GOP will take off the gloves if Ron Paul wins Iowa

Washington Examiner ^ | 121811 | Tim Carney

[Fred]

The Republican presidential primary has become a bit feisty, but it will get downright ugly if Ron Paul wins the Iowa caucuses.

The principled, antiwar, Constitution-obeying, Fed-hating, libertarian Republican congressman from Texas stands firmly outside the bounds of permissible dissent as drawn by either the Republican establishment or the mainstream media. (Disclosure: Paul wrote the foreword to my 2009 book.)

But in a crowded GOP field currently led by a collapsing Newt Gingrich and an uninspiring Mitt Romney, Paul could carry the Iowa caucuses, where supporter enthusiasm has so much value.

If Paul wins, how will the media and the GOP react? Much of the media will ignore him (expect headlines like "Romney Beats out Gingrich for Second Place in Iowa"). Some in the Republican establishment and the conservative media will panic. Others will calmly move to crush him, with the full cooperation of the liberal mainstream media.

For a historical analogy, study the aftermath of Pat Buchanan's 1996

[unkus]

Could there be enough Paul supporters to give 0bama the election?

[Vision]

If it isn't obvious to you that the lights are on but nobody’s home half the time inside of Paul's head, than you have my pity.

[Designer]

"..but nobody’s home half the time.."

That's your opinion, but some of us have a different opinion.

[Vision]

It’s fact, not opinion. And if you, like Paul, believe 911 was an inside job, than I’d rather not be posting to you.

[BillyBoy]

Are you of the opinion that everyone on the planet besides Ron Paul and his supporters are "liberty hating neo-cons"? Paul supporters made it clear in 2007 that they'd "stay home" even if someone like Duncan Hunter or Tom Tancredo was the nominee. The same is true in 2011 if Bachmann or Santorum is the nominee. These people aren't considered "RINOs" by anyone except the lunatic fringe. I wonder what Paul's supporters do in the elections when he's not running.

[Designer]

"..Paul, believe 911 was an inside job.."

I think you will not find any actual quote from him to that effect.

[Designer]

"RON PAUL EFFECTIVELY HELPED ELECT ØBOWMAO."

The Paul bashers vascilate between claiming his only support is from the radical left, to only a few fringe cuckos from the Libertarian party, and now you claim that he somehow caused staunch Republicans to vote for Bammy.

nonsensical

[Designer]

"Are you of the opinion that everyone on the planet besides Ron Paul and his supporters are "liberty hating neo-cons"?"

No. Some are communists.

"I wonder what Paul's supporters do in the elections when he's not running."

They hold their noses and vote for RINOS.

[mas cerveza por favor]

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

[hedgetrimmer]

Everything in your post is wrong.

[hedgetrimmer]

The Globalist Occupied Party elected Obama. They had opportunity after opportunity to stop him but they didn’t. Their candidate Bush II offered the first Goldman Sachs globalist bailout. They put up the most noxious candidates in the country to run against Obama, knowing that principled people wouldn’t vote to support them. Their strategy is to elect globalists, doesn’t matter the party, and so far it has worked.

So stop yelling already. Your only purpose appears to be smearing people.

[hedgetrimmer]

I really don’t care about Ron Paul. I care that people like you are so violent in their comments supporting globalism. You say you don’t like Obama, but the GOP is globalist just the same as Obama. That’s why THEY never insisted that Obama be vetted, and why they don’t care that a British citizen was elected president.

They don’t care about this country or the Constitution and they have proven it again and again.

[Vision]

How about video?

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=2c5_1179338348&p=1

[hedgetrimmer]

What an imagination! You are really persistent at making stuff up!