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Glenn Beck Smears Ron Paul With Half-Truths About Paul's Earmarks.
11/30/2011 | PhilipFreneau

Posted on 11/30/2011 8:52:31 PM PST by PhilipFreneau

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To: freespirited

>>>Simply stated, earmarks are the currency of corruption on Capitol Hill.<<<

Nope. Over-budgeting is the currency of corruption on Capitol Hill. Earmarks simply make the over-budgeted money transparent.


21 posted on 11/30/2011 9:20:03 PM PST by PhilipFreneau
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To: buccaneer81

>>>Watch “Seven Days In May” if you’re able to follow it.<<<

I’m pretty busy. Can you provide a summary?


22 posted on 11/30/2011 9:21:27 PM PST by PhilipFreneau
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To: PhilipFreneau; Absolutely Nobama
Beck correctly stated that Paul adds many earmarks to spending bills, and then votes against the spending bills.

If you don't think that this type of slimy tactic by Paul to buy votes in his district and also keep his clueless followers believing he is pure, you are as morally bankrupt as he is. This is a stunt that needs more and more exposure to demonstrate what a typical politician and cracked pot Paul is.

23 posted on 11/30/2011 9:21:33 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: PhilipFreneau

Just posted this to Beck’s FB page:
Glenn, Long time fan and view your work vital. I’ve known and respected Ron Paul since ‘83 and consider him one of the few trustworthy men in Malfunction Junction. That said, I just read the following post at FreeRepublic and need to know if it is correct: (Your post here).
Added this:
Not that it will matter much, but one of my earliest ancestors was an associate of and fought beside a man you claim to greatly admire — as we all should: George Washington.
His name was John Carpenter and his story is here:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ohguerns/johncarpenter.html


25 posted on 11/30/2011 9:22:51 PM PST by Dick Bachert (Obozo deserves another term: IN LEAVENWORTH. 25 to life sounds about right!)
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To: SmithL

>>>IBTZ?<<<

I wasn’t aware this was an anti-Paul website. In fact, FR has long been recognized as a conservative web site. Paul is a true conservative.


26 posted on 11/30/2011 9:23:35 PM PST by PhilipFreneau
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To: PhilipFreneau

Yeah. I’m sure you’re busy, troll.


27 posted on 11/30/2011 9:23:35 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: PhilipFreneau

They all need to quit spending money. Doesn’t matter whether it is in anyone’s budget or allocation or who requested it. Shut it down.


28 posted on 11/30/2011 9:24:39 PM PST by Grams A (The Sun will rise in the East in the morning and God is still on his throne.)
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To: PhilipFreneau
Paul is a true conservative.

Conservatives don't take money from Stormfront.

29 posted on 11/30/2011 9:25:02 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: PhilipFreneau

Paul is a moonbat truther! That is incompatible with being a conservative.


30 posted on 11/30/2011 9:25:48 PM PST by SmithL (Proud Tennessee Volunteer)
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To: buccaneer81

>>>Yeah. I’m sure you’re busy, troll.<<<

Troll? LOL. I have been posting on FR since 2000, like you.


31 posted on 11/30/2011 9:26:12 PM PST by PhilipFreneau
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To: PhilipFreneau

I would call it “a slight deflection from the truth”
just to be polite.


32 posted on 11/30/2011 9:26:12 PM PST by RitchieAprile (Precious little in your life is yours by right and won without a fight..)
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To: buccaneer81
Christmas at the Paul's...

Hey Mom. Uncle Ron smells like pee again.

33 posted on 11/30/2011 9:26:44 PM PST by gov_bean_ counter
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To: PhilipFreneau

Yes, however that is not the issue at hand. Beck made an observation, I agreed and then you said it was a lie.
Which part of what Beck said and I agreed with is a lie.
Paul IS the earmark king of congress, it is a fact, it is a given.


34 posted on 11/30/2011 9:27:18 PM PST by svcw (God's Grace - thank you!)
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To: PhilipFreneau
Troll? LOL. I have been posting on FR since 2000, like you.

I've seen a dozen FReeper trolls from 1998 disappear in the last three months.

36 posted on 11/30/2011 9:28:08 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

Pee and poop.


38 posted on 11/30/2011 9:28:59 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: PhilipFreneau
All money not allocated or earmarked is not deleted from the budget...

So what? That's like a thief saying "If I didn't steal from the unguarded store, someone else would have". A corrupt practice is a corrupt practice, and it should not be rationalized away.

And I say that as someone who has very little use for Glenn Beck.

39 posted on 11/30/2011 9:29:28 PM PST by Leaning Right (Why am I carrying this lantern? you ask. I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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