Ron Paul opposed the war in Iraq too. (Reply #41)

In the discussion thread: Robert Byrd knew, and he told us, but no one listened. [View all]

Wed Mar 20, 2013, 01:45 PM

Maven (10,533 posts)

41. Ron Paul opposed the war in Iraq too.

Since he also is wrong about pretty much everything else, I'm not going to celebrate him either. Nor should we act as though he, or Robert Byrd for that matter, was the only person who "knew" and "no one listened."

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44 replies	Author	Time	Post
Robert Byrd knew, and he told us, but no one listened. [View all]	Scuba	Mar 2013	OP
I miss that man.	Autumn	Mar 2013	#1
He sure did. I recall watching him with his little constitution book.	MichiganVote	Mar 2013	#2
He was right. nm	rhett o rick	Mar 2013	#3
It takes a great person to see the truth	olddots	Mar 2013	#4
common wealth really gets in the way when you want to rule the world	tk2kewl	Mar 2013	#5
HUGE K & R !!!	WillyT	Mar 2013	#6
On this he was like that broken clock	dsc	Mar 2013	#7
Byrd started out awful, but evolved into a great statesman	Adenoid_Hynkel	Mar 2013	#9
ah that is more than a little bit over blown	dsc	Mar 2013	#10
He was right on most issues when you look at his record. n/t	Daniel537	Mar 2013	#24
No	dsc	Mar 2013	#26
Thank you. I've never understood "good offsets bad" political accounting ...	bread_and_roses	Mar 2013	#33
Thank you.	Maven	Mar 2013	#40
Spot on. Even a racist and homophobe can be right on some issues.	The Link	Mar 2013	#37
Second only to Ken Hechler as the finest politician to ever represent my state	Adenoid_Hynkel	Mar 2013	#8
That is incredibly insightful looking back from today.	Curmudgeoness	Mar 2013	#11
Well, no one in power listened.	senseandsensibility	Mar 2013	#12
Read his book	vankuria	Mar 2013	#13
I'll never forget that speech	malaise	Mar 2013	#14
yep, he was right, we were all right	arely staircase	Mar 2013	#15
"Why are these chambers empty????!"	stlsaxman	Mar 2013	#16
Smart man. nt	Honeycombe8	Mar 2013	#17
A Statesman in the truest sense of the word.	ReRe	Mar 2013	#18
He was right	abelenkpe	Mar 2013	#19
BIG KICK for those who watched the BYRD/KENNEDY DEBATES	KoKo	Mar 2013	#20
He was right about that. So were many others of us, I am sure, back in 2002. Nothing has changed,	silvershadow	Mar 2013	#21
K&R	Gemini Cat	Mar 2013	#22
No one listened to Bob Graham, either. He begged the Democrats on the Intelligence Committee...	Liberal_Stalwart71	Mar 2013	#23
Right, the first to get my money for presidency.	elleng	Mar 2013	#28
I will never forget Robert Byrd crying on the Senate floor, begging for debate on the matter.	Liberal_Stalwart71	Mar 2013	#31
Everyone keeps talking about Bush and the neocons	John2	Mar 2013	#36
Anyone remember who interrupted his anti-war speech on the Senate floor?	JTFrog	Mar 2013	#25
Yes, and others knew, too.	elleng	Mar 2013	#27
JFK chides his friend Bob Byrd at the start of a Peace Speech 50 years ago...	MinM	Mar 2013	#29
I listened.	reteachinwi	Mar 2013	#30
They would not listen, they're not listening still. nt	raouldukelives	Mar 2013	#32
Ernie laughs, but no one listened.	MinM	Mar 2013	#34
Oh my... K&R	PETRUS	Mar 2013	#35
I watched that on the Span.	nadinbrzezinski	Mar 2013	#38
The stupid Fox News/freeper crowd is always afraid that some bogeyman is going to take their money.	Initech	Mar 2013	#39
Ron Paul opposed the war in Iraq too.	Maven	Mar 2013	#41
Senator Carl Levin worked tirelessly too!	JNelson6563	Mar 2013	#42
He's my Senator...and Debbie Stabinow voted against it too....nt	fadedrose	Mar 2013	#43
I'm not in the habit of listening to Klansmen.	Pterodactyl	Jun 2013	#44

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