Why the GOP Must Lose: Nothing short of defeat will put it back on its limited government track

Reason magazine ^ | October 22, 2008 | Radley Balko

[grundle]

I'm voting for Ron Paul, because I want the government to get smaller, not bigger.

[Tribune7]

I'm voting for Ron Paul, because I want the government to get smaller, not bigger.

ROTFLMAO

[Jim Robinson]

Idiots abound!

[Cheerio]

I'm voting for Ron Paul, because I want the government to get smaller, not bigger.

Good luck with that. One more vote against McCain.

[Fred]

Palin is way more conservative than Ron Paul...why not support her??? Is Paul on the ballot in your state???

[McGruff]

President For Life Barack Obama thanks you for your vote.

[Alex Murphy]

...they had their shot at holding power, and they failed. They've failed in staying true to their principles of limited government and free markets. They've failed in preventing elected leaders of their party from becoming corrupted by the trappings of power, and they've failed to hold those leaders accountable after the fact. Congressional Republicans failed to rein in the Bush administration's naked bid to vastly expand the power of the presidency (a failure they're going to come to regret should Obama take office in January). They failed to apply due scrutiny and skepticism to the administration's claims before undertaking Congress' most solemn task—sending the nation to war. I could go on...

I'm voting for Ron Paul, because I want the government to get smaller, not bigger.

Ping for later

[Fiji Hill]

Nothing short of defeat will put it back on its limited government track

I'm afraid that "cure" will be much worse than the disease.

[Paul_B]

And doom the nation? No thanks. I’ll take my chances with McCain/Palin.

[kidd]

Voting for Obama to get rid of big government
is like
shooting yourself in the head to get rid of a headache.

[wagglebee]

I'm voting for Ron Paul, because I want the government to get smaller, not bigger.

Allowing our country to COLLAPSE is not limited government.

Most liberaltarians have NEVER understood that limited government DOES NOT necessarily mean small government.

[dogcaller]

Good luck with that smaller government...Obama’s appointments to the Supreme court and the federal courts will surely help.

[wireman]

I’ve never heard anything like this before!

[Cap74]

NO.

Michael Medved’s column today makes a devastating argument against such defeatist reasoning. Supreme Court/Cabinet appointments and Commander-In-Chief status alone prevent me from sinking into this loser mentality.

[lainie]

The only problem with your theory is that John McCain isn’t for limited government or smaller goverment either.

[Maverick68]

Of course the other option is putting Palin in office as VP and turning her loose on the spendocrats in Washington...

[jwalsh07]

Socialism will save us from....

Socialism.

[ConservativeMind]

Your vote for Ron Paul won’t accomplish a darn thing, except take a vote away from the Obama/McCain vote war.

It’s like shooting your last bullets into the ground as invaders rush toward you.

That’s truly ignorant thinking, there.

[PGR88]

That’s like saying to someone - you have sinned, so you must redeem yourself by shooting me in the head.

[paddles]

Uh, sorry, Radley. We’re at war. That’s job one my friend.