Posted on 11/30/2007 9:07:21 AM PST by traviskicks
I live in Ron Paul’s congressional district. There is no evidence of any support for his presidential campaign here that I can see.
I’ve seen a couple of bumper stickers for him on cars in the Montrose section of town. (Think San Francisco).
He stands no chance of even carrying his district, much less the state of Texas.
So, ask yourself. Why is he running?
He's no "Doctor". He hasn't touched a person for 40 years, probably since the obsolete dinosaur medical school training he had. Just because he keeps paying association dues, doesn't mean he's a doctor, nor does it mean he understands health care issues, even his own.
But, Paulbots, desperate to pump up his image any way they can, call him "Dr. Paul". HAHAHAHA! I have to laugh every time I hear that.
Then your beef is with Jim Rob, who has not carried out your lovely “purge,” not with “Paul’s “traitorous supporters.” The Paulists merely advocate the same views that characterized freepers when they opposed Clinton’s war in Kosovo.
Question to All:
Is Ron Paul accepting donations in the form of US Treasury Notes or in Gold and other hard currency? I really hope he isn’t fueling the great Federal Reserve Hoax or Credit Hoax by participating, I would hope his supporters would be giving him donations in the form of Gold, Pelts or Beads...
Flame away, but you KNOW I am right!!! Go Fred!
Yep.
I’ll put it another way.
Ron Paul uses contrarism as others use creativity.
Bottom line is he votes against things, then when questioned about it cites ‘its not in the Constitution’ as if thats a viable explanation.
Its not, its a dodge.
Especially if you’ve glanced at the Constitution, and noted there is no mention of shrimp subsidies....
Soros and his Dim buddies love TehRon.
DIAF... Have you noticed that most of the RP supporters on this site have been FReepers MUCH longer than you...
I could almost understand your sentiment if it was a bunch of Trolling Newbs... but we are not...
many of us still truly believe in the concept of a Free Republic...
not the Socialist Conservative Nanny State of which you appear to desire...
I am so very sorry that you are so fearful of the Ideas of Freedom and Personal Responsibility the we espouse that you must resort to name calling and whining for a purge...
Is that the best you can do on his voting record? Just keep hammering on shrimp?
The polls are excluding Paul's name & they are polling the same small pool of registered Republicans who voted in 2004. Go to the website thecaseforronpaul.com that completely demolishes the polls and other BS about Paul.
What is he spending all his money on?
Basically, nothing. He doesn't need to spend money, except on traditional print and TV ads. All of his support is generated from the grassroots who spend their OWN money and their OWN time supporting Paul. Such support is worth millions, that other campaigns would die for.
Is the money even real?
With the way the dollar is free-falling...
Does he get to use what he doesn’t spend on a nice retirement?
He has his military pension and money from investments from his Congressional salary. He has a nice retirement setup, and even if he does use the campaign money for himself, who cares? The money is HIS, it was freely given to him.
Shows that "dr." Paul, (HAHAHAHA) is an idiot that doesn't have a clue what's going on in the world, and why our troops are stationed in these places.
"get the US out of the WTO, etc.
And seal the borders, live in a closed communist style economy. This shows "Dr." paul" (HAHAHAHAHA!) hasn't a clue how America makes it's money, and would devastate our economy in a very short time trying to be the good little communist(like Kim Jong il) he is. Of course Paulbots haven't a clue how america makes it's money (capitolism) and why it is the wealthy nation that it is. It's because we do business beyond our borders. Sealing them would be the kiss of death to America.
You’re comparing apples to oranges.
Shhh.....
don't you realize that the sheep only look at the letter following (R or D) the name of the "leader" not the actual policy ...
I can understand, that happens with people who put "Loyalty to Party" over their own convictions, assuming they have any that aren't dictated to them by the Party...
Which -- including the large number of lefties who are registered as Democrats -- is one of the main reasons why he has no chance to get the nomination. In states with closed primaries, a great number of his so-called supporters can't even vote for him. Of course, with college kids and lefties, it's unsure they even would. A yard sign or $50 is one thing. Actually going to the polls? Nah, even if they could get a ballot with his name on it in the few states with open primaries, most in that group can't be bothered.
Of course, his Congressional constituents in Texas can and do vote, and they aren't happy with him right now. So it would seem that while walking the razor's edge between common conservative values and the lunatic fringe, he slipped, fell, and cut his own throat.
Resorting to totalitarian left-wing tactics when you're getting your butts kicked in discussion, how pathetic.
Paul has stated millions of times that he's not going to run 3rd partyI don't believe him. His newfound wealth, and newfound gaggle'o'whackos, is going to go to his head. This guy's going 3rd party, I'm sure of it, and he'll probably have zero effect on the election, since the whacko's who actually vote for him probably won't be people who would vote for either of the two major parties anyway.
‘Is that the best you can do on his voting record?’
Didn’t know I was required to do anything to his voting record.
I just noted Congresscritter Paul hides behind ‘its not in the Constitution’ when some of his more bizzare votes are questioned, but earmarks shrimp subsidies, and I have yet to find THAT in the Constitution.
If he can play that game, tell the forum...why can’t I?
Or is it he’s ‘way up there’ and I’m just a little peon?
(chuckle)
The dollar isn't 'free falling" in fact it isn't even falling, it's going the other way. keep up with the markets instead of repeating leftist doom and gloom. As i said, Paulbots haven't a clue how normal everyday markets work, and that periodic gains and losses of the dollar are just part of the normal financial marketplace, manipulated for short periods of time by super wealthy Dr.paul(HAHAHAHA!) supporters like Soro's mind you.
Paul is a great espouser of free trade. Just because we won’t pay the defense budgets of foreign countries so they can spend more on social programs doesn’t mean we want to wall ourselves off. How bizzare to arrive at such a conclusion...
Unfortunately, the entire Democratic party is against free trade, due to their unions, and even republicans are getting all hot and bothered about ‘red china’ and obsessed with manufacturing ‘losses’, ‘buy American’ and all this. Paul is not in favor of government managed trade, where political donations must be given to ensure you are included a ‘trade quota’ in the next gubermint thousand page trade agreement. He believes free trade can occur without government, that private individuals from around the world can trade with each other freely.
So, I think you may be a bit uninformed on Paul’s positions.
It's easy when he lives in a riding full of nit wits, which happens to be a democrat riding, so obviously he's a RINO.
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