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GOP will take off the gloves if Ron Paul wins Iowa
Washington Examiner ^ | 121811 | Tim Carney

Posted on 12/18/2011 9:57:35 PM PST by Fred

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To: bigbob
The idea of the RNC getting serious and playing hardball is about as comical as the notion of Ron Paul actually winning Iowa...

When it comes to anti-RINOs, the RNC is the meanest SOB on the block...so long as those anti-RINOs are Republicans. Against Obama, McCain and the RNC were following Lady Marquess of Queensberry rules; against JD Hayworth, they couldn't do enough kicking and gouging.

41 posted on 12/19/2011 3:46:53 AM PST by Dahoser (Separation of church and state? No, we need separation of media and state.)
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To: Dahoser

They don’t need gloves they need ba!!s...


42 posted on 12/19/2011 3:49:02 AM PST by goat granny
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To: no dems
We know that Ron Paul is not going to get the nomination. But, will his supporters rebel and stay home on election day or will they support the eventual nominee?

They will do what they always do, vote for the most anti-American that they think will legalize drugs. Like last time Obama.
43 posted on 12/19/2011 3:55:17 AM PST by John D
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To: Republic_of_Secession.

Ron Paul is to the GOP what Dennis Kucinich is to the Dems.


44 posted on 12/19/2011 4:03:28 AM PST by Rudder (The Main Stream Media is Our Enemy---get used to it.)
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To: bigbob

Spot on. The Republican party gets my vote simply because it is more fiscally conservative than the others. But, I hang my head in shame at their woos attitude of defending themselves. They are so darn PC and anti attack that they always allow the Dumb-o-crats to define them.


45 posted on 12/19/2011 4:14:30 AM PST by BTCM (Death and destruction is the only treaty Muslims comprehend.)
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To: unkus

I also know 3 of them and they all voted for bimbo the last time.


46 posted on 12/19/2011 4:19:25 AM PST by I_be_tc
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To: floridarunner01
This was an OPINION, not a statement of purpose.

I think "complicated" is baked into the pie this time around.

47 posted on 12/19/2011 4:30:29 AM PST by BfloGuy (The final outcome of the credit expansion is general impoverishment.)
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To: Fred

Face it—the elitist GOP will take off their gloves if anybody but romney wins that caucus.


48 posted on 12/19/2011 5:30:55 AM PST by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: svcw
"Paul is not a conservative."

Some folks wouldn't recognize a conservative if they tripped over one.

49 posted on 12/19/2011 6:10:38 AM PST by Designer (Nit-pickin' and chagrinin')
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To: CSI007

“I am not sure what Paul’s political realm is. he is certainly an odd ball.”

Look up Lyndon LaRouche in old archives.

His young supporters remind me of the LaRouche acolytes of yore in their firm belief in their hero and their dismissal of any rational discussion of his excesses.


50 posted on 12/19/2011 6:12:50 AM PST by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: Fred
If 2012 comes down to Obama vs. Paul, I will reevaluate my life while coming to accept that America has failed. Like the Founders said, the Constitution is only for a moral and religious people, inadequate for governing anyone else.
51 posted on 12/19/2011 6:14:52 AM PST by Vision ("Did I not say to you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40)
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To: Jim Robinson
I really think all heck will break loose if Paul even gets close to winning the nomination. At this point, I am not sure people will put up with the GOP shoving Romney down our throats either. I do hope, for the sake of our country, people pull their heads out, and soon.
52 posted on 12/19/2011 6:15:37 AM PST by LuvFreeRepublic
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To: hedgetrimmer
"McClintock was thrown away so the GOP, globalist occupied party, could run a globalist, Schwarzenegger, for California governor."

We conservatives were pulling for McClintock.

You are absolutely correct; the GOP will take the gloves off.

Gotta save the globalist advances of the past, and keep pushing for more.

53 posted on 12/19/2011 6:16:57 AM PST by Designer (Nit-pickin' and chagrinin')
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To: Yehuda
"HE DID NOT SUPPORT THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN 2008."

The GOP saw fit to nominate John McCain instead of somebody who could actually win.

Will they repeat their mistake?

54 posted on 12/19/2011 6:22:23 AM PST by Designer (Nit-pickin' and chagrinin')
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To: BillyBoy
".. I have yet to meet one who WON'T sit out the election .."

What would be the point of electing a RINO?

55 posted on 12/19/2011 6:24:44 AM PST by Designer (Nit-pickin' and chagrinin')
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To: Designer

The GOP/Rino establishment loves the welfare/warfare/corporatist/TBTF/Nanny/Police State just the way it is.

Paul, for all his whackiness, is a major threat to the scum in the gop.


56 posted on 12/19/2011 6:29:07 AM PST by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: Vision
"If 2012 comes down to Obama vs. Paul, I will revaluate my life.."

You can't decide between a communist and a constitutionalist?

I feel sorry for your offspring.

57 posted on 12/19/2011 6:29:39 AM PST by Designer (Nit-pickin' and chagrinin')
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To: GlockThe Vote
"..is a major threat to the scum in the gop."

The only threat in this GOP field.

58 posted on 12/19/2011 6:33:10 AM PST by Designer (Nit-pickin' and chagrinin')
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To: Designer

Good we agree then Paul is not and has never been a conservative.


59 posted on 12/19/2011 6:34:07 AM PST by svcw (God's Grace - thank you!)
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To: LuvFreeRepublic
"I do hope, for the sake of our country, people pull their heads out, and soon."

The mere fact that Mitt Romney is still in the running, and at or near the top in naitonal polls, indicates that people still have their "heads up..", with no evidence of them pulling them out anytime soon.

60 posted on 12/19/2011 7:41:41 AM PST by Designer (Nit-pickin' and chagrinin')
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