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Principled Ron Paul challenges GOP orthodoxy
Capital Times ^ | 5-12-11 | John Nichols

Posted on 05/12/2011 4:15:33 PM PDT by SJackson

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Those who know John Nichols will get the joke, those who don't, sorry. Ron Paul folk, nothing wrong with being a progressive on issues other than abortion.
1 posted on 05/12/2011 4:15:36 PM PDT by SJackson
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

You might get a kick out of John Nichols Republican endorsement.


2 posted on 05/12/2011 4:16:17 PM PDT by SJackson (Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
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To: SJackson

3 posted on 05/12/2011 4:18:47 PM PDT by truthfreedom
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To: truthfreedom

Ron Paul with the “dramatic failure”. I disagree with Paul’s assessment of Reagan, amongst other things. But if there’s a picture to be taken, or a donation to be taken, that will benefit Paul, he’ll make use of it.


4 posted on 05/12/2011 4:21:27 PM PDT by SJackson (Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
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To: truthfreedom

You can post that pic in every thread but we all know RuPaul called President Reagan a failure. Paul is a pro-heroin surrender-monkey who blames America for terrorist attacks against her. Thankfully, this loon will never be president of these United States.


5 posted on 05/12/2011 4:23:22 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
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To: truthfreedom

6 posted on 05/12/2011 4:25:35 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
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To: SJackson

You mean Ron “ I support Amnesty” Paul?

NO THANKS!


7 posted on 05/12/2011 4:26:15 PM PDT by chicagolady (Mexican Elite say: EXPORT Poverty Let the American Taxpayer foot the bill !)
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To: SJackson

If Wrong Paul had his way, Osama Bin Laden would still be alive today.

No thank you.


8 posted on 05/12/2011 4:26:36 PM PDT by Grunthor (The nomination of Herman Cain takes more than half the ammo away from the race hustlers)
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To: Grunthor

RuPaul wanted to end all funding to Israel, our ally in the Middle East. The U.S. gives billions of dollars a year to foreign countries that hate us and regularly vote against us at the United Nations. But, Israel votes with the U.S. 97% of the time. They are a loyal ally that shares our values. The aid they receive is used to buy military equipment from U.S. companies so the money comes back to us. Ron Paul’s proposal made no sense. But then, Ron Paul is a loon.


9 posted on 05/12/2011 4:30:54 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
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Principled Ron Paul challenges GOP orthodoxy

Paul challenges GOP orthodoxy the same way the Rat party does. Both are from separate parties. When will people finally call this dude out as a straight up doctrinaire Libertarian. He has no place in the GOP or Conservative movement. The only thing he agrees with them on, and breaks away from his actual party, is on Abortion.

10 posted on 05/12/2011 4:36:41 PM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: South40

“RuPaul wanted to end all funding to Israel, our ally in the Middle East.”

Actually I am all for ending ALL foreign aid.


11 posted on 05/12/2011 4:37:47 PM PDT by Grunthor (The nomination of Herman Cain takes more than half the ammo away from the race hustlers)
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To: SJackson

Look, a puff piece about Ron Paul from John Nichols of the progressive, socialist Nation magazine. Nichols, as I recall, has been busy organization and working very hard to subvert democracy in Wisconsin. He is a HUGE fan of Kloppenclown and is investing huge amounts of time using his perch in the media to recall Wisconsin Republican state senators.

Ron Paul is an idiot. Yes, he gets some things right on economic policy, but as a typical libertarian his foreign and defense policy positions are a nightmare. Add to that his comfortable alliance with truther conspiracy theorists, and well, that is about all one needs to know.

The simple fact is Paul is a libertarian and NOT a conservative. Therefore he will never win the GOP nomination. But I guess we are stuck with another year of paulbots infecting political, sports, gaming, weather, etc, forums with paulbot spam.

What will the slogan be this year? Ron Paul for President, because darn it America needs legal heroin!


12 posted on 05/12/2011 4:40:53 PM PDT by Longbow1969
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To: SJackson

He has principles like Fred Phelps has morals.


13 posted on 05/12/2011 4:41:28 PM PDT by mnehring
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Actually I am all for ending ALL foreign aid.

That sounds good but it's just not practical. RuPaul's proposal would not lower our budget deficit. By abandoning Israel while its enemies are gaining strength, the risk of a major war in the ME would increase. A major war would cost the U.S. billions and billions of dollars as we have already seen in Iraq and Afghanistan. We could, of course, not assist our ally and watch as Iran achieves its goal of wiping her off the map. I, for one, am not about to condone turning our backs on the only real democracy in the ME.

14 posted on 05/12/2011 4:42:46 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
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To: mnehring

Ron Paul is the Cynthia McKinney of the Republican Party.


15 posted on 05/12/2011 4:45:22 PM PDT by South40 ("Islam has a long tradition of tolerance." ~Hussein Obama, June 4, 2009, Cairo, Egypt)
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To: South40

Yes, but what you’re not saying is that Ron Paul also wants to end giving billions of dollars a year to foreign countries that hate us and regularly vote against us at the United Nations. He is against foreign aid; he’s not against Israel. Either you are misinformed or you are deliberately misinforming people on this.


16 posted on 05/12/2011 4:46:17 PM PDT by mangonc2
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To: Longbow1969

Yes, that John Nichols.


17 posted on 05/12/2011 4:48:03 PM PDT by SJackson (Normal people don't sit cross-legged on the floor and bang on drums, WI State Sen Glenn Grothman (R))
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To: South40

Bullcrap. What is not practical is saying that this nation is so broke that we have to charge vets for their medical care and gut medicare and social security, raise taxes at the same time we are borrowing money from the red chinese and sending it overseas in the form of “aid.” THAT is not practical nor is it intelligent.


18 posted on 05/12/2011 4:48:41 PM PDT by Grunthor (The nomination of Herman Cain takes more than half the ammo away from the race hustlers)
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To: Longbow1969
What will the slogan be this year? Ron Paul for President, because darn it America needs legal heroin

Laws pertaining to heroin use in America are 'unconstitutional'. That's one of the RuPaul talking points being spread at FR by his band of miscreants/supporters.

19 posted on 05/12/2011 4:49:07 PM PDT by South40 (Ron Paul and his flaming antiwar spam monkeys can Kiss my Ass!!" -- Jim Robinson, 09/30/07)
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To: truthfreedom
There you go again.

I can keep doing this all day. Let's just say Fraud Paul doesn't always attract the most savory characters.

20 posted on 05/12/2011 4:49:07 PM PDT by mnehring
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