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This web ad from Ron Paul marks both the professionalism of the Paul campaign and the precariousness of Newt Gingrich’s recent surge:
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Clint| 11.30.11 @ 6:03PM
" With the intense search for a conservative alternative to Mitt Romney producing popularity “bubbles” for Rick Perry and Herman Cain, “Who’s next?” has been the recurring question. In an ironic twist, the consensus answer seems to be: Newt Gingrich.
I say “ironic” because the opposition to Romney has been led by conservative grassroots writers and activists, as well as groups like FreedomWorks. Gingrich isn’t much more popular among that contingent than Romney. In May, when Gingrich sharply criticized Paul Ryan’s Medicare reform plan, FreedomWorks Chairman Dick Armey reminded National Review that Gingrich had been a serial offender:
Citing Gingrich’s support of Dede Scozzafava in the 2009 congressional election in New York’s 23rd district, his backing of Medicare Part D and TARP, and his commercial with Nancy Pelosi about climate change, Armey observes that “Newt entered the race with serious ground to make up with these 2 million Tea Party activists.”…
Brendan Steinhauser, director of Federal and State Campaigns for FreedomWorks, reports that the Tea Partiers he’s talked to are “irate” at Gingrich… “I never met a single Tea Party activist that supported Newt Gingrich for president,” he adds."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
Paul McGrath| 11.30.11 @ 6:14PM
First, Paul's commercial is about as disingenuous as anything the left would put out--which says a lot about Paul, by the way--and second: what is it with you guys? Lawler, Hillyer, Lawler, Hillyer: all day, it's attack Newt! Attack!
What is going on here? What is with you guys? Yeah, he's been inconsistent. Who hasn't? But now, today, suddenly, he's the reincarnation of . . . well, I can't remember this publication ever attacking a Republican so much. Not even Bush, who deserved it.
What gives?
CauseOfLiberty| 12.1.11 @ 10:49AM
Paul McGrath, are you kidding me. Who hasn't been consistent?
Please go to youtube and copy and paste this:
Ron Paul: Unwavering Consistency, Unparalleled Foresight
Dai Alanye | 12.1.11 @ 11:23AM
Also, Ron Paul: Lying Hypocrite.
For starters, review his positions on immigration, such as his supposed fear that closing the border could be used to keep Americans in.
CauseOfLiberty| 12.1.11 @ 11:30AM
I will agree that was a strong statement but it was meant to wake folks up. Currency controls are in place and getting worse. Here are his immigration views taken from his website. What's not to like?
If elected President, Ron Paul will work to implement the following common sense reforms:
* Enforce Border Security – America should be guarding her own borders and enforcing her own laws instead of policing the world and implementing UN mandates.
* No Amnesty - The Obama Administration’s endorsement of so-called “Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, will only encourage more law-breaking.
* Abolish the Welfare State – Taxpayers cannot continue to pay the high costs to sustain this powerful incentive for illegal immigration. As Milton Friedman famously said, you can’t have open borders and a welfare state.
* End Birthright Citizenship – As long as illegal immigrants know their children born here will be granted U.S. citizenship, we’ll never be able to control our immigration problem.
* Protect Lawful Immigrants – As President, Ron Paul will encourage legal immigration by streamlining the entry process without rewarding lawbreakers.
As long as our borders remain wide open, the security and safety of the American people are at stake.
As President, Ron Paul will address immigration by fighting for effective solutions that protect our nation, uphold the rule of law, and respect every American citizen’s civil liberties.
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 12:58PM
" Dr.Ron Paul's COMMON SENSE REFORMS
If elected President, Dr. Ron Paul will work to implement the following common sense reforms:
* Enforce Border Security – America should be guarding her own borders and enforcing her own laws instead of policing the world and implementing UN mandates.
* No Amnesty - The Obama Administration’s endorsement of so-called “Comprehensive Immigration Reform,” granting amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants, will only encourage more law-breaking.
* Abolish the Welfare State – Taxpayers cannot continue to pay the high costs to sustain this powerful incentive for illegal immigration. As Milton Friedman famously said, you can’t have open borders and a welfare state.
* End Birthright Citizenship – As long as illegal immigrants know their children born here will be granted U.S. citizenship, we’ll never be able to control our immigration problem.
* Protect Lawful Immigrants – As President, Dr. Ron Paul will encourage legal immigration by streamlining the entry process without rewarding lawbreakers.
As long as our borders remain wide open, the security and safety of the American people are at stake."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
Dan| 11.30.11 @ 6:23PM
About time someone had the guts to expose this fraud. Newt is a globalist. He disdains American sovereignty. Kudos to Ron Paul.
William R| 11.30.11 @ 6:39PM
Thanks for posting this!! If Republicans are dumb enough to nominate Gingrich then they deserve to lose.
aware| 11.30.11 @ 7:54PM
Yes. Newt the classic floater.
And William R, the Republicans are more than stupid enough to have this Statist technocrat as their "nominee". Notice his big supporters writing here are all "former" cogs in the machine . Probably the effects of the swamp gas emanating from the pestilential bog Washington was built on.
Possum Dearie| 11.30.11 @ 8:23PM
Newt wishes his record had cancer so he could divorce it. The guy is fat and pasty to boot. What gives?
Jane| 11.30.11 @ 8:24PM
Ron Paul is too old but his son Rand is handsome, I could vote for him this time as the VP. A Cain-Rand Paul ticket is doable.
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 6:56AM
Dr. Ron Paul,
" I’ve offered to ride a bicycle for 20 miles in Houston when the temperature is 100° and the humidity is 100% and I will go 20 miles with them and then we’ll decide who’s the youngest."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
9thID| 12.1.11 @ 9:37AM
Liber-tarian Ron Paul's age issues aside, it is his mental health that worries us original-intent conservatives...
CauseOfLiberty| 12.1.11 @ 11:09AM
Please show me one instance of mental health issues. "Original-intent conservative" huh? The following will explain how you lost sight of what that means. Delivered by the man will balls of steel and superior insight:
July 10, 2003
The modern-day, limited-government movement has been co-opted. The conservatives have failed in their effort to shrink the size of government. There has not been, nor will there soon be, a conservative revolution in Washington. Political party control of the federal government has changed, but the inexorable growth in the size and scope of government has continued unabated. The liberal arguments for limited government in personal affairs and foreign military adventurism were never seriously considered as part of this revolution.
Since the change of the political party in charge has not made a difference, who's really in charge? If the particular party in power makes little difference, whose policy is it that permits expanded government programs, increased spending, huge deficits, nation building and the pervasive invasion of our privacy, with fewer Fourth Amendment protections than ever before?
Someone is responsible, and it's important that those of us who love liberty, and resent big-brother government, identify the philosophic supporters who have the most to say about the direction our country is going. If they're wrong — and I believe they are — we need to show it, alert the American people, and offer a more positive approach to government. However, this depends on whether the American people desire to live in a free society and reject the dangerous notion that we need a strong central government to take care of us from the cradle to the grave. Do the American people really believe it's the government's responsibility to make us morally better and economically equal? Do we have a responsibility to police the world, while imposing our vision of good government on everyone else in the world with some form of utopian nation building? If not, and the enemies of liberty are exposed and rejected, then it behooves us to present an alternative philosophy that is morally superior and economically sound and provides a guide to world affairs to enhance peace and commerce. " - Ron Paul
From his famous "We've Been Neo-Conned" speech. Type that in Google for a 51 minute wake up call.
Paul McGrath| 11.30.11 @ 11:32PM
Ron Paul, for the umpteenth time, has exposed himself as an opportunist. All of the statements in this cartoon have been taken out of context. Fundamentally, as I have said before, Paul is a traitor, for denouncing in public our operations overseas, and for denouncing America. And now he is sabatoging his own party at the expense of the nation.
I don't recall him attacking Obama at any time in any of the debates in the way he has attacked his Republican opponents.
And I am really beginning to weary of the so-called conservatives on this website. Posting this trashy ad in some sort of a gleeful way--Gingrich precarious, Paul professional--is contemptible.
Mr. Tyrell, what have you let happen here?
Jack in Wi| 12.1.11 @ 2:20AM
Why should Ron Paul atttack Obama personally? His whole record and votes are against what Obama is doing. He did not attack Newt personally here either. All he did is point out that Newt is nothing but a fraud who has never done anything with a consistant policy in his life. He has always done what is best for Newt at that moment. Ron has been right on the issues for decades. Newt is right once and awhile but is wrong most of the time. Newt also has a Mount Everest of baggage that will never let him be elected Dog catcher much less President.
Occam's Tool| 12.1.11 @ 2:25AM
Actually, Paul's votes on foreign policy are to the LEFT of Obama.
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 6:44AM
RINO -CINO Israel Firster Propaganda Squad Agendist Tool Job Is The Guy,Who Said He'll Vote For The RINO-CINO Frontman Mittens Romney.
We Are Being Set Up By The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges.
These Are The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges Who Gave Us The Serial Traitor To Conservatism, John McCain Of McCain-Feingold, McCain-Kennedy,McCain-Lieberman,Gang Of 14, Opposing Bush Tax Cuts Of 2001 & 2003,TARP.
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
9thID| 12.1.11 @ 9:40AM
In the run up to the 2008 election Obama sounded close to Ron Paul's neo-isolationism, but once in office and Obama started getting daily national security briefings, he knew he had to keep much of Bush's proven policies intact. So yes, neo-Liberal Ron Paul is to the far left of Obama on national security and even social issues...
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 10:16AM
You Israel Firster Propaganda Squad BibiBots Wouldn't Know Real Conservative Foreign Policy, If It Jumped Up And Bit Ya.
Read George Washington's Farewell Address, Thomas Jefferson's Firste Inaugural Address, The Old Right And Learn Something About Real Conservative Foreign Policy.
George Will, "Today, we have a very different kind of foreign policy. It’s called Wilsonian. And the premise of the Bush Doctrine is that America must spread democracy, because our national security depends upon it. And America can spread democracy. It knows how. It can engage in national building. This is conservative or not?"
William F. Buckley, " It’s not at all conservative. It’s anything but conservative. It’s not conservative at all, inasmuch as conservatism doesn’t invite unnecessary challenges. It insists on coming to terms with the world as it is …”
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
William R| 12.1.11 @ 1:57PM
No, Obama is just a NeoCon hack like Bush. Ron Paul's foreign policy is traditional conservatism.
Tom| 12.1.11 @ 6:17AM
I am by no means a Newt fan. But I'll take him every day of the week over Dr. Nutjob and his Paultard cultists. In fact, Ron Paul is the one guy who if he were to appear on the Republican ballot would actually compel me to vote for Obama.
Ron Paul is the scum of the earth, and his band of zombees at such places as lewrockwell.com are even worse.
Mike W| 12.1.11 @ 8:29AM
"Ron Paul is the scum of the earth, and his band of zombees? at such places as lewrockwell.com are even worse." Really? Paul attacked a true dirtbag - Newt, and now Paul is scum of the earth? If Republicans nominate this fat troll then the party is probably over, in many ways.
Tom| 12.1.11 @ 6:24PM
Say what you want about Newt; I didn't write a word to defend him. But Ron Paul has NO redeeming virtues of his own, nor will he acquire any through his stupd ads.
And, yes, the people at lewrockwell.com are the scum of the earth, and even more loathsome than their cult master is.
w| 12.1.11 @ 10:24AM
Wow, Tom, what kool-aid you been drink'n, man?
Tom| 12.1.11 @ 6:19PM
Paultards are experts at Kool-aid drinking as they slurp down every word that comes from their cult master.
CauseOfLiberty| 12.1.11 @ 11:16AM
OK Tom, how is that status-quo working out for us? The super committee did a super job eh? Everything is fine, let the media tell you who to vote for and go back to sleep. Or maybe you can wake up and realize it is the love of America and our desire to save it that has gotten us previously complacent folks off the couch and promoting the Ron Paul Revolution!
What do you get for pretending the danger's not real. Meek and obedient you follow the leader
Down well trodden corridors into the valley of steel. What a surprise!
A look of terminal shock in your eyes.
Now things are really what they seem.
No, this is not a bad dream.
~Sheep - Pink Floyd
Tom| 12.1.11 @ 6:26PM
And you can wake up from your Paultard delusions if you believe that Dr. Nutjob has any legitimate answers to this country's problems.
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 6:47AM
Like These "Cultists" RINO-CINO Tommy ?
Ronald Reagan,
"Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and he always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country."
"I strongly support Ron Paul. We very badly need to have more Representatives who understand in a principled way the importance of property rights and religious freedom."
- Milton Friedman, Nobel Prize Economist
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
Tom| 12.1.11 @ 6:31PM
That's only about the twentieth time I've seen Nitwit Clint post that Reagan quote from about 1975. It didn't impress me on all the previous occasions, and it certainly doesn't impress me now.
And Dr. Nutjob showed his gratitude to Reagan by totally repudiating him and running as President for the Libertarian Party in 1988. The lesson learned here is; never, EVER say anything positive about a Paultard or their Grand Cult Master.
Ken (Old Texican)| 12.1.11 @ 7:29AM
Heh, Newt's mind is full of ideas...sort of like a bag of cats.
Have any of you ever tried to herd cats?
Solo| 12.1.11 @ 8:26AM
Most of the criticisms offered in this piece are taken completely out of context. Those which are not taken out of context are simply regurgitating the criticisms offered by the left as they attempt to characterize Newt's positions-- oblivious to Newt's explanations.
He's an "idea" guy. He's a "solutions" guy. He seeks to resolve otherwise unsolvable problems by attempting to re-order the way government works and how it interacts with the people.
IN short....he is a true NeoCon. It's just that "NeoCon" doesn't mean what PaulBots think it does.
And that's really the point.
As Reagan once said about liberals (and this holds doubly true of the PaulBots):
"It's not that liberals (PaulBots) are ignorant. It's just that so much of what they "know" simply isn't true."
Criticisms of the other candidates in this race by PaulBots, and their cult leader; "The Pied Piper Of The Paranoid", The RuPaul, himself--should be taken with a grain of salt.
PaulBots hold a seething hatred for anyone and anything not "RON PAUL--RON PAUL--RON PAUL".
In another year, the RuPaul will have collected his 5% in the polls and the whole nasty business of having to tolerate this motley collection of blinkered, Kool-Aid drinking asshats will have run its course.....until Rand Paul decides to run.
And then they'll drag themselves out of the fever-swamps of the Alex Jones show and be back in all their sanctimonious glory.
CauseOfLiberty| 12.1.11 @ 11:24AM
OK Solo, is this out of context?
By John E. Yang
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 22 1997; Page A01
The House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to reprimand House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) and order him to pay an unprecedented $300,000 penalty, the first time in the House's 208-year history it has disciplined a speaker for ethical wrongdoing.
The ethics case and its resolution leave Gingrich with little leeway for future personal controversies, House Republicans said. Exactly one month before yesterday's vote, Gingrich admitted that he brought discredit to the House and broke its rules by failing to ensure that financing for two projects would not violate federal tax law and by giving the House ethics committee false information.
Ryan| 12.1.11 @ 8:40AM
I'm so disillusioned with the Republican field it's maddening. Newt is losing me. Romney is a non-starter. Cain has trouble handling pressure. Santorum is about as close, and he just can't seem to do well anywhere. Bachmann has trouble with the facts. Perry can't get out of his own way and is as establishment as the rest.
Here's the deal.
I MAY wind up voting for Ron Paul, but with some MASSIVE reservations.
He's got the most right on economic and domestic policy, and those are so important right now, that I may be willing to go with him simply because of the economic dangers.
I could live with a scaled-down version of his international policy. However, I still - and will probably maintain - the position that the long-term implications of his ideas toward the Islamist world are complete mistakes. Friendliness toward the hard Islamists - as he has stated about Iran in particular - is NOT in the best interests of American defense.
If we completely withdrew every troop from over there, completely defunded Israel, and left the Muslim world alone, they would still have the long-term goal, as the nature and goal of their religion, to see the fall of the United States.
Islam IS and will ALWAYS be a danger to the free world. Period.
I believe that it is in the national interest of the United States - and in the free world in general - to promote the spread of freedom and democracy. I don't believe we have done this particularly well many times, particularly in Africa and Iraq. I believe we HAVE done it well in Germany and Japan, and that Eastern Europe and Russia will head in that general direction when they realize it is more to their benefit (over the long term).
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 8:51AM
The Israel Firster Propaganda Squad BibiBots Are Scared Of The Tea Party & Our Co-Favorite Presidential Candidate Dr. Ron Paul.
" Herman Cain, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich are in a dead heat as the top choices for Iowans likely to attend the Jan. 3 Republican presidential caucuses.
A Bloomberg News poll shows Cain at 20 percent, Paul at 19 percent, Romney at 18 percent and Gingrich at 17 percent among the likely attendees with the caucuses that start the nominating contests seven weeks away. "
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
Dai Alanye | 12.1.11 @ 11:28AM
Is Clint an Islam-firster? Kinda sounds that way.
Clint| 12.1.11 @ 12:52PM
No !
But Then, You Already Knew That Israel Firster PropagandaGirl.
The Tea Party Rebellion Steps On The Third Rate BibiBot.
Tom| 12.1.11 @ 6:33PM
Nitwit Clint will always regret the fact that he missed out on living in Berlin during the 1930s when the goose step was on top of the dance charts.
William R| 12.1.11 @ 7:13PM
How do you spot a loser in a debate?? Play the Nazi card.
Tom, you're a loser.
Tom| 12.2.11 @ 6:28AM
Billy-Boy, you weren't even in the game.
Diogenes| 12.1.11 @ 9:23AM
"This web ad from Ron Paul marks both the professionalism of the Paul campaign and the precariousness of Newt Gingrich's recent surge: "
Awesome. This is actually even more comical than Dr. Demento's silly little cartoon.
At least the author didn't claim he'd out-debate Newt one-on-one. That kind of delusion would just be sad.
David T| 12.1.11 @ 10:23AM
Wow. I'm shocked, simply shocked. Political hypocrisy. Who knew?
w| 12.1.11 @ 10:27AM
Is there anyone here who can name the candidate who can actually run on his/her record and not away from it? Com'n, think hard...
Albaby| 12.1.11 @ 3:04PM
Ron Pauls ship must really feel the pressure if he has to resort to ads attacking another candidate rather than crowing about his own achievements and views. Ron Paul is not without serious issues, but maybe they will be brought out when he has spent his wad attacking others. I hope so. I think the word curmudgeon describes Ron Paul very well.
Curmudgeon
An ill-tempered person full of resentment and stubborn notions.
monte walsh| 12.1.11 @ 8:08PM
Some are not old enough or aware enough to perceive what Gingrich was a part of in the Clinton Administration. While 'playing' republicrat opponent of the WH, Newt participated in the ongoing criminalization of the US Government, plus the 'looting' of American treasures. One example of this is, Philadelphia shipyards in the 80's was full of of beautifully built, barely used mothballed ships, the raiding and scrapping of these American ships was orchestrated by the Clintonistas and Newt, the 'free trade' agreements shipped many factories to china, and was in effect Treason against the American people again with the help of Newt. Newt has been a criminal longer than most of us have been alive. Don't worry above, I don't believe one old and extremely rare honest Texican stands much of a chance in a profanely corrupt nation. I'll pray for your sight to improve though.