Attack Dogs Unleashed on Ron Paul

Townhall.com ^ | December 28, 2011 | Mike Shedlock

[Kaslin]

Attack dogs have finally been unleashed on Ron Paul. Those barking dogs caused Andrew Sullivan to Re-Think The Paul Endorsement

Time Magazine even launched a headline Paul Walks Away

No Need to Rethink Endorsement

There is no need to rethink endorsements. Here is the deal: Ron Paul did not say the things attributed to him. He denies them, disavows them, and most importantly, his voting record proves it!

Can anyone honestly tell me why things Ron Paul did NOT say over twenty years ago should be news today?

Paul Missed Best Tactic

How many times does he have to deny he wrote those things? Still, Ron Paul did not handle the CNN setup in the best possible manner.

This is what Paul said to CNN.

“Why don’t you go back and look at what I said yesterday on CNN and what I’ve said for 20 something years. 22 years ago? I didn’t write them, I disavow them."

That answer was perfectly fine, as far as it went. Then Paul walked out. It was a missed opportunity.

Proposed Follow-Up

Rather than walking out, Paul should have followed up with ...

"I'm not here to discuss imaginary topics or things I never said. Now, do you want to discuss my position on the economy, on the Fed, and on spending, or is your only point to this interview to discuss things I did not say 20 years ago and have explained to CNN countless times?"

That would have smashed the ball down CNN interviewer Gloria Borger's throat, right where it belonged.

OK. Admittedly, Ron Paul did not respond in the perfect manner. So Ron Paul is human. Who isn't?

Is a transgression 22 years ago of something Ron Paul never said, and whose track record in congress proves it, any reason to drop support of Ron Paul?

In favor of who? Flip-flopper Newt Gingrich? Mitt Romney, the man that practically wrote the Obama Health-Care legislation? The Mitt Romney who wants to starts a trade war with China? Another Republican candidate that has no chance of winning?

If case you are a misguided Mitt Romney fan please consider President Obama and Mitt Romney are Nearly One and the Same!

Anyone "rethinking" their Ron Paul endorsement based on things Paul never said is not thinking clearly.

Attack Dog Plus Side

Here's the plus side to the attack dogs: Ron Paul is now considered a serious candidate or the attack dogs would not have been unleashed on things he never said 22 years ago.

Interestingly, The State Column reports Ron Paul still holds a lead in Iowa.

Thus, a majority of voters have decided that 22-year-old never-made statements are irrelevant, even if some misguided souls can't.

[cripplecreek]

The GOP is using him as a distraction.

[Leader_Of_The _Conservatives]

It aint big gummint Newt.

[John D]

Only true constitutional conservative in race...thats why the GOP doesnt like him

The Constitution is a complete document. Cut and Run only follows the parts of the Constitution he likes. He ignores the parts he does not agree with.

[jessduntno]

“The GOP is using him as a distraction.”

I thought they were using him to try to complete their image as fools.

[TheBigIf]

The pervert Paul is no Constitutional conservative. Why don’t you explain to me why he claims that homosexuality must be treated equally to heterosexuality and voted along with the progressives to have it forced upon our military?

Bad enough that the pervert Paul fights for terrorist rights and the rights of Islamic dictators but now he wants to force homosexuality upon our Armed Forces.

[Redleg Duke]

GOOD! It isn’t as if he were a Republican.

[John D]

I think the founders knew better than todays yahoos

The founders did not want to allow gays to destroy our military. How does the surrender monkey stand on this?

[Lurking Libertarian]

Alot of what Paul says is good..

True.

however do you really want to let Iran develop all the nukes it can?

No way, no how. So no Paul.

[VictoryGal]

Dogs? More like chickens... coming home to roost.

If you’re not in control of a publication with your name on it (excluding posts and open forums, of course) you are a fool. So Paul is either a scumbag or a fool — and both options are awful.

[Jewbacca]

Ron Paul, with his supporters Don Black and Black's son, Founders of Neo-Nazi website "Stormfront."

The Ron Paul Campaign and its Neo-Nazi Supporters

http://www.americanthinker.com/2007/11/the_ron_paul_campaign_and_its.html

Ron Paul Quotes Hamas -- lies about conditions in Judea

http://littlegreenfootballs.com/article/36478_Ron_Paul-_Gaza_is_a_Concentration_Camp_Israel_is_Starving_Palestinians

Angry White Man --- The bigoted past of Ron Paul

http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/angry-white-man?id=e2f15397-a3c7-4720-ac15-4532a7da84ca

[Kinzua]

Its easy to see which side of this “debate” discusses principles and issues and which side gets even more hysterical without offering anything objective or constructive.

The anti-Paul people had better come up with something more substantial than aaaahhhh he’s nuts! and anyone looking for a real Constutional candidate is a Paulbot.

Ending excessive foreign entanglements is not “cutting and running” or “appeasing”. In fact, the result would be a stronger America, more secure and prosperous and more able to be a real example in the World.

[jacknhoo]

Sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you don’t - I despise nuts...when they’re politicians.

[Proud2BeRight]

“Can anyone honestly tell me why things Ron Paul did NOT say over twenty years ago should be news today?”

1. He DID say those things 20 years ago. He owned the letters with his name at the top and as the named editor and as his signature on some, hired those who assembled it, collected money from it, defended them, admitted they were his, attracted the type of people who would read it, and it should be clear to most people that he wrote them or purposely allowed them to be published.

2. Yes! He is is accountable for the letters of 20 years ago. I give you the names, Robert Byrd or William Ayers? Would you have accepted the past of those people?

[rdb3]

Paul apologists (Paultards) are merely inconsequential cultists, severely lacking of brain matter.

Well, they do seem to have 1-bit brains with a parity error.

25 years ago, we had Ronald Reagan, Johnny Cash, and Bob Hope.
Today we have Obama, no cash, and no hope!

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings.

How about this gamechanger from America's Got Talent (which they SHOULD have won).

Either way, the violin is sweet yet LETHAL.

Do it!

[junta]

If the GOP smears his supporters you might as well say President Obama is safe electorally.

[tbpiper]

that's why the GOP doesn't like him.

I don't like him because his foreign policy outlook is completely stupid.

[xzins]

1. Newsletters

2. Foreign policy statements

3. Israel

4. Lack of fiscal plan

[Kinzua]

Exactly.

[lonevoice]

[Tex-Con-Man]