Is America Ready For President Paul?
The Drudge Report recently ran the headline: “Rasmussen Shock Poll: Obama 41%, Ron Paul 37%.” For the political establishment that has been telling us Ron Paul is “unelectable,” this poll must have indeed been shocking. But what does this tell us about the grassroots electorate?
Americans once fed up with President George W. Bush and his doubling of government and the debt are now even more fed up with a Democratic president who recklessly triples both. Throughout July, Obama and the Democrats have made their case that a $14.3 trillion national debt is not enough. Most Americans simply aren’t buying it.
The recent controversy over whether to raise the debt ceiling is simply the most high profile version of the same debate Ron Paul has been battling out with the entire Washington establishment for decades. Liberals now point out that the debt ceiling has been raised many times even under GOP administrations. They’re right. But there has always been at least one Republican who has consistently refused to add to the debt under any administration.
The real story behind the Rasmussen poll is that like Paul, most of the Republicans running for president match up competitively against President Obama. Indeed, replacing Obama might be the easy part according to Rasmussen. But what if Obama’s Republican replacement isn’t much better?
For decades, the size of government and debt has grown under both parties—George H.W. Bush left behind a government larger than Ronald Reagan’s, Bill Clinton outdid the first Bush, the second Bush outdid Clinton, and now Obama outdoes them all.
For a Republican president in 2012 to simply maintain government at its current level would be unprecedented in modern history. According to that same history, for a GOP president to actually shrink government and reduce the debt is also highly unlikely. Even the last conservative to sit in the White House—Ronald Reagan—left behind a much larger national debt. Today, every Republican presidential candidate promises to reduce government. But why should we believe that these Republicans can accomplish what even Reagan couldn’t?
Many Republicans in the past have said they admire Paul’s strict constitutional principles, but don’t believe he can be elected president. Rasmussen not only says that Paul can win but that he is better positioned than some of media-anointed “frontrunners” to do so. Today, virtually every Republican presidential candidate boasts they can accomplish what even Reagan couldn’t—while constantly having to make excuses for big government records that fail to match their rhetoric.
Voters are now unquestionably fed-up enough to defeat Obama. But the reason Obama was elected to begin with was because 2008 voters were fed-up with Bush and his big spending. In this election not only can Paul win, but so could America—in finally having a genuine limited government president instead of just another partisan footnote. In 2000, most conservatives thought that no Republican could be worse than Bill Clinton. They were wrong. In 2012, the worse thing the GOP could possibly do is serve up yet another round of big government under a Republican brand.
For decades, many conservatives have talked the talk, but few have really walked the walk. Come November 2012, kicking Obama out of the White House will be vitally important—but even more important will be what kind of Republican he is replaced with.
By: Jack Hunter
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Read this enlightening and horrifying article to see how deep we already are in a fascist, lawless, corporate state and decide whether or not we're ready for President Ron Paul. FDA wages secret war on raw milk farmers using KGB-style spying and infiltration techniques
These raids on farmers are happening weekly all over the state of California, the dairy capitol, Wisconsin, and many other states. And their raids are now spreading from raw milk, to pastured eggs, to all the products of small scale farms, and eventually backyard vegetable gardens. It’s pretty apparent the ruling elite’s agenda is to control everything, including what you eat.
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini
“Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.” - Adolf Hitler
Check out this astounding list of the revolving door between Monsanto and the government appointed heads of the FDA/EPA https://www.rense.com/general33/fd.htm
We’re at a real crossroads right now between Freedom or Fascism. What happens next depends on how much we lay down or stand up. Restoring our Constitution is key. Exercise your rights or lose them. I encourage you to get involved in helping elect Ron Paul now.
All the establishment's trillion dollar deficits, bailouts, endless wars, and crony deals END the day you make Ron Paul President. If the mainstream media has a blackout on even mentioning his name right now, he must be a real threat to their agenda. If they won't mention his name, then make a point of blogging it all over the internet. Ron Paul represents the people, not his political party. Progressives love him too.
"An Appeal To The Left: The Change You Wanted" - Ron Paul 2012
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Is America ready? I am. And I really hope America is too.
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Regarding Ron Paul becoming president. Don't worry about it. Ain't gonna happen. No way, no how. Too many defects, warts, skeletons. The Repubs will never nominate him and an independent or Libertarian ticket campaign is doomed given the setup.
Yes, I vote Green, my party, not because I think we can win major elections, yet, but to send a message and hold open an alternative.
Ron Paul, with his record on race, abortion, economic proposals for a non-existing, infeasible alternative, does not send a palatable message, except for a certain crowd who have drunk the Libertarian Populist koolaid. Since major sectors of them have taken over at least half to all of the Republican Party, they're not going to stray from their new won prize.
A Ron Paul nomination as the Repub candidate is a non-starter, and everyone paying real attention to American (U.S.) electoral history already knows it.
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"Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly, I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini
I abandoned the polarization of Right vs. Left and Liberal vs. Conservative in 1993 and began seeing it as big government/corporations vs. the people. Mussolini's definition of fascism makes what's going on now really clear doesn't it? There's not much difference between Republican and Democrat, they are both interchangeable or ARE Corporations/Corporatism. Whoever invented the two parties did a good job of dividing and conquering us, tying up our energy into this false sense of us vs. them, because so many of us have such deep loyalty to one party or the other. It's time to pull back and take a bird's eye view of this.
We are beyond being at a crossroads. We are knee deep in a police state and it's up to us to determine how much of a stranglehold those forces get, or how much we wake up and take a stand for our freedom. Restoring our Constitution is key to that. The Corporations have pretty much done away with it. Ron Paul is the only candidate even talking about governing from the Constitution.
Exercise your rights or lose them. Get Involved Now!
Liz :waccosun:
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"Preventive war was an invention of Hitler. Frankly, I would not even listen to anyone seriously that came and talked about such a thing." - Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini
I abandoned the polarization of Right vs. Left and Liberal vs. Conservative in 1993 and began seeing it as big government/corporations vs. the people. Mussolini's definition of fascism makes what's going on now really clear doesn't it? There's not much difference between Republican and Democrat, they are both interchangeable or ARE Corporations/Corporatism. Whoever invented the two parties did a good job of dividing and conquering us, tying up our energy into this false sense of us vs. them, because so many of us have such deep loyalty to one party or the other. It's time to pull back and take a bird's eye view of this.
We are beyond being at a crossroads. We are knee deep in a police state and it's up to us to determine how much of a stranglehold those forces get, or how much we wake up and take a stand for our freedom. Restoring our Constitution is key to that. The Corporations have pretty much done away with it. Ron Paul is the only candidate even talking about governing from the Constitution.
Exercise your rights or lose them. Get Involved Now!
Liz :waccosun:
And you believe that Republican Ron Paul is the answer??? What about a woman's right to choose? Medicare? Social Security? . . . Ron Paul is a distraction from reality.
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And you believe that Republican Ron Paul is the answer??? What about a woman's right to choose? Medicare? Social Security? . . . Ron Paul is a distraction from reality.
What is this "reality" you speak of? Last time I checked, Ron Paul is VERY "real."
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The Drudge Report recently ran the headline: “Rasmussen Shock Poll: Obama 41%, Ron Paul 37%.” For the political establishment that has been telling us Ron Paul is “unelectable,” this poll must have indeed been shocking. But what does this tell us about the grassroots electorate?
That was posted August 1st.
By September 22nd Rasmussen's poll had Obama at 39%, and Paul at 38%!!
How's them beans?
What that says about the grassroots electorate? They're waking up and the roots are spreading.
Liz :waccosun:
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Ron paul bests obama in latest poll
Shows Paul beating President in head-to-head matchup
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – In a new Harris Poll, 2012 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul beats President Obama 51 percent to 49 percent in a general election race.
“This is yet another poll that clearly proves how competitive Ron Paul is against the sitting President,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton. “Dr. Paul is making strides, affirming that the American people are looking for conviction instead of the typical status quo rhetoric being offered by establishment candidates.”
These results come just a few weeks after a Reuters/Ipsos survey showed Ron Paul polling within striking distance of President Obama among registered voters. Furthermore, a late August Rasmussen poll showed him within 1 percent of President Obama in a head-to-head matchup.
Another recent Gallup survey, conducted August 17-18, shows Paul only 2 percentage points behind Obama in a general election match-up. In a similar head-to-head survey from last year done by Rasmussen, Dr. Paul drew a statistical dead heat with the President. And earlier this year in a survey by CNN, he did the best out of the other Republicans put up against Obama in a head-to-head poll.
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Shows Paul beating President in head-to-head matchup
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – In a new Harris Poll, 2012 Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul beats President Obama 51 percent to 49 percent in a general election race.
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Poll: Ron Paul v Obama a dead heat in Fla.
byJoel Gehrke Commentary Staff Writer
Public Policy Polling, a Democratic-leaning polling firm, shows Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, and former Gov. Mitt Romney, R-Mass., trailing President Obama by a mere one point in their latest poll of Florida voters. Obama has a 56 percent disapproval rating in the swing state.
PPP shows Paul trailing Obama 45-44 in a hypothetical general election match-up, while Romney lags Obama by the same margin, 46-45. Gov. Rick Perry, R-Texas, has a 7 point deficit on the president, 50-43 - likely because 63% of voters polled disagree with his characterization of Social Security as a Ponzi scheme.
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Love it. And still more than a year to go.
People are waking up, in spite of the chaff and flack the GOP is tossing in to distract.
I think the GOP is more afraid of him than the DNC is.
Everyone but Dr. Paul will maintain the status quo.
The status quo is lethal.
Breakthrough means something has to break.
(duh)
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The US armed forces are making political contributions to candidates? Am I the only person that thinks that they should be completely apolitical, and that it is outrageous for taxpayer money to be used for such purposes?
Patrick Brinton
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No, you are not. Excellent point.
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The US armed forces are making political contributions to candidates? Am I the only person that thinks that they should be completely apolitical, and that it is outrageous for taxpayer money to be used for such purposes?
Patrick Brinton
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The US armed forces are making political contributions to candidates? Am I the only person that thinks that they should be completely apolitical, and that it is outrageous for taxpayer money to be used for such purposes?
Patrick Brinton
No, actually. The blogger aggregated the amounts donated by active duty individuals in each branch.
Paul has received more in individual donations from active military personnel than all of the other Repub candidates combined. Also more than Obummer.
I can think of many other spendings of taxpayer money worthy of considerably more outrage.:wink:
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Ron Paul's useful idiots on the left
Progressives who make common cause with Paul on US foreign policy ignore his stunningly reactionary views on everything else
https://www.guardian.co.uk/commentis...ts-on-the-left
