Ron Paul in 2009: I Wouldn’t Risk American Lives to End the Holocaust
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, December 28, 2011, 11:24 AM
We already knew that Ron Paul was anti-Israel but now there’s this…
In 2009 Ron Paul allegedly told a young conservative that he would not risk American lives to end a Holocaust.
Jeffrey Shapiro at Big Government reported:
On the evening of Sept. 16, 2009, I was invited to a function for Rand Paul’s U.S. Senate campaign at the headquarters of Americans for Tax Reform.
I had been invited by a friend of mine via Facebook who was a passionate supporter of Ron Paul. Within minutes of arriving, I saw Rep. Paul enter the room, followed by an entourage of several college students.
I immediately walked up to Paul and introduced myself, and Paul smiled at me and shook my hand. I told him that I had always wanted to ask him a question, and that it was a hypothetical question, but I would appreciate his answer nonetheless. Paul smiled, and welcomed the question. At this point there were about 15 people surrounding us, listening.
And so I asked Congressman Paul: if he were President of the United States during World War II, and as president he knew what we now know about the Holocaust, but the Third Reich presented no threat to the U.S., would he have sent American troops to Nazi Germany purely as a moral imperative to save the Jews?
And the Congressman answered:
“No, I wouldn’t. I wouldn’t risk American lives to do that. If someone wants to do that on their own because they want to do that, well, that’s fine, but I wouldn’t do that.”
…I went to great lengths afterwards to learn more about the basis for Paul’s comments. I spoke to Eric Dondero, a former senior aide for Paul, in February 2010. Dondero is quoted in a Weekly Standard article today about Paul’s isolationist beliefs.
When I called Dondero again this morning, and told him I was finally going forward with the story, he told me that Paul had made similar comments to him.
And, no one spoke up. It’s like history repeating itself.
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greenfairie commented:
FDR didn’t either. The raids on the camps happened mostly toward the end of the war as Allied forces from the West and the Red Army from the East swept through Eastern/Central Europe and Germany. Stopping the Holocaust wasn’t a priority and it wasn’t the reason why America went to war in Europe.
That said, guys like Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan wouldn’t have bothered fighting the Nazis for any reason. Their view is Hitler and Mussolini just wanted Europe and Northern Africa, the Japanese just wanted the Pacific, so we should have just left them aloneand they would have left us alone (but for that pesky Pearl Harbor thing).
sliderblaze commented:
Ron Paul is Bat Sh1T crazy
Redwine commented:
Crazy Uncle Ron is as dangerous as Comrade Barry Hussein. Paul is being supported by Democraps in open caucuses. (While Romney is being shoved on us by RINOs.) With all this railroading, we’re being pushed to choose between either McCain Redux or Obama’s Mirror. Comrade Barry Hussein will “occupy” the WH again. No wonder he doesn’t give a crap and says utterly stupid things.
paz commented:
Ron Paul wasn’t against fighting in WWII because we got attacked by Japan, who were allies with Germany and we’d be brought into it inevitably.
greenfairie is correct about “The raids on the camps happened mostly toward the end of the war as Allied forces from the West and the Red Army from the East swept through Eastern/Central Europe and Germany. Stopping the Holocaust wasn’t a priority and it wasn’t the reason why America went to war in Europe.”
Ron Paul is right about WWI though, that we had no business in joining it.
Follow the money. Jekyll Island.
Soze commented:
Ron Paul 2012 because Hitler’s goals were cut short!
Ladue Pundit commented:
The war Ron Paul DOES support is allowing global jihad to destroy Israel.
Ron “we don’t need no stinkin’ border fence to keep Americans in” Paul is supported by Dems, potheads, Dems, jihadists, Dems, independent gay marriage advocates, Dems, election spoilers. Am I repeating myself?
ivykid commented:
Let’s face it God put our troops in the right place to save his people. Man had very little to do with it. Hitler was pleased that Japan had attacked the US. He knew that we were way too strong for Germany to fight. He guessed that we would be so weak after fighting the Japanese that he could defeat us. Somehow our government used the attack on Pearl Harbor to go into the war against Germany. There have been many countries that have committed ghastly acts of aggression against members of their population. We have normally not gotten involved. Even though we see that the Jewish people suffered dearly at the hands of Hitler, it was only one of many horrendous acts of genocide by standing government leaders in the world. Though I wish that we could; we will surely fail if we strive to change the entire world to force everyone to adhere to our moral values and regard to human life.
paz commented:
“The war Ron Paul DOES support is allowing global jihad to destroy Israel. ”
So a bunch of cave dwellers are going to destroy a nation that has hundreds of nukes?
Even Netanyahu wants Israel to be self-reliant.
Ron Paul wants to get rid of ALL foreign aid.. you know, like the founders wanted.
When did Israel become our 51st state?
David commented:
I believe Israel should be allowed to fend for itself. However, Ron Paul is retarded if he thinks that allowing Muslims to do what they want isn’t dangerous for America. He needs to read the Koran
amdg commented:
A person says that Ron Paul said…
Well, I have no problem with Americans that would have volunteered and paid the expenses to fight the Nazis. I have a problem when they expect me to pay for it. I am not American, fortunately
bg commented:
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re: And, no one spoke up. It’s like history repeating itself.
no, truths & voices are silenced, that
is the reason history repeats itself..
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burt commented:
Ron Paul: The world according to Google.
rumcrook commented:
ivykid commented:”Somehow our government used the attack on Pearl Harbor to go into the war against Germany”
no it didnt. hitler declared war on us.
and also, I for one wont let ronpaul re-write history to fit his loony conspiracy theories.
by his saying he wouldnt have risked american troops to stop the Holocaust, he is deliberately trying to mislead people on the history of ww2 some 60 years later. the implication is that is what and why we went into ww2. that is just another piece of the anti semetic puzzle that makes up ronpauls fevered mentally unstable mind
if you dont fight the evil bent on eventually reaching the “gates of your city” in its own lair, you will fight it on your own streets.
ronpaul wouldnt have fought hitler, eventually between the soviets and hitler and imperial japan we would have seen a war in and on the continental U.S. war would have been brought to our women and children.
and when war was brought to us and our families and women and children on 911 by al queda and the taliban of afghanistan ron paul still wouldnt have made war against enemies bent on our destruction.
he is a loon and he is a dangerous loon.
Daniel K commented:
Geez Jim, can you rationally explain your fervor for the Jews? I’ve never noticed you screaming about our unwillingness to save 1.5 Armenians from massacre by Turks, or Pol Pots cleansing up to 7 million in Cambodia, or Lenin/Stalin killing 7-11 million Russians, or our unwillingness to save North Koreans from Kim Jong Il’s ill-fated policies which killed millions of Koreans. If you don’t favor the Jews then surely you would urge us into these interventions with the same fervor you take up the protection of the Jew. Or wouldn’t you? But you don’t.
Intervening in conflict around the world is a complicated business where valuable American individuals and valuable American resources are forced into harms way for goals the long-term effects of which are often ill-conceived at best. The fact that different people conclude differently about the value of those interventions is not a sign that one is insane or looney. All the name calling is really getting old.
On this blog it is clear that the Jews hold special prominence. Jim’s wrath is drawn forth much faster when someone doesn’t share his opinion about the Jews. Why is that? Why is a lack of special devotion to the Jews seen as “anti-semitic” when not caring about many other ethnic/religious (which is it?) groups is not considered anti-that group?
I’m genuinely confused.
J Descartes commented:
Ron Paul honors those who honor non violence. What does it matter iof millions are slaughtered just so long as I can stand on my soapbox and rant that I don’t have the spine to fight for honor and liberty when it is so much eqasier and better to attack those who have the traits I never had.
Ron Paul is a great man who will never fight. He is great because he has accompklished nothing. He is worthy because he allows the mindless like me to foam at the mouth and tell you how supererior we are.
We are the 99%. We are the annointed. Youse peoples are soooo estuipidos, Happy Kwannnweewee.
gus commented:
Ron Paul is a nut. If you don’t recognize that, you TOO may be a nut. Ron Paul is Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs.
discuss.
RedBeard commented:
We did not know the facts about the Holocaust until a year or so AFTER Pearl Harbor. So much for the idea that we either did, or did not, go to war to stop the Holocaust.
Ron Paul was asked if he would have gone to war KNOWING about the Holocaust.
Apples, oranges.
Ron Paul is still a nutter.
gus commented:
Daniel K. is CONFUSED.
Yes. He is.
vityas commented:
Since the entire European branch of my family was murdered in the Holocaust, if Ron Paul should win, it’s time for me to move to Israel. I realize that means almost certain death but better die in Israel fighting for life than to stay in an America where we’d be wearing signs saying “Not worth saving”.
What a disgusting, horrible, deranged man.
Ace commented:
I can’t think of a single president who sent American men somewhere to halt a holocaust.
FDR certainly didn’t…in fact, he became bed buddies with the worst tyrant of the 20th century, one that made Hitler look like a girl scout.
Name one…I can’t.
bg commented:
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Descartes #22 December 28, 2011 at 1:10 pm
you are an idiot..
keep scrolling down for more..
runaway
slave..
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Patty commented:
Isolationist. Really? Americans wouldn’t care? He alienates are friends and the enemies are marching on.
bg commented:
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Daniel K #16 December 28, 2011 at 12:55 pm
you are yet another fine example of an
indoctrinated vs critical thinking product..
out of context irrational comparisons = liberalism
btw, you’re wrong about the Armenians, etc.. as they
aren’t exactly lighting up the current radar, oh wait..
December 28, 2011
Clergymen clash at Bethlehem birthplace of Jesus
[The ancient church, built over the traditional site of Jesus' birth in Bethlehem, is shared by three Christian denominations — Roman Catholics, Armenians and Greek Orthodox. Wednesday's fight erupted between Greek and Armenian clergy, with both sides accusing each other of encroaching on parts of the church to which they lay claim.]
there you go, feel better now?? /s/
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bg commented:
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Daniel K #16 December 28, 2011 at 12:55 pm
btw, has Ron Paul ever said anything about the Armenians??
Ron Paul Speaks Against Armenian Genocide Bill
or is it safe to just “ditto” what he said about the Holocaust?? /s/
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bg commented:
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American Leadership & War
via The Motley Fool
The difference between conservatism and libertarianism
This is inspired by the rich cornucopia of vocal Ron Paul supporters here
on CAPS, and the estimable William F. Buckley, Jr., whose death we mark
as sadder for us than for him.
The difference between libertarians and conservatives is not at all found
in any domestic policy, least of all economic policy. It is that conservatives
have discovered the joys and welfares of aggressive national defense.
An example:
We all know that liberals (as such are called in the U.S.) were in charge
of U.S. policy, both foreign and domestic, for all of the 1930′s and 40′s.
So when and how the U.S. entered World War II was according to liberal
policy. For a fun thought exercise, imagine if libertarians were in charge
of U.S. policy in the 1930′s and 40′s. We would have entered the war at
the same time, but with more materiel and supplies because of the
Great Depression ending much sooner and being much less severe.
Now imagine that conservatives were in charge during the 30′s and
40′s. Same economic policy as the libertarians, and the U.S. enters
the war with the same abundance of materiel and supplies, but there
is a difference: those tanks are rolling over the corpses of Himmler,
Goehring, and Hitler in 1934, and Hideki Tojo and the rest of that
gang in 1937, because we showed up early in both cases and beat
the traffic.
May you be inspired by WFB’s memory to be better writers
than you are, and may you give up your idiotic liberal ideas.
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Daniel K commented:
#27, thanks for the response.
You misunderstood my point. My point was that if and American presidential candidate was asked whether he or she thought we should have intervened in the Armenian genocide committed by the Turks, and said no, I don’t think Gateway Pundit, nor the rest of the Israelophiles would have considered this a moral crime the way Gateway Pundit portrays Ron Paul. Does that make sense?
What do you think? Do you think we should have intervened militarily on behalf of the Armenians, Russians, and Koreans killed in mass? And if so, I’d like to ask you to explain under what conditions you would not intervene.
#16, Jews (who support ethnontationalism) are Jew Nationalists not white nationalists. The ethno-nationalistm of Israel is not limited to the exclusion of brown people but to preventing the influx of any non-Jews.
bg commented:
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Ace #24 December 28, 2011 at 1:12 pm
related:
George W. Bush couldn’t get the UN to dedclare genocide in the Sudan..
GWB did a lot in helping saves lives in Darfur, not
to mention South Sudan, and Africa in general..
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RL commented:
> #10 December 28, 2011 at 12:20 pm
> paz commented:
> “The war Ron Paul DOES support is allowing global jihad to destroy Israel. ”
> So a bunch of cave dwellers are going to destroy a nation that has hundreds of nukes?
So, a drooling moron [sorry, morons] why gets his kicks by letting things get to the point of another war he/she can sit back and be smug about not preventing another 67 war.
bg commented:
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Daniel K #30 December 28, 2011 at 1:47 pm
1915 (pardon the source..)
Armenian Genocide
Israel debates Armenian genocide
The Knesset is debating whether to recognise Armenian claims of
genocide in a move likely to further strain Israel’s tense ties with
Turkey.
A parliamentary committee is discussing proposals to create a memorial
day to mark the mass killings of Armenians by Ottoman Turks in 1915.
Ankara rejects the ‘genocide’ tag.
more here..
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bg commented:
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Daniel K #30 December 28, 2011 at 1:47 pm
again, irrational out of context rhetoric..
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Cutlers bad Thumb commented:
This nut is as odd as a four peckered billy goat…..
Or as full of shete as a Christmas goose…….you decide.
Girl Thursday commented:
I’m not a Ron Paul supporter at all, and I think he probably does have some anti-Semitic leanings. However, I do think that a lot of people on our side are getting unnecessarily hysterical about this story. He was asked a hypothetical question about the holocaust. The person who asked the question specifically qualified “if the Third Reich presented no threat to the U.S.” Obviously, the Nazis did pose a threat, but that was not part of the hypothetical question posed to Paul. He basically responded that he wouldn’t volunteer American lives for a purely humanitarian mission. And, I think he was right to say that. To say such thing doesn’t mean you want Jews or anyone else to die; it just means you don’t want Americans to die.
Having defended Paul on this point, I can go back to being appalled at his unwillingness to protect our homeland by ignoring risks abroad.
Haha commented:
The Republican establishment is so desperate is laughable!
….he’s unelectable
….he’s pro-holocost
….he’s a racist
Newt recently said Paul’s positions are “out of the mainstream”, and he’s right. Mainstream politicians continue to pay lip service to cutting spending and reducing the size of government. Paul is the only candidate who has a specific proposal to do so. The Constitution has been out of the mainstream for quite a while.
If we keep doing what we’ve been doing, why should we expect anything other than the same results. It’s time to restore the Constitutional Republic of the United States of America!
Ron Paul 2012
“First they ignore you, then they fight you, then you win.” -Ghandi
bg commented:
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Daniel K #30 December 28, 2011 at 1:47 pm
purely on a personal level, and to be honest to a fault..
any nation that is cognizant of genocide anywhere and turns it’s back
on the slaughtering of millions of innocents, no matter the cause, imo,
is as guilty as the driver of a getaway car in a bank robbery gone bad..
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bg commented:
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Haha #37 December 28, 2011 at 2:39 pm
by specific proposals, do you mean formulated ‘solutions’, and
unintended consequence charts of implementation blowback??
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bg commented:
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Haha #37 December 28, 2011 at 2:39 pm
Ghandi = uh-oh
another nut job..
*sigh*
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donh commented:
Ron Paul is a vast improvement to the hostile antisemitism of Obama/Bush fascism . Ron Paul gives the jews of Israel a fighting chance at survival. They won’t have to worry about the US shooting down their planes . They won’t have to deal with Arab Spring revolutions funded by american CIA abroad. As long as the globalist neocons dominate the Republican party, the people voting for conservatism will be treated as chumps. Neocons do not believe in a government that obtains premission from its people to spend money, spend lives, or grab power for the global corporate NWO empire.
RedBeard commented:
Chant after me: Ron Paul. Ron Paul! Ron Paul!!!! RON PAUL!!!!!!!! AAAAAAEEEYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!
And that is the sum total of the substantive argument in favor of Ron Paul. [insert rolling eyes here]
J Descartes commented:
Ah Craig don’t go away mad we progressives realize that it is better to live on our knees than fight. For fighting requires values and standards something that progressives have evolved beyond. Moral courage is a bad joke. There is nothing worth fighting for. But a feral hatred of our betters is so much more satisfying. A bitter racist view is what progressives nuture and cherish as your comments so amply demonstrate.
So Marxists of the world show them why we the 99% are so morally and intellectually superior like our leader Ron Paul.
And beam us up to the mothership!
J Descartes commented:
#41
Just when I think there is no one crazies than Craig or Descartes Donh shows up to demonstrate why straitjackets are still necessary.
J Descartes commented:
#37
I love people who quote Ganhdi. After all he is the man who advised the British to surrender to Hitler and opposed the British war effort to aid the Japanese.
es a man who we all can admire and follow just like Ron Paul.
J Descartes commented:
#22
Descartes is so right. All non progressives hate, they hate, hate, hate. Progressives love everyone, except those that do not tow the party line, and Christians, and Jews, and Republicans, and Conservatives, and Whites, and Veterans, and well all non Marxists.
Hate them for their success. Hate them for their work. Hate them for being smarter than progressives. Hate them, all.
Just follow the progressive Minute of Hate. Each and every Day.
You are so right Descartes. One nation, one folk, one Obama!
annonymous commented:
1. Ron Paul is a dangerous menace and a Jew hater.
2. But to be fair to history, the United States did not enter the war to free Jews from concentration camps. That occured at the end of the war, nearly as an after thought.
3. The first comment on this tread by greenfairie has it right.
donh commented:
You neocons are accusing Ron Paul of the very thing America is GUILTY of today. Gawking on the sidelines as Iran prepares to butcher the jews of Israel. In fact this is no accident of helplessness. Europe and America have been steadily building up Iran’s power in the region while FAKING support for Israel and destabalizing muslim governments buffering Iran’s influence. You want Iran to be your proxy butcher to give you plausible deniability so western fascist dictatorships won’t be blamed for yet another jew genocide….These are Obama’s words not Ron Paul…. >>> http://youtu.be/erNjt6WNocA
Craig commented:
Smear Attacks Have No Effect, Ron Paul Still On Course To Win Iowa
http://www.infowars.com/smear-attacks-have-no-effect-ron-paul-still-on-course-to-win-iowa/
Wednesday, December 28, 2011
Excerpts:
Despite a barrage of smear attacks from every single corner of the mainstream media over the last two weeks, Ron Paul’s chances of winning the Iowa Republican Primary have if anything increased, with a new poll showing Paul increasing his lead over Mitt Romney while the New York Times’ primary projection shows Paul’s chances of winning at 60% compared with Romney at 31%.
A new Public Policy Polling survey shows Ron Paul at 24% with Romney in second at 20% and Gingrich in third at 13%. That’s a one percentage point increase in Paul’s lead compared to the last PPP poll conducted ten days ago.
bg commented:
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Hitler & The Grand Mufti Of Jerusalem (aka: Husseini’s Uncle)
more here [scroll thread / connecting links / threads for more]
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No Man commented:
It’s the economy.
If you geniuses think about anything else . . .
You will get four more Obama years and economic apocalypse.
The war is here not in Israel, Iran, or Afghanistan.
Craig commented:
This is how the corrupted Establishment GOP is going to Steal/Rig the Iowa caucuses so either Newt or Romney wins instead of Ron Paul.
Iowa GOP moving vote-count to ‘undisclosed location’
http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2011/12/iowa-gop-moving-votecount-to-undisclosed-location-108812.html
RedBeard commented:
More conspiracies, Craig? How many can you keep track of at one time?
bg commented:
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RCP December 28, 2011
National
27.6 Gingrich +2.6
25.0 Romney
12.2 Paul
6.6 Perry
6.2 Bachmann
3.8 Santorum
1.8 Huntsman
Iowa
22.5 Paul +0.5
22.0 Romney
14.3 Gingrich
11.8 Perry
9.8 Santorum
9.0 Bachmann
3.3 Huntsman
New Hampshire
37.8 Romney +19.8
18.0 Gingrich
17.8 Paul
10.8 Huntsman
3.3 Bachmann
3.3 Santorum
2.0 Perry
South Carolina
37.0 Gingrich +16.0
21.0 Romney
8.7 Paul
6.7 Bachmann
5.7 Perry
2.7 Santorum
3.3 Huntsman
Florida
43.0 Gingrich +18.2
24.8 Romney
6.3 Paul
4.0 Perry
4.0 Bachmann
2.8 Huntsman
1.8 Santorum
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bg commented:
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No Man #51 December 28, 2011 at 4:37 pm
wanna bet??
i mean, you don’t think 9/11 had a major financial impact on
US that was already in the midst of fighting off a recession??
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bg commented:
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re: #55 December 28, 2011 at 4:45 pm bg
on US = on a US
one other thing the war did was expose the extent of CONGRESSIONAL
CORRUPTION on both sides of the isle, especially most Democrats..
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Craig commented:
Hey BG, get out of your transe1 As of today, this how the poll reads:
A new Public Policy Polling survey shows Ron Paul at 24% with Romney in second at 20% and Gingrich in third at 13%. That’s a one percentage point increase in Paul’s lead compared to the last PPP poll conducted ten days ago.
bg commented:
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No Man #51 December 28, 2011 at 4:37 pm
yes, the war is here, but what good is the economy if our enemy
gets the full speed ahead green light after Obama’s more or less
set US up for another attack??
we need a strong foreign policy candidate, which should
also more or less, automatically kick in a strong economic
policy.. we need both, not settle for one or the other..
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bg commented:
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Craig #57 December 28, 2011 at 4:54 pm
link please, thankyouverymuch..
oh btw (just a sample):
Romney Edges Paul In Iowa Poll
CNN Poll: Romney rises, Gingrich
stumbles in Iowa, New Hampshire
New Iowa poll: Romney leads, Gingrich slips, Santorum rises
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Craig commented:
Bg, just for you:
The more you spit on Ron Paul, the more he surges…lol. Maybe you fools shold revise your strategy.
Paul Surges in New Hampshire Poll
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/10341-paul-surges-in-new-hampshire-poll
December 27, 2011
Excerpts:
Paul is the only candidate who seems to be making any progress in New Hampshire at the moment. He has surged 5 percentage points since November.
In fact, Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich are both currently tied for second place in New Hampshire at the moment.
J JHP commented:
#60
Craig/Descartes/JHP/aka Dumbass:
Oh will we hear you say this after Ron Paul is forced to sell medical marijuana door to door? Spit on Ron Paul. We only hope he is beamed up to the mother ship along with his sock puppets!
Sasja commented:
I posted this before and do so again. Ron Paul is a nut and any self-respecting family would have relegated him to the attic years ago.
J JHP commented:
The Ronulains all would rather be red than dead. Once you have no principles there is nothing worth fighting for. Brain dead, soul dead.
bg commented:
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Craig #60 December 28, 2011 at 5:06 pm
["Paul is doing the best job of getting those people who aren't really Republicans but say they're going to vote in the Republican primary," explains Smith. Among that group are libertarians, dissatisfied independents and Democrats who are "trying to throw a monkey wrench in the campaign by voting for someone who is more philosophically extreme," says Smith.
[..]
Still, the non-Republicans could play a major role in Iowa’s, New Hampshire’s and South Carolina’s caucuses. In Iowa, anyone may show up at the caucus, register, and vote right there, while undeclared voters are permitted to participate in New Hampshire’s GOP primary, and in South Carolina, anyone may vote in the GOP primary.]
all the “fringe” groups vs Republicans, who will turn around & vote for
Obama, ergo, so much for RP’s Revolution, and you don’t think you’re
useful tools?? hah, i wouldn’t be surprised if Obama sent him a thank
you note.. btw, you’re also useful to those of us who are adamantly
against getting nuked in the year of the Paulien invasion..
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bg commented:
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J JHP #61 December 28, 2011 at 5:09 pm
how about crystal meth or heroin in honor of Soros
Open Society, for the children of course.. /narc sarc/
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Craig commented:
Bg, “link please, thankyouverymuch..”
What is wrong with you Bg… can’t find a link for yourself?
Here is the link:
December 27, 2011
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/
Excerpts:
Paul maintains his lead
The last week and a half has brought little change in the standings for the Iowa Republican caucus: Ron Paul continues to lead Mitt Romney by a modest margin, 24-20. Newt Gingrich is in 3rd at 13% followed by Michele Bachmann at 11%, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum at 10%, Jon Huntsman at 4%, and Buddy Roemer at 2%.
Paul’s strength in Iowa continues to depend on a coalition of voters that’s pretty unusual for a Republican in the state. Romney leads 22-20 with those who are actually Republicans, while Paul has a 39-12 advantage with the 24% who are either independents or Democrats. GOP caucus voters tend to skew old, and Romney has a 34-12 advantage with seniors. But Paul’s candidacy looks like it’s going to attract an unusual number of younger voters to the caucus this year, and with those under 45 he has a 35-11 advantage on Romney. The independent/young voter combo worked for Barack Obama in securing an unexpectedly large victory on the Democratic side in 2008 and it may be Paul’s winning equation in 2012.
Craig commented:
Stupid Bg, beleives in the War on Terror. What and idiot. So the home of the braves and the Land of of the free as become the Home of the cowards and the Land of the slaves….lol
Tell me Bg, are you afraid when you go to bed at night, that there is a Muslim under your bed? Cowards, this is what this country has become.
Bg, 9/11 was an INSIDE JOB. So were all the other staged events. Wake-up! If you like to be scared then be scared of your own corrupted government. They are the scary ones. People like Gingrich for instance. But hey! What do you know? You wouldn’t lift a LITTLE FINGER TO INFORM YOURSELF CORRECTLY.
Don’t you know that Al Queda is a creation of the CIA? Don’t you know that your government worked hand in hand with Al Qaeda in Lybia recently and even put a Muslim Brotherhood in charge there? When will you ever wake-up. WHEN? Better hurry or it will be too late.
Ron Paul 2012 all the way!
Craig commented:
Bg, your country has been hyjacked in 1913. Nowaday, corrupted foreign bankers owns and rules you. All your past president has been puppets to these globalist scumbags.
Only Ron paul will never be bought by them. Only Ron paul will face them and get rid of them. If you want your country back, you have NO OTHER CHOICE than to elect Ron Paul.
Ron Paul all the way for 2012
donh commented:
This treatment of Ron Paul reveals the honest malevolance Republican establishment has for the Tea Party. The bloggers and AM radio hosts who all sound so much like they are for the Tea Party ” taking back ” the republican party from closet democrats ARE the closet democrats . They are the fruadulant big government war mongers trying to repackage their failed loser politicians in new tea bag labels so they can con you through another voting cycle . When push comes to shove you see just how much contempt they have for you as a voter seeking representation for your values. They only want Tea party politicians who will quit on you and take a dive so that the political class remains an undivided monopoly power faking a 2 party system.
bg commented:
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Craig #68 December 28, 2011 at 5:48 pm
Craig #69 December 28, 2011 at 5:53 pm
y a w n . .
donh #70 December 28, 2011 at 6:00 pm
whatever..
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More Liberty commented:
Your link goes to Big Government which doesnt have an actual source…except some neocon saying..”I heard Ron Paul….”
You establishment Republicans are no different than liberals. More fear mongering….
J JHP commented:
Just when you think that there is no one more demented than Ron Paul along comes Craig to prove that the Ronulians are not of this earth. In fact I doubt they are of this galaxy.
J JHP commented:
Someone will have to explain to me what makes Ron Paul sane. He is a nut job who has said he wouldn’t end the Federal Reserve. What a waste of fertilizer.
Molon Labe commented:
Sad is there anything Ron Paul would fight for? I doubt it. He is like Chamberlain selling out friends and allies hoping to be eaten last.
RedBeard commented:
Craig, please keep on telling us that 9/11 was an inside job. We need to remain aware of the fact that you are a mentally unstable imbecile, and that nothing you post has any relevance to the real world.
Frank K commented:
While I disagree some with Mr. Paul on Israel one needs to know that before 1948 over 1/3 of the Palestinians were Christians since then it has fallen to less than 10% and probably because they feel the Christian church abandoned them. Also the Assyrians and the Kurds deserved to have a state as much as Israel and they were left out to dry plus the Assyrians who live in Iraq and are mainly Christians have been faced with Genocide and not cared about sadly by the Christian church nor nothing much was said about the Turkish genocide of Armenian Christians during WWI. Israel They also do not recognize from what I understand Jewish Christians but will recognize Jews who are atheists. That being said I do still think Israel should be allowed to be a nation
Steven commented:
Why did not we go into China to stop their bloodshed?
Why did not we go into Africa to stop their bloodshed?
You can’t have it both ways – either we take the responsibility to police everyone or no one.