't be more different" on these issues. The truth is, if they were more similar, they would be literally the same: taxes: They both support the unconstitutional income tax. They both support taxation in principle, which is theft. national security: They both believe, as you do, in Rooseveltian liberalism; i.e. world policing, which undermines our national security. Both want to keep troops in 160 countries and rob the U.S. taxpayer to pay for the defense of Japan, Israel, South Korea, Europe, etc. spending: They both run up huge deficits, funded by the printing of more fiat money. Historically, government has grown slower when Democrats have been in office. The only "difference" I see, looking from Clinton to Bush on this issue, or Carter to Reagan, is that Republicans spend MORE than Democrats, run up bigger deficits, and cause more inflation of the money supply. If anything, this issue is a cause to vote for a Democrat. corruption and influence peddling: Come on! Do I really have to respond to this? Duke Cunnignham. Tom DeLay. For every corrupt Democrat you could name, some liberal activist could name a corrupt Republican. There is no difference here, and if you think there is, you are a blind partisan. morality: Both parties are entirely immoral. You know all about the Dems, but just look above to see a few Republican names. Let me add in Larry Craig and the various other closeted homosexuals who rally against gay equality while soliciting bathroom sex in public. The deficit spending the Republicans love is immoral to the core. life: Abortion? There is no difference between the Democrats and Republicans -- they both think abortion should be decided by the federal government, not the states (as the Constitution says it should). Furthermore, neither party is really against abortion. They use it as a political prop. Congress determines the jurisdiction of the federal courts, and Ron Paul has a bill that would strip federal jurisdiction on abortion, but none of your "abortion is murder!" representatives are interested. liberty: Give me a break. The Democrats want to enact social democracy and take away economic liberties, and the Republicans want to enact / have enacted a police state, through Executive dominance and things like the Patriot Act. But the Republicans also hate economic liberty, which is why they love printing fiat money so much. solarman says I'm a communist because I believe in radical change. That is classic. The Founding Fathers, in his view, were all communists. They wanted radical change enough to take up arms. I want to restore THEIR country, but I'm willing to take the moderate approach of voting for the candidate who reflects my views. And no, I will not vote for the Whigs or the Democrats; I will not vote for slavery. I will only vote for Free Soil, and I will only vote for Ron Paul. The impact my doing so will have on the election is zero. If Dr. Paul does run independently, the impact of millions others like me doing the same may hurt one of the two major-party candidates, but I don't care. The question was "will Ron Paul running hurt the Republicans like in '92" and the answer is NO. The vast majority of people who support Ron Paul would never vote for Romney, Giuliani, McCain, or Huckabee, etc. The Republican Party does not own my vote, that's for sure.