Posted on 12/21/2011 11:15:36 AM PST by Kaslin
Most people already know that Ron Paul refused to endorse John McCain in the 2008 general election. While I don’t necessarily agree with that decision, especially from a contender for the GOP nominee, I can certainly understand it. Lord knows I hated every nice thing I had to say about John McCain and wasn’t entirely pleased about pulling the lever for him (which is a dramatic understatement). Most people assume that Paul endorsed Libertarian candidate Bob Barr in 2008, which is partially true. However, that is not the entire story. Paul also endorsed three other candidates.
The first of those was Chuck Baldwin. I don’t really know a lot about Baldwin except that he has been on record early and often in support of the proposition that the South should have won the Civil War. This sort of thing would ordinarily disqualify most normal people from endorsing Chuck Baldwin, but Ron Paul is not most normal people. And given what most Ron Paul supporters seem willing to forgive, a little Confederate sympathy (or even a lot of Confederate sympathy) seems like small potatoes.
The second was Cynthia McKinney. Yes, you read that correctly, Ron Paul endorsed Cynthia McKinney in 2008. For those who do not know, Cynthia McKinney is a certifiably insane anti-American anti-Semitic lunatic. She first came to widespread public attention when she was arrested for punching out a member of the capitol police who tried to stop her when she wasn’t wearing her pin. Cynthia McKinney is so crazy that she got defeated in a primary by a guy who thought Guam might tip over and capsize. McKinney was once arrested by the Israelis while trying to give aid to Hamas and penned a bizarre anti-American and anti-Israeli screed. See more of her anti-Americanism here.
Now, I know that the above is not necessarily persuasive to the average Ron Paul fan – after all, if they were bothered by siding with terrorists, they’d have probably jumped off the Paul bandwagon already. What is perhaps more important is that Cynthia McKinney is also next door to being a communist in terms of her domestic policy. McKinney is an open and avowed enemy of free market capitalism, preferring instead Ghadaffi-style socialism. Seriously, she literally and openly favors dictatorial socialism. McKinney ran on the Green Party ticket, whose platform explicitly includes guaranteed open-ended welfare (at a living wage) for everyone regardless of their ability or willingness to work, among other quasi-communist and far-left economic policies.
The fourth and final candidate Ron Paul endorsed for President was Ralph Nader. Yes, the same Ralph Nader who was so far to the left on economic matters that he could see no difference between Al Gore and George W. Bush. The same Ralph Nader who also longs for the day when the last vestiges of capitalism have died in America. Nader, you remember was the guy who made running as the Green Party candidate famous.
Why, you might ask, would Ron Paul, champion of economic freedom and limited government, endorse two avowed socialists for President? Well, you see, they signed a document:
Paul will offer this open endorsement to the four candidates because each has signed onto a policy statement that calls for “balancing budgets, bring troops home, personal liberties and investigating the Federal Reserve,” the Paul aide said.
You see, despite a lengthy and public history of supporting massive government expansion and infringement upon personal liberties, and despite running on a party platform that explicitly calls for the massive expansion of Government welfare, these people would clearly have been better at shrinking the government than the Republicans on the basis of signing this absurd pledge. To be fair, Paul was probably just following the Golden Rule here – after all, Paul had just spent the last two years being a truther in front of truthers and denying trutherism in front of the media, so he doubtless was extending the sort of blind eye towards Nader and McKinney’s insanity that he wished everyone else would turn towards his.
For whatever his failings as a Presidential candidate and conservative (and they were legion), no reasonable person would say that John McCain was worse than any of these clowns. It was one thing for Paul to not endorse McCain – but we have to ask what sort of person affirmatively supports anti-American avowed socialists and confederate sympathizers over a Republican? The answer: Someone who, like Howard Dean, hates Republicans and everything they stand for.
I blame both parties for very very bad policy.
RP is in one of them, but they are two sides of the same coin.
Lunatics are the people that keeping voting like sheeple expecting somehow a miracle will happen with this years establishment candidate...
That is by definition insanity..doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result!
There are others I prefer over Ron Paul...but I wouldn’t say Ron Paul hates the GOP...I think Ron Paul hates what the establishment has done to our country and anyone that doesn’t stand for the US Constitution first.
Ron Paul is like that kooky uncle everyone can’t wait to listen to during the holidays and then talk about, at length, how loony he is after he leaves.
I still don’t understand why he is allowed to participate in republican debates. He left the party years ago. Why does he have a platform with the party now?
[ You do want that arrogant lazy, lying pos occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave reelected, do you? If not then stop acting as if you do ]
If America elects Barack again.. they(we) deserve him..
Richard Simmons(PeeWee Herman) would make a better President, Ron Paul would be miles better than Simmons..
Maybe America has not had enough yet..
If so...... so be it...
Could be a Civil War is whats needed.. Occams Razor is watching.. and waiting..
http://blogs4conservatives.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/ron-paul-and-don-black-photo-op/
and check with what party McCain votes mostly. You will find it is mostly with the Republicans, You can go back as far as 1989
Sadly, most would end up either choosing or Obama or neither once photos of Paul posing for a photo with former KKK Grand Wizard Don Black hit the airwaves.
I doubt Paul can win the nomination. But, if he did this photo would result in a landslide win for Obama:
http://blogs4conservatives.wordpress.com/2007/12/21/ron-paul-and-don-black-photo-op/
There is no defending a man that associates and takes money from racists.
Ron Paul hasn’t a chance of getting nominated or elected if he is nominated.
# 1 - He LOOKS too old. (Reality is in the perception.)
# 2 - His foreign policies are so simplistically idealistic as seem puerile. (While our nation-building adventures under the Bush Klan were clearly expensive exercizes in futility, Paul’s poopooing the reality of the nuclear threat from Iran is simply criminal. So too is his idiotic belief that Muslims are only targetting us because we are over there and because of Israel.)
# 3 - He has anti-semitic and racist baggage in his past
# 4 - He’s ANNOYING. (VERY)
Other than that, his domestic policies are generally right on.
By the way, I changed my tagline. See below.
First of all, there is currently a one party system in these United States, Secondly, Ron Paul may say a lot of interesting things, things which both his supporters and enemies enjoy repeating, but he cannot be elected in the current climate of brainwashed TV watching people who an incapable of thinking for themselves. Thirdly we cannot just pull out of everywhere, especially now that the Muslim Brotherhood is taking over the Arab World. What a mess we are in! We need to get back to taking money from companies that want to take advantage of cheap labor in China instead of expecting the American people to pay for all this international adventurism.
[ So why won’t a SANE conservative stand up and say this?
“Vote for me and I will cut the size of government a lot, not just the rate of growth of the government.” ]
Obviously you have not read Newts, Perrys and even Michele Bachmans plans for the future..
Since you are ignorant of their plans you probably don’t really care and are trying to play politics with the big boys/girls here..
get informed grasshopper..
It is an exercise in fruitility asking Ron Paul will he endorse any pro-interventionist candidate. He takes the libertarian line in overseas policy. Stay out of the affairs of other countries and take care of the United States. If any of the GOP candidates would come out and say we need to pull out of other countries and only get in wars that are declared by the US Constitution, that person might get Paul’s endorsement. But that’s not going to happen so when Paul makes it to the finish line, he’ll still be perking along and will take about 5% of the popular vote. His out in the left field foreign no-policy makes him a non-factor in the presidential race. Its always been this way and will be this year. He will also offer his endorsemenent to greens, liberals, really anyone who is anti-war. Social issues are not his bag of tea. That’s why he can support a quack like Cynthia McKinny, who’s an avowed abortionist. I also have a feeling he’s in cohoots with liberal Romney in Iowa - to marginalize Newt.
I suspect Romney has promised him a cabinet position. Paul used to never criticize other candidates. That has ended with his tar-and-feathering of Gingrich. Remember he never criticizes Romney.
But true.
[ I doubt Paul can win the nomination. But, if he did this photo would result in a landslide win for Obama: ]
If you beleive Ron Paul is for the KKK your delusional..
That is going around these days.. Serious delusion going on..
Polls are for mental weaklings.. mere propaganda...
I bet you believe some of the polls.. you appear to be weak that way..
Then, tell us why he took money from a former KKK Grand Wizard Don Black and posed for a picture with Black and his son?
If you don't think taking money from and posing with a notorious racist like Black isn't abhorrent, you're the one delusional and, probably, a racist yourself.
Bump
That compares to Reagan meeting with world leaders and trying to negotiate with them? Don't think so.
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