Mike my Friend I would agree with you that Russ Finegold is one of the more stalwart members of the Senate. He also did an admirable job at trying to fight the Patriot Act. He has not announced he was running for President has he?
I would not say that Dr. Paul is a loner, but he is often alone in Congress. I have learned a lot in my 40 year sojourn on this earth and nothing more important than this "doing the right thing is OFTEN lonely business."
When Rosa Parks sat down at the front of the Bus she did it by herself. When Ghandi started his struggle he started it by himself. I for one am very proud to have a Congressman who defends the Constitution at every turn even if he has to do it alone at times.
The most exciting thing that has come out of the Paul campaign thus far is the tens of thousands of College students who have embraced Austrian economics and Liberty. These will be our future Leaders.
They may be to late to assist Dr. Paul on the House floor but I would be willing to bet in the not to distent future they will be a force to recon with.
Long live the Republic, Tex
First Mike the question is not whether you believe in Civil Liberties, but whether Obama & Clinton do. As to your faith in what they say I would not believe either of them if their tongues were notarized. I mean if they are such great champions of Liberty then why would they not only vote for the Patriot act, but also vote to reauthorize it? Secondly I do not hate Lawyers. I have several in my Family and I sell Pre-Paid Legal Services myself. What I HATE is Ambulance chasing Tort Lawyers who make fortunes off of frivolous lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care for the rest of us. As to Dr Paul being just like all other politicians that is laughable. We could only dream that every Politician took consistent, principled stands based on dogma and not public opinion polls. In the words of former Treasury Secretary William Simon Dr. Paul is the one exception to the Gang of 535 on Capital Hill.
chvictoria you must have been watching a different debate than I. At no time did she have Obama shaking in his boots. In fact it was she who looked like a retarded Deer caught in headlights when he through out that I was helping the Poor while you were helping yourself on the board of Wal-Mart.
As to the Republicans shaking in their boots over her that is laughable. Hillary is the MOST hated female politician in America. I mean hell even the Democratic Leadership in Congress hates her. I mean most have endorsed Obama and the rest for the most part are waiting for the convention to see who to brown nose.
By the time the likes of Ed Rawlins get through with her even her Mother & Daughter will not vote for Her. Hillary is about half as smart and twice as crooked as her husband. The problem is she has the personalty of a presa canario. I think I speak for most Republicans when I say PLEASE bring her on!
I think Obama would be the tricky one because of the race card that I am SURE would be played at EVERY turn. (just look at how they twisted Hillary's comment about Dr. King and the passing of civil rights legislation.) I mean you point out he attends a racist Black Church & they will say you are just saying that cause he's black or that him & Romney could be the flip flop twins and they will say you are just picking on him cause he is Black. I guess you get my drift.
Having said all that from what little opposition research I have dome on Obama he has LOTS of weaknesses that can be "tactfully" exploited. When the Republicans get through with him he will no longer be the fair haired child of the Democratic Party. I honestly believe John Edwards is your best shot at the White House.
Like I said before I do not necessarily believe he would do any better job than the other two nut stains, but I believe he is more electable. I mean the worst thing we can say about him is he is a crooked tort Lawyer. Since MOST people in America now a days want something for nothing they LOVE tort lawyers and expect them to be crooked.
Long live the Republic, Tex
Personally I believe if you care about Civil Liberties or the Constitution then Dr. Paul is the ONLY candidate a Wise person could vote for. That of course is neither here nor there for the purposes of this conversation.
Basically you said you liked John Edwards but because Hillary & Hussein are the front runners you will most likely vote for one of them. Does the fact that Hillary & Hussein are front runners make Edwards any less worthy of your Vote?
The people who annoy me are the ones who say I would vote for so and so if only they had a chance to win. The irony of it is MOST of the time if everybody who said that actually voted for them they would have a chance to win
I am not one who believes in such a thing as a wasted vote. I mean if you vote your convictions win loose or draw you did not waste your vote. I am getting sick and tired of hearing about people voting for the lesser of two Evils.
Long live the Republic, Tex
Come now Mike don't tell me you are one of those people who instead of voting for the person you think is best for the job you vote for the Idiot who is popular? Don't get me wrong I do not think Edwards would be any better than the other two scoundrels. I just for some reason would prefer a crooked Lawyer from South Carolina to one from Hawaii or Chicago.
Long live the Republic, Tex
Did you read the rest of the article? I mean if you are a student of History then you will understand just how analogous it is.
Mike Huckabee, is completely unacceptable to large portions of the Republican party. Iowa has a much higher percentage of evangelicals than will primaries coming forward. Huckabee ain’t going to win New Hampshire and has little national organization.
Exit polls suggest that Dr. Paul WON Independent Voters, who are the key crossover constituency that a Republican candidate is going to need to win in the general election. We have a wide open race right now. We are likely to be top 3 in Wyoming.
Dr Paul. should also do fairly well in South Carolina and Nevada, where he has spent time building his base while everyone else was in Iowa. Besides Romney & Guiliani virtually every other candidate is broke and with the exception of Huckabee, they won’t pull in more money based on their Iowa performance.
Meanwhile, Dr. Paul has over 15 millions in the bank and with his huge grassroots base, we can easily raise millions more. That money will matter a lot more in states that, unlike Iowa don’t allow candidates to meet every voter. This is where we begin to use our finances to our advantage.
While it is still an uphill fight for the nomination (as it always was) we are coming out of Iowa in a better position than we came in and we are well placed to do some real damage in the primaries going forward. The Revolution Continues!
Long live the Republic, Tex
As my Grandfather use to say "Even a broken clock is right twice a day." :-) Long live the Republic, Tex
I believe that Dr. Paul's Position on earmarks is 100% correct. Here is what he said on the subject last year in a speech on the House Floor.
"earmarks are a symptom of the problem, not the cause. The real problem is that the United States government is too big, spends too much, and has too much power.”
a crackdown on earmarks, would only grant the executive branch more control over where the money goes. The total amount of spending wouldn’t change. “There’s nothing wrong with designating where the money goes,” so long as the earmark is “up front and everyone knows about it,” rather than having it slipped in at the last minute with no scrutiny.
In an ideal world, there wouldn’t be a federal income tax. But since there is, I feel a responsibility to help My constituents recover some of the tax dollars the government has taken from them. “I don’t want them to take it,“but if they do take it, I’d just as soon help my constituents get it back.”
Sounds reasonable to me.
Long live the Republic, Tex
Mike you are right Dr. Paul can not make the changes by himself. You will be surprised how much he gets changed with the Bully Pulpit of the Presidency and an ACTIVE veto pin! Ron Paul is not a stupid man. He knows once he gets in office he will have to get the republicans "solidly" behind him. Once he has a veto proof coalition watch the change happen!
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Mike my Friend I would agree with you that Russ Finegold is one of the more stalwart members of the Senate. He also did an admirable job at trying to fight the Patriot Act. He has not announced he was running for President has he?
I would not say that Dr. Paul is a loner, but he is often alone in Congress. I have learned a lot in my 40 year sojourn on this earth and nothing more important than this "doing the right thing is OFTEN lonely business."
When Rosa Parks sat down at the front of the Bus she did it by herself. When Ghandi started his struggle he started it by himself. I for one am very proud to have a Congressman who defends the Constitution at every turn even if he has to do it alone at times.
The most exciting thing that has come out of the Paul campaign thus far is the tens of thousands of College students who have embraced Austrian economics and Liberty. These will be our future Leaders.
They may be to late to assist Dr. Paul on the House floor but I would be willing to bet in the not to distent future they will be a force to recon with.
Long live the Republic,
Tex
First Mike the question is not whether you believe in Civil Liberties, but whether Obama & Clinton do. As to your faith in what they say I would not believe either of them if their tongues were notarized. I mean if they are such great champions of Liberty then why would they not only vote for the Patriot act, but also vote to reauthorize it?
Secondly I do not hate Lawyers. I have several in my Family and I sell Pre-Paid Legal Services myself. What I HATE is Ambulance chasing Tort Lawyers who make fortunes off of frivolous lawsuits driving up the cost of medical care for the rest of us.
As to Dr Paul being just like all other politicians that is laughable. We could only dream that every Politician took consistent, principled stands based on dogma and not public opinion polls. In the words of former Treasury Secretary William Simon Dr. Paul is the one exception to the Gang of 535 on Capital Hill.
chvictoria you must have been watching a different debate than I. At no time did she have Obama shaking in his boots. In fact it was she who looked like a retarded Deer caught in headlights when he through out that I was helping the Poor while you were helping yourself on the board of Wal-Mart.
As to the Republicans shaking in their boots over her that is laughable. Hillary is the MOST hated female politician in America. I mean hell even the Democratic Leadership in Congress hates her. I mean most have endorsed Obama and the rest for the most part are waiting for the convention to see who to brown nose.
By the time the likes of Ed Rawlins get through with her even her Mother & Daughter will not vote for Her. Hillary is about half as smart and twice as crooked as her husband. The problem is she has the personalty of a presa canario. I think I speak for most Republicans when I say PLEASE bring her on!
I think Obama would be the tricky one because of the race card that I am SURE would be played at EVERY turn. (just look at how they twisted Hillary's comment about Dr. King and the passing of civil rights legislation.) I mean you point out he attends a racist Black Church & they will say you are just saying that cause he's black or that him & Romney could be the flip flop twins and they will say you are just picking on him cause he is Black. I guess you get my drift.
Having said all that from what little opposition research I have dome on Obama he has LOTS of weaknesses that can be "tactfully" exploited. When the Republicans get through with him he will no longer be the fair haired child of the Democratic Party. I honestly believe John Edwards is your best shot at the White House.
Like I said before I do not necessarily believe he would do any better job than the other two nut stains, but I believe he is more electable. I mean the worst thing we can say about him is he is a crooked tort Lawyer. Since MOST people in America now a days want something for nothing they LOVE tort lawyers and expect them to be crooked.
Long live the Republic,
Tex
Personally I believe if you care about Civil Liberties or the Constitution then Dr. Paul is the ONLY candidate a Wise person could vote for. That of course is neither here nor there for the purposes of this conversation.
Basically you said you liked John Edwards but because Hillary & Hussein are the front runners you will most likely vote for one of them. Does the fact that Hillary & Hussein are front runners make Edwards any less worthy of your Vote?
The people who annoy me are the ones who say I would vote for so and so if only they had a chance to win. The irony of it is MOST of the time if everybody who said that actually voted for them they would have a chance to win
I am not one who believes in such a thing as a wasted vote. I mean if you vote your convictions win loose or draw you did not waste your vote. I am getting sick and tired of hearing about people voting for the lesser of two Evils.
Long live the Republic,
Tex
Come now Mike don't tell me you are one of those people who instead of voting for the person you think is best for the job you vote for the Idiot who is popular? Don't get me wrong I do not think Edwards would be any better than the other two scoundrels. I just for some reason would prefer a crooked Lawyer from South Carolina to one from Hawaii or Chicago.
Long live the Republic,
Tex
Did you read the rest of the article? I mean if you are a student of History then you will understand just how analogous it is.
Mike Huckabee, is completely unacceptable to large portions of the Republican party. Iowa has a much higher percentage of evangelicals than will primaries coming forward. Huckabee ain’t going to win New Hampshire and has little national organization.
Exit polls suggest that Dr. Paul WON Independent Voters, who are the key crossover constituency that a Republican candidate is going to need to win in the general election. We have a wide open race right now. We are likely to be top 3 in Wyoming.
Dr Paul. should also do fairly well in South Carolina and Nevada, where he has spent time building his base while everyone else was in Iowa. Besides Romney & Guiliani virtually every other candidate is broke and with the exception of Huckabee, they won’t pull in more money based on their Iowa performance.
Meanwhile, Dr. Paul has over 15 millions in the bank and with his huge grassroots base, we can easily raise millions more. That money will matter a lot more in states that, unlike Iowa don’t allow candidates to meet every voter. This is where we begin to use our finances to our advantage.
While it is still an uphill fight for the nomination (as it always was) we are coming out of Iowa in a better position than we came in and we are well placed to do some real damage in the primaries going forward. The Revolution Continues!
Long live the Republic,
Tex
As my Grandfather use to say "Even a broken clock is right twice a day." :-)
Long live the Republic,
Tex
I believe that Dr. Paul's Position on earmarks is 100% correct. Here is what he said on the subject last year in a speech on the House Floor.
"earmarks are a symptom of the problem, not the cause. The real problem is that the United States government is too big, spends too much, and has too much power.”
a crackdown on earmarks, would only grant the executive branch more control over where the money goes. The total amount of spending wouldn’t change. “There’s nothing wrong with designating where the money goes,” so long as the earmark is “up front and everyone knows about it,” rather than having it slipped in at the last minute with no scrutiny.
In an ideal world, there wouldn’t be a federal income tax. But since there is, I feel a responsibility to help My constituents recover some of the tax dollars the government has taken from them. “I don’t want them to take it,“but if they do take it, I’d just as soon help my constituents get it back.”
Sounds reasonable to me.
Long live the Republic,
Tex
Mike you are right Dr. Paul can not make the changes by himself. You will be surprised how much he gets changed with the Bully Pulpit of the Presidency and an ACTIVE veto pin! Ron Paul is not a stupid man. He knows once he gets in office he will have to get the republicans "solidly" behind him. Once he has a veto proof coalition watch the change happen!
Long live the republic,
Tex