Posted on 12/09/2011 10:14:48 AM PST by Responsibility2nd
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said Thursday evening that Bush administration officials were gleeful after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks because it gave them a pretext to invade Iraq.
"Just think of what happened after 9/11. Immediately before there was any assessment there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq," the Texas Republican told a group of mostly young backers in Iowa. He went on to suggest officials are now setting the stage for an invasion of Iran.
Paul, who was tied for second in this week's CBS News/New York Times poll of likely Iowa caucus-goers, is making a strong push in the Hawkeye state in hopes of scoring an upset victory in the first-in-the-nation January 3 caucuses. Paul volunteers have been working to convince Paul's mostly young supporters - many of whom will be on holiday break from college when the caucuses take place - to be sure to make it to their caucus site.
Paul's libertarian views - on the foreign policy front, he wants to dramatically reduce the U.S. military presence abroad and end all foreign aid - put him at odds with many Republican voters. A poll from Gallup this week found that 62 percent of Republican and Republican-leaning independent voters see Paul as an unacceptable nominee.
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“If he thinks the GOP is evil why is he wasting money in IA?”
Establishing electability which is the achilles heel for all third party candidates. If he wins or comes in a strong second, he’s established his creds. He’ll lose in NH and will probably be out of the race shortly after super Tuesday.
Or maybe not.
“Ron Paul is not just nuts; he’s dangerous.”
Extremely dangerous to the status quo that the dems and gop have constructed for themselves.
So he'a a fraud too?
“And just how many ‘nut jobs’ will surface when all of you at FR finally realize that all this is being orchestrated by the elite in Washington and globally and that ‘911’ WAS an inside job?”
TROLL. Paulbot lib troll.
“And just how many ‘nut jobs’ will surface when all of you at FR finally realize that all this is being orchestrated by the elite in Washington and globally and that ‘911’ WAS an inside job?”
TROLL. Paulbot lib troll.
Pariotic Conservatives who see RuPaul for what he is are “lumberheads” ?
You do realize you’ve just called the vast majority of Conservatives stupid, right ? Just like some dingus on the dailykos or DU.
Your Liberaltarian hero is the one who’s a lumberhead. He should pack up his Depends and retire to Iran. There, he’ll be free to be the Jew hating animal we all know him to be.
ROTFLOL!
I’m not faggot obsessed; I just have a mission to shine the light of truth on some of the dark corners.
“Gay” means happy and carefree; the very opposite of mentally ill sex perverts. Or Ronulan cultists.
Very worthy observations.
“So he’a a fraud too?”
No moreso than the other gop candidates currently in the lead.
If you value your FR account, you will NOT bring that nutjob 9/11 was an inside job crap to FR.
Your account will go *poof*.
Guaranfreepingteed.
Truth is more valuable to me than anything, Jim. So you do what you need to do.
One other thing, Jim. I don’t particularly agree with or even like Ron Paul, so it has nothing to do with him at all.
Opus accepted.
bye.
Another Truther bites the dust!
Ping!
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Oops.
It’s #’s 211-214.
Got the Zot! by Jim personally.
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You still haven’t told the the FR universe who you actually support for President.
“You still haven’t told the the FR universe who you actually support for President.”
Michele Bachman.
I’m also considering Santorum and Gingrich.
I'm no troofer, but if DC didn't orchestrate the events of 9/11, they damn sure enabled the actors by hobbling and muzzling the agencies which could have prevented it.
Now they just grope grandmas, look for bitter clingers, and tell us we're "safe".
(Unless they're running guns to and laundering money for the Cartels while keeping the border open since Eisenhower's Operation Wetback).
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