Posted on 11/11/2007 12:39:35 PM PST by PlainOleAmerican
I hate wasting this much press time on Ron Paul. But the Paul campaign is becoming a real threat to the Republican primary process and if allowed to continue, he will take votes away from the most conservative Republican candidates in the party, not the most liberal. This is bad for the party and the country.
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So, how Republican is Republican candidate Ron Paul?
If he’s funded largely by anti-war leftists, from Democrat stronghold districts and counting on Democrats, Libertarians and members of the Green Party to win the Republican nomination, not very…
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbull.com ...
You guys are always the loudest, but with the least to say...
The column uses a collection of very valid sources. Former Ron Paul aide for six years, official campaign finance filings which anyone can easily confirm with a little research of their own at the named sources, and Paul campaign sites openly promoting party swapping to hijack the RNC nomination.
These are the columns claims and those claims are obviously supported by all of the above sources, named in the piece.
Nope, I’m with you. I see no reason why any RP supporter would want to respect any of these facts easy to confirm. If they did, they have to eat crow and change candidates...
If the base coalesces around a candidate, the power and momentum will be substantial. The trouble is, if we are still so divided by the time the votes are cast, and that time is only 2 months away, the moderate to liberal wing of the party as well as those who are fearful to vote for anyone who is not at the top of the polls, will make Rudy the nominee.
You are confusing things. The vote on FR for Fred is a CFR plot to supress Hunter.
I thought you knew that.
(... but these are good, sane conservatives making up his support base, mind you...) ;)
There is no Republican out there challenging the status quo except Paul.
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not true. Rudy is on abortion. Huck is on illegals. So Ron Paul isn’t the only republican who wants to bring the party closer to the left.
“I’m not sure he can have it both ways.”
Both ways? He’s saying RP is only a threat to the RNC nomination process due to perverting it withg leftist suporters. How is that two different statements?
“only? lol I think there is a big number of these, and they account for the majority of Paul’s support, IMO.”
You think there are a HUGE number of Republicans ready to throw national security under the bus and retreat in defeat by supporting Paul just because they’re angry with Bush over his spending?
I’d say nearly ALL Republcican voters are looking for a fiscally conservative candidate for a change. But damn few are willing to retreat in defeat from the WOT to elect a nut like Paul. That’s the statement in the coulmn. Are you really disagreeing?
You are totally off base.
Places like Manhattan, Greenwich, CT and the Palm Beach/Boca Raton are are ALWAYS going to give large amounts of money to both parties. This is because they are extremely wealthy areas. However, they will almost always give to "top tier" candidates who can actually win, especially this early in the nomination process. Also, when they give it is usually the maximum amount and this is often done at fund raising parties.
People who live in $5 million+ mansions or penthouses ARE NOT making $98 credit card donations to ANY candidate and especially not to one who is proposing radical federal changes that will throw the economy into turmoil.
Spoken like a true RP mindless minion...
Well done!
EXACTLY! THANK YOU!
Yep...
These people are just plain stupid and don’t get that if you don’t get the Republican in, you get the fire breathing Hillary who will not give us conservative judges, less taxes and less social programs.
Some people are going to be dimwits again and I bet they will boast of their stupidity here on FR after they did it like they believe they were being heroes instead of the morons they really are.
Here's the opinion of another "California Guy":
To: Jim Robinson
Nothing wrong with fighting for your candidate in the primary. But once the dust clears we have to support the anti-Hillary Republican candidate regardless of who he is. Hillary would be a loser for us all the way around.
159 posted on 11/07/2007 8:12:52 PM CST by gesully (gesully) [ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies | Report Abuse ]
To: gesully
Sorry, I will not be supporting a constitution trampling, gun grabbing, pro-abortion, pro-planned parenthood, pro-gay agenda, pro-thought crimes, pro sanctuary city liberal candidate for president. Best double and redouble your efforts to nominate a conservative instead of whining about Hillary.
160 posted on 11/07/2007 8:18:11 PM CST by Jim Robinson (Our God-given unalienable rights are not open to debate, negotiation or compromise!)
OK, you make a valid point.
BUT, regarding the techies(we’ll assume who are at least middle class) donating to Ron Paul, those are new participants in the political process. And they tend to live in zip codes that are overwhelmingly liberal.
He’s going to fool them? Republican primary voters are stupid? I don’t get it.
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the point is not that Republicans are stupid people but rather that Ron Paul is getting stupid people to register as Republicans
If you’re the child...
Nice blind attack on Dondero. Learn that at your DU meeting? Where the credible link to support your assertion? Or did you think the blind unfounded assertion alone would be enough?
I see that as shunning a Lamb that has left the flock.
And why would any Republican support any candidate counting on leftists to help him through the nomination?
Don’t know???
Though I wouldn’t describe Hunter or Thompson the way you just did.
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