Posted on 09/01/2007 6:52:16 PM PDT by oblomov
ALIEN ATE DA VOTERS, Who would have thunk it.
Maybe Paul should be running for supremo leader of Mars.
You say that Ron Paul will cut whole departments.
You say that he is very much in the mold of Ronald Reagan.
How many departments did Ronald Reagan cut?
LOL
Paul grabs attention of Aliens (the UFO driving kind)
He will probably win reelection to his house seat in Texas (14thDistrict). He won reelection last year with around 60% of the vote in an election when lots of other so-called Republicans (and some real Republicans) got their @$$ handed to them.
What department did Reagan specifically state he would cut during his campaign? The point is that Reagan, like Paul, gave specifics. Something you don't hear from many Republicans these days.
using that college education to its full extent eh ?
bears repeating
>>What department did Reagan specifically state he would cut during his campaign?
Department of Education
I agree that some of the Paul supporters are overzealous to the point of being obnoxious. I support Paul contingently, reluctantly, and I have no illusions about him actually having a chance at winning the nomination.
Why do I support him? I see Paul as anathema to the establishment in both parties that seems to agree on the broad outlines of policy, differing only on minor points of doctrine. Romney, Obama, Clinton, Guiliani... all adhere to the same welfare-statist ideology, and the results we would get with one of the mainstream Republicans would differ only slightly from what we would get with a Democrat.
"What department did Reagan specifically state he would cut during his campaign? The point is that Reagan, like Paul, gave specifics. Something you don't hear from many Republicans these days."
The POINT is that the President can't cut departments. He can't cut departments anymore than he can appropriate funds.
When Reagan took office the useless Department of Education and the useless Department of Energy were both less than four years old but even by that time we were stuck with them.
I don't have a very high opinion of Presidential candidates who are:
A. Ignorant of their Constitutional powers (particularly unforgivable for a self-described "Constitutionalists")
B. Making promises to voters that they already know they cannot keep. For the record this is called "lying".
What a clever and refreshingly intelligent riposte. Two references to feces in the same short sentence.
Re: #31
So basically you like that he stirs the pot or makes some waves?
But still Reagan hoped to keep this campaign promise. So since he made that campaign promise you don't have a high opinion of Reagan. Yep, sounds about right for today's 'conservative'...
Nice try...you can collect your consolation prize at the exit door.
1) Reagan stated he would cut the Department of Education.
2) You state you don't hold Presidential candidates in high regard that make statements about cutting departments (in fact calling them 'liars').
3) Logically then you don't hold Reagan in high regard (and calling Ronald Reagan a 'liar').
Have a nice day...
“I began to see those candidates as personal enemies. For me it is really not about Ron Paul at all. It is all about his supporters, especially those here on FR.”
That’s RICH.
I can’t say I ‘ve noticed a bunch of Paul supporters on other threads attacking anyone, except the super trio of RINOs known as the “top tier”...., you know, gun-grabber julieannie, gun-control flopper romney, and john mccain (feingold).
I have however, on the Paul threads, witnessed hordes of your kind bringing all your most hateful psersonal attack comments in tow.
I’ve been noticing Duncan Hunter has been taking a little heat as well. So has Tancredo. It’s the same coments ...”he’ll never be president”.
Go figure.
All the Paul people I personally know are for Paul, Hunter, or Tancredo, not the top tier of loser “electable” RINOs.
Right now, I’m looking at Tancredo, followed by Paul, then Hunter. I’ll support one of them, or no one.
psersonal=personal
This was posted previously under a different name. Thanks for the ping though. I’d like to have a word with the Big Government GOP constituents who love Big Brother when it accomplishes their agenda.
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