tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com — Libertarian darling Ron Paul won the CPAC straw poll tonight, taking 31% of the vote in the multi-candidate field. Mitt Romney came in a distant second place. Sarah Palin came in third, drawing single-digits.
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foodlover58Feb 22, 2010
He sounds cool to support, but he's as short-sighted and off-base as any conservative agenda. Complete, simple anti-government isn't the solution. Americans hate our government, but there are plenty of examples of countries without a government. They're never good. Our flawed system is lacking, but unappreciated and poorly supported.Ron Paul supporters need to study the world, and rely less on the ideology of good will and capitalism to save us, and more on a practical solution.
Closed AccountFeb 22, 2010
Rand Paul 2036!
thecoolestguyFeb 22, 2010
---I'd much rather have just one set of politicians to keep track of and worry about, rather than 4 or 5 separate and independent levels of them, all of which cost money and generally want a piece of my ass.---You can drive to your state capital in one hour, and maybe get your voice heard. You have no hope of having your voice heard in Washington D.C. To homogenize policy for 300 million people from an all powerful center of government is to empower the special interests and their highly paid lobbyists and remove all safeguards for local communities against federal encroachment. It's essentially putting all your eggs in one basket, and one that isn't very good.
czernelFeb 23, 2010
The links you gave are all from 2008 (it says 2008 right on the screen). The links from Schmich are from 2010! Thanks Schmich!
thecoolestguyFeb 24, 2010
@Sylian,---Wow so if I financially worsen the conditions of certain sect or group by discriminating them (purely based on ethnicity) then it is no violance eh?---No it's not violence. Violence means intruding on your personal space and physically destroying a part of you. No one owes any one else a job. It's not violence to not give someone a job, no matter what the motivations.
pudding7Apr 29, 2010
18-25 year olds do vote. Check out YAL.com.