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Title: BREAKING HARD: RON PAUL SUPPORTS OBAMA
Source: CNN
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Published: May 2, 2008
Author: CNN
Post Date: 2008-05-02 18:28:55 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Views: 8795
Comments: 534

First, he told Blitz that he can't endorse McCain.

Then, Blitz asked him which one he prefers, of the 2 Demos. RP said that he picks Obama because he's slightly better which is EXACTLY what I've been saying for quite a while.

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#191. To: christine (#182)

i don't interpret that as expressing a preference.

Only partisan sheep would see it as an endorsement. The sheep are being herded by one herder and two dogs.

Cynicom  posted on  2008-05-03   10:49:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#192. To: christine (#184)

HE'S A SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT. THAT'S THE ISSUE FOR ME. I DON'T GIVE A FLYING FIG ABOUT HIS COLOR OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT IT DEFINES HIS LEFTIST POLITICS.

Exactly! Not to mention that he's a product of the Chicago political machine, a gang that could give Tammany Hall a run for their money.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot

Dakmar  posted on  2008-05-03   10:49:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#193. To: Dakmar (#192)

Exactly! Not to mention that he's a product of the Chicago political machine, a gang that could give Tammany Hall a run for their money.

yea, Dak!!!

christine  posted on  2008-05-03   10:51:31 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#194. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#187)

By the way, I suspect RP would take back his words if he could. His naming Obama was probably a slip of the tongue but we (Freudian students) all know that such slips do express one's inner wishes and desires.

I doubt that very much, as the he was given choice was only between Obama and Clinton. Or are you merely suggesting he probably wishes he'd declined to answer?

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot

Dakmar  posted on  2008-05-03   10:52:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#195. To: Dakmar, Christine, Jethro Tull (#192)

When Queen Hillary I is crowned, it will be a lackey named Obama that will carry her train.

Cynicom  posted on  2008-05-03   10:53:24 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#196. To: iconoclast (#186)

I do believe that calling someone else names because of what they say rather than show that what they said made no sense is not the way arguments are won on merits.

I salute you for your patience and good humor, vast.

You're the one bringing up all the nonsense about wearing bedsheets.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot

Dakmar  posted on  2008-05-03   10:54:41 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#197. To: Jethro Tull (#183)

humanitarian act of compassion.

Who makes this determination?

Also, is the arming of one side of a military conflict - a conflict that poses no threat to America - an act of war?

We all do, through our elected representatives. [Note that I do not blame 'them' for what we are facing now. Unlike Ron Paul and maybe everyone else, I do happen to believe that 'we' are getting the 'leaders' and the fate that we collectively deserve and we all share some responsibility for the slaughter in Iraq, the horrors of Kosovo, the country's hispanization and its sliding down into a third world status. Just go back to Spengler for the extended interpretation of current events.]

Arming the defenseless is a moral decision, like feeding the hungry. We don't HAVE to do either but, sometimes, we do such things.

It's probably wrong the interfere in civil wars. When we witness aggressions, we need to make a decision and do what is right to the extent that it's possible.

Antiparty - find out why, think about 'how'

a vast rightwing conspirator  posted on  2008-05-03   10:55:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#198. To: aristeides (#172)

It amounts to a confession that one does not have arguments to use.

Or, perhaps to abandoning the WWF tactic of head-butting when it's apparent your opponent has a concrete head? ;-)

BTW, I find the opposition to have little hesitation in spewing hyperbolic insults, albeit, usually with unimaginative and repetitive clichés.

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. T. S. Eliot

iconoclast  posted on  2008-05-03   10:55:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#199. To: Dakmar (#192)

Not to mention that he's a product of the Chicago political machine, a gang that could give Tammany Hall a run for their money.

Just like JFK came out of the Boston political machine. (And was helped to the presidency by that very Chicago political machine -- and what was left of Tammany.)

To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.

aristeides  posted on  2008-05-03   10:56:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#200. To: Dakmar (#194)

I doubt that very much, as the he was given choice was only between Obama and Clinton. Or are you merely suggesting he probably wishes he'd declined to answer?

Of course. He had more than one way to answer Blitz. But he explicitly stated that he can't support McCain and then he explicitly stated that he found Obama superior to Clinon. Well... who else is there?

Antiparty - find out why, think about 'how'

a vast rightwing conspirator  posted on  2008-05-03   10:56:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#201. To: aristeides (#189)

Ron Paul's words confirm what he has stated before, that he considers the war issue the paramount issue in this election.

In another interview, I recall him saying that's why he could not endorse John McCain.

from the Chicago Tribune in Feb 2008:

Paul, a Texas congressman, said he will not back McCain if he is the party's nominee unless the Arizona senator "has a lot of change of heart."

"I cannot support anybody with the foreign policy he advocates, you know, perpetual war. That is just so disturbing to me," Paul said in a Monday telephone interview. "I think it's un-American, unconstitutional, immoral and not Republican."

"To destroy a people you must first sever their roots." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

robin  posted on  2008-05-03   10:57:56 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#202. To: christine (#184)

HE'S A SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT. THAT'S THE ISSUE FOR ME.

A large part of the opposition to Hitler consisted of Socialists, who formed the largest of the democratic groups in the Weimar Republic.

To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.

aristeides  posted on  2008-05-03   10:59:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#203. To: castletrash (#174)

One need not sufferr mean little cusses

I'm a slightly overweight, mean old cuss.

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. T. S. Eliot

iconoclast  posted on  2008-05-03   10:59:15 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#204. To: Cynicom (#195)

When Queen Hillary I is crowned, it will be a lackey named Obama that will carry her train.

I kind of doubt that, I honestly believe there is bad blood between the two. I didn't used to, a few months ago, but I think Hillary has stooped so low recently that Obama would probably prefer to keep a little bit of his dignity (and voter base).

I could be wrong, of course.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot

Dakmar  posted on  2008-05-03   10:59:26 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#205. To: Dakmar (#194)

Dr. Paul chose the Democrat who is the most against the war in Iraq, the one most vilified by the GOP political machine, the one who is actually the most liberal. This tells me the level of importance that Dr. Paul places on getting us out of Iraq. And the response by the GOP political machine underscores their position on ME wars.

"To destroy a people you must first sever their roots." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

robin  posted on  2008-05-03   11:03:32 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#206. To: aristeides (#199)

Just like JFK came out of the Boston political machine. (And was helped to the presidency by that very Chicago political machine -- and what was left of Tammany.)

The Boston machine? Isn't that, in fact, the Kennedy family? As for the help from Chicago, I hardly think gangsters teamsters stuffing ballot boxes qualifies as the sort of activity most people associate with representative government.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot

Dakmar  posted on  2008-05-03   11:03:58 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#207. To: castletrash (#174)

One need not sufferr mean little cusses, with no valid arguments either.

Um, like this one?

Yes. the eevil men behind the curtain gathered .... and one genius suggested that they "select" an obscure black man from from inner city Chicago. All present leaped to their feet in cheers! The deal was done!

If this BS palaver prevails, I'm going into bridge selling immediately after the election.

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. T. S. Eliot

iconoclast  posted on  2008-05-03   11:04:14 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#208. To: Dakmar (#206)

I see you don't like the forces that brought JFK to the White House. But they did manage to give us a president who was not a tool of the establishment.

If the worst that can be said of Obama is that he comes out of a similar political machine, maybe the same will be true of him.

To reason, indeed, he was not in the habit of attending. His mode of arguing, if it is to be so called, was one not uncommon among dull and stubborn persons, who are accustomed to be surrounded by their inferiors. He asserted a proposition; and, as often as wiser people ventured respectfully to show that it was erroneous, he asserted it again, in exactly the same words, and conceived that, by doing so, he at once disposed of all objections. - Macaulay, "History of England," Vol. 1, Chapter 6, on James II.

aristeides  posted on  2008-05-03   11:06:11 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#209. To: Dakmar (#204)

I could be wrong, of course.

The three are puppets of the same masters. Obama as candidate ensures election of McKooK, meaning Obama is finished in presidential politics. Therefore it stands to reason he will take a swan dive when told to and accept a later and better chance to be president.

The last two time loser I recall was Stevenson and both "parties" learned from that.

Cynicom  posted on  2008-05-03   11:06:28 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#210. To: robin (#205)

Agreed, it's a no brainer given the choice between Obama and Clinton. But hasn't the GOP thrown a lot of dirt at her, too? I can't fault anyone for supporting Obama, it's just that I personally do not.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot

Dakmar  posted on  2008-05-03   11:07:50 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#211. To: aristeides (#202)

A large part of the opposition to Hitler consisted of Socialists, who formed the largest of the democratic groups in the Weimar Republic.

Over a year ago, I and others here, admitted that we would gladly stand shoulder-to-shoulder with liberals at antiwar demonstrations. I have in fact done this in my community. And while at these events I've even spoken to the diverse crowd of liberals, Quakers, military moms, 9/11 Truthers, etc...about Ron Paul, the war, Israel, the ME, Iran etc.

"To destroy a people you must first sever their roots." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

robin  posted on  2008-05-03   11:07:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#212. To: Dakmar (#210)

Yes, it's difficult to avoid not talking about a "flub"(?) that is a total fabrication about being under sniper fire.

But unquestionably, since Ohio, Barack has taken by far the most flak from the media. To the point that they have had to search (no doubt for hours) for snippets of comments by mere associates, and nothing of substance about himself.

"To destroy a people you must first sever their roots." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

robin  posted on  2008-05-03   11:11:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#213. To: aristeides (#208)

If the worst that can be said of Obama is that he comes out of a similar political machine, maybe the same will be true of him.

No, what Christine said was the worst I'd say of him, but it's true that I'm not a big fan of machine politics.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot

Dakmar  posted on  2008-05-03   11:11:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#214. To: Dakmar (#192)

the Chicago political machine

The Chicago political machine and the Skull & Bones gang, huh.

Politics sure does make for strange bedfellows ... duck Obamaphiles, here comes the kitchen sink.

This cabal sure has made fools out of a lot of our kids.

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. T. S. Eliot

iconoclast  posted on  2008-05-03   11:12:10 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#215. To: robin (#212)

Next debate: Senator Obama, why aren't you wearing a BIGGER flag pin?

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot

Dakmar  posted on  2008-05-03   11:13:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#216. To: Dakmar (#215)

Next debate: Senator Obama, why aren't you wearing a BIGGER flag pin?

LOL - that WAS funny.

Antiparty - find out why, think about 'how'

a vast rightwing conspirator  posted on  2008-05-03   11:14:01 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#217. To: iconoclast (#214)

The Chicago political machine and the Skull & Bones gang, huh.

Screw them both, I'll probably vote for Baldwin.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot

Dakmar  posted on  2008-05-03   11:14:02 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#218. To: Dakmar (#215)

Please, don't give them anymore ideas! :P

"To destroy a people you must first sever their roots." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

robin  posted on  2008-05-03   11:14:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#219. To: Dakmar (#194)

I doubt that very much, as "the he was given choice was" only between Obama and Clinton

I think I get your drift.

Fact is, he gave an honest answer to a direct question ... no soft-shoeing off into the dreamworld of the Barr/Baldwin "debaters" here.

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. T. S. Eliot

iconoclast  posted on  2008-05-03   11:18:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#220. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#112)

Now, THAT, my friend, would be a completely dishonest headline. It COMPLETELY distorts the fact that Ron Paul virtually endorsed Obama for U.S. president.

No! That would be the truth! You are a pigheaded lie spreading bushbot who bought into the bushkie lies and promises back in the 2000 election, a close friend of the idiot Medved and wouldn't know the truth if it bit you in the ass.

Fruthermore you bought into bushkie's lying tactics to get us involved in the attack of Iraq. Guess you don't have enough sense to know that some of us haven't forgot your blind support of the little chimp.

Oh what a tangeled web we weave when we first practice to deceive. Medved is probably mighty proud of you for this lying thread title. What a fool you have made of yourself just like you did years ago on TOS.

LACUMO  posted on  2008-05-03   11:19:46 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#221. To: All (#219)

I got more important things to do ... see you later.

Try to resist the urge to post the "the bitch had to retreat" type non-insulting, Obamaphobe type posts.

Success is relative. It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. T. S. Eliot

iconoclast  posted on  2008-05-03   11:21:43 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#222. To: iconoclast (#219)

no soft-shoeing off into the dreamworld of the Barr/Baldwin "debaters" here.

I'm not going to vote for someone I don't think represents my interests, nor will I be browbeat into silence. It's just that simple.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot

Dakmar  posted on  2008-05-03   11:22:03 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#223. To: christine (#182)

i don't interpret that as expressing a preference.

Ron is very diplomatic in his tone and measured in his speech. I would say he was damning him with faint praise, wouldn't you?

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Lord Acton

James Deffenbach  posted on  2008-05-03   11:22:06 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#224. To: Dakmar (#192)

HE'S A SOCIALIST DEMOCRAT. THAT'S THE ISSUE FOR ME. I DON'T GIVE A FLYING FIG ABOUT HIS COLOR OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT IT DEFINES HIS LEFTIST POLITICS. Exactly! Not to mention that he's a product of the Chicago political machine, a gang that could give Tammany Hall a run for their money.

Wanna buy a hood? ;)

Peppa  posted on  2008-05-03   11:25:16 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#225. To: James Deffenbach (#223) (Edited)

There was nothing sarcastic in his tone when he said that Obama is "slightly better" of the three. He said that this was not an endorsement.

Starting at 2:54 in the video I posted in #18

"I would think the one who would most likely keep us from expanding the war is probably Obama, but that doesn't mean that's an endorsement....He would be slightly better on the foreign policy".

"To destroy a people you must first sever their roots." - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

robin  posted on  2008-05-03   11:26:07 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#226. To: James Deffenbach (#223)

I think it was a "Who would you rather have in your home, a person with severe acne or a deranged arsonist with a blowtorch and a head full of meth?" type question.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot

Dakmar  posted on  2008-05-03   11:26:20 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#227. To: Peppa (#224) (Edited)

Wanna buy a hood?

Where were you when I wrecked my Capri? It took six weeks to find a hood for that sucker.

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot

Dakmar  posted on  2008-05-03   11:27:51 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#228. To: Dakmar (#227)

Wanna buy a hood? Where were you when I wrecked my Capri? It took six weeks to find a hood for that sucker.

LOL!!

Peppa  posted on  2008-05-03   11:30:22 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#229. To: Peppa (#228)

Oh, we weren't discussing auto parts?

And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness. - T. S. Eliot

Dakmar  posted on  2008-05-03   11:33:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#230. To: Cynicom, vastrightwingconspirator (#191) (Edited)

i don't interpret that as expressing a preference. Only partisan sheep would see it as an endorsement. The sheep are being herded by one herder and two dogs.

Neither do I cyni. vast deliberately distorts the truth and or can't comprehend what Dr. Paul said. Maybe he has attention deficit disorder and we should all feel sorry for him.

It is obvious that the question was a loaded one and there is really no good answer to give to a loaded question.

I'd like to ask him a few questions and see if he distorts them also. One would be does he still believe Iraq had WMD at the time bushkie lied us into the Iraq war? The other question I would ask him is this. Are you ashamed to admit that you masterbate? Both require only a simple answer. Vast is a master at distortion and could probably distort the simple yes or no answers just like bushkie does.

LACUMO  posted on  2008-05-03   11:35:13 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#231. To: Dakmar (#229)

Oh, we weren't discussing auto parts?

Nooo, linens.

;)

Peppa  posted on  2008-05-03   11:36:42 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  



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