Newt stumbles, Obama surges and Ron Paul exposed
8:59 am December 27, 2011, by Jay
A handful of political developments to get us started in the last week of 2011:
Newt Gingrich — at this point a longtime resident of Virginia, not Georgia — has failed to qualify for the Republican ballot in his home state, which holds its primary on March 6. That’s important in purely practical terms, because Virginia is a big state with a lot of delegates, and because Gingrich was expected to do well there. Instead, only Mitt Romney and Ron Paul will appear on the ballot there, because they were the only ones to collect enough valid signatures.
The failure is also important as a symbol of the former speaker’s lack of discipline and competent leadership. He likes to talks a big game — he and his advisers have likened the ballot failure to the attack on Pearl Harbor — but grand rhetoric is no substitute for execution.
Gallup has confirmed what earlier polls have reported as well — President Obama is having a good holiday season. His job-approval rating of 47 percent is now higher than his disapproval rating of 45 percent. The test will come in trying to sustain that kind of support. Congress, in contrast, will end the year with an approval rating of 11 percent, which is really mind-boggling if you think about it. And what’s truly dismaying about that number is that it is so well-deserved.
With the Iowa caucuses exactly one week away, Ron Paul continues to do well in the polls. But with success comes greater scrutiny, and in Paul’s case it has focused on the contents of an “investment newsletter” that Paul produced and profited from back in the ’80s and ’90s. The publication — titled the “Ron Paul Investment Newsletter” or the “Ron Paul Survival Newsletter” — contains a series of racially biased attacks, whacked-out conspiracy theories and anti-gay rhetoric.
The newsletters were long been known, but have become more relevant as Paul attempts to break out of his cult-figure niche into the mainstream. Paul himself claims that he didn’t write the pieces published under his name, which a., I find difficult to believe and b., doesn’t matter even if it’s true. If you allow such pieces to be published under your name, for your own personal profit, they become your responsibility.
– Jay Bookman
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Steve - USA
December 27th, 2011
10:20 am
Not really a ringing endorsement when less than half the country thinks your doing a good job.
Of course if you consider how everyone else is doing you only have to be on an ant hill to be King of the Hill.
Talking Head
December 27th, 2011
10:21 am
“Paul is not a person who should be President.”
Purely based off his supposedly racist comments 20 years ago? That’s all you got? So when Obama said that those two white police officers who arrested the black professor at Harvard were acting ’stupidly’ without knowing any of the facts, was that racists? If so, should he still be President?
I could care less if Obama was racist, I disagree with his policies and that is why I think he should no longer be the President.
Chilidog
December 27th, 2011
10:22 am
Ron Paul wrote: “Boy, it sure burns me to have a national holiday for that pro-communist philanderer, Martin Luther King. I voted against this outrage time and time again as a Congressmen (sic). What an infamy that Ronald Reagan approved it: We can thank him for our annual Hate Whitey Day.”
What a turd-fondler.
Finn McCool
December 27th, 2011
10:22 am
repeal the federal law banning guns in school zones
seriously?
Not a Neal Boortz Redneck
December 27th, 2011
10:22 am
yeah – Ron Paul voted AGAINST his own misnamed “audit the Fed” bill – (the Fed had been audited by Deloitte for decades). I suspect that was his only legislation that ever passed since it was in Dodd-Frank.
AmVet
December 27th, 2011
10:23 am
…have nothing to defend themsleves (sic) against Paul except a newsletter that was printed 20 something years ago with supposedly racist comments.
Preposterous.
Read his website. (like you’ve ever done that before!)
There is a plethora of damning “positions” I could list.
Even so, I find Dr. Paul very interesting, as his membership in the hyper-dysfunctional GOP is, in many ways, absurd
BTW, “supposedly racist”?? Exactly what would have have to write to meet your criteria?
Finn McCool
December 27th, 2011
10:25 am
His first bill was introduced just 11 days after he arrived on Capitol Hill in 1976. It would have repealed the law that had created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration six years earlier. It didn’t get out of committee.
OSHA protects workers. That’s a very bad thing isn’t it?
bman
December 27th, 2011
10:26 am
it’s odd — more than odd how many people like Ron Paul. Even some democrats like him.
Finn McCool
December 27th, 2011
10:26 am
No, actually, Ron paul’s only passing bill was this:
The passage of H.R. 2121, in fall 2009, unfolded without drama. It allowed for the sale of a customhouse in Galveston, Tex. The House debate took two minutes, and the vote took eight seconds. The ayes had it.
Powerful legislation that.
Kamchak
December 27th, 2011
10:26 am
OSHA protects workers. That’s a very bad thing isn’t it?
Yep, so-shool-izm.
Paul
December 27th, 2011
10:26 am
Lots of posts about Ron Paul. It may be an interesting topic to some, but he’s not a serious contender to see it through to the nomination.
Gingrich thought he was, Just like he thought he never had a chance (else why was his organization so lacking?) and was shocked when he rose, ever so briefly, to the top. He’s the story – bombast and bluster giving him a boost, only to be sunk by the reality of his own ego.
Yup, it’s Romney vs Obama. I hope we get away from the nomination pandering and on to a clear, honest, ‘this is what I really think’ discussion of the issues in the campaign.
Chilidog
December 27th, 2011
10:27 am
“Paul is not a person who should be President.”
Purely based off his supposedly racist comments 20 years ago?”
Yep. See the problem is not who made the statements, Paul or one of his staff, but the fact that the statements were published in the first place.
Why do you insist that it shouldn’t matter because it was 20 years ago? Is there a statute of limitations on racism?
Did Ron Paul grow wiser and more mature in the last 50 years? (Talk about a late bloomer.)
Voice of Reason
December 27th, 2011
10:28 am
The title of this comment is “The Jay Bookman Comment”. Now if I say racist things on here, in your name, should it haunt you for the rest of your career? Is it really so hard to believe that a doctor (who had the only OB/GYN practice in his entire county) could be too busy to read every article in a newsletter written in his name? Do you read every single comment on every article you write? Should he be judged by the newsletters or by everything he’s ever written or said, and every vote he’s ever taken? He’s still at the top of the polls and climbing. The people will not fall for this nonsense.
carlosgvv
December 27th, 2011
10:28 am
Newt’s failures go beyond a lack of discipline and competent leadership. Comparing his problems in Virginia to Pearl Harbor also show he has a complete lack of class. As for Ron Paul, his newsletter showing racism, whacked-out conspiracy theories and anti-gay rhetoric will mean little or nothing to those who just MUST have a lighter shade of pale in the White House.
M
December 27th, 2011
10:28 am
If you don’t like things like a long life expectancy, vote RON PAUL!
Because living longer is socialist.
Talking Head
December 27th, 2011
10:29 am
“Lots of posts about Ron Paul. It may be an interesting topic to some, but he’s not a serious contender to see it through to the nomination.”
Sadly, that is the truth.
mm
December 27th, 2011
10:29 am
Swami,
“What part was “idiotic”?”
And you call yourself “Swami”?
The House bill was loaded with poison, like the Keystone Pipleline and cuts to unemployment from 99 to 50 weeks. And the best part? The Repugs in the Senate blocked it from a vote.
Then Boner asked Reid, Obama, and McConnell to work out a short term bill. They did, then the boner didn’t want to allow a vote until his grapes were in a vice. Educate yourself instead of spouting the pathetic “canned” talking points your fed each and every day by the right.
Finn McCool
December 27th, 2011
10:29 am
In 2006, Paul authored a resolution congratulating NASA on a shuttle flight
Ron Paul is DA MAN! What would we do without that piece of legislation!
Chilidog
December 27th, 2011
10:29 am
repeal the federal law banning guns in school zones
seriously?
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Yeah, let’s arm the little kiddies with Uzis. oh, wait, those are made in Israel . . . .
jconservative
December 27th, 2011
10:30 am
Folks it is not the liberal media that will keep Ron Paul off of the Republican ballot. It will be the Republicans who control the purse strings for the Party.
You can read about it in all the Republican leaning newspapers and magazines.
When Paul stuck his tail between his legs and ran off from the CNN interview he killed any chance he had of making the Republican ballot. People do not vote for cowards and he did a cowardly thing by running from tough questions.
bman
December 27th, 2011
10:31 am
Paul .. .. I agree. I think it’s Obama vs Romney, too. Then again, just 2 weeks ago, I thought Gingrich would get the nomination. Despite what people say, Gingrich does do good in debates. It’s just that he is disliked by, it seems, everyone lol
AmVet
December 27th, 2011
10:32 am
Morning, Paul. Hope Santa came by your place.
Yup, it’s Romney vs Obama.
Amazing, huh? Barry gets what appears to be yet another cupcake competitor.
First the RINO McCain and now the RINO Mittens.
Wow. Talk about one helluva messed up organization…
Talking Head
December 27th, 2011
10:32 am
“Why do you insist that it shouldn’t matter because it was 20 years ago? Is there a statute of limitations on racism?”
It doesn’t appear to be a repeating part of his life. Now Obama sat in Rev Wrights church for 20 years. That is a pattern I would take into consideration.
Oh yeah, remember Sen Rober Byrd of West Virginia. Yeah he was in the KKK and help leadership positions in the klan. That didn’t stop democrats from electing him for decades so…whatever.
Dusty
December 27th, 2011
10:33 am
Well good morning, Normal. You lIving it up over the holidays but back at work again? That sounds like a good Republican. Back at WORK!! Now now!
You should be home knitting like Granny and burning the air ways with hot propaganda. You know. Kinda like Bookman.
Nothing like a heated liberal full of hot air.. They can spend all day over a few words. Better than working, I’d say.
But somebody surely is busy checking old records. It’s a shame they can’t find a single thing on those lively Democrats. Aint it a shame!
Not a Neal Boortz Redneck
December 27th, 2011
10:33 am
I will vote for Ron Paul in our open primary in Georgia. The GOP needs a little shake up. Romney is the same old empty headed Republican with no ideas.
I would never vote for Ron Paul in the general, of course. His view of economics is naive – his economic team would focus on inflation in a giant contraction. They have been wrong on inflation since early 2009.
Jm
December 27th, 2011
10:33 am
Romney 2012
Game on. Set…..
Paul
December 27th, 2011
10:33 am
Morning, AmVet
Found a bit of interesting family history over the holiday. Had a great-grandfather who owned an oil pumping operation in Pennsylvania. Was bought out by Rockefeller and returned to Sweden. Those who didn’t sell out – Rockefeller drove the crude prices way, way down and bankrupted the holdouts. Rather like the way Mongols spread west – cooperate, you’ll live. Resist, you die.
Anyhow, the off-topic point of this is, when I heard the tale I thought of so many of our free-market, get government out of business, kill regulations blogging buddies. See, if they’d have had their way, Rockefeller could’ve had a total monopoly of crude pumping, refining, distribution and sales here in the US of A. Then we could have gas at, oh, $8 a gallon and Rockefeller would be the top .0001 percent of the 1 per centers.
But our blogging buddies’ dream didn’t come true and the evil government actually got in Rockefeller’s way.
No wonder they’re in such ill sorts all the time.
M
December 27th, 2011
10:34 am
Talking Head, the key word in the last paragraph of your 10:32 isn’t “democrats;” rather, it’s a pair of words in the first sentence. They’re capitalized.
Andrew
December 27th, 2011
10:35 am
The statements in the newsletters were not racist. They were criticisms of black violence (the L.A. riots) gangs, carjackers and the system of institutional social dependency even though blacks of been given every luxury to succeed. It is an indictment of double racial standards in America.
A society where 85% are born to one parent or murder being the leading cause of death amongst black men 18 to 35. Since the 1960’s blacks have seen their society fall apart. You would think with all the so called government help it would be different. Black society has be afforded ever luxury. Maybe we should take some away and force it to stand on its own two legs. Let us not forget the double standards whites live with in dealing and talking about blacks. BLACK SOCIETY HAS BECOME EXTREMELY VIOLENT SINCE THE 1960’s. This is because of the “war on drugs” and who wants to end that.
Really criticizing the Bloods and Crips who made a fad of carjacking whites in the early 1990’s.
I lived in the ghetto and I never sees all you white people critical of Ron Paul there. except maybe to recruit from us fleet footed blacks. It is a sad day when THE RACE BAITERS like al sharpton and other dare call Ron Paul a racist. I also never knew being of MLK was racist. Besides he was of repeating what FBI surveillance found.
This is from his so-called racist newsletter or which there are a number similar. they were really cherry picked by race baiters:
” Last year hundreds of Americans died
‘liberating ‘ Kuwait, and now we are getting more information about what they died for Foreign embassies in Kuwait are crowded with slaves–yes, slaves–who used wartime confusion to escape from their rich Kuwaiti masters.
The British government documented more than 1,000 cases of Filipino, Bangladeshis, and West Africans held in bondage by the ruling Kuwaiti tribe.
“Note the irony of Black Americans risking their live to return Kuwaiti slave owners to power.
Shame on you people.
josef
December 27th, 2011
10:36 am
PAUL
@ 10:26
Pretty much agreed on that…
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Hey, if it says BY Ron Paul, and Ron Paul doesn’t counter it immediately and have it removed, then by d*mn, it IS by Ron Paul…
whiskey4Paul
December 27th, 2011
10:37 am
Wow.. Just more media hypocrisy here. Educate yourselves on the history of our Nation, educate yourself on the history of Central Banking in Europe.
Then, when your eyes are finally open, you will see Ron Paul’s newsletter for what it truly is. A piece of paper written over 20 years ago.
Finn McCool
December 27th, 2011
10:38 am
How does the “less government” and “less regulation” thing work with voter ID laws? Isn’t that kinda against the point?
Maybe it’s all about less regulation on me and more regulation on everybody not like me.
Mary Elizabeth
December 27th, 2011
10:38 am
The free market, racism, and the direction our young want to take the future, as indicated by their support of Ron Paul.
Learning from the past – to redirect the future, for the better. Doing my small part (sharing my past memories – from firsthand experiences – which go back decades).
From “MaryElizabethSings,” Dec. 23rd:
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“One example of how the free market failed to promote an egalitarian spirit among all people occurred during the Civil Rights Movement during the 1960s in Atlanta. Businessman Lester Maddox, who later became Georgia’s governor, refused to allow African-Americans to enter his privately-owned restaurant for a meal. Maddox even brandished a handgun at the door of his restaurant to make certain that all understood his position. The U. S. government, through a three-judge circuit court in Atlanta, had to intervene and declare that Maddox was wrong because all citizens, being equal under the U. S. Constitution and the laws of our government, had equal right of access to his restaurant (as well as to all businesses which were patroned by the general public, which the U. S. Supreme Court later reconfirmed).
In my opinion, a more spiritually-evolved business owner would not have taken Maddox’s position, whatever current norms were being lived out in his time and place.The U. S. Constitution – stretching its power and wisdom from the minds and spirits of our founders over the centuries – was the only force through which Lester Maddox was made to practice egalitarian principles toward African-Americans in his business operations. America’s Founding Fathers had insured that that justice would happen when those in the private market place, such as Maddox, refused to practice simple humanity toward all others. That example was government operating at its spiritual best by insuring equal justice for all.
Post Script: Unable to win his case, Lester Maddox became a martyr to segregationist advocates by selling the restaurant to employees rather than agreeing to serve black customers. He was later elected Governor of Georgia.”
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“Capitalism and Egalitarianism” from “Mary Elizabeth Sings”:
http://maryelizabethsings.wordpress.com/2011/12/08/egalitarianism-and-capitalism/
Adam
December 27th, 2011
10:39 am
I am glad Ron Paul is being exposed, finally, to more people for who he is. Sure, he has a lot of core support, but the whack-a-doodle libertarians will buy anything in the name of “more freedom,” even if it means that your only help in a time of hurricane disaster is your neighbors (the same neighbors who ALSO got wiped out by the storm), the return of “whites only” signs under the misguided (and that’s putting it mildly) idea that the free market will take care of that on its own, and letting people die because they can’t afford or won’t buy health insurance that is ridiculously expensive – all because the charities that the whack-a-doodle libertarians think will take over will not be able to in practical terms.
Ron Paul on Secession
December 27th, 2011
10:40 am
blogger says..
It doesn’t apply to be a repeating part of his life. Now Obama sat in Rev Wrights church for 20 years. That is a pattern I would take into consideration.
Did Obama own the church? Did Obama distance himself from Rev Wright?
Dusty
December 27th, 2011
10:40 am
Uh oh, CARLOS is now saying Gingrich has no CLASS!! What???
Come to think of it, Gingrich has had many a class in several universities since he completed his PhD and doesn’t mind showing you his grades. Now that’s class in the finest scholarly tradition.
What twinkle-toes would hide his grades if he made good ones? Huh huh huh???
Nawww, Gingrich has got class an liberals got crass for poor propaganda on the cheap.
Adam
December 27th, 2011
10:41 am
And btw, “whack-a-doodle libertarian” applies mostly to the crazy and most vocal of libertarians, who really believe all the above stuff. If you are a libertarian that does NOT believe the free market solves all ills and charities and neighbors will save us all, then I’m not talking about you.
Stevie Ray
December 27th, 2011
10:41 am
Gee, what a surprise, leaders in the white house and congress are wasting our tax dollars again and a supporter of small government is found to have ugly skeletons in the closet. No matter what emotional position the vocal majority of BO supporters possess, nothing has changed in the way DC does business. BO promised the moon and has delivered a predictable zero…a healthcare bill without transparency and suspicious public support, takes credit for anything postive that happens during on his watch while laying blame for anything to the contrary.
Then we have a challenger who many (idiots) will attack for being in a cult, a history of flip flopping, and comes from big, and being successful….I recall we elected Clinton despite his history of womanizing…I’ve lost track of exactly what qualities we are looking for….lessor of two evils I guess and whoever can raise the most money.
It’s all the same…
Adam
December 27th, 2011
10:42 am
It doesn’t apply to be a repeating part of his life. Now Obama sat in Rev Wrights church for 20 years. That is a pattern I would take into consideration.
What is the pattern to which you are referring? A total of maybe 2 sermons over 20 years?
Paul
December 27th, 2011
10:43 am
morning, josef!
“Hey, if it says BY Ron Paul,”
I do believe the newsletter had a typo.
I meant to say “Bye Ron Paul”
Stevie Ray
December 27th, 2011
10:44 am
Oppps, my comments regarding Romney should not be interpreted as support for him…he does certainly have history of flip-flopping, and represents business as usual…Two crappy options as usual…when will it end? Anyone….Beuhler…
Granny Godzilla
December 27th, 2011
10:45 am
Pattern??
Nope that was called a video loop.
Adam
December 27th, 2011
10:45 am
Stevie Ray: I recall we elected Clinton despite his history of womanizing
And this equates to changing your position on every single issue… how exactly?
I wonder when people will get over trying to run the sex lives of everyone running for office, everyone in the public eye like celebrities, and/or everyone they know like their neighbors?
Finn McCool
December 27th, 2011
10:47 am
In H.R. 1098, Paul proposes allowing private groups to coin their own money to circulate alongside dollars and cents.
whack a doodle doo to you too!
Finn McCool
December 27th, 2011
10:48 am
wow, i didn’t know all this about Ron Paul. He may be nuttier than Bachman.
Stevie Ray
December 27th, 2011
10:49 am
Support for healthcare bill….
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/healthcare/health_care_law
Chilidog
December 27th, 2011
10:49 am
In 1992, Ron Paul wote the following in one of his newsletters:
“An ex-cop I know advises that if you have to use a gun on a youth, you should leave the scene immediately, disposing of the wiped off gun as soon as possible. Such a gun cannot, of course, be registered to you, but one bought privately (through the classifieds, for example).”
Do you really want this person to be president?
Gator Joe
December 27th, 2011
10:52 am
Jay:
No surprise Ron Paul is the darling of the Tea (We’re Not Racists, wink, wink) Party. His bigoted (I’m being kind using “bigoted”) views expressed 20 years ago notwithstanding, what has he ever done to improve the lives of minorities still suffering from the effects of decades of discrimination and racism?
Adam
December 27th, 2011
10:52 am
Do you really want this person to be president?
I want him to run as a third party candidate in order to kill any chance of a Republican getting in.
Chilidog
December 27th, 2011
10:53 am
President Obamas relationship to Rev. Wright is NOT analogous to Ron Paul’s relationship to Ron Paul.
Dinkdunk
December 27th, 2011
10:53 am
Ez to figure- Obies on vacation (again) i approve of that ( even though it costs a bloody fortune).
A dad
December 27th, 2011
10:53 am
Actually, if certain foreign nations succeed in causing the dollar not to be the standard for purchasing oil, the Keystone pipeline could end up saving this country. Pick at the GOP candiates all you want, but if Obama is re-elected POTUS, his disastrous economic policies will continue. Look at Great Britain in the 70’s as an example of what Obamaeconomics will cause.
As for the core issue,so what if Paul is a bit racist. How many blacks will vote against Obama? Could a white candidate for mayor of Atlanta ever win? Despite this being the 21st century, sadly, racial tension remains a fact of life. We’ve really come far haven’t we….
josef
December 27th, 2011
10:53 am
Preacher Wright was and is one of the leading voices of liberation theology…read him…his comments that made the news are nothing new…
M
December 27th, 2011
10:54 am
Here’s another reason not to vote for him:
http://www.cbsnews.com/2100-205_162-20098876.html
Granny Godzilla
December 27th, 2011
10:56 am
a dad
” Look at Great Britain in the 70’s as an example of what Obamaeconomics will cause.”
Oh? Really?
Bet you got a doozy of an explanation why.
Can’t wait to read that.
Adam
December 27th, 2011
10:56 am
“Reverend Wright” is going on the upcoming bingo card web application….
lynnie gal
December 27th, 2011
10:59 am
The Republican establishment desperately wants Newt off as many ballots as possible to allow Romney to win the nomination. The reason is, they know he’s their best chance to beat Obama in November. They will go so far as to repress the votes of Republicans who don’t know better and try to vote Newt. Voter repression is a favorite tool of Republicans this cycle. All across the country, Republicans are invalidating student ID’s and making it difficult for minorities to get the photo ID they need to vote. As Republicans attempt to tighten voter requirements, they may be squeezing their own voters as well–something they may not have considered.
Not a Neal Boortz Redneck
December 27th, 2011
10:59 am
Hey, without Rev Wright and Bill Ayers what would Sean Hannity talk about? His head is empty otherwise.
Johnny begood
December 27th, 2011
11:00 am
Granny Godzilla-
Go to YouTube and search Ron Paul racist news letter and watch the wolf blitzed interview in 2008. Ron Paul has apologised and has disavowed those statements. In fact Ron Paul is the only candidate you will hear of refer to the war on drugs as the new form of slavery. Because the war on drugs specifically targets blacks!!! Ron Paul has been the biggest critic of the war on drugs. Also, if Ron Paul is such a racist then why does he have the most black support of any republican candidate??? How could you be black and hate yourself?? The reason he left that reporter during that interview is because he has been asked the question 1000 billion f ing times!!!!!! How many times does one person have to answer the same question??? He said that he didn’t write, doesn’t believe in it, apologies for his negligence in management of the newsletter, and disavows any racial or homophobic statements in the newsletters. Go on YouTube search Ron Paul racist newsletters. He has been on CNN, msnbc, and fox news multiple times to address this issue Years and years before that CNN interview. The 2008 interview with blitzer is the best. That’s why he walked out!!! Because it’s old news!!! He has already addressed it…
Lord Help Us
December 27th, 2011
11:01 am
a dad,
Can you please define, ‘Obamaeconomics?’
I have a gut feeling that you have no idea…
Dusty
December 27th, 2011
11:02 am
Oh my goodness, Mary Elizabeth SINGS!
Give that lady a fried chicken drum stick for bringing up Lester Maddox.
Mary E., that is not the plane from which you usually preach. Did you give up Jefferson for Maddox? Where oh where is the perfect man to be a politician?
AmVet
December 27th, 2011
11:02 am
Will Newt give up now that the Germans have bombed his Pearl Harbor?
Kamchak
December 27th, 2011
11:03 am
Can you please define, ‘Obamaeconomics?’
I have a gut feeling that you have no idea…
I have a gut feeling the words “socialism”, “Marxism”, “communism”, and “fascism” will figure prominently in that definition.
Not a Neal Boortz Redneck
December 27th, 2011
11:04 am
Pipelines already deliver Alberta’s tar oil here. Its refined in Illinois. Keystone XL is merely a more direct route to the Gulf.
That issue is way overdone.
Ben Doverhereitcomes
December 27th, 2011
11:05 am
Wow, even Bill Clinton says that obama is the worst president ever. Anyone who thinks differently has blinders on. The truth is that neither mitt nor newt can ever be president. If one of those idiots wins the nomination (which I doubt), all of us (RP supporters) take our votes and walk out the door. OOPS, aren’t those the same votes that the GOP needs to defeat obama? Meanwhile, we will continue to have the support of republicans, independents, libertarians, blue republicans, and democrats. We will be pulling votes from obama and the GOP candidate. We will split the vote of both parties and gather those votes in a third party candidacy for Ron Paul. The age of the people not having their voice is over. The age of corruption is coming to a close. The age of media control is coming to a close. The age of the people is here. Ron Paul 2012!
Oh and by the way, I find it pretty funny that the media is trying to dig up all of this old news in order to slander Dr. Paul. Do they really think that we are going to change our minds and give up our chance at true freedom? They pick on the little crap and ignore the 23 trillion that the Fed sent out the door in the span of three years. I don’t see many reporting on that. That ought to tell you whose side they’re on.
One more thing, if you haven’t noticed, the Ron Paul army owns the internet. We have his back just like he has ours.
Quit with the trivial B.S. and focus on real issues.
M
December 27th, 2011
11:08 am
Ben Doverhereitcomes,
OK, real issue. Environmental concerns CANNOT be addressed with property rights. Discuss.
Not a Neal Boortz Redneck
December 27th, 2011
11:08 am
Ben – you “sound money” nutcases will never end the Fed. You can’t. Fed governors serve 14 year terms. One president can’t make a dent in it.
Kamchak
December 27th, 2011
11:08 am
We will split the vote of both parties and gather those votes in a third party candidacy for Ron Paul.
H. Ross Perot got almost 20% of the popular vote, but didn’t receive a single electoral vote.
Lord Help Us
December 27th, 2011
11:09 am
Too funny,
the a$$hat that spouts, ‘Quit with the trivial B.S. and focus on real issues,’ is the one that starts his post with the fictional, ‘Wow, even Bill Clinton says that obama is the worst president ever.’
Are you representative of most RP supporters?
Granny Godzilla
December 27th, 2011
11:11 am
Johnny BeGood
Two public apologies for that racist claptrap shouldn’t be too difficult
for a many who wants to be President.
You say “How many times does one person have to answer the same question???”
Are you new to this blog?
We answer some questions day after day after day…..
AmVet
December 27th, 2011
11:12 am
Wow, even Bill Clinton says that obama is the worst president ever.
Been reading Stormfront.org and thewhiterace.com again, Ben?
LOL…
Adam
December 27th, 2011
11:12 am
Wow, even Bill Clinton says that obama is the worst president ever.
I’m sure you have proof of that statement….
Johnny begood
December 27th, 2011
11:12 am
Not a real boottz redneck
A you repeal the federal reserve act… Case closed 14 yr terms mean nothing once you repeal the act. Sound money nutcase??? Does the constitution not say that “only congress shall issue currency and the only legal tender shall be GOLD and SILVER”… The federal reserve is not congress, nor is reserve currency backed by gold or silver. So therefore it is a unconstitutional act!! Goodbye
Adam
December 27th, 2011
11:13 am
I find it pretty funny that the media is trying to dig up all of this old news in order to slander Dr. Paul. Do they really think that we are going to change our minds and give up our chance at true freedom?
Welcome to the Whack-a-doodle Libertarian Club!
Mike Parent
December 27th, 2011
11:15 am
@Granny Godzilla ; No, that was plain old disrespectful badgering. Her question was answered!
Obama’s surging? That’s because he’s where he can’t do any harm, on the links. I wonder when he’s going to man up and fire his lying AG.
http://www.examiner.com/charleston-conservative-in-charleston-sc/ron-paul-calls-for-criminal-charges-against-eric-holder
Not a Neal Boortz Redneck
December 27th, 2011
11:16 am
Johnny-
Sure, Congress can repeal the Federal Reserve Act. But even the GOP won’t do that. And you don’t need a president to challenge the Act in front of the Supreme Court.
Gee – 98 years and no one has challenged the constitutionality of the Fed? Wonder why? And the dollar is backed by assets – go look at the Fed balance sheet. Its just not gold anymore.
Stevie Ray
December 27th, 2011
11:16 am
Obama vowed to filibuster any bill containing Telecom immunity….got Telecom money, voted against filibuster by Dodd against immunity and supported the underlying bill…
Another diddy, Obama promised to end the influence of money in politics…yet all the ones who got us into the financial mess Rubin, Summers and Goldman Sachs in general, are now put in charge ofthe cleanup….Obama promised investigation of financial collapse, got money, changed his mind…
DBCOOPER
December 27th, 2011
11:17 am
Solyndra Employees Get More Taxpayer Money.
A private company employees are getting ‘taxpayer’ money for being layed off?
And Obama is surging?
God Help us!!
Adam
December 27th, 2011
11:17 am
Obama’s surging? That’s because he’s where he can’t do any harm, on the links
Which is exactly why the polls taken while he was in Washington doing his job reflect his job approval when he’s on vacation… or something.
Dusty
December 27th, 2011
11:17 am
My goodness, we have already moved to the THIRD PARTY here. Things are moving right along.
Bookman is really stirring the pot while on vacation. What next? Ron Paul’s third party? Perry’s Texas party? Biden’s Bigger Party? Pelosi’s Pretty Party?
Hawaii withdraws from the USA and makes Obama president?
MIght as well run wild with this crazy proposition day hallucinations.
A dad
December 27th, 2011
11:17 am
Granny – trying to explain anything to a “mind made up” liberal is an exercise in futility. Apparently, you are not a student of world economics, but here’s a short summary. The English socialist party was/is keynesian, as is Obama. When England’s debt/export-import imbalance grew so large, the ruling socialist imposed higher taxes, privatized a lot of industry and business, all of which put England into an economic dive. I’m sure with the internet and your keen grasp of the “facts” you can verify this with minimal effort. Funny thing though. What England experienced in the 70’s sure sounds a lot like Obama’s economic policies of the day. Don’t take my word for it. Do the actual research for yourself. And yes, there is talk about no longer using the dollar for the world resrve currency. in large part ebcause we spend far more than we take in. Do you realize that even if the gov’t took 100% of everyone’s income it still woldn’t be enough to make ends meet. Simple economics anyone should understand. Can’t keep spending more than you earn. And yes, it goes back before Obama, before Bush, before Reagan. Simply politicians seeking to please the masses and get re-elected. And passing the buck (pun intended) to the next generation. Don’t tell me you believe the social security funds are in a lock box drivel. SSI has been looted for years, the money borrowed back by the FF&C of the U.S. gov’t. But we are fast approaching the day when there will be no more money to borrow, and no other country will want U.S. currency.
Yes, I’m a lot sharper than I usually am, and I apologize. But I’m tired of hearing so much bs. Not that I support Gingrich, but I don’t give a rat’s patootie who filed for his first divorce. What about Obama sitting all those years listening to the “hate the white devil” sermons from the good Rev. Jeremiah. I can hear the uproar now if any GOP candidate sat through years of KKK lecturing, butthen again, the old double standard is de rigeur for libs, isn’t it. What we need is someone, and I don’t care whether D or R, who actually understnads the problem and the changes that need to me made before it is absolutely too late. A dad out.
Adam
December 27th, 2011
11:18 am
Obama vowed to filibuster…
Ah ah ah let me stop you right there and ask the open-ended: What are you talking about?
St Simons - we're on Island time
December 27th, 2011
11:19 am
Ok, its Romney then.
So the question is, who will occupy the passenger
seat in the clown car? RPaul, Newt, Sarah, CChristie? It will have to be
a base jumper, a snake-handler, ’cause the base ain’t coming out
for Mittens – quite the pickle for them.
A dad
December 27th, 2011
11:20 am
LHC:
I understand the economic theories of John Maynard Keynes, probably far better than you do. Andif you don’t believe Obama subscribes to Keynesian economics, future discourse with you is pointless.
Adam
December 27th, 2011
11:21 am
Granny – trying to explain anything to a “mind made up” liberal is an exercise in futility. Apparently, you are not a student of world economics, but here’s a short summary. The English socialist
Number of words to get to Kamchak called it! – 33
Adam
December 27th, 2011
11:22 am
A dad: Perhaps you’d like to explain – without moralistic overtones – why Keynes is so bad?
Adam
December 27th, 2011
11:24 am
A dad: Not that I support Gingrich, but I don’t give a rat’s patootie who filed for his first divorce. What about Obama sitting all those years listening to the “hate the white devil” sermons from the good Rev. Jeremiah
I submit to you that if you don’t care about one you should also not care about the other. Besides, you’re claiming that he gave lots of those sermons and there is no evidence to support that.
Stevie Ray
December 27th, 2011
11:25 am
In 2010, BO appointed Geithner met with Goldman CEO Blankfein 38 times…3 more entries on his calendar that Harry Reid…13 more than Nancy Pelosi…
BO more loyal to Wall Street than us voters and taxpayers….no different from Bush…in fact, I can argue BO is everybit, if not more betrothen to private interests ….various industries, campaign bundlers and broken promises of no more business as usual in DC than most of the sitting presidents in past 30 years…
RB from Gwinnett
December 27th, 2011
11:26 am
Another installment in the Obama lovefest. Yawn…..
I guess Santa didn’t deliver on my request to bring Jay some journalistic integrity. Maybe next year….
Not a Neal Boortz Redneck
December 27th, 2011
11:27 am
Stevie Ray — The FCIC did investigate the financial crisis. Nailed it too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCIC
and Obama fined Goldman $550 million – so much for their puny little donations to his campaign.
Granny Godzilla
December 27th, 2011
11:27 am
Mike Parent
Disrespectful badgering?
All us kenyan muslim facist anti americans have had a wee bit of badgering to put up with don’t ya think?
Man up.
A dad
Lighten up Francis.
Lotta words..no data.
I suppose it would do no good to point out that the statement
“trying to explain anything to a “mind made up” liberal is an exercise in futility.”
is a real blunder on your part when you have no data. just feelings.
and then you want me to dig up data to support your point?
hysterical, indeed.
geez the right has gotten so squishy.
Mike Parent
December 27th, 2011
11:28 am
Okay, so NG is OK and agrees with SC flying the Stars and Bars over their State house and the President was ok listening to the Rev Wright saying “God Damn America. ” ?
Granny Godzilla
December 27th, 2011
11:29 am
squishy, squishy, squishy
like wet socks
TaxPayer
December 27th, 2011
11:29 am
I love watching Republicans try to think of something supportive to say about their candidates.
Johnny begood
December 27th, 2011
11:30 am
Granny Godzilla
Pure old fashioned demagoguery!!!
Lol What do you want the man to do???
He has already been disavowing them for 10 years!!!!! What more do want? The answer is nothing will satisfy you. Because its not this issue that has you up in arms. Your using this a political tool just as any pundit would do to empathize they’re political agenda. The fact is Ron Paul is not a racist!! There are 100’s maybe 1000’s (by now) of african americans making videos on YouTube supporting Ron Paul who see right through your liberal agenda. I’m calling you a Racsist granny Godzilla cause I know you support the war on drugs. The number one cause of minority incarceration and enslavement. Anyone who supports the war on drugs is a racist!!! Ron Paul has been fighting against judicial discrimination ever since he stepped foot in congress some 30 yrs ago. He has never been caught in a clip being racist, he never voted in a racist manner, and he has time after time stated that the government should stay out of marriage (gay or straight marriage). So because only paragraph worth of racial slurs can be found in the 10’s of 1000’s of newsletters that was published under Ron Paul’s name, you deem him a Racist?!?!? Wow… Granny Godzilla you are really brainwashed by the neo con and liberal media…
p.s. Ron Paul list his heros as Martin Luther king, Rosa Parks, and Ghandi…sounds like a real racist to me :/
Stevie Ray
December 27th, 2011
11:30 am
ADAM,
Thanks for response…sometimes it’s true that your baby actually is ugly.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/22/moveon-obama-must-keep-hi_n_108514.html
Much has been written on this…OBAMAZOMBIES don’t seem to want to consider the fact that he is no different to any self-serving politician who will say anything to get elected…
Not a Neal Boortz Redneck
December 27th, 2011
11:31 am
Mike Parent — a just God would damn America for our treatment of Native Americans and slaves.
Most adults got over this though.
Mike Parent
December 27th, 2011
11:31 am
Granny, When did you ever see her ask the same answered question, over and over? I guess he husband had her other ear.
A dad
December 27th, 2011
11:31 am
Adam – the simplest answer is in the form of a question: name one country that espouses and abides by Keynesian economics that is successful, and explain why keynseian economics made it so. Answer: you can’t. I hope themoralistic overtones were truly lacking, and my reply was simply a statement of fact. Another example was the college professor who, to explain socialism, etc., told his students that he would take all the exam grades, add them together, then divide to get an average and tht would be the grade everyone in his class would get. Some students studied hard, others didn’t. The next next exam that came up, less student studied hard and the average grade was lower still. The final exam, no one really studied (why, what was the incentive) and the class failed. That’s pretty much the analysis of the “tax the rich” discussion going on, but that’s for another day.
The gov’t does not produce, it generates no revenue. It exists only by taking from its citizens and re-distributing that revenue, whether by tax credits, entitlement programs, etc. While some re-distribtuion (honestly not using in the way that word is being used currently) is necessary, far too many are dependent on the gov’t, and have/will be their entire lives. There are a lot of problems facing this country that require hard decisions, unpopular ones. And if they aren’t made, we’re going to end up hosed.
Granny Godzilla
December 27th, 2011
11:32 am
Mike
Do you think God would damn or bless America for the Tuskeegee Experiment?
Be honest….