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With Thompson out, Tom McClintock leans to Ron Paul
Los Angeles Times ^
| Jan 25, 2008
| Dan Morain
Posted on 01/25/2008 12:59:01 PM PST by CautiouslyHopeful
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This one greatly surprised me. Is it much ado about nothing? I have very deep respect for McClintock and trust his judgement.
I've noticed several former Thompson supporters going for Ron Paul as the lesser of five evils. I can understand that and Paul is, as Ann Coulter said, "magnificent" on domestic issues. But can the Republican Party really endorse an anti-Iraq-War candidate?
To: CautiouslyHopeful
Amazingly, Paul is now a viable option for me, too, considering the rest of the field.
Never thought I'd see myself post that...
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posted on
01/25/2008 1:00:48 PM PST
by
Antoninus
("Make all the promises you have to." -Mitt Romney)
To: CautiouslyHopeful
If Paul wasn’t a moonbat on the war, I’d support him. I like everything else I’ve heard him say, but the war’s a deal breaker.
Fred Thompson is still on my ballot and I’m voting for him anyway.
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posted on
01/25/2008 1:02:30 PM PST
by
Redcloak
(Dingos ate my tagline.)
To: CautiouslyHopeful
...but will Kucinich endorse him?.......
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posted on
01/25/2008 1:02:58 PM PST
by
Red Badger
( We don't have science, but we do have consensus.......)
To: CautiouslyHopeful
Conservative does not have to mean support for aggressive Militarism. Sensible militarism in defense of US territory and US citizens and their property, yes. On this issue, Ron Paul is a strong as you can be.
To: CautiouslyHopeful
"But can the Republican Party really endorse an anti-Iraq-War candidate?" It's a hard one to swallow but consider what you'll have to swallow with the other candidates. Remember wars end but federal programs never do.
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posted on
01/25/2008 1:03:50 PM PST
by
antinomian
(Show me a robber baron and I'll show you a pocket full of senators.)
To: Antoninus
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posted on
01/25/2008 1:04:52 PM PST
by
trumandogz
(Whichever Way the Wind Blows Willard 2008)
To: CautiouslyHopeful
Doesn’t surprise me at all. I live in McClintock’s district and have exactly the same feelings. My brain tells me that Romney is the next best choice since McCain ain’t a conservative. But my heart tells me that I like at least part of Paul’s agenda. Admittedly it’s only the domestic part and not all of that. Still, Rudy is a “no way” and I’m in mourning for Fred. Damnit.
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posted on
01/25/2008 1:05:01 PM PST
by
RKV
(He who has the guns makes the rules)
To: ToryNotion
But is immediate withdrawal from Iraq really a viable option? Will it not leave a power vacuum?
For that matter, this gold standard business seem odd to me. Or am I just not “conservative” enough for it?
To: CautiouslyHopeful
To: antinomian
It's a hard one to swallow but consider what you'll have to swallow with the other candidates. Remember wars end but federal programs never do.
Good point.
To: CautiouslyHopeful
Even if this year's version of Paul's domestic agenda sounded wonderful - and it doesn't - his defeatist attitude toward the US war effort still rules him out.
And that's just policy.
In terms of practical ability to govern, he has demonstrated in Congress a complete inability to lead and to assemble consenus on any important legislation.
His inability to even run his own newsletter demonstrates that he has zero executive ability.
Ron Paul isn't fit to be mayor of a town of one.
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posted on
01/25/2008 1:07:07 PM PST
by
wideawake
(Why is it that those who call themselves Constitutionalists know the least about the Constitution?)
To: CautiouslyHopeful
To: CautiouslyHopeful
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posted on
01/25/2008 1:08:14 PM PST
by
lonestar67
(Its time to withdraw from the War on Bush-- your side is hopelessly lost in a quagmire.)
To: CautiouslyHopeful
I suppose in the primaries people can vote their consciences but I for one have a rather simple formula.
(1) Select all the candidates that I feel have a chance at the nomination
(2) Support the better man of that list until he is eliminated.
While I believe miracles do happen I don’t see Ron Paul in the cards.
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posted on
01/25/2008 1:08:14 PM PST
by
ontap
(Just another backstabbing conservative)
To: antinomian
“It’s a hard one to swallow but consider what you’ll have to swallow with the other candidates. Remember wars end but federal programs never do.”
Wars could also end with a loss.
To: CautiouslyHopeful
I can't stand to say this, but except for his international policy, Paul is spot on in much of his domestic policy. He's better on illegal immigration, better on taxation, healthcare, abortion, and monetary policy than any other candidate.
If only if he wasn't so loony tunes.
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posted on
01/25/2008 1:08:55 PM PST
by
Nachum
To: CautiouslyHopeful
..the rest of the story...... "I don’t want to go too far. I am still looking."...- McClintock
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posted on
01/25/2008 1:09:04 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: CautiouslyHopeful
Every day this race gets stranger and stranger...
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posted on
01/25/2008 1:09:10 PM PST
by
chaos_5
(The Republic is doomed!)
To: CautiouslyHopeful
No one expects Paul to win, but the more liberal wing of the GOP can't continue to trample on conservatives without some, at least, resorting to protest votes. Paul will surely gain from some of that.
This is just another manifestation of the fracture created by the loss of our unifying candidate and the void created by the candidates which remain.
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posted on
01/25/2008 1:09:44 PM PST
by
Route66
(America's Main Street - - - Conservative Candidate Wanted... Conservative resume required.)
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