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    Dec 30, 2011, 03:02 PM
    A peek behind the Ron Paul tin-foil mask
    TNR Exclusive: A Collection Of Ron Paul?s Most Incendiary Newsletters | The New Republic

    Poll question :

    1.is Doctor Paul a racist, biggotted ,anti-semitic, conspiracy nut job theorist??

    2. or is he being truthful when he claims he did not read this bile that was published in his news letters, that carried his name for many years... making him just an incredibly incompetent manager and unqualified to lead this nation??
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    Dec 30, 2011, 03:36 PM
    Stop worrying Tom he is a true right wing radical
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    Dec 30, 2011, 04:20 PM
    Wrong... guarantee... if he drops out his zombies will vote for the President.
    Besides... I see many simularities with his positions and ones you have espoused here.
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    Dec 30, 2011, 06:12 PM
    Hi Tom I never said my thinking wasn't radical. Yes it seems there are some democrats who will vote in your primary, what odds they can elect a candidate to lose to Obama.. or is it they are just bored like the rest of us?

    This path to an octagenarian president has been tried by the Republicans before and has failed. His son looks a better candidate

    I agree with him, why should the US station troops in Australia.

    Why should the US police the world?

    Why shouldn't the US make use of its resources?

    Why should the FED continue to run up debt?
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    Dec 30, 2011, 08:08 PM
    I agree with the last 2 points .

    But that isn't the focus of his news letters . Did you not read the link ?
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    Dec 30, 2011, 10:01 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    I agree with the last 2 points .

    But that isn't the focus of his news letters . Did you not read the link ?


    I don't believe it anyway. No one with medical qualifications would hold the views expressed.
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    Dec 31, 2011, 03:30 AM
    Then you are in the option 2 of the post ;that he is just too incompetent to be the country's leader . He could not manage the content of a simple news letter for a decade .

    Do you really believe that he allowed that to be published under his name without reading it ? The American Nazi Party called the Paul newsletter a must read.

    So you think he allowed something that did not represent his views to be published under his name ? How could you believe that from someone smart enough to have medical qualifications ?
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    Dec 31, 2011, 06:34 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    I agree with the last 2 points .

    But that isn't the focus of his news letters . Did you not read the link ?
    No I read his website
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    Dec 31, 2011, 07:49 AM
    Hello tom:

    Is half a loaf better than none? The bad is pretty bad... But, the good is pretty good. Personally, I'd be willing to suffer the bad as long as the good happened..

    excon
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    Dec 31, 2011, 11:55 AM
    I find it strange that people dismiss these smoking gun news letters . They would've taken out any other candidate because others have dropped out already over far less.
    Paul is clearly lying about his knowledge of their content .It is a laughable pathetic denial .

    Further.. I brought these newsletters up in 2008 and it had no affect on his popularity.

    It is my hope that the people of Iowa see what's happening here with this candidate. Forget the message. If the message has value at all then he is the wrong messenger .

    I will say it now... if he is the nominee .My vote will go to Obama.
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    Dec 31, 2011, 12:16 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    I find it strange that people dismiss these smoking gun news letters .
    Hello again, tom:

    This is the half a loaf that sucks... But, ending the drug war and NOT starting a new one with Iran is WORTH it to me...

    Look. He's radical. I've been waiting for someone with SENSE to end the drug war, but ain't nobody stepping up. Maybe the ONLY way it will end is with a RADICAL doing it...

    Yes, I believe the drug war IS, and has been, the SINGLE most damaging policy this government has EVER engaged in. That includes civil rights, because the drug war is just another Jim Crow law in different clothing...

    excon
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    Dec 31, 2011, 03:52 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post

    So you think he allowed something that did not represent his views to be published under his name ? How could you believe that from someone smart enough to have medical qualifications ?

    Good point.


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    Dec 31, 2011, 04:31 PM
    Ex you really think a President Paul would be able to get a legalization bill through Congress ?
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    Dec 31, 2011, 04:34 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    Ex you really think a President Paul would be able to get a legalization bill through Congress ?
    Hello tom:

    Yes. I believe the nation is READY and just needs a push. If he can't, he can STOP prosecuting it. Surely if Newt can ignore the Supreme Court, President Paul can ignore the DEA.

    excon
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    Jan 8, 2012, 09:43 AM
    I decided to ask this here instead of posting a new subject //

    Ron Paul just said in response to a question during the NBC debate that... entitlements are not a right .

    Agree or disagree ?
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    Jan 8, 2012, 09:50 AM
    Quote Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    Ron Paul just said in response to a question during the NBC debate that .....entitlements are not a right .

    Agree or disagree ?
    Hello tom:

    Agree.

    However, if I CONTRACTED with the government to exchange my MONEY for particular SERVICES, I AM entitled to have my agreement upheld. That's CONTRACT law - not ENTITLEMENT law.

    I DO believe, however, that HEALTH CARE is a right..

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    Jan 8, 2012, 10:10 AM
    Social Security was forced upon the people so it cannot be considered a contractual agreement unless you think the government is like the Mafia giving you offers you can't refuse .
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    Jan 8, 2012, 10:41 AM
    By the way... I fundamentally disagree with the premise that health care is a right. All legitimate rights have one thing in common... they are rights to action, not to rewards from other people. The American rights impose no obligations on other people .The system guarantees you the chance to work for what you want... not to be given it by other people's effort.
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    Jan 8, 2012, 03:16 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    I decided to ask this here instead of posting a new subject //

    Ron Paul just said in response to a question during the NBC debate that .....entitlements are not a right .

    Agree or disagree ?

    I would have thought his statement is a contradiction in terms. In other words, rights and entitlements in legal jargon are the same thing. Trying to say entitlements are not rights is a bit like trying to say bachelors are not unmarried men.

    Tut
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    Jan 8, 2012, 03:42 PM
    Quote Originally Posted by tomder55 View Post
    btw ....I fundamentally disagree with the premise that health care is a right. All legitimate rights have one thing in common... they are rights to action, not to rewards from other people. The American rights impose no obligations on other people .The system guarantees you the chance to work for what you want.....not to be given it by other people's effort.
    Hi Tom.

    Not sure what you mean by, "rights to action". Do you mean individual rights are implied rather than specified. A clarification would be good.

    Tut

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