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To: napscoordinator

Prior to the last debate I would have readily agreed with this. In fact I did. But suggesting that the United States is culpable for its own punishment on 9/11 from Al Qaeda is as near a disqualifying position as one can adopt. It’s little different from blaming Jews for the Holocaust. It’s a grotesque and unacceptable position for the GOP to provide a forum for.


18 posted on 05/19/2007 1:45:30 AM PDT by roger55
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To: roger55
But suggesting that the United States is culpable for its own punishment on 9/11 from Al Qaeda is as near a disqualifying position as one can adopt.
Couldn't agree with you more. But if he hasn't already disqualified himself (that is, if he ever "qualified" himself in the first place) then he's awfully close. So let him shoot himself in the foot. But trying to bar someone from speaking in a public debate because you don't like what he has to say is about as un-American and anti-conservative as ideas get.
25 posted on 05/19/2007 1:56:26 AM PDT by AuH2O-1980 ("A strong body makes the mind strong. As to the species of exercises, I advise the gun." -Jefferson)
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To: roger55

I keep forgetting that he is a traitor. I was just using him as a generic example of fairness on debates. If he is knocked out than I won’t picket. lol.


58 posted on 05/19/2007 3:19:18 AM PDT by napscoordinator (.)
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To: roger55
But suggesting that the United States is culpable for its own punishment on 9/11 from Al Qaeda is as near a disqualifying position as one can adopt. It’s little different from blaming Jews for the Holocaust. It’s a grotesque and unacceptable position for the GOP to provide a forum for.

It was a dumb thing to say, but by itself it does not invalidate his candidacy. When Jerry Falwell made a similar statement, that was dumb too but did not invalidate all his other works.

So long as Paul is a member of the party, and can demonstrate any support, he belongs on that stage with the other candidates.

122 posted on 05/19/2007 9:23:22 AM PDT by highball ("I never should have switched from scotch to martinis." -- the last words of Humphrey Bogart)
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To: roger55
He didn’t say that. But you knew that.
249 posted on 05/20/2007 3:02:50 PM PDT by Iwo Jima ("Close the border. Then we'll talk.")
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