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GOP will take off the gloves if Ron Paul wins Iowa
Washington Examiner ^ | 121811 | Tim Carney

Posted on 12/18/2011 9:57:35 PM PST by Fred

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1 posted on 12/18/2011 9:57:39 PM PST by Fred
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To: Fred

Ron Paul and his legions of spam monkeys ain’t gonna win shinola.


2 posted on 12/18/2011 9:58:35 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
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To: Jim Robinson

“Ron Paul and his legions of spam monkeys ain’t gonna win shinola.”

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Based on his recent comments, Paul is trying to win a book contract to write the next “Protocols of the Elders of Zion.”


3 posted on 12/18/2011 10:03:45 PM PST by peyton randolph (B. Hussein Obama solved Bush's "problem" of a AAA credit rating)
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To: Fred

(Disclosure: Paul wrote the foreword to my 2009 book.)

Thanks. We will all move along now.


4 posted on 12/18/2011 10:03:57 PM PST by VanDeKoik (1 million in stimulus dollars paid for this tagline!)
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To: Jim Robinson

Iowa has a pretty crappy track record of predicting nominees. A Paul win ther won’t mean much.


5 posted on 12/18/2011 10:05:36 PM PST by umgud
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To: Fred; Jim Robinson
The principled, antiwar, Constitution-obeying, Fed-hating, libertarian Republican congressman from Texas

He forgot racist, anti-Semitic, Jew-hating, isolationist and 9-11 Truther.

6 posted on 12/18/2011 10:08:56 PM PST by Old Sarge (RIP FReeper Skyraider (1930-2011) - You Are Missed)
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To: Fred

The idea of the RNC getting serious and playing hardball is about as comical as the notion of Ron Paul actually winning Iowa...


7 posted on 12/18/2011 10:10:04 PM PST by bigbob
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To: Fred

The GOP has yet to take off its gloves against Ron Paul because they WANT him to beat Gingrich there.


8 posted on 12/18/2011 10:11:19 PM PST by sageb1 (This is the Final Crusade, There are only two sides. Pick one.)
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To: umgud

Newt has to win 2 of the first 3, plus Florida. Otherwise this could get complicated.


9 posted on 12/18/2011 10:11:47 PM PST by floridarunner01
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To: Fred

We know that Ron Paul is not going to get the nomination. But, will his supporters rebel and stay home on election day or will they support the eventual nominee?


10 posted on 12/18/2011 10:12:29 PM PST by no dems (Why do you never see "Obama" bumper stickers on cars going to work in the morning?)
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To: Fred

Well if the Republican Party takes “its gloves off to crush” the best & only chance they have of wining the Presidential election then the conservative base will take their gloves off & abandon the party in droves & will work to elect & even more conservative candidate. I do not think they will like that too much so they should reconsider.


11 posted on 12/18/2011 10:12:34 PM PST by Republic_of_Secession.
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To: sageb1
The GOP has yet to take off its gloves against Ron Paul because they WANT him to beat Gingrich there.

You are keeeeerect.

Even better yet the GOP is hoping that Newt and Ron Paul will split a chunk of the conservative vote and let Romney sneak in an unexpected Iowa win.

12 posted on 12/18/2011 10:15:17 PM PST by InterceptPoint (TIN)
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To: Republic_of_Secession.

If you are insinuating that Paul is a conservative and the base supports him, you are as delusional as he is.
Paul is not a conservative.


13 posted on 12/18/2011 10:16:00 PM PST by svcw (God's Grace - thank you!)
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To: Old Sarge

bingo


14 posted on 12/18/2011 10:16:35 PM PST by svcw (God's Grace - thank you!)
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To: svcw

Jumping in the middle of your discussion here, but to the libs, living in LA LA land, they are thinking of RP as a conservative splitting the conservative vote. I know, I know, they are delusional.


15 posted on 12/18/2011 10:18:21 PM PST by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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To: no dems

I know a Ron Paul supporter and he’ll sit out the election if Paul isn’t the nominee.

Scary.


16 posted on 12/18/2011 10:19:03 PM PST by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: Republic_of_Secession.

“the conservative base will take their gloves off & abandon the party in droves & will work to elect & even more conservative candidate.”

This is pretty much a foregone conclusion regardless.

I am not sure what Paul’s political realm is. he is certainly an odd ball.

The GOP has painted itself into a corner now though. They can elect Romney or Newt. November will not be pretty. The more conservative tea party people I speak with the more I get the feeling that the GOP is pretty much screwed if it thinks it can count on the base.

A third party revolution is brewing and the GOP, being the stupid party, is about to get blind sided.


17 posted on 12/18/2011 10:20:57 PM PST by CSI007
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To: no dems

Some will, some won’t.

A lot of his supporters are libertarians and/or youth. The libertarians will fall in line with the GOP nominee UNLESS there is a strong independent run by someone (ie: Gary Johnson). The youth voters are more problematic. Historically they only turn out to vote if they are passionate about a candidate...that’s true with both liberal and conservative youth.


18 posted on 12/18/2011 10:23:10 PM PST by floridarunner01
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To: Fred

LOL They don’t have gloves unless it’s the white kind to test the dirt on your furniture.


19 posted on 12/18/2011 10:26:39 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: Old Sarge

Evil voodoo worshiping weirdos from Texas keep voting for this guy!


20 posted on 12/18/2011 10:30:58 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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