Posted on 01/09/2008 8:54:49 AM PST by connell
Leave. Just go.
Mr. Paul, you are NOT a Republican. You may have views that intersect with some aspects of the Republican platform. That does NOT make you a Republican.
The Republican Party is a big tent movement. We don't apply nearly the same strictness when it comes to tests of ideological purity as the Democrats do, but we still have some standards. And you, sir, do not even come close to meeting them.
People who blame America for the acts of war made against it are not Republicans.
People who think that we blew up our own buildings on 9/11...or who hint that we might have...or who attract the support of people with such beliefs...are not Republicans.
People who may be receiving secret funding from George Soros...and who certainly receive energy and succor from radical leftists...are not Republicans.
People who have become the darling of, and the recipient of support from, America's neo-Nazis and white supremacists---and who refuse to openly repudiate that support---are not Republicans.
And people who publish racist, anti-Semitic, and anti-American newsletters...are not Republicans.
Oh, and your protestations of innocence regarding this racist, anti-Semitic, anti-American newsletter to which you attached your name are absurd. As Jonah Goldberg said yesterday on the Michael Medved show, if...
(Excerpt) Read more at modernconservative.com ...
Ron Paul is real. He’s not in on it but others in other conservative forums have recently been banned as they were open border, country-club republicans for open borders masking themselves as Ron Paul supporters so they can take away votes from the Tancredos and Duncan Hunters of Election 2008 resulting in the McCains of our country ending up with a better chance to win.
Ron Paul is not in on this and neither are the many of his supporters but as one can see he does not have as many supporters as it appears. Many of the internet Ron Paul “supporters” are actually McCain voters. Sadly they are using Ron Paul to help their own candidate win. Luckily many conservative forums have caught on to this little trick.
Open borders = REPUBLICAN.
Good grief! Where do you come up with this stuff? I am amazed and in admiration of one who's so on top of things. You amaze me every day.
They're trying to pimp Paul's congressional opponent Chris Peden, but have raised less than 1000 bucks for him so far. The poor guy can't even afford a non-free website.
He wants the states to decide on drugs. If you oppose Roe v. Wade and also oppose Paul on this, you're a hypocrite.
If by dismantling you mean cutting our forces down to the point where we no longer have an effective fighting force to deploy to locations around the world (or even in our own backyard) in a timely manner, then no, I do not need to modify my choice of words. That is Run Paul’s view of what our military should look like.
Be careful, Bucko. I smacked you down on that yesterday, I can do it again. You have little to be proud of in that respect.
Funny, if that was Paul you would say he is being fiscally conservative.
From what I’ve been able to gather from my research on Run Paul’s postions regarding the legalization of illicit drugs, that is what he espouses, not that the states should decide those issues. He, from what I’ve read of his statements, believes that illegal drugs should be legalized and the war against drugs ended. You may call me any name you wish, but that does not make you correct.
It’s been discussed here for about 6 months
Exactly, when people like that try to carry the party mantle, such as David Duke, we throw them out. It is the Democrats who embrace them and hold them up as the conscious of the senate (byrd).
I completely agree with you but you can’t deny that the Republican party is associated with racism more so than the democrap party in the collective mind of the USA. It’s an unfair and unfounded association to be sure but it’s there none the less.
With that being said, Republicans should be way less willing to play the “guilty of racism by association game”. The recent dethroning of Trent Lott should have been a strong lesson in this regard for Republicans and yet here we are playing the same game within the party because some of us don’t agree with Paul’s view on the constituional process of declaring and participating in war/armed conflict.
The only association has been through the lies of Democrats and socialists. They’ve never been true, so I see no reason to add a /sarc tag.
Strom Thurman
Well, I guess I haven't been in the loop :)
Facts, they don't exist.
A fine reflection on Freerepublic.
This article rehashes an old issue of quotations from newsletters published under Dr. Paul's name, but not edited by him. Dr. Paul takes full responsibility, as he has for over a decade, for failing to adequately monitor the words that went out under his name.
They actually don't deny he wrote it, they are only denying he edited the newsletter. Considering the articles were written in first person, as from his hand, and some included a signature, it sure does make you wonder about this little slip. Maybe they are trying to say Paul's handlers dropped the ball?
You're obviously not an uninsured Massachusetts resident.
The political right equates freedom with national greatness brought about through military strength. Like the left, modern conservatives favor an all-powerful central state-- but for militarism, corporatism, and faith-based welfarism. Unlike the Taft-Goldwater conservatives of yesteryear, today’s Republicans are eager to expand government spending, increase the federal police apparatus, and intervene militarily around the world. The last tenuous links between conservatives and support for smaller government have been severed. “Conservatism,” which once meant respect for tradition and distrust of active government, has transformed into big-government utopian grandiosity. http://www.ronpaul2008.com/articles/161/what-does-freedom-really-mean/
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