Comments on: UPDATED: And the Anti-War Winner Is …

By: greenhell

greenhell — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 20:31:07 +0000

When I heard Huntsman talk about his foreign policy vision during the debate, I thought to myself how I wished Ron Paul was 20 years younger and could have delivered a line like that.

Presidency will not be Paul’s crowning achievement, but rather reminding a great many people about the nature of true liberty.

By: My RON-PAUL i

My RON-PAUL i — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 17:33:25 +0000

Missed that debate, unfortunately and would like to read the text.

Michelle: “The ACLU is running the CIA” – what idiot crap. Can Cain find China on the map? And while I don’t blame Israel every time my toilet backs up, pleasing Netanyahu is NOT the # 1 priority of America!

I don’t like Iran getting nukes but look at the record: Saddam – nu nukes – and the US helps kill him; Khadaffi – gives up his nuke program – and the US helps kill him; Kim Jong Il – gets nukes – and the US hands out foreign aid; Pakistan – gets nukes – and foreign aid and military sales. What lesson does one expect Ahmadinejad or even the Crown Prince of Liechtenstein to draw??

Huntsman is the best of the mainsteam by far. My man Ron has sounder philosophy but the no-compromising grumpy Prophet Jeremiah schtick sometimes doesn’t cut it in the 30 second soundbite debate.

China Warmonger Romney years ago remarked how Chinese workers were so busy that they didn’t even look over at him when he toured a factory – what a dope! I walked by myself into stores, subways. and restaurants and saw a far different China than he did on an “official tour”.

By: Bill Meyer

Bill Meyer — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 03:22:20 +0000

I wonder if Rand would ramble to the same extent, were he the “Paul” onstage. It saddens me to witness RP give a 90 second ramble, when 30 seconds of tight liberty thought would be so much more effective. That’s the way the game is played. As much as I support RP, he’s his own worst enemy.

By: Contemplationist

Contemplationist — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 18:44:14 +0000

You’re right about Paul. I’m getting exasperated with him. Compare his 1988 smackdown on the Drug War on TV (its on youtube) to the rambling digressions these days. Paul needs to emphasize the part of his agenda that’s amenable to different parts of the country – pro-life beliefs in the South, anti-war in the West and New England, and he needs to do this in an articulate fashion. The rambling uncle persona is why he is not breaking out, in my opinion.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:49:44 +0000

We do not need to send troops to Iraq, Afghanistan, or anywhere else for Nation Building, Social Justice, or Preventive Harm entanglements. There is enough to address in the POTUS’s hometown:

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-video-shows-man-being-punched-at-red-line-stop-amid-laughs-and-taunts-20111111,0,5079572.story

By: Dennis

Dennis — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 16:37:47 +0000

I am waiting for any candidate to simply and directly say that any program, any regulatory body, any subsidy, any expenditure, etc, – not specifically permitted under the Constitution – will be phased-out in any new President’s term.

I do not wish to see this country and its citizens collapse like the Soviet Union did back in the 1980s…some of the businessmen who left the U.S.S.R were my clients…it was an ugly time.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 15:26:04 +0000

I haven’t watched any of the debates this year because I have come to the conclusion that the Republican nominating process only depressingly confirms the chapter in Hayek’s book “Why the Worst Get to the Top”. I did see that the top three are now Romney, Cain, and Gingrich – warmongers all, so it is apparently playing exactly as expected.