Ron Paul Has Betrayed The GOP! (Former Staff Member on Ron Paul's change after 9/11)

AFK at Townhall ^ | 04/18/2007 | Cary Wesberry

[mvpel]

RON PAUL: “It will be a little bit better now with the democrats now in charge of oversight “

What, Republicans are all so pure and sparkling that they would never dream of covering up or ignoring malfeasance or incompetence by a member of their own party?

How many Republicans knew for years that Mark Foley was a page-chasing pederast before that situation finally blew up in our party's face?

[George W. Bush]

First of all, I’m shocked that a Ron Paul thread got less than 100 posts.

It ain't over yet. LOL.

there is indeed a way Ron Paul could become the next POTUS

That's quite a list. Toss in a Bloomberg independent campaign too. And for VP, the only person Ron Paul has ever mentioned is "someone like" Walter Williams, a conservative black economist who sometimes fills in for Rush. Williams has been very warm toward Ron Paul

There are a lot of people who like Walter Williams pretty well. I always enjoy listening to him.

Walter E. Williams - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Eric Blair 2084]

You don't have to tell me about Walter Williams. He is one of my favorite people.

One of his most endearing qualities is being a militant unapologetic cigarette smoker who will not bow down before the PC progressive health nazis. Economics and Smoking By Walter E. Williams

Bloomberg won't run if Rudy is the GOP nominee. The world doesn't need two liberal guys who have or used to have R's next to their name.

Although I would love to see him run and have his bloated ego bitch slapped around for public amusement.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

What, Republicans are all so pure and sparkling that they would never dream of covering up or ignoring malfeasance or incompetence by a member of their own party?

The thing that's laughable is, Bush and some of the other Republicans have went out of their way to work with the Democrats. Think Gang of 14, illegal amnesty, No Child Left Behind.

So Paul's statement doesn't mean jack since he's not a regular Republican anyway.

[JTN]

(unless Ron is a truther who believes WE did it to ourselves)

Paul is studiously ambiguous on that point. He says that he has "seen no evidence" that the US deliberately plotted 9/11

Nonsense. When asked outright if he believed the U.S. government was behind the 9/11 attacks, he answered "Absolutely not." You spend enough time on these threads to be aware of that fact, yet you come on here and immediately post this lie. He is not a truther, and he is not ambiguous about it.

and that there is a "real danger" that the US will manufacture terrorist attacks in the future.

More nonsense. He said no such thing.

[new yorker 77]

Ron Paul is an unpaid spokesman for Osama Bin Laden.

[txhurl]

Does Mel Gibson have Ron Paul disease, or the other way around?

[JTN]

From a total whackjob.

Indeed. This guy's been busted lying so many times, it's not even news anymore.

[new yorker 77]

Ron Paul pauses as he looks down at his wrist band with the initials W.W.B.L.D.

Traitor Ron Paul always ponders "What Would Bin Laden Do?"

[Marysecretary]

His english grammar isn’t too hot either: Him and I should be He and I. Pretty sloppy. I know absolutely nothing about Ron Paul, but this seems far fetched to me. I’m uneasy about it.

[gondramB]

>>Traitor Ron Paul always ponders “What Would Bin Laden Do?”<<

Oh come on.

I’m not ever gonna vote for Congressman Paul for Commander in Chief because of some of his positions but that’s just over the top. Is that the tone we want to use with Republicans who have bad policies? Equating them with terrorists?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Ron Paul is an unpaid spokesman for Osama Bin Laden.

Yeah whatever. More projection and bloviating.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I’m not ever gonna vote for Congressman Paul for Commander in Chief because of some of his positions but that’s just over the top.

It's SOP for the Paul bashers to say that Paul is in bed with terrorists.

[gondramB]

>>It’s SOP for the Paul bashers to say that Paul is in bed with terrorists.<<

In addition to lowering the tone at Freep, it also overlooks that Paul people have been way ahead of the Republican curve organizing on the Net - why would people who want a Republican to win and who say Paul can’t win try so hard to drive his supporters away? This is not good or smart.

The smart approach would be draw distinctions in policy and still try to make sure Paul supporters feel welcome in the party so they will be supportive in the general.

Besides, Paul raises and is keeping in the public eye some important principles - small government, personal rights, constitutional limits on government power.

I remember the first debate with Guiliani sneering when Paul suggested the government should respect the limits on government power in the constitution. This is good to see him speaking up.

[jmeagan]

*******In addition to lowering the tone at Freep, it also overlooks that Paul people have been way ahead of the Republican curve organizing on the Net - why would people who want a Republican to win and who say Paul can’t win try so hard to drive his supporters away? This is not good or smart.*******

I quit coming to this site after the beginning of the Iraq War. It was very pro war at that time. At that time most people here did not think you could be patriotic and be against the war. I just stopped back recently to see how Ron Paul was being treated on this site. I really expected a lot more threads like this one. I was pleasantly surprised to see so many Ron Paul supporters here, but then, we are everywhere.

[soccermom]

Once again, you have it bass ackwards. You guys didn’t “discover” he was a “nutjob” until he tried to discredit Paul -— just like those who suddenly “discovered” Zell Miller was a racist nutjob.

[George W. Bush]

Wrong. Other Republicans and Libertarians stopped working with him even before Ron Paul fired him. Since then, he’s gotten to be even more of a nut. You can find webpages and forum posts elsewhere exposing him going back years. Not just this year.

[soccermom]

LOL! Not sure. As much as I love (or loved) Mel, he really does appear to be quited suited for the Ron Paul types. I think they share the same disease, but I’m not sure to whom it is attributed.

[George W. Bush]

In addition to lowering the tone at Freep, it also overlooks that Paul people have been way ahead of the Republican curve organizing on the Net - why would people who want a Republican to win and who say Paul can’t win try so hard to drive his supporters away? This is not good or smart.

I think some of them resent that we have so many well-organized and aggressive supporters, making signs, literature, billboards, ads, etc. Somehow Ron Paul is cheating because his supporters work so hard for him. Apparently, the approved model is to wait for your candidate to sell his soul to some repulsive elements in the party, then wait for them to come to your area so you can turn out and wave little Taiwanese-made plastic flags at him, then run home and post about it.

They're not jealous of Ron Paul but I think they're jealous of his 30,000+ supporters.

The smart approach would be draw distinctions in policy and still try to make sure Paul supporters feel welcome in the party so they will be supportive in the general.

They go out of their way to heap scorn and abuse on Paul supporters. They've made it very clear they don't even want us in the Republican party.

[gondramB]

>>They go out of their way to heap scorn and abuse on Paul supporters. They’ve made it very clear they don’t even want us in the Republican party.<<

I think that is not wise. Kerry was a weenie but at least he had the sense to try to keep Dean’s internet machine on board.