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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

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To: speciallybland
I don't think that's the endorsement Michael was HOPING for.
21 posted on 07/03/2010 3:35:09 PM PDT by McGruff (How's that Hopey Changey thingy workin for ya?)
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To: Rome2000

Steele is right. The idiot kept saying that Iraq was an unnecessary war but Afghanistan was the right war and he was going to fight and succeed there.

WRONG...there will be no success in Afghanistan and we need to bring our troops home.

Enough life lost on a lost cause.


22 posted on 07/03/2010 3:38:42 PM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: speciallybland

I don’t think Ron Paul is the man that M. Steele is waiting to hear nice things from. Maybe he will release money now for Rand Paul


23 posted on 07/03/2010 3:42:28 PM PDT by Theodore R.
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To: speciallybland

A lovely reverse-psychology propaganda hit from Ron Paul. The establishment-übuer-alles types purt near blew a gasket, no doubt.


24 posted on 07/03/2010 3:46:59 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry
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To: SoCalPol
The major problem though, the IslamOfascists

And their paymasters in Saudi Arabia?....Why are they immune from the ire of the neo conservatives?

We have to take them out where they are rooted and go from there.

The neocons don't have any desire to attack their whabbist buddies in Riyadh it seems. Bush kissed the financiers of our enemies and Obama bows to them. Seems a little more might be going on than killing "IslamOfascists" in Afghanistan. There are actually more whabbie Muslim's in Africa.

25 posted on 07/03/2010 3:51:55 PM PDT by KDD (When the government boot is on your neck, it matters not whether it is the right boot or the left.)
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To: speciallybland

Between; Obama ,Steele and Paul, only one voted to go to war in Afghanistan.


26 posted on 07/03/2010 3:58:47 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Liberals are right. The AZ situation is like Nazi Germany. Mexico is Germany and Arizona is Poland)
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To: Christian_Capitalist

“Afghanistan IS Obama’s War, now; if he screws up the war, he can’t blame Bush any more!”

It is OUR war. It is in our nations interests to be there and to be successful; then get our people home.
It is OUR neighbors, friends, family serving there. To try to score political points for winning and losing is unseemly.
Obama is incompetent at everything he does; we hope the right thing will get done anyway.


27 posted on 07/03/2010 4:05:55 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland ("And for that matter what do we REALLY know about HereInTheHeartland?")
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To: HereInTheHeartland
It is OUR war. It is in our nations interests to be there and to be successful; then get our people home. It is OUR neighbors, friends, family serving there. To try to score political points for winning and losing is unseemly. Obama is incompetent at everything he does; we hope the right thing will get done anyway.

Just because it is "our" war does not mean we are going to win.

Is it "unseemly" to tell the truth?

Hope is not a strategy. Neither is trying. 0bama does not even use the term "win". Get out now and save lives until we get an administration that can prosecute a war and win.

28 posted on 07/03/2010 4:33:40 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (Unions are the storm troopers of socialism.)
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To: Ben Mugged
We will win if we want to. Pulling out would be incredibly damaging to our nations interests.
Having a President who is incompetent, is also incredibly damaging to our nation.
We did have a choice in Nov 2008, and we as nation chose incorrectly. Whatever the faults, McCain/Palin would have at the least run a proper foreign policy.

What's happening today is what the election was all about.

29 posted on 07/03/2010 4:38:53 PM PDT by HereInTheHeartland ("And for that matter what do we REALLY know about HereInTheHeartland?")
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To: speciallybland

People should remember that before the neo-cons, conservatism meant non-interventionism. Ron Paul is a throwback to those days.

I don’t know if the war in Afghanistan is winnable (certainly not under the current rules of engagement), but Steele’s statement may show some political savvy, because the American people are indeed war weary.

And it’s fine to disagree with Rep. Paul, but it would be helpful to all of us in the movement if people would address the issues and not resort to name-calling (as the Establishment does to marginalize those it sees as a threat).

Rep. Paul is decidedly unconventional in his views, but he also raises many issues that every conservative should at least consider. Like: Why do we still spend billions maintaining military bases in Germany and Japan? And: Can we really say that the Federal Reserve has done a great job managing our money supply, such that they deserve the billions we pay them in interest?

If we’re going to undo this mess, we need a healthy discussion of everything brought to the table, not a summary dismissal of sincere viewpoints.


30 posted on 07/03/2010 5:06:26 PM PDT by truesader
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To: KDD

So you are saying because a large part of France had collaborators, we shouldn’t have helped to free them from the Nazis.

I hear your same talking points directly from the Marxist Code Pinkos


31 posted on 07/03/2010 5:07:39 PM PDT by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: speciallybland

With all due respect, what Mr. Steele said was correct


32 posted on 07/03/2010 5:12:40 PM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now and in the future)
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To: advance_copy

Americans should support victory.

Our leaders of both parties do not.

They are fighting another no-win Korea Vietnam style hands tied behind the back type of UN sanctioned war.


33 posted on 07/03/2010 5:19:26 PM PDT by Nextrush (Slocialist Republicans and Socialist Democrats need to go)
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To: SoCalPol

Why do we have a wrist slapping drone policy on Pakistan?

That is the big problem as I see it.

Pakistan is a Taliban sanctuary right now and neither the United States, its allies or Pakistan’s own government is into an all out plan to deal with them.

Too much worrying about civilian casualties.

I suspect the “graduated response” of this “war” is linked to any attack or attacks that may be perpetrated in the United States.

The slaps will get harder if they attack the homeland, but will stay soft until then.

We all love our country and our troops. Its sad that they have to fight in these no win limited wars.


34 posted on 07/03/2010 5:25:53 PM PDT by Nextrush (Slocialist Republicans and Socialist Democrats need to go)
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To: Rome2000
Hussein is already committed to bugging out next July

I believe that is precisely why this has turned into obummer's WAR. We had the upper hand, we had the Al Qaeida and Taliban on the run, until obummer came along and turned it political as usual and the blame game started and the "good" war vs "Bad" war AND THEN he announced TIMETABLE for when the troops would come home!!!!!!

MORON STUPID IMBECILE FOOL.

IT IS OBUMMER'S WAR because HE MADE IT SO and we are loosing and our soldiers' morale is down and we look and act as loosers.

I UTTERLY LOATHE THE CHARLATAN OCCUPYING THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW, THE DAMN FOOL.

35 posted on 07/03/2010 5:30:48 PM PDT by parisa
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To: truesader

an excellant, reasoned post that let even knee-jerk reaction me (ha) take another look at this whole situation...very well put in a way that can make one consider your opinions.


36 posted on 07/03/2010 5:37:45 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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To: parisa

I UTTERLY LOATHE THE CHARLATAN OCCUPYING THE WHITE HOUSE RIGHT NOW, THE DAMN FOOL.

I so agree with you..I feel the same way, I can not stand that POS!!


37 posted on 07/03/2010 6:16:01 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (Ok, joke's over....Bring back Bush !)
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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.

Yes, and that is the point, Obama isn't going for victory, he is looking for an escape hatch.

38 posted on 07/03/2010 6:19:20 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration (When the wicked beareth rule, the people mourn (Pr.29:2))
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To: speciallybland

“From one saboteur to another... keep it up, Michael!”


39 posted on 07/03/2010 6:28:46 PM PDT by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard (Some men just want to watch the world burn.)
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To: speciallybland

We can always count on Dr Paul to be...Dr Paul!


40 posted on 07/03/2010 6:32:05 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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