“Whom will FRee Republic support between Romney and Paul?”
Neither. I think the Paul supporters might be tolerated on FR, but there won’t be any groundswell of support for us on FR.
I think most FReepers will go down with the ship rather than get on a lifeboat that has “libertarian” stenciled on it.
There, fixed it for you. ;-)
I can stomach Paul except on Israel. That is a deal breaker for me as a Christian, what with Israel beiong the lumchpin of the end times and all. Romney is a non-starter. The Wall Street/Politician axis has to be broken. Romney is one of them, like Geithner, Rubin, and Corzine. We need a Wall Street/Washington outsider.
When I mentioned that having resigned myself to an inevitable Romney Nomination, I could probably hold my nose and pull for him over Hussein, a Friend sent this link and suggestion:
> http://www.cuttingedge.org/
>
> SEARCH : MITT Romney
To which I replied:
What’s the point?
Do we have anyone to support who ISN’T a 33rd degree Mason, CFR, Knight of Malta, Knight Templar (Crusader) etc.... (Newt and Santorum are both Roman Catholics; Romney a Mormon - which bothers some folks) or member of some (at least one) nefarious conspiratorial secret society ?
Oh; wait.... There’s Ron Paul, isn’t there?
I like most of what he’s for, but some things about him still concern me a little.
For one thing, Islam does not seem to worry him nearly as much as it does me.
At the very least, I don’t hear anyone accusing Paul of being a “Globalist”, and I take that to be a strong positive.
When all is said and done, Ron PAUL might, I suppose, be considered to be the least of the worst.
Did you get my metaphorical diatribe on the box of Chinese chocolates?
(which I e mailed out earlier and would probably get me zotted if I posted it here)
It’s probably moot, since in the unlikely event Ron Paul gets too close to the presidency something terrible will happen to him - i just about guarantee it.
He’s crossed a lot of very powerful, dark and sinister entities (such as the Federal Reserve) to be allowed to actually do anything about them. There is a body of evidence to suggest, if not prove, that they have demonstrated the power to dispense with any serious opposition in the past, and there is little assurance that they can’t or won’t do it again if they feel that they need to in order to maintain their monopoly on power and wealth.
A PAUL presidency, as hypothetical a dream as that might be, would be, if nothing else, terribly interesting.
A lot of conservatives seem to fear that he would be a disaster to America.... well, we’re going over the edge of catastrophe now - choose your poison.
I’m beginning to think that PAUL (who I have supported in the past) might be sort of like chemotherapy; granted - he might be sort of toxic to America in some ways.... but we’re already nearing the end stages of terminal cancer, so why not give him a try?
What have we got to lose, besides everything.... which is slipping away fast anyway.
Having said that I still kind of like Santorum, but have no pretenses of him being a panacea or glorious savior of the Republic any more than anyone else... other than Yeshua HaMasshiach, that is. Know who he is? Google him if you don’t... if the ObamaNation hasn’t scrubbed Him off of the internet, that is. Last I checked He was still around.
As far as I know, however, He’s not running in the 2012 elections.
I’m not so sure He’d get elected even if he did.
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Another Republican Political Junkie Friend responded:
> So, George; does that mean you’ll vote for Ron Paul in the primaries?
And I replied:
At this point I would probably go for Santorum - but I don’t think that he’ll still be around by the time we get to our primaries. (Maine)
I mainly supported Paul in ‘08 because it was down, as I recall, to him or McLame.
Besides; the party establishment hated Dr. Paul with such a purple passion that I was naturally attracted to him in response.
Yeah; it might be thought by some that he’s a bit of a kook - but all things considered would that be the worst thing to happen to America?
IIRC the X County Caucus elected Ron Paul as it’s Nominee, didn’t we? It came as quite a surprise to me.
Didn’t matter a hill of beans though, did it?
I’m still expecting Maine to fall back to Obama, although perhaps not by the landslide it did in ‘08. Will be very pleasantly surprised it it doesn’t.
(Senator) Snowe will be re-elected, as usual. Even if D’Ambois (Republican primary contender)gets unexpectedly popular, look who she installed as our Secretary of State!
(redacted as it gets a little intense - insider party stuff)
...’Nuff said ‘bout that.
Not to worry though; I don’t think Dr. Paul will be around all that long either.
Mitt is the establishment anointed one, the Tea Party can’t seem to get behind anyone, and I’m essentially resigned to having to choose between the Mormon and the Muslim.
Swell, huh?
Skeptically;
Old George
I would get on a lifeboat with Libertarian stenciled on it, but not one with Ron Paul. His son has a better chance than he does and he should have stepped aside and let his son run.
Ron Paul has the charisma of pee wee herman. I just can’t see him fairing much better than obama on the world stage. Obama puts down America overseas...but with Ron Paul the rest of the world would laugh in his face as opposed to behind his back. 1/2 his message is very good, but the other half is awful. Plus the messenger stinks.