Republican Paul enters 2008 White House race

Yahoo! News ^ | March 12, 2008 | Reuters

[mosesdapoet]

A republican sometimes, but a Republican not.

[Austin Willard Wright]

This is amusing. Back in the days, most conservatives were against nation building and Wilsonian wars, they loved Ron Paul and praised him as a heroic defender of libery. Now, because he (unlike them) has stuck to to his guns despite the fact that a Republican in the White House and continues to oppose nation building and Wilsonian wars, many of these same folks are portraying him as the traitor, 'politician," and God knows what else.

[ActionNewsBill]

Back in the days, most conservatives were against nation building and Wilsonian wars, they loved Ron Paul and praised him as a heroic defender of libery.

Now it's "conservative" to be a gun-grabbing, pro-abortion, pro-gay rights Republican like Rudy.

[mkjessup]

There was nothing about stabbing troops in the back.

Oh fer gawdsakes...

"A real vote against a troop surge is a vote against the coming supplemental appropriation that finances it. I hope all of my colleagues who vote against the surge today will vote against the budgetary surge when it really counts: when we vote on the supplemental."

Read that carefully and tell me what YOU think it means, if not stabbing our troops in the back.

[The_Eaglet]

Now it's "conservative" to be a gun-grabbing, pro-abortion, pro-gay rights Republican like Rudy.

The liberal Republicans try to market these positions that way.

[The_Eaglet]

It means cutting spending.

[mysterio]

I'm voting for Ron.

[mkjessup]

Here's another Ron Paul quote to chew on:

"The best approach to Iran, and Syria for that matter, is to heed the advice of the Iraq Study Group Report, which states:

'… the United States should engage directly with Iran and Syria in order to try to obtain their commitment to constructive policies toward Iraq and other regional issues. In engaging with Syria and Iran, the United States should consider incentives, as well as disincentives, in seeking constructive results.'

- Ron Paul, January 15, 2007.

Your guy endorses the Iraq Surrender Group's lil 'study', and the only ingredients missing are the obligatory white flags.

America isn't about to elect Ron Paul anymore than they would elect that coward and traitor Jack Murtha.

[mkjessup]

It means cutting spending

How naive are you?

"cutting spending" - at the expense of WHAT?

What 'surge' do you think Ron Paul is talking about? A 'surge' of FDA funding to investigate mad cow? Or maybe a 'surge' of federal aid to study snow and sleet formation in the Northeast this year?

Open your eyes man!

[The_Eaglet]

Here's another Ron Paul quote to chew on:

Thanks for the quote, regardless of your distortions.

[The_Eaglet]

Ron Paul is talking about eliminating waste of our tax dollars and the waste of our military resources, which are needed elsewhere.

[mkjessup]

Thanks for the quote, regardless of your distortions

I'm not distorting a damn thing, you like Ron Paul quotes? Here's one, tell me what part of this is distorted:

"The election is over and Americans have spoken. Enough is enough! They want the war ended and our troops brought home!"
- Ron Paul, January 5, 2007

As I said, a cut n' runner just like Murtha.

[mkjessup]

Ron Paul is talking about eliminating waste of our tax dollars and the waste of our military resources, which are needed elsewhere.

ORLY?

And where does Congressman Paul presume that those forces should be deployed? How about Okinawa? Jack Murtha likes that place.

[The_Eaglet]

The quotations are not the distortions. Your comments are.

[mkjessup]

The quotations are not the distortions. Your comments are.

My comments reflect my view of Ron Paul's positions, which are spelled out by his own words. He wants to cut funding for the War, (which in effect stabs our troops in the back), he wants to END the war immediately, regardless of the results in Iraq (again, his own words), he has a Fortress America mentality, thinking that in this day and age we can revert to an 18th century mentality by totally withdrawing from the world stage.

Ron Paul is as much a utopian stooge as Dennis Kucinich, and so are any Americans foolish enough to follow him.

[The_Eaglet]

My comments reflect my view of Ron Paul's positions, which are spelled out by his own words. He wants to cut funding for the War, (which in effect stabs our troops in the back),

That is a distortion, because removing the troops from Iraq is _not_ stabbing them in the back. You falsely attributed violence to Dr. Paul.

[KATIE-O]

Guess he and Duncan Hunter and Tancredo can now split that one percent.



He'll be out before the ink dries on his announcement memo.

[The_Eaglet]

He's still running. :)

[mkjessup]

Since you like quotes my FRiend, Here's what your boy had to say in July of last year when a resolution of support for Israel was up for a vote in the House (this while Hezbollah was lobbing missiles at Israel):

"Mr. Speaker, I rise in opposition to this resolution...I follow a policy in foreign affairs called non-interventionism. I do not believe we are making the United States more secure when we involve ourselves in conflicts overseas. The Constitution really doesn't authorize us to be the policemen of the world, much less to favor one side over another in foreign conflicts. It is very clear, reading this resolution objectively, that all the terrorists are on one side and all the victims and the innocents are on the other side. I find this unfair, particularly considering the significantly higher number of civilian casualties among Lebanese civilians. I would rather advocate neutrality rather than picking sides, which is what this resolution does."

You were saying?

[mkjessup]

removing the troops from Iraq is _not_ stabbing them in the back.

No, but cutting funding for them while they're still there most certainly IS.

You falsely attributed violence to Dr. Paul.

I falsely attributed NOTHING, and only a child would mis-read a rhetorical statement which has been used literally thousands of times in the past with a referral to an actual violent act.

How old are you?