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	<title>Comments on: Ron Paul &amp; Huckabee Keep Gaining</title>
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		<title>By: JosephS</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-2/#comment-385131</link>
		<dc:creator>JosephS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron Paul 08. Ill admitt im new to this voting thing. But i love history and if you look at why are country was founded and the principles it was founded upon i believe that Ron Paul is the only Candidate that represents what our founding fathers fought and died for. We the ron paul supporters are the Sons of Liberty. &quot;Ask not what your country can do for you................&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron Paul 08. Ill admitt im new to this voting thing. But i love history and if you look at why are country was founded and the principles it was founded upon i believe that Ron Paul is the only Candidate that represents what our founding fathers fought and died for. We the ron paul supporters are the Sons of Liberty. &#8220;Ask not what your country can do for you&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Garrett</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-2/#comment-385010</link>
		<dc:creator>Garrett</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 16:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Frankly, to me, it&#039;s pretty clear - you vote for Ron Paul, or you cannot consider yourself a citizen patriot.

Clearly, there are many RP supporters paying close attention.

Now, we must take the time to educate those around us &amp; convert big- media parrots &amp; mouthpieces.

1) Know your stuff (seems like the responders here have taken care of that)  

2) Listen thoughtfully &amp; politely/respectfully

3) Correct with authority

4) Follow-up: with those who likely wonâ€™t be a waste of your energy


God Bless everyone who votes in favor of their conscience!
Now prove you&#039;ve got one!  Vote Ron Paul!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Frankly, to me, it&#8217;s pretty clear &#8211; you vote for Ron Paul, or you cannot consider yourself a citizen patriot.</p>
<p>Clearly, there are many RP supporters paying close attention.</p>
<p>Now, we must take the time to educate those around us &amp; convert big- media parrots &amp; mouthpieces.</p>
<p>1) Know your stuff (seems like the responders here have taken care of that)  </p>
<p>2) Listen thoughtfully &amp; politely/respectfully</p>
<p>3) Correct with authority</p>
<p>4) Follow-up: with those who likely wonâ€™t be a waste of your energy</p>
<p>God Bless everyone who votes in favor of their conscience!<br />
Now prove you&#8217;ve got one!  Vote Ron Paul!</p>
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		<title>By: Larry in SC</title>
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		<dc:creator>Larry in SC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2007 01:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Justin, you&#039;re right! Ron Paul doesn&#039;t belong in the Republican Party.  After abandoning the basic principles that our party used to stand for, the Republican party doesn&#039;t deserve a statesman like him.   

In my family (all die-hard Republicans), three generations of us are unamimously supporting Ron Paul. We want our party back!

This election will be the one that we all look back on in a few years and remember that in 2008, the GOP was reclaimed for liberty&#039;s sake, and the MSM, scientific polling and the so-called elite were shown to be impotent.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Justin, you&#8217;re right! Ron Paul doesn&#8217;t belong in the Republican Party.  After abandoning the basic principles that our party used to stand for, the Republican party doesn&#8217;t deserve a statesman like him.   </p>
<p>In my family (all die-hard Republicans), three generations of us are unamimously supporting Ron Paul. We want our party back!</p>
<p>This election will be the one that we all look back on in a few years and remember that in 2008, the GOP was reclaimed for liberty&#8217;s sake, and the MSM, scientific polling and the so-called elite were shown to be impotent.</p>
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		<title>By: Bob Aman</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-2/#comment-384928</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob Aman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 20:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Justin, I know you&#039;re a big fan of the viable third-party candidate concept, but Ron Paul is not the man for that job, IMHO.  You&#039;ve got to stop beating that drum.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Justin, I know you&#8217;re a big fan of the viable third-party candidate concept, but Ron Paul is not the man for that job, IMHO.  You&#8217;ve got to stop beating that drum.</p>
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		<title>By: Casey</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-2/#comment-384924</link>
		<dc:creator>Casey</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:06:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ronald Reagan said that he didn&#039;t leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left him.  I believe that the current crop of GOP candidates have &quot;left&quot; many Republican ideals.

Imagine it&#039;s 1980 and you just read the positions held by these Republican &quot;front runners&quot;. You would swear they were Walter Mondale or Ted Kennedy!

I have decided just in the past two weeks that Ron Paul is the only candidate for me, a lifelong Republican.  I am no Ron Paul disciple, either, I had never heard of him until he announced he was running for 2008.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ronald Reagan said that he didn&#8217;t leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left him.  I believe that the current crop of GOP candidates have &#8220;left&#8221; many Republican ideals.</p>
<p>Imagine it&#8217;s 1980 and you just read the positions held by these Republican &#8220;front runners&#8221;. You would swear they were Walter Mondale or Ted Kennedy!</p>
<p>I have decided just in the past two weeks that Ron Paul is the only candidate for me, a lifelong Republican.  I am no Ron Paul disciple, either, I had never heard of him until he announced he was running for 2008.</p>
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		<title>By: Treber</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-2/#comment-384917</link>
		<dc:creator>Treber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:35:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, if 35% vote for ron paul and the other 5 split 50% doesn&#039;t he win? (Even if they split 65% he wins) Plus, he is also going to get a lot of indies and dems etc. The math looks quite nice to me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, if 35% vote for ron paul and the other 5 split 50% doesn&#8217;t he win? (Even if they split 65% he wins) Plus, he is also going to get a lot of indies and dems etc. The math looks quite nice to me.</p>
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		<title>By: David Monk</title>
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		<dc:creator>David Monk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow! Everything seemed so nice till that last opinion. Do you remember the 2000 elections and George Bush&#039;s platform? I do and it is quite similar to Ron Paul&#039;s. For that matter it is very similar to what Eisenhower stated in his many of his addresses. You must be reffering to the post 9/11 can&#039;t win an election Republican&#039;s of new. Then again my part of the country sent Tom Coburn to stir things up in the Capital. If you wanna know where Dr. Paul will do well you should look at senators and congress men that vote with him in the minority or have independant voting records from their party. There you can gauge actually votes in actually elections where people actually voted. You can get them at any election board website and the results tell more than you hear in the news. Then again dont beileve me, look it all up for yourselves. Enjoy!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow! Everything seemed so nice till that last opinion. Do you remember the 2000 elections and George Bush&#8217;s platform? I do and it is quite similar to Ron Paul&#8217;s. For that matter it is very similar to what Eisenhower stated in his many of his addresses. You must be reffering to the post 9/11 can&#8217;t win an election Republican&#8217;s of new. Then again my part of the country sent Tom Coburn to stir things up in the Capital. If you wanna know where Dr. Paul will do well you should look at senators and congress men that vote with him in the minority or have independant voting records from their party. There you can gauge actually votes in actually elections where people actually voted. You can get them at any election board website and the results tell more than you hear in the news. Then again dont beileve me, look it all up for yourselves. Enjoy!</p>
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		<title>By: Kris</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-2/#comment-384889</link>
		<dc:creator>Kris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 05:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Go Ron Paul - Doug took the words from my mouth when he said:

&quot;I believe that Paulâ€™s candid vision and leadership is exactly what the Republican party needs right now. Iâ€™m a lifetime, vote-every-election Republican. This time around Paul has my vote. Paul has the ability to attract voters from both within and without the party.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Go Ron Paul &#8211; Doug took the words from my mouth when he said:</p>
<p>&#8220;I believe that Paulâ€™s candid vision and leadership is exactly what the Republican party needs right now. Iâ€™m a lifetime, vote-every-election Republican. This time around Paul has my vote. Paul has the ability to attract voters from both within and without the party.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Paul</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-2/#comment-384882</link>
		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron Paul doesn&#039;t belong in the Republican Party? Funny man. I was just listening to a George Bush campaign speech from the last election, and guess what? He sounded an AWFUL lot like Ron Paul. Humble foreign policy. No nation-building. Less government. Jeez, are peoples&#039; memories so short they can&#039;t remember that? Look it up. Here&#039;s the thing: The ENTIRE rest of the FIELD doesn&#039;t belong in the Republican party, which from long tradition is the party of small government and noninterventionist foreign policy. To say that Paul doesn&#039;t belong in the Republican party is to show your ignorance. The rest of the field sound just like the Democrats. It is THEY who have abandoned the party and don&#039;t belong there.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron Paul doesn&#8217;t belong in the Republican Party? Funny man. I was just listening to a George Bush campaign speech from the last election, and guess what? He sounded an AWFUL lot like Ron Paul. Humble foreign policy. No nation-building. Less government. Jeez, are peoples&#8217; memories so short they can&#8217;t remember that? Look it up. Here&#8217;s the thing: The ENTIRE rest of the FIELD doesn&#8217;t belong in the Republican party, which from long tradition is the party of small government and noninterventionist foreign policy. To say that Paul doesn&#8217;t belong in the Republican party is to show your ignorance. The rest of the field sound just like the Democrats. It is THEY who have abandoned the party and don&#8217;t belong there.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason C.</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-2/#comment-384881</link>
		<dc:creator>Jason C.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:06:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Let&#039;s see, 2/3 of U.S. citizens want to see a withdrawal of troops.  There isn&#039;t a single republican candidate that has a snowball&#039;s chance in hell of beating Hillary Clinton with the exception of Dr. Paul.  

There is a reason Ron Paul attracts people from the left, right, and center.  He&#039;s a big fan of the constitution, Bill of Rights, and honest money...a radical concept by today&#039;s standards.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Let&#8217;s see, 2/3 of U.S. citizens want to see a withdrawal of troops.  There isn&#8217;t a single republican candidate that has a snowball&#8217;s chance in hell of beating Hillary Clinton with the exception of Dr. Paul.  </p>
<p>There is a reason Ron Paul attracts people from the left, right, and center.  He&#8217;s a big fan of the constitution, Bill of Rights, and honest money&#8230;a radical concept by today&#8217;s standards.</p>
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		<title>By: John P Slevin</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-2/#comment-384879</link>
		<dc:creator>John P Slevin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:27:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is true that Ron Paul has far too much class for the GOP of today.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is true that Ron Paul has far too much class for the GOP of today.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-2/#comment-384878</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>On the contrary... Iowa is one of the easiest states to win. In 2000, the turnout to the Republican caucus was 6.8%... only 85,000 people. If the turnout is similar this time, Ron Paul will need a mere 25,000 votes to win the state.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On the contrary&#8230; Iowa is one of the easiest states to win. In 2000, the turnout to the Republican caucus was 6.8%&#8230; only 85,000 people. If the turnout is similar this time, Ron Paul will need a mere 25,000 votes to win the state.</p>
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		<title>By: brian L</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-2/#comment-384877</link>
		<dc:creator>brian L</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:23:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Its amazing the trend for Ron Paul.  I have personally spoken to more than a dozen people who asked what does he stand for... after I explained the issues - they all said  they would vote for him too...

Iowa is not likely, but New Hampshire - they are just independent enough... I think Ron Paul shocks the world finishing first!  

His views will make him popular in SC once the momentum of NH continues!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Its amazing the trend for Ron Paul.  I have personally spoken to more than a dozen people who asked what does he stand for&#8230; after I explained the issues &#8211; they all said  they would vote for him too&#8230;</p>
<p>Iowa is not likely, but New Hampshire &#8211; they are just independent enough&#8230; I think Ron Paul shocks the world finishing first!  </p>
<p>His views will make him popular in SC once the momentum of NH continues!</p>
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		<title>By: Jay D</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-2/#comment-384876</link>
		<dc:creator>Jay D</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:13:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>50% are either indifferent or favorable to Ron Paul!?

That&#039;s plenty!

Go Ron Paul!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>50% are either indifferent or favorable to Ron Paul!?</p>
<p>That&#8217;s plenty!</p>
<p>Go Ron Paul!</p>
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		<title>By: Rick Griffith</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-1/#comment-384875</link>
		<dc:creator>Rick Griffith</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:07:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the article on &quot; the one who shall not be named.&quot;  Even though you are wrong and prejudiced there is some truth in your headline.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the article on &#8221; the one who shall not be named.&#8221;  Even though you are wrong and prejudiced there is some truth in your headline.</p>
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		<title>By: Myk</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-1/#comment-384874</link>
		<dc:creator>Myk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 02:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve gotta say out of all the Republican candidates Ron Paul is the only voice of reason.  Its odd that seven years ago George Bush ran on a more humble non interventionist foreign policy and talked about staying away from nation building.  I can hear some say &quot;but that was before 9/11&quot; &quot;9/11 changed everything.&quot;  In a sense yeah it did change a lot.  What the right changes should of been is looking at what the CIA has talked about for years, blow back.  We should of looked at our foreign policy a bit closer before we sent our military in the hostile quagmire of Iraq.  

With every reason of going into Iraq turning out to be false and fabricated we are now paying the cost of our mistake.  Thousands of dead service men and woman, thousands of injured, hundreds of thousands innocent Iraqi&#039;s dead and wounded.  How can we fix this mistake?  Not by talking tough on other nations that pose NO THREAT to OUR national security. The only way to fix it is to change the course, Vietnam is a perfect example.

Its sad that the supposed &quot;front runners&quot; like Guiliani and Romney snicker at Ron Paul on live TV during a debate when he gives answers to questions that are from a different view point of the rest of the candidates on the stage.  An honorable person would listen, not snicker, a leader would exchange thoughts and ideas with those around them and not just &quot;stick to party lines&quot;.   

I am afraid that most will realize his integrity and adherence to the Rule of Law in our land much too late.  We are forgetting that our representatives are supposed to represent us and listen to us, the people, that is how our government works.  Ron Paul brings together all sorts of people, that is the type of leader we need.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve gotta say out of all the Republican candidates Ron Paul is the only voice of reason.  Its odd that seven years ago George Bush ran on a more humble non interventionist foreign policy and talked about staying away from nation building.  I can hear some say &#8220;but that was before 9/11&#8243; &#8220;9/11 changed everything.&#8221;  In a sense yeah it did change a lot.  What the right changes should of been is looking at what the CIA has talked about for years, blow back.  We should of looked at our foreign policy a bit closer before we sent our military in the hostile quagmire of Iraq.  </p>
<p>With every reason of going into Iraq turning out to be false and fabricated we are now paying the cost of our mistake.  Thousands of dead service men and woman, thousands of injured, hundreds of thousands innocent Iraqi&#8217;s dead and wounded.  How can we fix this mistake?  Not by talking tough on other nations that pose NO THREAT to OUR national security. The only way to fix it is to change the course, Vietnam is a perfect example.</p>
<p>Its sad that the supposed &#8220;front runners&#8221; like Guiliani and Romney snicker at Ron Paul on live TV during a debate when he gives answers to questions that are from a different view point of the rest of the candidates on the stage.  An honorable person would listen, not snicker, a leader would exchange thoughts and ideas with those around them and not just &#8220;stick to party lines&#8221;.   </p>
<p>I am afraid that most will realize his integrity and adherence to the Rule of Law in our land much too late.  We are forgetting that our representatives are supposed to represent us and listen to us, the people, that is how our government works.  Ron Paul brings together all sorts of people, that is the type of leader we need.</p>
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		<title>By: Immigrant</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-1/#comment-384868</link>
		<dc:creator>Immigrant</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:33:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Curiously why should the one and only Republican with traditional Republican values not be in the Republican party particularly when most of the other candidates running are Global Welfarist fringe idea candidates who have wondered away from being Republicans? 

Ron Paul is going to win this whole thing. The media offensive against him ensures me of it everyday.

www.ronpaul2008.com</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Curiously why should the one and only Republican with traditional Republican values not be in the Republican party particularly when most of the other candidates running are Global Welfarist fringe idea candidates who have wondered away from being Republicans? </p>
<p>Ron Paul is going to win this whole thing. The media offensive against him ensures me of it everyday.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.ronpaul2008.com" >http://www.ronpaul2008.com</a></p>
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		<title>By: Brad</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2007/11/26/ron-paul-huckabee-keep-gaining/comment-page-1/#comment-384866</link>
		<dc:creator>Brad</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, I thought this was a fairly even-handed article... until I got to the very end:

&quot;Donâ€™t waste your supporters passion by continuing this GOP charade. You donâ€™t belong in the Republican party and everybody knows it.

Maybe youâ€™ll just have to find out the hard way.&quot;

This is what the Republican party used to be, before the neocons and religious right took it hostage.

And, if the GOP was smart, they would quit trying to stifle Paul&#039;s campaign.  Ron Paul has amassed a coalition of disenfranchized small government conservatives, anti-war liberals fed up with Democratic footdragging, libertarians at large who like the message of laisse-faire government, and constitutionalists who like the idea of actually following our founding document.

Does the GOP want to win in 2008 or what?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I thought this was a fairly even-handed article&#8230; until I got to the very end:</p>
<p>&#8220;Donâ€™t waste your supporters passion by continuing this GOP charade. You donâ€™t belong in the Republican party and everybody knows it.</p>
<p>Maybe youâ€™ll just have to find out the hard way.&#8221;</p>
<p>This is what the Republican party used to be, before the neocons and religious right took it hostage.</p>
<p>And, if the GOP was smart, they would quit trying to stifle Paul&#8217;s campaign.  Ron Paul has amassed a coalition of disenfranchized small government conservatives, anti-war liberals fed up with Democratic footdragging, libertarians at large who like the message of laisse-faire government, and constitutionalists who like the idea of actually following our founding document.</p>
<p>Does the GOP want to win in 2008 or what?</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
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		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ron Paul doesn&#039;t &quot;belong in the Republican party and everybody knows it.&quot; I am afraid you are right there. He&#039;s kind of like a golden ring in that pig&#039;s snout. Ron Paul is the only thing that keeps me voting for that party at all, simply because I&#039;m in his district.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ron Paul doesn&#8217;t &#8220;belong in the Republican party and everybody knows it.&#8221; I am afraid you are right there. He&#8217;s kind of like a golden ring in that pig&#8217;s snout. Ron Paul is the only thing that keeps me voting for that party at all, simply because I&#8217;m in his district.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott Harmon</title>
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		<dc:creator>Scott Harmon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 00:56:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As you say:  &quot;Donâ€™t waste your supporters passion by continuing this GOP charade. You donâ€™t belong in the Republican party and everybody knows it.&quot;

I think many would now argue that the Republican Party is all but dead, only held together by a myriad of big-statist, pro-establishment positions and the ring of days gone by.  The Party has already split into two camps--the Neocon/Liberal-Statist Party, and the Constitutional/Libertarian/Anti-war Party.  The first party is old, tired, based on old money, led by beltway insiders, and afraid to transition to the modern era.  The emerging Constitutional/Libertarian/Anti-war Party is looking for change, more freedom, better economic policies, and new ways of interacting in the 21st century.  

So, actually, no &quot;real Republicans&quot; have a home anymore.  They&#039;ll either stay home, or sell their soul to one of the two splinter parties.  And as the old icons in the first die out, there won&#039;t be much left of that one, either.  What will hold it together--Globelust?  Empire building?  Anything else?

My bet for the future is on the second, emerging party.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As you say:  &#8220;Donâ€™t waste your supporters passion by continuing this GOP charade. You donâ€™t belong in the Republican party and everybody knows it.&#8221;</p>
<p>I think many would now argue that the Republican Party is all but dead, only held together by a myriad of big-statist, pro-establishment positions and the ring of days gone by.  The Party has already split into two camps&#8211;the Neocon/Liberal-Statist Party, and the Constitutional/Libertarian/Anti-war Party.  The first party is old, tired, based on old money, led by beltway insiders, and afraid to transition to the modern era.  The emerging Constitutional/Libertarian/Anti-war Party is looking for change, more freedom, better economic policies, and new ways of interacting in the 21st century.  </p>
<p>So, actually, no &#8220;real Republicans&#8221; have a home anymore.  They&#8217;ll either stay home, or sell their soul to one of the two splinter parties.  And as the old icons in the first die out, there won&#8217;t be much left of that one, either.  What will hold it together&#8211;Globelust?  Empire building?  Anything else?</p>
<p>My bet for the future is on the second, emerging party.</p>
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