Posted on 09/07/2007 10:40:07 AM PDT by NapkinUser
Edited on 09/07/2007 2:31:57 PM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]
Has this been a hectic and encouraging time! First we got almost 17% in the Texas straw poll, an event set-up to represent the establishment, with very restrictive voting rules. That 17% of the Republican hierarchy would support our views, after a full day of pro-war propaganda, is good news. Then we won the more open Maryland Republican straw poll with 28%. In both cases, as usual, hard-working, well-organized volunteers made all the difference.
The Fox debate was a lot of fun as well. It's true that a few of the network people are not exactly with us on foreign or domestic policy (though one famous guy whispered to me that he is a libertarian), but the audience—with lots of students from the University of New Hampshire—was definitely fair and balanced, as their enthusiastic reaction showed.
My opponents called for more war, more torture, more secret prisons, more eavesdropping, more presidential power. Some seemed to identify the government and the people as if they were one entity. But you and I know that once the government moves beyond its very limited constitutional mandate, it is an opponent of the people, a rip-off operation that takes our money and our freedom and our social peace, and gives us a mess of statist pottage in return.
The government failed miserably on 911 to protect us, despite spending trillions. So the answer was supposed to be the giant, socialist Department of Homeland Security, protecting you and me from taking our toothpaste on the airplane. I was ridiculed for saying that the airlines, which know best how to protect their property, should have been allowed to arm their pilots. But then, you and I really believe in the Second Amendment. It is not just a political slogan for us.
When I discussed the blowback that came from us intervening on the Arabian peninsula, Chris Wallace asked me if I wanted to follow the marching orders of al-Qaeda. I responded that I wanted to follow the marching orders of the Constitution, and not wage undeclared, aggressive wars that cause us only trouble. This is a mystifying to some, of course, but not to more and more Americans.
There was much talk of taxes, and a pledge not to raise rates. But as usual, I was not allowed to discuss my lifelong pledge to abolish the income tax. Just holding the line, when the government takes such vast sums through an illegitimate guilty-until-proven-innocent system, is hardly enough. We need to slash taxes and spending if we are to have a future of prosperity for ourselves and our families.
After the debate, many young people gathered around the stage to discuss our ideas and ask questions about them (and to have me sign their badges). My colleagues got no such response, and after a few moments, "security" ordered me off the stage. Can't have any such demonstration of interest in liberty.
But the young are with us, and so are Americans of every stripe. Even party officials. When one of my opponent said it was OK to lose elections through supporting the Iraq war, that set party people's teeth on edge, and rightly so. The Republican party is shrinking. We need new people. It's either our ideas or President Hillary, and more and more people recognize it.
But the media, and everyone else, will be looking at fundraising totals at the end of this month. They'll judge us by how we do. And we need help to wage what we hope will be a full-scale, 50-state campaign. Please help me head into the next quarter fully armed to do battle for freedom, peace and prosperity. Make your most generous contribution https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate/. This Revolution is on the move, but it very much needs your support.
Sincerely,
Ron
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Thank you. :) My posts were so inadequate to the task.
And you disagree with this exactly how?
So the answer was supposed to be the giant, socialist Department of Homeland Security, protecting you and me from taking our toothpaste on the airplane.
Wow. What a nut eh?
was ridiculed for saying that the airlines, which know best how to protect their property, should have been allowed to arm their pilots. But then, you and I really believe in the Second Amendment. It is not just a political slogan for us.
Sounds like a Freeper to me.
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Prove it.
My active major buddy has been bitching about the logistical folks that pass through whining about the war being unfair...
Pisses him off as he is loading wounded from his unit...
Between friends and where I work I know about 150 Iraq vets. None have ever said anything like what Paul says, much less mentioned him...
I'm well into my fourth year in Iraq. I've seen units come and go since January '04. I've met and worked with military folks from all walks of life and have made good friends with many of them. Many who have gone home still remain in contact regularly.
When this whole "military supports Ron Paul" drivel first started being moonbatted around earlier this summer, just for grins, I started asking people in the PX, in the chow hall and in general conversations at various gatherings.
Not ONE military person, be it a reservist, guard member or career expressed any support for Ron Paul. I got one of three answers:
1. Laughter
2. "Who?"
3. "You've got to be effin' kidding me." (Usually followed by laughter.)
Beat me to it.
What wouldn’t be funny is if Paul had any chance to win the nomination.
Break out the hibachi..
You're just quoting that moonbat and making snide remarks.
Be more careful in your rush to attack, please. I believe you learned long ago that I am not intimidated by you or anyone else here. I have not addressed you.
Select someone else to be snarky with.
I'm having fun.
Check that snowball out as it flies through hell...
LOL! Thank goodness.
But he doesn't. So it's moot.
You may go back to enjoying life.
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Thanks. :)
My son, along with the rest of his Regiment, think this man RP (as well as the entire demoncRat field) is an idiot. My son does not like being in Iraq. He wants to come home and be with his family. But, after being in Iraq for more than a year now, he does still believe in the mission and he, along with most all of our soldiers, want to complete this mission and not cut and run. They believe doing so would make their sacrifices meaningless, and result in the deaths of a large number of Iraqi’s who want peace in their country. If anyone wants to know what our soldiers believe, just ask them.
Hate to say it, but your trying to reason with the unreasonable. It’s like hitting your head against a brick wall and expecting the wall to give. This poster is firmly entrenched in Ru Paul’s idiocy and there’s no way to breach that wall with them.
Fight the "insurgents" like a War. Go into Syria and Iran if necessary. Smash them. Kill them.
Playing this by the Democrats "Viet Nam" playbook is wasting billions in taxes and thousands of lives.
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