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Ron Paul: RINO

By: Leon H. Wolf (Diary)  |  December 23rd, 2011 at 08:00 AM  | 

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Generally, I hate the word RINO. In modern political discourse it serves no purpose other than as an insult hurled at someone with whom the speaker disagrees. Accordingly, I try to use it as sparingly as possible and only when it truly applies – when someone really is a Republican in name only.

Let me illustrate. People frequently use the word “RINO” as a pejorative against moderates, but that’s not really accurate. Take a guy like Mark Kirk for instance. Kirk is a squishy guy who can really infuriate you with his votes at times, but Kirk is a loyal guy to the Republican party. I mean, he needs to get re-elected now and then and so he casts votes with which I strongly disagree, but Kirk is not going to go out and openly endorse a Democrat, hold pressers with Democrats where he bashes Republicans, or bail for the Democratic party if things get too difficult. Kirk is a moderate, but not a RINO.

This is to distinguish a guy like Kirk from a guy like Arlen Specter. Specter began his career as a Democrat, and only switched to being a Republican when it was politically expedient for him. Then, when it wasn’t expedient for him anymore, he ditched the party and went back to being a liberal Democrat. Same basic principle applies to Lincoln Chafee and Michael Bloomberg. These are true RINOs – and they are the most faithless sort of “man” in existence, because they narcissistically and cynically use the sweat, donated money and time of countless civically-minded people and toss it aside on a moment’s whim just to serve their own pathetic needs. A true RINO has no interest in furthering a larger coalition or cause – they only have interest in what they can parasitically suck out of it for their own benefit. I would not trust any of the three men listed above to watch my cat, or to watch my briefcase while I went to the restroom.

So anyway, you know who’s a true RINO? Ron Paul. When he got his feelings hurt after he lost the 1984 Senate Primary to Phil Gramm, he decided to run for President. Only, he realized that he would get no attention and no traction running as a Republican, so he ditched the party and ran as a Libertarian. When he decided to go back to Congress in the mid-90s, he suddenly found himself as a Republican again. Then, after he lost his bid for the Presidency in 2008, he refused to endorse the Republican nominee for President, favoring instead two socialist loons and a confederate sympathizer. Now, yet again, Paul has pointedly refused to commit to endorsing the eventual GOP nominee and to completely rule out a third party run. Here he is helpfully explaining that after working for months to get the GOP vote, trying to hijack GOP conventions, and using the GOP brand to get himself on national television over a dozen times in debates, there’s really no difference between Republicans and Democrats:

Republicans – the kind that are Republicans not just in name only – understand that teamwork is vital to getting anything done in a country as large and diverse as America. Sure we can have our disagreements and we can and should fight them out aggressively in a primary. Candidates who will not respect the will of primary voters and who will display the shockingly poor grace and faithlessness to spit on their party and willfully throw the election to a candidate from the other party – contrary no doubt to the wishes of countless of people who worked for and donated to them – are the most corrosive force in politics. They are the true RINOs, who have demonstrated themselves faithless to any cause larger than their own personal ambition, and they are unworthy of the Republican primary votes they desperately seek.

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  • http://www.planettron.com NickDeringer

    The more we learn of Crazy Uncle Ron the more I am convinced that he’s a party unto himself. Even Libertarians are starting to back away.

    RINO also assumes that the word “Republican” means something. It doesn’t. Republican is just another word for progressive-lite. GOP hasn’t been conservative for decades.

    • mikeymike143

      Ron Paul, a career politican with a well deserved reputation for anti semitism, is currently drawing fire for making loads of money from racist newsletters that bear his name. On top of the recent revelations that the newsletters contained some really nasty comments about blacks, come brand new revelations that this piece of garbage also attacked Jews and gays in print.

      Let?s start at the top. We all know the Democrats are going to play the ?race card? against whoever the Republicans nominate. Count on it. Now imagine this scenario, heading our ticket is a candidate whose newsletter said this about Ronald Reagan(for giving Martin Luther a holiday), ?We can thank him for our annual Hate Whitey day?. Or how about this little nugget of wisdom, ?Opinion polls consistently show that only about 5 percent of blacks have sensible political opinions.? You might as well hand Nancy Pelosi her gavel back, because the stench from being identified with this lowlife is going to cause the Republicans to get decimated in every congressional race, as well as get Obama reelected.

      And it only goes downhill from there for ?Racist Ron?. Everyone knows Paul published racist newsletters under his name for profit. But did anyone ever wonder about the direct mailer ads that went out for these newsletters, and to see who they were marketed to. Well guess what REUTERS managed to get ahold of? The ads(which were signed by Paul) talk about the ?federal homosexual cover up of AIDS?. Of course that fits right in with Paul?s newsletter?s disgusting comment that people with AIDS ?enjoy the attention and pity that comes with being sick.? And of course at the bottom of the ad was a solicitation for $99.00 to subscribe to this newsletter, which would also give you Paul?s ?unlisted phone number? so you can recieve fast breaking news. I wonder how many suckers sent him 99 bucks. LOL

      And no column on this sleazebag would be complete without a discussion of Ron?s anti-semitic, neo-nazi pals. Did you know that this newsletter was listed as recommended reading in the directory of the Heritage Front, a neo-nazi hate group based in Canada? Or that his columns are repeatedly featured in the American Free Press, which is published by Hilter admirer and Holocaust denier Willis Carto. Ron Paul certainly knows his base, which is why he recently criticized conservative tea partier Michele Bachmann for hating muslims?. but yet has never condemned the anti semitic behavor of his dirtbag paulbot followers.

      Paul is also known for his friendship with white supremist Don Black. In fact, the former KKK leader and founder of white hate group Stormfront donated 500 dollars to Paul?s campaign in 2008. And Paul refused to return the money despite the pleas of Jewish conservatives. Is it any wonder that conservative David Horowitz of the Freedom Center wrote an article in February titled ?Ron Paul Is A Vicious Anti-Semite and Anti-American and Conservatives Need To Wash Their Hands of Him?. Or that the Republican Jewish Coailition banned Paul from their recent debate because of his anti Israel agenda. In fact, they said inviting Paul to speak would be like ?inviting Obama to speak?. Ouch. Maybe Paul?s wacky opinion that condemning the Hamas rocket attacks on Israeli women and children would cause violence didn?t sit too well with them.

      And the ?guilt by association? will be even worse for the tea party. I recently blogged an article here at REDSTATE showing that 93% of tea party members do NOT want Ron Paul as president. And also showing that Tea Party Fort Lauderdale, America?s longest running tea party, overwhelmingly voted nutjob Paul as the Republican candidate they LEAST wanted to see win the presidency.

      http://www.redstate.com/mikeymike143/2011/12/12/new-gallup-poll-nutjob-ron-paul-only-gets-7-of-the-tea-party-vote/

      But despite Paul?s rejection by the tea party, the press is undoubtedly going to try to tie this loon into the tea party in order to discredit it. The liberal press has wrongly and unfairly been trying to paint the tea party as racist. To no avail. Until now. And then they hit the ?mother lode?. A genuine racist with a documented paper trail of inappropriate comments and a busload of looney racist and anti semitic supporters. Hopefully tea party leaders will quickly denounce and ostracise this nutcase because real tea partiers are completely colorblind and would NEVER EVER condone these type of beliefs and comments. And this issue is NOT going away.

      And of course his followers are the dirtbags of society. Conspiracy loons, racists, anti war leftists, and anti semites. That is why most sites, including this one, have policies banning paulbots. I say they are a cancer to the both the tea party and the Republican party, and that we should treat them like lepers and shun them.

      http://www.redstate.com/mikeymike143/2011/12/23/there-is-no-way-the-republicans-can-nominate-racist-ron-paul-to-run-against-this-countries-first-black-president-not-with-those-newsletters-out-there/

      • http://www.planettron.com NickDeringer

        That won’t stop the MSM from using him to trash the GOP.

      • trickamsterdam

        And there?s been so much static between him and the Party establishment & other candidates (e.g., Bachmann), that I don?t think he taints the R or Tea Parties much.

        Nor do I think the MSM is going to trash him?much. They know he?s no threat to Obama and they like some of his policies. Look how hard they went after Perry over that rock, and yet these news letters have been sitting out there in public the whole time.

        Even though I like a lot of Paul?s ideas (I believe he?d try the hardest to balance the budget, not just reduce the deficit), I?m hoping this derails him in Iowa and knocks him down to fourth, for a myriad of reasons (e.g., he’s just helping Romney at this point).

        My preferred top three:

        Newt
        Romney
        Perry (who has put together a nice little come-back, and who I’ve come to believe, if he pulls it off, may have a second or even third act).

  • ohiohistorian

    DeeDee Scozzafava is a RINO? Does that make someone that supports a RINO a RINO himself? (e.g. is Gingrich a RINO because he supported Scozzafava who threw her endorsement to the Democrat instead of the conservative Republican when she lost the primary?) Then how about the supporters of RINO’s who support RINOs who…?

    I don’t like Ron Paul at all, but I think he has a good point. Republicans are trying to be Democrats with a little difference. It is time to have very different beliefs, and to paint the picture in broad strokes. The Democrats are a hair’s-breadth from economically and socially destroying this country. Republicans need to back away from the liberal idiocy and show a different way.

  • jakeofalltrades

    Then, after he lost his bid for the Presidency in 2008, he refused to endorse the Republican nominee for President, favoring instead two socialist loons and a confederate sympathizer.

    I just love that quote. It makes Luap Nor seem like a Salvador Dali study in political surrealism and juxtaposition. Confederate sympathizer: LOL!

    • mikeymike143

      In other words, 93% of tea party members wisely reject this anti semitic loser as a presidential candidate.

      Republican Presidential Nomination Preferences, by Ideology and Tea Party Support.
      (Based on Republican and Republican-leaning independents who are registered to vote)

      TEA PARTY SUPPORTER %:

      Newt Gingrich 47%
      Mitt Romney 17%
      Michele Bachmann 8%
      Rick Perry 7%
      Ron Paul 7%
      Rick Santorum 4%
      Jon Huntsman <1%
      Other/Any/None 11%

      Gallup Daily Tracking. Dec 1-5, 2011

      http://www.gallup.com/poll/151355/Gingrich-Romney-Among-GOP-Voters-Nationwide.aspx

      In fact, Tea Party Fort Lauderdale, America?s longest running tea party, recently held a straw poll for it?s members asking for our choice of candidate as POTUS, and also the man or woman we thought would make the worst president. And unlike the usual straw polls that the delusional paulbots spam up, this poll was only open to actual group members.

      And our straw poll numbers validated the Gallup poll numbers. Ron Paul finished with Jon Huntsman as THE ONLY TWO PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES to pull in less than 5% support from our group. However, the left wing cancer that Paul spreads was not appreciated by our conservative members as career politican Paul overwhelmingly won as the candidate we least wanted to see as president, winning that dubious honor by a huge margin over our second place loser(Huntsman).

      Tea Party Fort Lauderdale Presidential Straw Poll

      The question was asked;

      Who would you least like to receive the Republican nomination to run against Barack Obama?

      1st Place

      Ron Paul 38%

      Jon Huntsman 16%

      Mitt Romney 13.5%

      Rick Perry 12.5%

      Undecided 9.5%

      331 people participated in this straw poll that ran from 10/13 ? 10/21

      Tea Party Fort Lauderdale, America?s Longest Running Tea Party www.TeaPartyFortLauderdale.com

      These numbers also fall in line with Wrong Paul?s performance in the last presidential elections. As I recall, he won a bunch of straw and internet polls. And his delusional paulbot followers claimed this represented reality. Of course, us sane people knew that he had no real life political support. And that was proven in the 2008 when the nutjob only got 5% of the primary vote. That means 19 OUT OF 20 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY VOTERS REJECTED HIM AS A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LAST ELECTION!!!

      And of course his followers are the dirtbags of society. Conspiracy loons, anti war leftists, and anti semites. That is why the Republican Jewish Coalition banned him and his paulbots from the presidential debate they moderated. And that is why most sites, including this one, have policies banning paulbots. I say they are a cancer to the conservative movement and we should treat them like lepers and shun them.

      http://www.redstate.com/mikeymike143/2011/12/12/new-gallup-poll-nutjob-ron-paul-only-gets-7-of-the-tea-party-vote/

      • jlange
        Ron Paul is the father to the Tea party. The Tea Party was founded around his ideals.
        • heraklios

          What are you smoking this morning?

          • jlange

            No class

          • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

            ..

        • Repair_Man_Jack

          NT.

  • clowngirl

    Do you think the GOP could insist that Ron Paul either

    A) Sign a legally binding agreement stating that he will not run as a third party in the 2012 election

    or

    B) Expect him to begin any third party run NOW. Revoke his Republican candidacy and remove his name from all ballots and not include him in any future debates.

    On principle I think it should be done (and until recently, I simply assumed that Ron Paul didn’t have the option to run as an Independent if he couldn’t secure the GOP nomination) but is it possible? what are the legal difficulties?

    Read that Ron Paul is feeling his age and not expected to be up for a third party run anything, but he shouldn’t be able to hold the threat over our heads, and it’s the principle of the thing.

  • tailfins1959

    I think of Jim Jeffords, Orange Charlie, Mike Bloomberg, Lowell Weicker when someone says RINO. I was going to mention Paul’s hard core stance on government spending, but that melts away when one observes how much of a porker he is.

  • sunshinek67

    diary should never be allowed first on the home page, early in the morning, 2 days before Christmas. Cardinal sin~

    • tailfins1959

      Do you mean a front page post calling Ron Paul a RINO should not be allowed or do you mean pro Ron Paul front page posts should be prohibited?

      How about we just relax and let people post what they think? A labyrinth of rules and *interpretations of those rules* takes all the fun out of the blog. It could be entertaining to relegate certain posts to a “special” area so readers can still see them if they want, unless it risks damaging the reputation and clout of RedState. I just saw a Jon Huntsman TV ad touting good things that EE was saying about Huntsman.

      • sunshinek67

        Apparently you arent used to that fm me. Chill~

  • milesquarenj

    Mitt’s father refused to endorse the Repubublican ticket when Goldwater won the nomination. John Anderson is another example. In my own state I can remember the “moderates” walking out on Bret Schundler when he won the nomination for Governor.

    So let’s stop pretending this is a new phenomenom of one wing of the party. I live in a county, Hudson County, NJ, where I have to reign folks in all the time as a party official. If we’re to have ANY effect at all, and we’ll never get elected, we have to welcome everyone and accept the nominee whoever it is….

    Now I have to say as a four year supporter of Ron Paul, his story does not hold water. You can’t say you didn’t know about the stories when you are on tape defending the racist comments. It is a very sad day for me but facts are facts.

    Aside from that, Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas!

    • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

      to any party. First and foremost, he is NOT a Republican and hasn’t been for 30 years. He uses the Party flag as a flag of convenience and he should have been tossed from the House Caucus years ago.

      Then there’s his foreign policy, with would likely have us embroiled in a major shooting war in no time. Anybody who thinks differently – and I use “thinks” loosely – doesn’t understand history.

      His domestic policy is a fools errand, as bad or worse than his FP, and he couldn’t implement any of it anyway.

      My Christmas present this year is that it appears RP may have finally gotten caught and will be exposed for the poseur he is and has been. Hopefully, he leaves Congress and is ignored in his retirement.

      • milesquarenj

        What did George W. Bush bring to the party? Honestly, did you like what he brought to the table?

        NCLB, exploding budgets, Medicare-d (the largest entitlement expansion since LBJ), open borders, “compassionate conservatism”, banker bailouts, endless wars. and a patridge in a pare tree.

        All of which are loathed by the country, all of which led to an electoral catastrophe and Obamacare.

        A return to this will not lead to sound policy or an electoral advantage.

        So Merry Christmas to you and yours. If you support the Bush and Weekly Standard policies that gave us this disaster I think you’re the one who is off his rocker. Maybe you wish to defend them or maybe you believe in something different.

        Either way, Happy Holidays!

        • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

          Ron Paul is a racist, a bigot, and and a fool. Those who follow him are no better.

          I will, and have, defended parts of the Bush presidency and cursed other parts. There is nothing in Ron Paul’s life that deserves defending.

          The people who come here and defend him are deluded fools and idiots.

          • milesquarenj

            Because I was so disgusted with the direction of the party.

            Ron Paul can no longer be defended and I am done doing it. In fact it shows a lack of due diligence on my part but I just saw that c-span youtube yesterday. Gosh. I’m sounding like him now. He can not lead our party or be President and he is a disgrace.

            In any case I’m heartened to hear that you have problems with the Bush administration. I probably have more than you do. Best wishes in this season of peace.

          • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

            Ron Paul is a charlatan on the order of Jim Jones.

            He has nothing to offer and no real solutions.

          • jlange
            You must be a plant for another campaign to smear the only one in this race who actually follows the Constitution.
          • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

            Ron Paul can’t spell “Constitution”. And he certainly can’t implement anything.

            He has no solutions. Not hate, just fact.

          • milesquarenj

            Since you’re being couch a d’bag about it. Which parts of the Bush legacy do you “curse” and which do you “defend”:

            NCLB
            exploding budgets
            Medicare-d (the largest entitlement expansion since LBJ)
            open borders,
            ?compassionate conservatism?
            banker bailouts
            endless wars

            There is substane to the critique of the neocon/Weekly Standard wing of the party. All you want to do is talk about Ron Paul. Not the unwise, unsustainable, unelectable wing of the party. So speak up. What didnt you like specically about Bush.

          • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

            I didn’t support the RoE that the military got handed.

            Don’t like any of his domestic agenda.

            Bottom line, as bad as he might have been, he was lightyears better than Gore or Kerry or ANY of the alternative Republican candidates including and especially Ron Paul.

        • kcdude

          I would say Justices Roberts and Alito were and are great.

      • jlange
        You say Ron Paul is not a Republican. He is really a Constitution conservative in the Republican party.

        Cong. Paul follows George Washington’s philosophy of foreign policy. You Neo-cons love war and sticking your nose in the business of every country.

        His domestic and budget policies are the only ones that will save our Republic. We should audit and abolish the Federal Reserve as since its inception the U.S Dollar has lost over 95% of real value.

        • goodasgold
          is one of the biggest morons i’ve come across, not just on redstate, but on the internet at large. And that’s saying something.
          RON PAUL’S Q3 TOP 3 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTORS
          1. U.S ARMY
          2 U.S AIRFORCE
          3. U.S NAVY

          GUESS WHO NEWT, AND MITT’S ARE:
          WALL STREET BANKS, GREEN ENERGY COMPANIES, ETHANOL COMPANIES THAT RELY ON THE MANDATE, AND GSE HOUSING COMPANIES.

          AND MBECKER ATTACKS RON PAUL, WHAT A TOOL

          • gekster

            that they are people who work for the military, and not actual soldiers
            as you loony Paulbots like to claim.
            They are the civilian workers, of whome there are thousands.

          • goodasgold

            what difference does that make? and no, most of them are soldiers, the statistics are from active duty soldiers that have or are currently serving oversees. I live right next to an Army base, talk to soldiers all the time, they overwhelmingly support Ron Paul’s foreign policy

          • gekster

            The majority are civilian workers.

          • goodasgold

            sorry.

          • gekster

            from:
            http://www.lewrockwell.com/politicaltheatre/2011/11/federal-bureaucrats-heart-ron/

            excerpt:
            Just as Ron Paul gets more donations from military employees than any other candidate, he also gets more from federal civilian employees, and military-industrial complex workers, too.

            from:
            http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/07/ron-paul-military-campaign-donations-/1

            excerpt:
            In this campaign, Paul is getting more donations from people who work for the military than either President Obama or any of the other Republican presidential candidates. That analysis comes from Paul’s campaign and was confirmed recently by Politifact, the fact-checking project of the St. Petersburg Times.
            _______________________________________________________________

            They are not soldiers, they are military workers.

          • thirstyboots

            I think you have no clue what you’re talking about.

            Troops are listed as military employees – US ARMY, US AIR FORCE, etc.

          • http://www.liberty-freedom.org victor_cocchia

            This canard perpetuated by the Ron Paul crowd is disingenuous and maligns our troops. Ron Paul’s donations, even if they were all from our troops, still only total about 1,100 donations IN TOTAL. You can go to his FEC report and count the number of donations. We have. So he and his minions are trying to extrapolate about 1,100 donations to the nearly 2,900,000 active and reserve members of our military. that is about 3/10,000ths of one percent who have donated to Paul, yet they are claiming it is tantamount to an endorsement of our troops, its pure balderdash.

            This Vet knows many Vets, and the are reviled by Ron Paul and his cowardly followers and pacifist appeaser foreign policy. Any person that makes Obama look like a hawk should never be allowed near the White House.

          • thirstyboots

            That’s still an impressive number for a primary – the fact that is higher than all the others combined is quite telling. That’s what they claim and it’s true.

            I was just dispelling gekster’s bizarre claim.

          • gekster

            You didn’t dispell anything.
            You are just misinformed.

          • http://www.liberty-freedom.org victor_cocchia

            the factual information I posted. How on earth do you translate 3/10000th of 1% as overwhelming support from the military.

            Yes, you claim well he’s gotten more than the others, but since have most likely not worn the uniform you wouldn’t know that most political activity is discouraged (at best) from the time you enter Basic. Additionally most enlisted do not make a lot of money, are not politically active, and do not give to Presidential campaigns.

            It is so disingenuous for boh Ron Paul and his minions to try and taint our brave and heroic troops by saying they support this appeaser who feels that Iran needs a nuclear weapon so they will be respected and that we deserved 9/11.

          • thirstyboots

            I have no idea why you’re trying to debate this with me, I never made the claims that apparently bother you.

          • gekster

            I do have a clue, as I reaserched it when someone first claimed it.

            The soldiers ARE the military.

          • thirstyboots

            Who do you think troops list as their employers if not the US Army, US Air Force, etc?

            Not only you’re clueless, you’re a liar.

            Here’s Paul’s FEC page, employer query:

            http://query.nictusa.com/pres/2011/Q2/C00495820/A_EMPLOYER_C00495820.html

          • gekster

            The soldiers are the military.
            If there are no soldiers, there is no military.

            definition:
            mil?i?tar?y plural

            1. armed forces or its high-ranking officers: the armed forces or high-ranking members of the armed forces

            military = armed forces, (soldiers) high-ranking officer (commisioned soldiers)

            try again homer.

          • thirstyboots

            Anyway, your theory that the donations come only from civil military workers and not troops is patently absurd as anyone who goes to the FEC website will be able to check. Keep raging, bye.

          • gekster

            And I didn’t say that no military personel didn’t donate, I said that what RP claims that the majority of military personel donate to him are untrue.
            It is military workers, who are not the military, donate to him.
            You believe what you want to.
            I showed the facts, and don’t care if you accept them or not.
            It’s called willfull blindness.

          • http://www.liberty-freedom.org victor_cocchia

            you fail to address the main point, which is that even if they were all troops, which they are not. The US Army is your employer if you are civilian contractor as well. Despite this, even if they were all soldiers that does not translate to support of our troops for Ron Paul’s very dangerous foreign policy. He gets 3/10,000th of 1% of support from the military. Can you explain how on earth that is “overwhelming support of our troops?” please do not use the misleading stat of donations, that is a canard. You can not translate the donations of 1,100 people to be tantamount to unilateral support of 2,900,000 people.

          • thirstyboots

            Not even close. I was clarifying a technical aspect in regards to how donations are indexed by the FEC. That was it. You come across as mad and creepy with those crazy posts about issues I never mentioned and, again, couldn’t care less. I don’t have patience to discuss with persons like you, so keep going if you want but don’t expect further replies. Find the paulbots posts and reply to them.

          • http://www.liberty-freedom.org victor_cocchia

            is that Ron Paul makes these audacious and specious claims. They need to be put to rest once and for all. The military, our troops, do not support him. His foreign policy alone makes him the most dangerous candidate of our lifetime, but combine that now with his racist rants, he open anti-semitism, it makes him even more dangerous.

            I will do all I can, within my power, to dispel all his false claims and to educate people as to who this person really is.

          • trickamsterdam

            Does anyone know why Fed employees would give to Ron Paul (more than the others)? I’m not trying to be funny, I’m genuinely curious. It seems to make no logical sense.

            Since he’s threatening to liquidate five Fed Depts and slash military spending he seems like the last R you’d support if you were a defense contractor or worked for the EPA or whatever.

        • gekster

          nor is he constitutional.
          The sooner you get the blinders off, the better off you will be.

          • goodasgold

            care to tell me which republican candidate is then??

          • gekster

            ..

          • goodasgold

            you couldn’t name one because you know i’d rip apart their voting record so fast just from memory. You’re a joke

          • Bill S

            that Ron Paul supporters are verboten here, right?

            So…bye.

          • papabear

            that my RS Christmas gift had to come 2 days early (Thanks Bill S!!)

        • mikeymike143

          and be careful of the black helicopter that is outside your window, its coming to take you to a secret FEMA camp that is run by the bilderbergers.

        • Bill S

          Bye.

          No Paul promoting. None.

          • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

            You’re doing the lord’s work today.

          • Bill S

            Best Buy was a zoo…

          • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

            I wish I’d bought Amazon stock.

  • Samsara

    Presidential candidates:
    Ron Paul (Socialist loons and confederate sympathizert)
    Mitt Romney (Romney Care)
    Newt Gingrich (Fannie/Freddy lobbyist)

    All of the US Senate that voted for the payroll tax extension:

    Alexander (R-TN), Ayotte (R-NH), Barrasso (R-WY), Blunt (R-MO ), Boozman (R-AR), Brown (R-MA), Burr (R-NC), Chambliss (R-GA), Coats (R-IN), Coburn (R-OK), Cochran (R-MS), Collins (R-ME), Cornyn (R-TX) ,Crapo (R-ID)
    Enzi ( R, WY) Graham (R-SC) Grassley (R-IA) Hatch (R-UT) Heller (R-NV) Hoeven (R-ND) Hutchison (R-TX) Inhofe (R-OK) Isakson (R-GA) Johanns (R-NE) Kyl (R-AZ) Lee (R-UT) Lugar (R-IN) McCain (R-AZ) McConnell (R-KY) Murkowski (R-AK) Portman (R-OH) Risch (R-ID) Roberts (R-KS) Rubio (R-FL) Snowe (R-ME) Thune (R-SD) Toomey (R-PA) Vitter (R-LA) Wicker (R-MS)

    Any additions?

    The term RINO is meaningless. The word Republican refers to a political party, not an ideology, and all of the peope listed above are Republicans.

  • mikeymike143

    your title makes perfect sense to me. because conservative republicans are patriotic americans who love their country. while career politician paul is a card carrying member of the anti war left and the ”blame america” brigade. as well as a racist and a despicable human being.

  • jlange
    Your diary should be renamed the I hate Ron Paul blog. You must be a shill for the CFR globalist Gingrich campaign. Cong. Paul has adherred to the original intent of the U.S. Constitution more closely than any other candidate yet you smear him with lies as often as you can. First he’s a racist, isolationist who hates America, now he’s a RINO. You have clearly discredited yourself on any Ron Paul discussions.
    • gekster

      Are you another one of his blind minions.

    • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

      .

  • goodasgold
    explain this: http://youtu.be/WhxJ1XUGLR0
    or this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8NhRPo0WAo
  • http://908StraightSt.wordpress.com/ mbecker908

    We understand the history of the fool.

  • http://www.changeforrickperry.org louisianapatriette

    And I see the moderators have been hard at work. Lots of comments with a suspicious lack of text. Let’s give a round of applause to Neil, Bill, and all the mods–they’ve been doing double duty right before Christmas!

    • tailfins1959

      Even if posts have to blanked to preserve the reputation of RedState, it isn’t anything to be happy about. Silencing others is supposed to be the delight of the left.

    • romansdaughter

      At least Ron Paul apparently feels he is being picked on now. So his minions are out in full force. Some of them are using language I don’t care for so glad the moderators took action. Okay wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas!

      • tailfins1959

        Zapping people quickly for foul language is important regardless of opinion. Zapping people FOR their opinion feeds the narrative that conservatives are mean-spirited. This economy has shaken the conservatism of many.

        What if every food stamp recipient showed up to vote and voted straight ticket Democrat? If the poor give up, conservatism is done. If they are convinced there is a path to prosperity once again, everything will be alright.

        Rush Limbaugh is on the right track when he says liberals measure success by how many people receive benefits; conservatives measure success by how many don’t need benefits.

        • romansdaughter

          It is just the blatant trashing with no proof that is annoying and also bad language. Also I am one that gets really annoyed with peoples hypocrisy. If it is good for one person’s chosen candidate then it should be good for any other candidate.

  • septembergurl

    ARG poll out today has the following in the caucuses:

    Paul – 21%

    Romney – 20%

    Gingrich – 19%

    (statistical dead heat in top 3 but Gingrich sliding, Romney holding, Paul peaking)

    Perry – 9

    Bachmann – 8

    Huntsman – 6

    Santorum – 4

    The saying is there are two tickets out of Iowa — the top finisher and the second. This year it looks like there will be three – Ron Paul and two others.

    But who are the two others? There is a chance, with Newt already lowballing his chances at third or fourth — for someone to come in ahead of Newt. My guess would be Perry.

    Interesting that Huntsman runs ahead of Santorum, though Huntsman has not had a campaign in Iowa, run no ads, attended only 2 debates there and none of the forums. Santorum has practically moved there.

    Looks like the coveted Van Der Plaats endorsement has failed to work its magic.

  • banecapital

    If you are a neocon blogger between the ages of 45-70, you may be suffering from Paul Derangement Syndrome, or PDS. Symptoms of PDS commonly include frothing at the mouth when reading Iowa caucus polling, commending the monetary debasement of the unelected and un-Constitutional Federal Reserve, and advocating for “conservative” Presidential candidates who support Obamacare, TARP, socialized housing policies, the TSA, and trillion-dollar deficit spending. Clinical presentation is similar to that of Palin Derangement Syndrome, first noted in far left bloggers in the fall of 2008.

    If you think you may have come in contact with PDS-infected media, you are advised to stop listening to the chattering classes and think about exactly why America is in $15 trillion of odious debt.

    • gekster

      I’ve had my share of nutjobs today.
      At this point you’re not worth the bother.

      • tailfins1959

        Occupiers is NOT the answer. Been there, done that: They are a bunch of fraudsters using the homeless as camera props. If you want to observe and get the truth, observe the animal in its natural habitat. Did I just call Paul supporters animals? Somebody slap me.

    • aeternalis

      Paul goes nowhere, accomplishes nothing, and retires into obscurity at the end of his term after finally losing all credibility and making himself a laughingstock of both sides of the political spectrum. Aimless Paulbots, upset at the sunset of their Glorious Leader, weep silently into their bong water as the adults in the room carry on in their struggle to right the great ship of the United States of America.

      Thanks for playing.

      Also, if you must know, I’m under 25 years of age. Maybe you can take consolation in the fact, though, that I do fully support the abolition of the Federal Reserve or subjecting it to serious and meaningful reform. However, I’m pretty much resigned to the fact that this will never happen and am content to concern myself with more pressing matters upon which I’ll be able to have some kind of effect on.

      • tailfins1959

        When I was your age, numerous people said we would never have a Republican Congress in our lifetime.

    • Bill S

      Bye.

      • papabear

        I swear I can hear echos of his squeak little voice when I read their gibberish.

        It seems as if he is an evil version of Obi-Wan that just said:

        “Republicans are evil ? These aren?t the conservative principles you?re looking for ? Iranians are peaceful and deserve a nuclear bomb? Move along.”

  • tailfins1959

    This is related to treatment of Paulistas, Palinistas, etc., etc. so don’t accuse me of a thread jack. As a long time conservative issue activists on everything from state tax freeze initiatives, to defense of marriage, to term limits, etc., etc, etc. I have stared down cops who knew they were about to get sued if they messed with me, to college campuses being borderline-assaulted by lefties, union idiots harassing me in parking lots where I was given permission.

    How is RedState’s mean treatment of admittedly weird people any different than political correctness encountered on college campuses?

    That being said, we need a Ron Paul theme song here at RedState. Any nominations? What if we send the results to Limbaugh?

    What if we make fun of Paul supporters, then it’s their decision whether or not to stay?

    • buddyp

      You write:
      we need a Ron Paul theme song here at RedState

      Well, here’s my suggestion for Ron Paul theme song. Admittedly, it’s monotone, devoid of actual lyrics, and actually “sung” by an animal, but nevertheless I think it’s a perfect representation of Paul (and his supporters) expressing his views.

      • buddyp

        Actually, having just played the video again, it’s not so monotone after all. Well done, hippo impersonating Paul !

    • Bill S

      .

  • aliceee1990
    Ron Paul gets more campaign donations from military personnel than all other candidates combined.
    Listen to the troops and vote for Ron Paul =)

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhxJ1XUGLR0&feature=youtu.be

    • Bill S

      And sayonara to you.

      But have a Merry Christmas anyway.

  • http://www.timothy-bladel.com/ center77

    I think his past comments make it very hard for him to win against Obama, plus I would fear for the nation if he was the president. He is almost anarchist; which reminds me, why do anarchist like the liberals again, does that not seem like the wrong direction for them.

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