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Does Ron Paul know?
Apparently, most of the people who support Ron Paul don’t know much about him beyond his anti-war and anti-everbody else in politics mantra.
So, what exactly is it that makes you tingle about Ron?
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Or lunacy. I think lunacy might be more apt.
"Cowardice" comes to mind, and "surrender"... but for an all
encompassing Ron Paul one word description, I'll go with lunacy.
You have every right to endorse Mr. Paul, and vote for him, too. Bless your heart!
I hereby formally announce my unwavering endorsement for Cherry pie! Warm. With a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
“If there is one word to describe the agenda of Ron Paul, it is liberty.”
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If there is one word to describe the agenda of Ron Paul....it is ‘confused’.
Paul was never able to get one piece of his legislation through the process. He was a failure as a legislator.
Here’s where the Paul small government argument breaks down.
In a ten year period Ron CO SPONSORED 1876 bills written by other people. That’s 1000 more than Duncan Hunter. Now if you believe those 1876 bills were all to decrease government (remember written by others who Paul supporters say NEVER lower government!) , I don’t know what to tell you.
Ron Paul has proved he can’t ‘govern’. He has a zero record of accomplishments, except for pushing 1876 bills others wrote through congress. Small government guy?
Just for comparison of actual accomplishments in congress:
Sponsored means he wrote or introduced the bill. Co sponsors sign on to other bills written by someone else.
Statistics: Duncan Hunter has sponsored 105 bills since Jan 7, 1997, of which 72 haven’t made it out of committee (Average)
and 10 were successfully enacted (Good, relative to peers).
Hunter has co-sponsored 894 bills during the same time period (Average, relative to peers).
Now take a look at Ron Paul, who claims many ‘accomplishments’ and would never vote for any frivolous, unconstitutional bill!
Statistics: Ronald Paul has sponsored 346 bills since Jan 7, 1997, of which 341 haven’t made it out of committee (Extremely Poor) and 0 were successfully enacted .(Average, relative to peers).
Paul has co-sponsored 1876 bills during the same time period (Average, relative to peers) NOTE: 1876 bills, written by other congress members. All ‘constitutional’ ? You decide.
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=400191
One of the stranger pieces of legislation that Paul Co sponsored would have kept him out of the debates!!
. H.CON.RES.263 : Expressing the sense of Congress that any Presidential candidate should be permitted to participate in debates among candidates if at least 5 percent of respondents in national public opinion polls of all eligible voters support the candidate’s election for President or if a majority of respondents in such polls support the candidate’s participation in such debates. Sponsor: Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [IL-2] (introduced 11/6/2001) Cosponsors (2)
See some of Paul’s CO sponsored legislation here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/1940847/posts?page=28#28
Take note of the ultra liberal socialists in congress he signed on with.
Here’s the thing about Ron Paul.
Even if I thought that Ron Paul advocated an important set of principles and beliefs as regards liberty or freedom (rather than, say, a portfolio of proposals culled from a state of immense dementia), um, I would NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS believe that any of his ideas could be enacted via the democratic process, even if he were elected president.
Do you see what I’m getting at here?
It’s not just a matter of “he can’t win.” It is more like, “if he did, so what?” This is kinda like Huckleberry’s “Fair Tax” (oxymoron for sure). Exactly how many votes does the Huck have in Congress at this point for the abolition of the federal income tax? Name five. Um, well, um, maybe.... Well how about Ron Paul...?
Why do people like Paul run for president? Only through a cataclysmic and likely violent revolution is any of what Paul is advocating ever going to occur. Why isn’t he skipping the presidential thing and just asking his followers to grab their pitchforks, light their torches, posse up....? And, sure, there are days when any of us might want to do this, given how bad things have become for conservatives.
But Paul runs for president instead. He is either too dumb to know that nothing he proposes can ever occur, or he knows this and just wants to be president anyway and doesn’t care what he says to get there. Kinda reminds you of Rodham et. al., doesn’t it?
“My name is Gennady Stolyarov II. In August of 2002, I founded The Rational Argumentator”
That’s nice. So when did you lose control of your faculties?
If Hillary doesn't make the cut will the Rat Party (formerly the traditional, patriotic Democratic Party) pour (more?) money into Paul's campaign, I wonder.
Re: Perot. It's thought that Perot expected lucrative ADP contacts should Hillary Kare have been enacted during the Clintons' first administration. So maybe Perot didn't need money from the Clintonists but I suspect that Paul does need their money.
IMO.
Three questions for you:
1. If the money supply is fixed under a gold standard and the population increases, then the average net worth and wages must decrease in proportion to the increase in population. This results in deflation. Do you agree that historically periods of deflation have been more harmful than inflation. How would Ron Paul deal with that?
2. Why would you rather fight islamic terrorists on your own soil than fight them abroad?
3. While you rightfully are fearful for the decrease in freedom, do you have any concept of the reductions in freedom you’ll face once the terrorist bombs start to explode in the United States?
What, did somebody put out out a bunch of D-Con to bring all the Ron Ratz out?
Support whom you will, for whatever reasons you choose. Just don’t expect me to buy that Ron Paul should be president.
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