Ron Paul the anti-moderate.
In the last 8-10 years, moderates in the GOP are killing the platform and like a virus, killing the party.
If the current GOP thinks that moving more moderate will win more elections and that this is the answer than you will see a continuation of what is happening now: splitting the base, out right ignoring the platform and turning the party into basically a war party that spends more than the dems.
I first noticed a change in the party when Sean Hannity, and others, told everyone to vote for Arnold instead of backing Tom McClintock for the California Gov race. This was the first time (for me) that I noticed all of a sudden principle took a big backseat to fame. And big surprise, Arnold is a RINO. All the while the party was fully aware of this.
In 2004 with the reelection of Bush, (back when he did have political capital) he went more moderate thinking that this is how you please a nation that was/is so divided on the election.
McCain IS the poster-boy of RINO's. He is not going to win. Period. His stance on Illegal immigration tells me everything I need to know about him.
Does Rudy Have the platform? I know in the South Carolina debates he wants nation building as a "viable option for our military" I don’t. He will not even win his state.
Does “life long hunter” Mitt have the Platform? Pumping more and more of his own money in his campaign, tells me how inspired his supporters are. Will he win his state?
Does "prescription drug part D voter" Thompson have the Platform?
Can any of them bring voters in from both sides of the idle? No
Only Paul can and is.......http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/roberts-j2.html
Why?
Liberty.....it does bring us together. (And in doing so you will have less Govt)
People are not asking for more moderates. (yet look at the current GOP line-up)
Conservatives, liberty is the antidote to the socialism-lite ways that moderates are using to kill this party.
Inspiring voters will bring people to the ballot box. Fear of the other side, will not. If all the GOP has is "vote for us because you should fear the other side", principled people will stay home and the party will get its clock cleaned. Liberty will get peolpe out to vote...not because we need more moderates.
About principle:
It’s amazing to see some here treat Ron Paul. Please list a better State's Right guy. Please list a better limited Govt guy. Please list a better Pro-gun guy. Please list a better guy on spending. Please list a more constitutionally principled guy. Ron has a clear foreign policy that does not caudle the world, or nation build. (Armed neutrality and non-intervention.....which is NOT isolation)
Please list a better man on the concept of National Sovereignty and Border control.
In truth, Bush (a moderate) may have cause so much damage to the GOP base and its platform that even Ron Paul may not be able to stop the natural selection-type A$$-kicking the GOP almost needs to get in 2008 to clear-out all the RINO's.
The fall of this party will not be by any of the whacked-out socialist in the Democratic Party. The fall will be from within. Ignoring the platform is dividing this party. Voters will stay home.
To principled people, conservatives included, Ron is a breath of fresh air. Is he the answer to all our problems? No. (In part, you are.)
Given all the talk about pro-gun, limited Govt activism on this website…….
How many times have we all lamented about a general public that does not seem to care about guns and liberty and the Constitution……..
It’s nice to see a real grassroots grassfire that is growing every day. Do the other GOP guys have this?
This everyday Joe is just not seeing it.
The dems do have that energy.
Do we?
In the last 8-10 years, moderates in the GOP are killing the platform and like a virus, killing the party.
If the current GOP thinks that moving more moderate will win more elections and that this is the answer than you will see a continuation of what is happening now: splitting the base, out right ignoring the platform and turning the party into basically a war party that spends more than the dems.
I first noticed a change in the party when Sean Hannity, and others, told everyone to vote for Arnold instead of backing Tom McClintock for the California Gov race. This was the first time (for me) that I noticed all of a sudden principle took a big backseat to fame. And big surprise, Arnold is a RINO. All the while the party was fully aware of this.
In 2004 with the reelection of Bush, (back when he did have political capital) he went more moderate thinking that this is how you please a nation that was/is so divided on the election.
McCain IS the poster-boy of RINO's. He is not going to win. Period. His stance on Illegal immigration tells me everything I need to know about him.
Does Rudy Have the platform? I know in the South Carolina debates he wants nation building as a "viable option for our military" I don’t. He will not even win his state.
Does “life long hunter” Mitt have the Platform? Pumping more and more of his own money in his campaign, tells me how inspired his supporters are. Will he win his state?
Does "prescription drug part D voter" Thompson have the Platform?
Can any of them bring voters in from both sides of the idle? No
Only Paul can and is.......http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/roberts-j2.html
Why?
Liberty.....it does bring us together. (And in doing so you will have less Govt)
People are not asking for more moderates. (yet look at the current GOP line-up)
Conservatives, liberty is the antidote to the socialism-lite ways that moderates are using to kill this party.
Inspiring voters will bring people to the ballot box. Fear of the other side, will not. If all the GOP has is "vote for us because you should fear the other side", principled people will stay home and the party will get its clock cleaned. Liberty will get peolpe out to vote...not because we need more moderates.
About principle:
It’s amazing to see some here treat Ron Paul. Please list a better State's Right guy. Please list a better limited Govt guy. Please list a better Pro-gun guy. Please list a better guy on spending. Please list a more constitutionally principled guy. Ron has a clear foreign policy that does not caudle the world, or nation build. (Armed neutrality and non-intervention.....which is NOT isolation)
Please list a better man on the concept of National Sovereignty and Border control.
In truth, Bush (a moderate) may have cause so much damage to the GOP base and its platform that even Ron Paul may not be able to stop the natural selection-type A$$-kicking the GOP almost needs to get in 2008 to clear-out all the RINO's.
The fall of this party will not be by any of the whacked-out socialist in the Democratic Party. The fall will be from within. Ignoring the platform is dividing this party. Voters will stay home.
To principled people, conservatives included, Ron is a breath of fresh air. Is he the answer to all our problems? No. (In part, you are.)
Given all the talk about pro-gun, limited Govt activism on this website…….
How many times have we all lamented about a general public that does not seem to care about guns and liberty and the Constitution……..
It’s nice to see a real grassroots grassfire that is growing every day. Do the other GOP guys have this?
This everyday Joe is just not seeing it.
The dems do have that energy.
Do we?
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