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Monday, December 3, 2007 12:00 AM

Ron Paul is a baby elephant

From around the country, Ron Paul's followers are descending on New Hampshire to go door-to-door for their man. But what do they really want?

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  • Monday, December 3, 2007 08:09 AM

    Let's be realistic

    Cutting taxes:

    I spent a lot of money buying my house and lots more in taxes so lazy pos can't live where I live. If Ron Paul cuts taxes then some very undesirable folks might lower my property values.

    Ending War on Drugs:

    How are we suppoed to keep blacks in their place withoutt he war on drugs?

    Ending Iraq

    We have elaborate and mutually beneficial treaties witht he House of Saud and the sultans of the Persian Gulf to protect them fromt he populism of Iranians. how can we thrown away their sucurioty by ending the WoT amd nation builidng in Iraq?

    Making entitlement programs responsible

    The government (as per the wonderfully machiavellian president Johnson) has an agreement with the old, lazy, and infirm to back up the status quo by voting for the people who feed them with public money. Requiring people to worry about where their own handouts are coming from will break this political pact and cause undue stress among the old folks struggling to live on 60,000 per year in benefots and pensions.

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