Posted on 12/19/2011 8:38:13 AM PST by Grunthor
.....A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows that Ron Paul has taken the lead in the Iowa caucus race, while Newt Gingrich's support is fading fast. A different Gallup poll still shows Grinrich still holding the lead, but slipping, while The New York Times has Paul in the lead as well.
Gingrich has seen his numbers in the PPP poll drop from 27 percent to 14 percent in just three weeks, while his favorability rating is now split at 46 percent for to 47 percent against, the worst of any candidate not named Jon Huntsman. That's quite a fall for someone who looked to be running away with the state and taking charge on the national level.
Mitt Romney has also seen his tick up slightly, putting him just behind Paul for second place. The poll measured voters who are planning to vote in the Republican caucus.
Perhaps the most telling secondary question was, "Do you think Newt Gingrich has strong principles?" Only 36 percent say that he does, but for Paul that number was 73 percent.
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Yes. Both Ron Paul and Rick Perry were Air Force and both were discharged with the rank of Captain.
Ron Paul served 1963-1965 in the AF as a Flight Surgeon, then in the United States Air National Guard from 1965-1968. Rick Perry served 1972-1977 as a pilot.
No matter what his past record on Israel, his present policy is that its survival is none of our business. Iran is no big deal. Its threats are no big deal. Its nuclear capacity is no big deal.
We cannot have a President who so cavalierly and naively disregards the survival of one of our strongest allies.
His 'dislike' of Israel's government is most certainly NOT 'irrelevant.'
Ron Paul leads in active duty military donations by far
GOP presidential hopeful Ron Paul consistently has said that the United States should get out of Afghanistan and Iraq and that American military bases around the world should be closed.
In this campaign, Paul is getting more donations from people who work for the military than either President Obama or any of the other Republican presidential candidates
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/9044-ron-paul-campaign-receive-most-military-donations
Ron Paul's not a viable candidate because he has a dangerous, naive, and one might say, stupid foreign policy.
I fully expect Ron Paul supporters to put "Dennis Kucinich for Secretary of the Department of Peace" signs in their front yards.
Besides which, Ron Paul attracts a myriad of unethical spam monkeys, so any rational freeper should question claims about military support of Paul.
If it doesn't make any rational sense, it's usually not true.
Seeing that I am in the age group of most who serve in the military, and in a serious relationship with a woman who just left the Navy 4 months ago at the end of her service, I see it in person that many of our 20 somethings who are fighting for America are also some of the biggest Ron Paul supporters I have met.
It was a marine that fought in Iraq who first told me about Congressman Paul
The data just confirms my observations
I heard a young person claim that Jon Huntsman was the best candidate for his peer group. As ridiculous a claim as the one that Ron Paul is our best shot at beating Obama. Silly.
Ron Paul is not a viable candidate. Period. His foreign policy is dangerous.
I'm (hopefully) done with this thread. Ron Paul is a non-subject, and any discussion of his having a snowball's chance in hell of winning, or coming close to winning the Republican nomination is ludicrous.
He's not even a Republican.
My anecdotal observations are supported by hard data (i.e donations by members of the military)
Yours are simply pulled out of your ass with no basis whatsoever.
Sheesh!
(Wonder if Paul agrees with Joe Biden that the Taliban isn't our enemy? Bet he does..... wonder what our military serving in Afghanistan would think about that?)
See you, Mad. Once the nasty ad hominems begin, it's best for me to leave. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
You’re just having trouble deciding whether to be an Ostrich, or a Sheep.
Meanwhile eagles and pigs are flying.
>> “and any discussion of his having a snowball’s chance in hell of winning, or coming close to winning the Republican nomination is ludicrous.” <<
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I agree, so why do we constantly have to be distracted by this foolishness on every thread now?
My guess would be that Mittens the dog abuser feels sorry for Holder and that he is being treated unfairly.
NO!! That is not a better choice because of czars, executive orders and because of who picks supreme court justices.
I have shown hard data and evidence for the military support Paul has.
You have anecdotal evidence (which I was accused of only having)
Do you have evidence that disputes my facts?
You have the right to your opinion, that Paul is dangerous and there is no way the military can support him, but you do not have the right to make up facts
What facts do you have? Just because paulbots say they are military does not make it true. Servicmen and women do not have the extra money to contribute to any candidate, much less an anti-American fringe candidate. If you had served you would know.
I work day in day out supporting our troops in the field.
Believe me, I know :)
Now, get me some actual facts. Your anecdotal evidence doesn’t fly around there parts
I just heard a bit of Mark Simone subbing for Hannity, and heard two Paul 'zombies' (Mark's word) call in and they sounded like absolute idiots regurgitating the same nonsensical mantra regardless of the questions.
Same kind of people doing the same thing here, IMO.
Punks. (That's my word. :)
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