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	<title>Comments on: Ron Paul Won&#8217;t Back McCain</title>
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		<title>By: Rick in the UK</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-391047</link>
		<dc:creator>Rick in the UK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>#  chris Says:
February 11th, 2008 at 11:08 pm

Paul endorsing McCain would hurt Paulâ€™s conservative credentials.


Well said Chris!

Should McCain win the election, I can only see the US carrying on in the same direction.....  WAR, WAR more WAR and, you guessed it, more unconstitutional WAR.

Get with the program guys, the reason that the mainstream media have practically ignored Rep Paul is &#039;exactly&#039; because he stands for all the things  against the grain of greedy self serving global elitist&#039;s.

If you as a country fail to grasp firmly with both hands the blessing that is Ron Paul, then I am afraid that you deserve everything that is coming to you. POLICE STATE USA!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>#  chris Says:<br />
February 11th, 2008 at 11:08 pm</p>
<p>Paul endorsing McCain would hurt Paulâ€™s conservative credentials.</p>
<p>Well said Chris!</p>
<p>Should McCain win the election, I can only see the US carrying on in the same direction&#8230;..  WAR, WAR more WAR and, you guessed it, more unconstitutional WAR.</p>
<p>Get with the program guys, the reason that the mainstream media have practically ignored Rep Paul is &#8216;exactly&#8217; because he stands for all the things  against the grain of greedy self serving global elitist&#8217;s.</p>
<p>If you as a country fail to grasp firmly with both hands the blessing that is Ron Paul, then I am afraid that you deserve everything that is coming to you. POLICE STATE USA!!</p>
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		<title>By: Jim S</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-390953</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 04:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Actually Paul lost big time in states where Independents voted for Obama and no Democrats crossed over. He also lost big in states where only Republicans could take part in both primaries and caucuses. Next excuse?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Actually Paul lost big time in states where Independents voted for Obama and no Democrats crossed over. He also lost big in states where only Republicans could take part in both primaries and caucuses. Next excuse?</p>
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		<title>By: Brian</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-390946</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Craig and Brian, if Ron Paul is so purely conservative and wonderfully Republican, how is it that heâ€™s so far behind McCain? Lack of money? Lack of volunteers? No, wait, heâ€™s got tons of money and 100,000 volunteers.&quot;

I answered that question already. Independents and crossover Democrats voted for McCain because he was the weakest Republican in the field. Plus McCain is loved by the liberal media. You think they&#039;re going to be behind McCain after the general election? They&#039;re going to turn on him like a rabid snake.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Craig and Brian, if Ron Paul is so purely conservative and wonderfully Republican, how is it that heâ€™s so far behind McCain? Lack of money? Lack of volunteers? No, wait, heâ€™s got tons of money and 100,000 volunteers.&#8221;</p>
<p>I answered that question already. Independents and crossover Democrats voted for McCain because he was the weakest Republican in the field. Plus McCain is loved by the liberal media. You think they&#8217;re going to be behind McCain after the general election? They&#8217;re going to turn on him like a rabid snake.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim S</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-390943</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:31:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sorry, missed part of it. They further state

&lt;blockquote&gt;
The Proclamation

 

Three Reasons to Endorse the Proclamation

 

   1. &lt;b&gt;Announces to the world your commitment to end involvement by local, state, and federal government from education.&lt;/b&gt;
       
   2. Allows the Alliance to send useful information to you.
       
   3. Helps us show friends and adversaries that this movement is attracting more and more good people.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Notice that it&#039;s not just the federal government they want out of education. And Ron Paul signed their proclamation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sorry, missed part of it. They further state</p>
<blockquote><p>
The Proclamation</p>
<p>Three Reasons to Endorse the Proclamation</p>
<p>   1. <b>Announces to the world your commitment to end involvement by local, state, and federal government from education.</b></p>
<p>   2. Allows the Alliance to send useful information to you.</p>
<p>   3. Helps us show friends and adversaries that this movement is attracting more and more good people.
</p></blockquote>
<p>Notice that it&#8217;s not just the federal government they want out of education. And Ron Paul signed their proclamation.</p>
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		<title>By: Jim S</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-390942</link>
		<dc:creator>Jim S</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 23:28:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>David, you&#039;re an idiot. I never claimed to be a conservative or a Republican. I think both are distinctly lacking in intelligence, having substituted ideology in its place. I base my comment purely on observation, not a sense of belonging.

dddienst, I&#039;m tired of Liars for Ron Paul. Or are you so foolish that you don&#039;t know the truth about your hero? You bet he&#039;s against public education. If he isn&#039;t then why is he prominently listed as a signer of the declaration of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.schoolandstate.org/home.htm&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Alliance for the Separation of School and State&lt;/a&gt;?

&lt;blockquote&gt;
&quot;I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education.&quot;


Our proclamation is a declaration of independence, a statement that declares that each signer believes people should be free to educate their children for a real future, for a free future, and not be forced to have them educated for the government&#039;s future.

Over the years, our proclamation has gone through a number of revisions before arriving at the one sentence above.
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David, you&#8217;re an idiot. I never claimed to be a conservative or a Republican. I think both are distinctly lacking in intelligence, having substituted ideology in its place. I base my comment purely on observation, not a sense of belonging.</p>
<p>dddienst, I&#8217;m tired of Liars for Ron Paul. Or are you so foolish that you don&#8217;t know the truth about your hero? You bet he&#8217;s against public education. If he isn&#8217;t then why is he prominently listed as a signer of the declaration of the <a href="http://www.schoolandstate.org/home.htm" rel="nofollow">Alliance for the Separation of School and State</a>?</p>
<blockquote><p>
&#8220;I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education.&#8221;</p>
<p>Our proclamation is a declaration of independence, a statement that declares that each signer believes people should be free to educate their children for a real future, for a free future, and not be forced to have them educated for the government&#8217;s future.</p>
<p>Over the years, our proclamation has gone through a number of revisions before arriving at the one sentence above.
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		<title>By: Dos</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-390939</link>
		<dc:creator>Dos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It must be that time of month for JG.  Have you considered Midol for those times in the primary season when you just want to kill someone.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It must be that time of month for JG.  Have you considered Midol for those times in the primary season when you just want to kill someone.</p>
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		<title>By: Eric Williams</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-390935</link>
		<dc:creator>Eric Williams</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>conservative vs liberal
live vs Memorex
tastes great vs less filling

I don&#039;t care about credentials so much as I care that McCain is a warmongering douchebag who hasn&#039;t a bloody clue about economics. He&#039;ll bankrupt us with war and send us up a creek without a paddle when the bills come due. He&#039;s a big government, self-serving, belligerent SOB who doesn&#039;t deserve to be within a parsec of the oval office. Don&#039;t give me the war hero BS, either. He graduated near the bottom of his Naval Academy class, crashed his plane a couple times due to his poor flying skills, and got shot down. Granted, what was done to him in captivity was absolutely despicable. That, however, makes him pitiable, not a hero. Besides, even if he was a war hero, that wouldn&#039;t automatically qualify him to for commander in chief of the armed forces, let alone any other presidential duties. Bravery in action doesn&#039;t make one a strategist. Getting promoted to admiral would have helped him in that regard. 

He was a poor soldier and he&#039;s a poor excuse for a respectable presidential candidate. God help us all if he wins.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>conservative vs liberal<br />
live vs Memorex<br />
tastes great vs less filling</p>
<p>I don&#8217;t care about credentials so much as I care that McCain is a warmongering douchebag who hasn&#8217;t a bloody clue about economics. He&#8217;ll bankrupt us with war and send us up a creek without a paddle when the bills come due. He&#8217;s a big government, self-serving, belligerent SOB who doesn&#8217;t deserve to be within a parsec of the oval office. Don&#8217;t give me the war hero BS, either. He graduated near the bottom of his Naval Academy class, crashed his plane a couple times due to his poor flying skills, and got shot down. Granted, what was done to him in captivity was absolutely despicable. That, however, makes him pitiable, not a hero. Besides, even if he was a war hero, that wouldn&#8217;t automatically qualify him to for commander in chief of the armed forces, let alone any other presidential duties. Bravery in action doesn&#8217;t make one a strategist. Getting promoted to admiral would have helped him in that regard. </p>
<p>He was a poor soldier and he&#8217;s a poor excuse for a respectable presidential candidate. God help us all if he wins.</p>
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		<title>By: crazychester</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-390934</link>
		<dc:creator>crazychester</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Who&#039;s the one who&#039;s not serious?
If this author truly thinks McCain has &quot;conservative credentials&quot; to maintain and that the principled stances of Dr. Paul would damage them, he has truly and greedily imbibed the koolaid.

What&#039;s next? Will Paul annoyingly disrupt Hillary&#039;s conservative credentials too? lol.

The nation as a whole will get what we deserve by ignoring Paul.
Hillary and McCain can fight it out as to who can best maintain perpetual warfare longer and who will create the largest debt and deficits the fastest.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Who&#8217;s the one who&#8217;s not serious?<br />
If this author truly thinks McCain has &#8220;conservative credentials&#8221; to maintain and that the principled stances of Dr. Paul would damage them, he has truly and greedily imbibed the koolaid.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s next? Will Paul annoyingly disrupt Hillary&#8217;s conservative credentials too? lol.</p>
<p>The nation as a whole will get what we deserve by ignoring Paul.<br />
Hillary and McCain can fight it out as to who can best maintain perpetual warfare longer and who will create the largest debt and deficits the fastest.</p>
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		<title>By: Chad_Underdonk</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-390931</link>
		<dc:creator>Chad_Underdonk</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:22:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My my, seems like Mr. Gardner has an inferiority complex when it comes to his candidate being worthy of public support, raising money, or actually having a message worth repeating. Must be rough having to run down another group just to make oneself feel better.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My my, seems like Mr. Gardner has an inferiority complex when it comes to his candidate being worthy of public support, raising money, or actually having a message worth repeating. Must be rough having to run down another group just to make oneself feel better.</p>
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		<title>By: dddienst</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-390929</link>
		<dc:creator>dddienst</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:55:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&gt;&gt;Not that many modern conservatives believe in the gold standard, the &gt;&gt;elimination of the Federal Reserve and the elimination of public education. &gt;&gt;Just a few more points of disagreement there.

Paul is not against public education only Federal interference with it.  Also many modern conservatives don&#039;t understand  economic policies and what our current policies are doing to America.  How can you be conservative and advocate creating all the money you want and need out of thin air, what are you conserving with that?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&gt;&gt;Not that many modern conservatives believe in the gold standard, the &gt;&gt;elimination of the Federal Reserve and the elimination of public education. &gt;&gt;Just a few more points of disagreement there.</p>
<p>Paul is not against public education only Federal interference with it.  Also many modern conservatives don&#8217;t understand  economic policies and what our current policies are doing to America.  How can you be conservative and advocate creating all the money you want and need out of thin air, what are you conserving with that?</p>
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		<title>By: Dave</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-390928</link>
		<dc:creator>Dave</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>So... you&#039;re saying you LIKE perpetual war...

If that is being a conservative, I don&#039;t know where I&#039;ve been for the past 28 years.  I was under the apparently mistaken impression that conservatives were for smaller government, lower taxes, fiscal responsibility, and less regulation.

You, and GW Bush have proven me wrong.  Like Dubya just said, McCain is a &quot;true&quot; conservative.  Up is down.  War is peace.  Slavery is freedom.  I get it now!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So&#8230; you&#8217;re saying you LIKE perpetual war&#8230;</p>
<p>If that is being a conservative, I don&#8217;t know where I&#8217;ve been for the past 28 years.  I was under the apparently mistaken impression that conservatives were for smaller government, lower taxes, fiscal responsibility, and less regulation.</p>
<p>You, and GW Bush have proven me wrong.  Like Dubya just said, McCain is a &#8220;true&#8221; conservative.  Up is down.  War is peace.  Slavery is freedom.  I get it now!</p>
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		<title>By: Dos</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-390926</link>
		<dc:creator>Dos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 15:12:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote&gt;Do you only post about Ron Paul to get hits to this site are what?&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

Hey, finally one of you fucking Einsteins figured it out.  JG has been like a RP crack-dealer for months now and you can&#039;t get enough.  All he has to do is say: He&#039;s Great or He Sucks and you all come flocking to the most vacuous commentary on the internets and post equally inane comments. 

Good Job JG.  I personally applaud the effort -- it has been fun to watch.  I&#039;m chalking this post up to having to ratchet things up a little, because RPs following is sobering up.

RON PAUL IS A F-ING RACIST GOAT-ROPING SCUM BAG!! (I&#039;ll do my part)...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p>Do you only post about Ron Paul to get hits to this site are what?&#8221;</p></blockquote>
<p>Hey, finally one of you fucking Einsteins figured it out.  JG has been like a RP crack-dealer for months now and you can&#8217;t get enough.  All he has to do is say: He&#8217;s Great or He Sucks and you all come flocking to the most vacuous commentary on the internets and post equally inane comments. </p>
<p>Good Job JG.  I personally applaud the effort &#8212; it has been fun to watch.  I&#8217;m chalking this post up to having to ratchet things up a little, because RPs following is sobering up.</p>
<p>RON PAUL IS A F-ING RACIST GOAT-ROPING SCUM BAG!! (I&#8217;ll do my part)&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Fielding J. Hurst</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-390923</link>
		<dc:creator>Fielding J. Hurst</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:41:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Wow, I usually like this blog and considered it at least fair.  Someone has some serious issues and must have their panties in a wad today.  There isn&#039;t a snowballs chance in hell that I will vote McCain.  I&#039;ll stay home before I support him.  I used to be a fan, but the Straight Talk Express became the Lying, Say Anything to Get Elected, Amnesty Loving Brown Nose Express at some point during the last 8 years.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Wow, I usually like this blog and considered it at least fair.  Someone has some serious issues and must have their panties in a wad today.  There isn&#8217;t a snowballs chance in hell that I will vote McCain.  I&#8217;ll stay home before I support him.  I used to be a fan, but the Straight Talk Express became the Lying, Say Anything to Get Elected, Amnesty Loving Brown Nose Express at some point during the last 8 years.</p>
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		<title>By: Rick in the UK</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-3/#comment-390921</link>
		<dc:creator>Rick in the UK</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>As an onlooker to the coming US election, and being a UK resident I have been very interested in the politics of so called &#039;conservative&#039; republicans and their motives.
I have researched extensively, the voting records and &#039;flip flop&#039; records of each republican candidate (being a right winger) and it is obvious to me that John McCain is a fraud (another puppet of the global elite as are democrats Clinton &amp; Obama) and will only serve to destroy - even further - the constitution and civil liberties, not only of Americans, but of hundreds of millions of other people around the world.
In my opinion the only consistent candidate on both sides here has to be Ron Paul.  I have to say that the media blackout on Ron Paul has been very unfair, in the UK we have laws to prevent media companies from taking sides during elections (for what good they do I don&#039;t know).
RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT!!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As an onlooker to the coming US election, and being a UK resident I have been very interested in the politics of so called &#8216;conservative&#8217; republicans and their motives.<br />
I have researched extensively, the voting records and &#8216;flip flop&#8217; records of each republican candidate (being a right winger) and it is obvious to me that John McCain is a fraud (another puppet of the global elite as are democrats Clinton &amp; Obama) and will only serve to destroy &#8211; even further &#8211; the constitution and civil liberties, not only of Americans, but of hundreds of millions of other people around the world.<br />
In my opinion the only consistent candidate on both sides here has to be Ron Paul.  I have to say that the media blackout on Ron Paul has been very unfair, in the UK we have laws to prevent media companies from taking sides during elections (for what good they do I don&#8217;t know).<br />
RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT!!</p>
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		<title>By: Hugo NY</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-2/#comment-390913</link>
		<dc:creator>Hugo NY</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:46:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Get real..Ron Paul is conservative. McCain is a liberal, everyone knows thaat. They just rally behind him because he is more well-known thus having a better chance against the democrats.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Get real..Ron Paul is conservative. McCain is a liberal, everyone knows thaat. They just rally behind him because he is more well-known thus having a better chance against the democrats.</p>
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		<title>By: ricknhouston</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/02/11/ron-paul-wont-back-mccain/comment-page-2/#comment-390911</link>
		<dc:creator>ricknhouston</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>S.W. Anderson Says: 

February 11th, 2008 at 7:43 pm 
Craig and Brian, if Ron Paul is so purely conservative and wonderfully Republican, how is it that heâ€™s so far behind McCain? Lack of money? Lack of volunteers? No, wait, heâ€™s got tons of money and 100,000 volunteers.

The obvious answer is that Paul is not the person most Republicans want for president. Thatâ€™s what the primaries exist to determine. Itâ€™s a test and so far, McCain is the only one whoâ€™s passing.

So, what part of â€œnoâ€ is beyond your capacity to understand and accept?
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Well, let me see ... There&#039;s the total media blackout, the exclusion from televisied debates, the complete and inexcusable disparity of talktime given in those he was in, telephone polling scripts that didnt include any mention of him, shameless inclusion of candidates being soundly beaten by RP instead of him, total negative exposure in sound bytes, improper planting of slanted pundits on televised panels following televised debates to project negative views, slanted, biased and unfair news coverage by major outlets, and so on and so on ...
Oh! and about the money ... thats the most remarkable part of the whole Ron Paul experience ... in total, to date &quot;we the people&quot; .... not &quot;Ron Paul for President&quot; ... but, lemme say it again slowly, so your little single cell brain can absorb it, &quot; w e   t h e   p e o p l e&quot; .... a grassroots coalition of supporters from all walks of life and from all socio-economic backgrounds, religions, occupations, varied degrees of education, political backgrounds, you name it,  we&#039;ve got it, have showered Dr. Paul with more than 
$ 28,000,000.00 in hope! And we&#039;ve given it freely, $20, 
$50, and $100 at a time, without the promise or expectation of anything in return except the opportunity to say we tried to do what was right for our country, for ourselves and for our grand children. That for once, in our lifetimes, we had been given a glimmer of hope, a whisper of truth, and a candidate who was at last deserving of our vote, a man who stood alone as a symbol of greatness as a giver of life to so many, a man who has already lived the American dream and a man who has served his country, proudly, for more than 30 years. If that makes him or us worthy of your impish and childish ridicule, then so be it. But there is one thing that will never change, regardless of what anyone says, and that is that Ron Paul&#039;s words, not false promises, not lies, not political mumbo jumbo, just his words, inspired an untold number of Americans, from age of 18 to 80, and gave us a reason to come awake. And I&#039;ll leave you with this ... whatever is the outcome of this election, whatever is the future of our great country, whatever is to happen to mankind, I pray that there truly is a loving God, of and for all men, and that he has mercy upon all of our souls!</description>
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<p>February 11th, 2008 at 7:43 pm<br />
Craig and Brian, if Ron Paul is so purely conservative and wonderfully Republican, how is it that heâ€™s so far behind McCain? Lack of money? Lack of volunteers? No, wait, heâ€™s got tons of money and 100,000 volunteers.</p>
<p>The obvious answer is that Paul is not the person most Republicans want for president. Thatâ€™s what the primaries exist to determine. Itâ€™s a test and so far, McCain is the only one whoâ€™s passing.</p>
<p>So, what part of â€œnoâ€ is beyond your capacity to understand and accept?<br />
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Well, let me see &#8230; There&#8217;s the total media blackout, the exclusion from televisied debates, the complete and inexcusable disparity of talktime given in those he was in, telephone polling scripts that didnt include any mention of him, shameless inclusion of candidates being soundly beaten by RP instead of him, total negative exposure in sound bytes, improper planting of slanted pundits on televised panels following televised debates to project negative views, slanted, biased and unfair news coverage by major outlets, and so on and so on &#8230;<br />
Oh! and about the money &#8230; thats the most remarkable part of the whole Ron Paul experience &#8230; in total, to date &#8220;we the people&#8221; &#8230;. not &#8220;Ron Paul for President&#8221; &#8230; but, lemme say it again slowly, so your little single cell brain can absorb it, &#8221; w e   t h e   p e o p l e&#8221; &#8230;. a grassroots coalition of supporters from all walks of life and from all socio-economic backgrounds, religions, occupations, varied degrees of education, political backgrounds, you name it,  we&#8217;ve got it, have showered Dr. Paul with more than<br />
$ 28,000,000.00 in hope! And we&#8217;ve given it freely, $20,<br />
$50, and $100 at a time, without the promise or expectation of anything in return except the opportunity to say we tried to do what was right for our country, for ourselves and for our grand children. That for once, in our lifetimes, we had been given a glimmer of hope, a whisper of truth, and a candidate who was at last deserving of our vote, a man who stood alone as a symbol of greatness as a giver of life to so many, a man who has already lived the American dream and a man who has served his country, proudly, for more than 30 years. If that makes him or us worthy of your impish and childish ridicule, then so be it. But there is one thing that will never change, regardless of what anyone says, and that is that Ron Paul&#8217;s words, not false promises, not lies, not political mumbo jumbo, just his words, inspired an untold number of Americans, from age of 18 to 80, and gave us a reason to come awake. And I&#8217;ll leave you with this &#8230; whatever is the outcome of this election, whatever is the future of our great country, whatever is to happen to mankind, I pray that there truly is a loving God, of and for all men, and that he has mercy upon all of our souls!</p>
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		<title>By: Tim</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 07:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;&lt;&gt;&gt;

Hell. *I* was serious.... And so were all those other freedom-loving Americans who gave him six million dollars on the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. It isn&#039;t easy to watch my fellow citizens flush my country down the dumper on live TV.</description>
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<p>Hell. *I* was serious&#8230;. And so were all those other freedom-loving Americans who gave him six million dollars on the anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. It isn&#8217;t easy to watch my fellow citizens flush my country down the dumper on live TV.</p>
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		<title>By: Paul</title>
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		<dc:creator>Paul</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:46:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>your&#039;e a douche.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>your&#8217;e a douche.</p>
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		<title>By: chris</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:08:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Paul endorsing McCain would hurt Paul&#039;s conservative credentials.</description>
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		<title>By: Sarah</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sarah</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:19:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for bringing more media attention to Ron Paul.  

Why is it an issue that Ron Paul will never endorse Mac?  They are like night and day; what did you expect...a grand ol&#039; party Atta Boy?  Nothing is going to help Mac&#039;s conservative credentials because he has annilated them himself.  Why did you think CPAC booed him?  Ron Paul&#039;s voting history in Congress makes that painfully obvious; Ron Paul blows him out of the water on conservative issues, crystal clear- even in their positions on the major issues of the campaign:

(Mac) Pro-Iraq war / Pro-amensty / I got people, no to bush&#039;s tax cuts-economics / entitlements?-We can borrow more money from China (Sounds like the spending policy of a Liberal, not a conservative?) 
 vs. 
(Paul) Anti-Iraq war / Anti-amensty / I have an actual plan to stop inflation and understand how to accomplish that-economics / Phase out entitlements
(Read the Republican platform.  No where in the platform do I find it states we should keep spending to continue wars for 100 years if need be, bomb countries that haven&#039;t invaded our country, or pay for entitlement benefits for illegals, sounds a little liberal to me.)  

Mac is sinking his own ship with the conservatives.  Don&#039;t take it out on RP or his supporters.

The guy writing this blurp is even getting nasty about it.  The pressure is on; we are a handy bunch estimated by the media at 6% of the Republican party.  The Republican party wants to keep our votes, not nice for Dear Abby to wish away Republican presidental candidates.   RP supporters can&#039;t help that Mac is just destined to take a swan dive in front of the conservatives.  That isn&#039;t our problem.  Why should RP supporters make this any easier for Mac by staying away?  Perhaps we publicly hold him accountable for his non-conservative actions...eh? This isn&#039;t a carousel this is a race.  

Keep watching and laughing........see who laughs last.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for bringing more media attention to Ron Paul.  </p>
<p>Why is it an issue that Ron Paul will never endorse Mac?  They are like night and day; what did you expect&#8230;a grand ol&#8217; party Atta Boy?  Nothing is going to help Mac&#8217;s conservative credentials because he has annilated them himself.  Why did you think CPAC booed him?  Ron Paul&#8217;s voting history in Congress makes that painfully obvious; Ron Paul blows him out of the water on conservative issues, crystal clear- even in their positions on the major issues of the campaign:</p>
<p>(Mac) Pro-Iraq war / Pro-amensty / I got people, no to bush&#8217;s tax cuts-economics / entitlements?-We can borrow more money from China (Sounds like the spending policy of a Liberal, not a conservative?)<br />
 vs.<br />
(Paul) Anti-Iraq war / Anti-amensty / I have an actual plan to stop inflation and understand how to accomplish that-economics / Phase out entitlements<br />
(Read the Republican platform.  No where in the platform do I find it states we should keep spending to continue wars for 100 years if need be, bomb countries that haven&#8217;t invaded our country, or pay for entitlement benefits for illegals, sounds a little liberal to me.)  </p>
<p>Mac is sinking his own ship with the conservatives.  Don&#8217;t take it out on RP or his supporters.</p>
<p>The guy writing this blurp is even getting nasty about it.  The pressure is on; we are a handy bunch estimated by the media at 6% of the Republican party.  The Republican party wants to keep our votes, not nice for Dear Abby to wish away Republican presidental candidates.   RP supporters can&#8217;t help that Mac is just destined to take a swan dive in front of the conservatives.  That isn&#8217;t our problem.  Why should RP supporters make this any easier for Mac by staying away?  Perhaps we publicly hold him accountable for his non-conservative actions&#8230;eh? This isn&#8217;t a carousel this is a race.  </p>
<p>Keep watching and laughing&#8230;&#8230;..see who laughs last.</p>
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