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Barry Goldwater, Jr. Endorses Ron Paul
USA Daily ^ | November 16, 2007 | USA Daily Staff

Posted on 11/16/2007 8:41:02 AM PST by Sue Bob

Barry M. Goldwater, Jr. endorsed Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul for president.

“America is at a crossroads,” said Mr. Goldwater. “We have begun to stray from our traditions and must get back to what has made us the greatest nation on earth or we will lose much of the freedom we hold dear. Ron Paul stands above all of the other candidates in his commitment to liberty and to America.”

“Leading America is difficult, and I know Ron Paul is the man for the job,” he added.

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To: BlazingArizona

Post #57 I’ll agree with you there.


61 posted on 11/16/2007 9:41:22 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: devere
and we should do what it takes to build a winning coalition, including avoiding harsh rhetoric against our fellow Republicans.

Again, then: tell it to Ron Paul.

This really isn't all that arcane or abstract a logical progression, I'm thinking. ;)

62 posted on 11/16/2007 9:41:38 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!" -- Jim Robinson, 09/30/07)
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To: Sue Bob

Ron Paul is not going to be on the Republican Presidential ticket in 2008 or ever.


63 posted on 11/16/2007 9:41:58 AM PST by PLMerite ("Unarmed, one can only flee from Evil. But Evil isn't overcome by fleeing from it." Jeff Cooper)
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To: Sue Bob
And I thought senior was suffering from Alzheimer's. I guess it runs in the family.
64 posted on 11/16/2007 9:43:42 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatives live in the truth. Liberals live in lies.)
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To: Sue Bob
I'm a libertarian in principle, and as such I hold some sympathy for Ron's stated goals. However, I cannot condone his actions regarding our retaliatory war on radical Islamic fascism. Nor can I condone some of the outright fraud perpetrated by those pushing his candidacy.

He's a good bell-weather, but he is NOT POTUS material.

Duncan isn't as "small government" as I'd like him. But he is vastly better than Rudy McRomney or even Dr. Paul himself IMO.

65 posted on 11/16/2007 9:44:39 AM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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To: jmyrlefuller

Goldwater also opposed the JFK tax cuts which were a model for Reagan’s, Goldwater who? we have nothing to do with that anymore.


66 posted on 11/16/2007 9:48:12 AM PST by ari-freedom (I am for traditional moral values, a strong national defense, and free markets.)
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To: wideawake

He was a Ham Operator... I met him several times over the years. He changed vastly when he got old.

LLS


67 posted on 11/16/2007 9:49:10 AM PST by LibLieSlayer (Support America, Kill terrorists, Destroy dims!)
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To: PLMerite
Ron Paul is not going to be on the Republican Presidential ticket in 2008 or ever.

Most of his supporters don't care. The fact that he's running and talking about traditional beliefs that the GOP should have been promoting all this time will be his legacy.

He should be given a slot at the convention, and he should endorse someone like Fred Thompson so that his supporters will stay in the GOP and help defeat Hillary.

68 posted on 11/16/2007 9:49:31 AM PST by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: Sue Bob

What’s more amusing and amazing is that there some people out there that think the endorsement of Mr. Goldwater (Jr) is of consequence.

I don’t care about endorsements! When are people going to learn to think for themselves??


69 posted on 11/16/2007 9:53:27 AM PST by BlueNgold (Feed the Tree .....)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Yeah but he set the seeds for Reagan as people realized he was right.

The average American did not think Goldwater was right. Richard Nixon did not trounce the Democrats by running as a Goldwater disciple. And after Goldwater smacked Ronald Reagan across the face with his non-endorsement, Reagan won with his own brand of conservatism, having completely outgrown Goldwater's petulant childishness.

Same thing that Paul is doing.

I agree that Paul is a crank that successful Republicans will not look to as a role model.

He may not win the nomination, but I bet the GOP will be more libertarian as a result.

He will definitely not even be in the running for the nomination and the GOP will not become more libertarian, since key libertarian issues like legalizing hard drugs and betraying US troops are not gaining much currency.

You should appreciate that Paul is running.

I appreciate the comic relief, certainly.

He's bringing in new and younger voters into the GOP.

No, he's getting fringe types who normally vote Green, Democrat, New Alliance and Socialist to switch registration for the primaries with the express purpose of undermining the GOP's resolve to deafeat terrorism. None of these people will still be "Republicans" after Paul's candidacy finishes going down in flames.

The GOP is a dying party

LOL! The GOP has more registered members as a percentage of the US population now than it has since before the days of FDR.

the base has completely shrunk to religious conservatives and those who support the war

So the base is the 55ish percent of Americans who consider themselves conservatives? Or the 70% of Americans who consider themselves religious? Or the presumably high percentage of Americans who would rather win a war than lose it?

I'm not sure if we need a few thousand neo-Nazis, goldbugs and 9/11 Truthers in the mix, to be honest.

70 posted on 11/16/2007 9:55:55 AM PST by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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To: jmc813
Ron Paul hate Jews, hates our troops, has horrible dental hygeine, is a New England Patriots fan, and checks out 11 items in the express lane.

You forget to add that he talks on his cell phone in the left lane while going 10 mph under the speed limit and never uses his turn signal.

71 posted on 11/16/2007 9:57:25 AM PST by King of Florida (A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them.)
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To: KDD
It is not surprising to see no class liberal statist Rudy Giuliani supporters disparage another conservative icon like Goldwater...

If you think that I would ever vote for Rudolph Giuliani for President you're even stupider than Goldwater was.

And if you support Ron Paul, you're even more of a traitor than Goldwater was.

their raging abortionist Gay Mayor either

Giuliani is indeed a staunch supporter of abortion and sodomy - just like Barry Goldwater was.

72 posted on 11/16/2007 9:58:43 AM PST by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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To: Sue Bob

73 posted on 11/16/2007 10:00:58 AM PST by GalaxieFiveHundred
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To: GalaxieFiveHundred

ROTFLMAO!!!!! Your own work, or someone else’s...? ;)


74 posted on 11/16/2007 10:02:43 AM PST by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle ("Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!" -- Jim Robinson, 09/30/07)
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To: BlazingArizona
you consider that Goldwater would likely have done better than any of today's candidates at fighting the current war to win

LOL! Like he did when he said that Vietnam was a "useless war"? How encouraging for the veterans of that conflict.

Goldwater: big talker, small doer.

75 posted on 11/16/2007 10:02:57 AM PST by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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To: Sue Bob

I wonder if Goldwater knows that he is aligning himself with Code Pink, white supremacists, isolationists, and people who proclaim that Abraham Lincoln was evil........?


76 posted on 11/16/2007 10:04:05 AM PST by AwesomePossum
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To: SolidWood

Majoring in Ballet at Yale, probably.


77 posted on 11/16/2007 10:05:19 AM PST by krb (If you're not outraged, people probably like having you around.)
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To: devere

The Republican Party is not going to unite to support Ron Paul. No matter what. Get a freaking clue!


78 posted on 11/16/2007 10:07:52 AM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade. There are only 2 sides. Pick one.)
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To: elhombrelibre

1?


79 posted on 11/16/2007 10:13:49 AM PST by Eric Blair 2084 (Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shouldn't be a federal agency...it should be a convenience store.)
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To: sageb1

“The Republican Party is not going to unite to support Ron Paul. No matter what. Get a freaking clue!”

I don’t support Ron Paul at present, but if he’s the nominee of the GOP I will vote for him against any Democrat. Aside from his extreme isolationism, Ron Paul’s views suit me fine.

To have a united party you need to have a fair contest of views, and then unite around the candidate the convention chooses. It seems most unlikely that Ron Paul will be the GOP candidate, but why drive him out of the party with unnecesary insults? I like the idea of Fred Thompson as the candidate, and Ron Paul endorsing him. We need to win in 2008! President Hillary with a Democratic Congress is too ugly to contemplate.


80 posted on 11/16/2007 10:21:01 AM PST by devere
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