[Irontank]

And while I think his total isolationism ideas aren’t realistic, it’s interesting how it’s been turned into that he beleives there were no planes or we did it to ourself conspiracies, basically all it seems he really said is our foreign policy is flawed and caused us to be attacked.

The Ron Paul bashers know that...but they don't care...they seek to destroy by making baseless accusations and hoping that, every time they say it, a few more people will believe it. They should be ashamed and embarassed...but I doubt they are

[soccermom]

If you support Paul for president, knowimg his retreat-in-the-face-of-terror foreign policy platform, you are the one who should be ashamed and embarassed.

[Moseley]

The Ron Paul bashers know that...but they don't care...they seek to destroy by making baseless accusations and hoping that, every time they say it, a few more people will believe it. They should be ashamed and embarassed...but I doubt they are

ACTUALLY I do care. I say that for Ron Paul to avoid drowning politically he has to make a clean break. Whatever point he was trying to make (and I do understand it), he came dangerously close to agreeing with the 9/11 "Truth" (read FALSEHOOD) crowd. Meanwhile, Ron Paul is riding around on their shoulders. The 9/11 conspiracy nuts ARE Ron Paul's foot soldiers -- together with anti-American, anti-Bush opponents of the war in Iraq.

My point is that for Ron Paul to avoid being sucked under the waves, he needs to clarify his remarks so as to leave no doubt that he has nothing in common with those who wear tin foil hats and claim that tens of thousands of people have all kept silent about a scheme to (allegedly) murder 3,000 of their former citizens -- NYC firefighters, NYC police, Arlington/Fairfax firefighters, airline personnel, civilian radar operators, etc., etc. all have kept silent for no apparent reason after seeing their fellow countrymen murdered. Yeah, right!

THE POINT IS that Ron Paul HAS fought for limited government and a strict construction of the Constition (if perhaps absurdly strict, but at least principled).

THE POINT IS that all that Ron Paul has fought for is in danger of going up in smoke if he allows himself to be tarred by the kooks.

But this is very hard, because the people who are aggressively promoting Ron Paul on talk shows, C-SPAN, swamping internet polls, etc. ARE THE ANTI-WAR AND 9/11 KOOKS. If Ron Paul cuts the ropes to this crowd, he has no special status or energy to his campaign. If he does NOT cut the ropes to this crowd, he may be permanently ruined politically.

[DesScorp]

"They should be ashamed and embarassed...but I doubt they are"

I'll never be ashamed or embarrassed for opposing a man that blames his own country for the worst attack on it since Pearl Harbor. He deserves every bit of scorn, every chunk of derision, and every ounce of dripping bile he receives.