freemarketnews.com — Could Presidential candidate and Congressman Ron Paul (R-Tex) win the Republican national primary in New Hampshire? If he did so, the momentum would be significant – and the press coverage massive - as New Hampshire may be the first state to hold a formal election, even beating out the Iowa caucus.
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miseseanMay 28, 2007
"how is reporting his vote against Net Neutrality slanted?"That one isn't. He is indeed against stealing other people's property and having government control the Internet. (Of course, calling that theft and govt control "neutrality" is itself slanted!)Some of the other things, such as "voted no on allowing stem cell research" seem to be deliberated "slanted" - he voted no on providing /federal funding/ (i.e., money stolen from you!) for stem cell research - nothing to do with /allowing/ it. For all we know, he's the world's biggest fan of stem cell research. At least, I've never seen anything he's written against it. (And he is a doctor...)
look4truthMay 29, 2007
Ugh, Gouliani is first right now. Makes me wonder if the students even watched the debates. Or maybe they just prefer going waterboarding on Spring Break...
brandonmillsMay 29, 2007
You could make a "Could (insert candidate here)" story out of anything. That's not a story. That's posing a question. Just because FoxNews does it doesn't mean it's ok for you to do it.
joybranMay 29, 2007
@ kimohokiAnyone who doesn't understand the meaning of the Second Amendment either doesn't understand English or is purposely trying to obscure the rules of English grammar for political reasons."A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."The subject of the sentence is "right to keep and bear arms." The predicate is "shall not be infringed." The phrase "a well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state" is a clause because it could not stand alone as a sentence. It has to be a nonrestrictive clause because it does not modify any single part of speech in the main sentence. I know that government schools these days don't teach English grammar with any precision, but people of my generation learned to diagram sentences in fourth grade. This is easy stuff.If you need any more proof than the rules of English grammar, try the definition of militia at the time of the writing of the Constitution. The founders were opposed to standing armies or even to reserve armies like the current National Guards. They considered the militia to be "the whole body of able-bodied male citizens" who could be called to military service in time of emergency. The slightest knowledge of the history of the time makes it clear that the meaning of the second amendment was "Congress shall pass no law interfering with the right of any citizen to own and use weapons because he might be called upon to defend the liberty of the country."The reference to militia just makes it clear that the amendment was not designed to protect the rights of the people to go hunting or target shooting but to give them a means to defend liberty against governments, presumably foreign governments but even their own government if it became tyrannical.
dreepaMay 31, 2007
@BrandonThen go tell people who Ron Paul is. Every day. Tell one person. I agree that many see it on Digg and think that is enough. They need to vote. They need to go talk to people.I wear my Who is Ron Paul? Tshirt and people ask me all the time.... starts the conversation.www.ronpaulhq.com
tjg1984Jun 1, 2007
@smackhero and confuseusI am a Ron Paul supporter and I, for one, have done a lot of research on his political views and voting record. I had previously looked at the web page you cite on his voting record. The way they state some of the votes can be misleading, and even when the bill has the purpose the site states, Ron Paul's reason for voting against legislation is not opposition to its primary stated purpose, as the site assumes, but to the means of accomplishing it, or to one of the "other purposes" of the bill.I think that most Paul supporters are aware of what he stands for and support most of it. We don't think he's perfect; he's merely the best we've got.
scubadude1960Jun 2, 2007
If Ron Paul doesn't win the Republican nomination, I'm voting for Hillary... I think she should have the almost unlimited power that Bush has had. That should scare the hell out of all the Republican fake conservatives.
franky66Jun 7, 2007
Hope he does...maybe the last chance for America, everyone that cares about America's future needs to get on board with him do everything you can, register republican and vote for him in the primaries.
shelvonneJul 1, 2007
Ron Paul should be elected everywhere, by every 'party'. I've no respect for 'media' anymore. None.
samerOct 6, 2007
JFK started working against the Fed shortly before they killed him...
Closed AccountOct 26, 2007
You are what's wrong with America.
ebinrockNov 19, 2007
And actually, most roads, schools, and other such services are paid for on the local and state level anyway. Not only look at your U.S. Constitution, look at your state constitution and look at how county and city government works. I suspect most people don't know about their county government and what it does, for example.
swhtlmmJan 5, 2008
To all who are asking this question shed your conditioned fear. Of course Ron Paul can win NH but only if YOU believe in your dreams and in your constitutional RIGHT to the fundamentals Dr. Paul is representing. We are not talking rocket science here. While the Declaration of Independence is deep in it's roots and meaning it is all contained on a single, although rather large, page. The constitution is almost microscopic compared the the IRS tax code. Correct me if I'm wrong but when any of you learned about the history of these United States, and the process by which America was formed did you not have a moment when you were proud of those who came before you and stood strong for the cause of Freedom and Liberty? And it is a light that can and will never be put out? You tell me, CAN Ron Paul win? I sincerely believe not only CAN he, butHE WILL.
curthowlandJan 8, 2008
The grammar of the second amendment is simple: the subordinate clause is first, giving one reason without modifying the primary clause."A well read electorate, being necessary to the liberty of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear books, shall not be infringed."Show me how that means that only voters may read. Go on. You can't, because it doesn't. It says "the right of the people", and everywhere that phrase is used it means me, you, everyone as individuals.An appreciation of weapons is not an abnormal pathology. Considering the effect of personal arms for deterring violence and ensuring survival, I consider anyone who doesn't like them to be Darwin Award winners in waiting.It's just too bad that hoplophobes don't limit their negative effects to only themselves, but try to disarm everyone around them too. I guess the want company as they die of their own cowardice and paranoia, like people die in "gun free zones".
curthowlandJan 8, 2008
The Mass residents are moving there for the lower taxes, then voting for the same kinds of things they're used to in Mass.What a joke on them when taxes have to go up to pay for it. Too bad they drag everyone else down with them, but that's what you get with "democracy".
curthowlandJan 8, 2008
"No, but..."Hypocrite.
curthowlandJan 8, 2008
What the bury brigade does not understand is that those 3,000+ diggers are not coordinated. When a RP article hits the front page, people love it. By the results, it is only the bury brigade who is "sick of RP stories.What I find most interesting is that the bury brigade goes hunting RP stories to bury. I think they know very well that any that hit the front page go ballistic. It's not that they don't like RP, they resent others liking RP.