Comments on: Recap of today’s GOP debate

By: Terrye

Terrye — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:05:01 +0000

Ron Paul creeps me out. If I understand the man correctly he is completely isolationist and his attitudes toward issues like health care are completely out of the mainstream. Like it or not, Medicare is here to stay. People who are still arguing about whether or not we should keep Social Security and Medicare and the Drug Prescription program might as well hang it up. People want that kind of assistance for themselves for themselves and their family and as far as they are concerned that is why they pay taxes.

Might as well vote for a libertarian/populist. That way you can screw the old, the poor, the rich and the foreigners all at the same time.

I think that the Republicans are just a lot more likely to bitch about the choice, that is why the numbers are low. The Democrats are a lot more likely to support their candidates, no matter what.

By: Brian

Brian — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:04:49 +0000

Oh, they’re freeping everything today. I posted a couple of clips on You Tube and had to shut down the comments, because they went ape-s##t over my title (Ron Paul Speaks Truth To Kooks). They’ve been sending me emails all day long. Lesson? You want blog traffic, insult their hero. lol

By: Lorica

Lorica — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:50:20 +0000

Also Cindy, I would love to support Ron Paul. His beliefs on taxes and mine are very comparable. His belief that we need to be more responsible in Gov is mine too (I work in Army Accounting). His belief that we need to get out of Iraq and damn the reprecutions, are totally unacceptable. So much so that the rest of his message is lost. It is pointless to remove our troops, only to create an international crisis and have the UN decide that a Peace Keeping force will need to go back in. It is my firm belief that we need to present a united front around the strategy of the surge, and know that this is going to work. – Lorica

By: Lorica

Lorica — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:35:53 +0000

By contrast 53 percent are “very satisfied” — almost three times as many — on the Democratic side.

A fool and their money are easily parted. These are the same guys who suffered “buyers” remorse over John Kerry. All they really care about is “gitin’” rid of GW and “beatin’” the evil Repubs. You could put anyone in as nominee and the these Dems would be satisfied. But once they do pick a nominee I pity da fool. The Dem party is falling apart from all the stress from the multitude of directions it is presently going. – Lorica

By: Lorica

Lorica — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:23:54 +0000

Drudge is reporting that per an ABC Poll shows Ron Paul and Sam Brownbeck won the debate. Interestingly enough both are anti-Iraq war. I personally think Romney won the thing, especially with his catchy one liner about Osama Obama. – Lorica

By: Great White Rat

Great White Rat — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:26:52 +0000

I don’t think the lukewarm support is necessarily bad news in general for the eventual GOP candidate. It’s true that it will mean a light turnout for the primaries and caucuses, but regardless of who gets the nomination, the base is bound to come home when presented with a choice of Romney/Guiliani/Thompson against Hillary or Obama.

I’m not completely sold on Romney, but he and Mike Huckabee have had the best and sharpest comments of the campaign so far. I wish President Bush could go on the offense more and smack the opposition down with lines like this one…he’s been too passive for my taste. If he did, my guess is that he and the WOT would have more public support right now.

By: Cindy L.

Cindy L. — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 20:02:38 +0000

The Thomas Sowell quote at the top of your page best describes the status quo’s response to Ron Paul’s message. Peace & Liberty from oppressive gov’t.

By: steveegg

steveegg — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:27:19 +0000

I was thinking more along the lines of Hiliary for the Ripper role.

Now, who would Breck Girl play?

By: Tom TB

Tom TB — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 19:22:57 +0000

Ah yes, “Dr.Strangelove” and General Jack D.Ripper. Obama must be the first US Presidential candidate in history to cause a flag-burning, anti-American demonstration abroad months before the primary!

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Republicans Debate In Iowa at Conservative Times--Republican GOP news source. — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:51:30 +0000

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By: steveegg

steveegg — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:12:00 +0000

They could’ve been like me and went to the late service.

By: Iowa Voice

Iowa Voice — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 18:11:03 +0000

Republicans Debate In Iowa

I would have written about this sooner today, but I’ve been uploading some clips.
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By: G Monster

G Monster — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 17:29:04 +0000

As far as the poll that shows only 19% of republicans being very satisfied, and 53% of dems being very satisfied, assuming it was fairly done and a representative sample, it just shows dems are eaisier to please than republicans.

I think Romney looks best, and don’t see anyone on the dem side that I would want to vote for.