Ron Paul

[Joel S. Berson]

Victor, can you give us a similar list for his likely opponent in the
November election?

Joel

At 12/26/2011 03:14 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>There are several versions of epithets for Ron Paul's fervent supporters:
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>[Ron-]Paulistas, Ronulans, Paulians, Ronbots, Paulbots, Paulinists,
>Paulites, Paultards, Ron-Paulians, Paul[l]ination, Paulunteers,
>Paulaholics, Paulestinians, and, for the Paul-Palin ticket, Paulinistas
>
>There may be more, but I have not been following the matter so closely
>as to track all of them. Of course, "Paulinist" is repurposing of a much
>older word. Also note that not all of these are taken as mocking or
>derogatory (unlikes, say, "Mo-Rons") and have been adopted by the
>supporters themselves ( http://goo.gl/70lwe ).
>
>     VS-)
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