Posted on 05/19/2007 1:09:38 AM PDT by roger55
Petition Against Ron Paul's Inclusion in Future Republican Presidential Debates Created by Lee Garnett on 16 May 2007 @ 8:13:24 AM
We the undersigned believe that Congressman Ron Paul of Texas, Republican candidate for president, does not represent any significant constituency within the Republican Party and has proven to serve only as a distraction from the serious issues confronted in candidate debates.
The paucity of Paul's support among registered Republicans, the support he draws from external parties which are aggressively opposed to the GOP, as well as his fundamental opposition to many core principles of our party and his apparent inability to understand even simple geopolitical realities, make his continued presence in future debates undesirable.
Congressman Paul's self-confessed belief that President Clinton and 50 years of United States foreign policy on Iraq and Iran was responsible for provoking Al Qaeda to attack the United States on September 11, 2001, are views which are totally inimical to Republican Party principles and are gravely offensive to the vast majority of registered Republicans.
We Republicans do not wish to be associated such views, have a party platform provided for their propagation, or allow them to distort and damage the substantive content of future presidential debates. By forcing the other candidates to confront his unsound and grotesquely anti-American positions on equal terms, Paul lowers the quality and relevance of any debate and thereby does a substantial disservice to Republicans seeking a nominee for their party.
It is not our belief that Congressman Paul isn't entitled to his views, or to have them publicly heard and addressed. But we object strenuously to them being presented in the context of a Republican party presidential debate, for which they are entirely unsuited and broadly unwelcome. They will be better served in a debate over a party's nomination where they are shared by the party membership, such as under the Libertarian National Committee.
Therefore, we the undersigned request Ron Paul's exclusion from invitation to future Republican presidential debates by the Republican National Committee and any relevant media organizations, including Fox News Channel, MSNBC, CBS, CNN, ABC, NBC, PBS or any party which intends to organize, host or televise future debates between the candidates for a presidential nomination, under the Republican Party's name.
http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/AgainstRonPaul
I think so to.
He sticks to the Constitution. Are you saying that is NOT part of the Republican Party platform? If ya are, I’d have to agree with you.
There is plenty of oil in the U.S. and Mexico, as well as other places in the world, and there is no reason why the U.S. couldn’t work toward the development of more alternatives to oil then. With planning, our choice did not have to be “economic suicide” or support of a dictator.
Actually, it would be fascinating to see you expel as much energy into formulating plans and policies to reduce our alliances with despots as you spend justifying them ... By the way, how did coddling Saddam end up paying off in regards to Iran? Didn’t really eliminate the Iranian threat, did it?
We settled and colonized America, so it’s quite different from the role we had in Asia in the early 20th century.
Its because Rudy is basically a one issue candidate which plays in to strengthen, he is willing for Paul to make a dopey statement such that he can latch on it and project his strength when it is clear there are major weakness in his campaign.
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