Who Are You Going To Believe? Me Or Your Lying Eyes?
This is getting ridiculous. So, I wrote a post criticizing Ron Paul in which I quote from his column that’s the centerpiece of his Congressional homepage and I get this pissy comment from one of his acolytes :
Key word: Ghost Writers, which Ron Paul has discredited as his own columns many times. Do people BOTHER to do research anymore? Seriously, when you found this, I bet you RUSHED to make a blog posting out of it. Ron Paul has publicly discredited all these columns, including the ones where people make him out to be racist.
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You sir are proof that all you Anti-Paulities are mindless drones, LOOKING for a reason to hate the guy.
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Get educated. Is it merely coincidence that most people who make anti-ron paul comments haven’t properly researched the facts? I don’t know, you tell me.
Silly me, I thought reading something that Ron Paul has posted on his own site under his own name would give me a good idea of where he stands. Writing about Ron Paul requires extra research. After reading the essays the Ron Paul has posted on his site, then you need to track down his disavowal of those very sentiments. Apparently everything objectionable that he’s ever written is the fault of overzealous ghost writers. How convenient.
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the pauliacs never let a fact stand in the way of an attack. May as well get used to that.
enjoyed the article
Comment by criminyjicket — August 10, 2007 @ 12:24 am
Whatever I was just looking through my site visitors list so I’m responding to this post. Can someone tell me what is so bad about Ron Paul?
Juan http://tekgnosis.typepad.com
Comment by pc93 — August 10, 2007 @ 2:49 am
Looks like you went fishing with the copy & paste from the Ron Paul website, and caught yourself some dinner.
Now, how about addressing the substance of that article you copied, regarding the Electoral College? Seems more important to me than making an example out of a lone RP supporter.
Sleep Dog
Comment by Sleep Dog — August 10, 2007 @ 5:56 am
I appreciate what you’re trying to do, Greg, but if liberal Ron Paul supporters weren’t convinced by your first post, they probably aren’t going to be convinced by any facts. Although reading between the lines, the respondents who claim to be socially liberal don’t actually strike me as actually being socially liberal, except for opposing the war on drugs.
As for the ghostwriter thing, most major political speeches aren’t written by the politician either. So by the Paul defense, we can’t hold Bush responsible for reading from a script about yellowcake in Niger during his State of the Union address.
Comment by Autumn Harvest — August 10, 2007 @ 6:04 am
Maybe if these anti-voter politicians would do a little fact-checking before they post their ghost-written screeds, then people would start believing what they read.
But I’m sure it’s the liberal media’s fault. Or Hillary. I hear the liberal media and Hillary and the Illuminati get together bi-weekly for a bowling league/discussion on how to smear Ron Paul.
He can disavow all he likes — if you found it on his site, with his name on it, he hasn’t disavowed it enough. Maybe he’s leaving it up there for the people who like those retarded arguments. But it’s not like any politician in history has ever tried to have his cake and eat it, too, right?
Comment by Dr. Pants — August 10, 2007 @ 6:59 am
Mmm. This cake is delicious! And yet, I find myself wanting to still possess it after ingestion.
Comment by Jeb — August 10, 2007 @ 12:15 pm
Ron Paul and his ilk believe that everything should be left to the states, as if state governments aren’t colossal fuck ups, so that they get to shirk their responsibility as Americans and human beings while not having to pay income tax. You know where America would be without a strong federal government? In the trash can of history.
Comment by ChrisV82 — August 10, 2007 @ 4:54 pm
Sleep dog: “How about addressing the substance of…”
You first.
Comment by me — August 11, 2007 @ 12:44 am
Thanks, Greg, for having the courage to stand up, virtually alone, to the mighty “Liberals for Paul” lobby. Only through your vigilance will we be spared the horrors of a Paul administration.
So please don’t give up, strenuous efforts will be needed to hold him to the 1% he’s currently polling.
Comment by SteveB — August 13, 2007 @ 9:01 pm
By the way, the equally dangerous Dennis Kucinich has moved up to 2%. This is what happens when Greg gets distracted. Please, before it’s too late, tell us once more how he flip-flopped on abortion!
Comment by SteveB — August 13, 2007 @ 10:30 pm
I like Paul’s stance on the war, and I am a little uncomfortable with his loony libertarian leanings, BUT….
which Democrat out there consistently voted against the gradual takeover of fascism over the last 7 years? Certainly isn’t Hillary (voted FOR the war, FOR the Patriot Acts, FOR the Military Commissions Act). Obama, while he voted against the war and I’m not presently aware of his voting record on the Patriot Acts and Military Commissions Act, still doesn’t seem too interested in holding this heinous criminal in office to account.
Ron Paul also asks tough questions about 9/11. Are all of y’all done with 9/11? is it “too far in the past” for you?
Which Dem candidate has even the shred of cajones necessary to address this Reichstag Fire for our generation?
For me, I support Ron Paul out of exasperation with the utter pussies in the Democratic Party, and the bilious, fascist Republicans. Not ONE candidate other than Paul has the courage to say ANYTHING about 9/11, or the need to repeal the Patriot Acts (unless I’m wrong about Obama), or the need to impeach Cheney and Bush (in that order).
the traditional 2 party system doesn’t work. we need to clean house. Who in the current arena is willing to do it? is it Paul? or someone else? I’m open to ideas….
Comment by joe mama — August 19, 2007 @ 2:22 pm
Greg! Where are you? Come back!
Comment by Joe — August 21, 2007 @ 1:18 pm