I had a major blow-up with a long time friend who is a rabid Paul support based on the stance on legalizing drugs when I tried to point out to him that based on Paul's actual legislative record he is much more conservative Republican than Libertarian. Doesn't matter really, because no way is he going to get the Repub nom, and no way is he electable. His stance on the Fed keeps the real money people away, possible even causes them to actively fund initiatives to bring him down.
I wish a the Libertarian party had a viable candidate. I often vote Lib in the local elections, but I have yet to see them field anyone on a national level that I could support. I actively despise what the Obama administration is doing to the medical marijuana collectives out here, and while I might hold my nose and vote for him simply because of that lack of better choice, I will not do anything beyond that to support his election. On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 1:38 PM, Eric Roberts <ow...@threeravensconsulting.com> wrote: > > I know a few people who claim to be progressives even that are saying they > are voting for Paul. They like the legalize pot and no war stance while > forgetting about his anti-woman, racist, anti-immigrant, anti-civil rights, > corporatist, Randian dystopian views > > -----Original Message----- > From: Maureen [mailto:mamamaur...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2012 2:15 PM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: FW: Report: Paul approved racist portions of newsletters > > > On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 12:03 PM, Jerry Barnes <critic...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> "The opposition would have a much better chance of defeating Obama if >> they would stop quoting sound bites from the bobble-heads that put >> forth the assumption that we are all naive fools who fell for anything >> resembling "Hope and Change" and did an analysis of the real reasons >> he won" >> >> Of course everyone who voted for him was not a naive fool. But I do >> believe there were quite a few. > > Perhaps, but likely no more than that naive fools on the other side who were > slobbering over Caribou Barbie. > >> >> Do you think Peggy Joseph did some deep political analysis before voting? >> >> I never thought this day would happen. . . . I wont have to work on >> putting gas in my car. I wont have to work at paying my mortgage. You >> know. If I help him, hes gonna help me. - Peggy Joseph > > Who is Peggy Joseph, and why should I care what she says? I've never heard > of her, but if she truly felt that way, her ignorance was showing. > > >> "This would include the fact that there was no valid opposition >> candidate in 2008. He will likely win again because there is still no >> valid opposition candidate. " >> >> Can't argue with this. Same thing with Bob Dole, Al Gore, and John Kerry. > > Well, Gore won the popular vote in 2000, but Dole and Kerry weren't much. > > >> "No moderate or liberal will vote for Gingrich, Santorum or Paul, and >> even the conservative Republican base won't vote for Romney. " >> >> I'll have to strongly disagree here. I know several democrats who >> have said they will vote for Paul over Obama. They like his "bring >> the troops home" platform and his personal freedom policies. > > If they are supporting Paul based on his "personal freedom policies", they > must be straight white men, because that is the only group for which he > supports personal freedom. >> >> As for Romney, I'll disagree as well. While I would never vote for >> him, I believe that "moderates" would vote for him in droves. > > Moderates, yes. Conservative base, as I stated, no. >> >> >> "If it's a brokered convention with a Bush/Palin ticket, as the media >> seems to suggest, the Republican party, for all intents and purposes, is > dead." >> >> It's dead anyway. It's base is eroding so fast that it will never be >> able to recover. > > If it's dead, they should bury it, cause it's starting to stink u > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:347100 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
