Posted on 11/07/2007 5:54:10 AM PST by theothercheek
Paging Mr. Hsu, paging Mr. Hsu....
Sorry, norton, but Hsu didn’t make a bunch of separate donations of $100 or less. He tried to make $2300 donations that he claimed were smaller amounts ‘bundled’ together.
who happens to be an anti-war kook, who sympathizes with “9/11 Truthers” and is stuck in 1885 economically...
News Flash - Ron Paul is not running as a third-party conservative, he is running as a Republican, and not a single primary or caucus ballot has been cast yet.
I live in Santa Barbara County in California and Ron Paul support is BIG on college campuses. Ron Paul is a modern day RFK. My kids are young adults and Ron Paul is the most popular candidate with their friends, most of whom have a natural left bent. These kids know that there is no difference between Republicans and Democrats.
I could support Ron Paul EXCEPT for his position on the WOT. These kids are fired up. There is tremendous passion for his candidacy. No one else running has that.
The founders of the US were considered terrorists by the Crown. They accomplished 170-some years later what Guy Fawkes couldn't - an overthrow of the rule of the English monarchy.
Treason against tyranny is loyalty to liberty.
I like Ron Paul. I believe that he is honest in his beliefs and might have made a decent president at one time.
Unfortunately, Ron Paul is behind with the times. His candidacy seems to be based on the notion that 9/11 never happened, which really has quite dangerous ramifications in this day and age.
9/11 didn’t refute the ideas that Ron Paul is running on. It would probably be sound policy in normal times, were we living in them.
Unfortunately, times are not sound. We are in the midst of war with a dangerous enemy which ultimately wants us to convert or die. We are at war with an enemy who will go to any length and means necessary to cause as much destruction as possible in order to obtain its goals. For a while I myself thought this was hyperbole, but reflection on the facts reminded me that it is quite true
Our enemies want us out of the Middle East so that they can seize control of the governments there. They want control over the world’s oil, as it will give them tremendous leverage in dealing with the rest of us. If they are allowed to progress to these stages, they WILL wage a “convert or die” jihad against the rest of us, and will most likely have the means to do it. Terrorism is just about implementing the first stages of their operation.
Ron Paul does not understand this. He spoke of “blow back” in a debate a few months ago, but failed to note that the reason we’ve been active in the Middle East for so long is the fact that a very vital resource is at stake which cannot be allowed to fall into unaccountable hands. We push for representative governments and free markets in the Middle East because they ultimately benefit us and everyone else. The terrorists don’t like us there because we stand in the way of their own goals.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again - Ron Paul, if somehow elected, may very well be successful in dismantling the structures set up amidst our War on Terror. If he does so, there will most likely be another catastrophic event and it will be on his head. He will be a lame duck as he tries to scramble to reinstate the policies that President Bush has wisely implemented, as he was the one who imprudently took them apart in the first place.
The last thing we’ll need in that situation is a lame duck president.
He’s certainly no worse than a liberal, gun-grabbing transvestite who is stuck in 9/11/2001.
Unlike the other candidates, Paul doesn't just pay lip-service to the issues (small government, anti-tax, pro-gun, pro-family) -- he has conviction and belief.
Single-issue voters, manipulated by fear, would throw a true conservative under the bus and vote for Hillary.
Stop being afraid and vote for your values.
Nope. What Republicans would be tempted to go 3rd-Party for a guy who opposes the Iraq War, and whose foreign policy ideas are basically insane?
Now, whackadoodle leftist Democrats, on the other hand.... those ideas are pretty attractive to them.
A 3rd-party Ron Paul would never get more than 4% anyway (and that's being extremely generous), and a lot of that 4% would be Nader-style Democrats.
That is the funniest comment Ive read in days. You gave me a big laugh. You ARE kidding, right??????
Over a third of self-identified Republicans oppose the Iraq situation according to a national poll. Over seventy percent of independents do, and 90% of Dems.
And even after a drubbing in 2006, Republicans are still charging forward with a slate of presidential candidates all but one of whom differ only on how soon and how much we should bomb Iran and broaden our military involvement in the Middle East, and maybe some variations on the proper use of torture.
Who's "insane" here? Who has a very poor grasp on reality?
You know that the only way Paul can do that, is to run as a 3rd party candidate, which he said he wouldn't.
Doesn't mean anything.
If Paul does run as a 3rd party candidate, why do you care? Funny how you guys DON'T want Paul to run as a Republican but deep down you DON'T want him to run as a 3rd party candidate. Make up your fricking minds.
Ron Paul was right all these years. Soon, everyone will know it.
Nov. 7 (Bloomberg) -- The dollar slid to record lows against the euro and the Canadian dollar after a Chinese government adviser said plans to diversify foreign-exchange reserves will involve buying better-performing currencies.
The currency slumped to a 26-year low against the pound and a 23-year low against the Australian dollar. Cheng Siwei, vice chairman of China's National People's Congress, told a conference in Beijing the country ``will favor stronger currencies'' when adjusting its $1.43 trillion of reserves. He later added that doesn't mean buying more euros.
"We're likely to see further pressure on the dollar,'" said Thomas Harr, senior foreign exchange strategist in Singapore at Standard Chartered Plc, a U.K. bank that makes most of its profit in Asia. "The potential for diversification is quite big. This a structurally negative story for the dollar."
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