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Clint| 5.4.12 @ 5:51PM

Dr.Ron Paul Stands Up To The Big Government Statists Of Both Major Parties, Both Of Their Crony Capitalist Money Baggers, Both Of Their Media Agendists Propaganda Machines.

We, Real Conservatives Are Right Now Being Set Up By The Big Government Statists, Their Crony Capitalists, Their Media Propagandists.

Obama Is A Tarpster, And Romney Is A Tarpster.

Obama Orchestrated Obamacare, And Romney Orchestrated Romneycare.

Jack in Wi.| 5.4.12 @ 7:00PM

We are as mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. Ron Paul or ruin. We are going to take the Republican Party back to sanity and the Constitution or we will destroy it and replace it.

spike59| 5.5.12 @ 9:26AM

Jack, i think you meant "ron paul AND ruin"

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 2:43PM

Spicey69, You Meant Bibi & Hide In The Tall Grass.

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 2:20PM

Get mad about this DA:
'........ by AWR Hawkins 1 day ago...In my post yesterday, I made the point that 80% of the funds that went to Wisconsin from President Obama’s 2009 stimulus package were dumped into the coffers of public unions. That means unions received $600 million of the $701 million in funding that was sent under the guise of saving that state from catastrophe. The problem is, the only thing it saved were the Democrat dominated unions. Moreover, those unions, with their pockets lined from Obama, are now using millions of those dollars to try to oust Gov. Scott Walker from office.Doesn’t it push the very boundaries of legality for Obama to confiscate the people’s money through taxes then pass that money to unions so they can use it to war against Republicans?
Of course the money is not simply flowing to the unions in Wisconsin. As I mentioned yesterday, it went to unions in Detroit and, truth be told, to unions throughout the country. In fact, even though the American people were told the stimulus bill would save states that had been hurt by the recession, “states with higher bankruptcy, foreclosure, and unemployment rates got less money” that states with a large number of citizens who were union members
This is why Rush Limbaugh referred to the stimulus bill as “nothing more than a money laundering slush fund.” And it’s a slush fund where a large “percentage [of the money] just goes right back to the Democrat party.”
It’s bad enough that Obama is pushing for higher taxes, and that many of the Democrats join him in this endeavor. But it goes from bad to outrageous when you stop and think about what Obama is really doing: that he’s taking money from those who earn it and giving it to unions—literally lining the pockets of these unions—so that they can flex their financial muscles for the Democrat party.......'

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 2:46PM

Onama Is A Tarpster, And Romney Is A Tarpster.

Obama Orchestrated Obamacare, And Romney Orchestrated Romneycare.

Obama Is A Chickenhawk, And Romney Is A Chickenhawk.

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 7:51PM

Is that the least you can contribute, DA? You resemble a WIND-UP TOY [of Medic Matters no doubt] that repeats its rec orded messaging]. Sad, pathetic!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:08PM

Newt Gingrich,
"I believe the Republican Party will not nominate a pro-abortion, pro gun-control, pro-tax increase moderate from Massachusetts."

"I have had a long record as a very hard-hitting Reagan conservative and the idea that that record would be deliberately falsified by a Massachusetts moderate using money from Wall Street, from the very companies who have been getting money from the federal government, is really about as big an outrage as I've had in my career."

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:19AM

And your alternative DA? Stay at home on 11/6/12 and read Father Ron's serial newletters?????????

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 10:38AM

Tell Your Crap To The Conservatives ,Who Support Newt And Ricky, Mittens' Kitten, Fart Mouth.

Ricky Santorum,
“You win by giving people a choice. You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who’s just going to be a little different than the person in there. If you’re going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future,”

spike59| 5.5.12 @ 9:35AM

DrEarmark, the Tinfoil Hat Tinhorn is a faux fiscal conservative, a bigot of the first order, and a 'crazy as a $hithouse rat' conspiracy theorist who's simply marking time till the Mother Ship returns to whisk him back to the planet Dumbass

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 2:57PM

That's A Lie.

You're A Serial Israel Firster Smear Bund Liar, Spicey69.

We Are Being Set Up By These Israel Firster RINO-CINO Agendists Israel FirsterFor The Ruling Elites' Frontman Mittens Romney.

These Are The RINO-CINO Agendists, 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.

Now They Are Trying To Give Us RomneyCare,TARP, Cynical Flip-Flops On Abortion, Gays, Refuses to Sign Pro-Life Pledge, Illegal Immigrants, "Little Chain Saw Al" At Bain, Crony Capitalism Campaign Money Trail.....

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:24AM

No DA, what they trying to give you is NON-STIMULUS TO LABOR UNIONS, WELFARECARE TO SNOT-NOSERS, $10/GALLON GASOLINE TO MAKE ARAB-MUSLIM SHEIKS FILTHY RICH, DESTRUCTION OF THE USA, SOCIALISM TAUGHT TO YOUR OFFSPRING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND PROPAGANDIZINGLY PROPAGANDIZED BY HOLLYWOOD 24-7 FROM YOUR TV AND THEIR MOVIES, A GESTAPO USJD THAT IGNORES ILLEGALS CROSSING LJ'S BORDERS SO THAT THEY WILL HAVE MORE POLITICAL VOTES FOR DEMOCRATS, ETC.............WAKE UP, DA!!!!

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 10:44AM

You Seem Very Cranky & Plugged Up This Fine Mornin', Old Israel Firster Screwball, Fart Man.

Eat Your Prunes.

Clint| 5.4.12 @ 7:25PM

" Gingrich: Conservatives Won't Let Wall St. And Romney "Buy Election"

"Look, the conservative movement is not going to sit by and let a Massachusetts liberal, who's pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase, pro-gay rights, whose Romneycare in two articles in the last 24 hours were described as the equivalent of Obamacare and who George Soros says is just fine. He'd be happy with either Obama or Romney [be]cause they are both the establishment -- that's just George Soros," Newt Gingrich told FOX News' Bret Baier on the campaign trail in Tampa, Florida.

"Now, the conservative movement isn't going to sit back and say 'Oh yes, let's let Wall Street, and Goldman Sachs and Mitt Romney buy the election. So you're going to see a real grass roots fight. It will be people power vs. Goldman Sachs and Mitt Romney," he added."

We Are Being Set Up By The RINO-CINO Flunkie Stooges For The Ruling Elites' Frontman Mittens Romney.

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.

Now They Are Trying To Give Us RomneyCare,TARP, Cynical Flip-Flops On Abortion, Gays, Refuses to Sign Pro-Life Pledge, Illegal Immigrants, "Little Chain Saw Al" At Bain, Crony Capitalism Campaign Money Trail.....

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:30AM

Gingrich, GOLDMAN, Mitt, McCain, Leibermann, etc ARE NOT THE PROBELM, DA[STOP WATCHING MSNBC AND ED SHULTZ AND MAYBE YOU'LL LEARN SOMETHING].........IT'S THE DEMOCRATS, STUPID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 10:50AM

Israel Firsters Are The Problem.

They Gave Us Arlen Specter, John McCain & Now, Their Front Man, Mittens Romney.

The Fart & The Israel Firster Smear Bund Are Scared Of Dr.Ron Paul And The Tea Party Patriots.

We're Gonna Take Away Their Big Government Rice Bowls.

We Are Being Set Up By These Israel Firster RINO-CINO Agendists For The Ruling Elites' Frontman Mittens Romney.

These Are The Israel Firster RINO-CINO 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.

Now They Are Trying To Give Us RomneyCare,TARP, Cynical Flip-Flops On Abortion, Gays, Refuses to Sign Pro-Life Pledge, Illegal Immigrants, "Little Chain Saw Al" At Bain, Crony Capitalism Campaign Money Trail.....

FeFe| 5.5.12 @ 5:11AM

1. No mention of his "legalize drugs" calling card?
2. You approve of his convention delegates conspiracy?
3. Is there any realist discussion over his special brand of anarchist Voluntaryism?
4. Earmarks, earmarks, earmarks!
5. No mention of how hostile his legacy will be to our "God given rights"?
6. I do get it, but what's it all for, Alfie? His movement will live on in his disciples to induce more tears from Gold Star moms? "No, there will be no more wars... UtoPaulia!"

JimH| 5.5.12 @ 7:45AM

You can agree or not on legalizing drugs, but why is it crazy when advocated by Paul and respectable when done by Bill Buckley?

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:11AM

Do Your Homework Israel Firster Smear Bund Goebbels Propagandist BibiBot, FoFum.

" Congressman Paul has stated that the federal government does not possess the authority to establish laws regulating drug possession, and that the federal government was not intended to fight a war on drugs. He has stated that he does not support drug use, but that the role of the federal government is not to regulate behavior. He supports state laws to regulate drugs as each state sees fit."

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 1:06PM

Do YOUR homework, AH:

'......Newsmax....Author Geert Wilders: No Difference Between Islam, Radical Islam
Friday, May 4, 2012 05:29 PM
By: Henry J. Reske and Kathleen Walter
Controversial Dutch politician and author Geert Wilders is speaking out against Islam, but unlike most Westerners he does not draw a distinction between Islam and radical Islam, but claims that they are the same.Wilders is a member of the Dutch parliament and founder of the Party for Freedom. He said outspokenness about Islam has taken a toll on his life. He has been threatened with death, been taken court, and been banned from other European countries.“Anybody who dares to speak out against this ideology called Islam will pay a heavy price,” he in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV. “I lived with my wife for six months in a prison cell for security reasons. We didn’t commit any crime. We lived in army barracks and safe houses. I always say if I spoke up, which I’m not planning to do, but just for argument’s sake, if I spoke out against Christianity, all those things would not have happened. We use the pen and, unfortunately, they use the ax.”.....Wilders is a controversial critic of Islam, campaigning against what he sees as the "Islamisation of the Netherlands." He has compared the Quran to Hitler’s Mein Kampf, and has called for the book to be banned. He also advocates ending immigration from Muslim countries.Wilders was banned from entering Britain for nine months in 2009; the ban was overturned in October 2009 after he appealed. In June 2011, he was acquitted of hate charges.The author of “Marked for Death: Islam’s War Against the West and Me” said that Islam, “at the end of the day, will cost us our freedom, our freedom of speech.”“I acknowledge the fact that the majority of the Muslims are law-abiding people,” he noted. “It would be ridiculous to even suggest that the majority of the Muslims are terrorists. They are not. There is only one Islam; this is the Islam of the holy book the Quran and the Islam of the prophet Mohammed. It’s not so much a religion, it’s an ideology.“It’s an ideology that should be compared not with Christianity or Judaism, but with communism or with fascism. Let me give you one example: If you want to leave Islam ... the penalty for that is death. You have to be killed. This is not the case with Christianity or with Judaism. But it was the case in Nazi Germany or with Communist Russia. You have to see Islam for what it is because if we don’t, we will lose our free, Christian-based society.”Wilders said that Islam has spread throughout Europe and led to honor killings, genital mutilation, and Sharia courts, aided by the “disease called cultural relativism.” He said that all cultures are not equal.“In my book, I tell the American public, Europe is in very, very bad shape today and please don’t think that what’s happening to Europe today will not happen to America tomorrow,” he said. “It will happen to America tomorrow unless you fight for freedom, you fight for your own identity and you cut back on the Islamization of our society.”One key bulwark in the fight against Islam is Israel.“I know that we should all support the state of Israel,” Wilders said. “Israel is fighting our fight. Israel is exactly on the border of Jihad and reason and Israel is a beacon of light, a canary in a coal mine, so to say, in an area of darkness and tyranny. I believe that parents in America and Europe can sleep easily at night because Israeli parents lay awake at night worrying about their children defending our borders. The border of Jihad is our border.“We share the same cultural values as Israel does. If Jerusalem falls, Athens will fall, Amsterdam will fall, and America will fall as well. They are fighting our fight. We should do anything possible to support the state of Israel. Certainly against this barbaric regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”............'

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 2:11PM

Here's some more homework for you AH:

'....Breitbart.com.... Two Egyptian Presidential Candidates Endorsed ..... by William Bigelow 1 day ago ...Two Egyptian presidential candidates support jihad against the U.S.Two Egyptian presidential candidates have endorsed jihad against the United States and one of them even supports al Qaeda. MEMRI TV (the Middle East Media Research Institute) has released archival footage of Al-Mun’im Abu Al-Futouh and Hamadein Sabahi from 2004 and 2005 which show them stating their hatred of the United States in absolutely unequivocal terms. Abd Al-Mun’im Abu Al-Futouh, who is calling himself a “Moderate” Islamist, was a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood. He co-founded the Al-Nahda party, which sees Islam as central to Egypt. Supported by Salafi Islamists, Gama’a Islamiyya, the Islamist group Wasat, and Google executive Wael Ghonim, he said in 2004:
“Like all members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and around the world, I personally hope to have a chance to bear arms to confront the U.S. occupation in Iraq… This is a matter of religion, not of politics. When a Muslim land is occupied, jihad becomes an individual duty”Al-Futouh is currently polling second in the presidential race. Hamadein Sabahi, a former journalist, helped found the Al-Karama party, and was elected to parliament in the 2000 and 2005 elections. He stated in 2005: “When a weapon is pointed at the Americans, it is good. Any weapon that kills an American is good. Any gun pointed at the Marines is good. Any kidnapping or slaughtering of an American in Iraq is good . . . One must salute this organization [Al-Qaeda] when it kills any American soldiers – a soldier, not a civilian. The presence of Al-Qaeda in Iraq as part of the resistance is a positive phenomenon that should be supported. I support Al-Qaeda when it kills Americans.” This is the face of the Arab Spring. And this is the face of the “legitimate” Islamism that the Obama State Department wants to embrace.......'

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 3:02PM

Do Yours, Israel Firster Bibi Towel Boy, Fart Mouth.

" Ex-Israeli officials criticize Netanyahu’s bellicose stance on Iran

The former head of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency has criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Ehud Barak for adopting a bellicose stance on Iran, according to the Haaretz daily.

Yuval Diskin, who was speaking at a public meeting in Beit-ul-Moqaddas (Jerusalem) on Friday, said Israel’s political leaders are exaggerating the effectiveness of a possible military attack on Iran, AP reported.

“I don’t have faith in the current leadership of Israel…,” he stated.

“I do not believe in a leadership that makes decisions based on Messianic feelings,” Diskin added.

Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan backed Diskin on Sunday, saying that he disagrees with Netanyahu’s policy on solving Iran’s issue, according to Haaretz.

He also called a strike against Iran’s nuclear program “stupid”, AP reported.

Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said at a conference hosted by the Jerusalem Post in New York on Sunday that he is against an attack on Iran, criticizing Netanyahu’s policy on Iran, Bloomberg reported.

In addition, Israel’s military chief Lieutenant General Benny Gantz, in an interview with Haaretz published on April 25, said that he does not believe Iran will decide to develop nuclear weapons, describing the country’s leadership as “very rational”.

“I think the Iranian leadership is comprised of very rational people,” Gantz stated."

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 7:55PM

Typical WINDUPISM from Paulie's newletters. Read the GD posts.....after these radical Muslims are finished with Israel, they'll come after this country next, DA!!!!!!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:12PM

" Santorum: Might As Well Have Obama Over Romney

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Republicans should give President Barack Obama another term if Santorum isn't the GOP nominee and for a second day compared rival Mitt Romney to an Etch A Sketch toy.

Santorum reiterated an argument he has made before: The former Massachusetts governor is not conservative enough to offer voters a clear choice in the fall election and that only he can provide that contrast.

"You win by giving people a choice," Santorum said during a campaign stop in Texas. "You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who's just going to be a little different than the person in there."

Santorum added: "If they're going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate for the future."

Santorum was referencing Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom's comment Wednesday that "everything changes" for the fall campaign. "It's almost like an Etch A Sketch," he said on CNN. "You can kind of shake it up and we start all over again."

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:32AM

The Rickster is STUPID, as are you!!!!!!

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 10:57AM

Tell It To Newt Gingrich And His Supporters, Israel Firster Smear Bund Bibibbot, Fart.

"Look, the conservative movement is not going to sit by and let a Massachusetts liberal, who's pro-abortion, pro-gun control, pro-tax increase, pro-gay rights, whose Romneycare in two articles in the last 24 hours were described as the equivalent of Obamacare and who George Soros says is just fine. He'd be happy with either Obama or Romney [be]cause they are both the establishment -- that's just George Soros,"

"Now, the conservative movement isn't going to sit back and say 'Oh yes, let's let Wall Street, and Goldman Sachs and Mitt Romney buy the election. So you're going to see a real grass roots fight. It will be people power vs. Goldman Sachs and Mitt Romney,"

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:14AM

Do Your Homework Israel Firster Smear Bund Goebbels Propagandist BibiBot, FoFum.

Dr.Ron Paul,
" I have never voted for an earmark. I voted against all appropriation bills. So, this whole thing about earmarks is totally misunderstood.
Earmarks is the responsibility of the Congress.
If you cut off all the earmarks, it would be 1 percent of the budget. But, if you vote against all the earmarks, you don't cut one penny. That is what you have to listen to. We're talking about who has the responsibility, the Congress or the executive branch?

I'm saying, get it out of the hands of the executive branch. Just listen again about what I have said about the TARP funds. We needed to earmark every penny. Now we gave them $350 billion, no earmarks, and nobody knows..."

Dr.Ron Paul Gets It About Earmarks & Congress Having It's Responsibility Usurped By The Executive Branch.

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 1:09PM

'......Newsmax....Author Geert Wilders: No Difference Between Islam, Radical Islam
Friday, May 4, 2012 05:29 PM
By: Henry J. Reske and Kathleen Walter
Controversial Dutch politician and author Geert Wilders is speaking out against Islam, but unlike most Westerners he does not draw a distinction between Islam and radical Islam, but claims that they are the same.Wilders is a member of the Dutch parliament and founder of the Party for Freedom. He said outspokenness about Islam has taken a toll on his life. He has been threatened with death, been taken court, and been banned from other European countries.“Anybody who dares to speak out against this ideology called Islam will pay a heavy price,” he in an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV. “I lived with my wife for six months in a prison cell for security reasons. We didn’t commit any crime. We lived in army barracks and safe houses. I always say if I spoke up, which I’m not planning to do, but just for argument’s sake, if I spoke out against Christianity, all those things would not have happened. We use the pen and, unfortunately, they use the ax.”.....Wilders is a controversial critic of Islam, campaigning against what he sees as the "Islamisation of the Netherlands." He has compared the Quran to Hitler’s Mein Kampf, and has called for the book to be banned. He also advocates ending immigration from Muslim countries.Wilders was banned from entering Britain for nine months in 2009; the ban was overturned in October 2009 after he appealed. In June 2011, he was acquitted of hate charges.The author of “Marked for Death: Islam’s War Against the West and Me” said that Islam, “at the end of the day, will cost us our freedom, our freedom of speech.”“I acknowledge the fact that the majority of the Muslims are law-abiding people,” he noted. “It would be ridiculous to even suggest that the majority of the Muslims are terrorists. They are not. There is only one Islam; this is the Islam of the holy book the Quran and the Islam of the prophet Mohammed. It’s not so much a religion, it’s an ideology.“It’s an ideology that should be compared not with Christianity or Judaism, but with communism or with fascism. Let me give you one example: If you want to leave Islam ... the penalty for that is death. You have to be killed. This is not the case with Christianity or with Judaism. But it was the case in Nazi Germany or with Communist Russia. You have to see Islam for what it is because if we don’t, we will lose our free, Christian-based society.”Wilders said that Islam has spread throughout Europe and led to honor killings, genital mutilation, and Sharia courts, aided by the “disease called cultural relativism.” He said that all cultures are not equal.“In my book, I tell the American public, Europe is in very, very bad shape today and please don’t think that what’s happening to Europe today will not happen to America tomorrow,” he said. “It will happen to America tomorrow unless you fight for freedom, you fight for your own identity and you cut back on the Islamization of our society.”One key bulwark in the fight against Islam is Israel.“I know that we should all support the state of Israel,” Wilders said. “Israel is fighting our fight. Israel is exactly on the border of Jihad and reason and Israel is a beacon of light, a canary in a coal mine, so to say, in an area of darkness and tyranny. I believe that parents in America and Europe can sleep easily at night because Israeli parents lay awake at night worrying about their children defending our borders. The border of Jihad is our border.“We share the same cultural values as Israel does. If Jerusalem falls, Athens will fall, Amsterdam will fall, and America will fall as well. They are fighting our fight. We should do anything possible to support the state of Israel. Certainly against this barbaric regime of the Islamic Republic of Iran.”............'

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 2:12PM

Here's some more homework for you AH:

'....Breitbart.com.... Two Egyptian Presidential Candidates Endorsed ..... by William Bigelow 1 day ago ...Two Egyptian presidential candidates support jihad against the U.S.Two Egyptian presidential candidates have endorsed jihad against the United States and one of them even supports al Qaeda. MEMRI TV (the Middle East Media Research Institute) has released archival footage of Al-Mun’im Abu Al-Futouh and Hamadein Sabahi from 2004 and 2005 which show them stating their hatred of the United States in absolutely unequivocal terms. Abd Al-Mun’im Abu Al-Futouh, who is calling himself a “Moderate” Islamist, was a leader in the Muslim Brotherhood. He co-founded the Al-Nahda party, which sees Islam as central to Egypt. Supported by Salafi Islamists, Gama’a Islamiyya, the Islamist group Wasat, and Google executive Wael Ghonim, he said in 2004:
“Like all members of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and around the world, I personally hope to have a chance to bear arms to confront the U.S. occupation in Iraq… This is a matter of religion, not of politics. When a Muslim land is occupied, jihad becomes an individual duty”Al-Futouh is currently polling second in the presidential race. Hamadein Sabahi, a former journalist, helped found the Al-Karama party, and was elected to parliament in the 2000 and 2005 elections. He stated in 2005: “When a weapon is pointed at the Americans, it is good. Any weapon that kills an American is good. Any gun pointed at the Marines is good. Any kidnapping or slaughtering of an American in Iraq is good . . . One must salute this organization [Al-Qaeda] when it kills any American soldiers – a soldier, not a civilian. The presence of Al-Qaeda in Iraq as part of the resistance is a positive phenomenon that should be supported. I support Al-Qaeda when it kills Americans.” This is the face of the Arab Spring. And this is the face of the “legitimate” Islamism that the Obama State Department wants to embrace.......'

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:20AM

Do Your Homework Israel Firster Smear Bund Goebbels Propagandist BibiBot, FoFum.

" TAMPA, April 7, 2012 – GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney continues to win primaries and Ron Paul still won’t go away.

Part of the reason is that the Paul campaign understands the primary process and knows a little history. Romney’s support is lukewarm, while Paul’s actual delegate total is dramatically understated.

As Robert Wenzel points out, Paul is a lot like Warren Harding. Harding went into the brokered 1920 convention with only 6% of the delegates, but emerged as the party’s nominee. Harding won the general election in a landslide and took a very non-interventionist approach to the Depression of 1921.

Free market economists cite Harding’s refusal to intervene in that crisis for the quick recovery that followed. "

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 1:10PM

See above!!!!!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 3:10PM

See The Middle Finger, Bibi Towel Boy, Fart Mouth.

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 7:57PM

'The middle finger' ? Is that your IQ or perhaps the number of literate parents you have?????????

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:16PM

At Least My Parents Ain't My Brother & Sister, Deliverance Banjo Pickin' River Sex Inbred, Fart Breath.

Now, Go Brush Your Tooth.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:36AM

How do you know they ain't, DA? Your -50 IQ doesn't qualify you to know anything and to have to resort to PENNSYLVANIA STUPID [REDELL LIKE] COPY&PASTING; [SIMILAR TO YOUR MEDIA MATTERS BOSS W/HIS TELEPROMPTER]!!!!!!!!

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 11:01AM

Because They Ain't Your Parents, Deliverance Banjo Pickin' River Sex Inbred, Fart.

Tell Your Crap To Pennsylvanian Ricky Santorum & His Supporters, Israel Firster Smear Bund BibiBot, Fart.

" Santorum: Might As Well Have Obama Over Romney

Presidential candidate Rick Santorum said Republicans should give President Barack Obama another term if Santorum isn't the GOP nominee and for a second day compared rival Mitt Romney to an Etch A Sketch toy.

Santorum reiterated an argument he has made before: The former Massachusetts governor is not conservative enough to offer voters a clear choice in the fall election and that only he can provide that contrast.

"You win by giving people a choice," Santorum said during a campaign stop in Texas. "You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who's just going to be a little different than the person in there."

Santorum added: "If they're going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk of what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate for the future."

Santorum was referencing Romney adviser Eric Fehrnstrom's comment Wednesday that "everything changes" for the fall campaign. "It's almost like an Etch A Sketch," he said on CNN. "You can kind of shake it up and we start all over again."

Xasteius| 5.6.12 @ 1:46AM

Correction: Ron Paul is more like Huey Long. Or Father Coughlin. Or Senator Lafollete with better domestic policy.

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 9:17AM

Mittens Romney Is John McCain & Arlen Specter Morphed Together.

That's Why The Israel Firster Smear Bund BibiBots Are Attempting To Force Feed Mittens On Religious Conservatives & Fiscal & Monetary Conservatives.

The Israel Firster Smear Bund Are Scared Of Dr.Ron Paul And The Tea Party Patriots.

We're Gonna Take Away Their Big Government Rice Bowls.

We Are Being Set Up By These Israel Firster RINO-CINO Agendists For The Ruling Elites' Frontman Mittens Romney.

These Are The Israel Firster RINO-CINO 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.

Now They Are Trying To Give Us RomneyCare,TARP, Cynical Flip-Flops On Abortion, Gays, Refuses to Sign Pro-Life Pledge, Illegal Immigrants, "Little Chain Saw Al" At Bain, Crony Capitalism Campaign Money Trail.....

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:36AM

You're STUPID!!!!!!!!

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 11:03AM

You're Stinky.

Get The Nurse To Change Your Adult Pampers, Fart Man.

Zbigniew Mazurak | 5.5.12 @ 7:15AM

That book is utterly ridiculous, as is its review. Both contain a myriad of ridiculous blatant lies, but I think these two are the most ridiculous ones:

"Doherty does an excellent job tracing Paul's history from congressional backbencher to Republican elder statesman and pop culture icon."

Paul an elder statesman? ROTFL. Paul is a clown, a loon widely mocked by the American people, and also a traitor who belongs in jail. He is not a statesman, let alone elder statesman, by any defition of the term. That's an honor that has to be earned, and Paul has done nothing to earn it.

"He untangles the complex ideological web Paul occupies, understanding Paul's libertarian roots and his place in traditional, Old Right conservatism."

Ron Paul has no place in the traditional, Old Right conservative spectrum and has never had one for the simple reason that he is not, has never been, and will never be a conservative.

Ron Paul is a strident liberal with libertarian roots who professes liberal positions on the vast majority of issues. These include, but are not limited to, tons of pork, pumping further billions of dollars into already-bloated entitlements, appeasement of America's enemies, blaming Israel for the ME's ills, supporting Hamas and Iran against Israel (Paul has even done an interview with Iranian TV blaming Israel while exonerating Hamas), legalizing drugs, supporting abortion and gay marriage state-by-state (and denying unborn children the 14th Amendment's protection), saying he wouldn't intervene during WW2 to stop the Holocaust, blaming America for 9/11 (which Doherty and Antle also apparently blame on the US), and supporting the ultraliberal Cynthia McKinney over John McCain, Chuck Baldwin, and even Libertarian Nominee Bob Barr in 2008.

But Paul's most significant transgression against conservatism - and one which, by itself, utterly disproves any claim that he's a "traditional Old Right" conservative - is his strident opposition to a strong defense. It also utterly refutes his pretensions to be a "constitutionalist" or a "constitutional conservative", because the Constitution REQUIRES providing for a defense strong enough to protect the country.

Defendng America means defending it EFFECTIVELY, since an ineffective defense would be pointless. Nowadays, defending America requires fending off threats as far away from the homeland, as close to these threats, and as soon as possible. If China carries out its threats and starts an expansionist binge, or North Korea perpetrates aggression against its southern neighbor again, it is far better and far effective to stop them early in Eastern Asia, rather than ignoring such threats and hoping the crocodile won’t come to eat the United States. Isolationism did not work even during the early years of the Republic and it won’t work now. Paul's fantasy that threats to America are limited to America’s borders and anything outside America’s borders is not a threat of the US (ever heard of ICBMs, ASAT weapons, cyberweapons, IRBMs, bombers, and SSBNs, Congressman? No? Thought so.) is ludicrous and wrong. As proven by the 1930s.

The US should not involve itself in wars and other crises unless the US national interest demands that, but the brutal truth – which Ron Paul and his isolationist minions don’t want to face – is that SOMETIMES the national interest DOES demand that. Sometimes it is necessary to intervene.

What is relevant to “the US national interest”? Anything that would have a significant material impact on the security, strength, and/or the prosperity of the United States. That means not only physical threats to the US and its citizens, but also threats to the freedom of navigation on sealanes (on which American trade, and the US economy, are totally dependent), and flight in air, the security of the world’s mineral resources (not merely, but particularly, oil), and the security of key allies such as Britain, France, Japan, South Korea, and Australia, who are important military AND economic partners. Because the world’s economies are so interdependent today, any aggression against these countries would have huge repercussions not just for their economies but for America’s economy as well. At the same time, of course, these countries must take lead responsibility for their own defense.

But even if one were to believe Paul that nothing outside America’s borders is a threat to America and that the US should adopt a strictly “defensive” and neutral posture, that still doesn’t help you: Ron Paul is adamantly opposed even to that. He has repeatedly tried, together with the most stridently liberal Democrats in Congress, to deeply cut and thus gut America’s defense by deeply cutting not just the defense budget but the number of troops, the force structure, equipment stocks, procurement and R&D programs, and the US nuclear deterrent. He’s a fanatical supporter of sequestration, which will make even more drastic cuts than what Paul, Frank, and Wyden proposed in 2010. He has even voted to cut funding for the Ground Based Interceptor program, which is based exclusively in, and defends exclusively, the United States (and not any allies).

He has repeatedly voted and proposed to deeply cut America’s own defense, even programs with purely DEFENSIVE purposes, such as the GBI program!

That's right, Paul is adamantly opposed to America defending its own soil against ICBM attack.

And someone who opposes a strong defense and supports deep defense cuts - let alone ones as deep as the ones that Paul supports - is no more a conservative than someone who supports socialized medicine or massive tax hikes. Such a person is not a conservative, but a strident liberal; a wolf in sheep's clothing.

No matter how hard you, Antle, and your beloved Congressman and your fellow paulbots try to remold the conservative ideology, supporting a strong national defense, and therefore robust funding for it, is an irremovable tenet of it, and to be a conservative, one MUST support a strong defense and oppose defense cuts (at minimum, deep ones).

So your whole argument has been debunked, which renders the rest of your screed moot.

As for your claim that Ron Paul and his supporters are changing the GOP - don't celebrate yet. We shall see. But if you and your fellow paulbots take over the GOP, you will also kill it and be running a carcass. That's because a libertarian GOP remolded in Ron Paul's image will be a tiny minority party appealing to no one except the libertarian fringe of the American political spectrum. In other words, it will guarantee that every future presidential and Congressional election, not to mention statewide and local elections, is won by the Democrats. Indeed, if I were a Democrat, I would be cheering Ron Paul on and praying that he does succeed in remolding the GOP in his image.

William R| 5.5.12 @ 9:55AM

"Ron Paul is a strident liberal with libertarian roots who professes liberal positions on the vast majority of issues."

You're a blithering idiot of the first magnitude.

Ron Paul - Most Conservative Voting Record Since 1937

http://voteview.com/Is_John_Kerry_A_Liberal.htm

The ten most conservative congressmen

http://listverse.com/2012/04/2.....ngressmen/

You're idea of a conservative is fighting endless war in the Middle East bankrupting the country. You're a disgrace!!

Zbigniew Mazurak | 5.6.12 @ 7:47AM

No, it is not. My idea of a conservative is one who provides for the national defense of the United States - the troops, weapons, bases, industry, technology, and know-how needed to protect this country - but does NOT involve the country in "endless wars in the Middle East". You are the disgrace here, not me.

William R| 5.6.12 @ 11:33AM

You're as phony as a three bill. A strong national defense wouldn't be worrying about borders in Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan and Poland. A strong defense would be protecting the United States border. As former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Adm. Michael Mullen said, our biggest national security threat is our debt. And we're never going to get the budget under control without big cuts in the Pentagon.

You're a blithering idiot.

Mrtrips| 5.5.12 @ 3:55PM

I found the trick to understanding your post. I replaced your use of the word "conservative" with "brain-washed establishment puppet". Now it's clear.

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:23AM

Do Your Homework Tehran Ziggy.

Ronald Reagan,
" If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.

Now, I can’t say that I will agree with all the things that the present group who call themselves Libertarians in the sense of a party say, because I think that like in any political movement there are shades, and there are libertarians who are almost over at the point of wanting no government at all or anarchy. I believe there are legitimate government functions. There is a legitimate need in an orderly society for some government to maintain freedom or we will have tyranny by individuals. The strongest man on the block will run the neighborhood. We have government to insure that we don’t each one of us have to carry a club to defend ourselves. But again, I stand on my statement that I think that libertarianism and conservatism are traveling the same path."

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 1:10PM

See above!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 3:11PM

See Bibi.

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 7:58PM

Get down on your knees in front of Father Ron and say AHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:19PM

Interesting, How A Number Of American Spectator's Resident Israel Firster Smear Bund Traitor Bastards Are Also Lapsed Catholics, Turned Ax Grindin' Anti-Catholic Scum Cowards. .

Xasteius| 5.6.12 @ 1:47AM

Man, Clint, you've unloaded more insults and slurs in one night than Keith Olbermann.

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 9:23AM

Olberman & You Ain't Friends Of Dr.Ron Paul Or His Supporters.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:39AM

Father Ron has friends, but it ain't YOU, since you have no friends!!!!!!!!

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 11:07AM

You Anti-Catholic Israel Firster Smear Bund BibiBot Nazis Ain't Friends Of America.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:38AM

Clunt is about as STUPID as Olbermann also!!!!

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 11:10AM

Olbermann & Fart Are Scared Dr. Ron Paul And The Tea Party.

spike59| 5.7.12 @ 6:29AM

the only ones scared of DrEarmark are those IN the Tea Party; they've been trying to scrape him off like an engorged leech

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:26AM

Read George Washington's Farewell Address, Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address, The Old Right And Get Back To Us.

" 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 …”

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 1:11PM

Read above!!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 3:15PM

Call Bibi.

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 8:00PM

The first two are dead, the last two are worthless.....any more WINDUPISMS OF STUPIDITY????????

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:21PM

Obviously, You're Talkin' About Your Inbred Parents.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:41AM

Inbreeding results in capitalization of every word in a sentence, due to STUPIDITY [as Forrest said, STUPID IS AS STUPID DOES]!!!!!!!

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 11:12AM

Inbreeding Causes BibiBotitis.

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:30AM

"On October 10, 2001, Congressman Ron Paul led the effort in Congress to give President Bush the tools he needed to capture, dead or alive, Osama bin Laden and the other terrorists responsible for September 11th. Dr. Paul introduced on that day H.R. 3076 - The September 11 Marque and Reprisal Act of 2001.

If passed, that legislation would have given President Bush an additional weapon against bin Laden. If Dr. Paul's legislation had passed in 2001, it is likely bin Laden would not have been around until May of 2011."

Dr.Ron Paul Voted For The Use Of Force In Afghanistan.

Dr.Ron Paul, " I'll ask Congress for a Declaration Of War against Iran, if necessary,"

spike59| 5.5.12 @ 9:32AM

DrPaul is the LEAST effective member of Congress and always has been-unless you count budget-busting porkulus earmarks as evidence of effectiveness-he's well-known in Congress as an irritable and unstable assclown

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 3:20PM

Compared To What, Israel Firster Smear Bund RINO-CINO Bibi Towel Boy, Spicey69 .

In his 12 terms as a congressman here are a few things Dr.Ron Paul hasn't done

- He has never voted to raise taxes.
- He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
- He has never voted for a federal restriction on gun ownership.
- He has never voted to raise congressional pay.
- He has never taken a government-paid junket.
- He has never voted to increase the power of the executive branch.
- He voted against the Patriot Act.
- He voted against regulating the Internet.
- He voted against the Iraq war.
- He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 8:07PM

Does he vote FOR anything [or is he always AGAINST something]? He and Obama share the same congressional philosophy [as the latter voted PRESENT mostly]!!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:27PM

"In 2005, 2007, 2009, and again in 2011, Dr.Ron Paul introduced the Sanctity of Life Act, which would have life defined as beginning at conception at the Federal level."

Compared To The Flip Floppin' , Floppin' Flippin' Fraud Opportunist Peoples Republic Of Massachusetts Fraud.

Multiple Choice Romney On Abortion-2002.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4

spike59| 5.7.12 @ 6:41AM

-He has pretended to be a 'fiscal conservative', yet has a record of attaching earmark$ that would make ObaMao blush

-He's held himself up as a model of integrity and the antithesis of 'political games', yet has had a lingstanding practice of attaching BILLIONS in earmarks to 'sure to pass' legislation and then voted AGAINST the bills, in order to be able to claim to be AGAINST 'pork' and claim to 'bring home the bacon'

-He has never met a foreign policy 'idea' from CodePink, Jane Fonda, and Dennis Kucinich that he didn't like

-He's spent YEARS railing against Jews, 'the Blacks', and gays in his psychobabble 'news'letter

-He's never met a whackadoodle tinfoil hat conspiracy theory he didn't adopt

-He's claimed to be 'Mr. Constitution', yet has made various campaign promises to abolish this and that, none of whch are actually part of the Executive Branch powers under the Constitution.

-He's expressed his support for, and admiration of, the traitor Bradley Manning, enemy of the United States

-He's entirely comfortable with a nuclear armed Iran, in spite of (or because of) their repeated vows to destroy our ally Israel, and their record os using proxies in Iraq to kill American service members and Iraqi civilians and military members

-He's a liar and fraud of the first order, a hack and a con-man-a false messiah who has deluded only those feeble minded nutcases living in Mommy's basement

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 1:11PM

Read-see above!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 3:22PM

Continued:

- Author of nine book

Simultaneously, in his private practice as a medical doctor, He refused to accept Medicaid or Medicare payments ever, he routinely lowered fees for patients who could not afford to pay.

■Liberty Defined (2011) - I have read this one
■End the Fed (2009) - I have read this one
■The Revolution: A Manifesto (2008) - I have read this one
■Pillars of Prosperity (2008)

■A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship (2007)
■Freedom Under Siege: The U.S. Constitution After 200 Years (1987)
■Mises and Austrian Economics: A Personal View (1984)
■The Case For Gold (1982)
■Gold, Peace, and Prosperity: The Birth of a New Currency (1981)

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 8:08PM

Yeah, I recently saw the second one in a bookstore.....IT WAS ON SALE FOR $5 in the CLEARANCE section!!!!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:36PM

So Is Yo Mama, Deliverance Banjo Pickin' River Sex Inbred, Fart Pants.

Continued:

Early Years
- Won the Pennsylvania state championship in the 220-yard dash

- Bachelor degree in Biology from Gettysburg College in 1957

- Medical Degree from Duke University School of Medicine in 1961

- Completed obstetrics and gynecology training at the University of Pittsburgh

- Flight surgeon and Captain in the Air Force from 1963 - 1965 and in the Air National Guard from 1965 - 1968

Awards and Endorsements

- The National Taxpayers Union awarded Dr. Paul its top grade for defending overtaxed Americans for 15 consecutive years

- Awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for Advancing Liberty from the Future of Freedom Foundation .

- Paul is the only President candidate in 2008 or 2012 to gain an A+ rating from Gun Owners of America

- Received Defender of the Second Amendment Award from the Gun Owners of America

- Received the GIELOW FAMILY FOUNDATION FRIEND-OF-FREEDOM AWARD

- Received theLifetime Achievement Award from Charity Awards - (Ronald Reagan won this award as well)

- The only presidential candidate endorsed by 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."

-( For the complete list of endorsements you can visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.....mpaign,...)

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 8:01PM

Ya boy couldn't find his bathroom with your assistance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:39PM

That's Pretty Bold Talk From You, Fart Pants Since The Nurse Has To Change Your Adult Pampers For Ya.

Continued:

- He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. treasury every year to help reduce the federal deficeit.
- Introduces numerous pieces of substantive legislation each year, probably more than any single member of Congress

- founded the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education (FREE), a non-profit "think tank" dedicated to promoting principles of limited government and free-market economics

- Was an honorary chairman of, and is a member of the Republican Liberty Caucus

- served on the House Banking Committee

- Is currently the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology

- Currently serves on the Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

- has helped prohibit funding for national identification numbers, funding for federal teacher certification, International Criminal Court jurisdiction over the U.S. military, American participation with any U.N. global tax, and surveillance of peaceful First Amendment activities by citizens.

- Elected to Congress 12 times in Texas's 14th district - In 2010 he received 80% of the vote when running for re-election

- He is an initiating member of the Congressional Rural Caucus, which deals with agricultural and rural issues, and the 140-member Congressional Wildlife Refuge Caucus.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:43AM

Father Ron said FOR YOUR PENANCE, SAY TWO HAIL MARYS AND TEN OUR FATHERS [AND GO DEVELOP A BRAIN]!!!!!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:36AM

Chickenhawk Tehran Ziggy And The Chickenhawk Mormon And The Chickenhawk In Chief Vs Veteran Air Force Flight Surgeon Officer, Dr.Ron Paul

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."

William R| 5.5.12 @ 10:13AM

Clint, give it a rest. You've made your point.

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 3:29PM

Obviously, These Traitor Bastard Israel Firsters Want More.

You Can Hold My Coat Will,While I Do Some Of The Heavy Liftin' Here.

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 1:11PM

See above!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 3:30PM

Get Bent, Bibi Fart.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 3:33PM

Now you've exposed his OBGYN cattle prod!!!!

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 8:02PM

Flight surgeon? What was that, on the THE WRIGHT BROTHERS' KITTY HAWK??????????????

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 8:11PM

Flight surgeon? I thought he was an OBGYN. Who needs a PAPS-SMEAR while flying in an airplane??????

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:44PM

Do Your Homework, Before Ya Run Your Israel Firster Smear Bund Lyin' Big Mouth, Fart Brains.

" 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."

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:45AM

Father Ron ain't no CHICKENHAWK.......he gave pelvic exams to female flight crews in the Air Force; wow, Shazam, what a guy!!!!!!!!!!

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 11:18AM

That's A Lie.
Interesting, How These Israel Firster Smear Bund Goebbels Propaganda BibibOts, Repeatedly Attempt To Smear American Military Officers.

" 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."

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 3:31PM

Well you said he was a Air Force '''''flight surgeon'''''......just what does an OBGYN do aboard a military airplane??????

spike59| 5.5.12 @ 9:29AM

Rontards, it's time to wake up and smell the tinfoil-DrEarmark, faux fiscal conservative, pretend Constitutionalist and darling of the Birchers, the 'truthers', the Klan, and StormFront is TOAST

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 3:34PM

Spicey69 And The Israel Firster Smear Bund Goebbels Propaganda BibiBot Nazis Are The Offspring Of The Neo-Con Boat People.

Crassus| 5.5.12 @ 4:08PM

Neocons!! Neocons!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 4:18PM

Traitor Bastard BibiBots.

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 8:12PM

WHITE [TRASH] SUPREMACIST!!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:46PM

That's A Lie.

You're An Israel Firster Smear Bund Goebbels Propaganda BibiBot, Fart Fascist.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 3:29PM

Your BURKA is showing, Clint!!!!!!

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:46AM

So says the BJ'er to Father Ron!!!!!!

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 11:19AM

Interesting, How Many Of These Israel Firster Smear Bund BibiBots Are Anti-Catholics.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 3:28PM

Are you the same '''''CATHOLICS'''''' that ignored six million Jews being slaughtered in the '30's and '40's; or that were such friends of the KKK perhaps also??????????????????

fiscal| 5.5.12 @ 10:15AM

Well, Aaron, I believe that Ron Paul has had the opposite effect -- that is to make the Republican Party move more strongly to the extreme religious right. He provides a foil to define Republican conservative principles whether it is military, fiscal, or on immigration. His longer term effect will not be to expand the party, but to make it smaller as those of his more libertarian followers find there is no place for their thinking in the party. As soon as he goes -- and he is not getting any younger -- we'll see a lot of his younger supporters move Democrat as being libertarian on social issues is a tenet of Democrats.

But the main reason you cannot take him seriously is that in this age of Photoshopped stars, he doesn't have the personal "heft" to be seen as an executive or a leader -- i.e., he doesn't look or sound "Presidential". In addition, he has won no statewide elections or had any executive experience.

To be honest, I agree more with him on issues than Romney, especially in the areas of use of the military and getting the government out of our personal lives, but he is your crazy uncle -- not a realistic candidate.

aware| 5.5.12 @ 2:31PM

Democrats are certainly NOT libertarian on "social issues" or anything else. First you claim his supporters will become Democrats, then in the next paragraph you cite the main problem you have with him, i.e. he "doesn't look right". Maybe "conservatives" need a "clean and articulate" demagogue like the Dems have, huh? He sure "looks" good and speaks good.

Forget the issues, he doesn't "look" right. What a way to pick "leaders". Proving, as I have said, we are freaking doomed. See its not enough that a nation survive, it must be worthy of survival.

The Liberty movement, which Paul is integral in expanding, is just in infancy. It is even now working at the local and state level. Whether you agree with it or not, it offers the first chance in a century of a real alternative to the rampant Statism controlling both wings of the Uniparty.

Or maybe you like the rotten soft fascism of State control of all aspects of the economy and society. If so you have 2 fine representatives, as usual, to pick from in November. Either of them might make "adjustments" to corruption, but they sure won't end it.

fiscal| 5.5.12 @ 2:51PM

I do agree on your statement that Democrats are not extreme libertarian on social issues, but they are certainly more libertarian than Republicans who want to have limits on abortion, drugs, and immigration -- and that's my point.

And I didn't say it bothered me that he doesn't "look" right -- but it does bother the majority of voters who vote more on image than issues. That's why we generally have tall, good looking guys as President. I certainly would wish people would pay attention to the issues instead of image -- but alas, they don't.

With regards to the "liberty movement". I don't see it going anyplace because the Libertarian platform is just too extreme. That's too bad, because the majority of Americans are fiscally conservative and socially moderate -- and that's why independents outnumber either Democrats or Republicans. Most people don't want an extreme of individual liberty because they are tied to Social Security, Medicare, and the military. As long as we spend most of our budget on those items, liberty will lose.

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 3:49PM

"In 2005, 2007, 2009, and again in 2011, Dr.Ron Paul introduced the Sanctity of Life Act, which would have life defined as beginning at conception at the Federal level."

fiscal| 5.5.12 @ 4:10PM

But from what I understand, the majority of Ron Paul supporters are young and pro-choice. Abortion is not a major issue for them. And we are talking here about where his supporters will go. Certainly his stand on drugs and war would place him solidly with liberals....

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 4:29PM

We Are Talkin' About The Wall Street -Country Club Ruling Elites' RINO-CINO's Letting The Israel Smear Bund Front For Them & Selling Out Religious Conservatives And Fiscal Conservatives & Throwing Israel Firsters An Israel Firster Bone.

We Are Being Set Up By The RINO-CINO Agendists For The Ruling Elites' Frontman, Mittens Romney.

These Are The RINO-CINO Agendists, 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.

Now They Are Trying To Give Us RomneyCare,TARP, Cynical Flip-Flops On Abortion, Gays, Refuses to Sign Pro-Life Pledge, Illegal Immigrants, "Little Chain Saw Al" At Bain, Crony Capitalism Campaign Money Trail.....

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 5:02PM

Head To Head Match Up Against Obama:

Dr.Ron Paul Supporters,

81 Percent Republican
10 Percent Democrat
47 Percent Independent

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 11:19AM

And 150% WHITE SUPREMACISTS!!!!!

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 11:29AM

Do Your Homework Screwball Israel Firster Propaganda Squad Smear Artist Maniac, Fart Mouth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gKXyBgr24c

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 3:23PM

What homework, Clint? The same homework that you did in public school that learned you how to capitalize every word in a sentence perhaps?????

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 3:25PM

Hey, don't talk about Ed Rendell like that!!!!

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 8:13PM

You just said earliar that he was performing abortions on military aircraft. Which is it?????

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:50PM

That's A Lie, Israel Firster Smear Bund Goebbels Bibi Towel Boy Liar, Fart Fascist.

" 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."

Now, Tell Us About Your Chickenhawk Candidate Romney's Military Service. Fart Fascist.

You're Up Fart Fascist Israel Firster Bibi Towel Boy.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 3:13PM

A lie? So what was his job then as a 'FLIGHT SURGEON' then? What exactly does a OBGYN "FLIGHT SURGEON" do? Did he deliver babies onboard Air Force flights instead???? :
'.....A native of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Paul is a graduate of Gettysburg College and Duke University School of Medicine, where he earned his medical degree. He served as a medical officer in the United States Air Force from 1963 until 1968. He worked as an obstetrician-gynecologist from the 1960s to the 1980s, delivering more than 4,000 babies....'

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 3:19PM

Romney was earning the income to pay the taxes to financially support the career governmental FLIGHT SURGEONS' salaries, that's what! You don't think that all them illegitimates that he OBGYN-birthed were paying taxes to support his governmetal salary do you?????

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 3:21PM

What exactly does a OBGYN FLIGHT SURGEON do in the Air Force, Clint?????????

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:48AM

And in 2013, Father Ron will be sitting in a locked sanitarium, in a straight-jacket, singing MY COUNTRY TIS OF THEE, SWEET LAND OF LIBERTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 11:39AM

Fart Man Sings The Israeli National Anthem At The Alabama Institute For The Criminally Insane.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 3:03PM

Better that than having to clean toilets @1600, right??????

aware| 5.6.12 @ 12:49PM

Fiscal, a good reply that I only have 1 tiny quibble with. Of course, I come from a former conservative now completely anachro-capitalist point of view but can easily talk to paleos and Old Right proponents. We are not that far apart.

The Liberty movement I refer to has absolutely nothing to do with the Libertarian Party. It is too early to think of it in a party way. The idea of liberty is firing the passion just as it did with our far more radical founders(if we look at the truth, they'd be arrested today for sedition and waterboarded).

The enemy of liberty is, and has always been, the State, which is the instrument of coercing the individual to the will of the collective. Anything that adds to the power of the State, no matter how seemingly innocent or "necessary" diminishes liberty for the individual.

Liberty is finite, unlike wealth, more cannot be "created". That some liberty must be sacrificed for the best society should make it a more serious thing to do so, as taking money out of savings is, the "funds" are limited.

Many are questioning the mirage of "We the People" are the "government" now. More than ever in my life. Who can say where it will lead. I remember how Goldwater was as ridiculed and marginalized as Paul. The same establishment was in control then as now. Even Reagan was ridiculed and undermined by his own team(for instance is VP).

While I know it isn't news to you that the people distrust "government" in the US(formally America) but what you should be aware of, and worry about, is that the "government" doesn't trust the people. They are capable of far worse things than just voting you out of office.

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 3:45PM

Flip Floppin' Floppin' Flippin' Romney On Abortion-2002.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4

Oldefarte| 5.5.12 @ 8:14PM

Least he didn't PERFORM THEM!!!!!

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:53PM

" 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."

Now, Tell Us About Your Chickenhawk Candidate Romney's Military Service. Fart Fascist.

You're Up Fart Fascist Israel Firster Bibi Towel Boy.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:49AM

Better that than being a BJ'er to a senile old flight pelvic examiner, huh??????

Clint| 5.5.12 @ 8:59PM

"In 2005, 2007, 2009, and again in 2011, Dr.Ron Paul introduced the Sanctity of Life Act, which would have life defined as beginning at conception at the Federal level."

Compared To The Flip Floppin' , Floppin' Flippin' Fraud Opportunist Peoples Republic Of Massachusetts Fraud.

Multiple Choice Etch A Sketch Romney On Abortion-2002.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 10:50AM

Abortion prevents trailer-park-retardism as in YOURSELF!!!!!!

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 11:44AM

We Don't Have Trailer Parks On The Mainline, Deleverance Banjo Pickin' River Sex Inbred, Fart Man.

Now, Go Brush Your Tooth.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 2:49PM

Then where do you and Rendell live then?????

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 3:48PM

Do Your Homework Bibi Buffoon.

Fast Eddie's Chestnut Hill Ain't The Mainline, Israel Firster Bibi Towel Boy, Fart Breath.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 3:59PM

Close enough!!!!!!!!

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 3:01PM

What are these AH?:

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Clint| 5.6.12 @ 3:51PM

Do Your Homework Bibi Buffoon.

None Of Those Places Are Even Near The Mainline, Israel Firster Bibi Towel Boy, Fart Breath.

Now, Go Floss Your Tooth.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 3:56PM

http://www.gocomics.com/glennm.....e=GoComics

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 4:01PM

http://www.gocomics.com/glennm.....e=GoComics

Xasteius| 5.6.12 @ 10:34AM

From Buzzfeed: Top Maine Ron Paul Supporter Endorses Mitt Romney

http://www.buzzfeed.com/buzzfe.....es-to-mitt

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 11:42AM

Do Your Homework, RINO-CINO Mittens' Kitten.

Ron Paul Supporters Just Sat 5 More Dr.Ron Paul Delegates & 11 Alternate Delegates In Pennsylvania.

Oldefarte| 5.6.12 @ 2:48PM

Who gives an excrement about Pennsylvania, the home of Santorum, Rendell, the political prostitute that went from Democrat to Republican to Independent; and you?????

Clint| 5.6.12 @ 4:11PM

Let's See Ya Sell That Mitten's Kitten Kitty Litter To Santorum's Supporter, Mittens' Kitten, Cat Fart.

Ricky Santorum,
“You win by giving people a choice. You win by giving people the opportunity to see a different vision for our country, not someone who’s just going to be a little different than the person in there. If you’re going to be a little different, we might as well stay with what we have instead of taking a risk with what may be the Etch A Sketch candidate of the future,”

spike59| 5.7.12 @ 6:43AM

the bottom line, widdle cwint, is THIS:

RON PAUL WILL NEVER EVER EVER BE ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

EVER.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!

9thID| 5.7.12 @ 10:01AM

All you need to really know is "Voluntaryist" Ron Paul is the only "GOP" candidate who has joined Comrade Barry in stating on video that the Constitution has not worked and never will. In the same video, posted by his supporters over at the Liber-tarian von Mises Institute, Paul also calls for abolishing the military and Constitution...

Treason From Within: http://tinyurl.com/7bph329

"In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.”—Thomas Jefferson

Skip| 5.7.12 @ 2:41PM

Watch it, 9th, Clintool and Jack(ov) are looking up "voluntaryism" as we speak.

Every time someone uses the phrase "Israel Firster Smear Bund™", a goose-stepper gets his jackboot.

The American Spectator

The Spectacle Blog

The Book of Ron

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