| 59. Correct on legalizing drugs. Correct about being against the Iraq War and correct about the Federal |
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Reserve. Bat shit crazy with most every else.
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| -Ron Paul - What is the DU consensus on him? |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 09:14 AM |
#0 |
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He's a racist wacko. |
saltpoint |
Jul-15-09 09:15 AM |
#1 |
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+1 n/t |
FSogol |
Jul-15-09 09:16 AM |
#5 |
| -
With a heaping side of homophobia |
tridim |
Jul-15-09 09:19 AM |
#12 |
| -
He's a bleak bloke, that's for sure. Kind of barren of flourish, kind of |
saltpoint |
Jul-15-09 09:20 AM |
#13 |
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details on his homophobia? |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 09:30 AM |
#26 |
| -
Link |
tridim |
Jul-15-09 09:32 AM |
#32 |
| -
Thanks - Brilliant link |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 10:16 AM |
#57 |
| -
My thoughts, exactly. He has even written a few racist op-eds... |
kjackson227 |
Jul-15-09 09:40 AM |
#41 |
| -
Wadda ya mean vote for him for dog catcher?? |
icnorth |
Jul-15-09 04:00 PM |
#158 |
| -
Yup. Exactly! nt |
JerseygirlCT |
Jul-15-09 10:17 AM |
#58 |
| -
And yet he's more of an honest conservative in some ways... |
Orsino |
Jul-15-09 11:02 AM |
#87 |
| -
Small government, until it comes to a woman's right to control her own body or marriage equality. |
SemiCharmedQuark |
Jul-15-09 11:14 AM |
#93 |
| -
He has his moments, or at least he seems to, but even in the televised |
saltpoint |
Jul-15-09 08:41 PM |
#165 |
| -
I liked his cameo in BRUNO |
musiclawyer |
Jul-15-09 11:24 AM |
#99 |
| -
No, he got trolled. Big time. |
Mayberry Machiavelli |
Jul-15-09 10:31 PM |
#175 |
| -
... |
MNDemNY |
Jul-15-09 09:15 AM |
#2 |
| -
A fair number of DUers like the bigot. |
BlooInBloo |
Jul-15-09 09:15 AM |
#3 |
| -
To be fair, a lot of DUers appreciated his stance on the war |
el_bryanto |
Jul-15-09 09:20 AM |
#15 |
| -
LOL! The same number were also crazy about lou dobbs... |
Kahuna |
Jul-15-09 10:22 AM |
#63 |
| -
Ron Paul. |
gorfle |
Jul-15-09 09:16 AM |
#4 |
| -
And then they should all march over a cliff |
ProudDad |
Jul-15-09 03:51 PM |
#155 |
| -
fucktard |
Oregone |
Jul-15-09 09:16 AM |
#6 |
| -
He's fine if you like crazy people |
Warpy |
Jul-15-09 09:17 AM |
#7 |
| -
Racist crackpot. |
Odin2005 |
Jul-15-09 09:17 AM |
#8 |
| -
To get a feel for how DU feels use the Google function at the top right |
maddezmom |
Jul-15-09 09:18 AM |
# |
| -
Thanks Maddezmom |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 09:26 AM |
#19 |
| -
I've never used that..thanks. |
Cha |
Jul-15-09 11:22 AM |
#98 |
| -
Hmm |
kenfrequed |
Jul-15-09 09:18 AM |
#9 |
| -
And... |
kenfrequed |
Jul-15-09 09:19 AM |
#10 |
| -
GOP version of Kucinich..both too crazy (and truthful) to ever win a statewide or national office |
scheming daemons |
Jul-15-09 09:19 AM |
#11 |
| -
Uhm ... NO. |
kenfrequed |
Jul-15-09 09:25 AM |
#17 |
| -
didn't say their views were same... they are similar in that they're the "crazy uncle in the attic" |
scheming daemons |
Jul-15-09 09:32 AM |
#31 |
| -
Yeah... |
kenfrequed |
Jul-15-09 09:46 AM |
#43 |
| -
Ok... some clarification |
scheming daemons |
Jul-15-09 10:30 AM |
#73 |
| -
To simplify |
kenfrequed |
Jul-15-09 12:19 PM |
#121 |
| -
See post #78..... and then I expect an apology |
scheming daemons |
Jul-15-09 11:29 AM |
#105 |
| -
So do I. |
kenfrequed |
Jul-15-09 12:27 PM |
#122 |
| -
Kucinich wanted to have Paul as his running mate... case closed |
scheming daemons |
Jul-15-09 12:37 PM |
#128 |
| -
Yeah...screw the issues. |
kenfrequed |
Jul-15-09 12:56 PM |
#131 |
| -
No, you said Ron Paul was "too truthful" to win a national election. |
Maru Kitteh |
Jul-16-09 12:03 AM |
#183 |
| -
Um, Moonbeam McCrazypants wanted Ron Paul as his running mate. |
BlooInBloo |
Jul-15-09 11:29 AM |
#106 |
| -
Who do people insist that r0N pAuL is anything like Kucinich? |
ColbertWatcher |
Jul-15-09 02:05 PM |
#137 |
| -
No he isn't. |
TheWatcher |
Jul-16-09 02:02 AM |
#186 |
| -
He is a libertarian-Randian nutjob. |
The Velveteen Ocelot |
Jul-15-09 09:20 AM |
#14 |
| -
Randian? |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 09:32 AM |
#30 |
| -
Ayn Rand. Author of such tendentious, tiresome tomes as |
The Velveteen Ocelot |
Jul-15-09 09:40 AM |
#40 |
| -
Horribly shitty writer. |
kenfrequed |
Jul-15-09 10:14 AM |
#54 |
| -
Almost unreadable, Rand is. I waded through her crap |
MineralMan |
Jul-15-09 10:28 AM |
#71 |
| -
Oy thanks |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 10:14 AM |
#55 |
| -
Strong against reproductive choice |
get the red out |
Jul-15-09 09:24 AM |
#16 |
| -
Wack job! N/T |
obliviously |
Jul-15-09 09:25 AM |
#18 |
| -
Well, I don't think he's a Sacha Baron Cohen fan...nt |
SidDithers |
Jul-15-09 09:27 AM |
#20 |
| -
We're against him. |
Starry Messenger |
Jul-15-09 09:27 AM |
#21 |
| -
Anybody got good links handy? |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 09:27 AM |
#22 |
| -
Google is your friend. |
MineralMan |
Jul-15-09 09:30 AM |
#25 |
| -
yeah but a DU snapshot is what i was hoping for plus I can ask questions |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 09:31 AM |
#28 |
| -
And you see the results. |
MineralMan |
Jul-15-09 09:36 AM |
#36 |
| -
+1 |
Mrs. Overall |
Jul-15-09 10:04 AM |
#51 |
| -
I am contemplating working with someone who is a ron paul fan |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 10:12 AM |
#53 |
| -
DU is much, much gnarlier than Google. Just wait. |
Mrs. Overall |
Jul-15-09 10:20 AM |
#60 |
| -
this is classic |
hiphopnation |
Jul-15-09 02:47 PM |
#145 |
| -
Yep. It seems clear now. |
BlooInBloo |
Jul-15-09 10:22 AM |
#61 |
| -
Yeah, I think you are after a few DU snapshots. |
Mrs. Overall |
Jul-15-09 10:03 AM |
#49 |
| -
+1...nt |
SidDithers |
Jul-15-09 10:04 AM |
#50 |
| -
whose a ron paul supporter and whose not? |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 10:25 AM |
#67 |
| -
Really? You are liberating people from fascists and fascism?? |
Mrs. Overall |
Jul-15-09 10:31 AM |
#74 |
| -
Yeah, I'm an antifascist activist and People who "follow" me on threads |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 10:51 AM |
#79 |
| -
Yep, you got your Clinton dig in on another thread and now you say "Barack Blessed"-- |
Mrs. Overall |
Jul-15-09 10:59 AM |
#83 |
| -
Barak literally means "blessed" in arabic. In Hebrew it is "Baruch" |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 11:18 AM |
#96 |
| -
Is there a "DU consensus" on anything? nt |
RaleighNCDUer |
Jul-15-09 09:28 AM |
#23 |
| -
Ask the unwreckers. ; ) |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 09:29 AM |
#24 |
| -
Hmm... |
MineralMan |
Jul-15-09 09:31 AM |
#27 |
| -
kittens |
Blue_Tires |
Jul-15-09 09:36 AM |
#35 |
| -
OK. |
RaleighNCDUer |
Jul-15-09 10:24 AM |
#66 |
| -
I would encourage you to go to... |
TCJ70 |
Jul-15-09 09:32 AM |
#29 |
| -
Thanks I will |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 10:27 AM |
#68 |
| -
He's in the video... |
TCJ70 |
Jul-15-09 02:22 PM |
#139 |
| -
He's an excellent way of splitting of even more voters from the Republican Party |
Phoonzang |
Jul-15-09 09:35 AM |
#33 |
| -
good point |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 10:28 AM |
#70 |
| -
nutbar whose politics are absurd more than left or right |
Blue_Tires |
Jul-15-09 09:35 AM |
#34 |
| -
Wack job.... |
Hepburn |
Jul-15-09 09:37 AM |
# |
| -
Links: |
superduperfarleft |
Jul-15-09 09:37 AM |
#37 |
| -
Perfect summation with great links thrown in. |
blondeatlast |
Jul-15-09 03:19 PM |
#147 |
| -
Right Wing whackjob. |
Iggo |
Jul-15-09 09:37 AM |
#38 |
| -
He's a mixed bag. Sometimes he's lucid, sometimes he's quite nuts. |
alfredo |
Jul-15-09 09:38 AM |
#39 |
| -
Racist , Homophobic SCUMBAG... |
Earth Bound Misfit |
Jul-15-09 09:45 AM |
#42 |
| -
He horrifies me. Here's a mini-essay that I wrote about him about a year ago |
LeftishBrit |
Jul-15-09 09:50 AM |
#44 |
| -
Great essay - thanks |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 10:55 AM |
#82 |
| -
Probably no consensus |
zipplewrath |
Jul-15-09 09:54 AM |
#45 |
| -
The only thing that Paul has in common with Jefferson... |
LeftishBrit |
Jul-15-09 10:00 AM |
#48 |
| -
Ha! |
zipplewrath |
Jul-15-09 10:48 AM |
#77 |
| -
Bat shit insane. |
Deep13 |
Jul-15-09 09:56 AM |
#46 |
| -
Anti-Federal Reserve, pro-Gold standard, anti-government, anti-corporate, anti-war |
Recursion |
Jul-15-09 09:58 AM |
#47 |
| -
You left out anti-women, anti-gay, and anti-minority. |
laconicsax |
Jul-15-09 11:10 AM |
#91 |
| -
How is trashing OSHA and environmental protections anti-corporate? |
SemiCharmedQuark |
Jul-15-09 11:26 AM |
#100 |
| -
That's not what's anti-corporate about him |
Recursion |
Jul-15-09 12:58 PM |
#132 |
| -
Well you should add "anti-worker" to his list of accomplishments then. |
SemiCharmedQuark |
Jul-15-09 03:35 PM |
#150 |
| -
Yeah, he's anti-labor |
Recursion |
Jul-15-09 03:40 PM |
#151 |
| -
He's no Arlen Specter (D!) or Evan Bayh (D?), that's for sure! |
Romulox |
Jul-15-09 10:07 AM |
#52 |
| -
He's against the war |
Mz Pip |
Jul-15-09 10:14 AM |
#56 |
| -
Correct on legalizing drugs. Correct about being against the Iraq War and correct about the Federal |
OmmmSweetOmmm |
Jul-15-09 10:18 AM |
#59 |
| -
stopped clock pretty much covers it. That and batshit crazy |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 10:52 AM |
#80 |
| -
Here's a good link. |
immoderate |
Jul-15-09 10:22 AM |
#62 |
| -
THX |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 10:27 AM |
#69 |
| -
Y' welcome. |
immoderate |
Jul-15-09 11:02 AM |
#86 |
| -
Nut job |
Stop Cornyn |
Jul-15-09 10:23 AM |
#64 |
| -
Batshit crazy |
dropkickpa |
Jul-15-09 10:23 AM |
#65 |
| -
...and that's dissing the bats! |
Terry in Austin |
Jul-15-09 11:08 AM |
#90 |
| -
Batshit crazy with a few good ideas |
slackmaster |
Jul-15-09 10:29 AM |
#72 |
| -
Nuttier than a fruitcake. |
graywarrior |
Jul-15-09 10:32 AM |
#75 |
| -
He's the only Repuke I like. Is against Imperialism and the War. |
harun |
Jul-15-09 10:37 AM |
#76 |
| -
Kucinich wanted him to be his running mate... |
ecstatic |
Jul-15-09 10:49 AM |
#78 |
| -
yikes really? |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 11:00 AM |
#84 |
| -
They've been personal friends for a while |
Recursion |
Jul-15-09 01:00 PM |
#133 |
| -
Wow, I didn't know this! |
kjackson227 |
Jul-15-09 11:00 AM |
#85 |
| -
Oh my god. I couldn't believe it until I found him actually saying this himself. |
SemiCharmedQuark |
Jul-15-09 11:11 AM |
#92 |
| -
Wonderful. Says a lot about DK's supporters |
BlooInBloo |
Jul-15-09 11:16 AM |
#95 |
| -
I WAS a DK supporter but this makes me kind of regret it |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 11:27 AM |
#102 |
| -
See post #11 and followups.... and the dude said *I* was slamming Kucinich |
scheming daemons |
Jul-15-09 11:27 AM |
#101 |
| -
:) |
BlooInBloo |
Jul-15-09 11:30 AM |
#107 |
| -
Really? |
kenfrequed |
Jul-15-09 12:50 PM |
#130 |
| -
One of Ayn Rand's dingleberries |
Stevenmarc |
Jul-15-09 10:54 AM |
#81 |
| -
Nuttier than a squirrel turd |
Botany |
Jul-15-09 11:02 AM |
#88 |
| -
I don't know about DU but I think he's a bag of hot gas. |
devilgrrl |
Jul-15-09 11:04 AM |
#89 |
| -
Here's a snapshot for you: a snapshot of ME |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 11:14 AM |
#94 |
| -
hmmm. so you say you're "pro-choice". |
musette_sf |
Jul-15-09 11:53 AM |
#116 |
| -
Please see post #96 above. |
Mrs. Overall |
Jul-15-09 12:01 PM |
#119 |
| -
I believe it is a constitutional right (federal) |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 12:29 PM |
#123 |
| -
i just wanted to make sure you weren't a Paulbot |
musette_sf |
Jul-15-09 12:39 PM |
#129 |
| -
cool -- not at all |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 01:50 PM |
#135 |
| -
Ron Paul is a nut and a hypocrite. |
Lasher |
Jul-15-09 11:21 AM |
#97 |
| -
LOL @ your picture there. |
SemiCharmedQuark |
Jul-15-09 11:27 AM |
#103 |
| -
Paulards didn't like it when I used it during 2008 primaries. |
Lasher |
Jul-15-09 11:34 AM |
#110 |
| -
"credible libertarians" |
musette_sf |
Jul-15-09 11:28 AM |
#104 |
| -
OK, got me there. |
Lasher |
Jul-15-09 11:32 AM |
#109 |
| -
they have no solutions |
musette_sf |
Jul-15-09 11:41 AM |
#112 |
| -
Ha ha! OK I just changed it to 'other libertarians'. |
Lasher |
Jul-15-09 11:51 AM |
#115 |
| -
He doesn't believe in evolution |
taught_me_patience |
Jul-15-09 11:31 AM |
#108 |
| -
Pros and Cons |
noamnety |
Jul-15-09 11:39 AM |
#111 |
| -
A boil on the ass of politics |
Stinky The Clown |
Jul-15-09 11:43 AM |
#113 |
| -
Well idiot comes to mind... |
Fearless |
Jul-15-09 11:46 AM |
#114 |
| -
He made such absolute perfect sense regarding the Iraq war. |
OnionPatch |
Jul-15-09 11:54 AM |
#117 |
| -
You expect to find consensus at DU? |
LWolf |
Jul-15-09 11:59 AM |
#118 |
| -
So, reading the OP, I did a Google News search on Ron Paul... |
Junkdrawer |
Jul-15-09 12:10 PM |
#120 |
| -
Good catch. nt |
LWolf |
Jul-15-09 12:29 PM |
#124 |
| -
I wanted pros and cons, not just trashing Ron Paul |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 12:32 PM |
#125 |
| -
He's being trashed because there ARE NO PROs... |
ProudDad |
Jul-15-09 03:56 PM |
#157 |
| -
good catch, indeed |
hiphopnation |
Jul-15-09 02:26 PM |
#141 |
| -
karl rove and barney frank agree! LOL |
hiphopnation |
Jul-15-09 02:39 PM |
#144 |
| -
Kinda like they did here with Sarah Palin. Very good catch, thanks. nt |
blondeatlast |
Jul-15-09 03:24 PM |
#148 |
| -
Sort of - a well reasoned response like yours helps |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 12:33 PM |
#126 |
| -
Any time. nt |
LWolf |
Jul-15-09 04:12 PM |
#159 |
| -
PRON HAUL is the political equivalent of a stopped clock. |
Arkana |
Jul-15-09 12:34 PM |
#127 |
| -
adorable loonytunes? |
librechik |
Jul-15-09 01:00 PM |
#134 |
| -
tool. n/t |
Iris |
Jul-15-09 01:53 PM |
#136 |
| -
He Claims to be a Libertarian |
LAGC |
Jul-15-09 02:19 PM |
#138 |
| -
Way anti-choice. Not quite Stormfront but pretty damn racist nonetheless. |
KamaAina |
Jul-15-09 02:24 PM |
#140 |
| -
An absolute bald-faced liar. |
Manifestor_of_Light |
Jul-15-09 02:28 PM |
#142 |
| -
would you be so kind as to share some of YOUR research |
hiphopnation |
Jul-15-09 02:32 PM |
#143 |
| -
+1. nt |
blondeatlast |
Jul-15-09 03:26 PM |
#149 |
| -
okay hip hop nation |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 03:41 PM |
#152 |
| -
you crack me up |
hiphopnation |
Jul-15-09 04:16 PM |
#160 |
| -
Well put! |
blondeatlast |
Jul-15-09 07:48 PM |
#162 |
| -
Believe what you want but I do NOT support Ron Paul |
Liberation Angel |
Jul-15-09 10:05 PM |
#171 |
| -
Racist, nationalistic, sexist, homophobic, scary asshole. nt |
blondeatlast |
Jul-15-09 03:12 PM |
#146 |
| -
Ron Paul is GREAT... for those who hate us poor people |
bobbolink |
Jul-15-09 03:43 PM |
#153 |
| -
The ONLY thing he's been "right" about... |
ProudDad |
Jul-15-09 03:50 PM |
#154 |
| -
I think |
SleeplessInAlabama |
Jul-15-09 03:54 PM |
#156 |
| -
He's right on Foreign Policy and the Federal Reserve |
Sebastian Doyle |
Jul-15-09 04:22 PM |
#161 |
| -
"Pretend other countries don't exist" is not a reasonable foreign policy. |
Occam Bandage |
Jul-15-09 09:16 PM |
#169 |
| -
Fucking looney |
NoPasaran |
Jul-15-09 07:56 PM |
#163 |
| -
Nutter nt |
realisticphish |
Jul-15-09 08:21 PM |
#164 |
| -
He was unintentionally funny in Brüno |
Freddie Stubbs |
Jul-15-09 09:08 PM |
#166 |
| -
18th-century throwback turd. nt |
Occam Bandage |
Jul-15-09 09:10 PM |
#167 |
| -
Belfry Loads |
ThoughtCriminal |
Jul-15-09 09:14 PM |
#168 |
| -
What If Ron Paul Is Correct? |
Boddingham |
Jul-15-09 09:58 PM |
#170 |
| -
Very good points! And welcome to DU! |
CRF450 |
Jul-15-09 10:16 PM |
#172 |
| -
Generally speaking, the State Governments are more corrupt (cheaper to buy). |
Laelth |
Jul-15-09 10:28 PM |
#174 |
| -
Isn't that the fault of the people? |
Boddingham |
Jul-15-09 10:38 PM |
#176 |
| -
It is the people's fault. |
Laelth |
Jul-15-09 10:56 PM |
#177 |
| -
Yes. |
Boddingham |
Jul-15-09 11:04 PM |
#179 |
| -
At least we can vote the party in power out from time to time. |
Laelth |
Jul-15-09 11:18 PM |
#181 |
| -
That's not an inheirent problem with the federal government, though |
krispos42 |
Jul-16-09 01:40 AM |
#185 |
| -
and UPI402 shrugged |
upi402 |
Jul-15-09 10:22 PM |
#173 |
| -
A very ignoble person, but an ignorer of History and Reality. |
johnaries |
Jul-15-09 11:01 PM |
#178 |
| -
I don't know where you got this. |
Boddingham |
Jul-15-09 11:13 PM |
#180 |
| -
Racist homophobic bigot. |
Clintonista2 |
Jul-15-09 11:18 PM |
#182 |
| -
Ron Paul = KKK |
Kievan Rus |
Jul-16-09 12:08 AM |
#184 |
| -
One of the better right-wingers |
mp9200 |
Jul-16-09 04:55 AM |
#187 |
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