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Ron Paul's Fans: Will They Vote GOP in 2012?
Post Date: 2011-12-30 10:20:05 by We The People
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DES MOINES, Iowa -- Allen Huffman wouldn’t even be a Republican if not for Ron Paul. The Texas congressman’s promise to get rid of the income tax prompted the 42-year-old to register with the GOP and to caucus for Paul in 2008. Huffman has participated in phone banks at Paul’s campaign office about a dozen times in recent weeks, but don’t expect him to volunteer if Paul is not the GOP nominee. “I don’t vote for the ticket. I vote for principles,’’ Huffman said. “I don’t like Newt Gingrich at all, and I think Mitt Romney is too slick.’’ Another Paul supporter at his Wednesday-night rally in Des Moines, 54-year-old John Cheever, ...
Ron Paul: Newsletters haven’t hurt me politically
Post Date: 2011-12-30 10:05:25 by We The People
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A collection of racist, anti-Israel and anti-gay statements that appeared in newsletters published in Ron Paul’s name may have made national headlines, but the congressman said Thursday that he doesn’t think the controversy has damaged his campaign. “It never hurt me politically, and right now I think it is the same case, but people are desperate to find something,” the GOP presidential contender said during an in-studio interview at WHO Radio in Des Moines. The newsletters in questions were published in the ‘70s, ‘80s and ‘90s under various titles, including The Ron Paul Political Report, The Ron Paul Freedom Report, The Ron Paul Survival Report and The ...
Why the establishment really fears Ron Paul
Post Date: 2011-12-29 16:37:24 by We The People
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As Ron Paul has risen in the polls, so has the frequency of attacks against him. “Any stick will do to beat a dog” goes the old saying, and the whacks against Paul range from reasonable to ridiculous. Expect the attacks to continue. Expect them to get more ridiculous. And expect the worst attacks to come from Republicans. Let’s cut the crap. The GOP establishment’s main beef with Ron Paul is his foreign policy. This ideological chasm is the subtext to most attacks on Paul from the right. To their credit, some of Paul’s critics are man (or woman) enough to confront the congressman on this subject directly. Paul welcomes these challenges and wants his fellow ...
War Is a Government Program
Post Date: 2011-12-29 15:46:10 by Fibr Dog
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Libertarians and conservatives who argue for economic freedom and against government control tend to make both principled and practical arguments for their positions. Take health insurance, for example. The principled argument against government regulation of health insurance is twofold: (1) No government has the right to dictate to someone what kind of insurance he should buy or whether he should buy it at all; and (2) no government has the right to dictate to an insurance company what kind of insurance it may sell and what it many charge. The practical arguments are many; for example, if government sets prices too low, it will cause shortages and rationing, which most people would find ...
Lets Name The Bad Bad People Of The Internet! [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-12-28 18:56:35 by A K A Stone
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There are a lot of asshole douche bags on the internet. I will start naming them soon and some of the reasons why they are internet assholes/douchebags.
Douches only post on other sites. So don't talk crap about anyone here. :)
Why Neo-Cons Hate Ron Paul’s Honest Foreign Policy
Post Date: 2011-12-28 13:16:52 by We The People
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This article, originally titled “Ron Paul: Propagandist Or Prophet?”, was written by Jeremy R. Hammond and published at Foreign Policy Journal Ron Paul is “the best-known American propagandist for our enemies”, writes Dorothy Rabinowitz in a recent Wall Street Journal hit piece. To support the charge, she writes that Dr. Paul “assures audiences” that the terrorist attacks of 9/11 “took place only because of U.S. aggression and military actions”. It’s “True,” she writes, that “we’ve heard the assertions before”, but only “rarely have we heard in any American political figure such exclusive concern for, and ...
Ron Paul's Detractors @ LOX News
Post Date: 2011-12-28 09:55:42 by We The People
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Look at all the neoconservatives over at LOX NEWS, aka http://libertypost.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi , pulling out and dusting off articles and issues that they have to blow the dust off of, that have been hashed and rehashed and proven to be BS, in an effort to paint Ron Paul with the label of racist. Gatlin especially, but also the rest of the toady crew, all filled with hate, shooting up snake venom and monkey puss and ranting like imbeciles, because they just can't make the bullshit stick! LOL! Well, I have a Christmas present for you neo's at LOX NEWS, I'm going to help you present your case. Actually, I'm going to present videos of others who agree with you leftists. ...
The Roots of Liberalism and Conservatism
Post Date: 2011-12-26 08:54:43 by CZ82
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The Roots of Liberalism and Conservatism By Paul Shlichta Conservative writers sometimes complain about the obstinacy of liberals -- how they persist in their beliefs despite the flagrant misdeeds of their politicians and the collapse of welfare states, as is now happening in Europe. Since false conclusions are often the result of false initial assumptions, I tried to find the cause of this persistence by tracing back to the roots of liberal and conservative thought. I concluded that conservatism is based on the concept that "all men are equal but not necessarily good," while liberalism is derived from the idea that "all men are good but not necessarily equal." ...
Three Myths About Ron Paul in Iowa
Post Date: 2011-12-25 20:29:03 by We The People
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Two recent polls show contradictory results for the upcoming Iowa caucuses. A December 22, 2011 Rasmussen poll declared Mitt Romney the likely winner. But a day earlier a Public Policy Poll said that Ron Paul would win, Here are three myths regarding Ron Paul and the Iowa caucuses: Myth number one: The Iowa caucuses don’t matter. Keep in mind the following. Since 1972, when the Iowa caucuses became the first in the nation event for choosing the respective party presidential nominees, only one candidate has won the presidency without winning either the contest in Iowa or the primary in New Hampshire. And when a candidate has won both, that candidate has always won their party’s ...
Iowa and the Future of the GOP
Post Date: 2011-12-25 10:26:18 by We The People
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Judging by some of the television images of the 2012 Republican presidential race in Iowa, the contest is among a bunch of small-bore candidates courting farmers and born-again Christians out on the chilly prairie. Look again. The 2012 Republican contest in Iowa is very much a battle over what the GOP should stand for in the years ahead. Just as Republican leaders in Washington can't seem to reach a consensus on what they're for, so can't rank-and-file party activists here. Throughout this campaign, a variety of candidates have risen and fallen as caucusgoers have fallen in love and then been struck by buyer's remorse. Today most leads in polls of the race are within the ...
GOP fears Ron Paul presidency
Post Date: 2011-12-25 10:15:30 by We The People
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As I watch and listen to more of the pre-election babble it becomes ever more apparent the only viable candidate the Republican Party has at this time is Ron Paul. One thing that convinces me of that is the continuing Republican attempt to silence him, ignore him and to pretend he doesn't exist, that he's not really there. None of the other candidates get this treatment, only Dr. Paul. Over the years he is the only one that has been consistent on the issues he deals with. It would appear he has something to say the political establishment, Republican and Democrat, does not want the American people to hear. What are they afraid of? No more glaring example of this is the reaction of ...
PAGING SPEAKER BOEHNER...SPEAKER BOEHNER...
Post Date: 2011-12-23 12:11:42 by war
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...Secretary of State Clinton found your balls somehere near Bora Bora...
Why Ron Paul Can Win
Post Date: 2011-12-23 12:05:10 by A K A Stone
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If you have been watching the news, you know that Ron Paul is now beating both Gingrich and Romney in the polls and could walk away with a win in Iowa. Some say he could also walk away with a win in New Hampshire, and possibly even win the Republican (GOP) nomination. For the Republican National Committee (RNC), this must be uncomfortable – the idea that they would be forced to nominate a principled, Constitutionalist just because WE THE PEOPLE demanded it. But here's what really terrifies them: Ron Paul is in a position to hand the election of 2012 over to Barack Obama and the Democrats because he would be a "spoiler." But even more terrifying is the fact that Dr. ...
Ron Paul: The new teflon candidate?
Post Date: 2011-12-23 00:09:40 by A K A Stone
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(The New Republic) Nearly four years ago, on the eve of the New Hampshire Republican presidential primary, The New Republic published my expose of newsletters published by Texas Congressman Ron Paul. The contents of these newsletters can best be described as appalling. Blacks were referred to as “animals.” Gays were told to go “back” into the “closet.” The “X-Rated Martin Luther King” was a bisexual pedophile who “seduced underage girls and boys.” Three months before the Oklahoma City bombing, Paul praised right-wing, anti-government militia movements as “one of the most encouraging developments in America.” The voluminous record ...
Ron Paul knows violence is seldom best way to go
Post Date: 2011-12-21 10:52:16 by A K A Stone
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Reporters routinely describe Ron Paul’s foreign policy views as “isolationist” because he opposes the promiscuous use of military force. This is like calling him a recluse because he tries to avoid fistfights. The implicit assumption that violence is the only way to interact with the world reflects the oddly circumscribed nature of foreign policy debates in mainstream American politics. It shows why Paul’s perspective is desperately needed in the campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. As the Texas congressman has explained many times, he supports international trade, travel, migration, diplomacy and cultural exchange. He supports military action when it ...
Ron Paul’s Inaugural Address, Written by His First (and Only) Speechwriter
Post Date: 2011-12-20 22:01:14 by A K A Stone
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In June of 1976, I was Ron Paul’s speechwriter. Shortly after I joined his staff as his newsletter writer and economic analyst, I recommended that he do what I had been doing for a year: buy a Code-A-Phone telephone answering machine and make a weekly 3-minute recording for people in his districts to call. He could send the tape to his office in the district, where the machine would be set up at a local phone number. Residents could call it for free. He thought this was a good idea. So began his weekly speeches. I wrote his first talk. He later told me that he didn’t like reading a script written by anyone else, so he had decided to record his own. As far as I know, that was the ...
10 Ways the U.S. Gov't Has Destroyed Its Own Declaration of Independence [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2011-12-20 12:59:17 by A K A Stone
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The irony cannot be escaped that a country that issued a document codifying independence for free citizens, should turn into one that declares outright war on all that signifies independent living and prosperity. It is not a king this time who is exerting ownership over the land and its people, but it is a similar top-down tyrannical system that employs police state enforcers in much the same manner. In America, this tyranny has remained largely disguised behind pleasantries and a growing bureaucracy centered around Orwellian safety measures, but those days are over; the king (the tyranny) has returned to make its move from the shadows out into the open square for public view. Its kid ...
If You Love Peace, Become a "Blue Republican" (Just for a Year)
Post Date: 2011-12-20 12:10:19 by mininggold
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Robin Koerner Publisher, WatchingAmerica.com Now, I know that the Republican party stinks to many Democrats and Independents who care about social justice and civil rights, but we all need to be smart and play the system to get the political outcomes we seek: you don't have to like a party or even identify with it to sign up as a Republican for a year to help make sure that the Republican primaries are won by the one representative who has always been for peace, has always voted against bailouts, and has always opposed the reach of government into your bedroom, your relationships and your person. And if you are a Democrat or socially progressive Independent, you can't tell me ...
Ann Coulter: I Would Prefer Ron Paul Over Newt Gingrich
Post Date: 2011-12-20 11:53:35 by A K A Stone
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Appearing on Fox News Channel’s “Red Eye” last night, conservative firebrand and frequent courter of controversy, Ann Coulter told the panel that if the choice for the Republican presidential nominee came down to Texas Rep. Ron Paul or former House Speaker Newt Gingrich she would prefer Paul. She stops short of suggesting that she would vote for Paul in a third party bid as conservative radio host Glenn Beck recently suggested, but Coulter has serious reservations (like most editorial board GOPers) about Gingrich’s big government conservatism. While Coulter curries much favor among the Tea Party Republican set, not all who are inclined to agree with her ...
Becky Beach is a status quo twit.
Post Date: 2011-12-20 11:06:41 by A K A Stone
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Paul poses an existential threat to the state’s cherished kick-off status, say these Republicans, because he has little chance to win the GOP nomination and would offer the best evidence yet that the caucuses reward candidates who are unrepresentative of the broader party. “It would make the caucuses mostly irrelevant if not entirely irrelevant,” said Becky Beach, a longtime Iowa Republican who helped Presidents Bush 41 and Bush 43 here. “It would have a very damaging effect because I don’t think he could be elected president and both Iowa and national Republicans wouldn’t think he represents the will of voters.” Read more: ...
Why conservatives must adopt Ron Paul’s foreign policy
Post Date: 2011-12-19 18:05:51 by We The People
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Many Republicans love Ron Paul’s limited-government philosophy but have problems with his foreign policy. This is understandable given the state of today’s Republican Party. But what many Republicans probably don’t realize is that Paul’s foreign policy is part of his limited-government philosophy — and it’s a crucially important part. If the American right does not begin to at least consider Paul’s foreign policy, it will continue to forfeit any hope of advancing a substantive conservatism. As the Founders understood well, it is hard-to-impossible to preserve limited government at home while maintaining big government abroad. History and experience tell ...
Inside the 1,200-page omnibus
Post Date: 2011-12-19 16:58:27 by We The People
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Congressional Republican leaders are crowing that they cut discretionary spending in the ginormous omnibus spending bill. In fact, spending will go up in 2012 because of smoke-and-mirrors budget games that have become commonplace on Capitol Hill. A 1,200-page piece of legislation filed late the night before the vote continues to be the unfortunate way politicians operate. On Friday, the House passed the $1 trillion omnibus spending bill to fund government for the current fiscal year, averting a midnight shutdown. The last-minute conference report, which then passed the Senate on Saturday, prevents any more of the budget dramas for the remaining nine-and-a-half months of the fiscal year. ...
Op-Ed: Why Ron Paul is right on Iran, why Michele Bachmann is wrong
Post Date: 2011-12-18 16:42:27 by A K A Stone
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+ Des Moines - The last two-hour Iowa debate saw former House Speaker Newt Gingrich being attacked, former Governor Mitt Romney defending himself and former Governor Jon Huntsman proclaiming his conservatism. But one moment changed everything: Iran. Digital Journal reported Sunday about the latest grassroots video that defends Texas Congressman Ron Paul’s foreign policy stance. It highlights the issues of blowback, foreign resentment and many experts asserting what the three-time presidential candidate has been talking about all along. You have probably heard this quite a lot by the Republican faithful: “I like Ron Paul on most of the issues, but his foreign policy scares ...
Ron Paul Advocates on the Hannity Forum!
Post Date: 2011-12-18 09:32:43 by We The People
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Wow! I'm surprised this thread hasn't been deleted! forums.hannity.com/showthread.php?t=2363501
Ron Paul in a Landslide?
Post Date: 2011-12-17 09:48:59 by We The People
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Before anyone gets their knickers in a knot, let me hasten to say that the headline for this article is in reference to a “USA Today” poll that I took recently—and yes, Ron Paul did indeed win my poll in a landslide. The results took me by surprise. The online poll weighed your answers to various questions against the answers given by the different 2012 Presidential candidates and tabulated the results. The results of my poll looked something like this: 1. Paul (just under 70% agreement) 2. Bachmann (just under 50%) 3. Gingrich (just under 49%) 4, 5, and 6. Santorum, Perry, Huntsman—in that order (all close - around 45%) 7. Romney 8.Obama As you can see, Ron ...
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