I would like you to go over Ron Paul's points and McCain's points side by side. You would see, very clearly, that Ron Paul is a republican and McCain is not. Your only reason for NOT voting for Ron Paul, it seems, is because he doesn't have the delegates. That doesn't win any arguments on who is the more qualified, who has the better message for america.

I don't think it takes a brain surgeons to see that the elections are rigged to give you a certain choices for you to choose from.

How free is it to choose presidential candidates "handed" to us. "Please choose from this list of preordained candidates, that we supply"? Get a grip dude.

Sounds alot like how the federal reserve operates. We select from a group PRESELECTED, for chair.
Not much of a choice, when we are given the choices.

I think, beyond a doubt, you love the nanny goverment. You love the idea of bombing those pesky little towel heads, all for - Our "friend" over there. You think we need to be an empire to "protect" the world.

I am hoping you snap out of it.

But first, to help you along the way - get out an issues sheet and compare side by side. I also want you to do some research on McCain. Nevermind he wants to bomb everything you do, but look at his policies over the years. The backpockets he is in. THe open borders policies he promotes. The complete lack of economic sense etc..

I mean, c'mon. One could honestly ask if your sanity is in check for evening thinking of voting for McCain on a Republican platform.

I really can't believe it.

First order of business. Read up on the NAU and browse the John Birch's Society website. You may not be "like" everything you read, but WAKE THE PH**K UP!

You have all bought into this manipulation of what it means to be a republican. Bought into the lies. Yet you ignore EVERYTHING ELSE. Open borders, loss of jobs, treaties that destroy our sovereignty, printing and borrowing billions of dollars, the welfare state - etc.. there is no end. Yet you all rally beyond "war" and "terrorism" as if that is some sort of conservative badge. It is not.

If you all think "bush" or "mccain" are repubicans, I think perhaps you are in the wrong party. You are towing the party line without even knowing what it is. You will follow the drunken captain into the abyss because you want to be a good sailor.

McCain, Bush, Obama, Hillary etc.. ARE ALL CFR members - and ALL want open borders, sovereignty destroying treaties, global taxes, and so much more... yet, let me pat you on the head for being good ol' lapdogs.

Yet, the one candidate who steps forward and wants:
1. secure borders
2. end the wars
3. sound monetary policy
4. sound foreign policy
5. stop the welfare state
6. reinstate the constitution
etc..
etc..

You all bought into the "news" (who owns the news stations? - research that) and the special interests talking heads tell you who to vote for, and who to shun. You listened to their orders without a glimpse of wisdom, because you are a follower.

McCain is on the verge of needing Depends. Get a gander of McCain - go to vietnamveteransagainstmccain.com and get some wisdom on your beloved democrate, I mean "republican".

Hillary and Obama are just shills for the corrupt special elite.

Wow. You all turn a blind eye to the basket of ripe, bountiful fruit to eat from the tray of putrid veggies, cause you have been told to.

A majority of republicans did not nominate Mr. McCain, there were a lot of democrats who voted in republican primaries who pushed him on to the GOP. Stop the idiocy of party loyalties and lets elect someone who knows what they are doing. The USA is more important than the Democratic or Republican parties.

Long live the libertarian dream of freedom.

The convention is supposed be more than a coronation. It is supposed to be an opportunity for the party to argue over its platform.

At least that's the way it used to be. Now it is just a big advertisement with bunches of balloons and smiles. And the average voter feels more and more disconnected.

It doesn't help to have the Republicans win unless "the party" represents some ideologically coherent platform.

Catch-all parties in first-past-the-post, single member district systems just don't do that. At best, they represent a difference from the other major party.

Small government? Apparently not. Free markets? Um, doesn't seem like it. Balanced budgets? Not in years.

Certainly, McCain is MORE in line with the principles you suggest than Obama? That's all that matters in an election.

Ron Paul isn't a plausible alternative. He got only a handful more delegates than my dog, despite having millions more at his disposal and my dog not being a candidate. (I think she'd have given him a run, personally. She's awfully cute and can fetch things, which appeals to bitter working folk.)

I don't understand this whole notion of "hurting the party". The Republican party isn't a sports team. It doesn't help to have the Republicans win unless "the party" represents some ideologically coherent platform. I am Republican, have been for life, but I don't know what thjat means any more. Small government? Apparently not. Free markets? Um, doesn't seem like it. Balanced budgets? Not in years.

So how are Paul supporters hurting the party? I happen to think they are trying to save the party.

LMAO! McFiengoldKennedyLiebermancain is a flaming liberal democrat compared to Paul. And you are right, Jaun doesn't know poop about the constitution, the economy, or much else for that matter.

I would say they all flaming liberals, but ill vote for the liberal who will make war on our enemies, not the 2 who are appeasers or the one( Ron Paul) who is to dumb to even know we have any.

In any case, please try attacking the ideas instead of blindly defending the sanctity of a party that has lost its way.

Paul's ideas were soundly rejected by the Republican primary electorate. John McCain, while not the ideal candidate, handily beat all comers. He's going to be the nominee.

Anything that hurts his chance at winning the general election, then, by definition hurts the party.

How is it "harming the party" to try to force some discussion within the party about what the actual values of the party are? The Republican party now bears little resemblance to the one that inaugurated Reagan. That's a problem. It actually seems to me that the party has been doing plenty of harm to itself over the last eight years. God forbid Paul supporters ask the party why it has strayed so far from its roots.

Read Ron Paul's book. You know, the #1 bestseller. Then tell me his ideas are kooky. He does have some bad ideas, but he also plenty of good ones that merit serious consideration.

In any case, please try attacking the ideas instead of blindly defending the sanctity of a party that has lost its way.

And maybe give the supporters a break. Once again, God forbid common citizens get energized to participate in the democratic process and challenge the ordained party candidate. Lord knows democracy can't function with people challenging each other's ideas.

It's hard to believe that people still support this Ron Paul kook with such fervor, and excuse me but the gimp ain't no Republican he is a liberal libertarian and like all liberals don't understand poop about the constitution.But then again He could be the next L. Ron Hubbard.

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LMAO! McFiengoldKennedyLiebermancain is a flaming liberal democrat compared to Paul. And you are right, Jaun doesn't know poop about the constitution, the economy, or much else for that matter.