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Ron Paul Tells Newsmax: I Support Israel
Newsmax ^ | 12/07/2011 | Doug Wead

Posted on 12/07/2011 10:52:06 AM PST by keyd

Ron Paul Tells Newsmax: I Support Israel

In an exclusive Newsmax interview, Congressman and Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul confirmed his support for Israel, but cautioned that while the United States should be a “friend” of the Jewish state, America should not be the “master” of Israel.

Paul also says the United States should not dictate Israel’s borders or try to “buy her allegiance” with massive amounts of foreign aid. He argued that foreign aid has actually hurt – not helped – the Jewish state.

The interview was conducted by Newsmax contributor Doug Wead, a presidential historian and New York Times best-selling author.

Paul has recently come under fire from some Jewish groups in America. The Republican Jewish Coalition banned Paul from a debate on Jewish issues in Washington this week because of his “misguided and extreme views,” according to the group’s executive director, Matt Brooks.

Newsmax chatted with Paul to get his side of the issue as the Texas Republican is surging in some presidential polls.

A new Washington Post-ABC News survey in Iowa shows him threatening Mitt Romney as the second-leading candidate behind Newt Gingrich. Paul is now tied with Romney in the early caucus state with 18 percent of the vote, behind Gingrich’s 33 percent.

Rep. Paul’s interview with Newsmax follows:

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Philosophy; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chutzpah; galvestonsnoopy; liar; panderer; ronpaul
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To: Grunthor

So not giving taxpayer money to Israel is equal to genocide?


21 posted on 12/07/2011 11:50:20 AM PST by douginthearmy (Still undecided.)
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To: US Navy Vet; luckybogey
A suspect “source” at best.

Here's another.

http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2011/jul/23/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-members-military-have-given-him-far-/

22 posted on 12/07/2011 11:58:51 AM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit))
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To: keyd

Paul is a liar.

He advocates legalizing drugs (including heroin).


23 posted on 12/07/2011 11:59:36 AM PST by BereanBrain
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To: US Navy Vet

Do you want the data for 2008 also? The donations via the FEC is very easy to verify.

Believe what you want to believe then, just don’t call a man who served his country a coward. Have a great day!


24 posted on 12/07/2011 12:00:49 PM PST by luckybogey
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To: US Navy Vet

http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2011/jul/23/ron-paul/ron-paul-says-members-military-have-given-him-far-/


25 posted on 12/07/2011 12:01:06 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit))
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To: US Navy Vet

“A suspect “source” at best.”

Here’s a third source for ya.

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Ron Paul raises most campaign cash from military workers

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/07/ron-paul-military-campaign-donations-/1


26 posted on 12/07/2011 12:06:39 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit))
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To: cowtowney
He’s ranked a “Hero” by the Citizens Against Government Waste. Here’s the 2010 Rankings:

He is also a hero with all terrorists and our other enemies because no matter what they do he will blame America for it. Could you imagine if instead of today being 12/07/11 it was 12/07/41 Cut and Run would be blaming America for the Pearl Harbor attack. He would say it was our fault because we failed to give the Japanese enough supplies.
He is also a hero with storm front, and the OWS crowd. I guess he is just an all around hero.
27 posted on 12/07/2011 12:07:38 PM PST by rideharddiefast
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To: US Navy Vet
My recollection is that Mr. Paul had a knife in Israel's back? Someone please clarify...
28 posted on 12/07/2011 12:11:03 PM PST by ptsal
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To: keyd

What a load of bs - this guy is way out of touch with world affairs to even be considered to be qualified to have the button to push.


29 posted on 12/07/2011 12:13:42 PM PST by Godzilla (3/7/77)
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To: dragnet2
Your third source, Politifact, is suspect:

From Wikipedia

History

PolitiFact.com was started in August 2007 by Times Washington Bureau Chief Bill Adair, in conjunction with the Congressional Quarterly. Adair remains PolitiFact.com's editor.[2] In January 2010, PolitiFact.com expanded to its second newspaper, the Cox-owned Austin American-Statesman in Austin, Texas; the feature, called Politifact Texas, covers issues that are relevant to Texas and the Austin area. In March 2010, the Times and its partner newspaper, The Miami Herald, launched Politifact Florida, which focuses on Florida issues. The Times and The Herald share resources on some stories that relate to Florida. Since then, PolitiFact.com expanded to other papers, such as The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Providence Journal, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, The Plain Dealer, Richmond Times-Dispatch, and The Oregonian. [edit]"Lie of the year"

Since 2009, PolitiFact.com has every year declared one political statement from that year to be the "lie of the year". In December 2009, they declared the lie of the year to be Sarah Palin's claim that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2009 would lead to government "death panels" that dictated which types of patients would receive treatment.

[3] Columnist James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal, writing in 2011, criticized this choice, saying that PolitiFact.com relied on an "out-of-context interpretation" of Palin's words, and that Palin's basic argument, that the act would lead to the government "drastically curtailing medical benefits", was in fact correct.[4]

In December 2010, PolitiFact.com dubbed the lie of the year to be the claim among some opponents of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that it represented a "government takeover of healthcare". PolitiFact.com argued that this was not the case, since all providing of health care and insurance would remain in the hands of private companies.[5]

31 posted on 12/07/2011 12:17:38 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: rideharddiefast

i guess you did not address what I wrote and just changed the topic.

Regarding his foreign policy, I wish the US would stop invading other countries without a declaration of war.

I wish we would stop subsidizing governments that hate us.

I wish we would get our butts out of Iraq and Afghanistan where the moment we leave, they will turn on us. There are other ways to fight the war against terror over seas.

I wish the Fed would stop subsidizing foreign banks, including Libyan banks. Which candidate would stop that?

Which candidate mentions the corruption at the Federal Reserve which will bankrupt our nation. How many troops can we afford to hire and support when we are bankrupt?


32 posted on 12/07/2011 12:18:34 PM PST by cowtowney
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To: ptsal
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul#Israel ... one source. Consistency per source. Not my candidate. My two were torpedoed.
33 posted on 12/07/2011 12:21:47 PM PST by no-to-illegals (Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
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To: douginthearmy

No. But Ron Paul saying that he is a supporter of Israel is equal to a lie.


34 posted on 12/07/2011 12:27:15 PM PST by Grunthor (Pro-illegal alien "conservatives" piss me off.)
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To: trisham

There are more source out there that show this guy received more contributions from the military than any other GOP candidate.

This is not rocket science, if you have a source that shows something else, I’d like to see it.


35 posted on 12/07/2011 12:27:54 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit))
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To: dragnet2

That article is clearly talking about civilian employees, not active duty servicemembers.


36 posted on 12/07/2011 12:29:45 PM PST by Grunthor (Pro-illegal alien "conservatives" piss me off.)
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To: cowtowney

I believe that Ron Paul will be the next fall back if Gingrich implodes prior to Iowa.

I am not now nor have I ever been a Paul supporter, I believe that his ideas on defense will get a hell of a lot of innocent Americans killed.

Would I vote for him over Romney?

Hell, I’d vote for a ham sandwich over Romney so....yeah.


37 posted on 12/07/2011 12:33:19 PM PST by Grunthor (Pro-illegal alien "conservatives" piss me off.)
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To: Grunthor

Some analysts questioned assertions that Paul had in fact received the majority of military donations, prompting Politifact.com to conduct its own research. The website reported:

We turned to the presidential candidates’ latest campaign finance filings compiled by the Federal Election Commission, which breaks out donations by donors’ employers…From April through June, Paul fielded more than $25,000 from individuals who listed their employer as a branch of the military.

Combined, six other Republican presidential candidates listed donations from members of the military totaling about $9,000. Our most-to-least breakdown: Herman Cain, $2,850; Mitt Romney, $2,750; Michele Bachmann, $2,250; Newt Gingrich, $500; and Tim Pawlenty and Rick Santorum, $250 each.

On the Democratic side, Obama’s campaign received more than $16,000 in donations from members of the military.

Politifact.com concluded that it is in fact true that military contributions to Paul are more than double that of the contributions to all other Republican presidential candidates, and that those donations also exceed those received by President Obama.

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If you have a source that shows something else, I’d like to see it.


38 posted on 12/07/2011 12:33:25 PM PST by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit))
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To: dragnet2

“April through June, Paul fielded more than $25,000 from individuals who listed their employer as a branch of the military.”

My ex-wife works at Madigan Army Medical Center as a civilian. Who do you thinks she lists as her employer, the city of Tacoma?


39 posted on 12/07/2011 12:35:36 PM PST by Grunthor (Pro-illegal alien "conservatives" piss me off.)
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To: Grunthor

“I believe that his ideas on defense will get a hell of a lot of innocent Americans killed.

What do you believe are his ideas on defense?

BTW, our present ideas on defense are doing a pretty good job of getting Americans killed.


40 posted on 12/07/2011 12:40:52 PM PST by cowtowney
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