Ron Paul Wins CPAC Poll

So by that then not everyone in the GOP believes in big government. Is that your position?

 

Wasn't Ron Paul a Republican during this period?

 

I see you avoid the question. You use a mighty big brush but defend Ron Paul. Maybe you should tighten that brush up.

 

Well if you are going to paint the entire party then Ron gets some paint to don't he? Or should you be more specific?

 

It was not the party as a whole. It was some in congress. A party is much more than those who sit in government seats.

 

I watched part of the proceedings, including Glenn Beck's address. Beck seemed to get a kick out of the fact that his blackboard got a bigger ovation from the crowd than he did.

 

One of only two things I ever disagreed with Reagan on.

 

One can view the straw poll results HERE (needs PDF to view). Paul came in first with 33%, Romney second with 22%, Palin third with 7%, and Pawlenty fourth with 6%.

While these results are interesting, I don't put much faith in them. When Ron Paul ran for President the Republicans would not vote for him. Instead they voted for McCain. If Ron, or Rand, Paul is going to win we need people to actually vote for them in real elections. Otherwise these straw polls are a waste of time.

 

Actually Paul is more of a republican than the rest of the posers in the GOP. If anything the whole of the repulican party is made up of RINOS and Paul with his actual republican platform of limited constitutional government, sound money and a non interventionist foreign policy is at odds with the fakers and globalists that only pose as republicans. Is Paul one of them? No! He's the real republican in a crowd of fakes. No wonder he stands at odds with the "party".

Republicans and their global corporate imperial policies need to take a hike while we still have enough nation to salvage from the effects of all their greedy and corupt practices.

And no the global imperial democrats are no better than the global imperial republicans. Elsewise Obama wouldn't be extending Bush's global imperial policies.

What we need is a real American who understands and upholds real American principles instead of faux repulicrats and demopublicans who talk the talk to get elected but turn around and sell us to the highest banking and corporate bidders the minute they take office.

RINOS you say? Just about everyone in the GOP is a RINO, but Paul.

 

That he didn't reduce Iran to a smoking crater the minute the last hostage's foot touched American soil.

I would. If somebody's wrong, then they're wrong, whether they're Republicans or not. To be honest, the idea that somebody is above criticism just because they're a Republican is one reason I'm no longer a Republican.

 

http://biggovernment.com/amellon/2010/02/22/the-insignificance-of-the-straw-poll/#more-77846

The Insignificance of the CPAC Straw Poll
by Andrew Mellon

The enthusiasm at this year’s CPAC was palpable. Conservatives turned out in record droves, optimistic and on the offensive against a government they rightly feel has run amok. Dick Cheney and John Bolton amongst others predicted that Barack Obama would be a one term President. I would take a more cautious view. Beatable as I think President Obama is based upon his bombastic arrogance, blind elitism, blatant dishonesty, and boundless seemingly intentionally destructive policies, if the 2010 CPAC straw poll tells us anything it is that the conservative movement is still searching for its opponent.