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raystone
02-06-2008, 10:03 AM
Written by a GOP leader, the guy who coined the phrase compassionate conservative, Doug Wead....

http://dougwead.wordpress.com/



The Mouse that roared: Why Ron Paul won the election
February 6, 2008 by dougwead

Well now, Republicans say, we have a nominee. That may very well be but there was only one clear winner in the confusing GOP nominating contest and it was not John McCain. The winner was Ron Paul. And the effects of his win will be felt for years to come.


Ron Paul made a classic political mistake. He told the truth. In debate after debate he pointed at his party, his president, his fellow contenders for the GOP nomination, shouting aloud like the little boy in the proverbial story, “they have no clothes” and lo and behold, we looked and they didn’t. They were all naked.


He showed that the conservative movement has lost its way, its moral authority and its logic. He showed us that we have become a red team versus blue team. That since we have decided that this is a political war and all normal rules are suspended, conservatives can do liberal things to win it. Conservatives can run up big deficits if it helps their side win. They can dole out needless pork if it elects another “conservative” to congress. They can go to war if it makes their president look like a leader and wins him another term.


But in the process, Ron Paul showed us, that we have lost our way. We are no longer conservatives. We are fighting for power not for principles. We have become corrupted by the process and the only way back is to retrace our steps and find all the things we discarded along he way.


Barry Goldwater lighted a similar fire with his Conscience of a Conservative. Its truth and arguments were so obvious and so honest that one laughed aloud while reading it. But Goldwater, himself, was doomed to political defeat. And Ron Paul had no chance to win this election either. One could see that when he first opened his mouth.


And yet, the words and arguments of Ron Paul are still resonating. They still hang over this election. They are haunting and troubling. They are producing blogs and papers and books and like Goldwater’s revolution they will one day very likely produce their own Ronald Reagan. And when those heady days happen a small but hearty band of pioneers, who first had the nerve to join him and start shouting from the street, “They aren’t wearing any clothes,” will be able to say that they could see what the country missed. They were there when history was made.


John McCain and his poorly chosen words, of staying in Iraq a hundred years, have almost guaranteed that he will be the answer to the trivia question, who was the Republican candidate who lost to the ticket that claimed the first woman and black for the presidency? Another question may very well be, “What other candidate ran that year and launched the movement that has dominated national politics for the last generation?”


And the answer will be Ron Paul.


Be sure to digg it

Mystile
02-06-2008, 10:05 AM
there is no doubt in my mind, that we will retake Washington at some point down the road. The question however, is will America exist by then?

mosquitobite
02-06-2008, 10:06 AM
Awesome!!! :D

pacelli
02-06-2008, 10:09 AM
Awesome that this was released after super tuesday states voted. In my view the only reason this is happening is because the GOP realizes they are screwed without us. I'm not buying it. They need to get behind Ron Paul in a big and vocal way if they expect to win me back.

wfd40
02-06-2008, 10:13 AM
::tear::

If only...

parke
02-06-2008, 10:15 AM
there is no doubt in my mind, that we will retake Washington at some point down the road. The question however, is will America exist by then?

With the threat our dollar is under.. our liberty being stripped from us and an endless war...

I dont know if we can take 4 more years of this insanity.

MoneyWhereMyMouthIs2
02-06-2008, 10:17 AM
Awesome that this was released after super tuesday states voted. In my view the only reason this is happening is because the GOP realizes they are screwed without us. I'm not buying it.

Me either. This guy could have said this long ago. He didn't.

RageAgainstDC
02-06-2008, 10:18 AM
THAT is the goal, folks.

A Ron Paul Rebel
02-06-2008, 10:23 AM
This is blatant attempt at trying to save face and
appease Paul supporters.

Hunter

p.s. The GOP will soon be a 3rd tear party!!!



edit: Good article, give it an 8

qwerty
02-06-2008, 10:27 AM
Awesome!

RoyalShock
02-06-2008, 10:28 AM
If you look at the title and contents of the article, it would have been premature to publish before a clear front-runner emerged.

I must say that this article has lifted my spirits more than any talk of an independent run.

sharedvoice
02-06-2008, 10:30 AM
While encouraging to hear. Doug Wead -- is a little late to realize of Dr. Ron Paul greatness for a person that's been around politics for a while. For the Record (FTR) - Compassionate Conservatism is one of the biggest causes of many of the problems the GOP faces. Wasn't Bush is a so called "Compassionate Conservative" along with McCain, Romney, and Huckabee, the list goes on, aka Neo-Cons with Democrat/socialist welfarism undertones.

Cyclone177
02-06-2008, 10:47 AM
Someone should send this guy the list of all the RP peeps running races next year. That would blow his mind.

hyoomen
02-06-2008, 10:49 AM
They all called themselves that -- just like they called themselves conservatives -- but that doesn't mean many (if any) of them lived up to it.

This is an extraordinary article. I agree that it would only have made sense following the breakout of a probable nominee. While Wead's attitude about Goldwater & Paul is a little bit defeatist, you have to wonder where the optimism for a new invigoration of the party's ideals without the man who truly champions those ideals comes from. At what point can the revolution be consistent to both man *and* values?

We need to take articles like this and continue building a coup. I don't think it'll happen w/ the older generation, though. Get the 'kids' involved or we'll only ever have a "return to values" without an overriding revolution.

evadmurd
02-06-2008, 10:49 AM
http://www.emofaces.com/en/buddy-icons/c/crying-buddy-icon-animated.gif

raystone
02-06-2008, 10:50 AM
it's up to us to take the Republican party back to its roots

Peregrin
02-06-2008, 10:54 AM
I liked the article. It's a good reminder to keep fighting the fight, even if you lose a few battles at first. Don't give up!

HippyChimp
02-06-2008, 11:17 AM
bump, the author may be more pessimistic about Paul's chances in '08, but he's right about where the movement is heading. This should be pinned, IMO

ike
02-06-2008, 11:24 AM
If Dubya hadn't called himself a compassionate conservative, I'd call Dr. Paul one. He is for ending reliance on the federal government, but in a compassionate way. He doesn't want to dump seniors and people who've become dependent on the government in the street. He wants to restore our dollar and our prosperity and wean America off of welfarism.

raystone
02-06-2008, 11:36 AM
it's also a reminder a 3rd party run would derail our growing impact on the Republican party

RageAgainstDC
02-06-2008, 11:45 AM
we will never have any impact on the republican party. the only impact we can have is to run independent and make damn sure they can see where all those votes went.

raystone
02-06-2008, 11:50 AM
we will never have any impact on the republican party. the only impact we can have is to run independent and make damn sure they can see where all those votes went.


the thousands of Republicans that were previously sheep that "woke up" after seeing and hearing Ron Paul's message, many on this forum, would beg to differ with you.

GHoeberX
02-06-2008, 11:53 AM
http://dougwead.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/the-mouse-that-roared-why-ron-paul-won-the-election/


That's a fantastic little piece of text! Brilliant!

vertesc
02-06-2008, 11:59 AM
I'm working out how I can run for politics. Paul and his insistence on speaking truth to power inspired me - and dammit, I'm running for Congress. Don't just be a SHEEP in the second American Revolution - be a lion. Don't just wave signs, actually RUN FOR OFFICE and make a change in the kind of dialogue we see in this country's politics.

virginiakid
02-06-2008, 12:05 PM
great oped piece! How true it is. Help your Ron Paul Republicans and Independents. WE can retake Washington!

niall
02-06-2008, 12:10 PM
Digg it here:

h ttp://digg.com/political_opinion/The_Mouse_that_roared_Ron_Paul

LJHudd
02-06-2008, 12:20 PM
it's also a reminder a 3rd party run would derail our growing impact on the Republican partyExactly. You know, if people are capable of ''waking up'' and understanding Ron Paul's message... why can they not WAKE UP to the reason why Ron Paul will NOT, and can NOT run 3rd Party.

I believe Ron's new book will make it very clear why and why we must keep working to reform the Republican Party.

tomveil
02-06-2008, 12:23 PM
there is no doubt in my mind, that we will retake Washington at some point down the road. The question however, is will America exist by then?

That's the 64 million dollar question.

rmholla
02-06-2008, 12:26 PM
That's the 64 million dollar question.


Actually by then it may be the 64 trillion dollar question. {sigh}

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BillyDkid
02-06-2008, 12:31 PM
it's also a reminder a 3rd party run would derail our growing impact on the Republican party
I'm sorry, screw the GOP. It isn't over. McCain is not the nominee yet. How the GOP acts from here on out determines whether or not they will have a party after this election. They have until the convention to make amends for what they did to Ron Paul and all of his supporters.

Dequeant
02-06-2008, 12:32 PM
Regardless, it's true.

I mean, look how many people on this board alone are considering running for political office now? Hell, i know i am. They can't stop us all.

LEK
02-06-2008, 12:44 PM
there is no doubt in my mind, that we will retake Washington at some point down the road. The question however, is will America exist by then?

And that is a very good question whose answer I fear will be "No". There is too much in the works that will obliterate the America we know today. The push is for globilization and every candidate (bar RP) is a member or has some affiliation with the CFR. The CFR is a dangerous, dangerous, supposedly 'independent' think tank that is calling all the shots in our current foreign policy and will direct the foreign policy of the next administration (unless RP is the next President).

The objective is to get rid of sovereignty - this has to happen for a global government to take form.

I will tell you this - a global government will happen - I was hoping we could stall it with a Ron Paul presidency - hoping to open many eyes - hope is a good thing.