Comments on: Grading the Republican Debate #9

By: Justin O.

Justin O. — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:44:10 +0000

The Islamists who attacked us weren’t from Iraq. 15 of 19 were from Saudi Arabia. If we should be fucking anybody up, it would seem to be them. Hussein’s Baath party was virulently secular; Osama bin Laden and Hussein hated each other. Please tell me you’re not one of the people who still thinks Iraq was behind 9/11.

By: steveegg

steveegg — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:51:09 +0000

I guess it’s round 2. Do you know your history, Johnny? I guess not. Allow me to explain a thing or two about Jefferson for you.

Thomas Jefferson not only expanded the frontier of the US beyond the Mississippi River in what Paul would have called an unconstitutional move, but he engaged in the first foreign war, against the forerunners of Al Qaeda, with essentially the same level of Congressional authorization that President Bush has in Iraq.

I’m a firm believer in a simple, if crude, foreign policy – you fuck with us, we’ll fuck you up. The Islamists chose to fuck with us. We’re not done fucking them up because they’re still interested in turning us into part of the worldwide Caliphate, which is wholly incompatible with the Constitution. Unlike the typical American, and especially you, they have a very long memory.

Even on the domestic front, Paul is less than interested in actually putting forth small-l libertarian values of small government, as opposed to big-L Libertarian ones of pot-for-all.

You sound quite conflicted. How can you be interested in both Paul and Giuliani? If there ever were polar opposites on the right end of the spectrum, they’re it.

By: Johnnyb

Johnnyb — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:31:07 +0000

Ron Paul F? What does the F stand for Freakin Awesome? an A for McCain? His crack about woodstock was awesome but outside of that excellent comment I saw nothing great about McCain and hope that he can find a way to gracefully bow out. McCain is a personal hero of mine but I do not agree with a lot of his politics.

Duncan Hunter and Tom Tancredo did well. Tancredo I thought really shown when he brought up the constitutionality of some of the issues, and showed that he was more than a one issue candidate.

I’ve not been comfortable with Guiliani so far, but after last night thought that I could support him if he won the party’s nomination.

I agree with giving Mitt a C+, he sounds more like a democrat than anyone else up there on the stage and if he gets the nod, I am certainly voting for a 3rd party.

Fred Thompson blows too, he totally did not deserve an A, more like a C+. He did better in this debate than others, but the guy simply does not live up to his hype and obviously is not the Next Reagan.

When it comes to the next Reagan, Ron Paul could surpass Reagan and is the best Presidential candidate that we have had in over 100 years. He is the only guy thinking outside of the box and of fear and paranoia that has been built for us by the media since 9/11. He is the only guy that can be trusted to actually reduce the size of the federal government and bring America together.

Sometimes I think that you Ron Paul bashers would be treating George Washington or Thomas Jefferson the same way if they were runing for President today.