Posted on 01/05/2012 6:06:35 AM PST by Mustang Driver
Sarah Palin admonished Republicans not to ridicule Congressman Ron Paul. Sarah Palin is wrong. Ron Paul is a disloyal phony who has earned whatever contempt real Republicans have for him and his dangerously naive ideas about foreign policy. Ron Paul has shunned the party in the past, as he was the Libertarian Party candidate in 1988 and in 2008 he rejected the McCain/Palin ticket, instead embracing Cynthia McKinney and other third-party candidates for president 2008.
Like a kid who is losing a game, Ron Paul took his ball and went home in 2008.
But Missus Palin, sadly, seemed to be unaware of his disloyalty.
In her role as a paid contributor on Fox News, Sarah Palin lectured Neal Cavuto: “Here’s the deal, the GOP would be so remiss to marginalize Ron Paul and his supporters as we come out of Iowa tonight and move down the road to New Hampshire, South Carolina and Florida, et cetera. If we marginalize these supporters who have been touched by Ron Paul and what he believed in over these years, well, then, through a third party run of Ron Paul’s or the Democrats capturing those independents and these libertarians who supported what Ron Paul’s been talking about, well, then the GOP is going to lose. And then there will be no light at the end of the tunnel. So, the worst thing that the GOP machine can do is marginalize Ron Paul and his supporters.”
Here’s the deal, her analysis is simplistic and contrary to the facts. While I do agree that Republicans should embrace Ron Paul’s supporters, the man conducted himself in a less-than-honorable manner.
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Yeah..gotta be careful not to “marginalize Ron Paul and his supporters”..snicker.
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I don’t understand why there isn’t an onslaught of negative ads airing 24/7 about this guy and his dangerous thinking. Better to take this guy out of the picture than Newt.
It’s an “.... and his supporters” sort of thing. Ron Paul is a RINO and should have always been treated as a RINO ~ he’s ran for public office as a member of a different political party and that’s all that takes!
It's not about Ron Paul! It's about winning the votes of the Ron Paul followers that are strongly interested in limited government and adherence to the Constitution.
One has to think that this is the Democrat’s “Operation Chaos”. Iowa and New Hamshire are not relevant. Let’s see how this nut performs in real Primary’s.
Paul is an anti-semitic, libertine loon who happens to make a lot of sense on certain economic issues. I don’t know exactly what Palin means by “marginalize” but that’s the last group we need to pander to. They’re not that far removed in many respects from the nifty Occupy bunch.
LOL! Your kidding....right? :)
Ron Paul, Barney Frank Introduce Bill That Would End Pot Prohibition
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2011/06/23/137372951/ron-paul-barney-frank-to-introduce-bill-that-would-end-pot-prohibition
Also sponsors:The bill is co-sponsored by Reps. John Conyers (D-MI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Jared Polis (D-CO), and Barbara Lee (D-CA).
Guess what the Feds did after they lifted alcohol prohibition. TAXED IT. Ron Paul needs all kinds of new taxes.
Ron Paul is three-fourths of a nut but some of his supporters may be redeemable to vote for a conservative once Paul fades.
I think that’s what she was saying. Concentrate on espousing the anti-government views of Ron Paul and attract as many of his supporters as you can.
That being said, when are Palin and Herman Cain gonna give it up?
Herman Cain has announced a 9-9-9 bus tour. How weird is that? And what’s in it for him?
His short-lived popularity as a candidate has certainly brought him fame and some fortune but, give it up, Herman.
I loved Palin but kinda feeling the same way about her now.
Yep. Bump
There aren’t negative ads about Paul because no one takes him seriously.
He runs every time.
He has his devoted cadre of followers who vote for him every time. The number seems to be growing because of increasing anti-government sentiment.
He loses every time.
But he does take valuable votes for legitimate candidates but there’s not a darn thing we can do about that.
“It’s not about Ron Paul! It’s about winning the votes of the Ron Paul followers that are strongly interested in limited government and adherence to the Constitution.”
The irony for those followers is that he tramples the Constitution. The first objective set out in the Constitution is “provide for the common defense”. For that he fails miserably and puts the nation in great danger.
Give it a rest! Do NOT discount what Sarah and Herman are doing FOR this great country. They are interested, not for themselves for the lust for power - IMHO they are in this for the betterment of “We The People”.
Ron Paul is a loose cannon. He has threatened to go 3rd party. Can you imagine a Ross Perot type of syphoning of even a few percentage votes from the nutcase young punk college students - new breed from the 2008 hopey changy bunch, that now want legalized weed? Get a grip here folks - Sarah is doing what Sarah does best. Get ahead of the game and gently pull us together for the greater good.
She went against the establishment GOP in Alaska. She won. She got hammered in the 2008 election cycle by the very people that McCain / Romney have running their campaign and letting them run that show. Remember the “clothes in the belly of the plane” gimmick that so many folks fell for? Now we all know she is not a clothes fashionista. Remember the set up interview by a McCain (former Romney) activist with Perky Katie? That gal on McCain’s campaign used to work for Katie C. All a set up by the Romney-bots who are now pounding on Newt, Cain et al. Romney cannot be trusted, nor can McCain.
Trust what Sarah is doing here - she is walking a fine line, quite nicely IMHO that will slowly draw the votes from nutcase Paul over to our side (whomever that may be). She is too classy a lady to hammer McCain or Romney head on. Are you getting all this?
Palin knows exactly what she’s doing, and that’s trying to steer the Republican Party away from Big Government Republicans and see the good in a group of otherwise nutty (and wrong) people.
Some Ron Paul supporters are simply nuts. They are anti-Semites, anti-American Truthers. These people will never be happy and have nothing to contribute.
Many Ron Paul supporters just want a smaller Federal Government. Frankly, I don’t see any small government candidates running except Rick Perry (rhetorically) and Ron Paul, which is one reason Paul pulled 23% in Iowa. I will *never* support Paul because of his ridiculous foreign policy positions.
So I’ve decided, barring some crazy event, I will not support any of the Republican candidates running, although I am currently leaning Perry. Sure, I’ll vote in the general election for the not Obama RINO, but I’m not going to be any more pleased with voting for any of these morons than I was for voting for McCain. Some who are just as frustrated *will* vote 3rd party . . . if the GOP doesn’t figure out it can get a lot of support from these folks. The GOP must stop pimping Big Government “solutions” to every problem imaginable.
I still have hope, though. Cain injected the idea of radical tax reform. Perry injected the idea of a part-time congress (which will play very well with Paultards). Paul has been pushing the field to support radically fewer government “solutions” to problems. The rest of the field has added *nothing* in terms of ideas.
If by, ‘getting all this’ you mean did I read your post.
I did.
I still respect Sarah. She is a sensible woman with the right instincts. But she’s lost much of her influence by her last minute decision not to run after building up the hopes of so many people.
As far as Cain goes, I admit I’ve disliked the man from the beginning, never saw any good reason for the adoration given him here, and he was forced to leave — not because of attacks but because of his own past behavior.
There were huge numbers of people ready to fight for him, but he knew darn well he’d been a bad boy and left while he still had a chance at some respect.
And I don’t know why you are posting to me about this as I’ve already said I agree with Sarah about not alienating any possible conservatives.
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