Posted on 08/13/2011 1:26:27 PM PDT by JimWayne
Ron Paul = Certified RINO so what is the question. Heck I think if you asked Paul he might well say he is not a Republican.
Paul isn’t a real Presidential candidate so this is a stupid question.
If Ron Paul were the candidate, Obama is the next president and if another Mclame/McRommney is the candidate Obama is the next president.
He tells his supporters that the only reason he has an R next to his name is because it’s easier to win that way. He’ll tell you to run with a D next to your name if you think that is more likely to lead to victory.
In a certain sense, I agree with this sentiment. I’m more loyal to conservatism than I am to the Republican Party. However, so long as I’m a Republican, I’ll be a loyal one.
He is not going to win the Presidency.
I am starting to like the idea of Perry/Santorum.
I totally agree. This guy has as much chance of winning the Republican Nomination as Sarah Palin has to win the Democratic Nomination.
They are certifying them now?
No, the question is not about Paul. It is why others get a free pass and are not held to the same standard as Paul.
If you really oppose terrorism, you should oppose candidates who support Islamic regimes. If you really oppose baby-killing, you should oppose candidates who triangulate their position on baby-killing. And if you really oppose Global Warming, you should oppose those who subsidize ethanol. The question is why don’t I see this happen.
I do agree that Ron Paul has no chance of winning, but the same is true for Herman Cain.
Ron Paul is such a kook on things foreign policy and finding the "truth" about 9-11 that there really isn't any reason to take him particularly seriously on anything. The guy just disqualifies himself when he won't even distance himself from the Alex Jones, 9-11 truther conspiracy crowd.
Ron Paul is a Libertarian running as a Republican. By definition that makes him a “Republican In Name Only”.
bat poop crazy person that will get us all killed (paul)
or any other credible candidate? easy choice.
Just in case anybody else has been wondering, the full moon was at 11:57 PDT (about 12:10 FRT) today.
Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann are the only good candidates. Perry and Santorum are RINOs. Perry got Texas into a deficit and Santorum supports ethanol subsidies and supported Arlen Specter. Santorum is a fraud and worse than Ron Paul.
Ron Paul would be my absolutely LAST choice among the Republican candidates. I would even vote for Huntsman, my next-to-last choice, over Paul. Paul would actually be dangerous to our nation’s security.
I often wonder why people obsess about the 2 billion we send to Israel (which is essentially just a subsidy to our weapons industry), but they're silent on the staggering amount of aid we provide to the rest of the world.
We spend between six and seven hundred billion dollars a year to keep China from invading their neighbors or cutting off sea lanes, Russia from rolling into Europe, North Korea from unleashing hell on Seoul, or Iran from blockading the Straits of Hormuz. That's not just for our benefit, that's for the benefit of the rest of the world.
We spend 50 billion a year on benefits and services to illegal aliens. How much do we spend on welfare or food stamps for people who are members of America's "leisure class"?
Yet people keep bringing up Israel... kinda makes you wonder what the obsession is...
Is that why head to head polls show Paul doing as well vs Obama heads up than any other candidate in the GOP field?
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