Rush Limbaugh: ‘Ron Paul Kills the Conservative Vote’
by AWR HawkinsYesterday, while reacting to the New Hampshire Primary results during his radio program, Rush Limbaugh made one thing clear: Ron Paul is hurting conservative candidates. And Limbaugh made it clear that Paul isn’t doing this by taking up all the conservative votes, rather, he did it by placing 2nd via the votes of people who have little to no interest in supporting Republicans in general. What this means it that once Paul has run his course and helped Mitt Romney win, the people who voted for Paul in the primaries will then either turn around and vote 3rd party or, in some cases, vote for Obama.
Here’s how Limbaugh put it:
The majority of people that voted for [Ron Paul] were not Republican….And what I’ve been told is that [of these] supporters, 40% say they would vote for the Republican nominee, 23% said they’d vote for Obama, and 31% of Ron Paul voters said they would vote third party. So the Ron Paul voters cannot be counted on [as most of them] were Democrats who walked into the New Hampshire primary, picked up a Republican ballot, [and voted for Paul].
The key figure in this is that only 40% of Paul voters said they would go on to support the eventual Republican nominee. It’s important because it’s exactly half number given by Tea Party voters, 80% of which said they will support the nominee whoever he is. And this is what prompted Limbaugh to say “Ron Paul is a conservative killer.” It’s also why Limbaugh contends that Mitt Romney “wants Ron Paul to stay in” the race.
Said Limbaugh:
Everybody [i.e., the establishment, the mainstream media, the Romney campaign] is urging everybody else to get out of this except for Ron Paul. They want Ron Paul to keep pounding away at Santorum and Newt. They want Ron Paul to continue to get big numbers and take away any high second- or third-place finishes from Santorum or Gingrich or Perry or anybody else.
The bottom line, according to Limbaugh, “Ron Paul kills the conservative vote.” He’s drawing voters who cannot be counted on to push the Republicans to victory in 2012. In fact, the only thing Paul’s voters are going to accomplish is to kill Santorum and Gingrich’s chances, and thereby guarantee Romney the nomination.
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…and mentioning Paul's earmarks–drives his supporters nuts.
I once was a Conservative until the Republican party left me and their core of freedom, and prosperity as a platform. Instead they have gotten drunk on power, and now I can barely distinguish the difference between both establishments. I do know one thing we will not be happy until government gets back into its box! It is the Constitution! This is not rocket science to U.S.!
"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."
George Washington
Hmm. Say he's right (and I'm not sure that's the case), but if Paul pushes out unelectable distractions like Santorum or Gingrich, then all the better. I'd take Romney over either of those guys any day.
sounds about right.
But the big problem with this whole thing is the issue of conservatism itself. Somehow Santorum, a big government pork barrel moderate who is soft on the 2nd amendment is a rock ribbed conservative to the right of Mitt Romney.
Balderdash.
Truth be told outside the 'godhead' stuff they're pretty damn close on the issues. Perry is more conservative than both of them but is hopelessly lost now, and Bachmann was the MOST conservative voice but was shrill, inflexible and basically unelectable. Rush is right; Dr Paul is splitting the vote and helping Romney. For now.
But what if the good Doctor stays in the race and gets a bunch of delegates? That is precisely what we believe he will do, not go third party. He will then be able to influence the cabinet, perhaps even speak at the convention.
The Libertarians may get led out of the deep weeds for the first time ever…
"Ron Paul is hurting conservative candidates."
Really? Aside from the Doctor himself, what other ones are running?
Or perhaps the People at this point don't care about a Republican title because we want a President who will uphold the Constitution. People are concerned about the future of our Great Country not about the "Republican party". Ron Paul 2012.
I support Dr. Paul, but everybody has their problems. Earmarks are one of his. Despite that, he's better off pork-wise than Santorum, and better off consistency wise than Mitt "Windsock" Romney.
The words of a magical conservative attacking a fellow republican for fighting for his belief in freedom taught to him by his military service to our country.
I am Free and Unaffiliated
republicans and democrats are allies in this destruction of OUR country. this can not be denied
You are wrong again! I have tried to help you understand the houses job is to approbate money. All spending bills originate in the House of Representatives and all taxes are voted into law by Congress. This means Bill Clinton did not balance the budget, the Republicans did.
AKA allocate and spend money. Read our founding documents you will find the answers.
If there was any doubt in my mind that Rush was a GOP tool, it's gone now.
Great point Virginia. I don't see anyone who is a lover of freedom, fiscally responsible (in deed not words), or who has a clue as to what small government really looks like. Are the only conservatives the ones on radio and tv and those of us watching in frustration??
So . . . the same man who advocated skewing the Democratic primaries four years ago is now irritated that the same thing is happening in the Republican primaries? Regardless of who he is pulling for, such hypocrisy leaves his opinions sort of muted, in my humble opinion.
Ron Paul is the only Conservative in the race. The rest are chest beating chicken hawks!
BWAHAHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
Must be why Krauthammer gave such an awed analysis of Ron Paul's success yesterday on Special Report. I knew something had to be up with it, given that the Big K wasn't mentioning the high percentage of libs who voted for him. The guy's pretty wily. And a true establishment elite, to boot.
Guaranteed this will be a right lively thread.
Full of personal attack, virulent and vitriolic rhetoric.
Brace yourselves.
The space ship is scheduled to land, and the Ronulans will arrive in 3, 2 ,1………
People hate both parties. That's just the way it is now. The number of independents keeps increasing because the government is failing the people. Rush can call himself a conservative, and for the most part he is, but he is more importantly concerned with Republican victories. We need Constitutional victories if we hope to get this country back on track. We need people who place Constitutional over political parties or vague affiliations like "conservative" and "liberal."
It will likely come down to Romney and Paul, and it will be interesting to see what Rush does then. What's likely is that he'll "grudgingly" support Romney because, in the end, he's more of an establishment Republican than he cares to admit.
Ron Paul is more liberal than he is Conservative. He doesn't take Iran seriously.
Neither Party is Saintly when it comes to SPENDING OUR hard earned tax dollars on BS.
"I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse, and in a Republican Government a greater curse than any other" James Madison
Then we have BOTH Partys spending the Social Security Trust Fund (using it as part of the general budget). The whole idea of that program is another debate. There are few that have stood up OBJECTING to this practice in either Party.
How can EITHER Party claim to be CONSERVATIVE?
"People hate both parties."
Pretty simple, isn't it?
Then by your logic, the current deficit is the fault of the Republican House and not the President.
Right, because the person who's most conservative should obviously take the weirdos in Iran more seriously than the fact that the weirdos in our own government are, for all intents and purposes, aligned against the American people.
I love sadistic entertainment.
I used to go to the bullfights in Old Mexico, and root for the bull.
In that vein, in a perfect world, it sure would be high entertainment for an erstwhile author here, or maybe even a cartoonist, to compare the distinctions between Ron Paul and Sarah Palin.
For nothing more than the sheer drama.
The Ronulans and Palinbots could have a Cage Match………..
I'd like the Pay Per View Concession.
Who here considers Big Gov't Romney a conservative?
Any other candidate in favor of a Constitutionally limited gov't as Ron Paul? Then what does it mean to be conservative if the candidate who is the most willing to cut spending in a meaningful way, completely eliminate gov't agencies, AND return to Constitutional checks and balances is considered to not be conservative?
Exactly. See my post below.
Here you go little one! Democrats need to go and review the facts! Historical evidence: Look at what happened when Republicans took over Congress in the late 90’s:
1994 290.576 Billion Deficit
1995 227.96 Billion Deficit
1996 145.125 Billion Deficit
1997 29.04 Billion Deficit
1998 89.96 Billion Surplus
1999 159.512 Billion Surplus
2000 290.772 Billion Surplus
2001 152.76 Billion Surplus
9/11 hits and two wars are being fought
So what happens when dems took back control in 2007. This is before the health care sham:
2002 158 Bilion Deficit
2003 378 Billion Deficit
2004 413 Billion Deficit
2005 318 Billion Deficit
2006 260.4 Billion Deficit
2007 165.24 Billion Deficit
2008 455 Billion Deficit
2009 1400 Billion Deficit–1.4 trillion
2010 1350 Billion Deficit-1.3 trillion
The Democrats controlled the House of Representatives until 1994 and then regained control in 2006, so the Republicans have had control of the purse strings for 12 years since the Great Depression. Presidents can propose all the budgets they want, they can only sign off on spending bills that are sent to them by the House of Representatives.
The Democrats were in control of Congress, the part of our government where spending bills come from, for 38 of the last 50 years. In the late nineties when we had a "surplus", the Republicans were in control of Congress. While it is true that the President can veto budgets that spend too much, and thus should carry some of the blame, the majority of the blame should be placed squarely on the Democrats!!!
Doctor?
Doktor Demento.
It's either Ron Paul or four more of Obama.
Willard Mitt is a lot of things.
Conservative ain't on the list.
Yep, it's that simple. Look at the abysmal congressional approval rating. What's also simple is that independents are required to win presidential elections. Paul can attract independents, and so can Romney. Polls consistently show they're the only two who can defeat Obama specifically because they attract independents. The other Republicans can't attract nearly as many independents and thus cannot win.
On top of that Paul pulls in younger voters, effectively stealing them from Obama and potentially flipping them into permanent anti-Democrat voters. He's obviously far more in favor of limited government than Romney, so I really don't understand why this is even a question at this point.
People will harp endlessly about the foreign policy issue, but they're taking their eyes off the bigger picture — namely the fact that the folks in Washington represent a clear and present danger to the people of this country.
Ron Paul is not a Conservative. Stop spreading that lie and watering down the Conservative platform and message. Paul rejected all the Conservative tenants. And that's a fact.
Paul is a liberal-tarin. His drug policy and defense policy are a disaster waiting to happen and that's why Conservatives will be voting for anyone but Paul.
With policies as horrendous as those – I have to wonder what his fiscal policies would look like in motion. Yet another disaster, I'm sure.
PART I –
Rush got it RIGHT this time…for sure! "Pot" Paul is NOT even a Republican…and NOT definitely a conservative…he is nothing more than a LIBERALtarian…those who are even more dangerous than an ultra-liberal!
Because they feed on the malcontents and anarchists…and 'anything goes' fragment of our society!
He is popular today…more than yesterday…because these malcontents and anarchists are getting the press in these OWS fiascos in cities around America!
PART II –
"Pot" Paul is just a crazy old man…who is a legend in his own mind…and the mind of his rabid worshippers and nothing more! He is enjoying his 15 mins of fame…but it is about to be over…guaranteed…because 'real' Americans…'real' conservative Americans recognize there is only ONE 'real' conservative…and that is Rick Santorum!
And 'real' conservatives are going to do something really 'radical' in 2012…and elect a 'real' 'conservative into the highest office in our land!
Our new 'real' conservative motto…'WE HAVE HAD ALL THE REST…NOW WE ARE GOING TO ELECT THE BEST…RICK SANTORUM'!
Get it? Millions and millions and millions of us do!
https://transaxt.com/Donate/PTWALC/RickSantorumfo...
Yeah, exactly. I for one consider our federal gov't to be the single greatest threat to myself, my family and my property. I am going to vote for the candidate I believe will do their best to reign in the beast.
that is because there is no difference
right. People hate Democrats – who are always dictating every aspect of life – and RINOs who agree with them in the sense of harmony.
40 percent (the largest voting block) wouldn't be identifying as Conservatives if they didn't see their policies as time tested and sound.
It is no coincidence that the more conservative the candidate, the stupider they were and the faster they sank in the polls. I'm talking to you Michele and Rick. By ideological conviction, conservatives are incapable of governing. And apparently they are not acceptable for national office.
By the way, one thing Rush has missed all together is the fact that Ron Paul's message of limited gov't, Constitutionally checked gov't has REALLY resonated with the college crowd. Isn't THAT THE CONSERVATIVE MESSAGE ?!?!?!?! Haven't we been trying to deliver the conservative message for YEARS to the young? Now that they are getting it, why are "we" supporting a big gov't RINO ?!?!?!?!?!
THIS MAKES NO SENSE !!!!!
Read here! This isn't guess work on my part.
http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-has-won-young-pe...
The fear of the establishment is showing their weakness.
Just dropped a donation at the site. Here we come south carolina.
"Guaranteed this will be a right lively thread.
Full of personal attack, virulent and vitriolic rhetoric."
And here you are, a few minutes later, with virulent rhetoric (and a lame joke)…
Like him or not,
He is the only candidate that has put up legislation that would have the U.S. secede from the U.N. and end American tax dollars going to prop up corrupt foreign regimes, a powerful lobby in American Politics, has also taken on the Federal Reserve another powerful lobby in American Politics. Paul is a solid fiscal conservative, and is solid on the second amendment as well as pro-life.
I have listened to Rush for years, he is very good at listening to the people, and adjusting his commentary accordingly. Rush, is sadly one of many RNC cheerleaders.
Paul is a serious threat to the status qou, and at the very least, I hope he pushes all the RINOS running to the RIGHT.
The republican party has been highjacked by communitarians and progressives. The current crop of presidential contenders is a symbolic FU to the Tea Party from the RNC. For those that can read between the lines anyway.
Paul is the only candidate not BACKED BY GOLDMAN SACHS
"The other Republicans can't attract nearly as many independents and thus cannot win."
Attract Independents?
The other Republicans are having a hard time attracting Republicans, let alone Independents.
He is ranked 1 most conservative member of congress in 40 years.
War monger Santorum?
What do you consider a greater threat to you, your family and your property? Unchecked federal gov't which has already delivered us a militarized police state that now monitors EVERYTHING YOU DO, or Iran?
why do republicans HATE one of their own?
The same Rush that carried the water for the fiscal socialist " I am going to abandon free market principles to save the free market" GWB?
That Rush?
Some of you clowns need to lighten up.
The moment that emotion is involved in the political equation, all rationale goes right out the window.
why the hate? are not tired of magical conservatives?
Eileen… who do you think actually believes the drivel you spill onto our computer screens? Why do you keep ignoring my questions? Are you too scared to answer them and admit your big-gov't leanings?
Mr. Paul your snarky commentary on the United States and it's history as you see it from your conspiritorial point of view has run it's course. You have done more to damage the GOP in recent years than anything the DNC could have hoped to accomplish. You are not honest with yourself or the American people, please begin to do so now, and start another party with Pat Buchanon.
A lot of what has been happening in this primary MAKES NO SENSE.
Welcome to the Tin Foil Hat Community
What is it with the "conservative" emphasis on the drug thing? When that's apparently one of your biggest issues — as it is with ol' Eileen down there — I simply can't take you seriously. And before you paint me as a stoner, I'm married with three kids, I never use drugs, and I rarely even drink. I simply recognize the federal government has no role to play when it comes to what adults choose to ingest into their bodies.
Paul advocates that the drug issue be returned to the states where it belongs. If an amendment was required to ban alcohol, surely an amendment is also required to ban drugs. The fact that you probably consider yourself a Constitutionalist is what makes this debate so bizarre.
I might add one not-so-small detail to the dynamics in Congress. Everybody knows we gave the Republicans the House in a BIG way in 2010. And just about everybody is dissatisfied (if not in full-out revolt) with the Republicans in the House.
I bring this up because it takes more than just a "Republican House" to get a positive result. It takes the right LEADERSHIP. The leadership we have now, sucks, and everybody knows it.
And so I have to ask you, who was in charge of the Republican led House during the years we managed those "surpluses?"
lmmfao@ Cowboy!!!
Point out the obvious why dont ya
Yep! I heard a great explanation of what we have today, and it nails it. We have two wings of one big government party. We need to pull all of the weeds out from our garden!
Forget Limburger. I think he's completely wrong.
Romney is exactly the kind of Republican the GOP shouldn't choose.
Romney will not win without a good pecentage of Paul's base. My hunch is that most of that base will not vote for him.
My hope is that the strategy being used by the Paul camp pans out…that he picks up a lot of states on Super Tuesday which have sufficient numbers of Democrat Primary and Caucus voters who've re-registered to vote RP, the so called Blue Republican (previously called the Reagan Democrats).
If Ronald Reagan were alive he'd be endorsing Ron Paul, I guarantee you. Romney would be seen as nearly the same as Ted Kennedy to him.
Romney's nomination just about seals the deal for Obama getting four, more years.
I wonder if that Big Hootered, floosie looking Porkchop McCain http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://wwwima... is going to support Doktor Paul?
Republicans are sending a great big F-U to college kids which is a sure-fire strategy for growing the party. </sarc>
We have two wings of the one big government party!. That is it in a nut shell!
Anybody know how much money moRon pail is getting from the OBOZO campaign to keep up his destruction of the conservative cause ?
Now that's funny.
I don't give a flip what you take seriously. What I take seriously is left wing nut balls pretending to be conservatives when all they are is drug addled morons with IQs in the 70 point range.
The federal government has the right to decide what drugs are legal and illegal – for the sake of society. Something lost on a Paul supporter. To hell with society if a Paul Cultist wants to shoot heroin.
Obviously, you're not intelligent enough to recognize what took America from last to first in only 236 years.
Your Great Drugged Up Society has killed 40 thousand Mexicans and countless Americans in the last four years alone. Maybe one of them will be one of your three kids next.
"By ideological conviction, conservatives are incapable of governing."
Haha Yeah, that Ronald Reagan, he was just SO incapable of governing.
Tool.
I don't know why ur getting TD… you're exactly right. Ron Paul is, by all appearances, the only candidate running on the platform of limited gov't, free markets and personal liberties. That is the message that Republicans are supposed to be championing, and the mouthpiece for the GOP establishment is telling him to get out? That says a lot more about Rush than it does about Ron.
Santorum is recycling McCain's campaign strategy and Republicans are lapping it up. Apparently the one who bangs the war drums the loudest gets the nomination.
If there are any conservatives running, I have yet to see them.
http://pinups4ronpaul.com/
How quickly people forget Rush carrying the Water for " I am going to abandon free market principles to save the free market" GWB.
Rush=RNC Cheerleader
"We have two wings of the one big government party!"
Did you see Judge Napolitano's column this morning at Townhall? He posits the same theory.
your hunch would be correct
Aw, c'mon. You didn't answer my question.
+1 that.
A vote for Romney is a vote for Obama-lite in the form of more Bush-Rove Big government neo-conservatism. As a recovering Republican it is clear to me that the two parties are highly corrupt and are simply two sides of the same coin. I hope Ron Paul does run as an independent. Yes, he won't win, but then neither will Romney and hopefully it will mean the beginning of the end for the current form of the Republican party.
A vote for Romney is a vote for Obama-lite in the form of more Bush-Rove Big government neo-conservatism. As a recovering Republican it is clear to me that the two parties are highly corrupt and are simply two sides of the same coin. I hope Ron Paul does run as an independent. Yes, he won't win, but then neither will Romney and hopefully it will mean the beginning of the end for the current form of the Republican party.
If anything is killing conservatisms success, its the GOP establishment.
Without Paul, who exactly would be surging ahead with the GOPs blessing? progressive Newt? moderate Santorum? Bachman would still be in?
Dem-Lite Romney is their hand picked man.
Paul, less his fatal foreign policy, is fighting for ground that the right is supposed to believe in. Less government, less entitlements, less regulations, no FED, more constitution, remember those? Not big on the GOPs platform for the last several DECADES.
Newt was in charge the same man that ran the nationakl campaign to get congress, but hes evil and slimy and we cant have him!
"The federal government has the right to decide what drugs are legal and illegal – for the sake of society."
Lemme guess… It's all for the children? You're a statist, no different from the nanny-staters on the Left.
"Your Great Drugged Up Society has killed 40 thousand Mexicans and countless Americans in the last four years alone."
So alcohol is what caused deaths during Prohibition instead of the violent black market that resulted from Prohibition? Historians (and law enforcement) beg to differ. Why do you think drug prohibition is different from alcohol prohibition?
the thumbs go up. the thumbs go down. why? I attacked the holy one.
A government by Goldman Sachs, Of Goldman Sachs for Goldman Sachs
you seem to be calling them names. but that is how republicans attack their own
There is one very large reason Doctor Paul will not run as an independent, his name is Rand!
While I would not call him a conservative he did wear our country's uniform. That is an ACTION that can not be denied or tarnished.
Every day I DVR it!
I treat them all with equal disdain. (The candidates).
NEWT! Sorry, I overlooked it and forgot to address it.
Rush,….. and you going along with the MSM take that,….
Newt's and Perry's questioning of Romney's claims,…
of his "accomplishments" at Bain was construed as,……..
being anti capitalism.
That was really, really dumb.
Let's just hope that the good ol folks down in So. Carolina,…….
are not led like those clueless folks from Iowa and NH.
Paul coming in second,…..Jeeesh.
Ron Paul once worked together with George SoreA$$ on cutting the defense budget. Most of those who supported the defense cuts were extreme leftists. Anyone who works with SoreA$$ is NOT a conservative.
"Gallup polling found that 31% of Americans identified as Democrats, 29% as Republicans, and 38% as independents. "
To me, this suggests Ron Paul is more electable than Romney. Consider that in a general election EVERYONE gets to vote. Since self identified Republicans are not a majority they can't win a general on their own.
Now, I am a Paul supporter and if Romney is the nominee I'll probably write Paul's name in. It's not only because of principles, but also as a clear message to the Republican party. It needs reformation back to it's former values. Most of our wars have been waged by democrats. Why the sudden Republican agression? Most of the cronyism and bailouts used to be done by Democrats. What happened?Paul supporters are not some kind of lab experiment that escaped. We are traditional conservatives that desire a return to liberty. The Republican Party used to offer that. It may explain why only 29% are still clinging on to that hope…
I've been a lifelong Republican voter and until this point have never thought I'd consider changing affiliation.
I'm voting for Paul in the primary and afterwards will re-register as a Democrat, so I can be in the same party as the millions of other GOP voters who'll have chosen Romney.
What's happened is that those in the Democrat party who like and support Paul are actually "Republicans" in a manner reminiscent of the Founders, whereas Republicans who vote Romney are big government "Democrats."
I had not read any of the posts when I posted. We agree on this one. Just common sense.
That is a pretty damning claim, do you have any credible sources to back up your claim, or are you just regurgitating goldman sachs talking points?
Providing a few links would be a big boost to any credibility you may have
lets find out.
is there a conservative in this fight? magical conservatives are not conservatives.
Rush seems to be upset that the constituency is alienating the party and not that the party is alienating the constituency. I think Rush is mistaken, as far as Democrats walking into the New Hampshire primary and voting Paul. Unless he is using the term Democrat as a sort of pejorative for Republicans who would commit such an egregious act as, gasp, voting for the candidate they feel best represents them.
just admit it – no drugs should be illegal and if they are all legal – perhaps the government should pay for pure drugs so no one kills themselves using bad drugs.
On one hand I think drugs should be legal – simply because it would filter out all the dregs and society would be better.
Dead drug abusers don't use drugs.
tarp proved that.
I have noticed for the last several election cycles by working at the polls that democrats and Independents are voting in the Republican Primary when they clearly were not going to vote R in the general election. So what happens is that others are picking the candidate for the R who are not R at all. That is what happened with McCain in 08. Most conservative R would never consider being dishonest enough to go and vote in the D primary when they clearly were for a R. So these open primaries let others affect the outcome of the R nomination in favor of who the D wants to run against. Independents usually end up splitting during the general election but all of the D that vote in R primaries will definitely go back and vote D. There is something wrong with this picture and it is called the breakdown of the moral fiber of society. Dishonesty abounds and affects every aspect of our lives because of the moral decay.
Pity that today our foreign policy is ultra-Wilsonian, and the economic policy is Keynesian – except that the whole will implode, or is imploding as I write this. As for our own democracy, it is developing, through its insidious combination of bureaucracy and mob rule, into the worst tyranny in the history of man. So many idiots unaware that their "progressivism" is a regression to pagan barbarism. Damned shame, really. Lord help us all.
Rush is completely wrong on this issue. There is nothing about Ron Paul preventing "conservatives" from rallying to one of the others. Of course Paul is the only candidate besides Romney polling ahead of Obama but if Rush is right when we get to GOP only primaries Paul will fall. But the real issue is the lack of quality in the GOP field. If it was Jeb Bush, Mitch Daniels, Haley Barbour and Sarah Palin this would be a totally different year and election. This is the weakest field in quite some time. Only two are currently in office the front runner has won exactly one significant election. The current occupation of the Final 6: two are professional political hacks, one governor, one congressman, one permanent candidate and one guy from the opposing administration. This is the best we got?
Some people are scared by what they hear, and do not dig for the truth. When the truth is being used it is indefensible and does not need defending, because it can stand on its own!
Call RP crazy then vote for a Mormon, LOL.
I'll stand and vote with the Constitution.
I can't believe how so many conservative pundits are trying to tear down Ron Paul. We have a chance here to bring millions of people on to our side of aisle, to actually bring the country together based on a small government, fiscally responsible platform.
I'm shocked when I hear some of my liberal friends say they like what RP has to say. It goes against everything I've ever heard them say, which is usually something brilliant like "business bad, government good". It IS true that liberty brings people together, maybe that's why our founders decided to build a country around the idea.
Our dream of shrinking government and having real change in Washington has it's best chance of coming true with Paul. Why are we destroying the most principled conservative in the race? I could see rejecting Newt or Mitt based on their big gov flip flopping pasts, but why Paul?
I'm not the so called rabid fan, worshiper or Paulbot, nor am I high on drugs. I am just a fed up, life long, ultra conservative who grew up on the seat of a tractor listening to the likes of Rush, Beck (before he was cool) and all the others. I cancelled my dish TV about a year ago. My sole source of news is now the internet. My eyes have never been more open.
Ron Paul commented, that if elected, he'd put RAT Dennis Kucinich on his cabinet . Is that the magic conservatism you're talking about?
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