Ron Paul Wins Big in Alabama(Landslide Republican Victory

Ron Paul (2008) ^ | August 18, 2007

[lfrancis]

“Sounds like another leftist position to me. “We’ve got to understand why they hate us” and all that baloney.”

I don’t think this is necessarily a leftist position. If they hate us because we are free, are wealthy, like football or because we have “violated” some holy site and are willing to kill us for it we should try to find out.

Why do we continue to let Muslims in the country?

If we had understood why they hate us perhaps we could have kept them out and should deport all non U.S. citizens from Muslim countries ?

I think it is foolish not to try to understand what we are up against .

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

So Dr. Paul’s response to 9-11 would have been to /trade/ with Afghanistan and Saddam Hussein’s Iraq?

Likely he would have immediately asked Congress for a full declaration of war, instead of waiting to see what the "international community" thinks.

[KDD]

We sure aren’t getting many “Ron whos” anymore.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

216 votes? And how many people of voting age live in that state? You’re excited about 216 votes?

Are you implying that these votes should be disregarded because they don't represent the MSM/GOP establishment template?

Had it been any other candidate you'd be bloviating about how strong that candidate is.

[Allegra]

Wow.

216 votes.

That's almost enough to get elected Homecoming Queen at a small school.

[ejonesie22]

TripE, we went into Afghanistan with in days...

[EveningStar]

I guess an anthill is a landslide.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

If the "load-mouthed kooks" were drowning out his "base of support"...wouldn't that mean that his base is very quiet?

His supporters are vocal and enthusiastic. They're not the kooks that the MSM and GOP establishment make them out to be.

Or, does that mean that his numbers are wrong and those voting for him are "loud-mouthed kooks"? Which is it??

Paul's numbers aren't wrong. His base of supporters are being smeared as a bunch of kooks, thanks in part to the MSM and GOP establishment who can't comprehend why people are excited over Paul, and the minority of far left and far right fanatics who are trying to capitalize on Paul's campaign.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

TripE, we went into Afghanistan with in days...

We went into Afghanistan on October 7th. That was nearly a month later after the attacks.

[ejonesie22]

Yeah, the organization as a whole, the core believes and all are very much still there. It is sad that got usurped by the huts, thats all.

Ron Paul is a good old line conservative in a few ways, and very much a libertarian. But some of that philosophy has to be reworked in the 21st century. I am not saying abandoned it, but allow it to fit the realities of our current world. Until everyone is conservative, we will not get very far relying on our most extreme beliefs.

[ejonesie22]

You are so bad...

[Petronski]

I meant to type A-L-A-B-A-M-A but I slipped and typed I-O-W-A.

I hate it when that happens!

[ejonesie22]

You know we have our differences, but I will hand it to you guys, your optimism is above reproach. If that was all it took, Paul would be in like Flynn...

And I am not joking, I really do respect that. So from a hippie liberal globalist faux conservative to a radical hyper conservative bunch of nut jobs, my hats off to you...

[who knows what evil?]

Paul won another straw poll in New Hampshire today...right next door to Romney’s Massachusetts. Funny how these ‘straw polls’ are considered irrelevant; but if a similar sampling is used in a phone poll; they are quoted as gospel. (If the results go the right way; that is.)

[ejonesie22]

I was checking my birth certificate a momment ago...
Them nuts is my people...

[Petronski]

Funny how these ‘straw polls’ are considered irrelevant; but if a similar sampling is used in a phone poll; they are quoted as gospel.

That's not "funny," that's science. Ever study statistics? Do you understand "random sampling" and how it is corrupted by "self-selection?"

Good grief.

[Allegra]

Yeah, I have this tendency to get Hawaii and North Dakota mixed up sometimes, too.

I'm sure a lot of people do that, though.

[ejonesie22]

Damn man, they had to pack, but the orders were cut with in two days. I know, I was sitting next to two buddies when they came down. Best and saddest steak dinner I had in years..

[ejonesie22]

Man, I hope you are not a pilot...

[Allegra]

Nah....cartographer.