CNN – GOP National Security Debate From Washington DC
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, November 22, 2011, 7:00 PM
Live Blog: CNN Republican National Security Debate
This ought to be a great event tonight. The Heritage Foundation and the American Enterprise Institute are co-sponsoring the debate.
You can send your questions via Twitter at #CNNDebate
Since it is on foreign policy, look for Ron Paul to drop a few US-bashing bombs.
Update: Paul doesn’t disappoint starts out talking about “needless wars.”
Well right off the bat… We all know that any of the candidates would do better than the Apologizer in Chief.
Newt to Ron Paul- Sorry Timothy McVeigh succeeded. Great applause.
Ron Paul compares terrorism to wife beating. Nuts.
Michele Bachmann: Obama has outsourced our interrogation to the ACLU.
Rick Perry: This is what I’d do with TSA. I’d privatize it as soon as I could and get rid of the unions.
Santorum: “We should be trying to find the bomber, not the bomb.”
Ron Paul: We’re not at war. This is a careless use of words. #Nuts
Jon Huntsman startled that he got applause – thanks the audience.
Mitt: We need to bring Pakistan into the 21st century. (How about the stone age?)
Ron Paul says he wouldn’t help Israel in an attack on Iran. Why does Israel need our help? Why should we send our money needlessly to Israel.
More….
CNN Debate Transcripts Posted Online (30 min segments): http://archives.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/2011.11.22.html
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MANDATORY CREDIT: CNN NATIONAL SECURITY DEBATE
Newt: I would not bomb Iran without regime change.
Rick Santorum: This president has poisoned the well. He’s divided the country. (True)
** It’s obvious the GOP candidates look and sound better with each debate. And, they still have more than a dozen to go!
Ron Paul: We need to eliminate benefits to illegals. Cancel the war on drugs.
Newt pushes amnesty for illegals? Did he forget where he’s at?
Perry says to secure the border first.
Romney Says we have to quit the magnets — (Romney gave healthcare to illegals in Massachusetts.)
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link
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bg commented:
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after the comfortable and relaxed atmosphere of the last
debate, this is going to seem like a chaotic 3 ring circus..
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MustComment commented:
bg… I agree, it won’t be so relaxed. Speaking of the last debate – it didn’t go unnoticed that Mitt was not present. Speaks volumes to me.
Joe College commented:
Why am I seeing Wolf Blitzer? Why can’t they get someone who understands the subject matter?
Henry D'Andrea commented:
I swear, Ron Paul is mental…
lizzy84 commented:
Perry gave a nice answer on TSA..privatize it, get rid of the unions.
Joe College commented:
Yeah, Ron Paul sounds slightly cracked. His voice goes on this pitch roller coaster which makes him sound like he’s starting to come apart. He has passion but he sounds like he cannot control it or contain it.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Yet another debate in a forum provided by one of the Democrat Party’s media propaganda arms.
Boy, the Stupid Party never learns.
wtfisgoingon commented:
Paul = WTF !!!
He has a few good ideas, but dang! The dude is just to far out there. He has many supporters that want him to run as a third party. If he does,..it will prove who’s side he is really on.
Joe College commented:
Wolf throws question after question to the 1% man Huntsman. This is why they are nuts to have Blitzer anywhere near this debate.
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MustComment #3 November 22, 2011 at 7:12 pm
well i for one didn’t miss him..
at any rate, these type of so called “debates” are constructed more
for the MSM & others to choose & pick “sound bites” vs “substance”
to run with..
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bg commented:
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God i miss Bush..
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Joe College commented:
Mitt: We need to bring Pakistan into the 21st century. (Why?)
Agreed.
bg commented:
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Santorum knows more than he lets on..
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bg commented:
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and good grief Michele, whoever gave you
make-up advice is NOT voting for you!!
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bg commented:
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ANSWER THE QUESTION PAUL!! gah!!
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wtfisgoingon commented:
I dont get Dr. Paul.
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Ron Paul says; NO, NO, NO..
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Bubba commented:
50 minutes in, and Newt has only been asked two questions (and one was to comment on an earlier question). Well, pretty easy to see how CNN has decided to deal with Newt (who will absolutely OWN the topic of national security), and keep him from scoring any more points against their wet dream candidate Mitt (because of how they feel Barry will defeat him).
Seriously, what an absolute joke. The front runner is receiving less questions than Huntsman. Yup…pretty obvious indeed what CNN is up to, tonight.
lizzy84 commented:
I hope Fast n’ Furious/ the border will be brought up tonite.
wtfisgoingon commented:
Why are all these debates run by thge liberal media???????
May have welll just put them on THE VIEW w/o Elizabeth.
I’m changing the channel. This is BS.
Millionaire Matchmakeris on. I’m going there ! Night all!
Rose commented:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/11/21/romney_health_care_individual_mandate_is_a_conservative_concept.html
Romney: Health Care Individual Mandate Is A “Conservative Concept”
Let Romney kiss his own sweet bippie goodbye. [with furbelows by Yosemite Sam, I gawr-own-####-TEE!]
bg commented:
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Obama cut PEPFAR funding..
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AMerican Woman commented:
Why does the Progressive MSM ask the questions? Why does it determine who gets questioned and who is ignored?
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Rose #22 November 22, 2011 at 7:57 pm
Cain
Gingrich
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Rose commented:
Ron Paul compares terrorism to wife beating. Nuts.
Ron Paul: We’re not at war. This is a careless use of words. #Nuts
Ron Paul says he wouldn’t help Israel in an attack on Iran. Why does Israel need our help? Why should we send our money needlessly to Israel.
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Jim Holt, you are so polite, but ultimately, dead right. To put it FLATTERINGLY right, Paul is totally nuts!
“Pacifists are among the most immoral of men. They make no distinction between aggression and defense. Therefore, pacifism is one of the greatest allies an aggressor can have!” – Patrick Henry
Christopher Taylor commented:
While I agree with Ron Paul on the constitutionality of sending money to another nation to keep it safe, what the hell does that have to do with our current situation?
American Woman commented:
I do not believe the format of these debates has benefitted Conservatives. Moreover, Obama is learning what questions will be asked of him when and if he debates the Republican nominee. Does anyone doubt that Obama’s handlers probably have people working on his answers?
Joe College commented:
How can they accept this b.s. from Blitzer? They ought to put him in his place with his Obama propaganda spin.
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via CNN page..
re: Rick Santorum and Herman Cain both called for
extra scrutiny for people who fit the profile of terrorists.
just a sample:
On security profiling, some Muslims ask, ‘why not?’
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Rose commented:
So BG – #25 November 22, 2011 at 8:01 pm, are you calling Cain and Gingrich “Conservatives”??????????????
Vladimir Lenin: “Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.”
Karl Marx:
The Ten Planks of the Communist Manifesto
1. Eliminate private property ownership
2. A heavy progressive tax
3. Abolish the right of inheritance
4. Confiscate all properties owned by emigrants and rebels
5. Establish a central bank
6. Government control of communications and transportation
7. Government ownership of factories and agriculture
8. Government control of all labor
9. Combine agriculture and manufacturing
10. Government controlled free public education
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That #1 Plank of Karl Marx – that includes the Medical Industry, doesn’t it!
That #2 – that includes that Health Care MANDATE for “GOVT INSURANCE” and Death Panels for MEDICAL Coverage, doesn’t it!
The German Nazi [Socialists]s called it “Action T4″ and you can see one of the German Nazi [Socialists] Posters at Wikipedia by searching there for Action T4.
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Rose #31 November 22, 2011 at 8:23 pm
you calling Romney a Conservative??
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Joe College commented:
I wonder if Ron Paul is a pot head.
donh commented:
Perry just now doing that Scarecrow from Oz arm gesture again where he points his right finger tips left and his left finger tips right…>>. http://youtu.be/5xNA8seaqGQ
Rose commented:
#27 November 22, 2011 at 8:02 pm
Christopher Taylor
European Jews were instrumental in providing the money for the Thomas Jefferson generation to build our Navy so it could fight the Pirates of Tripoli who declared war on us when we declared Independence from England and we had to pay a $mill in ransom per year til we got the Navy built to protect our ships.
Our Founding Fathers might agree that helping Israel isn’t strictly “Constitutional” but is certainly Israel’s DUE from the USA. And a lot cheaper than another Katrina or Candlestick Park earthquake.
http://www.av1611.org/katrina.html
MrGoodWench commented:
Newt is out . He is an amnesty shill.
Busted
donh commented:
Unemployment at 9% and bad Reagan hair dye Romney makes the case how we need a better guest worker program.
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re: #25 November 22, 2011 at 8:01 pm bg
Herman Cain almost single handedly stopped HillaryCare..
Perry & Gingrich again..
few more here..
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Peter Warner commented:
Quote: ‘Ron Paul says he wouldn’t help Israel in an attack on Iran. Why does Israel need our help? Why should we send our money needlessly to Israel.’
Politically, Israel is our only reliable ally in the Middle East.
Ideologically, Israel is the only nation in the Middle East that shares American values (liberty, individual dignity, freedom).
Religiously, Israel is the only nation in the Middle East that shares a devotion to the God of the Bible (our Creator).
Heartistically, the struggle for Freedom is fought most strongly in the world today in Israel (America’s military is unmatched and brilliant, and is indeed valiantly engaged in two wars at the moment, but American society, sadly, is at the mall).
And Mr. Ron Paul openly declares that he will abandon Israel the first moment he can. This man has no soul.
Ron Paul does not deserve to be taken seriously, neither his followers. They should silence themselves in shame.
Blessed is the man
who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked
or stand in the way of sinners
or sit in the seat of mockers.
~Psalm 1:1
Best regards, Peter Warner.
donh commented:
and Cain says we need to stop buying Oil from Syria…OK Jim I am sorry for being critical of your Cain bashing posts. …
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MrGoodWench #36 November 22, 2011 at 8:38 pm
sure looks that way don’t it..
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son of tHE PuNIsHER commented:
Yeah, this will be a great event, alright. Watershed as the Majority of Americans continue to wake up to the fact that the Repubs are not interested in AMERICA at all….MORE DEBATES PLEASE#!!!
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donh #40 November 22, 2011 at 8:47 pm
lol, i caught that one too..
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bg commented:
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oh btw re: #43 November 22, 2011 at 8:52 pm bg
re: donh #40 November 22, 2011 at 8:47 pm
August 18, 2011
US bans Syrian oil imports
ergo, technically, he’s right..
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lizzy84 commented:
newt ..lost me on the border.. wonder if I’m heartless.
romney.. even worse… give any college graduate a green card… more magnet-immigration… just what this country needs, NOT!
More liberty commented:
Omg. These neocons are just drooling to get more American marines and soldiers killed in another BS middle-eastern war. Nothing like going into more and more debt for stuff that’s none of our business.
donh commented:
Cain’s answer on Syria sounded flat out ignorant. That leaves me little choice but to follow the crowd moving over to Newt or make a protest vote for Michelle. …She has been giving some damn good interviews lately.
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donh #47 November 22, 2011 at 9:07 pm
hey, he’s got a very technical brain, which is why he can
solve problems vs sounding good wearing an empty suit..
besides, i am certain there is more to know
than they’re allowed to blow so to speak..
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bg commented:
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“sound bite” debates, still a joke..
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Bill Mitchell commented:
This is what has driven me crazy about Newt for years. He can be 99% absolutely brilliant and then, completely and totally step in it leaving everyone shaking their heads saying WTF?
Now Newt is not a stupid man. How could he not calculate that his answer on amnesty would cost him DEARLY?
Amazing. Same old Newt. He bats .400 all year then strikes out in the bottom of the 9th in the World Series to end the game with the bases loaded.
Lydia commented:
Ron Paul. 2012.
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Herman Cain on Libya and Syria
did they ask any of the other candidates that question??
Herman Cain on Libya
more here..
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donh commented:
Newt was the victim of a sexually predatory high school teacher. Senator Scott Brown molested as a boy. Rick Santorum gives an angel award to the Jerry Sandusky foster care home. There is just something so seriously F*cked up with the whole god damn party…. they are actually making Obama look like the better vote. Focus on the lower offices of Senate , congress and state and get some real human being in there who haven’t had their perverted souls keelhauled by the devil .
Kermit commented:
How’d Cain do on the path to citizenship?
His published plan on the path was do it the current legal way and deport the rest.
How about Perry? Did he flip from you have no heart to hard labor prison camps on his border building trenches and high walls?
bg commented:
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The Electability Trap
Have Reagan and El Rushbo Set the Bar
Too High for Conservative Candidates?
& JMHO!!
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donh #47 November 22, 2011 at 9:07 pm
in case you missed this..
#44 November 22, 2011 at 8:55 pm bg
btw, it would be intellectually dishonest to call that a “debate”..
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steve commented:
To all the ron paul haters…he is the only one not feeding made up war propaganda….you people realize he’s they only one who isn’t there to protect corprate and banking interests right…he’s being critsized because his voice is high pitched at times? This is why america is in a mess because of ignorant people that believe everything they hear…follow the money trail…look at all the major wars the US has been involved in and which individuals benefited financially as a result of these wars….WAKE UP AMERICA…
steve commented:
Ps…isreal shouldn’t even be a country…they were put there by the US…why do we need to have an ally in the middle east….for the american elite to get rich on the oil and pipe line …or to fight the overly exaggarated terrorists who only hate us because we are occupying their land to begin with
donh commented:
Steve, Ron Paul is a paid spy for Iran. I feel much better with Cain’s patent ignorance of the Middle East than Ron Paul’s anti semetic movements on behalf of Iran. Cain just gave a quality interview with Gretta. He is great on combatting the class warfare issue but has no mind for foreign affairs. Maybe that is just what god wants for this country. Maybe the rapture will happen in 2 months and it won’t matter because the horror show ENDS, but I absolutely HATE what the Republican party has been doing in the way of presidential offerings. Its like they want to throw it to Obama. We just don’t have quality people at Senate / Governor levels to bring in other than some fresh Tea Part stars with 1 year experiance.
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poor steve, the made up maker uperer..
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donh #60 November 22, 2011 at 9:50 pm
he is not patrently ignorant, he’s
just not good at “sound bites”..
please, do some research & listen to the
man, and stop drinking the MSM koolaid..
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bg commented:
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just a sampling..
Iran
“right of return”
Herman Cain DISMANTLES President Obama’s Foreign Policy
Middle East, North Korea and China
bit more here..
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Han Solo commented:
They want to start wars with China, Iran, Syria, Mexico… Did I miss any others? They’ll arrest and torture anyone to protect us from the phantom terrorists, spend us into oblivion for weapons, take our money to pay off corrupt puppet dictators, bankers and weapons dealers. Heck a couple of them were even cheering for a no-fly zone on a country that does not even have a fracking air-force.
These guys are the real terrorists. They want us to fear the foreign people so much that we give everything to them — our incomes, our labor, our children, so they can have a wet imperialist’s dream. I wish there were a department of defense that would protect me from them, not China and Iran.
Liz commented:
Oh my goodness you’re such a dope, EVERY state gives healthcare to illegals. Name one that doesn’t. Romney hater.
donh commented:
Bg …Cain gave a similar answer on Iran TWICE. Jim has posted about it…..That if we just don’t buy oil from muslim countries everything will be OK. Maybe Cain is not being ignorant…Maybe he is finding an indirect way of saying he’s not going to be a big nation builder in the middle east. Well then just say it. Say I will not be obsessed with the 33rd parallel…my priority is 9/9/9.
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re: #63 November 22, 2011 at 10:04 pm bg
Israel
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donh #66 November 22, 2011 at 10:12 pm
oh he’s said lots more, we’re just not hearing it..
note they only ask him these question when he has seconds
to respond.. like i & many other have noted he thinks before
he speaks..
thing is, even if he knew absolutely nothing, knowing that he will
thoroughly think things through no matter how long it takes is a
huge plus in my book vs, oh i dunno, lets say bombing an aspirin
factory..
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donh #66 November 22, 2011 at 10:12 pm
btw, did you not click on at least one link??
and i’m sorry, but whatever that was tonight, like those of it’s ilk before
it, was not a “debate”, it was a “sound bite witch hunt”, i know it, you
know it, and anyone with half a brain knows it.. unfortunately, they’re a
joke, and the jokes on US..
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#69 November 22, 2011 at 10:33 pm bg
btw, don’t believe he mentions OIL in any of them, go figure..
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Patty commented:
There for a while it was like Romney didn’t exist. I love how he wouldn’t get involved with Newt story on family who live here illegally for 25 years. He does stay out of the more dangerous areas for the media to talk about.
Bachman cannot complain about no air time. She has a lot. Nor could any of the others.
Cain played it safe and one thing for sure he is fixed on economy first on just about all his answers.
Like the no fly zone thing when he said NO. It is like declaring war of sorts.
Israel is important to us but one thing Huntsman repeated they are our friends, trouble is these days Obama has tried to alienate them. But notice it seems to GOP they are our only friends.
Back to Bachman…Aid to China, EXCELLENT COMMENTS.
Paul..OMG, THAT’S IT. OMG.
Santorum, wonderful man and an accomplished man, honest and great character.
Perry has me puzzled, don’t know why, a little concerned about him.
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donh #66 November 22, 2011 at 10:12 pm
oh yeah, this was a fun drink O’koolaid..
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bg commented:
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Patty #71 November 22, 2011 at 10:49 pm
re: [Paul..OMG, THAT’S IT. OMG.]
ROTF
MBO!!
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Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
Why does the Progressive MSM ask the questions? Why does it determine who gets questioned and who is ignored?
Because the ranks of the Stupid Party are populated by a bunch of hard-headed idiots.
Truth commented:
Ron Paul debate highlights http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpLmedsDe2I
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that dumb as a rock scientist /:D s/
video link @ link..
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squeaky commented:
“..50 minutes in, and Newt has only been asked two questions (and one was to comment on an earlier question).” i didn’t watch the debate but didn’t they say wolf was practicing for snappy comebacks to hit newt with [maybe i missed the punchline of the source i was listening too]…if so maybe this was wolf’s best defense as in duck and weave. and with ron paul….all that comes to mind is the “Mr Rogers” theme song.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/ron-paul-offer-iran-friendship-not-sanctions
daryl commented:
Well, this debate thread was much like that story about the misguided Greyhound bus driver that stopped and left the bus except this time she stopped the bus and stayed onboard. Thirty two out of seventy eight posts and that’s just the ones under the same name.
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OT (not really, i mean, what topic isn’t related to the “wone” /s)..
If Only Obama Had Been This Guy 11/23/11
[Alas, a few days before his all-but-certain election, he glibly
telegraphed what would prove the seminal mistake of his
administration, telling Time magazine's Joe Klein that, right
after fixing the financial crisis, "a new energy economy . . .
That's going to be my No. 1 priority when I get into office."
The financial crisis would not be fixed, but Mr. Obama decided
our sagging economy would just have to endure fights over
the big ideas he was so determined to implement anyway,
including health care, re-empowering labor, redressing income
inequality, etc.]
sneakiest president & hard core racist first lady ever!!
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Who Cares commented:
Ron Paul seems to always have let a wet fart in his boxers.
owl commented:
Ron Paul is nuttier than a fruitcake on this issue. Anyone………..yes, I said anyone………..that supports Ron Paul is a fruitcake. Nuts. Bonko. Flying saucers. Auntie in the attic nuts.
This man could have been a perfect candidate. He needs to be taken off the stage. He is the most dangerous person I have ever seen. It is a real toss-up between him and Obama.
Darn shame because I agree with a lot of what he says on everything else.
Ron Paul has gained way too much support and if he decides to, he can re-elect Obama.
owl commented:
This group needs to start taking Ron Paul down. Now.
paz commented:
Dr. Ron Paul won the debate for the 11th time. You cannot argue the truth that he constantly presents.
We need to stop meddling with the rest of the world.
We need to end the police state and repeal the Patriot Act. It violates the 4th Amendment.
We need to end corporate welfare and restrict social welfare (common sense reforms).
We need to balance the $(#@! budget!
Most importantly, we must END THE FED!
Dr. Ron Paul is the only one in D.C. who predicted EVERY MESS the past 30 years.
Go ahead and vote for your RINOs you #*&!# sheep!
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Dr. Ron Paul
rotf
mbo!!
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young truthteller commented:
when will maddness end !!!!!!!!!! i wish soon