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To: DugwayDuke
The one question that should be asked of Ron Paul is this: which do you consider the greater threat, Islamic Terrorism or the Federal Government?

Well put. And I do think he fears the Fed Gov worse. This means he'd accept a certain number of American deaths as a "collateral damage" trade off for the maintenance of civil liberties. I wonder if he's thought about how high that number would be before he'd draw some sort of line.

58 posted on 09/23/2007 11:47:51 AM PDT by rhombus
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To: rhombus

“Well put. And I do think he fears the Fed Gov worse. This means he’d accept a certain number of American deaths as a “collateral damage” trade off for the maintenance of civil liberties. I wonder if he’s thought about how high that number would be before he’d draw some sort of line.”

It’s not just this statement that would lead you to that conclusion. I believe Ron Paul has said (roughly) that while he doesn’t believe the federal government was behind 9/11, the federal government is not above exploiting it to gain power.


69 posted on 09/23/2007 12:08:53 PM PDT by DugwayDuke (Ron Paul thinks the federal govenment is a bigger threat that Islamic Terrorism.)
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To: rhombus
This means he'd accept a certain number of American deaths as a "collateral damage" trade off for the maintenance of civil liberties. I wonder if he's thought about how high that number would be before he'd draw some sort of line.

If he were to actually draw a line it would be allowed to be crossed while they drew another line.

126 posted on 09/23/2007 1:56:35 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: rhombus
This means he'd accept a certain number of American deaths as a "collateral damage" trade off for the maintenance of civil liberties.

And the stupid thing is, not a single person defending him could name a tangible "civil liberty" that we've "lost" as part of that supposed trade-off in the first place.

These people have the luxury of whining about fantasies because, let's face it, their lives are nice and comfortable.

I defy any Ron Paul supporter to explain how their lives have been changed one iota by the "lost civil liberties" they feign such outrage over.

223 posted on 09/23/2007 6:37:00 PM PDT by Dr. Frank fan
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