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Ron Paul Congratulates Michael Steele
BusinessWire ^ | 07/03/2010 | Ron Paul

Posted on 07/03/2010 2:56:48 PM PDT by speciallybland

LAKE JACKSON, Texas -- Congressman Ron Paul today issued the following statement on Michael Steele’s recent comments that Afghanistan is a war of President Obama’s choosing:

“I would like to congratulate Michael Steele for his leadership on one of the most important issues of today. He is absolutely right: Afghanistan is now Obama’s war. During the 2008 campaign, Obama was out in front in insisting that more troops be sent to Afghanistan. Obama called for expanding the war even as he pretended to be a peace candidate.

“Michael Steele should not resign. Smart policies make smart politics. He is guiding the party in the right direction and we are on the verge of victory this fall. Chairman Steele should not back off. He is giving the country, especially young people, hope as he speaks truth about this war.

“I have to ask myself, what is the agenda of the harsh critics demanding this resignation? Why do they support Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama’s war?

“The American people are sick and tired spending hundreds of billions of dollars a year, draining our economy and straining our military. Michael Steele has it right and Republicans should stick by him.”


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: constitution; freedom; libertarian; liberty; michaelsteele; obamahatesthetroops; obamaswar; paul; rinos; rinos4paul; ronpaul; ronpaul2012; steele; supportourtroops
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To: The Wizard

Yup.


41 posted on 07/03/2010 7:54:31 PM PDT by SpaceBar
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To: SoConPubbie
I don't like Dr. Paul's anti-military stance either, but he is the only true conservative left who has NEVER voted to raise taxes.

Ron Paul: 13th Amendment bans income tax

Ron paul: Gov. WILL tax you for BP's accident

42 posted on 07/04/2010 1:02:40 AM PDT by citizenredstater9271
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To: SoCalPol

Dr. Paul isn’t a loon. He simply wants us out of the wars (which I disagree with) b/c he thinks they go against American interest. I support our troops and the wars but I like Dr. Paul’s way of thinking. We need to focus on AMERICA and not sell out to the UN and the rest of the world. Our country is already under illegal mexican invasion and all our business is going to China (communist) and Indonesia (muslim) so what’s left of America these days? We need to move back to Americanism and the Constitution and Dr. Paul understands that.


43 posted on 07/04/2010 1:07:10 AM PDT by citizenredstater9271
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To: fortheDeclaration
Yes, and that is the point, Obama isn't going for victory, he is looking for an escape hatch.

This is the difference between Dr. Paul and N0bama. Dr. Paul wants to end the wars but he strongly supports the troops. Obama hates the troops.

44 posted on 07/04/2010 1:09:10 AM PDT by citizenredstater9271
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I support our troops. We should never send them off and then not provide proper support. However, Afghanistan is not the same as Iraq and it IS Obama’s war. I think he made noises about it to look tough, then figured he could do nothing. McChrystal put an end to that plan by outing his request last autumn.

Steel is right on this and the other ‘gaffes’. He is trying to shape the party to reflect what wins: fiscal responsibility and personal liberty.


45 posted on 07/04/2010 1:55:55 AM PDT by FreeStateYank (I want my country and constitution back, now!)
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To: FreeStateYank

Yes. And Obama does NOT support our troops. Dr. Paul does and wants to bring America back to what America was intended to be.


46 posted on 07/04/2010 2:17:59 AM PDT by citizenredstater9271
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To: citizenredstater9271

Agreed. Interesting that Ron Paul won the CPAC mock election. Between Palin, Paul, and Steel, I hope they can guide the Republican party wisely. The party looses when it goes into the weeds of rigid social conservatism [and where is that in the Constitution?] and/or ‘compassionate’ conservatism aka big government dooty with a pretty bow tied around it.


47 posted on 07/04/2010 2:50:57 AM PDT by FreeStateYank (I want my country and constitution back, now!)
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To: FreeStateYank

Ahhhh, another RINO rejecting social conservatism and its’ inherent link to fiscal conservatism. You can’t have one without the other.


48 posted on 07/04/2010 2:56:42 AM PDT by newfreep (Palin/DeMint 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
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To: Rome2000
There is no "winning" in Afghanistan

The problem is that no one knows what " 'winning' in Afghanistan" means.

BTW, Ron Paul is one of the few voices of rationality on this issue.

49 posted on 07/04/2010 3:03:09 AM PDT by Rum Tum Tugger
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To: SoConPubbie
It is the kiss of death for any serious conservative

Serious conservatives were primarily anti war as you call it for decades before this new modern era of politics began after Reagan.

The proper term to use is not anti-war, but anti-interventionism and/or nation building. The 9/11 attacks changed this as a knee jerk reaction. Even Bush, in the runup to his first term, was anti-interventionist or in his case anti-nation building.

There are certainly just wars with this belief but Paul would not likely approve of even that with his libertarianism. Steele is not anti-war but he shares Reagan's anti-direct interventionism or nation building that has always led to failure since post WWII.

50 posted on 07/04/2010 3:19:40 AM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: citizenredstater9271

True. Obama also hates this nation.


51 posted on 07/04/2010 3:26:28 AM PDT by fortheDeclaration (When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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To: speciallybland

well if a Paul supports Steele then Steele is even worse than known!


52 posted on 07/04/2010 3:31:53 AM PDT by rrrod
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To: Cold Heat
The proper term to use is not anti-war, but anti-interventionism and/or nation building. The 9/11 attacks changed this as a knee jerk reaction. Even Bush, in the runup to his first term, was anti-interventionist or in his case anti-nation building.

Sorry, but Code-Pink and the others he has aligned himself are Anti-War, that's why his a flaming nutcase.

Furthermore, given his recent statements about wars we have fought that he did not think were necessary and would resolve themselves (and right now I can't remember if that was the Civil War or WWII) it's really a moot point where nut-case Paul is concerned.

And what's really sad, is that Ron Paul knows better than to do stupid stuff like this.
53 posted on 07/04/2010 9:59:12 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie
And what's really sad, is that Ron Paul knows better than to do stupid stuff like this.

He's been consistent on this matter for 50 years. He has never seen a war that I know of that he felt was worth fighting, unless the continental US were to be attacked by a armed force with tanks and such.

That is his view and he repeats it often. It is also the view of the oldtime Republican party core that opposed Korea, Vietnam and would if they still existed, Iraq and Afghanistan. Pat Buchanan is a good representation of that.

54 posted on 07/04/2010 12:53:14 PM PDT by Cold Heat
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To: advance_copy
On war, we should always set aside politics. The only right thing to do when Americans are fighting war is to support victory, only victory.

That's ridiculous.

If Obama announced tomorrow, "As Commander-in-Chief I am ordering all US Military units to immediately commence a land, sea, and air campaign of annihilation against the terrorist State of Israel -- Allahu Akbar!", would you say that we should support "victory, only victory"?

NO! Such an imperialistic campaign of aggression against Israel would unquestionably be an immoral and unjust war. When considering such an immoral and unjust war, the proper Christian, Patriotic, and Pro-Troops response would be to demand, "End the War and bring the Troops home!"

Even if one believes, "My Country, Right or Wrong" (and I sympathize with this sentiment, even if I didagree with it), that's a sentiment which STILL falls far short of, "Whatever-President-Obama-orders-the-Troops-to-do, Right or Wrong"!

55 posted on 07/04/2010 2:56:16 PM PDT by Christian_Capitalist (Taxation over 10% is Tyranny -- 1 Samuel 8:17)
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To: Christian_Capitalist

disagree, not didagree


56 posted on 07/04/2010 2:56:45 PM PDT by Christian_Capitalist (Taxation over 10% is Tyranny -- 1 Samuel 8:17)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

See #54.


57 posted on 07/04/2010 2:57:56 PM PDT by Christian_Capitalist (Taxation over 10% is Tyranny -- 1 Samuel 8:17)
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To: HereInTheHeartland

Argh! Also see #55 (though I agree with #54, also).


58 posted on 07/04/2010 2:58:43 PM PDT by Christian_Capitalist (Taxation over 10% is Tyranny -- 1 Samuel 8:17)
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To: newfreep

Really? Do tell. How so?


59 posted on 07/04/2010 5:13:06 PM PDT by FreeStateYank (I want my country and constitution back, now!)
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