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	<title>Comments on: Huckabee Stealing Ron Paul&#8217;s Thunder?</title>
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		<title>By: Iconoclast421</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-3/#comment-380814</link>
		<dc:creator>Iconoclast421</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron Paul leave the GOP? He&#039;s the only conservative running! The other idiots should all leave the GOP and go form their own party. Call it the PQP. (Pro-Quagmire Party.)

Republicans need to decide whether they want to be neocons or real conservatives....</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron Paul leave the GOP? He&#8217;s the only conservative running! The other idiots should all leave the GOP and go form their own party. Call it the PQP. (Pro-Quagmire Party.)</p>
<p>Republicans need to decide whether they want to be neocons or real conservatives&#8230;.</p>
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		<title>By: Iconoclast421</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-3/#comment-380813</link>
		<dc:creator>Iconoclast421</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 19:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron Paul leave the GOP? He&#039;s the only conservative running! The other idiots should all leave the GOP and go form their own party. Call it the PQP. (Pro-Quagmire Party.)

Republicans need to decide whether they want to be neocons or real conservatives...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron Paul leave the GOP? He&#8217;s the only conservative running! The other idiots should all leave the GOP and go form their own party. Call it the PQP. (Pro-Quagmire Party.)</p>
<p>Republicans need to decide whether they want to be neocons or real conservatives&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Craig Porterfield</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-3/#comment-380795</link>
		<dc:creator>Craig Porterfield</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron Paul just came in third place in the Illinois straw poll -- nipping the heels of Fred Thompson.  He is surging.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron Paul just came in third place in the Illinois straw poll &#8212; nipping the heels of Fred Thompson.  He is surging.</p>
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		<title>By: Horatio</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-3/#comment-380791</link>
		<dc:creator>Horatio</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2007 04:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This is the HUGE ASS portion of the site, right?

Donkelephant has been trying every angle to whittle away at Ron Paul, to no avail. We see through you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is the HUGE ASS portion of the site, right?</p>
<p>Donkelephant has been trying every angle to whittle away at Ron Paul, to no avail. We see through you.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul and Huckabee &#187; The Moderate Voice</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-3/#comment-380746</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul and Huckabee &#187; The Moderate Voice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 20:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Gardner published an interesting post yesterday about Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul. Justin&#8217;s conclusion: This is going to be one [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Gardner published an interesting post yesterday about Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul. Justin&#8217;s conclusion: This is going to be one [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Cameron</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380741</link>
		<dc:creator>Cameron</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 19:55:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>If you think Huckabee really won 2nd place at the Ames Iowa Straw Poll, you have serious issues in dealing with reality. That whole thing was rigged by Romney, and here are the facts: 
1.  14,000 voted, but 26,000 tickets were purchased. Let&#039;s assume that the voting number is accurate. That means 12,000 x 35 = $420,000 into the Iowa GOP for unused tickets. Romney reportedly spent $2.5 million to win this thing. When his victory was announced, you could hear a pin drop.

2. Huckabee has NO support anywhere. When the guy speaks, 30-50 people show up. He can&#039;t even manage to raise $1 million. 

3. The Ron Paul supporters were deafening, they were everywhere at that Straw Poll. 

4. There was a &quot;malfunction&quot; of the voting machines, which were run by people employed by Romney&#039;s campaign. 

Huckabee is an embarrassment to the GOP, to Arkansas, and to the South. I hope he withdraws very soon and goes back to playing bass guitar.

Ron Paul is the only hope this country has of evading even more socialism. If you want to keep the rich from creating a solid oligarchy, vote Ron Paul.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you think Huckabee really won 2nd place at the Ames Iowa Straw Poll, you have serious issues in dealing with reality. That whole thing was rigged by Romney, and here are the facts:<br />
1.  14,000 voted, but 26,000 tickets were purchased. Let&#8217;s assume that the voting number is accurate. That means 12,000 x 35 = $420,000 into the Iowa GOP for unused tickets. Romney reportedly spent $2.5 million to win this thing. When his victory was announced, you could hear a pin drop.</p>
<p>2. Huckabee has NO support anywhere. When the guy speaks, 30-50 people show up. He can&#8217;t even manage to raise $1 million. </p>
<p>3. The Ron Paul supporters were deafening, they were everywhere at that Straw Poll. </p>
<p>4. There was a &#8220;malfunction&#8221; of the voting machines, which were run by people employed by Romney&#8217;s campaign. </p>
<p>Huckabee is an embarrassment to the GOP, to Arkansas, and to the South. I hope he withdraws very soon and goes back to playing bass guitar.</p>
<p>Ron Paul is the only hope this country has of evading even more socialism. If you want to keep the rich from creating a solid oligarchy, vote Ron Paul.</p>
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		<title>By: Tannim</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380725</link>
		<dc:creator>Tannim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 18:57:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Billy, if you have never heard &quot;intellectual rebuttal&quot; from Ron Paul then you must be an ostrich.  It&#039;s out there in droves on youtube and Lew Rockwell.  Go check it out, if you can handle the truth.

The Revolution will not be televised!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Billy, if you have never heard &#8220;intellectual rebuttal&#8221; from Ron Paul then you must be an ostrich.  It&#8217;s out there in droves on youtube and Lew Rockwell.  Go check it out, if you can handle the truth.</p>
<p>The Revolution will not be televised!</p>
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		<title>By: Rudy G</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380698</link>
		<dc:creator>Rudy G</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 16:10:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron placed perfectly in Iowa.  If he&#039;d placed any higher that might have taken the wind out of huck and b-back&#039;s sails, then reducing the number of pro-war candidates in the field.  We need as many war-mongers as possible to go into the primaries to DILUTE the war-mongers vote.  So yeah for a 5th. place for Ron Paul.  He&#039;s proven he&#039;s got real support on the street.  MSM may not like that his supporters are more passionate than any other candidate in history - I wonder why?  They&#039;re just going to have to get use to that!  Don&#039;t know Ron Paul?  Start at www.IHateRonPaul.com - &quot;...they hate us for our FREEDOMS!&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron placed perfectly in Iowa.  If he&#8217;d placed any higher that might have taken the wind out of huck and b-back&#8217;s sails, then reducing the number of pro-war candidates in the field.  We need as many war-mongers as possible to go into the primaries to DILUTE the war-mongers vote.  So yeah for a 5th. place for Ron Paul.  He&#8217;s proven he&#8217;s got real support on the street.  MSM may not like that his supporters are more passionate than any other candidate in history &#8211; I wonder why?  They&#8217;re just going to have to get use to that!  Don&#8217;t know Ron Paul?  Start at <a href="http://www.IHateRonPaul.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.IHateRonPaul.com</a> &#8211; &#8220;&#8230;they hate us for our FREEDOMS!&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Who's Ron Paul</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380694</link>
		<dc:creator>Who's Ron Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 14:19:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who&#039;s Ron Paul?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who&#8217;s Ron Paul?</p>
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		<title>By: Adam</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380692</link>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:41:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Really?

Berkley researchers disagree: http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=47293

You can discredit Dr. Paul&#039;s performance all you want, but cold, hard statistics disagree.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really?</p>
<p>Berkley researchers disagree: <a href="http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=47293" rel="nofollow">http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=47293</a></p>
<p>You can discredit Dr. Paul&#8217;s performance all you want, but cold, hard statistics disagree.</p>
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		<title>By: Adam</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380691</link>
		<dc:creator>Adam</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 13:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Really? 

Berkley researchers disagree: http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=47293

You can discredit Paul&#039;s performance all you want, but cold, hard statistics disagree.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Really? </p>
<p>Berkley researchers disagree: <a href="http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=47293" rel="nofollow">http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=47293</a></p>
<p>You can discredit Paul&#8217;s performance all you want, but cold, hard statistics disagree.</p>
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		<title>By: Daniel</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380689</link>
		<dc:creator>Daniel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 10:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;it turns out that Huck was indeed the defacto winner since he spent so little money and placed so high.&quot;

...

&quot;Instead, look to the social conservatives. You know, the faithful voters who elected George Bush twice. If they didnâ€™t show up in Iowa Huck wouldnâ€™t have had a chance, but heâ€™s been very vocal about his faith and how it would color his presidency. And voters apparently responded.&quot;

Actually, you should look to the flat tax people - they spent an additional $150,000 on him there, bought almost 2,000 tickets and bussed in a few thousand people in their efforts to boost his numbers.

here&#039;s my source:
http://www.iowaindependent.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=785</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;it turns out that Huck was indeed the defacto winner since he spent so little money and placed so high.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;Instead, look to the social conservatives. You know, the faithful voters who elected George Bush twice. If they didnâ€™t show up in Iowa Huck wouldnâ€™t have had a chance, but heâ€™s been very vocal about his faith and how it would color his presidency. And voters apparently responded.&#8221;</p>
<p>Actually, you should look to the flat tax people &#8211; they spent an additional $150,000 on him there, bought almost 2,000 tickets and bussed in a few thousand people in their efforts to boost his numbers.</p>
<p>here&#8217;s my source:<br />
<a href="http://www.iowaindependent.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=785" rel="nofollow">http://www.iowaindependent.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=785</a></p>
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		<title>By: DrPaul2008</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380687</link>
		<dc:creator>DrPaul2008</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 09:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron isn&#039;t gonna leave the party and he shouldn&#039;t, he&#039;s gonna take the party back from the neoconservatives.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron isn&#8217;t gonna leave the party and he shouldn&#8217;t, he&#8217;s gonna take the party back from the neoconservatives.</p>
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		<title>By: Mr. Dylan</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380679</link>
		<dc:creator>Mr. Dylan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 07:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The ONLY Candidate who has a passionate grassroots movement of any substance is still Ron Paul. 

That&#039;s what sets him apart from any other contender. The GOP needs someone who will pump some life back into it. 

Most Republicans I talk to sound completely discouraged, and overall deflated. 

I just tell them go with the man with the message. Ron Paul. 

With what little attention the established press has given him his popularity has spread like wildfire. 

He also stands for a change in policy, something I think is essential to make any Republican candidate viable for the White House in &#039;08 with 70+ percent of people wanting something different from what we&#039;re presently doing in Iraq. 

The people want something different. I think we&#039;ve all had enough of this. And Ron Paul is just a drastic enough departure from the current administration to win a popular vote for the GOP this coming election.

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The ONLY Candidate who has a passionate grassroots movement of any substance is still Ron Paul. </p>
<p>That&#8217;s what sets him apart from any other contender. The GOP needs someone who will pump some life back into it. </p>
<p>Most Republicans I talk to sound completely discouraged, and overall deflated. </p>
<p>I just tell them go with the man with the message. Ron Paul. </p>
<p>With what little attention the established press has given him his popularity has spread like wildfire. </p>
<p>He also stands for a change in policy, something I think is essential to make any Republican candidate viable for the White House in &#8216;08 with 70+ percent of people wanting something different from what we&#8217;re presently doing in Iraq. </p>
<p>The people want something different. I think we&#8217;ve all had enough of this. And Ron Paul is just a drastic enough departure from the current administration to win a popular vote for the GOP this coming election.</p>
<p>D.</p>
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		<title>By: Phin</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380678</link>
		<dc:creator>Phin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 06:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>According to Justin (if I am not deleted again first)

Social conservatives voted GWBush in 04, so I have to ask, were the fiscal conservatives, the moderates, and libertarians voting for Kerry?

If social conservatives didn&#039;t show up in Iowa, then Giuliani would have tied with Romney.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>According to Justin (if I am not deleted again first)</p>
<p>Social conservatives voted GWBush in 04, so I have to ask, were the fiscal conservatives, the moderates, and libertarians voting for Kerry?</p>
<p>If social conservatives didn&#8217;t show up in Iowa, then Giuliani would have tied with Romney.</p>
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		<title>By: Shane Vander Hart</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380677</link>
		<dc:creator>Shane Vander Hart</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:43:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>NH - the Iowa Straw Poll is not fixed - it has nothing to do with ticket sales or donations.  When you go into vote there is nothing to identify you to a particular campaign.  Everybody got the same ticket and the same ballot.  You are not obligated to vote for the candidate who bought your ticket.  There were a number of people there who did pay their own way in, and there were a few who came in under Romney not intending on voting for him.

During his speech I couldn&#039;t find much to disagree with him on, but then again he didn&#039;t really speak on Iraq.  Also since I was an eyewitness in Ames I can also say that much of his support that came was from out-of-state (a lot of out-of-state plates with Ron Paul stickers) and unfortunately can not vote.  You see they were not concerned about what candidate you came in support of, but they did care if you were an Iowa resident, so they were checking IDs.

I think this race is just beginning and Huckabee will see a bump.  McCain is trending down in the polls, and Fred Thompson doesn&#039;t have that much of a window before people get tired of him not declaring.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>NH &#8211; the Iowa Straw Poll is not fixed &#8211; it has nothing to do with ticket sales or donations.  When you go into vote there is nothing to identify you to a particular campaign.  Everybody got the same ticket and the same ballot.  You are not obligated to vote for the candidate who bought your ticket.  There were a number of people there who did pay their own way in, and there were a few who came in under Romney not intending on voting for him.</p>
<p>During his speech I couldn&#8217;t find much to disagree with him on, but then again he didn&#8217;t really speak on Iraq.  Also since I was an eyewitness in Ames I can also say that much of his support that came was from out-of-state (a lot of out-of-state plates with Ron Paul stickers) and unfortunately can not vote.  You see they were not concerned about what candidate you came in support of, but they did care if you were an Iowa resident, so they were checking IDs.</p>
<p>I think this race is just beginning and Huckabee will see a bump.  McCain is trending down in the polls, and Fred Thompson doesn&#8217;t have that much of a window before people get tired of him not declaring.</p>
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		<title>By: Huckabee Trumps Ron Paul?</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380676</link>
		<dc:creator>Huckabee Trumps Ron Paul?</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:09:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] the rest here, complete with some images and facts on this story. Mike Huckabee took Ron Pauls second place [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] the rest here, complete with some images and facts on this story. Mike Huckabee took Ron Pauls second place [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Nate</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380675</link>
		<dc:creator>Nate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The MSM has already attempted to block Ron Paul from the debates, so they REALLY would attempt to marginalize him if he went third party. Meanwhile, his financial support rises exponentially, even when the MSM won&#039;t talk about him. Vive la rEVOLution!!!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The MSM has already attempted to block Ron Paul from the debates, so they REALLY would attempt to marginalize him if he went third party. Meanwhile, his financial support rises exponentially, even when the MSM won&#8217;t talk about him. Vive la rEVOLution!!!!</p>
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		<title>By: Buckwheat</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380674</link>
		<dc:creator>Buckwheat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 03:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Justin,

Thanks for your advice to Ron Paul to drop out of the race.

I have forwarded your e-mail to Dr. Paul.  However, it may take him a while to respond because he&#039;s busy raising $50,000+/day and speaking before crowds of thousands.  

Justin is smart!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Justin,</p>
<p>Thanks for your advice to Ron Paul to drop out of the race.</p>
<p>I have forwarded your e-mail to Dr. Paul.  However, it may take him a while to respond because he&#8217;s busy raising $50,000+/day and speaking before crowds of thousands.  </p>
<p>Justin is smart!</p>
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		<title>By: Arkansas ForPaul</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/08/15/huckabee-stealing-ron-pauls-thunder/comment-page-2/#comment-380673</link>
		<dc:creator>Arkansas ForPaul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 02:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve known Mike Huckabee professionally for many years. He&#039;s a good stump speaker, funny (does a dead-on Clinton impersonation) and is sincere in his concern about the very real problems that obesity is causing states as they relate to the pressure it puts on health care costs.
That said, Ron Paul is going to be in this race long after Huckabee pulls out because Paul appeals to the better libertarian instincts of the Republican Party. Huckabee, at his core, is just another big government-as-firm-father-figure Republican, and the party is full of those.
Paul&#039;s call for personal responsibility and drawing in the excesses of the federal government resounds across the nation much better than Huckabee&#039;s call for individual Americans to go on a diet.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve known Mike Huckabee professionally for many years. He&#8217;s a good stump speaker, funny (does a dead-on Clinton impersonation) and is sincere in his concern about the very real problems that obesity is causing states as they relate to the pressure it puts on health care costs.<br />
That said, Ron Paul is going to be in this race long after Huckabee pulls out because Paul appeals to the better libertarian instincts of the Republican Party. Huckabee, at his core, is just another big government-as-firm-father-figure Republican, and the party is full of those.<br />
Paul&#8217;s call for personal responsibility and drawing in the excesses of the federal government resounds across the nation much better than Huckabee&#8217;s call for individual Americans to go on a diet.</p>
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