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The Spectacle Blog
Credit must always go where credit is due. In fact, our friends at Accuracy in Media point out that the You Tube video of Ron Paul which I linked in my story last night was in fact first reported by AIM’s Cliff Kinkaid. In our haste to link directly to the original source…the You Tube video….AIM was not mentioned and should have been.
My intent was to simply let Ron Paul speak for himself as a stand alone and not get into the interpretive business, particularly since I already had a column on the origins of his foreign policy beliefs up at the same time. Please check here to see AIM’s take on Mr. Paul and Manning.
And a word about AIM. They are one of the originals and have a long and honorable history. By all means, if you are not familiar with them, please learn about them here.
Now the question in general. In case you’ve missed it… this is four days before Christmas. Americans are occupied in things other than politics. (Ya think?) This story about Ron Paul coming up with a robust defense of someone many Americans see a traitor should be a big one. Will we see it again after the holidays as Iowa approaches?
Stay tuned!
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C Bowen | 12.21.11 @ 10:19AM
Cliff Kincaid, another "journalist" who cited illegally leaked documents to connect Saddam to 9/11.
Certainly, he does have something to fear.
9thID| 12.21.11 @ 10:33AM
Capt'n Ron is a traitor in the likes of his mentor Jack Murtha. Paul's vote to force homosexuality upon our combat troops will haunt him all the way to his indictment for treason. His support for traitors like Manning is not surprising. I plan on being there as a witness when the sentence is handed down...
Clint| 12.21.11 @ 11:50AM
" Dr. Ron Paul served in the United States Air Force as a flight surgeon for several years (1963-1965). While in the air force, Paul reached the rank of Captain. Directly after his service in the air force, Paul worked again as a flight surgeon for the United States Air National Guard (1965-1968).
" Paul served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force in the 1960s, spending time on the ground in countries like Ethiopia, Iran, Pakistan, South Korea, and Turkey. He also sits on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs."
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Ed| 12.21.11 @ 11:55AM
So did Manning. So did McVeigh. What about now? What about his support of the traitor, Manning. What other traitors does he support and what could someone do that would be beyond the pale for Paul, demented jew and america hater that he is.
Clint| 12.21.11 @ 11:58AM
Uh Oh !
Now, The Israel Firster Propaganda Squad Cheerleaders Are Upset.
" Ben-ami Kadish is a former U.S. Army mechanical engineer. He pleaded guilty in December 2008 to being an "unregistered agent for Israel", and admitted to disclosing classified U.S. documents to Israel in the 1980s.His unauthorized disclosure of classified U.S. secrets to Israel was concurrent with the espionage activity of Jonathan Pollard.
In December 2008, Kadish pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered agent of Israel, admitting he gave classified documents to Israel in the 1980s.Prosecutors asserted that Kadish had furnished classified American secrets to Yosef Yagur, the same Israeli agent who had received secret documents from Jonathan Pollard.
In determining the sentence, Judge William H. Pauley III asserted, "Why it took the government 23 years to charge Mr. Kadish is shrouded in mystery."Pauley stated that prison would "serve no purpose" for a man of Kadish's advanced age and infirmity, opting to levy a $50,000 fine against Kadish. The prosecutor stated that the decision to accept the plea agreement was based on Kadish's cooperation and his willingness to admit wrongdoing. Prior to sentencing, Kadish faced the judge standing with the aid of a cane and stated, "I'm sorry I made a mistake ... It was a misjudgment. I thought I was helping the state of Israel without harming the United States."
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HumanPerson| 12.21.11 @ 11:59AM
Didn't you get the NDAA memo, Ed?
We're all terrorist, America-haters now.
SpiralArchitect| 12.21.11 @ 6:28PM
Clint, you say While in the air force, Paul reached the rank of Captain.
Did Paul enter the AF as a Dr or become one while in the service?
I have never heard of a Dr in the military with a rank lower than that of Capt./ Maj.
How did he work his way or 'reach' the rank of Capt.?
Ed| 12.21.11 @ 8:19PM
Hopefully dear leader never announces that feces tastes like fine chocolate. The paultards wouldn't question the statement and be licking their lips as they dine.
Clint| 12.21.11 @ 9:56PM
Dr. Ron Paul Did His Residency Under An Air Force Program And Was Promoted To Captain Upon Finishing His Air Force Residency Program.
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Matthew Quigley| 12.21.11 @ 12:12PM
I've seen photos of Paul in his blues. He did have the Medical Service insignia over his left pocket, but NO FLIGHT SURGEON'S WINGS. Most flight surgeons are GP's, NOT OB/GYN's.
Also, flight surgeons are the bane of pilots and crew...so even if he WERE a flight surgeon, bragging on it wouldn't gain him votes among AF vets who flew.
SpiralArchitect| 12.21.11 @ 6:28PM
+1
Clint| 12.21.11 @ 10:00PM
Interesting, How Israel Firster Propaganda Squad Cheerleaders Have A Bad Habit Of Badmouthing American Military Officers.
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Con Chef (NB) | 12.21.11 @ 10:40AM
Give this piece of traitorous crap the needle. Nice to see Ron Paul approves of treason.
Occam's Tool| 12.21.11 @ 1:36PM
As I pointed out---he's Treason's Friend. Dr. Ron Paul, Treason's Friend. Keep in mind that whether Manning is guilty or innocent, Paul supports the ALLEGED ACTIONS.
Nice job, Jeff.
William R| 12.21.11 @ 3:36PM
You're a disgrace and your country murders our sailors and knew about 9/11 in advance and let it happen.
Occam's Tool| 12.21.11 @ 3:57PM
My country is the USA, dumbass. Come up to Minnesota and chat...oh, you can't. Too cold for a puss...
Clint| 12.21.11 @ 10:03PM
Tool Job Is An Israel Firster Neo-Chickenhawk Propaganda Squad Traitor Bastard.
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W| 12.21.11 @ 3:46PM
If Manning is convicted he should be treated like Julius and Ethel Rosenberg. Executed.
The latest Iowa poll has Romeny at 25, Paul at 20, and Newt at 17.
Paul will not be the nominee, period.
SpiralArchitect| 12.21.11 @ 6:30PM
Those numbers represent the number of people polled, right? ;)
W| 12.21.11 @ 9:26PM
Probably. Your comment shows how absurd it is to put all this emphasis on small states like Iowa and New Hampshire. They should pay more attention to primaries in Ohio, Florida, North Caroliana, and Virginia. Instead we rely on some yokels in Iowa and people who wear funny duckbill hats in New Hampshire.
Clint| 12.21.11 @ 10:06PM
" Vote 2012: Ron Paul Takes Lead in KCRG/Gazette/ISU Poll
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Just two weeks before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses there’s a new leader, but the race remains “remarkably fluid,” according to a new Iowa State University/Gazette/KCRG poll likely Republican caucus-goers.
Texas Rep. Ron Paul has moved into first place – the fifth candidate to hold that spot since the mid-August Iowa GOP Straw Poll. The data collected between Dec. 8 and 18 suggest that unlike the previous frontrunners, Paul’s support is more solid.
Paul is the first choice of 27.5 percent of 333 likely caucus-goers among the 740 registered Republicans and 200 registered independents contacted by ISU. That’s up from 20.4 percent in an ISU/Gazette/KCRG poll in November. He’s followed closely by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich whose support increased from 4.8 percent to 25.3 percent. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came in at 17.5 percent, up from 16.3."
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9thID| 12.21.11 @ 10:43AM
No one should be surprised that neo-Liberal Ron Paul joined with his Liberal cousins domestic terrorist Bill Ayers, Rosenburg Commies, Code Pink, traitor Ellsberg, and Marxist Michael Moore in defending the traitor Manning...
Clint| 12.21.11 @ 11:57AM
Uh Oh !
Now, The Israel Firster Propaganda Squad Cheerleaders Are Upset.
" Ben-ami Kadish is a former U.S. Army mechanical engineer. He pleaded guilty in December 2008 to being an "unregistered agent for Israel", and admitted to disclosing classified U.S. documents to Israel in the 1980s.His unauthorized disclosure of classified U.S. secrets to Israel was concurrent with the espionage activity of Jonathan Pollard.
In December 2008, Kadish pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered agent of Israel, admitting he gave classified documents to Israel in the 1980s.Prosecutors asserted that Kadish had furnished classified American secrets to Yosef Yagur, the same Israeli agent who had received secret documents from Jonathan Pollard.
In determining the sentence, Judge William H. Pauley III asserted, "Why it took the government 23 years to charge Mr. Kadish is shrouded in mystery."Pauley stated that prison would "serve no purpose" for a man of Kadish's advanced age and infirmity, opting to levy a $50,000 fine against Kadish. The prosecutor stated that the decision to accept the plea agreement was based on Kadish's cooperation and his willingness to admit wrongdoing. Prior to sentencing, Kadish faced the judge standing with the aid of a cane and stated, "I'm sorry I made a mistake ... It was a misjudgment. I thought I was helping the state of Israel without harming the United States."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
Hobbes| 12.21.11 @ 10:57AM
We get it. Jeff Lord hates Ron Paul. Message received.
Simon Templar| 12.21.11 @ 11:41AM
No, we get it. Hobbes has no reply so he resorts to a typical neo-liberal ploy...claim hate and dismiss the message and the messenger. Used by liberals and neo-liberal every day. Maybe you should establish some Ron Paul hate laws and restrict speech or criticims about him.
Got news for ya, the "legend" is not beyond reproach. Did you bow seven times today in the direction of Texas and Ron Paul's hometown?
Jeffrey Lord | 12.21.11 @ 1:07PM
Jeff Lord doesn't do hate.
Merry Christmas, Hobbes!
9thID| 12.21.11 @ 2:23PM
All Conservatives should rightfully hate Treason against the U.S. and those like Ron Paul and Manning who commit it...
J williams| 12.21.11 @ 11:01AM
At this point, if the govt. says he is a traitor... I can't take that on faith. He could very well be a patriot blowing trying to blow a whistle. What did he do release classified documents to the enemy? Well that depends on how you look at it I guess - he released documents about the American govt to the American people - if they call that treason are we the enemy?
I am a 30 year republican and have always considered myself a Goldwater republican. This is how far my party has gone down that a true adherent to it's tenents is treated as a dog by these 'journalist' who aren't half the men he has proven himself to be.
Kingofthenet| 12.21.11 @ 11:07AM
I wonder that too? We are ALL 'Enemy's of the State' if we see things the Govt. feels we shouldn't?
aware| 12.21.11 @ 4:48PM
These same types hated Goldwater too. Look, Clinton's defeat should have been a slam dunk but they wouldn't have a Buchanan cause he was "crazy" too with all that constitution talk. In spite of my problems with Buchanan there is no way the last 20 years could have been so abysmal for our tattered Constitution had the first 8 been with him in charge.
They are going to do it again. Just watch. They'll celebrate a lemon like Gingrich and then march to defeat in Nov. Then they will blame the very ones they are alienating now for insufficient "support" for the obvious non conservative we are supposed to pretend is conservative using only Obama as the measuring stick.
And even if by a miracle their loser wins they will be scratching their heads repeatedly during his term wondering how a "conservative" president could propose and go along with massive expansions of the Leviathan, just like both Bushes and Nixon.
It's the only song they know and they don't want to know any other. So we will continue the death spiral, a little slower with them in charge, a little faster with Commiecrats. An actual change of direction seems inconceivable to those with a much shorter attention span than 30 years.
Hobbes| 12.21.11 @ 11:01AM
The Chickenhawk Hall Of Shame.
name:
Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich
rank:
Chickenhawk First Class with Distinguished Fleeing Cross
date-of-birth:
June 17, 1943
home state:
Georgia
missed opportunity:
Vietnam War
preferred activity:
Attending grad school
occupation:
Congressman
A virtuoso in the art of hypocrisy, the former Speaker of the House now claims the Vietnam War was a splendid idea, but at the time he opposed going himself. Newtie also speaks highly of morality, but as a serial adulterer he doesn't want to get too close."
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Calvin| 12.21.11 @ 11:51AM
If you're getting all a twitter about a politician there is something wrong with you.
aware| 12.21.11 @ 4:57PM
A rare shining example of absolute truth.
Besides, like your favorite sports star, you may cheer him or you may be mad at him at different times, but in the end you have absolutely no real control over his actions in the game.
chuck| 12.21.11 @ 10:15PM
Yo, Clint, you forgot to change your name back from Hobbes to Clint for this post!
RD_84| 12.21.11 @ 11:07AM
I don't know the full story about Manning, but what about Dakota Meyer? He saved 36 Marines and won the Congressional Medal of Honor, yet they now claim he's insane and a drunk when he released information that we sold weapons to Pakistan. Great way to honor a remarkable soldier...
Ed| 12.21.11 @ 11:59AM
Since you are a typical Paultard ie. not very bright, please be aware that Meyer sued his private employer. The "they" being referred to was his private sector employer, not the nefarious federal government. The "we" referred to was also his private sector employer. Meyer and his private sector employer settled. Why would Paul, by the way, actually want to honor a soldier who is in a foreign country encouraging blowback. His hero Manning certainly didn't.
JP| 12.21.11 @ 11:35AM
Jonah Goldberg and others have re-tweeted this story. It should filter up into major news stories....except the MSM want to predict their Progressive Ally, Ron Paul.
TSquared| 12.21.11 @ 11:40AM
As a retired veteran who not long ago served in the intelligence community, I can't tell you how angered I am by this...
I want to thank the American Spectator and their bloggers for reporting this...
JP| 12.21.11 @ 11:50AM
Funny how the MSM covers for Paul isn't it.
Truth to Power| 12.21.11 @ 11:53AM
It will only last so long.
Ed| 12.21.11 @ 11:51AM
Don't think that your service will excuse you from the attacks of the Paultards. Manning, leaking information that harmed this country, is the real hero as their dear leader has told them so.
Clint| 12.21.11 @ 12:07PM
Don't Think Your Service Will Excuse You From The Attacks Of The Israel Firrster Traitor Bastards.
" Dr. Ron Paul served in the United States Air Force as a flight surgeon for several years (1963-1965). While in the air force, Paul reached the rank of Captain. Directly after his service in the air force, Paul worked again as a flight surgeon for the United States Air National Guard (1965-1968).
" Paul served as a flight surgeon in the U.S. Air Force in the 1960s, spending time on the ground in countries like Ethiopia, Iran, Pakistan, South Korea, and Turkey. He also sits on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs."
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Ed| 12.21.11 @ 11:53AM
Paultards, like their leader, are demented and a combination of anti-semitism and hatred of America that most folks would think is only found on the left. They are the John Birchers that have been in hiding for a long time.
C Bowen | 12.21.11 @ 12:28PM
Why does the Ruling Class reserve the right to leak documents to push their agenda like the disastrous and apparently by the standard offered, traitorous, adventure in Iraq?
LiveFreeOrWhatever| 12.21.11 @ 2:15PM
Good Conservatives trust everything Uncle Sam spoonfeeds them.
9thID| 12.21.11 @ 2:25PM
Double dittos...
Clint| 12.21.11 @ 12:04PM
Warning !
Israel Firster Propaganda Squad Cheerleaders.
Do Not, I Repeat Do Not Watch This Short Video.
http://digitaljournal.com/article/316304
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Ed| 12.21.11 @ 12:07PM
Could a Paultard please explain dear leaders hero worship of the despicable Manning. There must be something admirable about the guy.
9thID| 12.21.11 @ 2:33PM
Neo-Liberal Ronny Paul and his Paulestinians are gay super-rights activists just like their Liber-al cousins. Paul went against the troops, commanders, chaplains, veteran's groups, and 300 years of American Judeo-Christian heritage to repeal DADT, support gay marriage, and then come out in support of the traitor Manning. In typical Liberal military-hating fashion, Ron Paul sides with the likes of Bill Ayres, Code Pink, and Mikey Moore...
Red Phillips | 12.21.11 @ 12:20PM
AIM does good work, and Cliff Kincaid is good on many issues, but he is among the most bellicose of the professional hawkish interventionists, and that's saying a lot.
Occam's Tool| 12.21.11 @ 1:40PM
Red---the question is simple: did Paul approve of Manning's alleged actions, or not? If he did and this is true, then the bellicosity of the reporter matters not. The Manning issue is a completely separate issue from the "should we be in Iraq" issue. Manning allegedly released data that put US troops at risk. Paul states, according to AIM, that he supported the alleged actions. The question is: is that report accurate? If it is, Paul doesn't deserve to run for dogcatcher, much less POTUS.
My understanding is that it is TRUE. If so, Paul is over.
Clint| 12.21.11 @ 3:36PM
Israel Firster Propaganda Squad Neo-Chickenhawk,Tool Job Is The Guy Who Said He'll Vote For The RINO-CINO Frontman, Mittens Romney & Told Us That Pawlenty Would Mop The Floor With Dr.Ron Paul.
" Vote 2012: Ron Paul Takes Lead in KCRG/Gazette/ISU Poll
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Just two weeks before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses there’s a new leader, but the race remains “remarkably fluid,” according to a new Iowa State University/Gazette/KCRG poll likely Republican caucus-goers.
Texas Rep. Ron Paul has moved into first place – the fifth candidate to hold that spot since the mid-August Iowa GOP Straw Poll. The data collected between Dec. 8 and 18 suggest that unlike the previous frontrunners, Paul’s support is more solid.
Paul is the first choice of 27.5 percent of 333 likely caucus-goers among the 740 registered Republicans and 200 registered independents contacted by ISU. That’s up from 20.4 percent in an ISU/Gazette/KCRG poll in November. He’s followed closely by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich whose support increased from 4.8 percent to 25.3 percent. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came in at 17.5 percent, up from 16.3."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
Red Phillips | 12.21.11 @ 6:31PM
Kincaid's extreme hawkishness gets at his motivations for wanting to undermine Paul.
The wikileaks matter is complicated and there are people I admire on both sides. Did you see what I wrote in the other wikileaks thread?
"Funny how the State doesn't like their little secrets getting out there for all the little people to see. In general, I support the release of the documents although they should be sifted through for real security concerns and not just dumped willy nilly. That said, Manning is an oath breaker and shouldn't be called a hero although the end result, the release of the wikileak documents, is largely a good thing."
From what I have read, the wikileaks did not put any soldiers in danger. If they did, that would be on Manning for leaking them and on the person/persons who dumped them unfiltered. I support the right of the press to release such things if they come across them, although they should do so responsibly. I do not condone oath breaking and disloyalty on the part of Manning even if for a good cause.
Manning appears to have been agenda driven. If he had a problem with the military he shouldn't have joined rather than joining and attempting to subvert.
Red Phillips | 12.21.11 @ 6:38PM
I'm not sure I agree that the wikileaks issue is "completely" separate from the Iraq issue because the point of wikileaks was to expose government shenanigans that led to the War among other things. However, the wikileaks issue is clearly not separate from the size and role of government issue. People who want a very limited role for the government clearly want transparency of government’s actions. Secrecy empowers. Empowerment, when it comes to the government doing things it ought not be doing, is bad.
Clint| 12.21.11 @ 12:21PM
Could Bibitards Explain Their Long Silence About Their Fellow Traveler, Israel Firster Ben Ami Kadish ?
Hmmmmmm, Israel Firster Propaganda Squad Cheerleaders ?
" Ben-ami Kadish is a former U.S. Army mechanical engineer. He pleaded guilty in December 2008 to being an "unregistered agent for Israel", and admitted to disclosing classified U.S. documents to Israel in the 1980s.His unauthorized disclosure of classified U.S. secrets to Israel was concurrent with the espionage activity of Jonathan Pollard.
In December 2008, Kadish pleaded guilty to acting as an unregistered agent of Israel, admitting he gave classified documents to Israel in the 1980s.Prosecutors asserted that Kadish had furnished classified American secrets to Yosef Yagur, the same Israeli agent who had received secret documents from Jonathan Pollard.
In determining the sentence, Judge William H. Pauley III asserted, "Why it took the government 23 years to charge Mr. Kadish is shrouded in mystery."Pauley stated that prison would "serve no purpose" for a man of Kadish's advanced age and infirmity, opting to levy a $50,000 fine against Kadish. The prosecutor stated that the decision to accept the plea agreement was based on Kadish's cooperation and his willingness to admit wrongdoing. Prior to sentencing, Kadish faced the judge standing with the aid of a cane and stated, "I'm sorry I made a mistake ... It was a misjudgment. I thought I was helping the state of Israel without harming the United States."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
Occam's Tool| 12.21.11 @ 1:41PM
OK, I'll break my silence on Ami Kadish. I didn't know who he was, and if he committed espionage against the US, he should rot in jail.
Manning put US troops at risk, while he was serving as a REMF.
LOL Dying Empire| 12.21.11 @ 2:19PM
"I've heard the impact of these releases on our foreign policy described as a meltdown, as a game-changer, and so on....I think those descriptions are fairly significantly overwrought,"
"Is this embarrassing? Yes. Is it awkward? Yes," Gates continued. "Consequences for U.S. foreign policy? I think fairly modest."
- Sec. Def. Gates
http://www.politico.com/blogs/....._dump.html
MS| 12.21.11 @ 1:10PM
Uhhh, since when is blowing the whistle on criminal acts committed by the government an act of treason? Any lawyer will tell you that truth is always a defense. Ne0-conservatives have lost their minds. Bradley Manning IS a hero.
"Truth is treason in an empire of lies."
Matthew Quigley| 12.21.11 @ 2:16PM
Bradley Manning's actions aided enemies of the United States and killed American troops. He is guilty of espionage and treason and should be hanged by the neck until dead.
C Bowen | 12.21.11 @ 2:24PM
By that account so did. on a far far greater scale, Rumsefeld, Feith, Wolfowitz, Cheney, Libby, Ledeen, Perle, Maloof, Wurmser when they allied with Iranian agent Chalabi--even invited him to a State of the Union address--to remove a secular national threat to Islam and replace it with a regime more sympathetic to Iran.
Treason indeed--you suggest capital punishment?
9thID| 12.21.11 @ 2:39PM
I would support capital punishment for Manning and for Ron Paul's support of terrorists like Hamas and Al-Qaeda. Firing squad would work too...
C Bowen | 12.21.11 @ 2:51PM
Tom Ridge, Guiliani, John Bolton, Richard Perle took actual money from a Marxist Terrorist organization--
Capital punishment as well?
C Bowen | 12.21.11 @ 2:55PM
John McCain and Bob Dole were supporters of the KLA, which was an ally of Al-Qaeda--capital punishment for them too? They took money from the Albanian lobby (known for drugs, white slavery and organ trafficking.)
Richard Perle and Ollie North actually armed Osama bin Laden back in the '80s as documented in Charlie Wilson's War--death penalty case as well?
You have your head screwed on backward--don't know up from down.
C Bowen | 12.21.11 @ 4:35PM
NY Rep Peter King (R) was a supporter of the IRA during the more active terrorist years--even traveling to Ireland to meet in person--capital punishment?
Anommynous| 12.21.11 @ 2:05PM
This should absolutely disqualify Ron Paul. If elected POTUS, his praise of Manning would encourage other people to betray our nation's secrets. It's reckless and dangerous. I'm not even sure now that I could vote for him in the general election if he somehow captured the nomination. I like much that he says on the domestic front, but his foreign policy is even further to the left than Obama's and is frankly insane.
Clint| 12.21.11 @ 3:30PM
Vote 2012: Ron Paul Takes Lead in KCRG/Gazette/ISU Poll
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa - Just two weeks before Iowa’s first-in-the-nation precinct caucuses there’s a new leader, but the race remains “remarkably fluid,” according to a new Iowa State University/Gazette/KCRG poll likely Republican caucus-goers.
Texas Rep. Ron Paul has moved into first place – the fifth candidate to hold that spot since the mid-August Iowa GOP Straw Poll. The data collected between Dec. 8 and 18 suggest that unlike the previous frontrunners, Paul’s support is more solid.
Paul is the first choice of 27.5 percent of 333 likely caucus-goers among the 740 registered Republicans and 200 registered independents contacted by ISU. That’s up from 20.4 percent in an ISU/Gazette/KCRG poll in November. He’s followed closely by former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich whose support increased from 4.8 percent to 25.3 percent. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney came in at 17.5 percent, up from 16.3."
The Tea Party Rebellion Is Here And In Iowa.
MS| 12.21.11 @ 4:16PM
The government has NO right to cover up its lies and its crimes under the guise of national security. It was not Bradley Manning who put our soldiers at risk, it is the government by way of its lies and deception who endangered our troops. If the government doesn't want its lies and crimes exposed, too bad. Perhaps it should stop lying to us and expecting our troops to go to war based on lies and fraud. THAT is treason. Madison was right: American minds have been seduced by war. Perhaps you all need a reminder of where this "war on terror" is leading. You warmongering useful idiots are endangering our lives and our liberty.
"Of all the enemies to public liberty war is, perhaps, the most to be dreaded, because it comprises and develops the germ of every other. War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few. In war, too, the discretionary power of the Executive is extended; its influence in dealing out offices, honors, and emoluments is multiplied; and all the means of seducing the minds, are added to those of subduing the force, of the people. . . . [There is also an] inequality of fortunes, and the opportunities of fraud, growing out of a state of war, and . . . degeneracy of manners and of morals. . . . No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare."
C Bowen | 12.21.11 @ 4:26PM
I really have to credit Jeff Lord for how well the AmSpec fundraiser is going (LOL) and offer my belated congratulations that his company (perhaps former company) helped elect a new Democratic mayor for his town.
Merry Christmas!
daddysteve| 12.22.11 @ 4:08AM
Give Manning a medal.
The State Dept. stealing credit card no.s and e-mail passwords.....indeed.
Red Phillips | 12.22.11 @ 1:17PM
Now the neocons are calling for war with Syria. This would be comical if people's lives weren't at stake. First Syria. Then Iran. Or heck, why not Syria and Iran at the same time? Will this foolishness ever end? This is precisely why we need Ron Paul and his foreign policy.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/.....tml?page=1