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- ordig, on 07/17/2008, -8/+107That'll show them. That's what they get for listening to the public.
- digitronix, on 07/17/2008, -11/+88Way to be there, Paulites! I hope the Republican Party loses in September, just for the way it treated Ron Paul over the past two years. Even though Obama is *hardly* presidential material, I hope his election gives them time to pause, look at the past, and realize their party is a flippin' joke.
- KJSatz, on 07/17/2008, -6/+76A Leader We Can Believe In...bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran!
The problem isn't with the GOP; it's with the millions who went out for McCain, Guiliani, Romney, and the like. - OutsideSupply, on 07/17/2008, -5/+74Ron Paul is awesome. He could really CHANGE America for the better. Only fresh ideas out there. Rest just wanna keep spending our money whilst they confuse, difer, and deflect our attention from the real problem. We are broke, broke, broke.
- baldr, on 07/17/2008, -3/+59they really should have had people telegraph in their suggestions if they actually wanted people that were supporting McCain.
- Hiltonizer, on 07/17/2008, -2/+58The best part is... since his campaign has been suspended.... inflation reports and the degrading capital markets have proved we would be much better off in a country based on his positions. Suck on that naysayers.... hope your social security and useless income taxes are working out for you.
Too bad having Bob Barr as the Libertarian nominee is evidence the Libertarian party has sold out :( - punkpatriot, on 07/17/2008, -6/+42I'm a Kucinich-ite and I was surprised to find other people who were calling for dismantling the Pentagon, and returning to the National Guard on there!
Booyah! - Minarchian, on 07/17/2008, -3/+37It's the GOP leadership who pushed for anyone but Paul. The GOP with the help of MSM that got McCain, probably the most liberal Republican in history, the nominee.
But then again...let's see what happens at the convention :) - muckemuck, on 07/17/2008, -1/+34So where are all of the McCain supporters on there? Or are there any McCain supporters? I've seen 2 McCain bumper stickers so far this year.. and that included going to a state GOP convention and walking around the parking lot looking for them.
btw.. I'm a Paul supporter and haven't bothered to add a comment on the GOP site. The GOP didn't listen to what we've been telling them at the local GOP meetings, the county conventions, the state conventions, etc.. so why are they going to listen now? They won't. The GOP will lose in November because they were too stubborn to admit that they've gone down the wrong track with the neo-cons. - gofalcons, on 07/17/2008, -3/+32Wait a second, now all of a sudden the GOP cares what people think?
- mikestrawman, on 07/17/2008, -1/+30Americans fundamentally believe in liberty.. We need a major party that champions the cause of the people.
- kolinkoolface2, on 07/17/2008, -0/+26liberty never sits down.
- bigj480, on 07/17/2008, -1/+25 No, no, no! We have all kinds of money! Come on, socialized medicine! Yaaay! More taxes, even more spending! FREE medicine! Rob the rich! Let's do it Amerika, YES WE CAN! CHANGE! HOPE! /sarcasm
- Idiggapony, on 07/17/2008, -1/+24The Republicans refused to listen to Dr. Paul in the primaries, but like it or not, they're going to hear his convictions enuncipated now!
Dear RNC: If you're going to ask what We the People think, then be prepared to feel our mighty wraith. For once awokened to the sweet, sweet scent of liberty brewing in the kitchen, true Americans do not return glimly to slumber.
Ron Paul! - gofalcons, on 07/17/2008, -6/+29He's getting dugg down because the Ron Paul wasn't a bandwagon candidate, did you notice how most people only started supporting Obama after he won those primaries? Also because only someone who had no idea what they were talking about would suggest that Ron Paul supporters would switch to Obama, they are polar opposites.
- zephc, on 07/17/2008, -4/+23onetimer: "I'm totally going to troll all these Ron Paul stories" *wank wank wank wank*
- j.carcinogen, on 07/17/2008, -0/+19I only see 1 platform idea from a user. The GOP must have decided the others were unacceptable and deleted them. Great way to win over people in your own party.
- gofalcons, on 07/17/2008, -4/+22Did you see the march a few days ago? I hardly call that a "tiny little band of supporters".
- flashingcurser, on 07/17/2008, -2/+19Freedom is popular.
- MorganMghee, on 07/17/2008, -4/+21I'm still laughing...since I first heard it went online....
- bigj480, on 07/17/2008, -1/+18How about this:
"News flash - Ron Paul supporters give a ***** enough to let their opinion be known, they aren't dumb schmucks that just sit and complain, they spread the message. This is news?" - chukd, on 07/17/2008, -0/+17The republicans went wrong when they moved from true conservatism and went to moral conservatism. They set themselves up for failure. No politician will ever win a moral battle. They lie, cheat and pander to people to gain power. These are not acts of a moral person.
Ron Paul is trying to set the republican party straight. He is one of the few voices in the Republican party trying to move them to smaller government and rights to the people. He voted no on the Patriot Act, renewal of the Patriot Act, no to FISA, and does not vote for raises for people elected to office. These are values the Republican party was built. This is why they will lose the election. - inactive, on 07/17/2008, -0/+16Would this mean anything to Republicans?
"If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism." --Ronald Reagan
"Barry Goldwater, Jr. Endorses Ron Paul"
http://youtube.com/watch?v=W7r27Az_Mns
"Ron Paul is one of the outstanding leaders fighting for a stronger national defense. As a former Air Force officer, he knows well the needs of our armed forces, and always puts them first. We need to keep him fighting for our country." --Ronald Reagan - Notasheeple, on 07/17/2008, -5/+21Would you really expect anything less?
Ideas can live beyond any election!
Go Ronulans! - thecatcantalk, on 07/17/2008, -2/+17Sweet zombie Jesus in a starship! As if the "Democratic" party were a better choice...right, as when Clinton signed NAFTA into law, thereby turning the U.S. into a colony of Mexico (you desk jockeys will get it, when YOUR job gets outsourced to a foreigner who has offered to do your job for 50% less). *****.
Yeah, Democrats are "more honest and less corrupt"...just look at Detroit and Chicago! /rofl - gofalcons, on 07/17/2008, -4/+18Give it up one timer, he'll never put the needs of Israel over the needs of America. Everytime you see Ron Paul's name you see this guy trying to down on him. You've done about as much good as his supporters who tried to convince Fox News viewers to listen to something besides warmongering and that "bomb them all" isn't an acceptable foreign policy.
- mikestrawman, on 07/17/2008, -1/+15Here is my submission:
The Republicans should once again embrace the beliefs of the common man.
We should champion the free market and personal liberties. There are commonalities amongst Americans and the GOP has a unique opportunity to tap into the groundswell.
Allow people to live their lives, for liberty is inherent to all people. Our liberty is not granted by government, rather by human nature (or God if you choose to believe). The GOP should champion individual rights and restore the american dream.
The GOP's cause should be the cause of liberty, of individual responsibility. These are the principals that our country was founded on. These are the principals that are still popular with the people.
Currently, no party embraces these fundamentally American ideals.
Let us end the meddling in foreign affairs and restore the value of the dollar. Let us resist government intervention and allow people to determine their fate.
This message will resonate with the people. They are hungry for it. Do not cling to what the party has become under the current administration. - Burnse, on 07/17/2008, -1/+13The Federal Reserve is the single most dangerous thing our nation faces. It has been since 1913.
Get ready for the Depression! - LoveWidescreen, on 07/17/2008, -1/+13Oh, *****. I don't buy the whole thing about "Ron Paul" supporters. Look, I've been a republican for many years and I can tell you that the Republican Party has gone so far off base that they don't even deserve to be called the Republican Party anymore. The vast majority of republicans that I know are and always have been closer to the center than to the right. THAT'S the core Republican base, which just so happens to be where Ron Paul is.
This incident was the core base of the Republican Party telling those asshats in Washington to get their pathetic asses back onto what the core principals or Republicanism are *supposed* to be -- smaller government, fiscal responsibility, strong defense, free market where the *public* are the primary beneficiaries (not the greedy CxOs), and the oh-so-politically-incorrect idea that all men are created equal, not privileged. (Need I remind people that a higher percentage of Democrats voted against the Civil Rights Act of 1964 than did Republicans.)
Correlation is NOT causation. This was not a scenario of Ron Paul supporters but rather of a segment of people of whom a subset are Ron Paul supporters ganging up on the Republican Party, which they so very much deserve. But of course this is Digg. - Idiggapony, on 07/17/2008, -1/+13The Ron Paul revolution lives on! Not by wealth nor power of its footsoldiers, but by fundamental sanctimony of principal.
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -1/+12Ha! Ha! Show them online!
- inactive, on 07/17/2008, -13/+24If they want sound advice, here it is: Disband the Republican Party.
- mishaco, on 07/17/2008, -1/+12what they get is better advice than the government is used to getting .
- safeshark, on 07/17/2008, -0/+10Here's that "one member of the public" you're talking about walking down the street a few days ago on the 12th
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFpJGL0jIjI
and more video of him, still walking
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OllkHmdjAc&feature ... - gofalcons, on 07/17/2008, -1/+11*****, no one was "forced" to change to Obama. If more people stuck with their values and voted for who they believed in rather than who the media told them could win, we'd see the destruction of the two party system and maybe actually get someone other than a hand picked leader in the whitehouse. No, the Republican's didn't give Ron Paul a chance. So because the Republicans didn't endorse him, you now give up on him? That doesn't make too much sense.
- inactive, on 07/17/2008, -3/+13I'm a communist and even -I'm- disappointed that the libertarians didn't pick a real libertarian. I enjoy healthy competition from the best, which is why I had hoped Ron Paul would have run as the libertarian candidate.
- greevar, on 07/17/2008, -1/+11No, he is talking about the Republican convention in Minneapolis this September.
- bsmeteronhigh2, on 07/17/2008, -0/+10I know! Let's start a new Party! We'll call it the "Fed Up" party. Now all we need is an animal mascot and a television news network devoted to us. It'll be fun. It could take the country by storm. Imagine if every time a news crew went out for the six o'clock news and everyone they interviewed said, "I'm Fed Up!"
- tehawesome531, on 07/17/2008, -0/+10I like a libertarian. Just throwing that out there, as if anybody cares.
- silicongat, on 07/17/2008, -1/+10The revolutions is bigger than Ron Paul. The author either doesn't realize it or she just wrote that trash to categorize it.
Great quotes, ***** article.. - greevar, on 07/17/2008, -0/+9Lies! They just want you to think that to save face.
- bigj480, on 07/17/2008, -0/+9haha, so currency..
- MrWhite7, on 07/17/2008, -0/+8... stop.... breath.... now recognize that with the exception of the Postal Service, those things that you named are handled by state governments...
The poor already have Federal and State sponsered healthcare. Medical coverage is not a right. You are not entitled to it. If you want it, live extremely poor... or work for it. - muckemuck, on 07/17/2008, -0/+8You're absolutely right.. what we currently have makes much more sense.
/sarcasm - bigj480, on 07/17/2008, -0/+8 Pfff, you're obviously mistaken. The GOP is for the rich slave owners and the democrats are for the poor hard workers! /sarcasm
It's really astonishing that the "divide and conquer" strategy works so well. Both sides struggle for power, both get it while being cheered on by their puppets. Group think, ain't it grand? - inactive, on 07/17/2008, -0/+8Wow... you really know nothing about Ron Paul, do you?
- Chakat, on 07/17/2008, -0/+8The problem is that due to the tax structure, we've tied healthiness to employment. If we got rid of the tax breaks, and had a real free market health care system, you could have still afforded to pay for insurance. The health care mess is on a large scale caused by government meddling.
- inactive, on 07/17/2008, -11/+19Why are you being dugg down? You're right.
- Jamsie567, on 07/17/2008, -1/+9This started as matchbook fire last year now it is an all out inferno blazing across America.
- BotchaMcCoola, on 07/17/2008, -0/+8Sad observation though. Due to the dollar devaluation, I am now doing my job for about 50% less than before.
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