Posted on 01/10/2008 7:40:49 PM PST by Rome2000
Now look what you’ve gone and done. The Paulistinians are going to all over you in short order.
LOL
At least we have some entertainment during the primaries...can’t say we couldn’t use a few laughs at the expense of this liberal-Rino joke when we’re facing a damn near all democratic election.
Did anyone catch the last few minutes of the SC debate? The moderator actually cornered this whacko and asked him about his electability, and Paul flipped.
Ron Paul is a freaking nutcase. He thinks he spends too much time thinking about economics????? The guy quoted two different economic concepts which are patently bogus.
He would have been much more at home at the democrat debate. At least then he wouldn’t have been booed.
I am not a Ron Paul supporter (Fred man here), but you are 100% correct with your statement EEE. Ron Paul has been in the Republican Party a long time, and if he does not win the nomination, I expect him to support the nominee that did win.
Ron Paul has been in congress for 20 friggin years and has done nothing to change the status quo. If he wants to change Washington, he should RESIGN from congress.
That would reduce earmark spending by about $400Million per year, it is a start.
Given that the 'terrorists' will not don uniforms, and will attack innocents at will, what sense does it make to send the world's best armed force against a translucent enemy?
Never having been to the ME, what is the word on the Arab Street? Kill Whitey? Absent an organinzed foe, what do we gain by engaging it? Seems we could attack terrorists with a much smaller force and get a bigger 'bang' for the buck.
You wouldn’t be saying that if he was chosen as a running mate to whoever the top nominee turns out to be.
EEE don't waste your time.
These are people who want to be deceived,
Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits (Isa.30:10)
Ron Paul wouldn’t know the U.S. Constitution if it climbed up his pantleg. Ron Paul is a medical doctor. My dog knows more about (a) economics and (b) the Constitution than Ron Paul will ever hope to know.
Ron Paul is promoting the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION that the U.S. Constitution replaced. While I agree that Washington completely ignores the Constitution, SO DOES RON PAUL. He does not understand what the Constitution says, and does not act to protect it or promote. Ron Paul is tearing the US Constitution down.
If Ron Paul were on the ticket, I would for someone MORE consservative — like the Green Party candidate.
Ron Paul is a far left, anti-American, blame-America-First LIBERAL.
The devalued dollar policy? I assume you are talking about on the INTERNATIONAL markets, because that is the only thing that has occurred.
A lower dollar on the international markets will STIMULATE US exports by making US products cheaper abroad. It will make imports more expensive, DISCOURAGING imports, so that people will buy American. It will reduce the appeal (a little) of illegal immigrants because dollars sent outside the country will be worth less.
Ending the ARTIFICIAL strong dollar policy — finally! — is the one best thing that Washington is doing for the US economy. The pinheds in Washington priced US products out of the market for decades. We are now returning to equilibrium, and the result will be very, very good for the US economy.
Exactly.
Bubba knows how to win.
HE’S A KOOK TOO!
We've had a peanut farmer(Carter),a movie star(Reagan), a socialist(Johnson), and a flat-out liar(Clinton). Maybe it's time for a kook.
EQUAL RIGHTS FOR KOOKS! (/sarc)
Sounds reasonable but I have no idea of what we export. Can you name a few items please.
You can’t have a silver lining without a cloud. My guess is that many of Ron Paul’s supporters are liberal now, and if they are listening to the Republican debates, that means they are hearing conservative candidates talk about life in America as it exists today. That’s better than having them listen to the Democrats. Someday, those supporters could turn into conservatives, which is the silver lining.
I stand corrected. Ron Paul is just as much of an embarrassment to the Republican Party as the others.
Here, let me spell it out for you again: HE'S A REPUBLICAN, NOT A LIBERTARIAN.
Well his stance on issues are kind of a mix of libertarianism and isolationism. Yes, I know he prefers to be considered a non-interventionist rather than an isolationist, but his policies lean a bit more towards isolationist.
And those four candidate aren't remotely as conservative as Dr. Paul is.
None are remotely close to Paul's views on the appropriate size of the government. Of course it was kind of my point that Paul isn't like those four. He's a completely different embarrassment.
I think you should appreciate Paul being in the party. The GOP was facing extinction if he hadn't ran.
I don't think Ron Paul has made a significant difference in that regard. He's drawn mostly anti-war nuts from the left. He does have a following among libertarian minded conservatives, but they seem to be a minority of those supporting him now.
I don't however disagree with your assertion that the GOP has been dying. We've had about two decades of leading presidential candidates that if we want to be nice we could call unimpressive.
The GOP's approach to winning elections is to pick a big government "moderate". Then when they get in office they hold votes on pointless bills that will do basically nothing, but for some reason appeal to conservatives and raise their ACU ratings. If there is a really contentious issue, that they don't want to support, they try and avoid actually having it come up for a vote.
The Republican Party is dying. However, Ron Paul shares far too much with his friend Dennis Kookcinich for him to help breath new life into the party.
Thanks for that correction.
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