Is Ron Paul "Electable"?

[3RA1N1AC]

i am going to do this as well

 

[mook]

I'll be voting for Ron Paul in the Idaho Republican primaries. No point voting Democrat in an Idaho primary.

I don't see him beating Obama, but even if he did I'd prefer a principled person I disagree with to an unprincipled person I disagree with.

 

[Denny Crane]

I'll be voting for Ron Paul in the Idaho Republican primaries. No point voting Democrat in an Idaho primary.

I don't see him beating Obama, but even if he did I'd prefer a principled person I disagree with to an unprincipled person I disagree with.

In the end, you'll settle for an unprincipled person you agree with?

 

[MARIS61]

What if they held an election and nobody voted?

 

[Denny Crane]

A better move would be if nobody paid their taxes.

 

[ehizzy3]

i like his foreign policy and drug policy..the rest no bueno for me

 

[huevonkiller]

I'll be happy to see Mitt beat Newt (if it happens).

But yeah I'm still voting for Paul in the general election.

i like his foreign policy and drug policy..the rest no bueno for me

Well you need to take a look at Europe, brah.

 

[bluefrog]

http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/15/politics/ron-paul-iowa/index.html

In that past year, many political observers did not give Paul much credit. Back then, Romney appeared near invincible, Michele Bachmann basked in the glow of a key Iowa straw poll win, Gingrich's campaign was left for dead, and many conservatives hailed Rick Perry as a sort of political messiah.
All that has changed.
Several polls show Gingrich ahead, with Romney and Paul battling -- or tying -- for second place in Iowa. Yet given uncertainty over the depth of support for Gingrich and Romney, there is a very real chance for an Iowa caucus win from the unconventional Paul, an 11-term Texas congressman who's running as a change agent. He's a tea party favorite who has run for president twice before, and a man whose libertarian leanings urge pulling all U.S. troops from foreign deployment and deep and controversial spending cuts. He believes so much in scaling back government involvement in peoples' lives that he says if people choose not buy health care insurance -- or even drink raw milk -- they should be able to and suffer the consequences of their own actions, come what may.

Paul could pull off an upset in Iowa

 

[bluefrog]

Ron Paul back on top in Iowa, new poll says

 

[Denny Crane]

Ron Paul back on top in Iowa, new poll says

Seems like they have a clue in Iowa!

 

[MARIS61]

A better move would be if nobody paid their taxes.

Denny Crane should know that's illegal, and could be construed as treason.

 

[Denny Crane]

Denny Crane should know that's illegal, and could be construed as treason.

It is not treason.

It's exercising our 1st amendment right of free speech, to protest what the government does.

 

[barfo]

It is not treason.

It's exercising our 1st amendment right of free speech, to protest what the government does.

Not paying taxes is free speech? Bet you haven't tried that, have you?

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

Not paying taxes is free speech? Bet you haven't tried that, have you?

barfo

Sure it is. But the govt. has bigger guns than we do, and they withhold taxes so we don't get the chance to revolt and not pay.

 

[barfo]

Sure it is. But the govt. has bigger guns than we do, and they withhold taxes so we don't get the chance to revolt and not pay.

Are you sure you don't have the chance? Seems to me Libertarians are pretty revolting already.

You could always claim 50 dependents so that your withholding was minimized, and then refuse to pay any more.

barfo

 

[Denny Crane]

Are you sure you don't have the chance? Seems to me Libertarians are pretty revolting already.

You could always claim 50 dependents so that your withholding was minimized, and then refuse to pay any more.

barfo

Everyone has to do it, not just one person.

 

[MARIS61]

Sure it is. But the govt. has bigger guns than I do, and they withhold taxes because they know otherwise I would not pay.

FIFY

 

[huevonkiller]

0-0-0 plan.

I love the thinking Denny.

 

[barfo]

Everyone has to do it, not just one person.

Well, I'm going to pay my taxes, so I guess I've foiled your plan to destroy the USA.

barfo

 

[huevonkiller]

DC is already wrecking this country.

 

[Denny Crane]

Ron Paul racist rant caught on tape!

[video=youtube;i3EADdr-5AY]

 

[barfo]

DC is already wrecking this country.

Oh, I think you are exaggerating. The only way Denny could be wrecking the country is if he were able to convince anyone of anything...

barfo

 

[huevonkiller]

Oh, I think you are exaggerating. The only way Denny could be wrecking the country is if he were able to convince anyone of anything...

barfo

Unfortunately D.C. my savior, has no real power.

Washington D.C. however does, and they've failed.

 

[MARIS61]

Oh, I think you are exaggerating. The only way Denny could be wrecking the country is if he were able to convince anyone of anything...

barfo

I thought he meant Dean Cain.

 

[bluefrog]

Ron Paul: Rivals say he hates Republicans

...Paul’s rise has caught the party’s notice and worried the backers of other candidates to the point where they’re not ignoring him any longer. Other front-runners have endured withering attacks this political season, and now it is Paul’s turn.

“The more progress I make in challenging the status quo ... the stronger they will emphasize picking at this and ignoring the important issues of what freedom is all about and what civil liberty is all about,” said Paul on CNN Tuesday.

 

[BrianFromWA]

I keep hearing about civil liberty and rights, but very few people (if any) talk about responsibilities that come with those rights and liberties. A society can't function having one without the other.

 

[Denny Crane]

I keep hearing about civil liberty and rights, but very few people (if any) talk about responsibilities that come with those rights and liberties. A society can't function having one without the other.

And?

 

[Denny Crane]

Paul is now in the lead, latest Iowa poll.

 

[BrianFromWA]

And?

And I think it's irresponsible to have a platform based on "civil liberties" without calling out "civic responsibilities." Haven't the D's been doing that for almost a century? How is packaging it in a "smaller gov't" speech anything new or potentially game-changing?

To be neutral, no one on the (R) side is taking that up, either...but I don't hear Romney/Gingrich/etc. talking about civil liberties much, other than the occasional "I'd quash them if I didn't like them."

 

[huevonkiller]

And I think it's irresponsible to have a platform based on "civil liberties" without calling out "civic responsibilities." Haven't the D's been doing that for almost a century? How is packaging it in a "smaller gov't" speech anything new or potentially game-changing?

To be neutral, no one on the (R) side is taking that up, either...but I don't hear Romney/Gingrich/etc. talking about civil liberties much, other than the occasional "I'd quash them if I didn't like them."

No, Republicans have not been about "smaller gov't" the past 70+ years. That's why it is game changing.

If you're nuts then go break the law and get arrested.