Posted on 01/13/2012 11:03:47 PM PST by Republic_of_Secession.
Ron Paul Is More Conservative Than Rick Santorum.
By Joe Deaux 01/11/12 - 04:02 PM EST
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- During a Republican presidential debate Saturday, Texas Rep. Ron Paul and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum had a spat about who was more conservative as each clawed for blocks of Republican voters needed to topple front-runner Mitt Romney.
According to a study done back in 2004 though, Paul was the more conservative of the two by a fairly healthy margin.
A list put together at voteview.com found that out of the 3,320 individuals (1 being the most liberal and 3,320 being the most conservative) who had served in the House or Senate from 1937 to 2002, Santorum ranked 2,674, while Paul ranked 3,320.
"Four or five times he voted to raise the national debt, so that tells you how conservative he is," Paul said Saturday about Santorum. Based on the survey, Paul could question pretty much any politician's conservative record against his own.
The scores were based on all roll calls cast in the period. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich slotted in at 2,893.
Paul finished second in the New Hampshire primaries Tuesday night partly thanks to independent voters in the state who turned out, while Santorum -- who's social conservative message found traction in Iowa -- slid into a virtual tie with Gingrich behind third-place finisher Jon Huntsman.
"I sorta have to chuckle when they describe you and me as being dangerous," Paul said to supporters in a speech after the primary. "That's one thing they are telling the truth about, because we are dangerous to the status quo."
The GOP field will canvass South Carolina through Jan. 21 as each candidate attempts to pitch a conservative message to Southern voters who are skeptical of Romney's record.
A Rasmussen Reports poll released Jan. 3 found that 26% of likely U.S. voters regarded Romney as a moderate.
Interestingly, Paul also ranked next to Romney as the perceived least conservative option in the GOP presidential field.
-- Written by Joe Deaux in New York.
Try saying something that makes sense.
No kidding - just look at the response I got - I didn’t put his comments and other bizarre conduct in their proper “context.” LOL.
You are right. I had to see it to believe it.
Looks like this Paulite was hitting the bong early today.
It’s the drugs. Plus the idiot utopian idiocy of Libertarianism. Appeals to the inner adolescent, like a drug in itself. The need to idolize that some people have, cult followers looking for a cult leader. And also I wondered yestereday, how many of these younger Ronulans grew up in a fatherless or otherwise broken home; so the grandfatherly aspect appeals to their need for a father figure.
I’m serious!
Do you know that both Ron Paul and a can of Planters Mixed Nut have ONE THING in common, BOTH are NUTTY.
I’m not joking. I mean it seriously and it could apply to some here, sad to say.
Plus Rick Santorum is a CONSERVATIVE in the truest sense.
Right. He offers several missing links in lonely, misguided lives. Even for adult “dreamers” and malcontents. He attracts some of the Code Pink crowd, some anarchists, and a whole lot of drop-out college punks, as well as mushy headed students under the influence of both Leftist professors and drugs. Paul and Libertarianism is the next best thing to the radical Left.
Yeah, I had noticed that.. made me want to punch him through my screen >.<
LOL...if you really want to have some fun, go over to the Paulbot videos on YouTube. Rile them up with a few questions or facts about Paul and watch the fireworks.
Those folks are plain nut cases, even worse the the DUmp!
Another one bites the dust.....
UGH. I don’t have the time, nor the inclination and I don’t want to give them hits, but thanks very much for your report!
The lad who posted this....well, he didn’t make it, I’m afraid. Got the ol’ ZOT!
Well said!
I’ve seen rabid Ronulans (but I repeat myself) on another forum and they cannot reason - cannot be debated with - think anything showing Paul in a bad light is “cherry picked” or “lies” and anyone who disagrees with Paul is a “neocon warmongering globalist”. I’ve been told that I’m afraid of freedom... !!!!
Remember a false analogy is simply that.
Paul can claim he’s a Constitutionalist, just as I can claim I’m an Eskimo. He voted to force the military to accept flaming faggots, is that a Constitutional vote? hmm?
Funny thing is, the’re all the same, no matter where you run across them.
Strange bunch of followers...
Just like I can claim to be a SF 49er.....
Do you guys ever get any facts right?
Ron Paul’s initial “endorsement” wasn’t to any specific candidate, but instead was for his supporters to consider ANY of the 4 “third-party” candidates: Barr, Baldwin, McKinney and Nader.
Barr, who didn’t even show up to the press conference, then pressed Paul to make an actual endorsement, so Paul endorsed Baldwin.
The press conference was an agreement by the 3 candidates that showed up on 4 issues: civil liberties, foreign policy, the fed, and the national debt.
You can watch the full video and read about the agreement in an article I published with my national endorsements for 2012:
http://freeindependentsun.com/permaculture/end-the-war-a-mem...
http://www.dailypaul.com/196532/did-ron-paul-ever-give-his-endorsement-to-cynthia-mckinney
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