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Why the GOP must nominate Ron Paul (Mod advisory: Why they call it dope)
SmallGovTimes.com ^ | October 2nd, 2007 | Joe Dumas, SmallGovTimes.com

Posted on 10/02/2007 9:57:06 AM PDT by sdnet

Why must the Republican Party nominate a 72-year-old grandfather from the Gulf Coast of Texas, until the past few months little known outside his district, as its 2008 standard-bearer? Very simple: the alternative is eight years of President Hillary Clinton. That ought to be enough to get the attention of every conservative who happens upon these words, so let me explain.

It should come as no big revelation to anyone inside or outside of the Republican Party that the GOP has lost touch with its conservative roots. Massive deficit spending that would make Bill Clinton or Jimmy Carter blush; foreign adventurism beyond the wildest dreams of Woodrow Wilson or Teddy Roosevelt; more big government programs than FDR or LBJ (Google “Medicare expansion” for a massive example) ... the Republican Party of the early 21st century is clearly not your father’s or grandfather’s GOP.

There are no more Robert Tafts, no more Barry Goldwaters, not even any more Ronald Reagans (as imperfect as he turned out to be after reaching the White House) ... except one: Ron Paul. Dr. Paul (an OB/GYN who has delivered more than 4,000 babies) is the last, best hope for the GOP to reclaim its once-upon-a-time status as the party of limited government.

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TOPICS: Politics; Weird Stuff
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1 posted on 10/02/2007 9:57:12 AM PDT by sdnet
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To: sdnet

Why a snowball must thrive in hell ...

H


2 posted on 10/02/2007 9:58:08 AM PDT by Hemorrhage (How 'Bout Them Cowboys!!!)
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To: sdnet

never happen, the author has been huffing glue


3 posted on 10/02/2007 9:58:28 AM PDT by bigfootbob
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To: sdnet

If you just wanna smoke a bowl of the finest homegrown
No matter where you’re coming from
You can find my man there on the street
You can find a man that’ll peddle and you meet
Weed makes you feel happy when you’re feeling down
Oh, yeah
Weed even makes you smile when there’s no one around
Oh, yeah
It’s the weed that makes you sing when you’re…
Half-asleep, you can sing…
Bored and nothing to do
We sit
In a
Beat up old Chevy
He’ll tell ya; he’ll tell
He’ll tell ya
Yeah, he’ll tell ya
Yeah, I guess he’ll tell ya
No problem

“Smoke a Bowl” by Sebadoh


4 posted on 10/02/2007 9:59:41 AM PDT by jdm
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To: sdnet

We must nominate Ron Paul so that Hillary can win in a landslide.


5 posted on 10/02/2007 10:00:01 AM PDT by Tzimisce (How Would Mohammed Vote? Hillary for President! www.dndorks.com)
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To: sdnet

Well,,,, if the Republican Party is determined to lose, this would be the perfect thing to do!


6 posted on 10/02/2007 10:00:36 AM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ("Don't touch that thing")
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To: sdnet
A Libertarians point of view.

Of course.

7 posted on 10/02/2007 10:00:53 AM PDT by Pistolshot (Richardson/Paul '08 - Sometimes this stuff just writes itself.)
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To: sdnet

Nominating Ron Paul would make the Troofers very happy, and we all know how well-grounded and important they are.


8 posted on 10/02/2007 10:01:01 AM PDT by Numbers Guy
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To: sdnet

To complete their death wish?


9 posted on 10/02/2007 10:01:28 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: sdnet

If the GOP did nominate him, I’d leave the party after 30+ years.


10 posted on 10/02/2007 10:02:11 AM PDT by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of News)
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To: sdnet

bookmark


11 posted on 10/02/2007 10:02:35 AM PDT by SIDENET (I don't want to find "common ground" with a bunch of damn leftists.)
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To: sdnet

Because Hillary won’t let the Dems nominate him.


12 posted on 10/02/2007 10:03:14 AM PDT by SmithL (I don't do Barf Alerts, you're old enough to read and decide for yourself)
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To: sdnet
LOL, now that is funny. Thanks for the laugh. Almost as funny as Harry Reid or Nancy Peolsi saying they are the true followers of the Constitution and are the most 'fiscally responsible' people in DC. I find that every one, no matter their political spectrum seems to claim these things. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if Rudy said he was the new Reagan.

To quote Hamlet: Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart

13 posted on 10/02/2007 10:04:31 AM PDT by mnehrling (Ron Paul earmarked $13million to the NAU highway after he said he was against it.)
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To: jdm
Oh Jees!!! Not this sh!t again.

Sheesh....   Not this Sh!t again

 

Repeat after me Rue Run Paul is a moron.   His following makes him look like a genius.

14 posted on 10/02/2007 10:04:37 AM PDT by LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget (In regards to Ron Paul, Please see http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1889318/posts)
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To: LS
Ron Paul has two chances of winning the GOP nomination and they are ...

1. Slim
2. None

15 posted on 10/02/2007 10:04:40 AM PDT by clamper1797 ("Democrat" 'one who panders to the crude, idiotic, and mindless whims of the masses.')
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To: sdnet

16 posted on 10/02/2007 10:04:56 AM PDT by ejonesie22 (I don't use a sarcasm tag, it kills the effect...)
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To: LS
If the GOP did nominate him, I’d leave the party after 30+ years.

I wouldn't even wait that long :)

17 posted on 10/02/2007 10:05:56 AM PDT by Migraine (...diversity is great... until it happens to YOU...)
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To: sdnet

L.Ron is one of the two GOP candidates who, if he won the nomination, I would not vote for in the general election.


18 posted on 10/02/2007 10:06:10 AM PDT by Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus (Thompson/Hunter '08 - No Cross-Dressing, No Pretty Boys, No Thorazine)
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To: sdnet

There may be a time for a Ron Paul type as president someday. However, that time isn’t now.

APf


19 posted on 10/02/2007 10:07:13 AM PDT by APFel (Regnum Nostrum Crescit)
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To: Numbers Guy

20 posted on 10/02/2007 10:07:39 AM PDT by andy58-in-nh (Kill the terrorists, secure the borders, and give me back my freedoms.)
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To: sdnet; BlackElk
Prawn Power !


21 posted on 10/02/2007 10:07:39 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
L.Ron is the only one I wouldn’t vote for. Even with Rudy, I know he wouldn’t shoot our troops in the back. He may dress in drag and try to kiss them on the cheek, but he would let them fight the battle and not defund them while being shot at like L.Ron.
22 posted on 10/02/2007 10:08:49 AM PDT by mnehrling (Ron Paul earmarked $13million to the NAU highway after he said he was against it.)
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To: sdnet

The yutz of a writer even sent this to my local news website at a LTTE...

http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_114454.asp

even has his email listed :)


23 posted on 10/02/2007 10:08:58 AM PDT by backinthefold (yeesh)
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To: mnehrling

I’m with you on that one. I’d hold my nose and vote for Giuliani, I’d support Romney, I’d enthusiastically support Thompson.

I’d vote 3rd Party rather than vote for Ron Paul.

H


24 posted on 10/02/2007 10:11:09 AM PDT by Hemorrhage (How 'Bout Them Cowboys!!!)
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To: sdnet
There are no more Robert Tafts, no more Barry Goldwaters, not even any more Ronald Reagans (as imperfect as he turned out to be after reaching the White House)

Robert Taft: fake conservative and opponent of the Nuremberg Trials.

Barry Goldwater: bedwetting loser in 1964 who became a bedwetting liberal.

Ronald Reagan: one of the truly great American Presidents. But imperfect to the drooler who wrote this article.

25 posted on 10/02/2007 10:12:47 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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To: Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus
Courtesy of Registered.


26 posted on 10/02/2007 10:13:08 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: sdnet

When I watch Dr. Paul, I don’t see Barry Goldwater but George McGovern. A decent, honorable man whose worldview is just plain looney.


27 posted on 10/02/2007 10:13:50 AM PDT by RobbyS ( CHIRHO)
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To: sdnet
If you really want a winning ticket, give DOCTOR Ron Paul the nomination, and let his running mate be Lyndon LaRouche.
28 posted on 10/02/2007 10:13:57 AM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: sdnet

Who is Ron Paul?


29 posted on 10/02/2007 10:14:33 AM PDT by Tenacious 1 (No to nitwit jesters with a predisposition of self importance and unqualified political opinions!)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

30 posted on 10/02/2007 10:14:51 AM PDT by Pistolshot (Richardson/Paul '08 - Sometimes this stuff just writes itself.)
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To: mnehrling

31 posted on 10/02/2007 10:16:12 AM PDT by PBRSTREETGANG
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To: wideawake

Well said.

I always laugh at those asserting Robert Taft was such a great stateman. Being from Ohio, perhaps because I know better.

I can’t think of a family that has done more harm here than the Tafts.


32 posted on 10/02/2007 10:16:16 AM PDT by Badeye (Wee willie asston reece, the fraud of NYC)
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To: All

If you change the “Ron Paul” to “Duncan Hunter”....then you have a great article


33 posted on 10/02/2007 10:16:46 AM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (FantasyCollegeBlitz.com)
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To: sdnet

Why? So we can set a new record for a Democrat landslide in a presidential election?

Why? So we can be laughed off the stage in a presidential debate?


34 posted on 10/02/2007 10:21:22 AM PDT by listenhillary (millions crippled by the war on poverty....but we won't pull out)
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To: Tzimisce
We must nominate Ron Paul so that Hillary can win in a landslide.

My cats could beat Ron Paul in a landslide.

Vote Dulcie-Finbar 2008!

35 posted on 10/02/2007 10:22:55 AM PDT by Allegra ("Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!"- Jim Robinson, Sept, 30, 2007)
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To: sdnet

There are a couple of Republican candidates that if they win the nomination I will hold my nose and vote for them. I currently refer to them as Democrat Lite and I think they are just better than the alternative.

Ron Paul does not even fall into that catagory. He is so far removed on logical fiscal policy, and he is plain daft on his approach towards our current military deployments and commitments. There’s just no way that I could in good conscience vote for this guy.


36 posted on 10/02/2007 10:23:24 AM PDT by CougarGA7
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To: sdnet

What Universe are these Paul whackos living in?


37 posted on 10/02/2007 10:25:45 AM PDT by Old Retired Army Guy (tHE)
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To: Hemorrhage

Not in this life, the man is certifiable.


38 posted on 10/02/2007 10:26:10 AM PDT by traderrob6
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To: sdnet

Look for next week’s column, “Why everyone should put their tongue in a shredder.”


39 posted on 10/02/2007 10:26:23 AM PDT by elizabetty (VOTE- FOR -SNOOPY............HE is the ONLY candidate who can beat Hillary.)
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To: Hemorrhage

wishful thinking on the part of a lefty?


40 posted on 10/02/2007 10:27:35 AM PDT by Rick.Donaldson (http://realitycheck.blogsome.com - and yes, yes, I'm a "FredHead". Fred Thompson for Prez.)
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To: Badeye
I always laugh at those asserting Robert Taft was such a great stateman. Being from Ohio, perhaps because I know better.

He has amazing press as a supposed conservative because he opposed some aspects of the New Deal.

But his full record tells a different story:

(1) Although he was a wholehearted supporter of Social Security.

(2) He opposed putting the Nazis on trial for their crimes.

(3) He opposed the founding of NATO because he feared it would antagonize the Soviet Union which, according to him, "posed no threat."

(4) He was an early advocate (from the 1920s!) of a World Court that would have jurisdiction over the US even in matters pertaining to American sovereignty.

(5) 16 years before LBJ's Great Society he wrote a bill calling for sweeping government-subsidized public housing.

This guy's PR corps is amazing.

41 posted on 10/02/2007 10:29:10 AM PDT by wideawake (Why is it that so many self-proclaimed "Constitutionalists" know so little about the Constitution?)
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To: sdnet
In my opinion there are only two people calling themselves Republican, whom Hillary would beat. Ron Paul is one and Rudy is the other.
42 posted on 10/02/2007 10:30:00 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
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To: sdnet

Ron Paul needs to stop lying about being a Republican. I am not a Libertarian and I will not support the likes of Ron “money is the only thing I fight for” Paul.


43 posted on 10/02/2007 10:31:20 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: wideawake

Yep.

And his offspring ended up the only Ohio governor in history to be convicted of crimes while in office...and then refused to resign.

I can’t stand those people.


44 posted on 10/02/2007 10:31:33 AM PDT by Badeye (Wee willie asston reece, the fraud of NYC)
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To: sdnet
I like Ron Paul on many issues, but he has no chance to be nominated. If he were nominated he would stand no chance to be elected.

I like Paul, but he more than any other candidate, attracts far too many nutcases.

I don't think he would make a very good president.

45 posted on 10/02/2007 10:31:41 AM PDT by GSWarrior
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>>Why must the Republican Party nominate a 72-year-old grandfather from the Gulf Coast of Texas, until the past few months little known outside his district, as its 2008 standard-bearer? Very simple: the alternative is eight years of President Hillary Clinton. That ought to be enough to get the attention of every conservative who happens upon these words, so let me explain.<<

Ron Paul is 72 years old? As a separate issue from his policies (some of which are unacceptable) -that’s too old.


46 posted on 10/02/2007 10:31:41 AM PDT by gondramB (Preach the Gospel at all times, and when necessary, use words.)
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To: sdnet

A vajayjay doctor? I thought he’d be more of a proctologist since he obviously has his head up his a$$.


47 posted on 10/02/2007 10:33:16 AM PDT by rintense (I'm 4 Thompson!)
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To: Dr. Bogus Pachysandra
Well,,,, if the Republican Party is determined to lose, this would be the perfect thing to do!

Well,,,, if the the world (other than the Islamic terrorists) is determined to lose, this would be the perfect thing to do!
48 posted on 10/02/2007 10:33:57 AM PDT by John D
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To: wideawake

Wow, RP isn’t that different than Taft after all.


49 posted on 10/02/2007 10:34:06 AM PDT by mnehrling (Ron Paul earmarked $13million to the NAU highway after he said he was against it.)
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To: GSWarrior

The voting machines don’t distinguish between nutcases and the rest of us. A vote is a vote.

What will Guiliani, the presumptive nominee, attract? The pro-abortion, anti-gun, pro-gay-marriage wingnuts, presumably. But at least they’ll be evenly split between Rudy and the pro-abortion, anti-gun, pro-gay-marriage Democrat, right?


50 posted on 10/02/2007 10:35:00 AM PDT by mvpel (Michael Pelletier)
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