Is Ron Paul living in there?
Posted on 09/07/2007 8:29:47 AM PDT by rface
The Legal Newswire - It is obvious that, after seeing the Fox News Debates on Sept. 5th, 2007, the mainstream media and GOP see Ron Paul as enough of a threat to stop ignoring him, and to start ridiculing him. From using a split screen to show Giuliani smirking as Ron Paul answers his questions, to the background chuckles as he is asked questions, Ron Paul has apparently become the butt of an inside joke.
However, with a 33% win in the post-debate poll, it is Ron Paul who should be laughing. Of course, Sean Hannity could not resist making the ridiculous statement that the “Paulites” had spammed the poll. The argument, both false and illogical, is used to attempt to plant the seed in the minds of the American people that Ron can’t win, and conclude he is a “wasted” vote.
If it were possible to vote multiple times from one cell phone, then what would be the advantage for Ron Paul anyway? The mainstream media would have us believe that the “front-runner” candidates are so popular, wouldn’t their supporters also text multiple times? In any case, it is impossible to vote twice. I tried it to make sure. So, unless Ron Paul supporters have suddenly become an independently wealthy group of lunatics, with dozens of cell phones each, the results must be representative of REAL PEOPLE.
The bottom line? The FOX News talking heads would have us believe that when the polls show unacceptable results, they must be wrong. This argument is wearing very thin. The American viewers who were paying attention were sure to see the obvious bias of the debate coverage. A full thirty minutes passed before Dr. Paul was given a chance to answer a question. This, after the “big three” had answered two or three each. Tancredo was also given very little time compared to McCain, Romney, and Giuliani.
The bias was not only in the in total time, but also the placement of the time. McCain, Giuliani, and Romney got both the first and the last word in the minds of the American people, opening and closing the debates. Then, they were the first to be interviewed by Neocon lapdog Hannity.
Ron Paul will not win over the entire Republican base. But he does not have to. The Ron Paul Revolution embodies the United, not Divided, States, as Huckabee would insinuate. He is pulling support from both sides of the aisle, drawing in the independents and the disenfranchised as well. The Republican and Democratic voters who put party loyalty above the issues will never vote for Ron Paul. Fortunately, they represent the minority.
So here we are, in the second phase of Gandhi’s aformentioned four phases. This is good news, because it means we are starting to make a difference. However, I predict that it won’t take long for them to move into full attack mode, looking for any and every opportunity to discredit and expose the skeletons in the closet Ron Paul must be hiding from the American people. Fortunately for us, we have a man with the integrity, character, and voting record to back up what he says.
Of course, no one really knows what the future holds, but Dr. Paul has a clear and consistent record of honesty, both with his constituents and those of us who want to be his constituents. So when he stated categorically that he would NOT run as an independent or as a Libertarian I tend to believe him.
There are a lot of people who sincerely believe he is not what he appears to be and perhaps you’re one of them. I’m not. I think he’s the real deal and as such, the general population is afraid of the changes he might bring, painting over his American colors with broad strokes of Communist red and cowardly yellow.
Sad.
Aww, damn my fat fingers. I meant to put in 3% in.
Is Ron Paul living in there?
I haven't decided that yet. What I have decided is that I will never, ever, vote for the man because of his isolationist beliefs and belief that America is at fault for 9/11.
However, unless this man comes out and candidly rebukes and refutes those who are using his candidacy for their own political agenda, I will very soon be one who sees him as insincere and a fraud.
I just don’t get all drama here on FR about Ron Paul. Let the man have his say and then we’ll see how does when the votes are counted.
Wouldn't you be happier at Daily Kos or over in DUmmieland troll?
Nope, just a little trip to Wal-Mart with some walkin' around money. Wouldn't surprise me if this is exactly how it went down, given the proclivity for RoPaul supporters to do dishonest things .
Did FOX news do the contacting of the polls, or was this one of those on-line polls, or “Call this number to vote for Ron Paul”?
The reason Ron Paul gets ridiculed is because he is ridiculous. I used to admire the guy, but he’s turned into the Republican flip-image of Dennis Kucinich, circa 1996.
I don't get what is so hard to understand about this. The people "at fault" for 9/11 were dead the moment the planes the planes hit their targets. Paul has argued that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 were retaliation for American interventionist foreign policy over the last century. And non-interventionism isn't the same as isolationism. Isolation is the complete and total closing off of your country culturally, technologically, economically to every other nation on earth. Paul has consistently called for free trade and open, friendly relations with other countries.
I highly doubt that people are buying dozens of disposable phones to vote for Paul, but that doesn’t mean that call-in polls are a joke.
I highly doubt that people are buying dozens of disposable phones to vote for Paul, but that doesn’t mean that call-in polls are NOT a joke.
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So you call submitting his pork bills then voting against them honest?
C'mon! You know he only votes against them cause he knows they will pass anyway AND then he can fool the idiots by saying he is against pork and point to his BS votes.
I haven’t seen any substantive rebuttals of Dr. Paul’s positions. Only name calling. Can’t his detractors come up with something else, like a cogent argument?
So, you agree that the American casualties on 9/11, and all other attacks against American interests by Islamic Jihadists within the past century were justified? Is that true? Am I correct in that interpretation? I expect a non-equivocal reply.
In the same vein, I assume you'd then agree that America has no business pursuing their global interests unless done so here on our shores. In other words, economic and social interests must be pursued at home; not elsewhere around the World because such pursuit will be seen as 'intervention'.
And non-interventionism isn't the same as isolationism.
See above. Non-intervention can well be seen as/double for isolationism.
Paul has consistently called for free trade and open, friendly relations with other countries.
Isn't that nice! And what to do when those other countries don't want free trade, open and friendly relations, but want to destroy our way of life and beliefs? What then? Wait until they attack us here with their dirty bombs?
Your reply: "Can you provide proof of that quote?"
How about: "I am just absolutely convinced that the best formula for giving us peace and preserving the American way of life is freedom, limited government, and minding our own business overseas." - http://www.fdrs.org/ron_paul_quotations.html.
I'm sure I can find others
No doubt. :)
“the poll that FoxNews initiated....”
Is that the one where people had to pay to send a text message?
Serious, mature people don’t sit around sending text messages trying to inflate a “poll”.
Paul supporters do...
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