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voiceofTruth
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 Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 4:18 pm Post subject: Ron Paul wins CPAC Straw poll |
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| Quote: | U.S. Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, a stalwart foe of government spending, won a blowout victory Saturday in the annual Conservative Political Action Conference presidential straw poll.
With participants naming "reducing the size of federal government" as their top issue, the 74-year old libertarian hero captured 31 percent of the 2,400 votes cast in the annual contest, usually seen as a barometer of how the GOP's conservative wing regards their potential presidential candidates.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney finished second with 22 percent of the vote, ending a three-year winning streak at CPAC. Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin finished third with 7 percent of the vote, followed by Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty at 6 percent and Indiana Rep. Mike Pence at 5 percent.
They were followed by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who tied at 4 percent. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, South Dakota Sen. John Thune and Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour rounded out the results.
Five percent of participants voted for "Other" and 6 percent was undecided.
The announcement of Paul's win, a surprise victory unlikely to have a major impact on the 2012 presidential contest, drew a volley of loud boos from the CPAC audience.
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I love how the neo-cons booed this decision. Heard there were hundreds of Campaign for lIberty supporters chanting Ron Paul 2012 outside. Vote for America not a party Ron paul 2012
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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Ron & his son Rand were being interviewed the other day & they were asked about Palin. Rand said she'd make a fine candidate & Ron just sat there & nodded.
Basically...
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| Posted: Mon Feb 22, 2010 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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RON Paul has never endorsed Sarah Palin. Your judging a man based upon head movements?! His son was endorsed by Palin, Rand is not Ron.
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I'm judging him b/c if he was really all about truth & honesty, he would have given his true opinion of that mongoloid. Instead, he just nodded in agreement that she's a good candidate.
Obviously just b/c she endorsed his son... but that makes them no better than any other opportunistic scum politicians out there.
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| Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2010 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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| DifferentDrummer wrote: | | opportunistic scum politicians |
Triply redundant...
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| Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 3:48 am Post subject: |
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| If it's "America not a party" why is Paul a Republican? After all, the party insiders pretty much hate him. |
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When Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina was censured by various GOP county committees in his own state recently, Graham blamed it on "Ron Paul people." When Florida governor and U.S. Senate candidate Charlie Crist was defeated in a Republican straw poll by challenger Marco Rubio in December, Crist complained it was nothing more than "Ron Paul people."
At this year's 2010 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., there were plenty of Ron Paul people, enough to deliver the congressman a first-place victory in the annual CPAC straw poll, which has long been considered a decent gauge of the GOP's mindset.
But when Paul's victory was announced, much of the CPAC crowd booed. Those pesky Ron Paul people had struck again, it seemed. Many Republican establishment types quickly dismissed the poll. But two glaring questions remain: Who is it that Paul's critics prefer? And what kind of "people" are they?
What, for example, are "Mitt Romney people"? When Romney, who placed second in this year's straw after having won the poll the last three years, was introduced at CPAC by newly elected Sen. Scott Brown, the two Massachusetts politicians stood side-by-side before a cheering conservative audience. The crowd seemed oblivious to the fact that both men helped implement government-mandated healthcare in their home state, a plan similar to the Democrats' current national plan. President Obama and his party have often cited the Massachusetts plan, known as "Romneycare," as the model for Obamacare. In his speech, Romney also praised George W. Bush. The crowd went wild.
What are "Dick Cheney people"? After receiving a standing ovation at CPAC, Cheney said, "A welcome like that almost makes me want to run for office," which elicited chants of "run, Dick, run!" from the audience. Cheney promised that Obama would be a "one-term president" and said that conservatives could look forward to victory in 2010. When you consider the former vice president's big-government track record, the idea of him telling conservatives what to do is as laughable as Tiger Woods giving marital advice. Yet loudly and with zero irony, the folks at CPAC cheered Cheney.
And we could go down the list of CPAC speakers: What are Newt Gingrich, John Boehner, or Tim Pawlenty "people"? What solid, tangible conservative platform are any of these people suggesting, beyond defeating Obama and the Democrats in 2010 and 2012? Is a return to Bush Republicanism really a desirable goal, as Romney and Cheney's warm welcomes seemed to suggest? According to Rush Limbaugh, Paul's straw-poll victory is a sign that CPAC simply wasn't conservative this year. This begs the question, if Paul isn't conservative, then who is "conservative," Rush?
Ask yourself this: Since CPAC's inception in 1973, what has actually been done to shrink the size of government? What about the last Republican administration gives anyone hope for a better, more conservative future?
When you boil it all down, those who complain about Ron Paul people only care about one thing: GOP victory. Those at CPAC who cheered Romney, Cheney, and the conventional rest have no intention of ever challenging the status quo precisely because they are the status quo.
And then there are the so-called Ron Paul people. Paul's CPAC speech was not simply an exercise in Democrat bashing. It was a lesson on how the GOP must finally deliver on the conservatism it has always promised. According to Paul, Republicans must finally show true fidelity to the Constitution. Paul asked the crowd to cast a critical eye upon the Right's enthusiasm for wars that don't make much sense and cost too much money and the party's propensity for incurring massive debt. In short, Paul called for an end to big government — even the GOP form of it. Asks Pat Buchanan: "Who in the Republican Party today is calling for a Barry Goldwater-like rollback of federal power and federal programs? Except Ron Paul." Answer: No one.
Often derided, the many young people who support Paul are the heart and soul of what has been dubbed the Ron Paul Revolution. And if their visible and vocal presence at CPAC was any indication, they are a force to be reckoned with.
I would expect Paul supporters to become even more visible and more vocal in the future. It will be impossible to silence a genuine movement driven by actual conservative passion, and not simply the two-party horse race the Republican establishment continues to mistake for principle.
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| So answer the question Claire. Why does Paul stay with the GOP who hates him, if his actual goal is to work outside of parties? |
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| Quote: | | Fed up with the failed promises of the GOP, which is not providing a small-government alternative to the Democratic Party, a growing number of "Ron Paul Republicans" are seeking to change the party from within. |
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| Quote: | | Though promising small government, Paul is actually kept within the Republican party power structure as a high ranking member of the Illuminati, the Vizer of Disinformation. Previously held by Henry Kissinger, this post has for long sought to blur alternatives in order to leave the populace confused, while draining off the energy of the active into activities which ultimately produce nothing but noise, allowing the Illuminati plans to proceed undetected. In the case of Paul it is believed that action against the Fed will prevent regulation of the shadow banking system, which since the late 80's has been used to put more and more of finance beyond the reach of law and into private hands. |
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LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
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| prozacrefugee wrote: | | So answer the question Claire. Why does Paul stay with the GOP who hates him, if his actual goal is to work outside of parties? |
because his core constituency is racist and homophobic,birds of the same feather flock together |
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| ron paul is the carrot-top of politicians |
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| Quote: | | because his core constituency is racist and homophobic,birds of the same feather flock together |
Staten Islands brightest. LOL
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| voiceofTruth wrote: | | Quote: | | because his core constituency is racist and homophobic,birds of the same feather flock together |
Staten Islands brightest. LOL |
When you're calling someone stupid check your spelling first. It's Staten Island's. |
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