Posted on 09/10/2008 6:47:54 AM PDT by mnehring
Mod, can you remove Barr from the title, he didn’t show..
Gee Mr. Paul, does this include voting for the Communist Party USA, Socialist Party, Socialist Workers' Party, or Worker's World Party? Or maybe the Green Party. So many socialists, and only one vote.
I'm kinda nostalgic for the days when the Paul haters swore up and down that that turd they ran against him would win in the primary.
LOL, yeah, riiiight...
Like we often said, political belief are a circle, the far left and the far right are basically connected, kooks all, and the chief kook has spoken for the tribe...
That's been the primary means by which the federal government has expanded it's authority since the New Deal. There's no shortage of examples, and they're objectively identifible by virtue of Congress claiming authority because they "find" a "substantial effect on interstate commerce". If you have other examples you'd like to include please do.
however, before I answer, I will also pose the same question back to you.. what has Paul accomplished in his decades in offce to limit the 'new deal commerce clause'?
You've already submitted that he's done nothing, and they you have better alternatives. Now, who are they and what is it exactly they have actually done?
But this way, he gets funds donated by GOP lackeys who donate directly to the party rather than individual candidates and it pisses said people off. I like it.
Palin hasn't had a chance to yet, but I bet she will. She's pretty darned libertarian.
That ‘turd’ we ran against him did better against Paul than Paul did in all of his primary bids.
How is it when Paul gets over 5%, it is a moral victory and proof of a movement, but when someone running against Paul gets 30%, Paul ‘trounced him’?
Because there were 8 people in the presidential primary and two people in the Congressional primary. Even you have to admit that you guys bit the big one predicting that dude to actually win.
Being the freerider always makes economic sense for the freerider.
But for someone who claims to be a man of principle, it kind of explodes the claim. And when I say "kind of", I mean "utterly."
Y’all may find this interesting.. Barr (Libertarian) didn’t show up.. I just got an email, apparently he is having his own press conference at noon. He isn’t happy with setting aside ideals and embracing Nader and McKinney for a statement.
It seems Barr is true to what he said, he wants to win, not just make a statement.
I’m surprized we haven’t seen more of this. Ron Paul is a joke even in the Texas palmetto swamps where he lives. He ran on promoting the return of the gold standard for years. He appeals to those who don’t know we are on the gold standard, at market rates.
The media may try to promote Paul as a spoiler, siphoning off fringe conservatives.
The equivalent response to Ron Paul is to promote Ralph Nader’s campaign: “Real liberals for Nader!”
Then why did he jump on the global warming bandwagon? He's as much of a jackass as the other third-party guys.
Who knows.. you know I’m not a Barr fan, I just found the turn interesting.. even he didn’t buy this little symbolic move..
You just admitted he's a cash whore who uses people for his own aggrandizement, and you're happy with that. Thanks for the admission. Nice people you run with...
Ron Paul has officially just actively betrayed all the people who have supported his run for the presidency. While many of us have made light of them, their attachment to him has run deep. I guess the cut runs just as deep.
Yeah, because the people who donate to political parties rather than candidates tend to be the type of people I enjoy watching get pissed and used. Call me cynical or vindictive in this case, I can assure you that I'm not like that in my non-political life. I just can't stand party lackeys of either party.
this isn't a matter of "libertarian" as it is "strict construtionist". A lot of people would argue that Roe v Wade was a "libertarian" decision, but it was still an abuse of authority.
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