Media: "Really, you morons? Look at this man's voting record and speeches."

RON PAUL: "WHAT RUTHLESS ATTACKS"

The establishment is just pissed that their Good Old Boys network is in danger of falling apart in the face of the Millennials.

I've read several articles this morning about how the "establishment" within the GOP is coming down on the outsider candidate. Every article had a different candidate.

sprawl15: Media: "Really, you morons? Look at this man's voting record and speeches."

RON PAUL: "WHAT RUTHLESS ATTACKS"

Don't act so surprised. Everyone knows that verbatim quotes are attacks by the liberal gotcha drive-by quoting mainline downstream LGDBQMLDSM media.

Clearly, the establishment Paul-hating Conservatives that drove this country into the toilet know what they are talking about when it comes to economics, foreign policy, and civil liberties.

it's always a pretty neat trick when a congressman for 35 years gets to be the anti-establishment outsider.

So quoting him is an attack? How does that work exactly?

heap: it's always a pretty neat trick when a congressman for 35 years gets to be the anti-establishment outsider.

So much this.

I love the part where the Iowa GOP is worried that, if Paul wins Iowa, it would be taken as a reason to strip Iowa of the first primary.

Deftoons: Clearly, the establishment Paul-hating Conservatives that drove this country into the toilet know what they are talking about when it comes to economics, foreign policy, and civil liberties.

But at the same time, neither does Ron Paul; it's the classic case of the blind leading the deaf.

Gosling: I love the part where the Iowa GOP is worried that, if Paul wins Iowa, it would be taken as a reason to strip Iowa of the first primary.

If giving the prize to Pat farking Robertson doesn't disqualify it, nothing will.

sprawl15: Media: "Really, you morons? Look at this man's voting record and speeches."

RON PAUL: "WHAT RUTHLESS ATTACKS"

I'm just gonna sit back, grab the popcorn and watch them beat each other to a bloody pulp over this one. :D

Then, they fight you.

qorkfiend: Deftoons: Clearly, the establishment Paul-hating Conservatives that drove this country into the toilet know what they are talking about when it comes to economics, foreign policy, and civil liberties.

But at the same time, neither does Ron Paul; it's the classic case of the blind leading the deaf.

But look at it logically. If you have two points of view, and one of them is wrong... by definition, the other must be right.

/Conservative logic, ftw!

Whodat: So quoting him is an attack? How does that work exactly?

Ask Newt: Link (new window)

"Any ad which quotes what I said Sunday is a falsehood," he told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren Tuesday.

Gosling: I love the part where the Iowa GOP is worried that, if Paul wins Iowa, it would be taken as a reason to strip Iowa of the first primary.

That doesn't sound like a move calculated to endear the GOP to Iowans.

RON PAUL!

In other news, do you think any of the other candidates really, actually care about minorities? Or you or I for that matter? Not so much.

Remember kids: confronting a republican candidate with his own words is an unfair attack.

Whodat: So quoting him is an attack? How does that work exactly?

Gingrich has an answer for that question

Read an article on Politico this morning claiming Ron Paul has highjacked the caucus in Iowa and made a mockery of the system by having a strong support network of activists loyal to him, doing events in the state, and generally just shaking hands and kissing babies.

You know, all the things you're supposed to do to win primaries instead of softball cable news interviews and constant TV/radio ad bombs while you're busy out of state. The nerve!

Herbie555: heap: it's always a pretty neat trick when a congressman for 35 years gets to be the anti-establishment outsider.

So much this.

Look at his voting record. He has been the anti-establishment outsider for 35 years. Pretty impressive to keep it going that long.

Whodat: So quoting him is an attack? How does that work exactly?

Well, he wasn't actually the one who voted the way it appeared he voted. He had a ghostvoter.

blackminded: Whodat: So quoting him is an attack? How does that work exactly?

Ask Newt: Link (new window)

"Any ad which quotes what I said Sunday is a falsehood," he told Fox News' Greta Van Susteren Tuesday.

You realize that this isn't about Gingrich or anyone other than Paul, right?

Whodat: You realize that this isn't about Gingrich or anyone other than Paul, right?

You realize that that is an ideological/party/general GOP standpoint/line of thinking rather than just a Gingrich-ism, right?
Along with outright denial in the face of video evidence.

I can't believe the sheer volume of Paulettes that look the other way when asked about TWO DECADES of racist, anti-Semitical writings called the "Ron Paul Report". Paul never has given a straight answer about it, nor has he ever taken full responsibility for a publication which bore his name.

Depending on the time of day, Paul :

1. Wrote them, and is really, really sorry he did.
2. Wrote them, and explains away that it was a 'different time'.
3. Wrote them, and complains he was taken out of context.
4. Doesn't have a farking clue about who wrote them.
5. Blames it all on Lew Rockwell.
6. Never took the time to read them, not even once, in two decades.

I can't believe the people who are claiming to be Conservatives, but will not confront Paul about this. If Paul manages to make it to the general, the MSM will eat him alive breakfast, lunch and dinner until the election with the racism stuff. I, for one, will not believe his bullshiat excuses any more than I believed Obama sat in church for two decades and 'didn't listen'. Or that Clinton smoked doobage, but didn't inhale.

For crying out loud, people. Wake the fark up already and demand full accountability from Ron Paul in the same manner and fashion he demands of others. Do not let him off the hook until we have a full, reasonable accounting he is not a racist and anti-Semite.

Ron Paul is not in the club. the other R candidates will attack him much more fiercely than they attack each other. hopefully they burn out and die.

This is nothing. We need to be asking where was the Lamestream^TM media when the GOP establishment went after St. Sarah? Instead of asking her Gotcha^TM questions they should have been exposing how the GOP establishment set out on a mission to slander and destroy a Real American^TM

Grungehamster: Read an article on Politico this morning claiming Ron Paul has highjacked the caucus in Iowa and made a mockery of the system by having a strong support network of activists loyal to him, doing events in the state, and generally just shaking hands and kissing babies.

You know, all the things you're supposed to do to win primaries instead of softball cable news interviews and constant TV/radio ad bombs while you're busy out of state. The nerve!

Drudgereport's top headline earlier this morning was a scare headline (aren't they all) asserting that the Iowa caucus was vulnerable to hacking attacks and that the GOP was worried. I look forward to the day after the caucus and Ron Paul's (probable?) win and it is announced the results are suspect and a hacking attempt was successful. Anything to invalidate Paul.

They wouldn't be in this mess if they had fielded viable candidates instead of the sideshow curiosities that are the current candidates.

sprawl15: ghostvoter

Ghostvoter...sounds like a second-rate comic book character. He'll fit right into the GOP! :)

Sun Worshiping Dog Launcher: Grungehamster: Read an article on Politico this morning claiming Ron Paul has highjacked the caucus in Iowa and made a mockery of the system by having a strong support network of activists loyal to him, doing events in the state, and generally just shaking hands and kissing babies.

You know, all the things you're supposed to do to win primaries instead of softball cable news interviews and constant TV/radio ad bombs while you're busy out of state. The nerve!

Drudgereport's top headline earlier this morning was a scare headline (aren't they all) asserting that the Iowa caucus was vulnerable to hacking attacks and that the GOP was worried. I look forward to the day after the caucus and Ron Paul's (probable?) win and it is announced the results are suspect and a hacking attempt was successful. Anything to invalidate Paul.

They wouldn't be in this mess if they had fielded viable candidates instead of the sideshow curiosities that are the current candidates.

Exactly. Paul's the non-Romney they're settling on now after the umpteen others failed. Everyone else (save Huntsman and Santorum) had their chance to show themselves as worthy, they all failed, and now it's Ron Paul's turn. If any of the others had proven themselves viable, Paul never would have gotten oxygen. But the voters are running out of names and they just noticed this 'Ron Paul' guy that everyone seems to be ignoring for some reason.

And they're noticing him with two weeks to go.

Somebody's too right-wing for the modern-day Republican Party?

That's a first.

qorkfiend: Deftoons: Clearly, the establishment Paul-hating Conservatives that drove this country into the toilet know what they are talking about when it comes to economics, foreign policy, and civil liberties.

But at the same time, neither does Ron Paul; it's the classic case of the blind leading the deaf.

WHAT?

meat0918: It worked against Newt.

They can spill all they want to the media, then turn around and claim "LOOK!!! The liberal media is persecuting us poor conservatives again.", all the while achieving their goal of getting Mitt the nom.

Kinda creepy ain't it? And the media whores love every minute of it.

AcneVulgaris: Herbie555: heap: it's always a pretty neat trick when a congressman for 35 years gets to be the anti-establishment outsider.

So much this.

Look at his voting record. He has been the anti-establishment outsider for 35 years. Pretty impressive to keep it going that long.

All the while bring home the bacon for his district in earmarks.

heap: it's always a pretty neat trick when a congressman for 35 years gets to be the anti-establishment outsider.

RON PAUL has been operating in the lunatic fringe for all of those 35 years. He hasn't changed since running for POTUS as a Libertarian in '88 (?). That's the problem: The GOP is now a fringe party.

DarnoKonrad: meat0918: It worked against Newt.

They can spill all they want to the media, then turn around and claim "LOOK!!! The liberal media is persecuting us poor conservatives again.", all the while achieving their goal of getting Mitt the nom.

Kinda creepy ain't it? And the media whores love every minute of it.

It does sell. We're consuming it too, even if our reaction is different.

Ron Paul is no Republican candidate I can vote for. He truly is a lunatic.

Jackson Herring: sprawl15: RON PAUL: "WHAT RUTHLESS ATTACKS"

Not a single Ruth was given that day

Approves:

Citrus Shindig: Ron Paul is no Republican candidate I can vote for. He truly is a lunatic.

And how exactly do the other candidates convey a sense of sanity, exactly?

Gosling: Exactly. Paul's the non-Romney they're settling on now after the umpteen others failed. Everyone else (save Huntsman and Santorum) had their chance to show themselves as worthy, they all failed, and now it's Ron Paul's turn. If any of the others had proven themselves viable, Paul never would have gotten oxygen. But the voters are running out of names and they just noticed this 'Ron Paul' guy that everyone seems to be ignoring for some reason.

And they're noticing him with two weeks to go.


I have to admit, one thing that has me completely mystified. Why hasn't Santorum had a turn as front-runner yet? He's probably the most conventionally Big Jesus social conservative guy up there, and if he's made some kind of completely untenable (from a GOP perspective) comments on the economy or foreign policy, I have yet to hear about it.

It can't just be the Google bomb; most of the base can still ignore Teabagger, I'd think they could ignore that. Is the guy just that creepy?

It looks like the Republicans have found their Howard Dean.

Gosling: I love the part where the Iowa GOP is worried that, if Paul wins Iowa, it would be taken as a reason to strip Iowa of the first primary.

Regardless of who wins, I'd love to see this happen. Iowa's outsized influence on presidential politics is why we have HFCS in everything and inefficiently produced corn ethanol in our gas.

Beware_Me: It looks like the Republicans have found their Howard Dean.

Yeah like the two are comparable in any way.

Ron Paul is weak on terror and is no friend of Israel.

Gosling
Everyone else (save Huntsman and Santorum) had their chance to show themselves as worthy

Heh. Funny how the GOP is cycling like madmen through their candidates for a real front-runner, and the only two guys who even stand a chance are on the sidelines, waving their arms, going, "Hey, guys?"