With Thompson out, Tom McClintock leans to Ron Paul

Los Angeles Times ^ | Jan 25, 2008 | Dan Morain

[Truthsearcher]

That’s my point. We can’t go with Ron Paul because he wants us to lose and retreat back to the US. People who think we can lose this war and continue with our idyllic domestic existence are either naive or stupid.

I don’t care what Paul’s domestic policies are, if we lose this war it won’t matter.

[JFC]

Ron Paul is an idiot!

[wideawake]

If you are going to lead, then you lead to your point of view.

Concessions always have to be made along the way to get important stuff done. Reagan was excellent at making tangential concessions that did not eviscerate the effectiveness of his stated goal.

[ToryNotion]

I pray I never need you people to defend my country.

Now when you say defend my country is assume your mean the territory within the actual boundaries of the United States. I see nothing in Dr Paul's proposals that say's the United States would be undefended. So you must either be referring to the abstraction called 'national security' or some expected terrorist attack after we remove the main reason the terrorists want to attack us.

[JFC]

OBGYN’s don’t need to run for President, besides the fact that his voice alone is bothersome.

[Truthsearcher]

The main reason they want to attack us is that we’re not Muslims who submit to the will of Allah.

How do you propose we remove that reason?

[Harvey105]

Do you think it better that we are subjugated by our own rapidly expanding and intrusive government?

Before any invading army could reach America, we could sink their ships and shoot down their planes. What we haven’t done is secure our border.

Paul wants to defend America and secure our borders. He also wants to shrink the size, cost, cost, and power of government.

To me, that’s a plan that makes sense.

[Bruinator]

I agree, but concessions are one thing. Consensus denotes giving up much more in a political context. Just my opinion.

[ToryNotion]

I it wasn’t the Muslims it would be some other boogeyman.

[Antoninus]

Ron Paul is an idiot!

Based on your tagline, that opinion holds little weight.

[CautiouslyHopeful]

The rest of the region could be with our withdrawal from Iraq. If other Western nations or the UN want to step in, by all means they can have it.

The question is, can the USA afford to leave the Middle East destablized. A destabilized Middle East is what causes terrorism to flourish and gain power in the first place.

I think Dr. Paul’s position is that we’d first allow gold and silver to compete with the dollar.

That's interesting. That makes more sense.

[chesty_puller]

the territory within the actual boundaries of the United States.

Yes, that's the plan. Wait until our enemy is within our borders and then depend on the cowardly crotch-doctor to run them off. Idiotic

[Truthsearcher]

Yes because real threats from people who just don’t like us don’t and can’t exist.

The world is only made of nice people who have misunderstandings.

[SierraWasp]

Well it looks to me like Tom McClintock is gettin about ready to throw the rest of his once good credibility into the kook box that he hasn't already trown into the shamful tribal gaming box!!!

Tom! We hardly knew ye!! Say it isn't so!!!

[ToryNotion]

Do you really think with the tecnology and intelligence we have we’d not know till they were at our borders? Come on...

[JFC]

and the tagline behind you speaks loudly of your views.

[ovrtaxt]

McClintock’s logic is flawless! haha

[ToryNotion]

Well my threat level indicator is a bit lower than your I suppose. Time will tell.

[ovrtaxt]

but the more liberal wing of the GOP can't continue to trample on conservatives without some, at least, resorting to protest votes.

See tagline.

[rom]

Amazing.

I had converted to the Ron Paul camp from the Thompson camp, and now my local-hero in CA politics is as well.

Just reinforced my decision firmly. Maybe we can have McClintock and Paul start a viable third party and leave the RINOs to die in their native habitat.