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Chris Sinnard

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Monday, October 15, 2007 12:04 PM

And if you want to know Paul's positions....

Read them from the man himself. Get this, Ron Paul writes his own material and isn't a triangulating centrist that hires people to sound eloquent for him:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul-arch.html

Now, please point me to the Hillary Clinton archives, or the Fred Thompson archives, or the Romney, Edwards, Giuliani, Obama archives. Oh that's right, to be an establishment politician requires you to be about as straight as a corkscrew, Mr. Inside-Outsky. Get it yet?

Monday, October 15, 2007 12:06 PM

nevermind, I can get all the other candidates positions

straight from the pages of Foreign Affairs...

Monday, October 15, 2007 02:59 PM

If you are a Democrat and you like Ron Paul

Then register as a Republican and vote for him in your Primary. A lot of Democrats are already doing it, especially after they showed their true colors in the sell out of 06.

Ron Paul gets it. Even if you don't agree with a lot of what he says, Paul sticks to his guns and always has.

Paul also understands what the Balance of Powers is all about, and would repeal and reverse all of this unitary executive crap. I don't see Hillary or any of the Dems promising to peel back the coming Police State, on the contrary, I see them using these powers for themselves, not repealing them.

But it would be pretty hard for Paul to dismantle the Federal Government when you have to go through a (likely) Democratic Congress and the courts first. Of course, once he abolishes the Federal Reserve (and IRS with it), and we are no longer paying income taxes and have a dollar that is worth less than the paper it is printed on (meaning fixed incomes stay fixed), those that still don't like him might even warm up to him.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:42 PM

LOL at Ron Paul being a racist

Smearing Paul supporters is all the haters have. It's the same story with the media, spin the debate so as to conflate Paul and his supporters, such as the "truthers" and the David Dukes out there. Throw in some clever name calling to complete the typical Ron Paul segment.

Yeah, sure, Ron Paul is a racist. Somebody had better tell Walter E. Williams that Paul is a racists so he can pull his endorsement, or somebody had better tell Paul that Williams is a black man and he is supposed to NOT like him, since Paul has been quoted as saying that someone like Williams would make a good running mate.

I guess he also antisemitic because of his foreign policy positions. Just because Paul isn't the property of AIPAC and doesn't support the US fighting wars, spending money, and spilling blood for Israel he will be called a "antisemitic hater of teh jooz!".... Forget about the fact that the only thing he has in his congressional office are framed pictures of Murray Rothbard and Mises, Paul is a jew hater because he hasn't sold his soul to the Lobby.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 02:21 PM

Kind of Off Topic

Good interview with Scott Horton on all of this. It is archived at Antiwar.com.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 02:26 PM
Original article: How Hillary could tank

Gender would be an Issue if Hillary weren't an asexual cyborg

Gender only matters when you have one. Word on the street is that Hillary needed room for her latest hardware upgrade (she was installing a hawkish new circuit board). Having not used her Vagina in decades, Hillary decided to get rid of it in order to make room for all of her new parts.

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 07:05 PM
Original article: The Iran hawks

They seem similar because they are both owned by the same people

They are both owned by the same moneyed interests. Why am I not surprised about either of their positions? And, what's this? A little bird told me that various neocons are snuggling up close and getting comfortable with the two top dogs as well.

It would truly a be a sad statement if they get the nominations, but if that happens, Ron Paul won't be going anywhere. He has another money ticker up and is going to raise more this month than the Huckster raised all of last quarter. He has said he doesn't "intend" to run 3rd party, but if he does, his supporters won't slow down, and against Scoop and Dump and Hillary Police State Clinton, the two hawks will obviously have a big problem. Ron Paul will pincer them as they run to the center.

I know about all of his positions. Just remember that there is more than one branch of government and Paul doesn't seem into the whole unitary executive thing.

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