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How do you feel about Ron Paul?
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Let's debate politics! :biggrin:
Admidetly, I don't know where ALL the politicians stand on the issues, but as far as Ron Paul...
+Small Government
+Speaks like a man.
-KKK likes him...scary... (that's what I hear..)
+/- Wants to get out of Iraq immediately. I agree we need to leave, but we have to have the right timing...
I like McCain because he has served the country from the heart for many years, was a POW, works well with both parties and is a respectable character.
Admidetly, I don't know where ALL the politicians stand on the issues, but as far as Ron Paul...
+Small Government
+Speaks like a man.
-KKK likes him...scary... (that's what I hear..)
+/- Wants to get out of Iraq immediately. I agree we need to leave, but we have to have the right timing...
I like McCain because he has served the country from the heart for many years, was a POW, works well with both parties and is a respectable character.
Never heard of the guy.
I voted for him when he ran as a Libertarian. I'm now tempted to register as a Republican so I can vote for him in the FL primary.
I'm not even looking at candidates unitl mid-Summer '08. As soon as I hear political crap on TV or radio, I turn the channel or let my daughter have the remote.
This is why I can sing every High School Muscial song. Not sure if that's a good thing to share but it's out there nevertheless.
This is why I can sing every High School Muscial song. Not sure if that's a good thing to share but it's out there nevertheless.
He's done some record breaking campaingn fund raising and he seems to have many supporters across the internet-there is no doubt that he's the most popular canidate "online".
I like his opinions of the monetary system, the constitution, the IRS/current government structure in general, but as mentioned before I don't know if his strategy on Iraq is careful enough and I wonder how he'd do "in the mix of things", which is the truly difficult part of being president.
If I voted and it was between him and any of the democrats at this point, I'd probably vote for him. I think Obama might do well, Hillary's past record doesn't overly "impress" me. That's the nicest line you'll ever see on an internet discussion board about politics.
I like his opinions of the monetary system, the constitution, the IRS/current government structure in general, but as mentioned before I don't know if his strategy on Iraq is careful enough and I wonder how he'd do "in the mix of things", which is the truly difficult part of being president.
If I voted and it was between him and any of the democrats at this point, I'd probably vote for him. I think Obama might do well, Hillary's past record doesn't overly "impress" me. That's the nicest line you'll ever see on an internet discussion board about politics.
He is not a war hawk like the rest of the republicans.
Has some very good ideas that the big companies and lobbyists will not like or agree to.
Has some very good ideas that the big companies and lobbyists will not like or agree to.
Not gonna lie. He'd have my vote in an instant. And I told myself i would never vote republican in my life.
Quite frankly i'm so tired of seeing politicians walk, talk, and get bought off by outside intrest like politicians do. I don't belive anything out of their mouths anymore. Hes the only guy that I think has some honesty behind his words. I think washington could use a guy like that to cleanse the political process, even if it were only for 4 years.
Just my .02
Quite frankly i'm so tired of seeing politicians walk, talk, and get bought off by outside intrest like politicians do. I don't belive anything out of their mouths anymore. Hes the only guy that I think has some honesty behind his words. I think washington could use a guy like that to cleanse the political process, even if it were only for 4 years.
Just my .02
I thought the same thing until someone gave me a link to his site. The only real relation to the "truth" movement he has is he takes the time to say how stupid their claims are for the most part. I can see the logic in interpreting him even giving them the time of the day as a bad thing. I believe there are some conspiracy theories he doesn't discredit, but not the ones like a cruise missle hit the pentagon not a plane.
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*OR* he could just be the politician that sticks to traditional republican values, whilst making a name as the "alternative." Not a bad Republican primary platform for someone that doesn't have a shot in hell to win, anyway.
Go Mitt.
Or better yet, Mike Bloomberg.
They can't be bought. They aren't career politicians. They're smarter than all of us combined. And they know how to run an efficient organization, even the shitshow that is the federal gov't.
Go Mitt.
Or better yet, Mike Bloomberg.
They can't be bought. They aren't career politicians. They're smarter than all of us combined. And they know how to run an efficient organization, even the shitshow that is the federal gov't.
+Not only does he preach small government, his voting record is unwavering in support of it.
+One of the few honest men in Washington.
As for the KKK, I checked into this, specifically the Stormfront site. They reasons they support him were because of his positions on the Iraq war, his defense of civil liberties, immigration, and economic policies. All of the members that I saw post about him admitted that Ron is not "one of them".
As for Iraq, the sooner the better. Bush is trying to spread the war to Iran under false pretenses (nukes) just like Iraq (WMDs). The sooner the better. The end result is going to be exactly the same whether we leave now or 5 years from now and we are only delaying the inevitable.
I have to disagree. He raised 4.3 million in one day in Nov. He raised as much as McCain last quarter ($5 million) and has already raised almost $11 million this quarter, and there is another "money bomb" day planned like the one that raised the 4.3 million. His fund raising is sharply increasing while the others are going down. McCain and Romney are funding themselves.
I think you should seriously reconsider. It's important to get to the primaries en force to vote for Ron Paul. Check some of the videos about him on YouTube. I can promise you he's different than any politician you've ever seen.
He's known in Washington as Dr No because he votes against so many spending bills. Lobbyists don't even bother going to his office because he doesn't give him the time of day.
Here's a recent interview with him on ABC.
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3971133
Need to know anything, just ask. I'm pretty well versed in Ron Paul.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Northwoods
I am by no means a consipracy theorist, and I have no opinion regarding a govt. cospiracy regarding 9.11--but it is not as crazy as you would believe. Read the entire article. You will be shocked. And this is what they have unclassified. I can only imagine what is still classified.
Journalist James Bamford summarized Operation Northwoods in his April 24, 2001 book Body of Secrets:
"Operation Northwoods, which had the written approval of the Chairman and every member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called for innocent people to be shot on American streets; for boats carrying refugees fleeing Cuba to be sunk on the high seas; for a wave of violent terrorism to be launched in Washington, D.C., Miami, and elsewhere. People would be framed for bombings they did not commit; planes would be hijacked. Using phony evidence, all of it would be blamed on Castro, thus giving Lemnitzer and his cabal the excuse, as well as the public and international backing, they needed to launch their war."
The polls are BS and will be proven way wrong. He's doing extremely well in the numbers that matter, namely his fund raising. None of the other repubs even come close. He wins all the straw and debate polls and has a huge showing of support everywhere he goes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If9EWDB_zK4
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Well I hope you are right because I'd like to see him as the GOP candidate, but I really don't think it will happen.
Why is he running for the GOP candidacy anyways? He sounds like more of a Dem to me.
A Dem? Are you sure you understand his positions? He's ultra-conservative. He's been elected 10 times as a Republican, but he did run for Pres as a Libertarian in 88. He's against the majority of all government spending, wants to end the IRS and a myriad of government programs. He's against all brands of socialism. He's about as far from being a Democrat as you can get. I'll admit he's nothing like the neocon Republicans who are simply Democrats in disguise. He's more like the Barry Goldwater era conservatives.
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I am really worried about this country, with people supporting socialists like Clinton, wackos like Paul, nutjobs like Moore and Gore. Come on people EDUCATE yourself.
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I think Ron Paul is the best republican candidate.
He'll never win though because the media doesn't cover him. I think there's something up with the media as to why they never talk about him. Not sure who decides that, what agendas, and where the flow of moneys comes and goes, but something is not right there.
He'll never win though because the media doesn't cover him. I think there's something up with the media as to why they never talk about him. Not sure who decides that, what agendas, and where the flow of moneys comes and goes, but something is not right there.
Four companies own the majority of the media outlets in America. They have their own agendas but they don't matter anymore. Paul's campaign is proof you don't need the media and I think it's a trend that is going to continue. People don't trust the media anymore, just like they don't trust the government. It's way too premature to call defeat at this stage. We'll see what happens at the primaries, but on that note, are you making plans to attend the primaries? If you disagree with the media, what are you doing to change it?
"Let it not be said that we did nothing" - RP, May 24, 2007
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So who is left? The candidate you favor?
It's not looking good for Ron Paul according to today's survey results posted on CNN . I guess most of America would rather stick to the same sort of politicians we're used to. .
DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) -- Mike Huckabee's dramatic jump in the polls is going nationwide. The former Arkansas governor is in a virtual tie with Republican presidential front-runner Rudy Giuliani in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll out Monday.
Mike Huckabee is now the front-runner in the polls in Iowa.
Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, is backed by 24 percent of Republican voters nationally while Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, is at 22 percent.
The two-point difference is well within the survey's sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is at 16 percent in the new poll, followed by Sen. John McCain of Arizona at 12 percent, Former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee at 10 percent, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas at 6 percent, Rep. Duncan Hunter of California at 2 percent and Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado at 1 percent.
. I guess most of America would rather stick to the same sort of politicians we're used to. .DES MOINES, Iowa (CNN) -- Mike Huckabee's dramatic jump in the polls is going nationwide. The former Arkansas governor is in a virtual tie with Republican presidential front-runner Rudy Giuliani in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation national poll out Monday.
Mike Huckabee is now the front-runner in the polls in Iowa.
Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, is backed by 24 percent of Republican voters nationally while Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas, is at 22 percent.
The two-point difference is well within the survey's sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is at 16 percent in the new poll, followed by Sen. John McCain of Arizona at 12 percent, Former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee at 10 percent, Rep. Ron Paul of Texas at 6 percent, Rep. Duncan Hunter of California at 2 percent and Rep. Tom Tancredo of Colorado at 1 percent.
