Here are some excerpts of posts on a Ron Paul blog showing why so many people think so many of the Ron Paul people are unhinged nutjobs…which some clearly are.
“Those commie Thugs are determined on destroying the Republican party,” writes one wingnut. “GOP Chairman State Senator Bob Beers who is also a McCain THUG was also an accomplice in the destruction of the NEVADA Republican party.”
Whoever this grammar-challenged jerk is clearly has no idea what he’s talking about. Bob Beers has been a staunch GOP party loyalist for more than a dozen years, serving as a volunteer Treasurer for the party and navigating it out of a huge FEC mess in the mid-90s. And unlike all too many other elected Republicans, Beers has continued to support the party and attend its events.
Here’s another thoughtful post from the same blog:
“On April 27th, 2008 e_goldstein says:
Supplies for future conventions should include
1. buckets of tar
2. large, thick bristled paint brushes
3. feather pillows.”
My. How original. How thoughtful. Didn’t you just split a gut reading that one?
Here’s another from some idiot apparently from Ohio…
“So Reich deputy Beers belittles the biggest group of the Republican , being the Paul delegation and allies, and calls for an illegal recess since he is a McCrap supporter and his side was getting their tail kicked. . . . I have no faith that the Neo-Cons will seat our delegation at the convention. The Reich deputy will bus in every Neo-Con he knows, get them elected and then the Neo-Con national convention will seat their fellow Neo-Cons.”
“Reich deputy”? “McCrap”? “Neo-con”? And these people wonder why no one takes them seriously?
Another Einstein wrote…
“Tonight We Fight. THIS IS Spaaaaarrrtttaaaaaaaaaaaaaa !!!”
No, this is more like SponnngeBobbbbbb SquaaaaarrrrrrePaaaaaannnnnnttttttssss!!!!
On a different blog, another English major wackadoo going by the moniker “quiltingsando” scribbles, “This is Criminal behavior, Beers an the others should be arrested. Peace.”
Now, the unfortunate thing about all this is that many TRUE Ron Paul/limited-government supporters (like myself) are being tarnished by nitwits like the ones noted above. These bozos have no idea what Bob Beers’ voting record or philosophy is or what he’s done for the party over many, many years. And yet they’re now urging people to donate to his DEMOCRAT opponent. Talk about stuck on stupid.
These people give Ron Paul a bad name. They give his libertarian-leaning philosophy a bad name. And they give insane people a bad name.
Posted on April 28th, 2008 by Chuck Muth
Filed under: Nevada
This is a bummer to read
Chuck - I already wrote this elsewhere, but you are correct that Chairwoman Lowden and Senator Beers are indeed being tarred unfairly. As an elected official, he is as good as it gets.
But in defense of those of us who are not wacky or grammar challenged, the conclusion of the convention was quite extraordinary, even as crazy conventions go. And pulling out the looniest of the loons, who probably are only going on third-hand info, isn’t exactly representative of all the fine people I’ve met during this campaign, and who I will be proud to be associated with as friends and Republicans in the future.
Brian Kominsky
Southern Nevada Coordinator
Ron Paul 2008
Brian, as someone who has served side-by-side with Sen. Beers for many years in the GOP, and as someone who crossed picket lines in defense of Chairwoman Lowden when the Culinary Union pulled every dirty trick in the book to oust her as a state senator, I appreciate your official acknowledgement of their character and bona fides.
I will only add this: I can’t remember a state convention EVER finishing its business on time and by the hotel’s deadline. In the past, however, it was the platform which was always the last item being dealt with and quick deals were struck to adopt “something” which rarely ever pleased everybody. What was different this year was that the delegate selection process was the last order of business instead of the platform.
Anyway, thanks for being one of the rational voices in support of Ron Paul. And you are correct, most of the Ron Paul supporters are good people. It’s the few bad apples who are spoiling the whole bunch.