Posted on 08/05/2007 5:34:39 PM PDT by Lovebloggers
CALLER: I want a complete, impartial, and totally independent investigation of the events of September 11, 2001 . Im tired of this bogus garbage about terrorism. Ask Michael Meacher about how he feels about this bogus war on terrorism. Can you comment on that please?
HON. DR. RON PAUL: Well, that would be nice to have. Unfortunately, we dont have that in place. IT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT BETTER NOW WITH THE DEMOCRATS NOW IN CHARGE OF OVERSIGHT. But you know, for top level policy theres not a whole lot of difference between the two policies so a real investigation isnt going to happen. But I think we have to keep pushing for it. And like you and others, we see the investigations that have been done so far as more or less cover-up and no real explanation of what went on.
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that’s debatable
I had to read that part twice. Not just the nomination, but actually becoming the next POTUS!
Also extremely strange that Romney has the same odds. IMO, Romney couldn't win the general, but Paul could.
There is a half page ad in our newspaper this evening. Looks very good. Claims that Paul is on top for receiving donations from military.
See, maybe those interviews with Alex Jones will turn out to be a good thing after all.
"..Paul-bashers are googling themselves into a frenzy.."
LOL!
Spoken like a true kindergartner. Who besides yourself would ever believe such a theory?
"Politics is all a game."
It may seem like a game at first glance, but with all the power and money at stake, it is not played as a game.
Looks like RP is doing something right.
Ron Paul Now has 30,000 Registered Volunteers
Last week, the National Expositor revealed the Paul camp had more than 20,000 registered volunteers. Today, on the Dale Williams Radio show, Jesse Benton, director of communications for Dr. Pauls Campaign stated there are now more than 30,000 registered volunteers. In less than one week the Paul Campaign has added an additional 10,000 volunteers. This extraordinary ground swell of support has never been seen in a U.S. Presidential election. No other presidential candidate even comes close to that number of volunteers. The main stream media is showing a clear bias by ignoring this amount of support.
OK, now I get what you meant. It’s a GOP debate, but that doesn’t mean that he can’t point out the proven miserable track record of left wing Communism and Socialism wherever it has been tried. Marxism sounds great in theory, but it has never worked wherever it has been tried...Soviet Union, Cuba, China, Vietnam, NY, NJ, CA...
I think Ron Paul is smart enough to understand that he has a unique opportunity to talk about libertarian/constitutionalist issues on national TV in the GOP debates. (He’s obviously smart, he graduated from Med School whereas I failed out of pre-med...those darn Chemistry and Biology classes were a roadblock in my path to glory).
He has 25 second nationally televised snippets in which he can either advance the movement or confirm the stereotype that libertarians are just a bunch of loons who advocate anarchy and set it back 90 years.
I have nothing else of importance to say here, but I just didn’t want the thread to end with post 666.
Claims that Paul is on top for receiving donations from military.That claim has already been debunked here on FR.
He leads the second tier in cash-on-hand. He was able to get 1,200 people out to the Hy-Vee (has any candidate done something that big on their own, not at an RPI event?). His home base in Texas isnt that far of a drive, and his people are motivated enough to come in from out of state for him. And hes making a big push on his Web site, which for all intents and purposes, is his campaign.
Romney, given his dominant position organizationally in Iowa, should still win. Even with the rest of the top tier not participating, he wont be able to let his guard down, lest he be ambushed by one of the second tier. Should Romney underperform against someone not even playing at Ames, or against someone not taken seriously, thats a blow to his Iowa inevitability.
Does Paul placing a close second make the straw poll and its winner into a laughingstock? Do benched McCain or Giuliani supporters direct people to vote for Paul to ensure that outcome? Or does this portend something bigger? I see that Ron Paul is up to 3% in the Gallup poll, above Huckabee and Brownback. He wont come close to winning, but can he aggregate whatever Bilderburger and Trilateral Commission-phobic votes there are in his corner, in the same way that Lyndon LaRouche could get 15% in a Democratic primary against Bill Clinton?
http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/b050a593-906a-4e05-b2fa-6e352fdd3112&comments=true
If you had to take one of the hands, I think most would pick Romney’s cards. Patrick’s worries below about Ron Paul’s supporters picking up the “strategic” votes of the disappearing McCain effort etc overthinks the situation in Iowa, and the tide of the early contests generally. Winning is winning, and if Romney wins in either Iowa or New Hampshire, he’s the conservative to beat in Florida. Beat him in both and he’s almost certainly done. But a silver medal for Ron Paul in Iowa is about as significant as the innards of a pigeon.
http://seacoastconnects.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3425&page=3
You keep dreaming though. The Ron Paul threads here are too much entertainment for you to embrace reality now.
wrong link on second article — http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/04c8dd77-bec5-4924-9d27-5cb46b53da9d
wrong link on second article — http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/04c8dd77-bec5-4924-9d27-5cb46b53da9d
It is not English anymore, is it now? Just another American dialect.
Don’t yank the line to hard, you might lose him, just play him nice and slow, and use the net when you got him close.
Howard Dean had a lot of motivated moonbats volunteering for his campaign as well.
Still didn't change the fact that he (like Paul) was a not-ready-for-prime-time nutbar.
Yeaaahhh! The Chuck Hagel block is gonna put Ron Paul over the top!
I hate to tell you this, but the folks currently supporting the top four candidates are not going to be inclined to support an antiwar, pro-shrimp candidate. After the top four, there ain't a lot left. The anti-war pubbie block will be hard-pressed to achieve high single-digits.
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