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Ron Paul wins Conservative Leadership Conference Straw Poll
Political Derby - Conservative Leadership Conference ^ | October 13th, 2007 | Stephen Fountain

Posted on 10/14/2007 4:35:45 AM PDT by Calpernia

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To: hellbender

‘Libertarian youth activists.’ It has a very pleasant ring to it. Enthusiastic for liberty, pro-Constitution, committed to a small federal government in keeping with the original intent. Yes, young people actively campaigning for our future liberties is a very good thing.


61 posted on 10/14/2007 6:56:16 AM PDT by Old 300
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To: Old 300

Old 300, “If” Ron Paul fails to win the Republican nomimnation and then runs on a third party ticket, will you still vote Republican?


62 posted on 10/14/2007 6:57:20 AM PDT by rising tide (Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.)
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To: Old 300

Old 300, “If” Ron Paul fails to win the Republican nomimnation and then runs on a third party ticket, will you still vote Republican?


63 posted on 10/14/2007 6:57:32 AM PDT by rising tide (Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.)
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To: rising tide

Sorry about my double postings everyone. I haven’t posted here in a long time and I’m rusty. I’ll be more careful.
RT


64 posted on 10/14/2007 7:00:17 AM PDT by rising tide (Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.)
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To: rising tide
I haven't decided how to vote. I know that I cannot pull the lever for any of the DNC candidates, or the top 5 GOP candidates on the pollingreport.org site today (Giuliani, Thompson, McCain, Romney, and Huckabee).
65 posted on 10/14/2007 7:01:44 AM PDT by Old 300
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To: deport

That was my thinking when the poster made the announcement that 2 votes separated 2nd and 3rd...if that was truly the case, only 100 people participated in the poll.


66 posted on 10/14/2007 7:01:50 AM PDT by dawn53
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To: dawn53

The ‘poster’ didn’t make the announcement.


67 posted on 10/14/2007 7:09:39 AM PDT by Calpernia (Hunters Rangers - Raising the Bar of Integrity http://www.barofintegrity.us)
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To: Old 300
But we do appease the Saudis.

That doesn't mean it's OK.

68 posted on 10/14/2007 7:09:49 AM PDT by Allegra (Proud Member of the Westheimer Wonders)
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To: Allegra

Ron Paul is talking about ending welfare to the Saudi princes. He’s the only one talking about it, that I know.


69 posted on 10/14/2007 7:13:38 AM PDT by Old 300
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To: dawn53

That was my thinking when the poster made the announcement that 2 votes separated 2nd and 3rd...if that was truly the case, only 100 people participated in the poll.


Articles I’ve seen indicate approx. 500 attendees over the 3 day event thus many wouldn’t be there are the final close when the poll took place. That would include exhibitors/speakers and who knows what other groups. The results [Paul winning] indicates to me the event wasn’t representative of the GOP at large.


70 posted on 10/14/2007 7:20:19 AM PDT by deport (>>>--Iowa Caucuses .. 92 days and counting--<<< [ Meanwhile:-- Cue Spooky Music--])
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Parents won’t let them use their home phone...


71 posted on 10/14/2007 7:22:18 AM PDT by ejonesie22 (265 pound Lemming with attitude for Thompson!)
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To: Old 300
But we do appease the Saudis.

But see the Saudis are our 'allies'. The Decider stated who was in the 'axis of evil'. It's okay to appease every other country except those three. Those three we're supposed to attack militarily (even though none of those three represent a threat to our borders). Oh wait, through trade and multilateral talks we're on the way to get the North Koreans to drop their nuclear programs. And they were much closer to nuclear weapons than the Iranians supposedly are.

So by loosely following what Dr. Paul has recommended before, we were able to diffuse 1/3 of the 'axis of evil'. Well that's not good is it?

72 posted on 10/14/2007 7:25:05 AM PDT by billbears (Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it. --Santayana)
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To: Old 300
Ron Paul is talking about ending welfare to the Saudi princes. He’s the only one talking about it, that I know.

Ron Raul talks about a lot of things, some of it too moonbatty for my tastes.

73 posted on 10/14/2007 7:25:15 AM PDT by Allegra (Proud Member of the Westheimer Wonders)
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To: Old 300
OMG! RON PAUL'S A KOOK!

I'm sure the people who voted were Code Pink or Neo-Nazis skinheads.

74 posted on 10/14/2007 7:26:57 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Tagline Removed By Moderator)
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To: Old 300
We have an opportunity now to conduct our foreign policy more diplomatically. The Soviets aren't funding global revolution. The Chinese are a threat, but it's an economic one.

Very naive statements. Your first sentence wouldn't be out of place in any Demonrat gathering. Negotiate with Iran? Hezbollah? Al Qaeda? As for Russia, it is the enabler of the Iranian nuclear program, which could kill more W. Europeans, Israelis, and Americans than the USSR ever did. As for China, it is a fatal error to think the Chicoms are a bunch of materialists interested in only economics. They realized what every other intelligent person did, which is that socialism doesn't work, so they concocted a fascist system, with enough private enterprise to generate the wealth to support an unprecedented and frightening military buildup. They know that national power is based on industry, diplomacy, and weaponry. They are working against us in all these areas.

The problem with libertarians in a nutshell is that they see everything in terms of economics, and think economic freedom will solve every social and global problem. The Muzzie terrorists are not motivated by materialism and economics, just to give one example.

75 posted on 10/14/2007 7:27:03 AM PDT by hellbender
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To: hellbender

I might be able to agree with you if I could see our present leadership getting its priorities right on the U.S. borders, with amnesty, and with respect to internationalism. I might agree with you if other candidates were talking about getting us out of the United Nations and NAFTA/CAFTA. I might be able to agree with you if I believed the foreign threat were more significant than the march of expanded federal power. You may be the naive one for failing to recognize the biggest threat to your own freedoms: the federal government’s expanded, unconstitutional power grabs.


76 posted on 10/14/2007 7:30:29 AM PDT by Old 300
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s interesting. My ex-boss was on President Reagan’s transition team, and was appointed (with Senate approval) by President Reagan, and supports Ron Paul’s candidacy. Small world, isn’t it.

I guess if being a federal employee during the Reagan administration means I worked for President Reagan, then you could say I worked for President Reagan and support Ron Paul.


77 posted on 10/14/2007 7:31:39 AM PDT by DeaconBenjamin
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To: Allegra
We don’t appease the Saudis, we buy oil from them. The Leadership there want’s terrorism less than we do, bad for business. But they have to walk a tightrope or fear an uprising, so everything they do is way under the table. Good, no, but they do help us out as they can.

God knows I wish the real world was as black and white “Leave it to Beaver” as the Paul folks see it, would make things a hell of a lot easier...

78 posted on 10/14/2007 7:32:30 AM PDT by ejonesie22 (265 pound Lemming with attitude for Thompson!)
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To: Allegra
Ron Raul talks about a lot of things, some of it too moonbatty for my tastes.

What's moonbatty about seeking to abolish the Federal Reserve, the IRS, and limiting the power fo the federal government? Those are good, wholesome conservative positions. His perspectives on foreign policy are interrelated with those things, because our foreign policy is one reason whey we need to print money out of nothing, inflating our currency year over year.

79 posted on 10/14/2007 7:36:33 AM PDT by Old 300
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To: ejonesie22
We don’t appease the Saudis, we buy oil from them...

Most of our middle east policy is oriented around preserving their security.

80 posted on 10/14/2007 7:39:22 AM PDT by Old 300
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