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 fathers or grandfathers 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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We must nominate Ron Paul so that Hillary can win in a landslide.
Well,,,, if the Republican Party is determined to lose, this would be the perfect thing to do!
Of course.
Nominating Ron Paul would make the Troofers very happy, and we all know how well-grounded and important they are.
To complete their death wish?
If the GOP did nominate him, I’d leave the party after 30+ years.
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Because Hillary won’t let the Dems nominate him.
To quote Hamlet: Words, words, mere words, no matter from the heart

Sheesh.... Not this Sh!t again
Repeat after me Rue Run Paul is a moron. His following makes him look like a genius.
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I wouldn't even wait that long :)
L.Ron is one of the two GOP candidates who, if he won the nomination, I would not vote for in the general election.
There may be a time for a Ron Paul type as president someday. However, that time isn’t now.
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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 :)
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.
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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.
When I watch Dr. Paul, I don’t see Barry Goldwater but George McGovern. A decent, honorable man whose worldview is just plain looney.
Who is Ron Paul?
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.
If you change the “Ron Paul” to “Duncan Hunter”....then you have a great article
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?
My cats could beat Ron Paul in a landslide.
Vote Dulcie-Finbar 2008!
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.
What Universe are these Paul whackos living in?
Not in this life, the man is certifiable.
Look for next week’s column, “Why everyone should put their tongue in a shredder.”
wishful thinking on the part of a lefty?
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.
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.
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.
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.
>>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.
A vajayjay doctor? I thought he’d be more of a proctologist since he obviously has his head up his a$$.
Wow, RP isn’t that different than Taft after all.
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?
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