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Ron Paul likes to come back to the whole “they attacked us because we are over there” line whenever issues of the war or foreign policy pop up.Here’s a question for Ron Paul (or the Paulbots) on this very issue (H/T: Bryan at Hot Air):”We have……

1st–Fred wins. He said the least but what he said was most worth listening to. He managed to come across as the sage in the race, too wise to get into the fray but not above smacking the kids around when he has to.

How’s the Fred Kool-Aid taste Bryan? Fred repeats his policy positions ad nauseum, inspires no-one, connects with no-one who wasn’t already supporting him, falls into irrelevancy. I’d hardly call “doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results” a winner. It’s insanity. I wouldn’t place him last of course, but come on Bryan, 1st place for a man who made no gains with anyone, who isn’t even a factor in NH to begin with, who is basically praying that Romney screws up enough to lose NH to McCain, leaving each contender to one primary each by SC?

Fred didn’t show he was wise, just a wise-ass. Those come a dime a dozen.

It’s clear that the Dem’s will your take hard-earned DOLLARS and leave you with just CHANGE!!!

Dem’s enemies: Employers, stores offering value for your money, anyone providing energy or health care to you in any form, private enterprise, patriots, and anybody who is self-sufficient.

Dem’s friends: Nobody…but they’ll PRETEND to be friends with anyone who gives them large amounts of money or who hates America loudly and publicly.

From that, I suggest the Country wants change from the 35 years of Hillary.

If they’d change their attitude and fight our enemies, I could get behind that.

Fred is doing what Huck is doing. Operating on the emotions of certain ideas instead of getting into the weeds of the details. IE: “There are some things I want to do that only a president can do.”

Oh really Fred? (rolleyes)

csdeven on January 6, 2008 at 11:10 AM

Fred is a fan of conservatism. I guess that’s close enough for some, and not nearly enough for others. It may be as close as we get.

They all sound like a commercial for First Citiwide Change Bank. (Motto: “We just make change.”)

ReubenJCogburn on January 5, 2008 at 11:48 PM

That bit is very funny on it’s own, but in context with the debate, it’s hysterically funny. Thanks!

Re Bryan’s analysis – I don’t see Hillary’s stare as particularly icy.

he wisely refrained from interjecting in the back and forth squabbling.

What debate was this guy watching? Fred was acting like a constipated old man who can’t keep the kids off the lawn. He gets excited about that which he can’t control and is uninspiring when delineating his positions. Mitt nailed him big time on the health care issue by leading Fred into a discussion on details. Fred has very little detail and mostly rhetoric. He certainly is good at explaining what the problems are, but he has no clue how to develop policies to make the changes needed. This is his personality as a lawyer and senator. Very animated in confrontation, but cannot work within a non-confrontational environment.

Fred is doing what Huck is doing. Operating on the emotions of certain ideas instead of getting into the weeds of the details. IE: “There are some things I want to do that only a president can do.”

Oh really Fred? (rolleyes)

4th–Richardson. He doesn’t seem to know what year it is.

Bryan, I’m not sure if he knows what a year is either. How this idiot ever achieved authority status of any kind is beyond me.

fogw on January 6, 2008 at 12:22 AM

That’s easy. 80% of New Mexicans don’t read English. They just go into the voting booth and pick whichever candidate has a ‘D’ next to their name.

Who told you about our plans? Nothing more dangerous then a Lutheran cell…those…those…those…Christian beer guzzlers.
Attack the buildings, but leave the breweries.

right2bright on January 6, 2008 at 10:21 AM

sorry I missed our planning session for destroying the west last night…….got drunk.

William Amos on January 6, 2008 at 12:38 AM

John_Locke on January 6, 2008 at 12:17 AM

During the first Bush campaign, the forums were where the political action was on the internet. Forums were a precursor of blogs. One of the most popular forum hosts was Delphi.

Anyone remember the old Fox News Forum, before the trolls tore it up? I miss that place to this day.

Too bad we can’t get more Fred out there. He should be our guy but the TV just don’t like him. Ever since 1960 you gotta be loved by the TV to get elected.

She runs on change… loose change.

6th–Paul, for whom I have one last question. We have several bases all over Germany. Why aren’t Lutheran terrorists flying airplanes into US buildings? Paul’s foreign policy is idiotic and dangerous.

Who told you about our plans? Nothing more dangerous then a Lutheran cell…those…those…those…Christian beer guzzlers.
Attack the buildings, but leave the breweries.

Love the way you emphasized change. We could put a more clear picture of Hitlery’s form of change as: Cha, Cha, $Ching$ Change.

But I don’t give anyone a pass about “not being in the loop and receiving briefings”, etc, because I have read military blogs the last few years and I have kept up with the military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq just fine.

Were you also traveling to a different city and making multiple public appearances there every day?

I mean, it is a good objective, and I sympathize with objective, but as a practical matter President Bush did not craft the COIN strategy. He found the right person to come up with one for him, made the (correct) assessment that there was a good chance of success if the plan was followed, and made the (critical) decision that he was going to fight like hell against Congress if they tried to prevent it from happening.

Not to point out the obvious or anything, but in order to get elected, the GOP must get the votes of 51 percent of voters. The “left” ten percent of those voters won’t have the same positions as the “right” ten percent. Therefore, we need to decide exactly what are the most important positions and relax a little on the positions of lesser importance. Most of the President’s domestic power resides in judicial appointments. That and foreign policy are the most important qualities that I’m looking for in a candidate. I’m willing to compromise a little in order to get those items enacted. What are your priorities?

I agree wholeheartedly.

Obviously the area where the President makes the most difference is national security and foreign policy. In the domestic realm, it is judges, as you say, and the budget – which includes tax policy and broad spending priorities. The more specific you get – down to individual issues like health care, energy, immigration, education, Social Security, etc, the more influence Congress has over the process, since they actually write the laws. The veto means the President is still relevant, but he cannot just dictate the law in any of those areas.

For me, the important issues are:

1) Staying on offense against the terrorists
2) Improving the security of the homeland and its borders
3) Keeping the economy strong through pro-growth, low-tax policies
4) Appointing judges who will enforce the laws, not legislate from the bench