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Ron Paul or certified RINOs, whom would you prefer? (vanity)

Posted on 08/13/2011 1:26:27 PM PDT by JimWayne

After yesterday's spurt in talk radio about Ron Paul, I've been thinking about his positions. I oppose Ron Paul on Foreign Policy (especially his position ignoring the threat of Islam taking over our policy), but have to seriously wonder about supporting some of the other candidates who have not faced opposition.

Ron Paul gets a lot of flak, but why do the others get away with cheating us for doing far worse than what Ron Paul promises to do to Israel? Many candidates like Rick Santorum, George Allen and Joe Barton have hijacked the label of conservative, but are less conservative than even Ron Paul. They support raising debt to infinite levels, deficit funding, support for Islamic regimes like Pakistan, nationalized healthcare (they did not oppose Romneycare), have wishy-washy positions on abortion, and say one thing during the elections while ganging up with the liberals right after the elections.

The second thought in my mind is about Israel. Why are we so obsessed about Israel when the Jewish people seem to vote for the RATs? I think Islam is more dangerous and if we pull the aid from both Palestine and Israel, Israel will win, but this is a situation I don't really feel strongly about. There are much bigger problems at home and my wealth is depleting not merely due to Obama and other Dims, but the RINOs and neocons who have ganged up with the liberals over the years.

These RINOs do not support us but expect our support unconditionally. They even opposed the TEA Party candidates but suddenly claim that they themselves are part of the TEA Party.

So my question to you is why should we give a free pass to the RINOs? Shouldn't we hold them to the same standards we hold Ron Paul to? I can already hear that Ron Paul is a kook, but that is not the question. The question is whether others like Santorum and George Allen aren't worse than being a kook and why should we support them? The other question is why Israel is so important that my savings should be used for them. Shouldn't they take care of themselves?


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KEYWORDS: boobyhatch; kooks; liberaltarian; nuts; paul2012; rino; ronpaul; vanity
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To: =8 mrrabbit 8=

Congratulations, your thinking just re-elected Obama.


61 posted on 08/13/2011 2:05:12 PM PDT by slorunner
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To: La Enchiladita

By putting the word savings in quotation marks and ridiculing the concept of savings, you proved that you are no different from a liberal. On Israel, aid is like money I give a beggar. It is not the right of Israel to get my money. I would not have brought up the issue but for the fact that Jewish people seem to keep voting for the Dims after taking my money. As for the amount of money, it is a huge amount.


62 posted on 08/13/2011 2:06:40 PM PDT by JimWayne
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To: JimWayne

The problem is that whenever we agree with some candidate on 99% of the issues, but disagree on 1%, everyone goes around screaming RINO, RINO!


63 posted on 08/13/2011 2:07:07 PM PDT by MindBender26 (Forget AMEX. Remember your Glock 27: Never Leave Home Without It!)
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To: JimWayne
I do agree that Ron Paul has no chance of winning, but the same is true for Herman Cain.

But Herman Cain has actually accomplished something, does not blame America for every problem in the world and does not believe surrender is the only answer to the terrorist threat.
64 posted on 08/13/2011 2:07:07 PM PDT by John D
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To: JimWayne

Neither!


65 posted on 08/13/2011 2:08:52 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: MindBender26
The problem is that whenever we agree with some candidate on 99% of the issues, but disagree on 1%, everyone goes around screaming RINO, RINO!

Are you saying that Ron Paul is not a RINO or are you saying that Rick Santorum is not a RINO? Between the two, who is worse and on what grounds would you say one is worse than the other?

66 posted on 08/13/2011 2:09:22 PM PDT by JimWayne
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To: JimWayne
Santorum is a fraud and worse than Ron Paul.

Nobody is worse than the surrender monkey.
67 posted on 08/13/2011 2:09:39 PM PDT by John D
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To: slorunner

Is the “bogeyman” argument the best you got?

...try harder.

=8-)


68 posted on 08/13/2011 2:09:56 PM PDT by =8 mrrabbit 8=
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To: Brilliant
They are certifying them now?I think they certified Ron Paul years ago.
69 posted on 08/13/2011 2:10:22 PM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: x
Ron Paul can’t win, so that makes a choice easier.

Exactly. Neither can/will Pawlenty, Palin(not running), Santorum or that guy from Utah...what's his name, oh yeah Huntsman. Cain? Not going to happen. Bachmann? Maybe, but I don't think so.

Let's cut through all the crap. The likely GOP candidate IS going to be either Romney or Perry. Personally, I prefer Perry, but it IS going to be one of those two. So, as they say, "deal with it".
70 posted on 08/13/2011 2:10:46 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: rjeffries

BS, got a linky?


71 posted on 08/13/2011 2:11:25 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio)
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To: Reaganez
I am starting to like the idea of Perry/Santorum.

Agreed. I much prefer this combo. Forget Ron Paul.
72 posted on 08/13/2011 2:11:51 PM PDT by Antoninus (Nothing that offends God can possibly be a legitimate right.)
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To: JimWayne
There is absolutely no chance of Ron Paul being the GOP candidate. That said, if he was, I promise that he would not get my vote. Neither that nut or an establishment RINO will beat Obama so the question assumes 4 more years of tyranny.
73 posted on 08/13/2011 2:12:06 PM PDT by Proud2BeRight
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To: JimWayne

I’ll support the most conservative candidate who can abet Obama.

Problem: I don’t know who that is.


74 posted on 08/13/2011 2:12:39 PM PDT by D-fendr (Deus non alligatur sacramentis sed nos alligamur.)
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To: JimWayne

Someone who supports candidates who go overseas to military bases and solicit desertion on the part of our troops, advocate physical attacks on President Bush, passes around phony flyers to portray conservative groups as racist, disrupts the Republican National Convention, etc. is not even open to consideration as a candidate for my vote, and shouldn’t be for anyone.


75 posted on 08/13/2011 2:14:02 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Signalman
So, as they say, "deal with it".

Is that the same as SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP? Sure sounds like it.

76 posted on 08/13/2011 2:14:02 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Free Republic- Still AAA++ rated)
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To: Charles Henrickson
Ron Paul should not even be on the stage at these debates.

Ron Paul made easy: Give Iran the bomb.

Nuff said.

77 posted on 08/13/2011 2:14:09 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron (Rush Limbaugh = the Beethoven of talk radio)
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To: JimWayne
Perry and Santorum are RINOs.

And what do you call a guy who enthusiastically voted to homosexualize the military? That would be Ron Paul. The man is a complete nincompoop on social issues.
78 posted on 08/13/2011 2:14:16 PM PDT by Antoninus (Nothing that offends God can possibly be a legitimate right.)
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To: JimWayne

Ron Paul.

I will take the half baked over the slow poison, if those are the only two things on the menu.


79 posted on 08/13/2011 2:15:09 PM PDT by Psalm 144 (Voodoo Republicans: Don't read their lips - watch their hands.)
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To: Minus_The_Bear
Santorum’s wife, Karen, now home schools the children (presumably in Virginia). And the Penn Hills School District has had to go to court to get back the $100,000 – spending even MORE time and MORE taxpayer dollars to get back money Santorum never should have pursued in the first place.

I can't vouch for the source here, but I remember this was part of the story. http://santorumexposed.com/pages/issues/issues-tax.php

80 posted on 08/13/2011 2:15:43 PM PDT by gusopol3
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