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Ron Paul: In Your Straw Heart, You Know He's Right
Reason ^ | February 21, 2010 | Nick Gillespie

Posted on 02/21/2010 6:39:37 PM PST by Clintonfatigued

Still, if the GOP is interested in actually doing something more glorious than its multi-year FUBAR when George W. Bush and the Republicans were fully in charge of the federal government, they'd do well to listen very closely to Dr. No. However rotten Obama and the Dems poll, the GOP should never think anyone believes them when they say they are the party of small government and, for god's sake, we're well past the sad-sack culture-war days of various Republican geniuses like Newt Gingrich (4 percent!) talk up flag-burning amendments (the First Amendment is not a suicide pact with square pieces of cloth made in China!)and English-only rules (because, seriously, how can you be a real American if you don't speak the mother tongue of Great Britain?). Ron Paul pulled well in the Republicans primaries and among the youth of America precisely because he offered something distinct from the sad sacks he was running against.

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TOPICS: Candidates
KEYWORDS: apaulling; apaulogia; apaulogist; braindeadzombiecult; libertarian; partyhijack; paulbearers; paulestinians; rino; ronpaul; strawpaul
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1 posted on 02/21/2010 6:39:37 PM PST by Clintonfatigued
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To: bamahead

An interesting editorial about Ron Paul’s surprise straw poll victory.


2 posted on 02/21/2010 6:40:08 PM PST by Clintonfatigued (Liberal sacred cows make great hamburger)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Ron Paul is the Benny Hinn of politics.


3 posted on 02/21/2010 6:41:56 PM PST by AmishDude
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To: Clintonfatigued

yeah, his 1% turnout last time bodes well for the party in 2012. Let’s look to VA, NJ and MA success for guide to winning elections, not a nutcase. Yes, Paul has a solid view of limited government, but his brand of libertarian conservationism is a major loser at the ballot box.


4 posted on 02/21/2010 6:43:05 PM PST by ilgipper
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To: Clintonfatigued

You want small government? Gold will be the only currency, and the army and police will be citizen volunteers bearing their own personal weapons. The Feds can run the post office and the customs house.


5 posted on 02/21/2010 6:43:25 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: Clintonfatigued

He;s right about some things and wrong about others.


6 posted on 02/21/2010 6:44:50 PM PST by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin!)
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To: proxy_user
The Feds can run the post office and the customs house.

We don't need a post office and who needs tariffs?

7 posted on 02/21/2010 6:45:54 PM PST by SeeSharp
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To: AmishDude

I thought he was a little like Lyndon LaRouche


8 posted on 02/21/2010 6:46:06 PM PST by GeronL (I pledge allegiance to the Principles of the Bill of Rights and to protect and defend it...)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Great. Another hippie driven surge for ru Paul. Should go about as well as Ross Perot’s second go around.


9 posted on 02/21/2010 6:46:08 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Clintonfatigued

10 posted on 02/21/2010 6:46:32 PM PST by TruthHound ("He who does not punish evil commands it to be done." --Leonardo da Vinci)
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To: proxy_user

I don’t think we need a government-run Post Office any more.


11 posted on 02/21/2010 6:46:54 PM PST by GeronL (I pledge allegiance to the Principles of the Bill of Rights and to protect and defend it...)
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To: proxy_user

total number of us dollars in circulation: $1.75 Trillion

total value of all worldwide gold: $5.4 Trillion.

I don’t see ever having gold currency (only) again.

[btw, European M3 money supply total value: is $8.625 trillion USD]


12 posted on 02/21/2010 6:48:10 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: Clintonfatigued

What surprised? 48% of the attendees said they were students and for some reason he has much support there.


13 posted on 02/21/2010 6:48:56 PM PST by svcw (If you are going to quote the Bible know what you are quoting.)
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To: AmishDude
'Ron Paul is the Benny Hinn Hill of politics.'

There. Fixed it for ya.


14 posted on 02/21/2010 6:49:25 PM PST by Viking2002 (Old fishermen never die. They just smell that way.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Losertarians monkey wrenching the process and peeling off a flank of the GOP. Has are wRONg Paul’s results any different than the left’s Dennis Kucinich or Ralph Nader?


15 posted on 02/21/2010 6:50:42 PM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Not a fan of Ron Paul, but zt least they didn’t go with Romney again.


16 posted on 02/21/2010 6:55:45 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: Drango

Hey, I like that! “Losertarians” It just fits so well!

parsy, who LOLing


17 posted on 02/21/2010 6:56:41 PM PST by parsifal (Abatis: Rubbish in front of a fort, to prevent the rubbish outside from molesting the rubbish inside)
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To: Clintonfatigued

Ron Paul is a nutty squirrel with incoherent ideas.

Having said that, he is more qualified than the current occupant - but so is Katie Couric.

He is far less qualified than Sarah Palin.


18 posted on 02/21/2010 7:00:11 PM PST by Notwithstanding (Wer glaubt ist nie allein. Who believes is never alone.)
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To: Notwithstanding

I agree with Gillespie that when the GOP does regain power than can’t act like liberals. Buying votes, worrying about what the MSM things about them, wild spending.

But I also agree with others that Paul is a nut. Nationally libertarians have a real problem as long as Islamo Fascism is on the hunt.


19 posted on 02/21/2010 7:07:35 PM PST by Patrick1
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To: Notwithstanding

I just don’t get the Palin idolization. Sorry. But I do not think she is qualified at ALL to be president.


20 posted on 02/21/2010 7:08:38 PM PST by merry10
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