Posted on 05/03/2007 8:30:56 PM PDT by jdm
ping
Based on these little soundbites... it’s McCain (and he’s nuts). Seriously... McCain rocked.
You have got to get a life!
Congressman Paul, Pete from Rochester Hills, Michigan wants to ask you this. If you were president, would you work to phase out the IRS? (Laughter.)
REP. PAUL: Immediately. (Laughter.)
MR. VANDEHEI: That's what they call a softball.
REP. PAUL: And you can only do that if you change our ideas about what the role of government ought to be. If you think the government has to take care of us from cradle to grave, and if you think our government should police the world and spend hundreds of billions of dollars on a foreign policy that we cannot manage, you can't get rid of the IRS. But if you want to lower taxes, and if you want the government to quit printing the money to come up with shortfall and cause all the inflation, you have to change policy.
(Question on what tax the candidates would get rid of)
REP. PAUL: Well, in my first week, I already got rid of the income tax. In my second week -- (laughter) -- I would get rid of the inflation tax, the tax that nobody talks about. We live way beyond our means with a foreign policy we can't afford and an entitlement system that we have encouraged. We print money for it, the value of the money goes down, and poor people pay higher prices. That is a tax. It's the transfer of wealth from the poor and the middle class to Wall Street. Wall Street's doing quite well, but the inflation tax is eating away at the middle class of this country. We need to get rid of the inflation tax with sound money.
(Question on attacking Iran)
I believe that when we overdo our military aggressiveness, what it does it actually weakens our national defense. I mean, we stood up to the Soviets. They had 40,000 nuclear weapons. Now we're fretting day in and day -- night about third-world countries that have no army, navy or air force, and we're getting ready to go to war.
(Question on having Bill Clinton back in the White House)
REP. PAUL: I am known for sticking to principle and not flip- flopping. I voted to impeach him. So (why do we want him?) in the White House? (Laughter.)
Don’t forget Fred Thompson was a strong backer of McCain-Feingold.
Don’t forget that Mitt was right there with ‘em.
Last night he said that he would support amending the Constitution to allow people like Arnold (non-native born) to run for the Presidency. With a comment like that, I guess that he most certainly WILL have to appoint ‘strict constructionists’ (as he has promised)—JUST TO PROTECT US FROM LIBERALS LIKE HIMSELF!!!
No thanks, Rudy. With no disrespect to Arnold,,,,,the Constitution is just FINE as it is.
WHO IS THE CANDIDATE YOU SUPPORT?
Are they in the Constitution Party? WHO?
If you can’t list actual candidates that you will support, you should be IGNORED.
You are just a force of negativity. If no candidate is good enough to vote for, you’re basically charging that our system of government is no good. I may not disagree with you, but at least admit that you are extreme fringe.
I’m not required to support any given candidate in order to critique Romney’s very, very liberal record as Governor of Massachusetts.
Seems like of all of them, THIS guy "gets it" regarding what's important in the coming election, and the appropriate use of military power. His comments remind me of Benjamin Netanyahu (sp?) of Israel.
Um... who was the candidate that said this, again????
- John
I had to look. I could have sworn that was posted by narses.
not even an artful dodge.
What presidential candidate do you support, so we all can compare and contrast that candidate with Romney?
Tough luck. I don't have a candidate that I support currently.
But, I assure you, if and when I do have one, I'll be more than happy to "compare and contrast" him or her with the liberal Mitt Romney. Because, unlike yourself, any candidate I support will be a conservative.
I hope you understand that not having a candidate you support really discredits you.
If you don’t have one, what you should be doing is looking for one, going out and supporting/starting one, or just researching all of the current candidates with an open mind. You shouldn’t be specifically focusing on particular candidates, spending your time trying to tear them down.
People suspect you of foul play, because a true ‘undecided’ wouldn’t be so adament against certain candidates. It takes a 10 minute Google search to find out which one of the Republican candidates is most conservative - probably Ron Paul.
Why don’t you support Paul? You probably do, but you’re afraid it will discredit you even further to say so. Or, you’ll support the Constitution Party candidate, but are just too afraid to say so. No reason to be ashamed of that, but you’re making a political calculation that if you named your candidate it would put your ridiculous attack machine in context, and people would start to blow you off.
ROFL...
But you supporting a guy who was the most liberal Governor in America from 2002-2006, but who now disowns his own entire record, brings great credit to your views. Okey-dokey...
If you can show me a FReeper who has done so more consistently than myself, I'd like you to show them to me.
You shouldn’t be specifically focusing on particular candidates, spending your time trying to tear them down.
We always tear down liberals here on FR. That's what we do. Get with the program.
People suspect you of foul play, because a true ‘undecided’ wouldn’t be so adament against certain candidates.
I'm not undecided about Mitt Romney. His record is clearly that of a radical liberal, who now is trying to change his stripes to fool conservatives.
It takes a 10 minute Google search to find out which one of the Republican candidates is most conservative - probably Ron Paul.
You should devote more than ten minutes to learning. It would do you good.
Why don’t you support Paul?
Because, like your "new" Mitt, he wrongheadedly thinks the unalienable right to life is a states' rights issue. And, his nonsupport of the war against Islamic terrorists disqualifies him as well.
You probably do, but you’re afraid it will discredit you even further to say so.
My credit on FR is in fine shape. Your dishonest characterizations don't help yours.
Or, you’ll support the Constitution Party candidate, but are just too afraid to say so.
The only way I'll depart the GOP over this presidential election is if it abandons its principles and becomes the Dem Party Lite.
No reason to be ashamed of that, but you’re making a political calculation that if you named your candidate it would put your ridiculous attack machine in context, and people would start to blow you off.
I find it more than mildly amusing that you would characterize my posts in such a way, considering your inability to deal with the simple facts of Romney's record.
Still dodging.
What candidate do you support?
You are a nihilist dressed up as an idealist.
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