Posted on 07/01/2008 2:19:51 PM PDT by mnehring
According to Ron Paul Henchman and alleged erstwhile ghostwriter Lew Rockwell (broke link, Lew Rockwell not welcome on Free Republic), you can blame Dicky Flatt’s buddy, Phil Gramm: …I was involved in that campaign, when Reagan broke his moronic “11th Commandment” to speak ill of fellow Republican Ron Paul, and such figures as Karl Rove and Paul Weyrich conspired to wage a very nasty campaign against Ron. In true Republican dirty-tricks fashion, Ron’s campaign office was even burglarized and his mailing list and other documents stolen. The power-elite had annointed (sic) the Philster, and would brook no grassroots opposition. Ron, of course, ran a hard and heroic campaign, complete with brilliant antiwar ads.
Wow! Bush’s Brain was controlling the party way back then? It also seems a bit ironic for Rockwell to call Reagan’s 11th Commandment “moronic” then whine about him breaking it. Then Llewellyn all but states it was Rove and Weyrich that broke into Paul’s campaign office, a pretty bold claim. And what war was Paul running anti-war ads against in 1984?
The Rockster was responding to comments made by Spencer J. Hahn on why he can never forgive Gramm for stealing Ron Paul’s chance of serving in the Senate alongside Barry Goldwater: Let us not forget that it was that Democrat turncoat, Phil Gramm, who defeated Ron Paul in the 1984 Republican Senate primary. Had Ron Paul won the primary, he would have won the general election, and become the true conscience of the Senate. I often wonder what would have been if Ron Paul had been in the Senate to filibuster every unconstitutional bill. He almost certainly would have been a presidential candidate (as Gramm was in 1996), and likely would have been taken more seriously by the MSM.
So there you have it, folks. The reason no one takes Ron Paul seriously is because Phil Gramm beat him in the primary in 1984. Oh, and Halliburton.
I thought Libertarians were all about personal responsibility?
Did you know that Ronald Reagan called libertarianism the "heart and soul of conservatism"?
Exactly. My friend owns a restaurant in a college town and his employees are your typical college-age kids who typically are big libs. Some of them hopped on the bandwagon for Ron Paul to be trendy and it opened up a chance for me to discuss the virtues of limited government with them and made them actually think. If not for Paul, they'd likely be shaped into your typical college-age Marxist. How in the world can someone say that Paul's candidacy was a bad thing overall?
Did you know that Paul said Reagan “made Jimmy Carter look Conservative”.
Yes, but did Ronald Reagan call himself a Libertarian?
We share many common beliefs. Did you know that Stalin liked dogs, hot soup, and comfy sneakers? So do I.
His critics are going to be the most vocal whiners the day after Obama destroys McCain, barring something totally unexpected.
It's the whole "squeaky wheel gets the grease" thing. That's all. All the Paultards I know are cool, down-to-earth people.
Recognizing that abortion is a sensitive issue and that people can hold good-faith views on all sides, we believe that government should be kept out of the matter, leaving the question to each person for their conscientious consideration.TOTAL pro-choice. The lie that "They believe that tax dollars shouldn't fund abortions, and that states should regulate it as they did before Roe vs Wade" is just that, A LIE.
...and f#$&ing up our educational system in the process.
I love your tagline by the way. I bittorrented Rush’s segment last week where he played Carlin busting on all the environmentalists and played it for my liberal friends. Their heads just about exploded.
I'd still love to know if the carpet matches the drapes.
Precisely!
Libertarians aren’t really “anti” anything, they just oppose taxpayer money being spent on it.
At least we'll have four more years of hot presidential daughters though.
You are an IDIOT since I've never been a Giuliani fan and am not bitter.
How said for you and for those who love you!
Ignorance of plain English is no excuse. If a State wants to add elective abortion to it's murder statutes, that should be left up to the State.
Otherwise, pass an Amendment. It's the only ethical and Constitutionally legal way to do this.
Anything else falls into the same bigger government crap that got us in the sorry state we're in now.
That is no "lie" no matter how many times you wave your tiny little fists at the keyboard...
Allow me to paraphrase...
Have you ever noticed that anti-abortion women are the last women you would ever want to %$#@?
If more people were anti-government, we'd probably have a lot less of it instead of both major Parties pushing for MORE of it.
It’s nice to know that we can disagree on Paul but without hostility. Thanks for posting.
Google can be your best friend or your worst enemy, bro. Do I REALLY have to dig up some old threads?
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