Posted on 01/02/2012 12:19:23 PM PST by Kaslin
I haven’t missed them ...at all. I’ve said he’s as dangerous a candidate I’ve seen on this forum. I’m simply saying that the Paulies get touchy because so many people call the man a nut and leave it at that. Perhaps...just perhaps...if more people took the time to say, “I think he’s a nut because he believes Iran has the right to close the Strait of Hormuz in response to economic sanctions.” Or
“I think he’s a racist because he published a newsletter stating all young black males are fast” It might make the Paulites less reactionary and force them to do somehting other than saying “You’re a nut because you support the Reblocrats...”
maybe I’m just tired of this site...
And I wasn’t calling you specificaly an asshole...thatg was intemperate of me. sorry...
Simply stating “Ron Paul is a nutter” without any evidence to support that statement
Surely, you jest. No evidence? The whole reason Freepers think he's nuts is because of the mountains of evidence that he is loopy.
I'm not angry, but I have to tell you (as one of the most ardent Ron Paul critics on this forum) that it's rather bizarre to have a bunch of Ronulans tell me that I don't care about the Constitution I swore an oath to, and their sole piece of evidence for that is that I'm not enamored with their naive, Ahmadinejad loving, DC game-playing, pork-delivering Code Pink darling. Really? Time to get a grip, folks.
Good, let's nominate a candidate who can beat Obama and fix those problems. Ron Paul, game-playing space cadet, is not that candidate.
Not to pile on (especially since I already responded to jpsbonce) but I don’t think someone is a Constitutional purist or even in the same solar system as fiscal conservatism if they put in federal earmarks for theater renovations and shrimp marketing campaigns. How much money was borrowed from China for the wild shrimp marketing campaign?
Agree 100%, though the other Rick is my first choice. Glad Santorum is doing so well in Iowa, and glad Perry will probably do very well in SC.
Funny how many Paulestinians are quick to quote Reagan’s 1984 endorsement of Paul for Congress, but never his own later comments on Reagan. Reminds me of the Reagan administration officials (like Stockman) who pop up on NPR now and then to tell us how Reagan would be fully behind Obama’s economic plans.
I'm sorry, but this is moronic.
The "young man" in question was a sworn enemy of the United States who said that it was the duty of all Muslims (yes, all 1 billion or so of them) to destroy our nation, and published a magazine designed to help Muslims in America and other Western countries to mount attacks inside our borders. Al-Arabiya called him the bin Laden of the Internet. Would you be weeping for bin Laden if his mama had birthed him here in the USA?
The fact that there are members of the Mumia wing ofthe GOP treating this like Lincoln had Robert E. Lee lynched right after Appomatox shows that you don't understand what's going on and probably don't want to. And it certainly makes people tune out when you make broader arguments about government power. It's like talking about Miranda procedures and DUI checkpoints after freaking out because a cop shot a serial killer. At that point, credibility is lost.
Tagline change.
Where do the federally funded theater renovations and shrimp marketing campaigns paid for with borrowed Chinese money fit into this "smaller government" idea? Please educate me.
OK, quick qiz. First question:
Considering Bradley Manning to be a patriotic person: Nutty, or not nutty?
You seem to be smacking some strawmen around nicely. Serious question: If a person with Ron Paul's (supposed) position on smaller government came out to the podium at one of the debates in a Batman costume and insisted the moderator address him as "The Dark Knight" or "Mr. Wayne," would you vote for him?
No, right?
Well, when Ron Paul comes out and acts like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a sane and logical person who can be deterred by MAD policy like some Politburo official drinking vodka in his dacha on the weekend, that's as crazy to me as coming out to the podium in a Batman suit. Now, if you want to call that reaction a fear of smaller government, feel free, but you're just making more crazy to go with your candidate's crazy if you do.
Good thing that hasn't happened to Ron Paul. He's been dismissed as a nut only after providing a montain of evidence to support that contention.
I deny you the right to quiz me.
It is irrelevant anyway. The question of the thread is why are Paul supporters touchy. The answer is obvious to anyone not possessed by the ugly spirit of hatred.
The good news is, whether you refuse to answer the question and remind everyone why your candidate is a knob is completely in your wheelhouse.
Fester’s getting kinda touchy, eh??
Side effect of following a candidate with whacked-out poo-brain.
Sorry, it takes two to quiz. Don’t go crying to the Supreme Court or JimRob if I refuse to play your silly gamne.
Your assertion that I support Paul is a foolish assumpton.
Are you 6 years old?
And there you have it Silver - the good ol’ “hatred” card....
Someone (don’t remember who) said they were irritated by the tin foil rubbing on their scalps that is making them touchy, I am beginning to think that isn’t actually where they wear it.
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