Posted on 05/03/2007 10:23:46 PM PDT by OrthodoxPresbyterian
DRUDGE REPORT
The Reagan Derby
Well, with 47,617 individual Votes recorded as of 12:55AM EST on 5/4/07, The Drudge Report has provided perhaps the most sweeping and comprehensive initial survey of viewer reaction to the first GOP Primary Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library.
The Results thus far:
With an optimistic, confident demeaner and a polished presentation, Mitt Romney decidedly overshadowed the erstwhile Front-Runner, Rudy Giuliani. Rudy's primary strength thus far has been his vast name recognition and the sheer momentum of his supposed "inevitability" -- and yet, in terms of viewer reaction, for him to be trailing (by double digits) a former Governor not widely known outside of Massachusetts until this election season demonstrates clear vulnerability on Giuliani's part.
However, the greatest source of comfort to Constitutionalist Conservatives has to be the tremendous upswell of support being registered by the former Leader of Ronald Reagan's Electoral Delegation from Texas, United States Congressman Ron Paul -- and that DESPITE receiving comparatively little "face time" from the debate organizers. With viewer reaction to the first GOP Primary Debate already placing Congressman Ron Paul solidly in third place, nine points ahead of his nearest rival and within five points of Giuliani himself, a tremendous opportunity exists for Ron Paul to establish widespread national Name Recognition and garner increasing support for his broadly-appreciated message of Individual Liberty and strictly-limited Government Power.
With the second GOP Primary Debate rapidly approaching, Conservatives can take heart in knowing that the Message of Reagan Republicanism still resonates when presented confidently and forthrightly --and that there's at least one GOP Candidate on the stage who has stood solidly for Reagan Republicanism for thirty years: RON PAUL.
You need to move on over to DU where you can support interventionist Nation-Building (as all Clintonistas did when Bubba was doing his thang in Serbia, and Constitutionalist Conservatives roundly opposed Nation-Building).
“Spend Hundreds of Billions of dollars trying to referee an Islamic Civil War 7,000 miles away, while leaving the Borders utterly undefended”
I cannot impeach your logic. If Bush passes amnesty, I will be the first FReeper to call for his head. As for “Homeland Security” I also agree that the effort should emanate from our shores.
Ron Paul voted for the 2002 Authorization for the Use of Military Force against those responsible for the 9/11 attacks. We got hit, Ron Paul voted to punch back hard.
But Deficit-Spending hundreds of billions of dollars on "Nation-Building" in Iraq is another question entirely. I did not sign on to Free Republic to support installing Islamic Theocracies around the world (and by defining the Koran as the Principal Source of Law, the Iraqi Constitution does treat Christianity as a Second-Class Religion).
The vote is fraudulent and you are waisting your time.
I worked for Reagan here when he ran for gov.
You are an insult to Christians to call yourself one.
Then while I would understand if your first choices were Hunter and/or Tancredo, I think you should at least give Ron Paul a fair hearing. You may not like his position on Iraq; that is your prerogative. But, given the rapidly expanding Federal Debt, I think that you must at least consider Ron Paul's argument that spending even one-tenth of the Iraq budget on Border Security, Port Security, and Coast Guard operations here at home would give us far more Anti-Terrorist "Bang for our Buck".
You need to read more of OrthodoxPresbyterian's posts
before throwing around vacuous insults.
National debate is stifled. Ron Paul can win if people find a way out of the sheep pen that the boob tube keeps them in. If Ron Paul could win it would mark a revolutionary move back to originalist Constitutional thinking by our Executive. We might regain ground that has been lost to the creeping statism which has been steadily encroaching on this nation's people.
I attempted this. I cleared temp files, cleared cookies, closed all browser windows; then I cleared history, temp files, and cookies again, went to Drudge, and attempted to vote "Ron Paul" again.
The Drudge Report said "thank you for voting", but did NOT record my vote (the tally remained the same). Drudge has incorporated at least some anti-cheat protections.
At any rate, even if what you say is true, one would imagine that EVERY candidate has at least some web-savvy supporters hoaxing the vote. Yet, in terms of the overall ratio, three candidates have emerged as clear winners: Romney, Giuliani, and Ron Paul.
Between that and the college and High School Democrats pushing Ron Paul in the on-line polls, you just can’t rely on it.
Trust the reliable polling services, not this on-line polling junk.
Ron Paul, doesn’t have a chance.
Given that the Iraqis have voted for a Constitution which makes the Islamic Koran "the Primary Source of Law" (thus by definition relegating Christianity to a Second-Class Religion) and have demonstrated their "gratitude" to us by "democratically electing" self-confessed, and even convicted, Anti-American terrorists to their Ruling Government (The terrorist Islamic Al-Dawa Party of Prime Minister Al-Maliki, whose Ruling Coalition includes convicted "Kuwait 17" US Embassy Bomber Jamal Jafaar Mohammed), Ron Paul believes that we should stop spending American Blood and Treasure to prop up an Islamic Theocracy in Iraq which has knowingly and willfully harbored Convicted Terrorists.
In calling for a cut-off of all US Military and Financial support to Iraq, Ron Paul is thus the only GOP Candidate staying true to the principles laid out in the 2002 State of the Union address.
Who's your candidate?
Amen!
If Ron Paul had his way, Saddam would still be in power to rape and murder the inocent at will. No thanks.
Ron Paul did a little work for Reagan himself -- as the Leader of Ronald Reagan's Electoral Delegation from Texas.
Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye. (Matthew 7:5, KJV)
Furthermore, withdrawing from the present engagement in Iraq without finishing it would be a sign of weakness that the jihad monkeys will see as a green light to intensify and continue their attacks both here and abroad. Moreover, our withdrawal would be a huge recruiting tool for the jihadists for years to come.
So no, I don't think Ron's policy is a winner in this regard.
As opposed to Iraqis "democratically electing" self-confessed, and even convicted, Anti-American terrorists to their Ruling Government (The terrorist Islamic Al-Dawa Party of Prime Minister Al-Maliki, whose Ruling Coalition includes convicted "Kuwait 17" US Embassy Bomber Jamal Jafaar Mohammed)?
No Thanks.
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