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14 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - Jeb Bush: Wonders If H... · 3 replies · +2 points

You'll not get much support here, sadly. Few of these posters have taken the time to intellectually examine RP's foreign policy positions.

Best support I have found for Ron Paul's policies are to be found in Machievelli's discussions on the causes of war, and Switzerland's ability to stay out of war for 150+ years with a policy similar to RP's. The Federalist Papers, as well as George Washington's ability to keep us out of European Wars, using RP's strategy, even when we were a new & weak nation, are further justification.

It's much easier to use Alinskyiite ridicule to justify your preconceptions than it is to think, much to the detriment of humanity.

14 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - Jeb Bush: Wonders If H... · 5 replies · +2 points

Some more specificity could be instructive, so other posters can evaluate whether your statement has merit, and change accordingly if you're correct.

14 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - Jeb Bush: Wonders If H... · 10 replies · -1 points

Agreed. Example - Bill Kristol of the weekly standard is always identified by Rush as being a RINO, and about as "establishment" a conservative as you can get. Yet he, like Rush, despises Romney & supports Santorum, despite Rush's protestations that the "establishment" is trying to "force" Romney on us, and that we should rebel to send them a message. Ironically, last election cycle, Rush promoted Romney as the conservative alternative to Mccain.

I think Rush uses such terms somewhat recklessly to describe those he disagrees with, and this behavior filters down to the average conservative.

Good analogy about RINO being the "Racist" of the right!

14 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - Santorum Blasts Obama�... · 1 reply · 0 points

That's a scary thought! I hadn't considered that, nothing riles up a liberal like a "bible beater." I read a Dick Morris column which stated that traditionally you get out the republican vote by playing up the religious / social issues, but the tea party supposedly changed that.

P.S. Are you an atheist/agnostic mom?

14 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - Santorum Blasts Obama�... · 3 replies · -15 points

I agree. Catholicism can be quite Statist in nature, as Santorum is beginning to reveal. Evidence is the backwards Middle Ages, stifled by religious restrictions on freedom / thought.

Theocracy is no better than socialism. His idea for encouraging families are particularly disturbing as they suggest that a family should not be viewed as a means for personal happiness, but for the benefit of the state & society. Hate to use a tortured analogy, but it does remind me of certain aspects of Nazi social policy, such as giving mothers medals for putting out a certain number of children. On the other hand if a Catholic community wants to hand out similar rewards for strong families, that will be good for them, but it certainly falls out of the scope of government policy. Just as government should not pick winners and loser in economics, nor should it pick them in the realm of morality, except when someone else's rights are violated.

I find Romney far less scary than Santorum. Never thought I'd say that, but Santorum will only become worse if he comes into power. A simple jump in the polls has emboldened him to the point where he is giving us a glimpse of his true nature.

14 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - Romney Responds To Lat... · 0 replies · -1 points

The battle has just begun, and you project defeat.

Man I'd hate to be next to you in a foxhole.

14 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - Romney Responds To Lat... · 0 replies · 0 points

Hahaha, loser. Don't you have a welfare check to collect? I heard it came directly from Obama's stash.

14 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - Allen West Torches Oba... · 0 replies · +4 points

If I believed in reincarnation, I would believe Allen West has George Washington's spirit.

14 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - Piers Morgan To Santor... · 1 reply · +4 points

Got him. Nicely done!

14 years ago @ Breitbart.tv - Piers Morgan To Santor... · 1 reply · +6 points

You have been soundly defeated. You don't have facts or reason, so you resort to ridicule and ad hominem. When reason is not available, most human beings resort to force and bullying.

I don't even need to know the context of the argument to realize you've been trounced. Though I do.

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