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How Ron Paul Supporters Are Like Meerkats

TUESDAY JANUARY 8 2008 6:00 PM

Submitted by smithers_jones. Edited By Uncognitive.

TAGS: Ron Paul, meerkats, mob

When confronted by a predator, meerkats have been known to exhibit a mobbing behavior. A clan of meerkats will surround the hostile critter, hissing and spitting until the intruder is driven away.

Fox News Channel�s own Sean Hannity found out first hand that such behavior is not unique to the adorable little mongooses of the Kalahari. Hannity was chased through the snowy streets of New Hampshire by a group of Ron Paul supporters shouting clever slogans such as �You suck, Sean!� The mob was upset about Paul�s exclusion from Fox�s Jan. 6 Republican Candidate Forum and in a demonstration of their commitment to liberty, chased Hannity into a nearby hotel.

Ron Paul was a tremendous loser in the Iowa caucuses. Nine out of ten people voting in Republican caucuses rejected Paul, despite the fact that he has his very own campaign blimp. However, Paul�s supporters were quick to point out that Rudy �9-11� Giuliani, who does not have a campaign blimp, was an even bigger loser in Iowa, but was allowed to participate in the debate.

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thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

JAN 08, 2008 06:07 PM

And here I thought they were like lemmings. Whoops!

-TM

FearTheReaper

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

JAN 08, 2008 06:08 PM

You have nailed it smithers-jones.

SockPuppet

I'm lost

July 2006

JAN 08, 2008 06:10 PM

RP supporters should have worked out that exclusion from Fox would increase his credibility, since they are so clever. Ah well.

scylis

Seattle, WA

November 2004

JAN 08, 2008 06:12 PM

i smell a new Animal Planet hit: Ronpauloompa Manor.

Coyotemike

Kearney, NE

May 2006

JAN 08, 2008 06:19 PM

How can the RonPauloompas (to steal a name) fail to see that he is not going to win. Not as a Republican. Not as an independent. He is not going to win. It doesn't matter how many internet forums they hijack, it won't matter how many facts they ignore . . . He will not win. Not this year. Not in 4 years. Never.

He was 5th in Iowa. He is last in New Hampshire.

He.
Will.
Not.
Win.

SmellsLikeSciFi

Houston, TX

April 2004

JAN 08, 2008 06:22 PM

If you are a Ron Paul-o-phile, read THIS

Chainlink

Christmas Island

August 2005

JAN 08, 2008 06:25 PM

Meerkats are usually kinda cute though.

Ron Paul supporters, . . .

not so much really.

MrCrisp

Charleston, SC

August 2004

JAN 08, 2008 06:27 PM

i still think they're borg.

Nessuno

Washington, DC

May 2006

JAN 08, 2008 06:32 PM

SmellsLikeSciFi said:
Ron Paul-o-phile

That word makes me feel dirty... And not in any remotely good way.

thefreak

NEWSWIRE

Gardner, MA

JAN 08, 2008 06:34 PM

Meerkats, eh?

SPOILERS! (Click to view)

-TM

Jackie_Treehorn

Seattle, WA

June 2004

JAN 08, 2008 06:47 PM

You do meerkats a disservice, smithers.

In meerkats, non-breeding females are known to lactate to feed the brood of the dominant female. It's a group tax. Ronpauloompas (thank you thefreak, for getting that song in my head) would have no part in this.

MrCrisp

Charleston, SC

August 2004

JAN 08, 2008 07:07 PM

to be fair, hannity does suck.

wereduck

I'm lost

July 2007

JAN 08, 2008 07:09 PM

SmellsLikeSciFi said:
If you are a Ron Paul-o-phile, read THIS

I am particularly happy to have read this paragraph:

In other words, Paul's campaign wants to depict its candidate as a na�ve, absentee overseer, with minimal knowledge of what his underlings were doing on his behalf. This portrayal might be more believable if extremist views had cropped up in the newsletters only sporadically--or if the newsletters had just been published for a short time. But it is difficult to imagine how Paul could allow material consistently saturated in racism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, and conspiracy-mongering to be printed under his name for so long if he did not share these views. In that respect, whether or not Paul personally wrote the most offensive passages is almost beside the point. If he disagreed with what was being written under his name, you would think that at some point--over the course of decades--he would have done something about it.

I always thought that part of the "I had no idea what was written in my name" excuse was a little strange.