[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for Pro-Life social conservatives.

• Ron Paul introduced the Sanctity of Life Act of 2005, recognizing the Personhood of every unborn baby and removing Abortion from the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
• Ron Paul is rated ZERO percent by the National Abortion Rights Action League.
• Ron Paul is an original co-sponsor of the Marriage Protection Act.
• Ron Paul voted to ban Homosexual adoption in Washington DC.

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for Tax-Cutting fiscal conservatives.

• Ron Paul is ranked by Human Events as the biggest Tax Cutter in all of Congress. Paul Named #1 Tax Cutter in Congress: “(Paul) is a co-sponsor… of a constitutional amendment to repeal the 16th amendment and end income, gift, and estate taxes. Regularly pushes for tax cuts. Sponsor of bills to allow tax credits for private school tuition, to permit tax deduction of college tuition, and to stop all taxation of Social Security benefits. Opposes all unconstitutional spending programs.”
• Ron Paul has ranked in the 99th percentile of the National Taxpayer Union ratings every year he has been in Congress -- thus standing head and shoulders above his big government Republican rivals like gun-grabber John McCain, transvestite Rudy Giuliani, "Amnesty Sam" Brownback, Mike "Bill Clinton embodies the American Dream" Huckabee, and Pork-Barrel King Duncan Hunter.

RON PAUL is the ONLY 100% Anti-Terrorist candidate.

• The ruling government of Iraq is dominated by the psychopathic gang of murderers known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI) and the Islamic Al Dawa Party, who are the very same Islamic Terrorist Parties which bombed the US & French Embassies in Kuwait, and murdered 241 United States Marines in Beirut in 1983. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, of the Al Dawa Party, was the Bureau Chief of the Al Dawa Party's terrorist "Jihad Office" in Damascus in the 1980s and was thus heavily responsible for Al Dawa operations in Beirut, while parliament member Jamal Jafaar Mohammed of his ruling coalition is one of the "Kuwait 17", still under a Kuwaiti death sentence (in absentia) for his direct involvement in the vicious attack on the US Embassy in Kuwait! Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate calling for an immediate END to all Military and Financial support for the criminal Islamic Terrorist thug-regime of Iraq.

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for National Defense and Foreign Affairs.

• Ron Paul voted for the National Missile Defense Act. (source)
• Ron Paul is one of only two co-sponsors of H. Res. 123, for the establishment of a Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs to "conduct a full investigation of all unresolved matters relating to any United States personnel unaccounted for from the Vietnam era, the Korean conflict, World War II, Cold War Missions, or Gulf War, including MIA's and POW's." (POW-MIA InterNetwork)
• Ron Paul supports a strengthened Coast Guard and increased port security, and increased benefits for veterans.
• Ron Paul advocates United States withdrawal from the United Nations and withdrawal from the World Trade Organization. Says Ron Paul: "We don’t need CAFTA or any other international agreement to reap the economic benefits promised by CAFTA supporters, we only need to change our own harmful economic and tax policies. Let the rest of the world hurt their citizens with tariffs; if we simply reduce tariffs and taxes at home, we will attract capital and see our economy flourish." (source).
• "Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country." --U.S. President Ronald Reagan

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for the Bill of Rights.

• "Congress Unanimously Supports Paul Amendment to Protect Civil Liberties"
• Ron Paul is one of only five Congressmen to have an A+ Rating from the Gun Owners of America.
• Ron Paul Denounces National ID Card.

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate on Illegal Immigration.

• Ron Paul voted for the Secure Fence Act of 2006. “Amnesty for lawbreakers is not the answer, and it’s time to rethink birthright citizenship,” Paul added. ("Paul Votes for Stronger Border Security")
• Ron Paul is a co-sponsor of HR 487, which "expresses the sense of Congress that the United States should not engage in the construction of a NAFTA superhighway or enter into any plans to create a North American Union between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico."
• "We need to allocate far more resources, both in terms of money and manpower, to securing our borders and coastlines here at home. This is the most critical task before us, both in terms of immigration problems and the threat of foreign terrorists. Unless and until we secure our borders, illegal immigration and the problems associated with it will only increase." – Ron Paul (source)

RON PAUL is the ONLY socially-conservative Candidate defending the independence of the Christian Church against Federal "Faith-Based Socialism".

• "Government funding of religious organizations will transform them into adjuncts of the federal welfare state, more concerned about obeying federal rules and regulations than fulfilling the obligations of their faith." – Ron Paul (source). Every other so-called "social conservative" candidate actually FAVORS this underhanded Orwellian Federal assault on the Freedom of the Christian Church.

"I got to know President Reagan in 1976 when, as a freshman congressman, I was one of only four members of that body to endorse then-Governor Reagan’s primary challenge to President Gerald Ford. I had the privilege of serving as the leader of President Reagan’s Texas delegation at the Republican convention of 1976, where Ronald Reagan almost defeated an incumbent president for his party’s nomination. I was one of the millions attracted to Ronald Reagan by his strong support for limited government and the free-market. I felt affinity for a politician who based his conservative philosophy on '...a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom.' I wish more of today’s conservative leaders based their philosophy on a desire for less government and more freedom." – Ron Paul, Remembering Ronald Reagan

In 2008, I'm voting for the REAGAN REPUBLICAN. I'm voting for former Vietnam Combat Flight Surgeon, and Leader of Ronald Reagan's Electoral Delegation from Texas: In 2008, I'm Voting for RON PAUL!

"The greatest champion of conservative principles we have seen in Congress in the past quarter century."
(David T. Pyne, Esq., Vice President of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies)

[OrthodoxPresbyterian]

Post-Debate Analysis, courtesy of OP.

[bert]

He is probably unelectable.

[Just mythoughts]

Nation building???? Seems to me what Iraq today is terrorist hunting ground central, and who we are fighting are those sent in from the area neighbors, say like Iran and Syria.

Mr. Paul seems to not be aware that the enemy of this planet meaning US prefers to use living breathing children as their choice method of slaughter in their uncivilized quest to wipe US out. To ignore this does call into question what ‘sanctity of life’ really means.

I heard nothing out of Mr. Paul in how he would prevent that uncivilized warfare from becoming as common on my local nightly news as the drive-by’s, and gang-bangers have already made so many of our inner cities.

[billybudd]

Ron Paul: the Ralph Nader of the Right.

[Chi-townChief]

I voted for Paul for prez in ‘88 but I won’t make that mistake again. He blew it by lining up with the rats against the War on Terror and probably would domestically as well, given half a chance.

[GrandEagle]

I could easily vote Ron Paul.
I doubt if he will make it far in the primaries just because he doesn't present himself very well.
IF he ever made it to the nomination, I believe he could easily defeat the Dems.

[Egon]

Ron Paul is right on the majority of his positions— with the notable exception of foreign policy. On that, he is fatally wrong.

That said, if he gets the nomination, I will vote for him.

If Guliani gets the nomination, I will not be casting a vote for President.

In the meantime, I’ll be putting my time and energy toward the other candidate the agrees with the vast majority of Paul’s positions, and is correct on foreign policy: Fred Thompson.

[ArkansasBushfan]

If Ron Paul is the Republican candidate for President I will not vote.

[Jeremydmccann]

Ron Paul clearly stood out last night as the only candidate, the only candidate in decades I might ad, who actually believs in America, her sovereignty and her Constitution. What a disgrace listening to all the other candidates and their un-constitutional plans. I don’t understand how anyone can vote for someone who promises to lack total fidelity to the constitution even before taking office. By the Grace of God, Paul will be the next President of the US and change this pro-sodomite, pro-abort, unconstitutional government around. Thereby changing peoples minds, hearts, souls and placing the country back under the protection of Christ.

[LonePalm]

No! No! No!

Social issues are NOT more important than the war on terror and Iraq is the central front in the war on terror.

Failing to understand this is an automatic disqualifier for POTUS.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

[WhiteGuy]

Thanks for the ping,

Bump for real American Values

[TheKidster]

Very good post! In all the Fred T. excitement I forgot about how well Ron Paul’s views mesh with mine.
Thanks for the reminder!

[A.Hun]

Sorry, my dog has a better chance of being elected.

[basil]

I didn’t read past the title—IMHO—there are NO issues more important than Iraq.

[bikerMD]

I'm Voting for RU PAUL too!!

[NordP]

Since were concerned with what's REALLY IMPORTANT...

All the Conservative issues in the World aren't going to make a bit of difference if we aren't here.

I'd say that was IMPORTANT.

[TheZMan]

Wow. While I appreciate your efforts and respect your interest in a specific candidate, truly, the arguments made here are just barely outside the realm of strawmen.

You pick the hotbutton topics of the day that RP is conservative on and use the argument that they are “more important than” Iraq. Yes, I’ll agree with that sentiment. Securing the borders and stopping gun control are more important than Iraq.

But beyond that your arguments fail horribly. Conservatives in this country will NEVER elect a man willing to stand up in front of the country in a primary debate and use a liberal talking point to answer questions about the Iraq war. “False pretenses”, “lies”, “never should have in the first place”, blah blah blah. The man screwed himself by carrying that talking point.

By your own argument there are more important things than Iraq and we should leave. Do you honestly think we’re going to buy that pulling out of Iraq now and leaving it to become the next hotbed is the smartest move?

Why can’t I expect to elect a president that can handle more than 1 thing at a time? Why can’t I expect to elect a man who will continue to flush out and kill terrorists WHILE closing the border and stopping the gun grabbers? Why can’t I expect to elect a man that doesn’t come across as a shrill leftist in a debate, that doesn’t get support in a MSNBC poll, that doesn’t use dem playbook talking points?

Again, while I respect your efforts and your decision making; attempting to sway support here at FR to a man that just made himself essentially unelectable by conservatives is pretty shortsighted and shows you also lack the understanding of the world we now live in to make an educated appointment come election day.

Also remember that Rudy was the dem favorite for the GOP nomination because he’s a half liberal. If I had to take a guess at why Ron Paul became the most liked candidate on the MSNBC polls his supporters so willfully reference when declaring their support it’s because by his answers to the war in Iraq he proved himself to be a bigger loony than Rudy and as such more favorable to the “surrender now, get our asses kicked later” crowd. It’s sickening in it’s lack of insight.

[commonguymd]

I tried to like what he had to say, and some things he was dead on but appeasing the DU crowd and Matthews with the Scooter issue was appalling.

[CMAC51]

Why these issues are not as important as Iraq (war against islamic jihad):

ABORTION: Sharia law will outlaw abortion with the death penalty as the ultimate control.

ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: Not an issue, Muslims may come and go as they please, all others will be tightly controlled.

GUN CONTROL: No problem, Muslims may possess as many guns as they wish. Anyone else with a gun will be killed.

COMMUNISM: Communism does not exist in Muslim countries. In fact no real economic system beyond blatant corruption is recognizable in Muslim countries. Materialism is contrary to fanatical Islam so don’t worry about it. Everybody but the leaders will be dirt poor. If you don’t like it there is always the death penalty.

We can surrender and run from Iraq. It won’t stop anything. They Will Keep Coming!

[Hop A Long Cassidy]

All of these issues are critical, but there’s no more important issue than ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

Once another amnesty goes through, there’s no looking back: there will never be a GOP win at the ballot box (in any way a conservative sense). After the next amnesty, forget: abortion, taxes, free trade, economic freedom. There will only be socialism from here to eternity. Ron Paul gets this issue correct.

Bush and his Neo-Cons failed the post-VietNam “2 year rule” (the public can only take overseas wars for 2 years). Now, by not partitioning nor putting in a dictator, our current strategy is going to let the Democrats negotiate the withdrawal from Iraq. The current policy is stuck on “stupid” and has past the voter’s patience.

[Capitalism2003]

Paul is the only one who truly intends to get rid of the I.R.S., and to get us out of Vietnam #2.

I know he comes off as a bit extreme...but fellow Freepers...when you get an extra 20 minutes, I highly recommend you skim the text below. Ron delivered this speech on the House floor last year. If you still disagree with him after reading his full opinion, so be it...You definately have my respect because you will be fully informed on where he stands (unlike most here):

Neoconned

[RatsDawg]

Ron Paul is endorsed by many big names in the Libertarian Party, big names like Michael Badnirik the 2004 Libertarian candidate for president. He should be running as a Libertarian.

[longtermmemmory]

I guess ron paul broker through that 1% barrier.

His people were calling c-span this am.

The “debate” changed nothing for Ron Paul.

[jmc813]

OP, for what it’s worth, I checked today’s early trading on Intrade.com. Other than Rudy’s stock tanking, and Romney’s surging almost equally, the only other candidate who has changed was Paul, whose value rose. Being that Intrade is a futures market, and people actually have money on the line, I take them as a better indicator of who did well in the debates as opposed to traditional polling.

[GunRunner]

Ron Paul used to be my rep. He's a great libertarian firebrand occasionally. But I saw him a few years ago on one of the cable shows, and he was lamenting the fact that so many Palestinians had been killed during the Intifada. I saw no reason to pay attention to him after that.

Its one thing to be a little off on the Iraq war, but a comment like that shows a fundamental ignorance of the real problems in the Middle East.

[JFC]

This TEXAN will NOT vote for Ron Paul.

[traviskicks]

thanks for your efforts, keep up the good work.

[RightWhale]

None of them will even venture an answer on the 1967 UN Outer Space Treaty. Also, none have an opinion on Federal easements that cross private property. Seems strange that they all make appropriate sounds about private industry and ignore that the private sector is frozen out of outer space mining. Also seems strange that none appear to have a concept of private property, allodial or statutory. Makes it tough to choose, but the Ds are even worse.

[StoneColdTaxHater]

Ron gets my vote!

[TKDietz]

This guy has no chance of becoming the Republican candidate. He won’t come even close to winning the primaries. If by some miracle he did end up winning the primaries, I’d vote for him, and I think he’d win. He’d pull most Independents. Most Republicans would vote for him just because he’d be the Republican candidate, and he’d pull an awful lot of libertarian leaning Democrats too. He’d probably win by a wide margin. He’s unelectable though because there is no chance whatsoever he’ll win the Republican primaries.

[deaconjim]

Regardless of where he stands on any of the issues, he has proven that he is willing to cut and run, so I don’t trust him to be President, and I never will.

[HoustonTech]

Ron Paul a Reagan Republican? Ron Paul bolted from the Republican party why Ronald Reagan was President. Reagan would support the WOT. Ron Paul is as nutty as moveon.org when it comes that that.

[McCloud-Strife]

We fight Terrorists over there with soldiers or we fight them here with cops and firemen. It's that simple. I don't want more money to spend and smaller government if I have to be dead or my wife in a burka to get it.
I will NOT under any circumstances vote for any person who does not want to fight terrorism. Global Warming, Big Government, Healthcare, Immigration, Abortion. Those are luxuries we can afford to wait on.
Terrorism will not wait, it will not stop, it will not be bargained with, it will not be bribed or ignored.You have to fight them on their turf, and in terms even a blood thirsty savage with a 2nd grade education understands.
This guy does not get it, he will not get my vote and frankly anyone supporting this moron is wasting our time. Frankly the lot of you Paul supporters sound little better than a Buchananite who thinks building a mote around America is going to stop terrorism
As a fellow Airman I am disgusted by the batch of Air Force men who go to Washington in recent history. They apparently do not know how to fight.

You want to protect life?

STOP THIS!

[MEGoody]

Ron Paul is Libertarian, correct? What is his stance on legalizing drugs?

[DesScorp]

This is pure crap. Ron Paul isn’t a Reagan Conservative by any stretch of the imagination. He’s a damn Libertarian. There is a HUGE difference.

[Verax]

Fox News BLACKOUT ?

Whether you support Ron Paul or not you need to drop them an email or phone call on this. Martha MacCallum just covered the debates with a segment by asking the question, "Who Stood Out?"

When a candidate like Ron Paul wins the MSNBC poll following the debate...THATS BIG NEWS!

She didn't even mention it. Only mentioned Rudy, Romney and McCain.

TO CALL FOX NEWS CHANNEL:

1-888-369-4762

TO E-MAIL GENERAL COMMENTS:
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[BlueNgold]

hee hee...
Oh, you’re actually serious aren’t you?

Oops sorry.
Seriously - I’m laughing with you, not at you...

[KentuckyWoman]

I actually told Congressman Tancredo last year that he and Ron Paul would be my personal ‘dream ticket’ for pres. and vice-pres. and I didn’t really care in which order. It kinda tickled him but, at that time, he wasn’t really considered running himself. With that being said I must, however, admit that I really favor Ron Paul as, as much as I like and admire Tom, Ron Paul bases ALL his judgements on what is allowed Constitutionally as it was originally inteneded. It simply can’t get any better than that to me and he’s got my undying support as long as he stays in this race.

[fish hawk]

Only thing is he has a dirty name..Libertarian. Who wants one of those in the White House?

[The_Eaglet]

Paul won the poll on WorldNetDaily based on the question of who won last night's debate. (link).

[Chena]

Anyone who still doesn’t understand the importance of our success in Iraq and the WOT doesn’t deserve to be President, IMHO. Ron Paul isn’t even on my list of considerations.

[Paperdoll]

I fear nothing is more important right now than funding our troops so they can complete their mission in Iraq. They must continue to do what they’ve been doing to get Iraq back on it’s feet and able to take care of itself.
And then, and perhaps simultaneously, we have Iran to contend with. If we don’t do something about that soon, we stand a good chance of having the war move onto our soil. Reality can out wait stupidity, unfortunately. And the reality is there is a war raging between Good and Evil. With prayer, and by staying awake, and remaining ready, we may be able to survive.

[Republican Wildcat]

How anyone with any amount of sense could vote for this man is beyond me. After watching that speech on the floor of the House he gave stating we went to war with Iraq because the people over there were “different from us” that was the end of any respect I had for the man. He’s nuts.

[RichInOC]

Ron Paul and his supporters might not think Iraq is an important issue in this election, but I do. And on that issue, they’re on the wrong side. On that issue, I’m sorry to say, they’re objectively no better than Chuck Hagel and the Democrats. And I’m not voting for any of them, either. Sorry, guys. You have made your choice, and I have made mine.

[LibertarianInExile]

Phenomenal post. I found RP less than telegenic, unfortunately—but his answers were 100% dead on. If he manages to scrape together a better showing in the next debates, he’ll have a following nationally, I think. The only question in my mind is whether Iowa can be convinced. If both Iowa and NH have him even second or third, on his shoestring budget, there will be hell to pay in the national media (just as there was when Buchanan did so well in NH). They will cover him like a blanket.

[humblegunner]

RON PAUL is the RIGHT Candidate for Pro-Life social conservatives.

I thought Ron Paul was that cross-dressing black guy?

[Capitalism2003]

You know..I never actually read the first post in this thread until just now...and I gotta say, great job.

[soccermom]

Uhhhhhhh....only one minor problem with this argument: Nothing is more important to this country than winning the war in Iraq.