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5. K&R! And here is why we will NOT vote for Ron Paul

Reply to La Lioness Priyanka (Original post)

Mon Dec 19, 2011, 08:55 PM

Dec 2011

Any time Ron Paul'ers show up, show them the facts. Show the world the Ron Paul's corporate statist voting record.

http://www.votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/296/

Requires Public Disclosure of Bonuses and Golden Parachute Arrangements Amendment Adopted - Ron Paul voted NAY

Requires Crowdfunding Intermediaries to Disclose Methods of Compensation to Investors Amendment - Ron Paul voted NAY

Delays EPA Emissions Regulations for Cement Manufacturers - Ron Paul voted Yea

Repealing Provisions Limiting Funding For Endangered Species Act - Ron Paul voted NAY

Repealing the Health Care Bill - RON PAUL VOTED YEA

FDA Food Safety Modernization Act - RON PAUL VOTED NAY!!!

Mine Safety Act - Ron Paul voted NAY

Extension of Certain Unemployment Benefits Bill Failed - Ron Paul voted NAY

Infant Mortality Pilot Programs - NAY

Aid To States for Medicaid, Teacher Employment, and Other Purposes - Nay

"Whistleblower Protection" for Offshore Oil Workers - NAY

Offshore Drilling Regulations and Other Energy Law Amendments - Nay

Unemployment Benefits Extension Concurrence Vote - Nay

Flood Insurance Program Extension - NAY

Temporary Tariff Suspensions and Reductions? Ron Paul voted YEA on this.

Edited: And here's a REAL doozy:
Oct. 9, 1998 HR 3150 Bankruptcy Reform bill Conference Report Adopted - House
(300 - 125) - Ron Paul voted YEA

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Dear Ron Paul Supporters [View all] La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 OP

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The dumb fucks want to preserve the Constitution!! pocoloco Dec 2011 #90

And eliminate the EPA! And dismantle the social safety net! Martin Eden Dec 2011 #149

Feh kenfrequed Dec 2011 #155

Especially the part about a black man being worth 3/5 of a white man pnwmom Dec 2011 #173

They want the freedom to get high. nt Kahuna Dec 2011 #209

They are nothing but a bunch of also-Rands. MilesColtrane Dec 2011 #2

LOL. La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #9

tee hee fishwax Dec 2011 #20

+1. nt MADem Dec 2011 #70

And you don't have to be an Aynstein to figure that out. Bucky Dec 2011 #81

+100 Richardo Dec 2011 #82

DUzy material. HappyMe Dec 2011 #91

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Tee hee right back at you: freshwest Dec 2011 #157

LOL green917 Dec 2011 #163

K&R - nt Ohio Joe Dec 2011 #3

FOR REAL! FarLeftFist Dec 2011 #4

K&R! And here is why we will NOT vote for Ron Paul Zalatix Dec 2011 #5

If this board has stickies DonCoquixote Dec 2011 #13

I agree but cause it doesn't it needs to be reposted often. nt Mojorabbit Dec 2011 #18

I have an anti-Ron Paul thread that needs more K&R right here: Zalatix Dec 2011 #74

Done/Recced! nt stevenleser Dec 2011 #261

+1,000 freshwest Dec 2011 #159

Thanks for posting this Bluzmann57 Dec 2011 #181

I'll second that Sky Masterson Dec 2011 #6

K&R I sure have seen quite a few Ron Paul threads today SunsetDreams Dec 2011 #7

Trolls promoting him perhaps? glinda Dec 2011 #58

Agree, and your post just got alerted... SidDithers Dec 2011 #77

Thank you for posting the jury results - You did good. siligut Dec 2011 #89

A unanimous "leave it alone." Trolls take note. yardwork Dec 2011 #154

Yes, they are definitely abusing the alert system, and the boards. freshwest Dec 2011 #162

Thanks for telling me. The jurors understood. Surprised I had to be juried. wow. glinda Dec 2011 #241

Well said! City Lights Dec 2011 #8

I must not have been paying attention sharp_stick Dec 2011 #10

garden gnome... one_voice Dec 2011 #11

Hold up. ellisonz Dec 2011 #66

LOLOLOL... one_voice Dec 2011 #117

Nah, no way, just put a Pixie Paul pic there. freshwest Dec 2011 #165

"I'm sick and tired of hearing that Ron Paul is a racist"... SidDithers Dec 2011 #14

They may not all be noobs sharp_stick Dec 2011 #16

You may be tired of it tblue Dec 2011 #24

It's not something that I said... SidDithers Dec 2011 #33

Oh excuse me. tblue Dec 2011 #192

Yikes frazzled Dec 2011 #179

noobs or moobs? CreekDog Dec 2011 #215

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so sorry you had to leave so soon, beady one. MH1 Dec 2011 #15

Wait. What? tblue Dec 2011 #22

Wow. Poof! and the post I replied to was gone! tblue Dec 2011 #23

The thing that surprises me sharp_stick Dec 2011 #27

me too. nt BootinUp Dec 2011 #31

Does somebody not know he's a REPUBLICAN? tblue Dec 2011 #32

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Well, the admins know. MADem Dec 2011 #72

I recognize the name. I think I alerted on 1 or 2 of its turds. Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 #42

good blm Dec 2011 #100

Message deleted by the DU Administrators hyacinth house Dec 2011 #131

If you mistake this place for an echo chamber, you're not paying attention. Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 #132

This thread is like a flytrap, huh? PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #133

Indeed. If ya wanna gather them all in one place, this technique sure works. Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 #180

funny how the usual flies show up Capn Sunshine Dec 2011 #185

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This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #139

It puts the lotion on.... MedicalAdmin Dec 2011 #125

Hmmm... 528 hz Dec 2011 #258

Anybody who spends more than 1 second on DU and comes away with the idea that we all agree on things stevenleser Dec 2011 #260

Godammit! WORD sista! Texasgal Dec 2011 #17

That is putting it mildly abelenkpe Dec 2011 #35

And not too bright! freshstart Dec 2011 #40

"...but we are NEVER going to vote for Ron Paul" unkachuck Dec 2011 #19

I haven't seen that spam, but HELL NO to Ron Paul! tblue Dec 2011 #21

With his bigoted ass! No way in hell!!!! Liberal_Stalwart71 Dec 2011 #25

Well I think I can agree with this post socialist_n_TN Dec 2011 #26

IMO, the gimmick is dotymed Dec 2011 #88

"I am sure they are a candidate thing." Yep..... socialist_n_TN Dec 2011 #92

I know, right ... TBF Dec 2011 #141

The Paul bots don't think that far ahead. freshwest Dec 2011 #166

They're about as bad as LaRouchies. nt Lisa0825 Dec 2011 #28

Ugh. Muskypundit Dec 2011 #30

Yeah, but the LaRouchies are too fucking clueless to accomplish anything Kennah Dec 2011 #50

Amen to that derby378 Dec 2011 #29

+1000 nt abelenkpe Dec 2011 #34

You tell it! Matariki Dec 2011 #36

I don't. I hope he whips up enough interest to run as an Independent or Libertarian TalkingDog Dec 2011 #37

Yes, that might be even better. Matariki Dec 2011 #54

That's not going to happen Galraedia Dec 2011 #216

a plebe can dream..... TalkingDog Dec 2011 #217

In our guts, we know he's nuts. Really. really nuts. mikekohr Dec 2011 #38

That one works better on Paul than it ever did on Goldwater in '64. Jackpine Radical Dec 2011 #44

K&R T S Justly Dec 2011 #39

thank you. Lefta Dissenter Dec 2011 #41

So, we're a bunch of close-minded spoiled brats that say they cannot ... webDude Dec 2011 #43

We all know Ron Paul. Nothing to learn. Just a crazy old man. FarLeftFist Dec 2011 #45

Stopped clocks and all Kennah Dec 2011 #51

Blind pigs and acorns socialist_n_TN Dec 2011 #93

There are DEMOCRATS who support all those things, NYC Liberal Dec 2011 #53

Please name them SixthSense Dec 2011 #85

Nobody is saying the Democrats in general are as progressive as we might like Ratty Dec 2011 #116

because those two are not running for President SixthSense Dec 2011 #127

Oh no. Not the list Ratty Dec 2011 #150

This is why SixthSense Dec 2011 #177

We cannot learn anything from people who consider that welfare is theft, and that just because LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #67

More regulation vs. no regulation. redqueen Dec 2011 #118

Yeppers. Didnt no regulation Charlemagne Dec 2011 #191

Hmmmmm, freshstart Dec 2011 #83

and... green917 Dec 2011 #167

Question, not an endorsement Charlemagne Dec 2011 #193

I guess because of Citizens United freshstart Dec 2011 #230

That's a very valid question green917 Dec 2011 #238

Ah, yes, the tired old Libertarian saw of musette_sf Dec 2011 #170

exactly.... Charlemagne Dec 2011 #195

Why do so many libertarians use the word "Statist"? HughBeaumont Dec 2011 #212

No reason to learn anything from racists and misogynists. pnwmom Dec 2011 #174

Wait, what I miss? mrs_p Dec 2011 #46

actually there have been several single-digit posters pushing Ron Paul in the past 24-48 hours Douglas Carpenter Dec 2011 #63

Some of them are the same person. GoCubsGo Dec 2011 #73

Birchers + Heaven's Gate + Ezra Pound's conspiracies + wannabe Perot MisterP Dec 2011 #47

For real. ellisonz Dec 2011 #48

As much as I admire Paul's stance on ending the Drug War and bringing all troops home slay Dec 2011 #49

yeah. thats the reason ron paul is not the solution La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #56

Thank you. Major Hogwash Dec 2011 #52

welcome La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #55

We might vote for him in a primary... that can only add to the fun. paulkienitz Dec 2011 #57

I have friends who say that too Charlemagne Dec 2011 #198

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Paul wants to hurt Americans ! He's horrible !!! urbuddha Dec 2011 #60

don't think he *wants* to-- that is your spin. spooked911 Dec 2011 #76

Ron Paul is a True Believer in a strange faith paulkienitz Dec 2011 #164

I can understand how a young person could be taken in by Ron Paul Douglas Carpenter Dec 2011 #61

"he makes more sense than the leadership of either major party" redqueen Dec 2011 #121

I agree with that assessment TBF Dec 2011 #146

Some of my friends back in the day (im 29....Yikes) Charlemagne Dec 2011 #199

Do people really think that once the rich form their monopolies that they wont form a dictatorship.. Hart2008 Dec 2011 #223

Ron Paul will never get my vote. JDPriestly Dec 2011 #62

Shitty on women's rights, shittier on LGBT rights, economic Reaganite Darwinian to the core . . . HughBeaumont Dec 2011 #64

kr Norrin Radd Dec 2011 #65

Anyone stupid enough to admit to following a psychopath like Ayn Rand wil Never, Ever get my vote.n/ fasttense Dec 2011 #68

Amen ! nt steve2470 Dec 2011 #69

Agreed Mr Dixon Dec 2011 #71

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Ron Paul is certainly no advocate of civil liberties for women, homosexuals or minorities. PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #79

"Anyone who thinks he is an advocate of civil liberties... redqueen Dec 2011 #123

Hmm..... Charlemagne Dec 2011 #201

where is this spamming and why haven't they come to this thread? spooked911 Dec 2011 #78

They've been all over the board, including a couple in this thread. Hint: they've been hidden and PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #80

spooked911, TBF Dec 2011 #87

Whoa! Charlemagne Dec 2011 #202

It's under the activism group - TBF Dec 2011 #225

Exactly. OP = 100% Straw Man. nt Romulox Dec 2011 #94

Not if you're one of the people tasked with taking the trash out, it's not. PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #97

Link or it didn't happen. nt Romulox Dec 2011 #98

There are three posts hidden right here in this thread. PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #99

It happened - TBF Dec 2011 #148

Dude, you mad bro Charlemagne Dec 2011 #204

lol La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #240

Ditto that. The man is a lunatic. It just ain't gonna happen. n/t ProfessionalLeftist Dec 2011 #84

Amen guitar man Dec 2011 #86

A LOT of people support the Status Quo, so of course it's threatening to see it disrupted. nt Romulox Dec 2011 #95

i dont think RP threatens the status quo at all La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #101

Ron Paul *is* the status quo in sheep's clothing. He is a Republican tool. PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #102

I don't think so. I think Obama REALLY wants to face Mitt in the GE. nt Romulox Dec 2011 #108

I see. And you? It appears you'd prefer he face Paul? PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #110

I think a Paul candidacy would force Obama to "triangulate" back to the Left on many issues. Romulox Dec 2011 #111

You make a point, but I digress back to the OP - Paul spammers should spew their crap elsewhere. PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #112

I don't see how he would LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #243

On the issues of overseas war and domestic civil liberties, Paul is far to the LEFT of Obama. Romulox Dec 2011 #245

He is not pro-civil-liberties; he is anti-federal-government LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #256

Exactly right. I'd much rather be in prison than jobless/homeless and starving on the street stevenleser Dec 2011 #262

A lot of people will never accept his racism. This is the guy who said that 95% of black men pnwmom Dec 2011 #175

Do you consider a social safety net, basic consumer protection, and healthcare as 'the status quo'? LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #242

I appreciate that it may look that way from Britain, but the President isn't Romulox Dec 2011 #244

Between having far too little of these necessities, and having them destroyed altogether LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #257

Why would any true progressive vote for that blowhard? Stuckinthebush Dec 2011 #96

I was saying that back in '08 Blue_Tires Dec 2011 #103

thanks La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #105

+1 Charlemagne Dec 2011 #205

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Like Paul, he is a Republican. PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #107

I'm voting ru paul!!! Javaman Dec 2011 #106

That's a debate I would love to watch! green917 Dec 2011 #171

I'd like to see RuPaul debate musette_sf Dec 2011 #176

LMAO! green917 Dec 2011 #178

Being unable to type with one hand they are unable to respond. grantcart Dec 2011 #109

I would like Ron Paul to be the Repuke nominee for 2012, if only because coalition_unwilling Dec 2011 #113

You have to be insane, or super high, to vote for Ron Paul. JoePhilly Dec 2011 #114

I'm thinking most are of the former, especially Democratic people who like him. HughBeaumont Dec 2011 #143

HIgh won't do it. You want Steve Martin's "Get SMALL" drug. saras Dec 2011 #152

LOL JoePhilly Dec 2011 #172

K&R!!!!!!!! redqueen Dec 2011 #115

Just as Pat Buchanan was right about the damage caused by offshoring jobs Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2011 #119

Perfect = your last sentence. HughBeaumont Dec 2011 #147

By the way, I can remember 2004, when there were people spamming the board with suggestions Lydia Leftcoast Dec 2011 #120

i do too. it was ridic. La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #124

I could see that ticket Charlemagne Dec 2011 #207

Yes, that isnt as bad as it sounds. The VPOTUS is a very weak position. Its a good calculation... stevenleser Dec 2011 #263

K&R. He's a freak show. n/t myrna minx Dec 2011 #122

I like to hear from the Paulistas for 3 main reasons. Texas Lawyer Dec 2011 #126

i like your arguments but i still think paulites should lay off du La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #128

They can go sell their snake oil over there --> PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #129

I sure the hell ain't! Taverner Dec 2011 #135

Huge K&R! Ron Paul supporters: Please, get a life... Zorra Dec 2011 #137

+1 freshwest Dec 2011 #218

Got that right! K & R! mother earth Dec 2011 #138

I wish Paul--or any Republican candidate--weren't an evil, dangerous asshole. Orsino Dec 2011 #140

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i am talking about du'ers, not random RP trolls La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #144

We won't be given the opportunity (if you want to call it that) to vote for Ron Paul... Beam Me Up Dec 2011 #145

R.P. has about three good ideas.... Hulk Dec 2011 #151

So true. k&r yardwork Dec 2011 #153

I like to listen to Ron Paul, but I wouldn't want to live in his vision of American utopia. JohnnyRingo Dec 2011 #156

paul is a republican...keep his sorry ass out of d.u. spanone Dec 2011 #158

Oh, and (BRRRING!) KamaAina Dec 2011 #160

If Ron Paul was my only option to vote for President of the USA... LynneSin Dec 2011 #161

+ A Googoplex! n/t RoccoR5955 Dec 2011 #168

Ron Paul is like your crazy uncle hifiguy Dec 2011 #169

Please leave my crazy uncle out of this. A-Schwarzenegger Dec 2011 #184

Exactly like Dale Charlemagne Dec 2011 #210

A Libertarian is just a corporatist Prophet 451 Dec 2011 #182

Exactly! LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #197

Now that President Obama has signed the NDAA... Atypical Liberal Dec 2011 #183

President Obama has NOT signed the bill Tx4obama Dec 2011 #186

Yes, I know about Ron Paul. Atypical Liberal Dec 2011 #233

From a Ron Paul Paultard newsletter:Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as “Hate Whitey Day.” Capn Sunshine Dec 2011 #187

The "Kill Whitey Day" one is problematic because his supporters can't claim it was ghostwritten. ChadwickHenryWard Dec 2011 #211

Yup Johnny2X2X Dec 2011 #188

Lioness... I support Ron Paul in the PRIMARY PROCESS, but READ ON... BanTheGOP Dec 2011 #189

Damn Skippy quakerboy Dec 2011 #190

Ron Paul is the poster boy for... wakemewhenitsover Dec 2011 #194

Fascism disguised as liberty. Deep13 Dec 2011 #196

Thank you! freshwest Dec 2011 #219

K/R Jack Rabbit Dec 2011 #200

Ron Paul's policies are all staggeringly bad. ChadwickHenryWard Dec 2011 #203

Amen and K&R unionworks Dec 2011 #206

I dunno. A lot of people want the freedom to smoke pot anytime, anyplace so they Kahuna Dec 2011 #208

yah you can blow pot unionworks Dec 2011 #224

Ron Paul Puts Ideology Before History Galraedia Dec 2011 #213

I'm not at all happy w/ Obama and I think many of his blackspade Dec 2011 #214

Provided there were a Democratic Congress, a Paul presidency might not be so bad MNBrewer Dec 2011 #220

There is no such thing as 'best' from someone like Ron Paul. LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #227

I disagree MNBrewer Dec 2011 #231

Paul's civil liberties only extend to white Christian men. He can shove it up his stanky ass. PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #232

I guess that's an opinion MNBrewer Dec 2011 #234

No, it's a fact. He wants to repeal Roe V Wade, he supports DOMA, he doesn't support equal pay, he PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #235

You have the sound bites down. LiberalAndProud Dec 2011 #239

Its sad that all we hear about is Ron Paul... lib2DaBone Dec 2011 #221

Stop the INSANITY ! Obama is the most PROGRESSIVE President since LBJ if not FDR. GET REAL ! RBInMaine Dec 2011 #222

lol La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #226

for some people here - really only a few - it is not good enough to support the reelection of the Douglas Carpenter Dec 2011 #228

So true La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #236

Progressive? MNBrewer Dec 2011 #237

K&R. Thank you La Lioness Priyanka. great white snark Dec 2011 #229

Bottom line: the President is *easy* for "centrists" to love. nt Romulox Dec 2011 #246

No. Bottom line is: Obama is a DEMOCRAT and Ron Paul is a REPUBLICAN TOOL. PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #247

People probably just "want the freedom to get high" (not go to war, etc. etc.) Romulox Dec 2011 #248

And 'freedom' to restrict women's reproductive rights and 'freedom' to not have social safety nets PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #249

Women's reproductive rights are protected by the SCOTUS; we have very little "social safety net" Romulox Dec 2011 #250

You know that Ron Paul said he will "effectively repeal Roe v. Wade", right? PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #251

I think you're scared of Paul because you don't like where this discussion is going. Romulox Dec 2011 #252

I am 'scared' of all Republicans & their fucked up agendas. Including that nutbag. PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #253

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Loyalty oath? I am asking you if you support Ron Paul, not take a loyalty oath. PeaceNikki Dec 2011 #255

ok. not sure what your point is there. La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #259

This obviously needs a kick Renew Deal Dec 2011 #264