Author Topic: Who is Ron Paul? (Read 12461 times)

SIG220 · « **Reply #525 on:** February 06, 2008, 12:34:07 AM »

Did Ron Paul win many states tonight???

SIG 220

bsdaddict · « **Reply #526 on:** February 06, 2008, 12:38:31 AM »

unfortunately, no. it's actually possible he could pull off his first win, however. Reports from Alaska (I know, I know...) indicate massive support for him up there. For some reason that state's results have been slow to report...

I don't think They(tm) were cool with reporting a RP win on Super Tuesday, so they'll wait till tomorrow.

DREDIOCK · « **Reply #527 on:** February 06, 2008, 12:47:05 AM »

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Originally posted by SIG220
Did Ron Paul win many states tonight???

SIG 220

No but it doesnt matter.
the movement is on.

Gotta crawl before you can walk

bestt hing that may happen to the movement is he didnt win any states.
Hillary or Obama will win. And mark my words. The democrates ARE winning the Whitehouse like it or not.

That too may be a blessing in disguise.
Let one of them screw things up even more and even more people will be disgusted with both parties and it will grow even more.

Eventually an independant is going to get in

FrodeMk3 · « **Reply #528 on:** February 06, 2008, 01:09:23 AM »

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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
No but it doesnt matter.
the movement is on.

Gotta crawl before you can walk

bestt hing that may happen to the movement is he didnt win any states.
Hillary or Obama will win. And mark my words. The democrates ARE winning the Whitehouse like it or not.

That too may be a blessing in disguise.
Let one of them screw things up even more and even more people will be disgusted with both parties and it will grow even more.

Eventually an independant is going to get in

It may be his GOP affiliation that hurts' him, if that's the case. Maybe the time is right for a third-party try. Who knows...I'm still voting for him in Nov.

bsdaddict · « **Reply #529 on:** February 06, 2008, 01:31:49 AM »

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Originally posted by DREDIOCK
the movement is on.

AWMac · « **Reply #530 on:** February 06, 2008, 01:42:14 AM »

bsdaddict...
Son yer slinky is broke. It doesn't move anymore.
Silly Puddy can only copy so much.
Yer Hula doesn't Hoop.
The last fish in yer aquirium is belly up.
Sir, This is a Dead Parrot.
Ron Paul has as much of a chance of winning this race as much as Fema did during Katrina.
Your like the last NE Patriot Fan believing for a miracle.
So do us all a favor and blow out yer candle Marilyn.

Give us all a break.

Mac

bsdaddict · « **Reply #531 on:** February 06, 2008, 01:45:07 AM »

Show me a candidate that sticks to the Constitution more than Paul and I'll jump ship. Till then, he's my guy. Is there no room for sticking up for principles in American politics?

EDIT: also, a brokered convention is looking more and more likely. That's worked out in the past...

EDIT #2: btw, the Constitution ain't broke.

AWMac · « **Reply #532 on:** February 06, 2008, 01:54:48 AM »

John Hancock...

Don't worry.. either the sharks will get ya before you hit the bottom....or the cold, cold water will kill you.

Welcome to Reality. HaaaaR

Mac

AWMac · « **Reply #533 on:** February 06, 2008, 02:16:45 AM »

This Parrot is No More!

AWMac · « **Reply #534 on:** February 06, 2008, 02:23:28 AM »

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hear hear. I'd be satisfied if, as a consolation prize in lieu of RP in the whitehouse, his candidacy reawakens the GOP to the need to stick by Constitutional principles.

Ron Paul did all of this for a tax write off.

Prove me wrong.

Evil Politicians...shameless bastages.

moot · « **Reply #535 on:** February 06, 2008, 06:01:33 AM »

Mac didn't you rag on Frenchy's immigration a while back? Something about him weaseling his way into residency?

lazs2 · « **Reply #536 on:** February 06, 2008, 06:57:53 AM »

I voted for paul yesterday.. knew it was pretty much a protest vote.

I do hope that after he wins no state delegates that only democrats will write him in. doubt it tho.. socialists do have solidarity and... there is no such thing as "too liberal" a democrat.

Not like republicans that get all pissy and have a hissy fit if their guy is not "conservative" enough.. a democrat would never allow a republican to win no matter what.

lazs

bsdaddict · « **Reply #537 on:** February 06, 2008, 10:31:15 AM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
I voted for paul yesterday.. knew it was pretty much a protest vote.

yeah, but it felt good, didn't it?

bsdaddict · « **Reply #538 on:** February 06, 2008, 10:41:36 AM »

Awesome post by a GOP leader, the guy who coined the phrase compassionate conservative, Doug Wead. Illustrates exactly why I feel voting for Paul isn't a wasted vote...

http://dougwead.wordpress.com/

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The Mouse that roared: Why Ron Paul won the election

February 6, 2008 by dougwead

Well now, Republicans say, we have a nominee. That may very well be but there was only one clear winner in the confusing GOP nominating contest and it was not John McCain. The winner was Ron Paul. And the effects of his win will be felt for years to come.

Ron Paul made a classic political mistake. He told the truth. In debate after debate he pointed at his party, his president, his fellow contenders for the GOP nomination, shouting aloud like the little boy in the proverbial story, “they have no clothes” and lo and behold, we looked and they didn’t. They were all naked.

He showed that the conservative movement has lost its way, its moral authority and its logic. He showed us that we have become a red team versus blue team. That since we have decided that this is a political war and all normal rules are suspended, conservatives can do liberal things to win it. Conservatives can run up big deficits if it helps their side win. They can dole out needless pork if it elects another “conservative” to congress. They can go to war if it makes their president look like a leader and wins him another term.

But in the process, Ron Paul showed us, that we have lost our way. We are no longer conservatives. We are fighting for power not for principles. We have become corrupted by the process and the only way back is to retrace our steps and find all the things we discarded along he way.

Barry Goldwater lighted a similar fire with his Conscience of a Conservative. Its truth and arguments were so obvious and so honest that one laughed aloud while reading it. But Goldwater, himself, was doomed to political defeat. And Ron Paul had no chance to win this election either. One could see that when he first opened his mouth.

And yet, the words and arguments of Ron Paul are still resonating. They still hang over this election. They are haunting and troubling. They are producing blogs and papers and books and like Goldwater’s revolution they will one day very likely produce their own Ronald Reagan. And when those heady days happen a small but hearty band of pioneers, who first had the nerve to join him and start shouting from the street, “They aren’t wearing any clothes,” will be able to say that they could see what the country missed. They were there when history was made.

John McCain and his poorly chosen words, of staying in Iraq a hundred years, have almost guaranteed that he will be the answer to the trivia question, who was the Republican candidate who lost to the ticket that claimed the first woman and black for the presidency? Another question may very well be, “What other candidate ran that year and launched the movement that has dominated national politics for the last generation?”

And the answer will be Ron Paul.

bsdaddict · « **Reply #539 on:** February 06, 2008, 11:20:33 AM »

Fun thread over at Hannity's forum...