[rabscuttle385]

*Ping!*

[Logical me]

She is getting up to speed. To those that doubt this fantastic contender for 2012 better hold off on your negative comments. She is a very intelligent and a down to earth conservative Constitutionalists and deserves better than some of the comments.

[yongin]

Ron Paul is 74 years old. He will be retiring soon. The question is who will carry on the Ron Paul REVOLution? The son, Rand Paul?

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

This will driver the contingent of Palin supporters who despise Paul bonkers.

[Captain Kirk]

As long as Palin remains under the sway of Billy Kristol and her other neocon handlers, a Palin/Paul ticket is impossible.

[Huck]

I wonder what the bigtime Palin supporters would do if Palin got cozy with Ron Paul. It'd be fun to watch. I think foreign policy is the real kicker. Will neoconservative foreign policy (Wilsonianism) continue to be the GOP policy? Will Palin break from this trend, or bow down to it? Is she neoconservative on foreign policy? Time will tell.

I think that is much more important than the social issues, however, Palin's big support among socons might suffer if she gets too close to Ron Paul.

Personally, I'd like to see the GOP become a lot more like Ron Paul, and a lot less like recent and current officeholders. Get serious about spending. Limit the role of the fedgov. And focus our foreign policy more on defense, less on adventurism and spreading democracy around the world.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Ron Paul, as right as he is on monetary issues, has alienated far too much of the Republican base to be a plus on any ticket. Palin already has credibility with his following and appears to be working to strengthen that credibility every day. She’s doing well enough on her own that I think it would be redundant to pick him as a running mate.

I just hope that she doesn’t have to choose Slick Willard as a VP to shut up the beltway RINO chattering class like Reagan had to do with Bush. It may have to happen though, because they’re just not going to shut up otherwise.

Palin is actually the best candidate I’ve seen since Reagan that can really maximize the Republican coalition. Far better than Bush43 ever was. The chattering class that hates her are a TINY percentage of the party base. Unfortunately, they’re a loud group and a group that the media loves to pay attention to.

[9YearLurker]

I had thought the Sun had closed down. Have they simply retreated to a web presence—or did they sell such off to someone else? (I don’t recall them having been full Ron Paul types in the past.)

[Uncle Ivan]

Ron Paul, failed to prosper at the polls. We would argue that had less to do with his monetary policy than other issues.

Gee, think L. Ron's lunatic foreign policy had something to do with that?

[HighlyOpinionated]

Just remember this.

The MSM do not have permission from Constitutional Conservatives to choose our Presidential Candidates.

Sarah Palin is a given for some of us . . . but SHE chooses her own Vice President (even if I want it to be Michele Bachmann).

Do Not Allow The MSM to Pull Us Into Another “McCain” Crisis.

The Contender for TOTUS must be OUR choice and ours alone.

[euram]

It’s good to see that Palin is getting at least some recognition for the multitude of things that she has been right about.

I still think that the upsurge in attacks upon her over the last few weeks, Schmidt, Murphy, the MSM, etc., is the result of the very strong sales her book has seen since it went into pre-release sales mode.

Here’s an update on Going Rogue: An American Life:

#1 at Amazon in non-fiction (#3 among all books)
#1 at Barnes and Noble in non-fiction (#4 among all books)
#1 at Books a million in non-fiction
#1 at Borders
#1 at WalMart for pre-release titles
#2 at Family Christian Stores (even at the full $28.99
price)

I’m not sure how many books this translates into, but a publishing industry insider, quoted by Politico just 2 days after sales started, pronounced the sales “phenomenal.”

If these numbers hold up over the next 2 or 3 weeks, who knows, we may see the publisher announce that the initial press run of 1.5 million will be increased due to unexpectedly heavy sales.

It should be noted that 0bama’s books, Audacity of Hope, and Dreams from my Father have sold a combined total of about 1.44 million. Bill Clinton’s book sold 1.3 million and Hillary’s 1.2 million.

[usshadley]

yep

[djsherin]

Ping

[Allegra]

I still think Paul would be good as Secretary of the Treasury.

[bamahead]

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[Virginia Ridgerunner]

Not to rain on anyone's party here, BUT...

Ron Paul attacks Sarah Palin as 'country club' Republican

Country-Clubber Ron Paul Says Moose Hunter Sarah Palin Is Country-Club Republican

[altair]

It is true that the only politician who has been campaigning on this issue, Ron Paul, failed to prosper at the polls.

That was in some part due to his stance on the Bush wars.

The question for the inevitable name callers who delight in slinging flames in threads like this is, would a President Paul have handled the wars as badly as Obama has done?

I'm certainly a member of the libertarian wing of FR, but can anyone else honestly claim that Dr. Paul is farther away from their core beliefs than Obama? Would a President Paul really be worse than "President" Obama? Just asking.

[publana]

Palin maybe. Paul, definitely not.