Comments on: Ron Paul Supporters Make Themselves Heard in Convention Hall http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/ron-paul-supporters-make-themselves-heard-in-convention-hall/ The latest Politics news and blog posts from ABC News contributors and bloggers including Jake Tapper, George Stephanopoulos and more. Fri, 24 May 2013 15:02:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: jeffersonrepublican http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/ron-paul-supporters-make-themselves-heard-in-convention-hall/#comment-28430177 jeffersonrepublican Wed, 29 Aug 2012 12:54:28 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=809512#comment-28430177 No Ron Paul supporter will vote for Romney. It will be reported that Obama's re-election is due to the Ron Paul supporters not voting for Romney - and it will be correct. The Romney campaign and the current Republican Party took drastic and very controversial steps to keep Ron Paul and his supporters/delegates from influencing the RNC. The Ron Paul movement is making an impact. Romney is no Republican and is not that much different from Obama (or Bush). They want a large federal government and large federal spending. The so-called social conservatives and the pro- (undeclared) war people in the current Republican Party need to leave (and they will be replaced with many other smaller federal government anti-intervention people). It will still take a few years before the Republican Party transforms back into a small-federal-government party. One size does not fit all. Let the states be the laboratory to find out what works and doesn't work and stop replicating state government at the federal level. "Obama and the U.S. Congress are running the train a 100 miles an hour off the cliff. Romney may slow it down to 95." No Ron Paul supporter will vote for Romney. It will be reported that Obama’s re-election is due to the Ron Paul supporters not voting for Romney – and it will be correct. The Romney campaign and the current Republican Party took drastic and very controversial steps to keep Ron Paul and his supporters/delegates from influencing the RNC. The Ron Paul movement is making an impact. Romney is no Republican and is not that much different from Obama (or Bush). They want a large federal government and large federal spending. The so-called social conservatives and the pro- (undeclared) war people in the current Republican Party need to leave (and they will be replaced with many other smaller federal government anti-intervention people). It will still take a few years before the Republican Party transforms back into a small-federal-government party. One size does not fit all. Let the states be the laboratory to find out what works and doesn’t work and stop replicating state government at the federal level. “Obama and the U.S. Congress are running the train a 100 miles an hour off the cliff. Romney may slow it down to 95.”

]]> By: Charles http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/ron-paul-supporters-make-themselves-heard-in-convention-hall/#comment-28427800 Charles Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:52:58 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=809512#comment-28427800 The GOP leadership in Tampa continued to use openly fascist tactics and duplicity against the Ron Paul delegates because they have known since Paul was robbed of his early victory in the Iowa Caucus (and in dozens of other states such as Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, Nevada, and Massachusetts) that Mitt Romney was never the choice of the rank-and-file grass-roots of the Party. The fix has been on from the very beginning. Ron Paul and his millions of supporters know that there is almost no difference between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. Both Romney and Obama support: Assassinating American citizens without due process; The indefinite detention of American citizens without charge, trial, or attorney; Warrantless spying on American citizens; Federal restrictions on gun ownership; The George W. Bush foreign policy of pre-emptive, unconstitutional, undeclared no-win wars of aggression; Sending your money to foreign dictators to prop up their repressive regimes; The racist War on Drugs responsible for more Americans being imprisoned than in any other nation; Wall Street bank bailouts of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase which fund their campaigns; Corporatism or crony capitalism, favoritism of privileged elite special interests, and the concept of “too big to fail.” Both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama oppose: Balancing the budget in less than 30 years; Paying down the 16 trillion dollar national debt; 10th Amendment rights of states to make their own laws (medical marijuana, open carry) or nullify unconstitutional federal legislation (Obamacare, gun registration); Ending the Federal Reserve banking system which destroys the financial integrity of the dollar while enabling the American empire overseas and its welfare-warfare police state at-home. The GOP leadership in Tampa continued to use openly fascist tactics and duplicity against the Ron Paul delegates because they have known since Paul was robbed of his early victory in the Iowa Caucus (and in dozens of other states such as Maine, Missouri, Oregon, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, Nevada, and Massachusetts) that Mitt Romney was never the choice of the rank-and-file grass-roots of the Party. The fix has been on from the very beginning.

Ron Paul and his millions of supporters know that there is almost no difference between Mitt Romney and Barack Obama.

Both Romney and Obama support:

Assassinating American citizens without due process;

The indefinite detention of American citizens without charge, trial, or attorney;

Warrantless spying on American citizens;
Federal restrictions on gun ownership;

The George W. Bush foreign policy of pre-emptive, unconstitutional, undeclared no-win wars of aggression;

Sending your money to foreign dictators to prop up their repressive regimes;

The racist War on Drugs responsible for more Americans being imprisoned than in any other nation;

Wall Street bank bailouts of Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase which fund their campaigns;

Corporatism or crony capitalism, favoritism of privileged elite special interests, and the concept of “too big to fail.”

Both Mitt Romney and Barack Obama oppose:

Balancing the budget in less than 30 years;

Paying down the 16 trillion dollar national debt;

10th Amendment rights of states to make their own laws (medical marijuana, open carry) or nullify unconstitutional federal legislation (Obamacare, gun registration);

Ending the Federal Reserve banking system which destroys the financial integrity of the dollar while enabling the American empire overseas and its welfare-warfare police state at-home.

]]> By: Jeff P http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/ron-paul-supporters-make-themselves-heard-in-convention-hall/#comment-28427478 Jeff P Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:14:17 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=809512#comment-28427478 Ah, the 'big tent' party. They can't help but marginalize people. Even their own delegates at their own convention. It's reflexive. They even pretended those delegates didn't exist during roll call despite their audible cries from up in the rafters where they were seated. Ah, the ‘big tent’ party. They can’t help but marginalize people. Even their own delegates at their own convention. It’s reflexive. They even pretended those delegates didn’t exist during roll call despite their audible cries from up in the rafters where they were seated.

]]> By: Fulton F Fortner http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/ron-paul-supporters-make-themselves-heard-in-convention-hall/#comment-28427232 Fulton F Fortner Tue, 28 Aug 2012 21:02:34 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=809512#comment-28427232 Everyone, find every RP delegate you can on twitter and facebook, and give them your love. They are fighting our fight right now. Everyone, find every RP delegate you can on twitter and facebook, and give them your love. They are fighting our fight right now.

]]> By: Alistair http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/ron-paul-supporters-make-themselves-heard-in-convention-hall/#comment-28427154 Alistair Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:38:30 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=809512#comment-28427154 Popcorn everybody. Popcorn everybody.

]]> By: Martin http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/08/ron-paul-supporters-make-themselves-heard-in-convention-hall/#comment-28427052 Martin Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:11:18 +0000 http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/?p=809512#comment-28427052 It's fun watching the GOP implode. Go Ron Paul! It’s fun watching the GOP implode. Go Ron Paul!

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