Comments on: UPDATED: RIP GOP & Party of Liberty

By: Roy Bleckert

Roy Bleckert — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:06:55 +0000

Here is the latest RevPac Ad

The Compassion of Dr. Ron Paul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8Rv0Z5SNrF4

This is Ron’s reaction while hearing part of the ad on WHO w/ Jan Mickelson & CSPAN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mB7SG5gpWAw&feature=player_embedded

By: Westie

Westie — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:55:28 +0000

Thr Republican party has returned to it’s roots as the neo-Whig Party and just may destroy itself in the process. hopefully after the idiot primary voters will return to reforming the deformed political parties and return more power to the Congress where it belongs.

By: Roy Bleckert

Roy Bleckert — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:15:56 +0000

The Compassion of Dr. Ron Paul

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=8Rv0Z5SNrF4

By: Rebel Without a Clause

Rebel Without a Clause — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:31:18 +0000

@Myron: when existential political crisis converges with economic collapse, nothing is “guaranteed”. In the immortal words of Bush 43, “this sucker is going down.”

By: Rebel Without a Clause

Rebel Without a Clause — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 05:24:37 +0000

Negative. Ventura = Stockdale. Ron Paul/Rand Paul as 3rd Party ticket would create a strong bio-continuity – Ron is OLD – and Rand is quite a bit friendlier to Israel than his Dad. Paul + Paul could hit 30%…and raise holy hell with both the statist parties.

By: Roy Bleckert

Roy Bleckert — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:53:36 +0000

Roll the Video Tape !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGSzaL5dORg

By: Roy Bleckert

Roy Bleckert — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:55:57 +0000

Confirmed ?

Michele Bachmann chair defects to Ron Paul

In a shock announcement Wednesday night, Iowa state senator and onetime Michele Bachmann campaign leader Kent Sorenson declared that he is now supporting Ron Paul for president.

Sorenson made the announcement at a Paul rally with veterans here in Des Moines, telling the crowd: “I believe we’re at a turning point in this campaign.”

Calling the decision to abandon Bachmann a painful one, Sorenson said he felt obligated to join Paul as the “Republican establishment” tries to undermine his campaign.

“I thought it was my duty to come to his aid, just like he came to my aid during my Senate race, which was a very nasty race,” Sorenson said, pledging to go all-out for Paul over the next few days.

To cheers from the crowd, he continued: “We’re going to take Ron Paul all the way to the White House.”

http://www.politico.com/blogs/burns-haberman/2011/12/michele-bachmann-chair-defects-to-ron-paul-108965.html

By: Roy Bleckert

Roy Bleckert — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:32:05 +0000

If I heard it right on The Ron Paul Veterans Rally , Iowa State Senator & Bachmann campaign state chair Kent Sorenson has just endorsed Dr. Ron Paul for President

Yeeeeeeeeeessssssssssssssss!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: My RON-PAUL i

My RON-PAUL i — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 20:14:44 +0000

I actually view the Republican party as the biggest block to libertarianism – I expect there to be ONE statist party but the fact that we have 2 statist parties makes it nearly impossible to reverse what Jefferson calls the tendency of government to grow and liberty to shrink (see Stossel’s essay):

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/12/28/a_libertarian_year_ahead_112553.html

I find it difficult to decouple the problems arising from immigration of lower classes and the welfare state. Meanwhile, like Stossel, I do not see any popularity to get rid of either mass immigration OR the welfare state. Liberty is an ABSTRACT concept while getting someone to mow the lawn or being able to shove granny on state support is very real to many people.

The Asian immigrants may eventually vote Republican as the Black-Hispanic (Democratic) Alliances will likely conflict with their economic interest. Where I am skeptical is that I don’t see the entrepreneurial Asian immigrants caring about TSA gropes, habeas corpus violations, or the like. The libertarian concepts in the Bill of Rights, as Ilana points out, are Anglo-Saxon.

As for third parties, the US representative system guarantees a two-party system and third parties generated top down (Teddy Roosevelt, George Wallace, Ross Perot) never endure.

By: Dan Jeffreys

Dan Jeffreys — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:26:14 +0000

RE: Rebel’s post above:

I couldn’t agree more. As for a Ron Paul VP choice: If he were to win on the Republican ticket: Rand Paul. If he were to run 3rd party: Jesse Ventura, just because I would like to see Jesse put the squeeze on “Nobody Messes with Joe” Biden and probably a weasel like Santorum.