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	<title>Comments on: Ron Paul Winning Hearts And Minds In Iowa</title>
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		<title>By: Joe Lawson</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/10/31/ron-paul-winning-hearts-and-minds-in-iowa/comment-page-2/#comment-382595</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe Lawson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Response to Jimmy the Dim 

What JimmyDim writes here is truthless and he knows it - nice try

&gt;ve heard on this website people claim, â€œOnly Ron Paul can save &gt;merica,â€ he will â€œkick the money changers out of the templeâ€ and Ron &gt;aul will â€œDeliver America into the promised land.â€ Thatâ€™s pretty kooky. &gt; donâ€™t hear this rhetoric coming from any other candidate, and I donâ€™t &gt;ee any other candidate recieving upwards of 75% of votes on &gt;nternet polls, or his voteries flooding wbsites with comments en-&gt;asse. WTF is going on here? Are you guys so deluded and narcissistic &gt;hat you donâ€™t see there is something extremely unusual about all this?

&gt;Predicted response: â€œWhatâ€™s unusual is that Ron Paul will stand up to &gt;he pharisees of America and offer salvation to this country, redeem &gt;he values of the consitution and rebuild the temple in 3 days. RON &gt;AUL 2008!!!â€)

Not sure how old you are JimmyDim, I&#039;m guessing not very old because you obviously haven&#039;t been in many campaigns - actually its pretty common stuff for one Candidate to dominate.  For example, don&#039;t you think its odd that Hillary has already been crowned President, and that you see here 99% of the time on every station everywhere?
I have actually turned the channel 2-3 times and seen her on every station.
WTF is going on here, is the Mainstream Media delusional and wacked because this is happening?  Are they stuck on Hillary and her campaign so much that they are worshipping her?

One last thing JimmyDim, can you please spell Constitution correctly next time.</description>
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<p>What JimmyDim writes here is truthless and he knows it &#8211; nice try</p>
<p>&gt;ve heard on this website people claim, â€œOnly Ron Paul can save &gt;merica,â€ he will â€œkick the money changers out of the templeâ€ and Ron &gt;aul will â€œDeliver America into the promised land.â€ Thatâ€™s pretty kooky. &gt; donâ€™t hear this rhetoric coming from any other candidate, and I donâ€™t &gt;ee any other candidate recieving upwards of 75% of votes on &gt;nternet polls, or his voteries flooding wbsites with comments en-&gt;asse. WTF is going on here? Are you guys so deluded and narcissistic &gt;hat you donâ€™t see there is something extremely unusual about all this?</p>
<p>&gt;Predicted response: â€œWhatâ€™s unusual is that Ron Paul will stand up to &gt;he pharisees of America and offer salvation to this country, redeem &gt;he values of the consitution and rebuild the temple in 3 days. RON &gt;AUL 2008!!!â€)</p>
<p>Not sure how old you are JimmyDim, I&#8217;m guessing not very old because you obviously haven&#8217;t been in many campaigns &#8211; actually its pretty common stuff for one Candidate to dominate.  For example, don&#8217;t you think its odd that Hillary has already been crowned President, and that you see here 99% of the time on every station everywhere?<br />
I have actually turned the channel 2-3 times and seen her on every station.<br />
WTF is going on here, is the Mainstream Media delusional and wacked because this is happening?  Are they stuck on Hillary and her campaign so much that they are worshipping her?</p>
<p>One last thing JimmyDim, can you please spell Constitution correctly next time.</p>
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		<title>By: Joe Lawson</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/10/31/ron-paul-winning-hearts-and-minds-in-iowa/comment-page-2/#comment-382594</link>
		<dc:creator>Joe Lawson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 04:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jimmy the Dimmy and these other guys don&#039;t get it - actually they don&#039;t have a clue at all - its laughable.  They are still going along with the old divide and conquer idea that the Republican and Democrat establishment devised to root themselves of unwanted candidates. 
They attempt to try and use the old single issue strategy to divide support.  This time it is different - the reason Ron Paul supporters cover the spectrum of political leanings is that Ron Paul is so honest and likeable that his supporters are willing to overlook the differences that have with him and other supporters to stop the madness and corruption in our government - its that simple.

This is the first time I have seen Republicans, Democrats, liberals, conservatives, Libertarians, Constitution Party members, America First Party Members, Reform Party and Independents come together for one person - its truly amazing and I have been in the political game for a long long time.

Now go back under your rock and try to figure that one out.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jimmy the Dimmy and these other guys don&#8217;t get it &#8211; actually they don&#8217;t have a clue at all &#8211; its laughable.  They are still going along with the old divide and conquer idea that the Republican and Democrat establishment devised to root themselves of unwanted candidates.<br />
They attempt to try and use the old single issue strategy to divide support.  This time it is different &#8211; the reason Ron Paul supporters cover the spectrum of political leanings is that Ron Paul is so honest and likeable that his supporters are willing to overlook the differences that have with him and other supporters to stop the madness and corruption in our government &#8211; its that simple.</p>
<p>This is the first time I have seen Republicans, Democrats, liberals, conservatives, Libertarians, Constitution Party members, America First Party Members, Reform Party and Independents come together for one person &#8211; its truly amazing and I have been in the political game for a long long time.</p>
<p>Now go back under your rock and try to figure that one out.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim S</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;itâ€™s not that I do or donâ€™t think there are enough jobs for those currently receiving handouts from â€œsocial programs.â€ Itâ€™s that I simply donâ€™t care.&quot;

Thank you very much for confirming one of my beliefs about libertarianism.

libertarian = selfish sociopath</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;itâ€™s not that I do or donâ€™t think there are enough jobs for those currently receiving handouts from â€œsocial programs.â€ Itâ€™s that I simply donâ€™t care.&#8221;</p>
<p>Thank you very much for confirming one of my beliefs about libertarianism.</p>
<p>libertarian = selfish sociopath</p>
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		<title>By: E Philipp</title>
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		<dc:creator>E Philipp</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 22:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;m a registered republican who until this summer was leaning towards Obama, not because I thought his views were brilliant, but because I felt he at least had his own views.  The others seem to try and fit the polls.   When I realized that Ron Paul was still running (I hadn&#039;t really believed he was a serious enough candidate) I looked again and came to the conclusion that he&#039;s an oxymoron--an honest man in politics!  He also is an educated well-spoken man which is mind-boggling after the past 2 terms.  I believe that he would set the right precedent and reduce/reverse the slide towards increased executive powers.  I do not have confidence that Guiliani, Romney or especially Hillary would be so humble even Obama I don&#039;t believe would give the power back to the congress/judicial where it belongs.  I believe Ron Paul would, as evidenced by his American Freedom bill just introduced to congress calling for limitations on executive powers.   He has been consistent for 10 terms in congress and refused the cushy pension on principle.  I can respect that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a registered republican who until this summer was leaning towards Obama, not because I thought his views were brilliant, but because I felt he at least had his own views.  The others seem to try and fit the polls.   When I realized that Ron Paul was still running (I hadn&#8217;t really believed he was a serious enough candidate) I looked again and came to the conclusion that he&#8217;s an oxymoron&#8211;an honest man in politics!  He also is an educated well-spoken man which is mind-boggling after the past 2 terms.  I believe that he would set the right precedent and reduce/reverse the slide towards increased executive powers.  I do not have confidence that Guiliani, Romney or especially Hillary would be so humble even Obama I don&#8217;t believe would give the power back to the congress/judicial where it belongs.  I believe Ron Paul would, as evidenced by his American Freedom bill just introduced to congress calling for limitations on executive powers.   He has been consistent for 10 terms in congress and refused the cushy pension on principle.  I can respect that.</p>
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		<title>By: Mark W.</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/10/31/ron-paul-winning-hearts-and-minds-in-iowa/comment-page-2/#comment-382564</link>
		<dc:creator>Mark W.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:30:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Excellent article, Justin. I especially liked this part: &quot;but if you listen to what heâ€™s actually saying he talks about progress, not perfection&quot;. I&#039;d also like to add that Dr. Paul&#039;s campaign seems to engender an idea of personal excellence, which I think is at the crux of America&#039;s problems: too few persons of excellence having to shoulder the burden of everyone else...people who don&#039;t serve in the military, pay taxes, survive on the teat, etc. While there are many who honestly need and deserve help, the private sector has shown its willingness to provide that help. It ain&#039;t the government&#039;s job.

Is it such a wacko idea to get rid of the IRS? Considering the govt gets a huge chunk of my hard earned money every payday, then when I need help, I get denied..why? Because I make too much money (TX figures out your wages before taxes). Hey, I don&#039;t want to be on the teat, I just want my f-ing money back, so that *I* can provide health care for me and mine.

If the only things that Dr. Paul can get accomplished as president are: a) Begin the slow pullback from empire that we have become, b) reduce or eliminate my tax liability, c) serve as an example of personal excellence, d) overturn most of the presidential directives that undermine liberty; well, he&#039;s earned my vote. Personally, I believe that he will be a one-term, embattled president. Neither party will get behind him, mainly because he represents a threat to the status quo (read: K Street). 

Better to keep fighting for the vision of This Great Experiment, rather than submit to the wills of those who would profit from tyranny.

Ron Paul 2008. America Forever.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Excellent article, Justin. I especially liked this part: &#8220;but if you listen to what heâ€™s actually saying he talks about progress, not perfection&#8221;. I&#8217;d also like to add that Dr. Paul&#8217;s campaign seems to engender an idea of personal excellence, which I think is at the crux of America&#8217;s problems: too few persons of excellence having to shoulder the burden of everyone else&#8230;people who don&#8217;t serve in the military, pay taxes, survive on the teat, etc. While there are many who honestly need and deserve help, the private sector has shown its willingness to provide that help. It ain&#8217;t the government&#8217;s job.</p>
<p>Is it such a wacko idea to get rid of the IRS? Considering the govt gets a huge chunk of my hard earned money every payday, then when I need help, I get denied..why? Because I make too much money (TX figures out your wages before taxes). Hey, I don&#8217;t want to be on the teat, I just want my f-ing money back, so that *I* can provide health care for me and mine.</p>
<p>If the only things that Dr. Paul can get accomplished as president are: a) Begin the slow pullback from empire that we have become, b) reduce or eliminate my tax liability, c) serve as an example of personal excellence, d) overturn most of the presidential directives that undermine liberty; well, he&#8217;s earned my vote. Personally, I believe that he will be a one-term, embattled president. Neither party will get behind him, mainly because he represents a threat to the status quo (read: K Street). </p>
<p>Better to keep fighting for the vision of This Great Experiment, rather than submit to the wills of those who would profit from tyranny.</p>
<p>Ron Paul 2008. America Forever.</p>
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		<title>By: Julian</title>
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		<dc:creator>Julian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 20:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>What I find really funny is how insistent some people are that &quot;Ron Paul has no chance...come ON why even waste your vote on him,&quot; as if they really are so blitheringly ignorant as to think that propping up a BushIII tool like Giuliani or Mitt Romney or Fred Thompson will be a successful bid against Hillary (or even Obama) in the general election.  If you ask me, those are the one&#039;s who &quot;cant possibly win.&quot;

Lets consider facts folks: we have right now one of the most unpopular presidents in the history of this country sitting in office.  The last two elections have sapped quite a bit of true concern and care from the public and people are apathetic.  Within such a context, you&#039;ll have the average person out there thinking &quot;I dont really give a crap who wins...as long as its not some Bsuh-republican,&quot; and they&#039;ll take that sentiment to the polls unless they hear different.

Therefore many people will assume that they can only choose from the set of candidates which the Council on Foreign Relations has handed to them.  With Hillary posing herself as the &quot;anti-war candidate&quot; even though she isnt, she&#039;ll be guaranteed to grab votes including from the poor sheepish deluded who think Bill&#039;s administration was some sort of &quot;golden age.&quot;  

What&#039;s even more alarming about this- is that although ALL of the candidates currently running (except for Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich) are members of the Council on Foreign Relations, most people have no opinion of that organization whatsoever.  Not because they did some quick reserach on their own and decided it&#039;s unimportant...but because the vast majority have NEVER EVEN HEARD OF IT and have NO IDEA that virtually all their choices are members of the same thinktank.  

This is political apathy and ignorance on a downright frightening level; if 90% of my choices for who sits in the highest office in the country ALL chew the same kind of bubblegum then I&#039;d want to know why such a coincidence exists and just what is so great about that gum.  
It&#039;s ASTONISHING that so many are willfully ignorant of the fact that all these candidates belong to the same international organization attended by some of the most powerful international bankers, heads of state, media organizations, and multi-national corporations...and arent interested at all in what the goals of this organization are, what they do, who else belongs to it, and to what ends.

Im voting for Ron Paul not because he is some savior who will wave a wand and fix everything, not because he will end/begin X Y and Z the day he gets into office, and not because he&#039;s &quot;the lesser of two evils.&quot;  I&#039;ve studied government long enough and Im grown up enough to know that the president is not the emperor and cannot do this...but that a megalithic federal government with no internal conflict of interest, true differences of opinion, or concern for its actual stated task (serving the people of the US and defending/upholding the constitution) essentially is.  As President, Ron Paul could slow this process and help stop us on our road to disaster by actually using his veto pen and leaving most special interest groups out in the cold/aka not taking their bribes which should be a criminal act for those who run this country.

If the following policies and our march towards them/continuing them were even simply SLOWED DOWN it would be enough for me to vote for Ron Paul- yes EVEN DESPITE his $500 donation from a racist that we&#039;re all so curiously fixated on while Hillary takes over $800,000 from a 15 year federal fugitive, felon, and known embezzler:
- Codex Alimentarius/the WTO
- The Council on Foreign Relations&#039;
- The Drug War
- Interventionist policy overseas
- The Federal Reserve

I&#039;d encourage you to familiarize yourselves with just what those are if you arent already.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What I find really funny is how insistent some people are that &#8220;Ron Paul has no chance&#8230;come ON why even waste your vote on him,&#8221; as if they really are so blitheringly ignorant as to think that propping up a BushIII tool like Giuliani or Mitt Romney or Fred Thompson will be a successful bid against Hillary (or even Obama) in the general election.  If you ask me, those are the one&#8217;s who &#8220;cant possibly win.&#8221;</p>
<p>Lets consider facts folks: we have right now one of the most unpopular presidents in the history of this country sitting in office.  The last two elections have sapped quite a bit of true concern and care from the public and people are apathetic.  Within such a context, you&#8217;ll have the average person out there thinking &#8220;I dont really give a crap who wins&#8230;as long as its not some Bsuh-republican,&#8221; and they&#8217;ll take that sentiment to the polls unless they hear different.</p>
<p>Therefore many people will assume that they can only choose from the set of candidates which the Council on Foreign Relations has handed to them.  With Hillary posing herself as the &#8220;anti-war candidate&#8221; even though she isnt, she&#8217;ll be guaranteed to grab votes including from the poor sheepish deluded who think Bill&#8217;s administration was some sort of &#8220;golden age.&#8221;  </p>
<p>What&#8217;s even more alarming about this- is that although ALL of the candidates currently running (except for Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich) are members of the Council on Foreign Relations, most people have no opinion of that organization whatsoever.  Not because they did some quick reserach on their own and decided it&#8217;s unimportant&#8230;but because the vast majority have NEVER EVEN HEARD OF IT and have NO IDEA that virtually all their choices are members of the same thinktank.  </p>
<p>This is political apathy and ignorance on a downright frightening level; if 90% of my choices for who sits in the highest office in the country ALL chew the same kind of bubblegum then I&#8217;d want to know why such a coincidence exists and just what is so great about that gum.<br />
It&#8217;s ASTONISHING that so many are willfully ignorant of the fact that all these candidates belong to the same international organization attended by some of the most powerful international bankers, heads of state, media organizations, and multi-national corporations&#8230;and arent interested at all in what the goals of this organization are, what they do, who else belongs to it, and to what ends.</p>
<p>Im voting for Ron Paul not because he is some savior who will wave a wand and fix everything, not because he will end/begin X Y and Z the day he gets into office, and not because he&#8217;s &#8220;the lesser of two evils.&#8221;  I&#8217;ve studied government long enough and Im grown up enough to know that the president is not the emperor and cannot do this&#8230;but that a megalithic federal government with no internal conflict of interest, true differences of opinion, or concern for its actual stated task (serving the people of the US and defending/upholding the constitution) essentially is.  As President, Ron Paul could slow this process and help stop us on our road to disaster by actually using his veto pen and leaving most special interest groups out in the cold/aka not taking their bribes which should be a criminal act for those who run this country.</p>
<p>If the following policies and our march towards them/continuing them were even simply SLOWED DOWN it would be enough for me to vote for Ron Paul- yes EVEN DESPITE his $500 donation from a racist that we&#8217;re all so curiously fixated on while Hillary takes over $800,000 from a 15 year federal fugitive, felon, and known embezzler:<br />
- Codex Alimentarius/the WTO<br />
- The Council on Foreign Relations&#8217;<br />
- The Drug War<br />
- Interventionist policy overseas<br />
- The Federal Reserve</p>
<p>I&#8217;d encourage you to familiarize yourselves with just what those are if you arent already.</p>
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		<title>By: MKW</title>
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		<dc:creator>MKW</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:15:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>mw - I am the other MW, sorry, I should have realized my initials are common.  I will use &quot;MKW&quot; from now on.  I was certainly not trying to impersonate you.

Jim S - it&#039;s not that I do or don&#039;t think there are enough jobs for those currently receiving handouts from &quot;social programs.&quot;  It&#039;s that I simply don&#039;t care.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>mw &#8211; I am the other MW, sorry, I should have realized my initials are common.  I will use &#8220;MKW&#8221; from now on.  I was certainly not trying to impersonate you.</p>
<p>Jim S &#8211; it&#8217;s not that I do or don&#8217;t think there are enough jobs for those currently receiving handouts from &#8220;social programs.&#8221;  It&#8217;s that I simply don&#8217;t care.</p>
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		<title>By: JT</title>
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		<dc:creator>JT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And current policy is in touch with the &quot;real world&quot; how? I would call the illegal invasion of another soverign nation completely unrestrained and unregulated. I&#039;d also call the Washington lobbyists the same.  Please explain your candidates postion on these issues.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And current policy is in touch with the &#8220;real world&#8221; how? I would call the illegal invasion of another soverign nation completely unrestrained and unregulated. I&#8217;d also call the Washington lobbyists the same.  Please explain your candidates postion on these issues.</p>
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		<title>By: Rob</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 15:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Here&#039;s the thing jimmy2, every candidate has their fanatical base. Paul&#039;s base happens to be very comfortable with the internet, where anyone is free to say whatever they like, preserved for posterity. 

In my church (and I know my church isn&#039;t an isolated phenomenon), Romney has a wacko base that swears the same deliverance at his hand. Now does that mean that every Romney supporter is &quot;touched&quot; so to say? Of course not. 

The same is true of Paul&#039;s supporters, except that while evidence of Paul&#039;s wackos can readily be found on a forum or blog post, to find the same evidence of the other candidates&#039; wackos requires talking to people comfortable enough to open up to you personally. This is to say nothing about the average signal to noise ratio on any site where anyone may post anything they wish.

So yes jimmy2, I&#039;m sure you&#039;ll get your fanatical response, but attributing the response of any number of odd people to the candidate they support is stupid. By that logic all of the candidates are worthless... hrmmmm actually, maybe you&#039;re on to something.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s the thing jimmy2, every candidate has their fanatical base. Paul&#8217;s base happens to be very comfortable with the internet, where anyone is free to say whatever they like, preserved for posterity. </p>
<p>In my church (and I know my church isn&#8217;t an isolated phenomenon), Romney has a wacko base that swears the same deliverance at his hand. Now does that mean that every Romney supporter is &#8220;touched&#8221; so to say? Of course not. </p>
<p>The same is true of Paul&#8217;s supporters, except that while evidence of Paul&#8217;s wackos can readily be found on a forum or blog post, to find the same evidence of the other candidates&#8217; wackos requires talking to people comfortable enough to open up to you personally. This is to say nothing about the average signal to noise ratio on any site where anyone may post anything they wish.</p>
<p>So yes jimmy2, I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll get your fanatical response, but attributing the response of any number of odd people to the candidate they support is stupid. By that logic all of the candidates are worthless&#8230; hrmmmm actually, maybe you&#8217;re on to something.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim S</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is not simply an attack to point out that a candidate holds policy positions that are out of touch with the real world and holds an unrealistically idealistic view of the efficacy of completely unrestrained and unregulated capitalism. To claim that it is one is another characteristic of the fanatical Paulistas.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is not simply an attack to point out that a candidate holds policy positions that are out of touch with the real world and holds an unrealistically idealistic view of the efficacy of completely unrestrained and unregulated capitalism. To claim that it is one is another characteristic of the fanatical Paulistas.</p>
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		<title>By: JT</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/10/31/ron-paul-winning-hearts-and-minds-in-iowa/comment-page-2/#comment-382525</link>
		<dc:creator>JT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 13:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I see noone here offering anything good that any of the other candidates will provide if elected. Only attacks. It looks like we&#039;ve moved up a notch on the ladder. Ignore, ridicule, attack.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I see noone here offering anything good that any of the other candidates will provide if elected. Only attacks. It looks like we&#8217;ve moved up a notch on the ladder. Ignore, ridicule, attack.</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmy the Dhimmi</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/10/31/ron-paul-winning-hearts-and-minds-in-iowa/comment-page-2/#comment-382524</link>
		<dc:creator>Jimmy the Dhimmi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 12:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ive heard on this website people claim, &quot;Only Ron Paul can save America,&quot;  he will &quot;kick the money changers out of the temple&quot;  and Ron Paul will &quot;Deliver America into the promised land.&quot;  That&#039;s pretty kooky.  I don&#039;t hear this rhetoric coming from any other candidate, and I don&#039;t see any other candidate recieving upwards of 75% of votes on internet polls, or his voteries flooding wbsites with comments en-masse.  WTF is going on here?  Are you guys so deluded and narcissistic that you don&#039;t see there is something extremely unusual about all this?

(Predicted response:  &quot;What&#039;s unusual is that Ron Paul will stand up to the pharisees of America and offer salvation to this country, redeem the values of the consitution and rebuild the temple in 3 days. RON PAUL 2008!!!&quot;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ive heard on this website people claim, &#8220;Only Ron Paul can save America,&#8221;  he will &#8220;kick the money changers out of the temple&#8221;  and Ron Paul will &#8220;Deliver America into the promised land.&#8221;  That&#8217;s pretty kooky.  I don&#8217;t hear this rhetoric coming from any other candidate, and I don&#8217;t see any other candidate recieving upwards of 75% of votes on internet polls, or his voteries flooding wbsites with comments en-masse.  WTF is going on here?  Are you guys so deluded and narcissistic that you don&#8217;t see there is something extremely unusual about all this?</p>
<p>(Predicted response:  &#8220;What&#8217;s unusual is that Ron Paul will stand up to the pharisees of America and offer salvation to this country, redeem the values of the consitution and rebuild the temple in 3 days. RON PAUL 2008!!!&#8221;)</p>
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		<title>By: Rob</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/10/31/ron-paul-winning-hearts-and-minds-in-iowa/comment-page-2/#comment-382520</link>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Anyone who thinks that every social program can be eliminated because there are enough jobs for every American that pay enough to cover living expenses is delusional&quot;

About as delusional as those who think that the campaign promises of the &quot;top tier&quot; candidates are anything more than pillow talk. Although maybe that&#039;s what the jimmys prefer... that way they can act indignant after they&#039;ve given it up on the first night.

Personally I&#039;d rather know where a candidate stands rather than where they say they stand... right now... based on current polling... and considering the current position of the moon.

A kook is foolish or insane. Fools lack common sense and insanity is doing the same thing twice and expecting different results. By my count, that means that anyone who expects the current round of clones, err candidates, to be considerably different than the candidates of the last two decades is in fact a kook.

I can play ad hominem too.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Anyone who thinks that every social program can be eliminated because there are enough jobs for every American that pay enough to cover living expenses is delusional&#8221;</p>
<p>About as delusional as those who think that the campaign promises of the &#8220;top tier&#8221; candidates are anything more than pillow talk. Although maybe that&#8217;s what the jimmys prefer&#8230; that way they can act indignant after they&#8217;ve given it up on the first night.</p>
<p>Personally I&#8217;d rather know where a candidate stands rather than where they say they stand&#8230; right now&#8230; based on current polling&#8230; and considering the current position of the moon.</p>
<p>A kook is foolish or insane. Fools lack common sense and insanity is doing the same thing twice and expecting different results. By my count, that means that anyone who expects the current round of clones, err candidates, to be considerably different than the candidates of the last two decades is in fact a kook.</p>
<p>I can play ad hominem too.</p>
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		<title>By: mw</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/10/31/ron-paul-winning-hearts-and-minds-in-iowa/comment-page-2/#comment-382519</link>
		<dc:creator>mw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 05:05:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jim S 

Jimmy D did - first comment in this thread. My comment was more directed at him. I added you to the salutation as an afterthought as I mistakenly thought he was quoting you with the &quot;kooks&quot; comment. I see now he was quoting the ubiquitous &quot;anon&quot;. Sorry about that. Should have been more careful.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jim S </p>
<p>Jimmy D did &#8211; first comment in this thread. My comment was more directed at him. I added you to the salutation as an afterthought as I mistakenly thought he was quoting you with the &#8220;kooks&#8221; comment. I see now he was quoting the ubiquitous &#8220;anon&#8221;. Sorry about that. Should have been more careful.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim S</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/10/31/ron-paul-winning-hearts-and-minds-in-iowa/comment-page-2/#comment-382518</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I said nothing about the non-issue of the Stormfront nut. I said that I consider his policy suggestions to be unrealistic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I said nothing about the non-issue of the Stormfront nut. I said that I consider his policy suggestions to be unrealistic.</p>
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		<title>By: Darwin</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/10/31/ron-paul-winning-hearts-and-minds-in-iowa/comment-page-2/#comment-382517</link>
		<dc:creator>Darwin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:44:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Jimmy, 
You have said some pretty foolish things here. It would be nice if you would read the constitution sometime. I don&#039;t think is says anything in there at all about the &quot;federal&quot; government having the authority to take any position on abortion, marriage, research, healthcare, or the progressiveness of the tax system. None of those issues are among the enumerated powers of the federal government. Don&#039;t be a fool. The Democrats can not make this country better. ONLY Ron Paul can save America and end the WAR. 

Pro-Abortion Democrat guys really just want knock girls up and not have to love them in the morning. Take some personal responsibility. If you don&#039;t love the girl enough to father her child and raise it (even if the pregnancy is unintended), then you should probably not be sleeping with her. Women are wonderful and they should be cared for and loved, not used for play things. 

All Ron Paul wants to do is leave abortion up to the States to decide.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Jimmy,<br />
You have said some pretty foolish things here. It would be nice if you would read the constitution sometime. I don&#8217;t think is says anything in there at all about the &#8220;federal&#8221; government having the authority to take any position on abortion, marriage, research, healthcare, or the progressiveness of the tax system. None of those issues are among the enumerated powers of the federal government. Don&#8217;t be a fool. The Democrats can not make this country better. ONLY Ron Paul can save America and end the WAR. </p>
<p>Pro-Abortion Democrat guys really just want knock girls up and not have to love them in the morning. Take some personal responsibility. If you don&#8217;t love the girl enough to father her child and raise it (even if the pregnancy is unintended), then you should probably not be sleeping with her. Women are wonderful and they should be cared for and loved, not used for play things. </p>
<p>All Ron Paul wants to do is leave abortion up to the States to decide.</p>
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		<title>By: mw</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/10/31/ron-paul-winning-hearts-and-minds-in-iowa/comment-page-2/#comment-382516</link>
		<dc:creator>mw</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:31:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually, Jimmy D and Jim S -  It looks a little different. 

It looks a lot more like the Republican partisans who have forgotten what it means to be a conservative, are putting their fingers in their ears and saying over and over again &lt;i&gt;&quot;NYAH! NYAH! NYAH! NYAH! NYAH! -  I can&#039;t hear you!&quot;&lt;/i&gt;

That includes your ridiculous repetition of the tiresome RedState refrain trying to make something from some neo-nazi nutcase that sends him a contribution. It convinces exactly no one, and says more about you than it does about Ron Paul.   I dunno, I guess it probably fees good for you to parrot that crap for each other and anybody else who already feels like you do,  so you can hear your message bounce around the echo chamber and pretend you are saying something meaningful. 

If any group needs to worry about  being tarred by who contributes to their coffers, it&#039;s Republicans. 

All you have to do is listen to what RP says, to know that he is not an anti-semite and the polar opposite of a Nazi.  I am a Jew and I can see that. I don&#039;t know why you can&#039;t.  Unless you are just not listening.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually, Jimmy D and Jim S &#8211;  It looks a little different. </p>
<p>It looks a lot more like the Republican partisans who have forgotten what it means to be a conservative, are putting their fingers in their ears and saying over and over again <i>&#8220;NYAH! NYAH! NYAH! NYAH! NYAH! &#8211;  I can&#8217;t hear you!&#8221;</i></p>
<p>That includes your ridiculous repetition of the tiresome RedState refrain trying to make something from some neo-nazi nutcase that sends him a contribution. It convinces exactly no one, and says more about you than it does about Ron Paul.   I dunno, I guess it probably fees good for you to parrot that crap for each other and anybody else who already feels like you do,  so you can hear your message bounce around the echo chamber and pretend you are saying something meaningful. </p>
<p>If any group needs to worry about  being tarred by who contributes to their coffers, it&#8217;s Republicans. </p>
<p>All you have to do is listen to what RP says, to know that he is not an anti-semite and the polar opposite of a Nazi.  I am a Jew and I can see that. I don&#8217;t know why you can&#8217;t.  Unless you are just not listening.</p>
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		<title>By: J. Cline</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/10/31/ron-paul-winning-hearts-and-minds-in-iowa/comment-page-2/#comment-382515</link>
		<dc:creator>J. Cline</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 04:28:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hold up.  I count maybe two cheerleading Ron Paul posts.  The rest are topical to the article being discussed.  Are you being deliberately obtuse so as not to acknowledge the rest?

As a very normal person with a profession, a family, and a house I own, I defy the ubiquitous stereotype peddled by Paul-haters, that we&#039;re all a bunch of freaks and spammers.  I suppose what annoys these people the most in return is when you ignore their libel and simply get back to the discussion at hand... so let&#039;s do that.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hold up.  I count maybe two cheerleading Ron Paul posts.  The rest are topical to the article being discussed.  Are you being deliberately obtuse so as not to acknowledge the rest?</p>
<p>As a very normal person with a profession, a family, and a house I own, I defy the ubiquitous stereotype peddled by Paul-haters, that we&#8217;re all a bunch of freaks and spammers.  I suppose what annoys these people the most in return is when you ignore their libel and simply get back to the discussion at hand&#8230; so let&#8217;s do that.</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmy the Dhimmi</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/10/31/ron-paul-winning-hearts-and-minds-in-iowa/comment-page-2/#comment-382513</link>
		<dc:creator>Jimmy the Dhimmi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 03:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Ron Paulâ€™s supporters are called kooks because they spam comments sections and â€œdebateâ€ Paulâ€™s chances of winning by effectively plugging their ears and screaming his name over and over. &lt;/blockquote&gt;
BRAVO!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Ron Paulâ€™s supporters are called kooks because they spam comments sections and â€œdebateâ€ Paulâ€™s chances of winning by effectively plugging their ears and screaming his name over and over. </p></blockquote>
<p>BRAVO!!</p>
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		<title>By: Jim S</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jim S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 02:24:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Anyone who thinks that every social program can be eliminated because there are enough jobs for every American that pay enough to cover living expenses is delusional, whether they think it should be done slowly or quickly. The same is true for someone who thinks that the only way to do something about our health care system is to prop up the current system by tax credits. And what about the unemployed? His plan does nothing for them.

And, yes, Ron Paul is opposed to gay marriage or else he wouldn&#039;t consider it a valid proposition that states can ban homosexual activity or any other activity they find immoral while he says the feds shouldn&#039;t be involved at all, including having the Supreme Court able to say that it violates individual rights.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anyone who thinks that every social program can be eliminated because there are enough jobs for every American that pay enough to cover living expenses is delusional, whether they think it should be done slowly or quickly. The same is true for someone who thinks that the only way to do something about our health care system is to prop up the current system by tax credits. And what about the unemployed? His plan does nothing for them.</p>
<p>And, yes, Ron Paul is opposed to gay marriage or else he wouldn&#8217;t consider it a valid proposition that states can ban homosexual activity or any other activity they find immoral while he says the feds shouldn&#8217;t be involved at all, including having the Supreme Court able to say that it violates individual rights.</p>
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