Supporting Ron Paul is a fad and considered "cool" by college students.

My apologies if I sounded sarcastic and condescending. When I suggesting that you might enjoy a Ron Paul rally, I was merely trying to inject some light-hearted humor into the conversation, but I forgot that I am bad at those types of jokes and that they often get lost in text fourm. My bad. artC: "It's very respectable to run as a third party but everyone who understand the election system knows that the chances of a third party candidate being elected are slim if not nonexistent." Reply: But your point was that peopole will quit caring about Ron Paul after he loses because it won't be cool anymore, but you are wrong because if Ron Paul does lose the primaries, people will still care and want him to run. Me: "Loving Ron Paul is a gimmick? How is it any more of a gimmick then "Vote for this guy because he has values?" Values is just a buzz word to get Christians excited. Last time I checked, not to many Ron Paul supporters were hippies, although some are." ArtC: You are completely missing my point. Reply: If you are going to call the "love" in revolution a gimmick, then by your definitions, any political bannar or logo is a "gimmick." Obama having an American flag in his O is a gimmick. Isn't that exploiting the jingonistic tendencies of American voters? Me: "No, when Mitt Romney says he wants to make strong families, that is a feeling issue because there is no way for the government to force you to be a closer family. But people have strong emotions about families and morality, so to be pro-family sounds good, but when you prod it, it says nothing. Are you pro-family? It's like saying, "Do you support the troops?" or "Do you support the people of Iowa?" Well, I don't know anyone from Iowa, but these whole campaigns are ran basically on mindless slogans like that." You: Again, completely missing my point. Reply: No, because I was distinguishing how issues Ron Paul brings up in debates are not just mindless slogans like other candidates. There is actually some thought that has to go into processing what Ron Paul is saying. So I don't "feel" these issues are important, I know they are by reasoning. You: "I am a Barack Obama supporter and I could give you a long list of why. I have put a lot of money into his campaign and volunteer through the grassroots committee. I actually like Joe Biden and Dennis Kucinich better but I'm realistic and choose to back a candidate who has a real shot at winning. I think it's silly for people to back Ron Paul, not only because he wont win," Reply: The lesser of two evils is still evil. And the enemy of my enemy is not my friend. Barry Goldwater didn't really have a chance to beat Lyndon Johnson, but he did plant the seeds for a conservative movement that came full swing with Regean, and has since, at least in my opinion, died-off. I think if Ron Paul can cause some comotion in the primaries, he could do something similar. Plus, you can never be sure who is going to win. Jimmy Carter came out of no where in the primaries to be president. And to say you arn't going to vote for a candidate is circular reasoning implemented by the establishment media who serve as the gate keepers of our society. We aren't going to vote for this candidate because he won't win, and he won't win because we won't vote for him. He is an A B'er because he B's A. Even if Ron Paul does lose this battle, the war of ideas will go on forever. artc: "but because in my opinion he is actually bad for this country and the world. He's against the war and that's great, he wants gold backing our money, and that's good. BUT he wants to denationalize schools! No thanks." Reply: I would say this is his best quality, but that is another debate. artc: "I would also never ever vote for someone who wants to keep people searching for a better life out of this country and then spend MY tax dollars to send them back to our neighbor country that we do nothing to help." Reply: He isn't against immigration per se, just that our welfare state serves as a magnate for immigrants, which strains our system. Unlimited unqualified immigration and a massive welfare state can not co-exist, it is just a constrain of reality. artc: I could say so much more but it doesn't matter because I respect your choice to vote for whomever you see fit for the presidency. Reply: Same here. Good luck to you, well done.