Ron Paul the straw man
- Thread starter X3pilot
- Start date
Underneath the podium with a mouthful.
Govt spending out of control? Check
Constitutional rights regularly ignored? Check
Nobody willing to take the career bullet to stop our out of control govt? Check
Call Ron Paul. He cares to fix the problems, short term consequences be damned.
I would vote for him in a heart beat.
Constitutional rights regularly ignored? Check
Nobody willing to take the career bullet to stop our out of control govt? Check
Call Ron Paul. He cares to fix the problems, short term consequences be damned.
I would vote for him in a heart beat.
Even if Ron Paul was the best candidate the president doesn't make the laws, congress does. At best it would be a veto-fest and a completely ineffective government. Not necessarily a bad thing.
Exactly. I could see a whole lot of "you're going to try to push that siht past me? thank you, but no. If you want to push it through with a 2/3, let's just go ahead and shift the blame back to you and make people realize that congress is perpetually f*ing all of us."
Different from the current democratic majority, how?
apparently Fox News hyped the hell out of this, then basically let it drop off the radar once RP turned out on top.
http://rawstory.com/2010/02/fox-news-runs-damage-control-ron-paul-wins-cpac-presidential-straw-poll/
also worth noting, Palin only had 7%
http://rawstory.com/2010/02/fox-news-runs-damage-control-ron-paul-wins-cpac-presidential-straw-poll/
also worth noting, Palin only had 7%
If I close my eyes and cover my ears I can't see or hear any of this stupidity.
that won't make it actually go away
You gotta rain on my parade huh Jon?
that's not rain.....
Actually, the rating of those candidates falls about in where I would have voted. Ron Paul, for all that I disagree with him actually *does* hold true to his convictions, and Romney is anything but "conservative", trending more moderate if anything. It's actually reassuring to see that many of them aren't buying into the happy feel-good bullsh!t that the teabaggers are putting out. It also seems that there's an inherent disdain for established GOP figures (Gingrich, Palin) in favor of the original outsider (Ron Paul, and even Romney to a certain extent). Doesn't fit into the Faux News storyline, but reassuring nonetheless.
Paul Tard shout out!