Once more unto the breach, dear friends; once more unto the breach.
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Sorry, but Duncan Hunter won the first Republican debate.
In a debate of 10 people, more than one can win. Each has different goals. Romeny’s goal was to take the lead of the top 3. He won that, he did well. Paul’s goal was to distinguish himself in order to try to build a following. He did that, he won.
They both won.
the mainstream media is all about denying the obvious. Ron Paul got a big response from viewers, as recorded by MSNBC poll, but he doesn’t fit into the msm’s framework, so the MSM ignores him. That’s how MSMS operates - they try to create the agenda and ignore anything that doesn’t fit their agenda.
Dr. Paul’s ideas, while good, do not translate well to public policy. That’s the essential trap that many conservatives, upon hearing a truer conservative voice fall into. While conservatism is the essential cornerstone of this country, Dr. Paul would literally have an uphill climb between both GOP’ers and DNC’ers in getting things done. He could as the chief executive, dismantle the IRS and any other department within his pervue (Dept. of Education would be a nice one too), but he would get butchered from all sides from the upheaval it would create without a sound tax plan to replace eliminating the tax code and solely relying on excise taxes. I agree with his sentiments, just not the execution since he really hasn’t asserted a plan for it.
Lip service is one thing, actions are another. His voting record may be conservative, but so what? Would he translate to a good president and not get pinned down as a rampant ideologue? What’s the point of being president (outside of being commander-in-chief & judicial appointees) if you can’t get your agenda off the ground. You can have people sign on to it, but after the electorate gives you the thumbs up, you still will have to endure the ravings of a leftist congress. Oh the humanity.
Thanks for posting this, OP!
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Go Ron Go !!!!