Saturday, February 20, 2010

Ron Paul Wins Presidential Straw Poll at CPAC

Breaking news from Fox News:

Ron Paul has ended Mitt Romney's three-year run as conservatives' favorite for president, taking 31 percent of the vote in the Conservative Political Action Conference's annual straw poll.

Paul, a Republican congressman from Texas known for his libertarian views, ran for president in 2008 but was never a serious contender for the GOP nomination.

Romney, former Massachusetts governor and a 2008 GOP candidate, has won the last three presidential straw polls at the annual conference.

The straw poll is not binding -- and not necessarily a good forecaster, given that in 2008, John McCain went on to take the party's nomination over Romney.

This is good news for the Liberty movement and everyone that has supported Ron Paul and his ideas for the conservative movement.

He represents what true conservatism stands for, and has shed his light across many in the movement to take back our country and return it to the ideas of the Constitution.
Posted by at 2/20/2010 03:58:00 PM

28 Comments:

  1. I've got a problem with the legalization of marijuana.
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  2. But remember, Romney dropped out of the race. Had he stayed in, perhaps McCain would not have been the nominee. ~JK
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  3. Ron Paul is very conservative. However he is against our particapation of what is going on in the Middle East.
    Second, he is mostly popular with the youth, the same that was against the draft and our military in Viet Nam. I'd vote for him if I had to but he is not my choice.
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  4. Hey Bill. Then you don't care about liberty. There are no crimes without victims. The constitution has no justification for the controlled substance act as Clarence Thomas has expertly shown.

    The republicans are for social control and the democrats for economic control. End the control. Free both the market and the soul of the individual. Ron Paul rEVOLution.

    Peter
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  6. Romney dropped out because he didn't have a chance of success. Had he stayed in, he just would have wasted everyone's time and effort.

    Romney is a Big Government man, who has fooled enough people to look like a contender. But when it comes right down to the vote, he hasn't fooled enough to make it - and running for federal office only directs enough attention to his faults to lower his standing.

    The fact that he was CPAC's choice for three years running does not speak in CPAC's favor. I don't really know this organization. Sounds like money. So good - especially if this means they're not going to sink a ton of bucks into a big RINO in the name of conservatism.
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  8. Ron Paul has never said he wanted to legalize Pot. He wants to take that power however and remove it from the federal level. Leave it up to the states to decide. Small federal government is Paul's stance
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  9. It's good to see that Republicans are moving back to the right. Those neo-conservatives really wrecked the party. Hopefully, the Paleo-conservatives will regain control of the party by 2012.
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  10. If Ron Paul didn't remind people of Ross Perot, he might win some support.
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  11. I know that many do not like Paul's policy in the Middle East, but hey, he has a point. If you take this weeks fighting alone you will notice that the ground we are taking we have had control of 2 or 3 times before and we give it right back. Where is the logic in that? It is a waste of lives and money. He is for a constitutional approach to war. This fighting is nuts! I was a part of the first group of Marines that went in. (OOH-RAW 2nd Marines 3rd bat!) But look at the crap that has to be taken back yearly. How is it we beat everyone in WWII in 4 years and we still can not seem to defeat them in the Middle East? Nation building does not work and Paul is right about that. So in short I guess I have become anti-nation building, but I am not anti-war.
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  12. He is OK however, I think he is little radical in some areas and that is not good!!! I would rather have Sarah Palin or even Glenn Beck than him!!!!!!!!!
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  13. We should all know by now that Congress will not allow any president to get too far off the path of same old same old. Let's take Ron Paul's good ideas that are based on the Constitution and work with those.
    Regarding smaller govt. which I think most thinking people are for, how can we achieve that?
    Somebody with any ideas please post them.
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  14. Kudos for Rep. Ron Paul. He consistently scores 100% on the Freedom Index: A Congressional Scorecard that rates Congressional Delegates on their adherence to the US Constitution. What is radical about that? As for the Middle East, we are there enforcing UN Security Council resolutions. There has NOT been an official declaration of war as mandated by the Constitution for us to be involved. Why are we enforcing resolutions of the corrupt United Nations? Could it be that the two countries we are at 'war' with are the only two countries in the Middle East that aren't affiliated with the UN? As for Paul only being popular with the youth, I know plenty of people in my generation (I couldn't be called young) and older that are for Paul.
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  15. Anyone who believes Ron Paul's popularity is limited to the youth has it dead wrong. Anyone who grew up with Conservative Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan values or was influenced by Ayn Rand back in the 60's is very sympathetic with his movement.

    One more thing. All the 60's and 70's Kids and College students are now Old geezers beginning to retire and collect Social Security. All the phony lies about Marijuana promoted by Lobbyist like Hurst and the big Pharmaceutical lobbies and paying off crooked politicians to imprison millions of our youth over a harmless weed? That big lie won't fly any longer with that group and that group VOTES!

    People in that age will laugh at you if you tried to tell them "Marijuana is addictive". Most of them smoked it at some time in their youth and probably don't even remember when or why they quit. It was a non event. So much for addiction. Few of them would think alcohol is as safe.

    As a 62 Year Old, I'd say Ron Paul has tremendous respect and support from people in my age group.
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  16. Ron Paul, if nominated, will lead us to defeat as surely as RINO McCain did. The Libertarian political philosophy is fine in all aspects except morality. In morality they are no better, no worse than the most ardent free-love,if-it-feels-good-do-it Progressive. America does not need leadership that operates on that basis. We need a moral compass. Our founding fathers were not theocratic, but they also were not Libertarian in morality. I would abstain from voting before I would vote for Ron Paul. My conscience would not permit me to vote for him.
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  17. In response to the last anonymous posting (7:59 PM) ... I have been a registered Republican/conservative since I was 18 yrs old (and I'm now in my 40s). Over the years, I have seen the collapse of the Republican party, and I've made the same decision that Ronald Reagan made years ago ... "The party abandoned me!" I can still have conservative morals and values and be Libertarian at the same time.
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  18. My question to anonymous at 7:59 is: how can you claim to be in support of a smaller government and support legislated morals? I consider myself a moral and ethical individual, but the government has no place legislating how I should behave.
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  19. Ron Paul is the Barry Goldwater and the Ronald Reagan of our day. His ideas are the solution to our nation's most grevious ills. We must elect him or someone a lot like him if we are to save our country.
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  20. Why does Ross Perot and finger nails across a black board come to mind when I think of Ron Paul??
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  21. "If Ron Paul didn't remind people of Ross Perot, he might win some support."

    That is the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Ross Perot is the whole reason why the League of Women Voters aren't allowed to direct the presidential debates and third parties are now excluded. Perot was amazingly successful in his campaign.
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  22. Diane, this is Diane from Portland, Oregon, and I left the Republican Party to join my husband as a Libertarian about 10 years ago. Now I'm switching back. I think we must fight where our bite is strong, and not abandon ship because so many on the ship have become deceived! Let's fight for the true GOP principles, like Ron Paul!
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  23. Go Ron! Thank you for calling out the neocons for the the Big Government leftists that they really are! We're gonna win this battle!

    FREEDOM!!!
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  24. I have a problem with the Libertarian's desire to legalize pot, too. One mind-altering drug (alcohol) is too many. I can't believe anyone but a pot head would support legalization. That is what turned me away from even considering the Libertarian Party.
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  25. doncobb, You don't understand why people would want to legalize pot, because you don't understand personal liberty.

    Why should a government tell people what they can do with their own bodies? There are a ton of people who aren't pot heads that support this idea. Pot is no worse than alcohol.
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  26. Right on, Bentley.

    I would like to add that alcohol is actually WORSE for your health than marijuana. You know what else is also worse for you than marijuana? Cigarettes and Caffeine.
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  27. First and foremost, R. Perot is not even close to Ron Paul. He was a promoter of big government, whereas Ron Paul is not. For all those that criticize Dr. Paul you should got to his website (http://www.ronpaul.com/on-the-issues/) and actually see where he stands on issues like drugs, abortion, the Fed and the Constitution. Don't make ignorant comments; rather arm yourselves with information. Be informed rather than being told. If you're truly a conservative (or think you're one) why don't you learn what Conservatism is all about. It's not about Big Government, aka, Uncle Sam, telling us what we can do vs what we can't. The Federal Government wasn't created to rule our lives or create "leaders" that would do the same. It was created to protect us from ourselves (selfish power hungry men and women).
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  28. It amazes me how brainwashed people have become over the years that they are actually scared of Liberty and Freedom. Every argument made against Ron pertains to someone being afraid of the government not having control. Do you really think that the government knows what is best for you and I? Do you really think this nation is safer because WE are invading foreign countries whose people fight back with terrorism rather than conventional warfare? Do you really believe that the war on drugs is working? Or has it just created a highly profitable black market industry which keeps untaxed profits in the pockets of criminals? Think about it people, how much does freedom and liberty mean to you?
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