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Newspaper Chaired By Private Equity Head Shockingly Endorses Mitt Romney For President; Ron Paul On Jay Leno
A few hours ago the Des Moines Register threw its support behind the Bain Capital founder, and the man now known to have actively destroyed any trace of his public "service" before his 2007 Massachusettes office handover (with a pending response to a Reuters FOIA, which will disclose just what it was that Romney was so tenuously shredding). Because according to the Iowan newspaper, Mitt Romney "is the best to lead" America, although into what, is not quite clear - perhaps the biggest Fed funded LBO (with a Bain Capital $1 mezz piece) of all time, that of America? We don't know. And neither does the Register's editorial board. What they do know are hollow adjectives, such as "sobriety", "wisdom" and "judgment" which somehow are applicable to Romney, if not so much "betting" and "shredding." Those looking for a late night laugh can read the OpEd below (link to tomorrow's front page here). And ironically, while likely set to provide a very short-term boost to Romney's chances, it is the baseless ongoing accusations against Ron Paul that will likely solidify the groundswell behind the Texan, with such desperate platitudes as "Ron Paul's libertarian ideology would lead to economic chaos and isolationism, neither of which this nation can afford." Because what America certainly needs is more of that old ideology of doing everything just the same and hoping for the best, because if there is anything Romney's would be predecessors have taught us is that hope apparently is a credible strategy. But perhaps most relevant is the reminder that the Des Moines Register is a Gannett company whose Chairman just happens to be one Marjorie Magner, whose bio reads:
Ms. Magner, 61, is Managing Partner of Brysam Global Partners, a private
equity firm investing in financial services firms with a focus on consumer opportunities in emerging markets founded in January 2007. She was Chairman and CEO of Citigroup's Global Consumer Group from 2003 to 2005. She served in various roles at Citigroup, and a predecessor company, CitiFinancial (previously Commercial Credit), since 1987. Ms. Magner currently serves as a director of Accenture Ltd. and Ally Financial Inc. and served as a director of The Charles Schwab Corporation from February 2006 to May 2008. Ms. Magner has broad business experience and financial expertise from the various senior management roles she held with Citigroup.
We will let readers find the other curious Gannett board members who just may have some conflicts of interest with a Ron Paul presidency.
Yet while this Paul-bashing circus was happening, Ron Paul made an appearance on Leno, further solidifying his mainstream image (ironically a process started by Jon Stewart). The full inteview is below.
But first, the propaganda scribbles from deep in the bowels of Iowa, which could have been Xeroxed from circa 1965 Stalingrad.
HE IS THE BEST TO LEAD
Sobriety, wisdom and judgment.
Those are qualities Mitt Romney said he looks for in a leader. Those are qualities Romney himself has demonstrated in his career in business, public service and government. Those qualities help the former Massachusetts governor stand out as the most qualified Republican candidate competing in the Iowa caucuses.
Sobriety: While other candidates have pandered to extremes with attacks on the courts and sermons on Christian values, Romney has pointedly refrained from reckless rhetoric and moralizing. He may be accused of being too cautious, but choosing words carefully is a skill essential for anyone who could be sitting in the White House and reacting to world events.
Wisdom: Romney obviously is very smart. He graduated as valedictorian at Brigham Young University and finished in the top 5 percent in his MBA class at Harvard, where he also earned a law degree. Romney also exhibits the wisdom of a man who listened and learned from his father and his mother, from his church and from his own trials and errors in life. He does not lack self confidence, but he is not afraid to admit when he has been wrong.
Judgment: Romney disagrees with Democrats on most issues, but he offers smart and well-reasoned alternatives rather than simply proposing to swing a wrecking ball in Washington. He is a serious student of public policy who examines the data before making a decision. His detailed policy paper on the economy contains 87 pages of carefully crafted positions on taxes, energy, trade and regulatory policy, complete with 127 footnotes.
Mitt Romney is making his second bid for Iowans’ support after an unsuccessful run in 2008. We did not endorse him then, but this is a different field, and he has matured as a candidate. Rebuilding the economy is the nation’s top priority, and Romney makes the best case among the Republicans that he could do that.
He stands out in the current field of Republican candidates. He has solid credentials in a career that includes running and starting successful businesses, turning around the 2002 Winter Olympics and working with both political parties as Massachusetts governor to pass important initiatives. He stands out especially among candidates now in the top tier: Newt Gingrich is an undisciplined partisan who would alienate, not unite, if he reverts to mean-spirited attacks on display as House speaker. Ron Paul’s libertarian ideology would lead to economic chaos and isolationism, neither of which this nation can afford.
Romney is accused of being a “flip-flopper.” He has evolved from one-time independent to moderate Republican in liberal Massachusetts to proud conservative today. He does not deny changing his position on some issues, but he will say he has made mistakes and has learned from them. Though Romney has tended to adapt some positions to different times and places, he is hardly unique. It should be possible for a politician to say, “I was wrong, and I have changed my mind.”
But more subtle distinctions apply to Romney on some major issues where he has been accused of flipping or flopping. He helped create health-care reform in Massachusetts that is strikingly similar to the much-derided “Obamacare,” for example. Yet Romney argues reasonably, though not entirely persuasively, that while all states should be free to experiment with their own reforms, it is wrong for the federal government to force a one-size-fits-all plan on the entire nation.
Romney’s tendency to carefully pick his way through the political minefields is illustrated by his carefully nuanced position on abortion over the years. He was quoted in 1994 as defending a woman’s right to choose abortion. When he ran for governor in 2002, Romney said he was personally pro-life but vowed he would not restrict or promote access to abortion. Yet he vetoed legislation legalizing the so-called morning-after pill because he saw it as easing access to abortion.
Voters will have to decide for themselves whether such subtly nuanced statements express Romney’s true beliefs or if he’s trying to have it both ways. Romney at least appreciates both sides of hard questions. “Many women considering abortions face terrible pressures, hurts, and fears; we should come to their aid with all the resourcefulness and empathy we can offer,” he wrote in a Boston Globe essay in 2005. “At the same time, the starting point should be the innocence and vulnerability of the child waiting to be born.”
While other Republican candidates are content to bash the president’s health reform law without offering meaningful reforms of their own, Romney has defended the principal goal of the Massachusetts health care legislation, which was to ensure that all residents there had access to health care. In the same way, Romney’s strategy on taxes is unique among the Republican contenders in calling for reforms that would benefit middle-income Americans and not just those at the top of the economic pyramid.
This ability to see the merits of tough issues from something other than a knee-jerk, ideological perspective suggests that Mitt Romney would be willing to bridge the political divide in Washington. Americans are desperate for the Republicans and Democrats to work together. His record of ignoring partisan labels to pass important legislation when he was governor of Massachusetts suggests he is capable to making that happen.
For those reasons, Mitt Romney deserves the support of his party in the Jan. 3 Iowa caucuses. If he is the GOP nominee, the nation would have a clear choice in November 2012.
WE OWE YOU OUR FRANK OPINION OF CANDIDATES
The Des Moines Register has been publishing presidential endorsements before general elections for more than 60 years. However, we didn’t endorse in the caucuses until 1988. Prior to that, the thinking was the editorial page should refrain from getting mixed up in the business of who a political party chooses as its nominee.
By 1988, the Iowa caucuses had established themselves as a matter of national interest. The people of this state were watching the candidates up close, and the country was watching Iowa.
“We’ve had a front-row view of these candidates and their ideas for more than a year, and it seems to us that we owe you a frank opinion on them,” explained James Gannon, the Register’s editor then.
The tradition of endorsing in caucuses was born. And here we are again.
Opinion pages are, after all, in the opinion business. We weigh in on issues of public interest 365 days of the year. Today’s endorsement is not intended to tell Iowans who to caucus for on Jan. 3. It is not to campaign for a candidate. (If we wanted to do that, we would have weighed in months ago and written subsequent editorials supporting that person). It is not to predict a winner.
Our goal in an endorsement is to provide a perspective for Iowans beyond what they read in regular news coverage and see in debates.
Rick Green, now the Register’s editor, said, “Our goal is to answer one question: who among these candidates would make the best leader for our country, should he or she land in the White House.”
Iowans take seriously their role as the first-in-the-nation caucus, Green said. So, too, does the Register. “We’re part of a unique conversation that dominates our state every four years but stretches well beyond Iowa. We embrace that responsibility thoughtfully, seriously and with due diligence.”
Our endorsement decision was informed by watching and listening to the candidates. We read widely — their speeches, position papers and contrary views. And we had the opportunity to question the candidates in interviews with the editorial board.
The staff met with all the Republican candidates who campaigned in Iowa. We have shared impressions from these meetings on the Opinion pages over the past few months.
Endorsements are the culmination of a long process. Last week, the editorial board met and worked to reach a consensus.
Members of the board are Laura Hollingsworth, the Register’s publisher and president; Rick Green, editor and vice president; Randy Evans, editorial page editor; and editorial writers Rox Laird and Andie Dominick. No one else at the newspaper attends this meeting or has any say in our endorsements.
As always, candidates who receive the Register’s nod receive no special consideration in subsequent news coverage or editorials.
In fact, we run our endorsements shortly before an election or caucus and later than many newspapers. That allows us to take full measure of candidates as their campaigns unfold, the same way other Iowans do.
So again today this newspaper is doing what we’ve done for almost 25 years: being part of the dialogue of democracy.
Thanks for reading.
— Editorial page staff
And after that fervent salute to Wall Street, here are the clips from Paul's appearance on Leno.
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Ron would need to raise Jefferson, Madison, Adams and Washington up from the grave to fix this Charlie Foxtrot.
He knows just like everyone else that the jumbo jet is going down.
He's the only one that'll yank the yoke back, instead of pushing forward to a grand, smoking hole.
Jefferson, Madison, Adams and Washington... all the top .01% of society in their day.
You seek elite saviors, this can only be changed from a ground swell. Since that won't happen (ground swells are never organized enough to affect the system) expect the same shit on a different day.
DEAD WHITE MEN who OWNED SLAVES.
We do not want any ideas or contributions from those types of people anymore, got it?
Tell me this is not a serious comment but irony.
They did a pretty damn good job. Read their writings. They lead an inspired departure from the monarchies that comprised all of human history prior to the USA. Washington refused to become king, Jefferson and Madison wrote a document second only to the Bible and they foreswore their own agrandizement.
You have to remember at this time in history a large percentage of people could not read, could not afford a book, had no access to libraries, much less an internet. It had to come from someone in the 1% in practical terms.
I would kiss the pavement to get the same one percenters we had at the founding. Our situation would be drastically different and better.
I'm on it...
Zimby gimby wontom boo. Come back liberty it's time for you!
Hmmm, it always worked on Bewitched.
Romney is accused of being a “flip-flopper.” He has evolved from one-time independent to moderate Republican in liberal Massachusetts to proud conservative today. He does not deny changing his position on some issues, but he will say he has made mistakes and has learned from them. Though Romney has tended to adapt some positions to different times and places, he is hardly unique. It should be possible for a politician to say, “I was wrong, and I have changed my mind.”
But more subtle distinctions apply to Romney on some major issues where he has been accused of flipping or flopping.
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This does sound like the rehabilitation of an Old Bolshevik after Khrushchev's Secret Speech. Comrade has learned from his mistakes--will appreciate the need for a new dialectic to avoid flipping into the Lubyanka and flopping out into the gulag.
I think Bishop Romney is great. He is open minded as shown by his favorite book being L Ron Hubbard's Battlefield Earth. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/politics/2007/05/mitt_romneys_hidden_geek.html
He suffered poverty as a missionary living in a luxury Chateau in France with only a chef and a houseboy. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2074770/Mitt-Romney-lived-Mormon-palace-chef-houseboy-1960s-France-mission.html
He is really nifty and not a weirdo part of the MORG collective at all.
Fuck you. He's vulture fund running trust fund spending piece of shit who will say anything to obtain more power.
Romney nomination -> Obama 2nd term. Period.
I disagree. I think that given the choice between Romney and a reasonable VP and Obama/Biden many Americans will vote for Romney. DouchBag versus Scumbag? DouchBag wins.
No one cares what you think, you like little boys
Romney and Obama are interchangable parts in the slave reaping machine.
+1
George Carlin agrees:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PkWf9M3rUw
These guys want Obama to win the next election, after which they will kill him.
All those elementary schools waiting to be renamed from JFK to BHO.
Barry is already doing "G_d's work."
Not even Cheney could be more effective in turning the Republic over to this bankster-cabal.
Its hilarious. Listening to Pacifica Radio - Berkeley KPFA is like a full Alex Jones broadcast.
That is how bad things are - the so called far-left and far-right are saying the same thing.
Its another Ross Perot - Game Theory in the making - split the "conservative white man vote" between the dumbshit dead and buried Republicans and the true believers former democrats, republicans, libertarians, tea party third party crowd and let Obama golf his way into another term.
I know all you clever buzz-saw media string pullers are giggling about all the concentrated power amid the emerging control grid.
Don't worry. All that new state apparatus that is keeping you so safe and smug is going to be used to shove your grandchildren into ovens.
Thanks assholes for endorsement.
Harsh, but well said.
RP gets a ticket out of Iowa...likely at best...(I suspect his supporters will go Howard Dean on caucus attendees and piss-them-off to no end.)
He won't make it out of NH.
Then 3rd Rail...er 3rd Party status.
The End.
Who's going to grow a fucking sack in this country?
This is exactly what I fear...
Paul is way too erudite; a Proper statesman that will be remembered as a force that pushes-back against the evil of creeping facism.
Well...Mitt is going to win.
Romney and Gingrich are repulsive.
Paul is the only hope.
Be respectful. That is Bishop Romney and Dr Paul MD.
it might not mean much to many ZH readers, but Joe Rogan's affection (wrong word, but fuck it) for Ron Paul is no passing thing.
Listeners of the Joe Rogan Experience AND DeathSquad/IceHouse Chronicles know that Rogan has spent a good deal of time evaluating Ron Paul's policy positions; Rogan might be a funny guy, but he's no dummy.
Rogan has over half a million followers on Twitter (5 times more than Ron Paul has), and his podcast is the number one in the Comedy category on iTunes and has been for some time.
Although I despise ALL politics (and therefore all politicians) it warms my heart to see LewRockwell, JoeRogan, ZeroHedge, CounterPunch and WhatReallyHappened, all converging on the same broad idea: that US politics is broken, and that the best shot at even the first steps at reform lie with a 75-year old dude who has never changed his tune. Talk about 'across the spectrum'.
I am pretty certain Ron Paul won't be the Republican nominee (the RNC does not want to stop the ass-rape of the polity), but as JoeRogan his self would say: buckle up, bitchez.
(This post was not brought to you by the Fleshlight)
Joe Rogan is less visible than George Carlin was, but they are both (I prefer to use present tense for Carlin to this day, even posthumously) very bright individuals and observers of the human condition.
George Carlin was the cathartic bitcher for a more active, more rebellious generation. Joe Rogan is more of a "look at how this meat grinder of a system is making sausage of you, youth of America, and I'm willing to go to the mat for you, but not until you can find it in your will to get your ass off the couch, first."
Carlin was great at making you think about how the language was being subtly used against you and an ambassador for critical thinking skills without peer.
I had the great pleasure of smoking a joint with him behind the Wiltern during an intermission in the 90s; he was much less vitriolic in person, but still funny and sharp as hell.
Joe Rogan seems to have the same spirit of questioning authority and consensus, but he's not even in the same league intellectually.
Carlin would never support RP, btw.
Doubt Carlin could carry his jock. Pot does it to your brain.
Doubt anyone will remember Joe Rogan in a decade.
Never heard of him until yesterday.
In a decade they'll say, remember Ron Paul?
- he would have won, but the slaves couldn't muster a backbone to free themselves, they were too busy pissing down their leg.
- he returned the pride to this nation which was fading for 100 years.
- Kennedy's bullet ridden body hits the street
Ride Johnny Ride
The only winners in an election are the politicians.
plus media....they get to show you ads
google is getting in the game.
Stalingrad wasn't called Stalingrad in 1965. It was then, as now, called Volgograd.
Good point. It should have said 1961, just as Khruschev started de-Stalinizing. Because Romney will de-Wall Street in just the same fashion.
God bless you Ron!!!!!!!
Everybody has his day, except Rick Santorum. Newt's fifteen minutes are just about up. Romney's watch has stopped, just like his numbers. In the end, I am beginning to think that "the other Mormon", the Ron Paul-lite, takes the RNC nod.
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I could live with him. He does not seem brainwashed. Who would have thought it would be so tough to get a reasonable, rational, and ethical Republican to run. This country is not dead yet. We need to cut spending and raise some taxes. No more tax and spend, no more borrow and spend, no more wars on credit, we have to balance and hold. NH is his shot. The folks there are not crazy.
folk might want to do a bit of connect the dots with the Huntsman family legacy:
daddy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Huntsman,_Sr.
son: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Huntsman,_Jr.
firmly embedded in government since before the Nixon presidency, still running strong - what is it with all these father-son legacy positions people? why are they so attractive to you?
brand name voting??
As Howard Davidowitz said, "If a dog ran against Obama, I would consider the dog".
http://finance.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-ticker/howard-davidowitz-consumers-...
Romney is the best candidate to beat Obama; hence, Dems are terrified of Romney getting the nomination.
The only way Romney wins is if a 3rd party guy comes in who hurts Obama. Huntsman seems like a well-rounded reasonable guy. Where is Eisenhower? Hell Goldwater would seem like a leftist compared to some of the folks running. Get General McChrystal to run, anyone else, please.
Generals? PPPPllleeeasssseee. Since David Hackworth has checked out a few years back the only general still living worth a shit is Hank "Gunfighter" Emerson. The rest are pretty much pampered princes. How about Tom Woods or Dr. Edwin Viera. Maybe even Richard Mack. They can at least spell the word "constitutuion".
I am a single issue voter (when I bother). If the number one planck in a candidates platform is something other than LIBERTY, I have no interest. Taxes, deficits, foreign policy, spending, immigration et.al., are worthless consideration without LIBERTY. All results stem from LIBERTY. If one does not have LIBERTY, what the hell is the point about all the rest? Heres a clue.....Amerika Erwache.
Huntsman has inherited all his wealth from his billionaire father. He is a perfect cover boy of crony capitalism and how "free trade" was designed to enrich only the superrich in this country from the get go.
His family's Huntsman Corp. exported all American jobs to China (closed factories in the USA, and build multiple factories in China -- no wonder he is against any tariffs on Chinese junk imported into this country because Huntsman's personal wealth depends on cheap manufacturing in China and ability to sell it in the US).
Many Christians will stay at home rather than vote for a Mormon.
Many Dems won't vote for a Mormon either.
Just sayin'
the Dems will vote muslim....vs mormon.....as in obama vs Romney
Obama will beat Romney like a rented mule.
Hahahahaha....yes, the perfect solution to quenching American anger with Wall St is a private equity silver spoony with the charisma of wilted lettuce!
I just can't get enough of electing rich, elite, worthless bastards. Let's elect Romney. Dems are not terrified of Romney- he is one of their own. A white Obama. Romney care. Obama or Romney is a win win for the statists. Shit.
You used the word statists. You owe the ad hominen attacking, broad fan base losing, controlled adversary Mark Levin a penny. That statist.
States are bad, m'kay? If everyone isn't paying separate contractors to pave the individual sections they drive on you're on the road to serfdom!
Think of the roads! Did they exist before government? No way! Terrorists had to threaten them with a network of mirrors and lanterns. Schoolchildren were hopelessly segregated and forced to attend a school in their neighborhood where they had to endure the glares of other miscreant children in their neighborhood. People were miserable and stupid without a government to strike fear into their delicate hearts.
We must put the utmost force we can muster in the hands of our betters so that we may drive government subsidized vehicles to a meaningless job that no one can provide.
Pony Express: government jobs program or self-organizing collective experiment?
Boomer bitch.
'nuff said.
I do appreciate ZH for many reasons, including its substance. Its style however is not up to par. One example:
"Hollow adjectives, such as "sobriety", "wisdom" and "judgment"
"Sobriety," "wisdom" and "judgment" are not adjectives but nouns.
I don't mean to be judgemental, but the wise and sober approach may no longer be an option.
Honest question here;
As a Canadian living in Japan but much concerned about the direction things are heading, how could I donate to Ron Paul?
I'm not sure it would be legal for Ron Paul to accept it. Only American citizens should donate, otherwise it's a bribe. So it's not your concern.
If you can't donate to RP directly, maybe there are private groups working for his interests?
You could also donate to the Ludwig von Mises Institute. It has equivalents in many countries worldwide.
First of all,
GET THE FUCK OUT OF JAPAN, DUMBASS! You are living in a radioactive wasteland.
Secondly, just go to his website and donate money.
donations@ronpaul2012.com
Probably cant donate directly as a Canadian citizen. However possibly to a PAC that is liberty based. Send them a mail and ask what may be a possibility.
Incorporate.
Foreigners can't donate to American candidates directly. But you can buy t-shirts and other swag, and the proceeds do go toward the campaign. www.ronpaul2012.com
Banksters for Romney. Figures.
Never, ever, will Mitt Zombie be elected as the Rhino Republicrat candidate.
He is a rhino wet dream of jizzed boxers that will never bear a child.
I can't believe the RNC is behind him.
+1 for using "jizzed boxers".
Ron Paul < centralized power
I love his point about US interventionism in Iran. When Mossedeqh nationalized the oil industry, the CIA formulated and carried out an overthrow- operation AJAX. Mossedgh was not only democratically elected, but also much loved by the Iranian people. His replacement, the Shah needs no introduction or conclusion... It is important for Americans to hear a little history before another Shock and Awe campaign. With that said, I'd love to see an intelligent, honest person in the Whitehouse.
GO RON PAUL!
Oh yeah, Shout out to all my BITCHEZZZZZZZZZ! I love you guys/gals!!!
Cheers
Mitt's the shits.
At least you have someone like Ron Paul ... even if you think he has no chance. We don't even have a politician like him let alone one like him with a seemingly slim chance. Hey I'd settle for a Nigel Farage ... but nothing even close on offer over here.
We're all hoping you get him in office.... As the USA goes so goes the bootlicking lapdogs we get.
What's shocking, is that anyone in their right mind would vote for the Bamster:) Don't get any worse than DAT!
The fact that a given number of people will vote for a candidate because of a newspaper endorsement says everything you need to know about America and its people. Simply tragic.
Six Saudis can subdue 300 Americans and send them to their deaths. No wonder everyone is so scared shitless, you're surrounded by mind reamed pussies.
Pants pissing cowards in America burn your bill of rights!
I can't. They confiscated it when I was indefinitely detained.
If Ron Paul wins anything, you know it's time to GTFO.
TPTB won't let someone like Paul into a revered "highest spot on the totem pole" position in the eyes of the sheeple unless they're getting ready to scuttle the whole damned thing.
Help me! Help Me! The Muslims are coming! The Muslims are coming! Please Mr. Gingrich-Save us from the Terrorists! Save us from Ron Paul! I don't wanna die!
He could just mean the financial S hitting the Fan...you RP supporters are skittish types.
I know Ron Paul is in it for the win, but right now he stands to make the Republican convention a real mess if he continues with this type of support. It's probably why he doesn't dismiss outright running 3rd party. Keep them guessing.
For Ron Paul supporters, there are three options:
a) Vote Ron Paul;
b) Write in Ron Paul; or
c) Stay home.
I disagree-I think RP may run third party -but one thing may keep him from doing so -the political future of Rand Paul. last election had several candidates who you could have supported in the general election rather than staying home -Baldwin of the Constitution party, Ralph Nader, Cynthia McKinney or Bob Barr.
I don't understand why you never list the URL for this embedded stuff. It's not cool. It would just take a second to include the direct link in the story so we don't have to scrounge through the html to find it.
http://www.nbc.com/the-tonight-show/video/clips/ron-paul-part-1-121611/1...
In contrast to LilQuant, I just want to thank Tyler for letting me watch this, commercial-free, as I start my Sunday. Good stuff Correction- great stuff!
Some contrast Doc.....
Most folks here have javascript turned off and we do not want to be discriminated against any more! Equal rights and some such.
How long before we can skip the pretense of free elections,
skip the middle man, and elect a corporation to office?
You couldn't find horse shit in a barn ! The focus of evil is the populist, socialist Democrat party ! There is your "corporation" and they've been cheating the electoral process forever ! They get a pass if you want to blame Burger King ! The muck of machine politics is the Democrat party.....rake them over the coals, and be true to your avatar ! You're a muck defender, a muck apologist....not a muck raker !
Another nameless victim of promoting adversaries threatens if you don't tremble in fear at the democrats no white horseman in shining armor will save you.
Government applies the force to individuals, determined by the thieves who band together to subjugate law. It's plain and simple.
meh
Dem, Rep, whatever...
(I'm glad you have a wee bit o' strength to your convictions, that's something at least. lol)
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Gearge Bush's Rout On Terror is going so well....I hereby christen him "George of the Desert" or better yet "George of Arabia" ! One thing, of many, the liberals didn't factor into the equation: The Muslim world is so backwards.....destruction, civil war, deposing dictators can only improve it ! Ron Paul is an isolationist in "It's a small world after all" ! The Chinese are building the aircraft carriers Ron Paul doesn't believe in ! Monedas 2011 Comedy Jihad War Is As Much A Part Of The Life Cycle As Wild Fires Are !
Fucking Iowa. Because they love being told what to think.
Romney's donations
Goldman Sachs $367,200 Credit Suisse Group $203,750 Morgan Stanley $199,800 HIG Capital $186,500 Barclays $157,750 Kirkland & Ellis $132,100 Bank of America $126,500 PriceWaterhouseCoopers $118,250 EMC Corp $117,300 JPMorgan Chase & Co $112,250 The Villages $97,500 Vivint Inc $80,750 Marriott International $79,837 Sullivan & Cromwell $79,250 Bain Capital $74,500 UBS AG $73,750 Wells Fargo $61,500 Blackstone Group $59,800 Citigroup Inc $57,050 Bain & Co $52,500http://www.opensecrets.org/pres12/contrib.php?cycle=2012&id=N00000286
Corporate contributions to the Democrats dwarf what the Pubs receive ! Corporations have to deal with the powers that be....because they are not the powers that be ! They give to both beasts and hope for the best ! Attacking corporations provides cover for the focus of evil....the Democrat party !
Follow the mhuny.
"Rothschilds Give Formal Support to US Direct Democracy?"
http://thecritical-post.com/blog/2011/12/the-huffington-post-preys-on-st...
Great link, thanks!
I agree with most of Ron Pauls positions. That with the fact that the establishment media, entrenched corporate interests and corrupt political elite are working so hard to undermine Ron Paul is reason enough for me to vote for him.
Every raindrop contributes to the flood.
If Ron Paul is the Pub candidate, I will vote for him, I'm a Libertarian after all ! If he goes Ross Perot on us, I'll hold my nose and even vote for Romney ! Obama must be defeated ! Sometimes I feel like a spoonful of vanilla ice cream in a bucket of shit !
Ahh, the gentle bleatings of a scared shitless citizen beaten into submission by the promoting adversaries.
You berate him for his "hold his nose and vote' posiiton...rather than writing in Ron Paul?
That's what most here will be doing as he will likely get a ticket out of Iowa based only on moment, but will not leave NH.
You guys and gals are so cute...discussing RP's national campaign prospects etc..when you don't even know what it takes to GET OUTTA IOWA in one piece.
I suspect you're all not aware that the Iowa Rep and Dem caucus procedures are vastly different and that a maverick Rep candidate stands less of chance of coming out alive than a maverick Dem.
Even with a good ground game, the maverick Rep will more likely than not get screwed post caucus.
I suggest you all do some reading on caucus procedure...AND then what happens to those votes afterwards.
No, I'm calling out all Americunts as fucking pussies.
If it makes you fell better.
The reality is...most of ZH will be writing in RP.
Iowa doesn't mean shit...and most of you don't know why.
Read below my response to Gonzo.
There are probably less than a dozen ZH posters including myself who have a clue as to how the Iowa state caucus system works post precint and even fewer who have "worked" Iowa.
If your IQ is higher than roomtemp, your always voting for the loser..
fixed elections cannot happen here..LOL LOL LOL
elites never lose they are the ones who count the vote.
knowing above R Paul gets my vote, write in cannot be done on a debold terminal so I will have to send it bullet mail.
why is it the MSM says such nice things about obvious sociopaths?
when you go to vote and you look around and can't tell who is the sucker , then it is you.
some how a program on TV on how humans could fight off space invaders got on the science channel...watching some of it got me thinking someone was trying to tell us how to fight the elite who have invaded our gov.
dying with a weapon in your hands sure seems better than old age and diapers.
Back when the 2nd Amendment was ratified.....a private citizen could own almost anything that the army had ! You could own a keg of black powder as long as you didn't store it in the smoke house ! I believe the 2nd amendment gives us the right to own sufficient weapons to overthrow a despotic government....automatic weapons and tanks ! The right to have a squirrel gun in your house was a given !
The fact that the peoples right to keep and bear arms is even a subject of debate shows how far down the slippery slope to tyrany we have slid. Below is from Wikipedia and certainly not even a cursory look because the Founding Fathers intent to limit any Federal governments power is very well documented.
Samuel Adams proposed that the Constitution:
George Mason argued the importance of the militia and right to bear arms by reminding his compatriots of England's efforts "to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them . . . by totally disusing and neglecting the militia." He also clarified that under prevailing practice the militia included all people, rich and poor. "Who are the militia? They consist now of the whole people, except a few public officers." Because all were members of the militia, all enjoyed the right to individually bear arms to serve therein.
The framers thought the personal right to bear arms to be a paramount right by which other rights could be protected. Therefore, writing after the ratification of the Constitution, but before the election of the first Congress, James Monroe included "the right to keep and bear arms" in a list of basic "human rights", which he proposed to be added to the Constitution.
Patrick Henry, also in the Virginia convention, eloquently argued for the dual rights to arms and resistance to oppression:
I am a voting member in Brazoria County and I sent an email
to Ron Paul when crude was 150.00 dollars a barrel just before the collapse. I aske Ron Paul at that time why he is not doing anything about the CFTC and the Goldman Sachs control of the money center in the US. I asked him why is he letting the speculation run wild with a commodity exchange that was designed for bonafide hedgers and not for the huge market demand for speculation which has absolutely nothing to do with drilling and developing oil.
I asked him in the email how come we have to overpay for gasoline when the demand has not justified the price increase,
TYPICAL OF ALL INSIDERS HIS ANSWER WAS:
LET THE FREE MARKETS WORK!!. He is a puke like all cartel members of the central bank and government!
It's time to get a candidate who will as Ron Paul claims to be trying to do, and that is scrap the central bank and move the money control back to treasury.
This is the only thing that can be done to unwind the filth and wash it off of america.
I tried to vote Mr. Paul out but there was no opponent at the last election. I was told at the voting booth since I belong to no party that I would have to hold my own primary and than I could write in my candidate.
This is our so called free system of choice?
The wall street protestors need to be galvanized behind someone who will put a stop to the insane idea of the US people paying interest to banks. Banks should pay us interest.
A president can and should be able to do just one thing. The greatest president of all time did just that. When I was in the second grade I was herded into the hallway of the elementary school in NY, and told to put my head between my knees with all the other students. This act was practise for the nuclear strike in the cas of the Cuban Missle crisis. Kennedy despite being human with faults did the one thing that any president can really do when the chips are down. Kennedy gave life to the world thru his ability to make the right decision at the right time to avoid armageddon. This is the only thing I have left to vote for the so called choice now. He or she that can do what Kennedy did at that time would be the correct choice.
One thing and one thing only is what I hope these elected officials (not leaders!) can do. Stop armageddon.
The gold standard is a doomed way of doing economics. If there is no free lunch for the scum bankers they will have to do a real job, with real consequences, no risk free life of wealth. This would be good. I dream on.
The herd mentality is strong with this one. Carry on thief. Your burden gets heavier every day.
Dear Working Class Cur,
May the Farce (continue to) be with you, always.
I am a voting member in Brazoria County and I sent an email
to Ron Paul when crude was 150.00 dollars a barrel just before the collapse. I aske Ron Paul at that time why he is not doing anything about the CFTC and the Goldman Sachs control of the money center in the US. I asked him why is he letting the speculation run wild with a commodity exchange that was designed for bonafide hedgers and not for the huge market demand for speculation which has absolutely nothing to do with drilling and developing oil.
I asked him in the email how come we have to overpay for gasoline when the demand has not justified the price increase,
TYPICAL OF ALL INSIDERS HIS ANSWER WAS:
LET THE FREE MARKETS WORK!!. He is a puke like all cartel members of the central bank and government!
It's time to get a candidate who will as Ron Paul claims to be trying to do, and that is scrap the central bank and move the money control back to treasury.
This is the only thing that can be done to unwind the filth and wash it off of america.
I tried to vote Mr. Paul out but there was no opponent at the last election. I was told at the voting booth since I belong to no party that I would have to hold my own primary and than I could write in my candidate.
This is our so called free system of choice?
The wall street protestors need to be galvanized behind someone who will put a stop to the insane idea of the US people paying interest to banks. Banks should pay us interest.
A president can and should be able to do just one thing. The greatest president of all time did just that. When I was in the second grade I was herded into the hallway of the elementary school in NY, and told to put my head between my knees with all the other students. This act was practise for the nuclear strike in the cas of the Cuban Missle crisis. Kennedy despite being human with faults did the one thing that any president can really do when the chips are down. Kennedy gave life to the world thru his ability to make the right decision at the right time to avoid armageddon. This is the only thing I have left to vote for the so called choice now. He or she that can do what Kennedy did at that time would be the correct choice.
One thing and one thing only is what I hope these elected officials (not leaders!) can do. Stop armageddon.
The gold standard is a doomed way of doing economics. If there is no free lunch for the scum bankers they will have to do a real job, with real consequences, no risk free life of wealth. This would be good. I dream on.
You sound like a disgruntled Rick Perry supporter. Have you read former gay state rep Bruce maxey's latest book on Perry's alleged homosexual affairs? I read a review on the book and I wonder if these rumors will ever be disproven or at least publicly denied by Perry. At least you never get such rumors on Ron Paul - sorry if you got a canned response from a clerical staff person in his office , rather than a personal conference with Ron Paul. Ron's too busy to meet with hopelessly misguided people like you -didn't you see him on Leno last week? Wasn't he great?
Eat a dick.
Then I'd like one order of GMadScientist, medium-rare please.
You're gonna need a to-go box, sweet cheeks.
Ron Paul looks better every day.
Did Romney give his shredding machines to Cozine?
I really do like Ron Paul, but the one huge problem with him is the undeniable fact that he does not believe in regulating Wall Street. He is very upfront about that.
I certainly don't think he is "owned by Wall Street" like Mitt Romney though. It is his sincere intellectual belief that government should not interfere with the free market at all.
I admire his authenticity (which Romney totally lacks) but nonetheless we all know (or ought to know by now) that Wall Street practices must be very heavily regulated.
I know that Tyler really supports him, but I think Ron Paul's position on this ultra-critical matter is at variance with Tyler's views (given all the highly incisive critiques that Tyler has written over the years about Wall Street).
caveat emptor
Fuck regulations. How about if you wish to invest in a stock, bond, future, FX, whatever, conduct your OWN due diligence. Do the freakin' homework. Take responsibility for your own decisions.
Yeah, I know, too hard.
Is that even realistically possible to do for an individual who isn't by chance a forensic accountant with a LulzSec backdoor to their datacenter?
How are you supposed to accurately assess the risk of banks and corporations when they can lever themselves in the darkness with liabilities that never see an exchange?
Don't put the bar at 12' and then claim we're shitty at the Fosbury Flop.
And how many honest and effective forensic accountants are employed by the SEC or the CFTC?
Regulation, like power, must be decentralized for the health of any society. The market CAN provide regulation, at least assuming that there are not those with corrupt ties to governmental power who can use those connections to evade any and all possible centralized governmental so-called "regulation", as we currently see in spades on Wall Street today.
The flaws in our current regulatory regime lies not in the fact that government is not powerful enough, it lies precisely in the fact that central government is TOO powerful --- and all too willing to use that power to favor and shield its cronies and criminal financial collaborators.
How does the "market" provide regulation, other than after the fact (which is to say not at all, in any meaningful way)?
The flaw in our current regime is that (captured) regulators and (corrupt) businessfolk collude without a requirement that their dealings see the light of day.
To believe that the individual investor can be on equal footing merely by dispensing with the current regulators is wishful lunacy at best.
You'll need a more cogent argument than "miracle occurs here".
He would let them fail as the marketplace decides they are no longer fit to survive.
The current system of regulation does not prevent abuses. It does not stop crimes. At best it codifies a framework of minimal monetary expenses for infractions. It limits the damages of punishments.
hey, fuu!
4 posts in 14 months and bernard comes up w/ tipping ron's canoe and tyler's too?
fuk him and the banksters he rides in with!
I hadn't even noticed. I just look for the "I really like Ron Paul but..." comments. It's a theme.
Please jesus, please jesus, please jesus. . all I want for christmas is RON PAUL in the white house!
America is "waking up" to a Ron Paul presidency.
I think that the demise of the collective trust in the mainstream media by conservatives and liberals alike, is what could win the presidency for Ron Paul. If Diebold didn't end up playing a part in the Congolization of our 'free' election system. I may sound paranoid, but it's hard for me to believe it will be that easy to put someone like Paul in the WH.
The oligarchs that are profiting the most from the Military Industrial Complex, Big Pharma, Big Oil, and Big Banking, would have to risk the US getting out of their control. How would losing total and absolute control over the processes that have enabled them to transfer the wealth of the American middle classes to themselves, affect, their collective bottom lines? Would they not stop at nothing to prevent this from happening? And, how would they go about it?
Let's not forget that the USA is the most important country for this diverse group of very monied interests to have politically control over, they need it in order to control the world's resources. The US military is their muscle, the US tax payers are the collateral for their fiat currency system. The current scenario allows them to easily attain the natural resources of the world through unlimited credit, followed by crisis, debt enslavement of the masses, influence over sovereign governments in order to enforce economic policies, followed by war if necessary.
Ron Paul is not what these interests want. We know, if nothing else, that Ron Paul would uphold the Constitution of the United States. We know that this document is what has made the US a beacon of democracy and sovereignty to the world, setting an example for the pursuit of happiness, thus making the people of the world much harder to control as they unconsciously strive for this ideal.
The Constitution is the enemy of the oligarchs. And they, through their media proxies, unlimited funding, think tanks, paid pundits and intellectuals, and thousands of policy pushing non-profit groups, are an extremely powerful and influential group. Not to mention what they can do through their lobbyists, paid politicians and other lawmakers to enact laws like the NDAA, SOPA, Citizens United and other Constitution destroying laws.
Luckily, there is always infighting and power struggles taking place, weakening these groups from within, as well as many a botched plan due to revolutions and other democratic processes of sovereigns still not under their complete control, as well as other powerful countries like Germany, China and Brazil fighting for the same economic power and control of the world, as well as many contingency plans in place, in case, plans are delayed or temporarily derailed.
Sorry to go off on such a long tangent and speak in such general terms, but it's like David and Goliath at the moment: the people vs. the machine. It has always been this way throughout history, when there comes a time for the people to stand up for themselves against perceived tyranny. Every so often, the world seems to have a way of of rebalancing itself, and it happens, when suddenly people start to become collectively aware.
In any case, I truly think that the first step, the American people need to take, in order to win this battle to regain our freedoms and our sovereignty, even if Ron Paul doesn't win, and even if he does, is to stop watching and listening to the corporate media and to get our friends and family to do the same. I think that this, is the most important thing. The corporate media is the oligarchy's most powerful weapon, and it is used to keep politcians in line, and the people from thinking for themselves. It is nothing more than mass programming. If people stopped watching it, it's tremendous power would be lost.
Studies have shown that 10% of the people determine what 90% of people think, so just by talking to people, everyone is having more influence on the world than they think. Word of mouth is much more powerful than advertising and PR. Hollywood knows that, that's why the Opening Weekend of any film is something studio executives, know, they must get right or they won't make their numbers. They have the most control over Opening Weekend with advertising, casting, hype, ext, the rest, is word of mouth. The rest, is the power of the people.
Huntsman has inherited all his wealth from his billionaire father. He is a perfect cover boy of crony capitalism and how "free trade" was designed to enrich only the superrich in this country from the get go.
His family's Huntsman Corp. exported all American jobs to China (closed factories in the USA, and build multiple factories in China -- no wonder he is against any tariffs on Chinese junk imported into this country because Huntsman's personal wealth depends on cheap manufacturing in China and ability to sell it in the US).
family legacy of revolving door corporate---->government----->corporate - going all the way back to Nixon - wiki the family Huntsman, and understand how the system perpetuates itself. . .
...In other words. "He's not Newt Gingrich so get excited." -The Des Moines Register.
This bodes well for Ron Paul because they are just recycling the original front runner after they exhausted all their other ones. Bachman, Perry, Cain, Gingrich. They tried the entire field and they were all miserable flops for them. None of their harlots could gain any traction so they are back to square one with their aloof billionaire Morman Candidate. I'm live in Iowa. No one is excited for Romney.
Also guys I will be giving you on the site testimony of the Iowa caucuses next month. I live in Johnson County and my precinct is Iowa City West High. Last Caucus they needed the entire gymnasium to fit the Obama/Hillary/Edwards camps in. Obama beat Hillary buy a slight margin. So where was the Republican primary was held? In a small classroom. Yeah. There were about 20 of us. Huckleberry won with 7 votes. Ron Paul got 3rd with 5 votes. This time around I could win the entire caucus for Ron Paul with the crew I'm filling my Caddy up with if the numbers stay the same. Somehow I have a feeling that even though our county is massive liberal democrat with young students the gymnasium will be full up but this time it will be for the Republican Caucus and the people that come out in zero degree temps aren't going to be representing for anyone named Gingrich... and some of the people that fill the place will be the same ones that were filling the gymnasium for "change" last time around but this time they are wanting their money's worth and will switch parties on site to do it. Ron Paul is peaking at the right time here and is going to take this state. The only question is if it will it be a landslide. Stay tuned for my on the site reporting.
Hey Gonzo,
>>>This time around I could win the entire caucus for Ron Paul with the crew I'm filling my Caddy up with if the numbers stay the same.<<<
Do you know what happens to that Caddy full of RP votes after the Rep caucus? Do some homework.
You'll be very surprised.
They go out to the bars get drunk and try to pick up some strange? or should we be checking for an Ace Rothstein style car bomb after the vote? This Caddy is one of those models with a heavy steel under carriage so we'll be safe. Thanks for your concern.
Oh, for crimeny freakin' sakes...it has nothing to do with your car.
Here's a clue...
I'll even make it easier for you...in other words...Rep caucus votes for a candidate mean shit.
If Ron Paul wins the Iowa caucus, I'll volunteer to be his food taster. He's gonna need one.
"Wins?" The Rep apparatus will never let him "win." Read the above.
He'll leave Iowa on momentum alone...until the money runs out.
He doesn't have to win.
My point was subtle. Perhaps you missed it.
Naw. I didn't miss it.
If he should by some miracle get the majority of precinct caucus votes in Iowa, he'll get taken out in one of the other state "primaries."
At that point, any wins in the Iowa precincts evaporate as Iowa Reps work through their delegate/convention system because the votes were "non-binding" to begin with.
Any delegate votes earned in other states before he gets taken out go bye-bye too.
There will be no "brokered' Republican National Convention. It willl not be allowed.
“It is not surprising that the American public believes we are headed in the wrong direction, some 70%. Only 39% approve of the administration’s financial policies. The GOP frontrunner Gingrich, if he ran against Obama today would lose 50% to 41%. It shows you how dumb Republicans are. Nominating a crook who is a guaranteed loser.” – Bob Chapman on Market Oracle yesterday.
This is just a mirror of what the media has become – a platform representing narrow banking interests which conflict with the desperate needs of the public. Here is an endorsement decision, not for the people of Iowa, but coming from the top global corporate headquarters of financiers, not even from the editors of the Des Moines Register.
Banking interests, emerging markets, and the corruption of a financial cabal are represented in this decision.
The clue to voice of the cabal is the despicable criticism of its primary enemy, Ron Paul.
Ron Paul = Vitor Laszlo
http://youtu.be/HM-E2H1ChJM
WHo's goning to stand up and be Rick?
The RP bashing isn't just rising on right-radio. Many of the right wing forums, Free Republic, AOS, Hot Air etc. have undertaken an old fashioned Soviet style purge of anyone supporting Ron Paul. At one time it would have bothered me but no longer. I gave up on all those assholes after they bent over and grabbed the ankles supporting Bush II then McCain, pretending they support the Constitution. I used to be a daily listener of Rush and Levin but can't take them anymore either. Beck used to be funny before he went political.
I agree with the comment above re: why Paul runs as a Repub rather than an Indie. The game is set to favor a 2 party deal so our best chance to get guys like him elected is to take over the Republican party. It is telling that the most fervent opposition to RP comes from the right side of the spectrum, within the "establishment" wing of the Republican party. Its because they know they are in a fight for control of the party.
Extremely accurate analysis!! Crawdaddy. Thanks!
yep!
VOTE!!!
If "Corporations" ran the country....the stock market would be booming ! It's pretty pathetic, on an investment forum, to see so many Marxists who want to give the politicians a pass ! Down with Burger King means up with Obama ! The biggest corporation can't touch the smallest government department.....and the corporation gets a token 5% profit while the government revenue is 100% profit minus the IRS comission ! Nothing will get fixed if we can't figure out which tire is flat ! Monedas 2011 Comedy Jihad Marxism Is A Religion Of True Believers And Faithful Sheeple !
“Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.” – A.J. Liebling
A newspaper endorsement, when it represents a publishing enclave such as Gannett, is not the voice of a group of editors but the single voice of the corporate insiders. Gannett’s influence particularly is strong in medium sized markets where no viable alternative newspapers are available. In mass markets, the large media conglomerates are extremely dominant; the top six ranked in order are – GE/Comcast (NBC, MSNBC, Universal Pictures, Sci Fi Channel…),The Walt Disney Company (ABC, ESPN Cable 277 radio stations…), News Corporation (Murdoch, Fox, WSJ, Barron’s, NY Post, etc.), Time Warner (CNN, HBO, Time, Fortune, People, Turner Broadcasting…) and Viacom (Redstone, MTV, Comedy Central, Paramount Pictures, CBS…).
“The press should be not only a collective propagandist and a collective agitator, but also a collective organizer of the masses.” --V.I. Lenin
The influence of giant media conglomerates such as Gannett can be laid at the door of the U.S. Congress, which dismissed the restrictions on monopoly over free speech.
“I don’t care what becomes of Russia. To hell with it. All this is only the road to a World Revolution.” – V.I. Lenin
Marxism's devotees are sicker than the followers of Islam, Christianity and Judaism combined ! They are the original terrorists, to boot ! Look who wants to control the internet....and is controlling it ! MSM and Lenin's propagandists don't represent the producers....only the takers...."The Noisy Rabble" ! Don't get between a 300 pound welfare mama and her chicken nuggets !
Good lord...Paul sealed his fate in the last debate and quite frankly he has never had a chance..... The best he can do is some kind of appointment via Romney or Gingrich this time around but you never know there may indeed be a dark horse yet to come.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKfG46h-Y5w&feature=related
Here is the original for some of the real old timers...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2klh2cTa_Q&feature=related
Gunga ! I believe Tim McVeigh was exercising his 2nd Amendment rights ! The people should have sufficient arms to rise up against a despotic government ! The 2nd Amendment admits the people's right to rise up in armed conflict.....it's not about protecting our homes with shot guns.....it's about the people retaining the ultimate weapon against tyranny ! Government wouldn't have gotten so big if we had insisted on maintaining our 2nd Amendment rights !
Rising up against the government is a last resort and you should only do it when you have enough comrades in arms to increase the chance of success ! It's a messy process and you can expect a fight....but it is your right ! Tim McVeigh got out ahead of the pack and paid the price ! He wasn't a random killer....he was reacting to a barbarous murder and cover up by Bill Clinton !
Don't forget ever loving Janet Reno. She made war against American citizens in Waco (an alleged piece of American soil no less). To arrest one man they rolled out tanks. She turned 80+ into crispy corpses and then they hid the evidence.
I'm not recommending what Tim did....it's a personal call ! It was not an unprovoked attack ! He was reacting to a hideous injustice and shameless cover up perpetrated by the highest political authority ! It wasn't common crimminal activity.....it was politically motivated ! Some day you may be faced with a situation that requires direct action ! Even slaves have a right to revolt....if they can pull it off ! You can't blame 'em for trying !
RON PAUL GOES VERTICAL - Google Trends
http://www.google.com/trends?q=Ron+Paul%2C+Mitt+Romney%2C+Newt+Gingrich&ctab=0&geo=us&geor=all&date=mtd&sort=0
http://www.dailypaul.com/194097/ron-paul-goes-vertical
Is this holds up in terms of voting, he'll wipe the floor with Newt Romney.
"sobriety", "wisdom" and "judgment"
i wouldn't let this asswipe lead me to the little boys' room...satan always appears as an angel of light....
he is running a dukakis and anderson campaign blathering on about competence, blah blah blah....
fuck romney and the horse he came in on....i am sure nixon would have a severe case of shredder envy....shred mitt shred....
The subhead on the article says it all: “Stable State an Odd Staging Ground for First Republican Test.”
It’s this morning’s New York Times and the state in question is Iowa and the purpose no doubt of the article is to knock down the importance of the Iowa caucuses should the most dangerous man in the United States do well, Ron Paul.
Times’ reporter A.G. Sulzberger says Iowa is not representative of the U.S. because it is more white, more rural, too small, and has a healthier economy than the rest of the nation.
As Ron Paul’s numbers climb in Iowa, the neocons have begun to panic. First, Fox’s Chris Wallace says if Ron Paul does well in the Iowa contest it will discredit the importance of the Iowa caucuses. And now we have the voice of the U.S. Establishment, The New York Times, doing its best to discredit the Iowa voters as being almost extinct, non-average, too white, and too successful. IOW, “What would they know”?
So what would Fox news and the NYTimes have in common in the Republican Primary contest? Why, they both favor an aggressive stand on Israel.