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Do you care about Ron Paul's statements?

How many of you care about Ron Paul's statements?

  • I don't care but I'll still vote for him

    Votes: 3 17.6%

  • I care but I'll still vote for him

    Votes: 4 23.5%

  • I care but I'll still vote for him

    Votes: 2 11.8%

  • I don't care I still won't vote for him

    Votes: 8 47.1%
  • Total voters
    17
justabubba said:
ok, i'll play
share with us how it worked so well for him last time out
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Uhh... you quoted how it worked out last time, as I already answered.

Ockham said:
It worked fine last time....
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Go ahead... ask the question again... I have the link all prepped for ya.
 
Ockham said:
Uhh... you quoted how it worked out last time, as I already answered.




Go ahead... ask the question again... I have the link all prepped for ya.
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by fine you mean he lost the election ... that 'fine'?
 
justabubba said:
by fine you mean he lost the election ... that 'fine'?
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By fine, I mean he explained it ... and that explanation was fine - as in adequate as an explanation.
 
Ockham said:
By fine, I mean he explained it ... and that explanation was fine - as in adequate as an explanation.
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it worked so 'fine' that he lost the election
good thing it did not go terribly for him last time out
 
justabubba said:
it worked so 'fine' that he lost the election
good thing it did not go terribly for him last time out
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You seem to equate the way he explained one with losing a primary, which is a fairy tale. There's no connection there, at least, you've not made a one to one correlation (cause and effect). I doubt you will or could. :coffeepap:
 
Ockham said:
You seem to equate the way he explained one with losing a primary, which is a fairy tale. There's no connection there, at least, you've not made a one to one correlation (cause and effect). I doubt you will or could. :coffeepap:
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you insisted that "it worked out fine last time"
and it is foolish to assert that working out fine is losing the election
but prove me wrong
explain the result which proves that it worked out fine for him last time
 
Ron Paul's voting record on racial and HIV matters does not support the statements being attributed to him for the 1980s & 90s newsletter. My guess is Paul had little input on what was in the newsletter. I wouldn't not vote for him based on what was in the newsletter. I'm not voting for him because of other issues with his platform.
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justabubba said:
you insisted that "it worked out fine last time"
and it is foolish to assert that working out fine is losing the election
but prove me wrong
explain the result which proves that it worked out fine for him last time
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There's nothing to prove ... you claim a correlation between how he handled that question in 2008 and him losing the primary - I don't see that correlation, nor have you established it in anything but your opinion. Me trying to prove your opinion wrong is as futile as you making the correlation. My claim is his explanation in 2008 was adequate... if you disagree, tell me what was inadequate about it.
 
Ockham said:
There's nothing to prove ... you claim a correlation between how he handled that question in 2008 and him losing the primary - I don't see that correlation, nor have you established it in anything but your opinion. Me trying to prove your opinion wrong is as futile as you making the correlation. My claim is his explanation in 2008 was adequate... if you disagree, tell me what was inadequate about it.
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you insist that he handled the controversial material in his publication in a fine manner last election
no reason to expect that current weak response by Dr Paul to the articles, published at his direction, to yield a better result this election
 
Frolicking Dinosaurs said:
Ron Paul's voting record on racial and HIV matters does not support the statements being attributed to him for the 1980s & 90s newsletter. My guess is Paul had little input on what was in the newsletter. I wouldn't not vote for him based on what was in the newsletter. I'm not voting for him because of other issues with his platform.
Ron Paul on the Issues
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This may very well be true, but... I'm still dissatisfied with *why* he allowed his name to be put on something he had little to no control or concern over. At the very least, that's extremely poor judgment.
 
No vote
Why must politicians be such scum ?
Its a reflection on the American people, but I happen to think that most of us are better than that.
 
We finally have the first challenge of RP. As Red pointed out, I hold Paul fully responsible for the comments. Luckily, his voting record goes against these inflammatory remarks, otherwise I would sincerely be questioning his beliefs. I do not believe Paul wrote these, but believe it was poor management on his part to allow them to be published under his name.

I understand that when you're a congressman trying to push through as much change as Dr. Paul, you need to delegate such decisions. But his choice in characters to who he delegated these powers is a little disturbing. It was 20 years ago, however, and I still see Dr. Paul as our best option today. If he does overcome this hurdle, I think he can break through his current ceiling as he did his last ceiling and have a potential shot at winning. But if he can't, then I'm not sure who to vote for.
 
I am not a Ron Paul follower or supporter but I don't think this rises to a level where if somebody is a supporter they should note vote for him. Don't let the enemies of your candidate define your candidate for you.
 
Removable Mind said:
Sam there are a lot of reasons I can't bring myself to vote for Paul. There are even more reasons I could never vote for Newt. So among the entire selection among the candidates...in my opinion all are really bad. With the current candidates, the Repubs are in trouble I think.
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The biggest problem Republicans have is the candidates. They don't add votes beyond "generic Republican." They each lose votes.

Ron Paul as the Republican candidate would be a true slaughter of Republicans.
 
haymarket said:
So why does Ron Paul simply not come out and tell the truth.......... his right hand man Lew Rockwell was responsible for this gargage - and he can then move on?

I wonder why he does not do it? (wink wink) ;):roll:
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As Maddow pointed out, his explanation may be the worst problem he has of it.

In Paul's statement, Ron Paul never read his own newsletter - published for years - and "doesn't remember anyone" associated with it. Thus, if you believe Ron Paul, he is totally incompetent as a manager of his political team incapable of having ANY any control of his own public political affairs - and he now has dementia unable to remember a single name of his campaign team that created his political materials for year after year.

Completely management incompetency and memory lose dementia is his best defense? I think the media is going to continue to "pester" him (his word choice) about this and many other things of his past political actions and statements.
 
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I'm not a disgruntled teenager looking to join a cult of the like minded, so I don't particularly care what Paul has to say.

He is just the latest cover boy for a brand of simple minded political fundamentalism.
 
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