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Mandy



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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 6:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

luke wrote:
funny really, the one guy who follows the constitution is labeled as 'not playing by the rules' Laughing


Totally agree. Note that this related article mentions how CNBC initially claimed the pulled poll have been hacked .. but later the presenter denied it :
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/John_Harwood_After_poll_removal_CNBC_1016.html

The "mud" / "lie" that CNBC's poll had been hacked is bound to now stick with some people (like Iraq had WMDs). A similar lie is that Ron Paul's supporters are White Supremacists.

This shows the mainstream media are out to try and stop Ron Paul.

Now isn't that an indication that he is worth looking at ?

Again, the analogy is with George Galloway who is clearly not supported by the Murdoch press.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:23 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've no doubt at all that a fair amount of White Supremacists do support ron Paul. He is advocating the removal of the Federal Reserve, which is a major issue for these groups as they want power to be decentralised.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I am sure some white supremacists support all major candidates.

The issue of the Federal Reserve is that it is not government owned, but owned by private bankers. As such, it is effectively legalised theft by private bankers of money from US citizens.

I support the nationalization of the Federal Reserve, which isn't the same thing as its removal. I am certainly not a white supremacist.

Quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_supremacy
"White supremacy, as with racial supremacism in general, is rooted in ethnocentrism and a desire for hegemony. It is associated with varying degrees of racism and xenophobia as well as a desire for racial separation. White supremacy has often resulted in anti-black racism and antisemitism, although it has also involved prejudice and discrimination against a wide variety of "non-white" groups, including Arabs and the various Asian peoples."

The neo-cons and zionist supporters could easily fit under this definition. The leaders of Israel tend to be very white (recall the number of "classes" in Israel).
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

How many nazis would support Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton? I doubt they'd touch Kucinich or Gravel either...

The majority of these people say they want power decentralised and to not have to pay federal income tax. Of course I'm aware that federal income tax is unconsitutional already, but that doesn't change things much.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:55 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If by nazis, you mean fascists, I think the neo-cons + Hilary have their support snapped up. I believe the neo-cons are the modern day Nazis
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

By nazis I mean nazis - white (or even black) supremacists.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well, the biggest racist i know of is hal turner, and i think he's supporting ron paul - ron paul seems to bring people from all over, like the article says - from liberals, the left and right, but thats because people like his policys. like faceless said, they like the idea of getting rid of the federal reserve, plus ron paul wants to bring the troops back to secure americas borders at home - hal turner and the like are fully behind that sort of thing.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 12:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This is a moral dilemma. I suppose the issue is to consider what would happen if Ron Paul was elected President (which he won't be), whether the white supremacists could be contained.

I suppose there will be a balkanisation of the US, but is that much different than today's many no-go areas.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I came across this. I am yet to locate the graphic referred to in the title

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 12:16 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

it's at -2.05 on the first video - it was only for a couple of seconds

re the white supremacists - what do you mean be contained? what do you think they'd do?! i mean, they wouldn't have any more power or be any more popular under a ron paul presidency than if any of the others won. maybe even they'd be less, if one of their big issues is illegal immigration, and paul stops that, then they have less of an issue to rally support.

i'd guess they're probably quite a small group - like the bnp here. maybe i'm wrong though, maybe theres millions of them!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 7:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Luke.

I agree they are small group (as a % of US population) and that should the regime change, they would have less of an issue, especially if regime change led to secession of states which don't agree to the federal mandate. They also generally live amongst their own (e.g. small neighborhoods, towns or states). As such, I don't see them as a threat to immigrants or others in major towns and cities (i.e. outside "their" area). That is what I meant by the risk from them being "contained" (which means the risk is manageable).

The anology is that in the UK, the risk from the BNP is currently "contained".

Just saw this :
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Paul's Campaign Says Campaign War Chest Has Positioned it in Top-tier of GOP Race
By The Brody File - CBN

I just attended a press conference where Ron Paul's campaign team went through their fundraising numbers. The bottom line: they say if you look closely at the financial numbers, Ron Paul is in the top three. They point to how much money candidates can actually spend going into the 4th quarter. It's called "Net Primary Cash on Hand" and it shows Giuliani in first ($11.4 million), then Thompson ($6.4 million) and then Ron Paul ($5.4 million). They disqualify Romney because he's lent his campaign money and hasn't paid it back. The Romney camp would beg to differ. Actually, they wouldn't beg.

The Paul campaign says they are going to spend lots of money on TV and Radio ads in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Iowa and Nevada. And by the way, when I asked them what their number one targeted state will be, the answer was New Hampshire. Makes sense. The voters up there have an Independent streak. As for their high octane supporters, the campaign acknowledges that it's important that everyone stay on the same page and stay organized. What they are trying to avoid is a 2004 Howard Dean scenario where he had such rabid support on the Internet but it wasn't coordinated as well as it could have been.

The Paul campaign says their supporters are made up of a nice mix of Republicans, Democrats and Independent voters.
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PostPosted: Tue Oct 23, 2007 11:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Quote:
Sunday NY Post Blacks Out Ron Paul

Even though Jeffersonian conservative presidential candidate Ron Paul has declared the media blackout of his candidacy is over, don't tell that to the editors of the New York Post.

The "conservative" paper owned by Media Mogul Rupert Murdoch, has managed the feat of covering the Family Research Council's recent "Values Voter" presidential debate, and ranking candidates according to their popularity with "values voters" without mentioning third-place finisher GOP presidential contender Ron Paul (R-Tex).

The page 4 story in the Sunday Post, "Religious Right Rejects [Giuliani's] Values Plea" chooses to report only the "onsite voting results" and then actually drops off Ron Paul's name. It also manages to write a full article without mentioning either Ron Paul or his results. This is in marked contrast to other major news outlets (CNN, Daily News) that mention Ron Paul and his results as an obviously routine part of the coverage of the Values Voter debate.

Maybe there was justification in leaving Ron Paul out of commentary in a crowded field six months ago. But Ron Paul has now raised more money than most of his fellow GOP candidates and finished higher, on average, in more straw polls than any other GOP candidate.

Coming from behind as a "dark horse," Ron Paul is arguably the biggest story in American politics in this political year – one of the reasons that, as a free-market news site, FMNN has continually covered him and his campaign.

At this point, the New York Post would seem to owe its readers an explanation of just what its editorial really policy is and what it considers a "conservative." Even in its own press release, the Family Research Council chose to highlight the on-line straw poll rather than the smaller "onsite" poll results.

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http://www.frcaction.org/get.cfm?i=PR07J04

Nearly six thousand votes - 5,775 - were cast in the first-ever Values Voters Straw Poll at FRC Action's 2nd Annual Washington Briefing. FRC Action members had the choice of voting on-line, by mail, or at electronic voting stations during this weekend's event. All presidential candidates from both parties were listed on the ballot. The following are the straw poll results:

Candidate Name Total Votes Percentage
1. Mitt Romney 1,595 27.62 %
2. Mike Huckabee 1,565 27.10 %
3. Ron Paul 865 14.98%
4. Fred Thompson 564 9.77 %
5. Sam Brownback 297 5.14 %
6. Duncan Hunter 140 2.42 %
7. Tom Tancredo 133 2.30 %
8. Rudy Giuliani 107 1.85 %
9. John McCain 81 1.40 %

* The full results can be accessed at www.frcaction.org

The straw poll voting process is constructed so that each member of FRC Action will only be able to vote one time regardless of how the voting occurs (i.e. US mail, email alert or at the event). Every member of FRC Action has a unique identifier which must be used in order to vote electronically.


from http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=50508

they must be scared - completely ignoring the third placed candidate?!
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 6:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Luke .. The more the maistream media try to "blackout" Ron Paul, then the more Ron Paul is supports by the grass-roots who sense the establishment's fear of Ron Paul.

Though the religious right are likely to bail from conservatives to the democrats, which would page the way for the Republicans losing to Hilary.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 10:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I removed a link to fund raising for this guy - the minute this site becomes a funding source for a bastard conservative is the day I shut it down!

Send your money to me if you want to contribute to something that has at least a chance of success.

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 24, 2007 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

A second that .. indeed, same for any pary which has the word "new" in it
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