Posted on 09/22/2008 2:34:38 PM PDT by SecAmndmt
Republicans believe in small govt (after reagan) but we also share Reagan’s view of America’s role in the world
And who
Is this THE Ron Paul? WHo’s running for President??
No surprise here. One anti-Israel “chr*stian reconstructionist” palaeolibertarian endorsing another.
The proposal by Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., the Banking Committee chairman, would give the government broad power to buy up virtually any kind of bad asset -- including credit card debt or car loans -- from any financial institution in the U.S. or abroad in order to stabilize markets.
The Republicans and Democrats can all rot in Hell
Cue.....the laugh track shown over pictures of McCain and most Republican Congressman supporting a socialist bailout of Wall Street combined with more regulation.
in a crisis you intervene. Would you say the govt should not get involved and leave hurricanes like Katrina and Gustav and Ike to private charities?
“This party let/lets people like Lincoln Chafee, Chuck Hagel, Arlen Specter, Lindsey Graham hang around. It wouldn’t refuse to let Joe frickin’ Lieberman in the party if he offered. “
I wholeheartedly agree. Lieberman would be the VP candidate right now if McCain & his crowd had their say so. And the GOP bid would be hopelessly lost.
I suspect that the next election will be quite painful to some around here. Palin’s popularity has proved that believing in conservative principles can actually win elections. She proved that we don’t have to “settle” for some liberal RINO. She may very well be the nominee in 2012. The dems see it too. They will continue their strategy of stealing away conservatives in vulnerable districts by supporting more bluedogs. Also all of Dr. Paul’s supporters will be back in force in 2012. They will be organized and well funded.
If the GOP leadership can’t see this, its their own fault.
That's a strange argument to make on a conservative website....but then conservativism seems to be disappearing as original envisioned. The U.S. had many, many natural disasters before the Great Depression and relied completely on either private charity or local government. BTW, are you citing Katrina as an endorsement of why govenrment is better than private charity?
Ron Paul’s supporters will be back in 2008. I highly doubt Ron Paul himself will be. If I had to guess, they’ll rally around Gary Johnson as their 2012 candidate.
{Cue Crickets Chirping}
So, why post anything relating to Ron Paul - he’s in the has-been category, for sure?
There is no shortage of "strange arguments" going on these days at this "conservative" website. But that may be just my opinion and I am a guest in a private citizens domain.
Yeah many jokers including party leadership: even John S. McCain-I second your sentiments on Sarah Palin, though..
You must be getting him mixed up with Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Noose for Snooze.
private charity should be relied on 90% of the time but you want to make sure govt is ready for the 10% of the time when private is simply not enough. They simply can’t raise as much money and there’s no enforcement mechanism.
Govt failed during Katrina but Jindal made it work during Gustav.
Smaller govt results in a more effective govt during emergencies. But since we load up on pork and entitlements, it is much harder to deal with a financial crisis.
John McCain should be kicked out of the GOP. He is not now or has he ever been a Republican. He is a moderate/democrat and sways from that time to time too. He only hitched his wagon to the GOP to win an election, gain power and stay in office. John McCain has no real convictions and is a disgrace...
If you think goverment is involved only ten percent of the time, I have a bridge to sell you. Our own state, for example, now has a gas shortage because of anti-gouging price controls. I have ever rejected all government involvement, nor did Ron Paul. I reject federal involvement in contrast to McObama.
oh we absolutely have a long way to go to 10%.
But for all of those complaining about the bailout...where were they all these years when Bush expanded medicare, farm bill, etc and did nothing about social security?
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