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LastoftheMohicans
10-11-2007, 07:59 PM
In my eyes, this column, http://www.townhall.com/columnists/WalterEWilliams/2007/10/10/attacking_talk_radio, Walter Williams just disqualified himself for VP.

"Over the span of some 20 years, Rush has been attacked from just about every leftist corner, as would anyone who tirelessly espoused the founding principles of our nation -- private property, rule of law and limited government. What has made Rush so effective with this message has been his ability to put things, and ask questions, in a manner that the average citizen can understand and relate to, and do so with a bit of humor. Humor creates madness among leftists who want their interventionist agenda taken seriously.... Rush's show, as well as many of his competitors' shows, has ended much of the isolation among Americans. For example, if you were against racial quotas, you were made to feel like a racist by the major media. With the growth of talk radio, people found out that they were not alone and that being against racial quotas didn't make one a racist. As such, talk radio has been a painful thorn in the sides of those whose agenda is to control the news and debate as a means to control our lives. This is why the priority agenda for leftists is to attack talk radio, and their biggest target is Rush Limbaugh."

Not only does Rush not espouse the founding principles of our nation, he is pro-war and a Republican Party shill and apologist. He has also not endorsed the only guy who actually espouses the principles of the founders and has the voting record to back it up. While it's true that leftist have attacked him, so have others. Libertarians and paleoconservatives have also been critical.

kylejack
10-11-2007, 08:00 PM
I was more displeased with his comments on foreign policy than this. He'd make a good Secretary of the Treasury.

jj111
10-11-2007, 08:09 PM
I don't get it. What specifically is it that Walter Williams wrote that you find disqualifies him, and why?

peacemonger
10-11-2007, 08:20 PM
Walter Williams can be pretty cool sometimes.

Rush has been a vocal opposition to the socialist agenda of the democrats but unfortunately he hasn't been nearly as critical of the socialist agenda of the republicans. And Rush is just all wrong on this war thing too... and he's not a big defender of liberty... hmm... oh yeah, and he doesn't understand the problem of corruption in our financial system. Dang I used to think there were some things I agreed with Rush about but now I can't think of any. Oh yeah, the democrats still suck!

For VP I want Sarah Palin or Rachel Mills so we can get more of the womens' votes and be sure to beat the Hildabeast.

John Stossel, or maybe Kinky Friedman (I think he is still with us), or Jesse Ventura might be good too. :rolleyes:

jj111
10-11-2007, 08:22 PM
Holy camoly. Rachel Mills is now VP material? Wow, she is moving up fast in this world.

erowe1
10-11-2007, 08:25 PM
Rush Limbaugh is the greatest thing to happen to this country and to the conservative movement since Reagan. He may not have endorsed Paul yet, but he's been preaching the same conservative message as Paul for a long time. He's one of the best friends the Paul campaign has. If we can't get the votes of the ditto-heads, the campaign is doomed. Three cheers for Williams for his support of Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Rush Limbaugh. I still don't think Williams is right for VP. But his support of Limbaugh is definitely a plus for him not a minus.

kylejack
10-11-2007, 08:25 PM
Haha, Rachel Mills is not qualified. I don't think she's even old enough to assume the presidency. Palin still seems like an interesting prospect to me.

erowe1
10-11-2007, 08:26 PM
For VP I want Sarah Palin or Rachel Mills so we can get more of the womens' votes and be sure to beat the Hildabeast.

Having a woman on the ticket would cost more votes than it would gain. Why saddle the campaign with that burden when there are plenty of perfectly qualified men to do the job? Just because the Democrats are going to prove their own foolishness by nominating a woman, that doesn't mean that we need to erase the advantage that move will give us by doing the same thing.

kylejack
10-11-2007, 08:27 PM
Having a woman on the ticket would cost more votes than it would gain. Why saddle the campaign with that burden when there are plenty of perfectly qualified men to do the job?

You sure are misogynstic. First your comments in The View thread, and now this. A woman on the VP side helps balance any female Hillary effect we might encounter.

me3
10-11-2007, 08:28 PM
Maybe we should keep working to win, instead of day dreaming about the White House inner circle. We're not there yet people.

ctb619
10-11-2007, 08:28 PM
He's one of the best friends the Paul campaign has.

huh?

erowe1
10-11-2007, 08:28 PM
You sure are misogynstic. First your comments in The View thread, and now this. A woman on the VP side helps balance any female Hillary effect we might encounter.

But the female Hillary effect hurts the Democrats and helps the Republicans. Why take away that political advantage?

kylejack
10-11-2007, 08:30 PM
But the female Hillary effect hurts the Democrats and helps the Republicans. Why take away that political advantage?

I don't know if you've ever analyzed the demographics of Paul's supporters, but its a total sausage fest. We need female appeal.

erowe1
10-11-2007, 08:35 PM
I don't know if you've ever analyzed the demographics of Paul's supporters, but its a total sausage fest. We need female appeal.

That may be true. But, while having a woman on the ticket may appeal to feminists, that's not the same thing as appealing to the female vote in general. There are a lot of women who would prefer not to have a woman president, in fact, there may be more women who feel that way than men. If you really want to appeal to more women voters, nominate a good looking man for VP.

kylejack
10-11-2007, 08:36 PM
If you really want to appeal to more women voters, nominate a good looking man for VP.
You are awful, man. Just awful! Incorrigible. ;)

erowe1
10-11-2007, 08:41 PM
You are awful, man. Just awful! Incorrigible. ;)

Well hey, do you remember when Gore's support among female voters shot up after his acceptance speech in 2000, and it turned out the reason was because they thought it was touching the way that he made out with his wife on the way down to the stage? I'm just saying...

kylejack
10-11-2007, 08:42 PM
Well hey, do you remember when Gore's support among female voters shot up after his acceptance speech in 2000, and it turned out the reason was because they thought it was touching the way that he made out with his wife on the way down to the stage? I'm just saying...
Well Gore is not handsome, so I can only assume you're saying that involving a woman in a campaign helps with the female vote.

erowe1
10-11-2007, 08:46 PM
Well Gore is not handsome, so I can only assume you're saying that involving a woman in a campaign helps with the female vote.

That's a good point about him not being handsome (but he has gotten worse with the years--he was considered attractive in '92). But it wasn't because of involving a woman, unless by that you mean involving a woman purely as an object of a man's prurient affections, but because they saw him as a good, sensitive husband. So if we can't get somebody good looking, then somebody like that might do the trick. Truth be told though, I don't see the Paul campaign making a move just to pander to a voting block no matter what it is.

kylejack
10-11-2007, 08:51 PM
That's a good point about him not being handsome (but he has gotten worse with the years--he was considered attractive in '92). But it wasn't because of involving a woman, unless by that you mean involving a woman purely as an object of a man's prurient affections, but because they saw him as a good, sensitive husband. So if we can't get somebody good looking, then somebody like that might do the trick. Truth be told though, I don't see the Paul campaign making a move just to pander to a voting block no matter what it is.

Well its a moot point anyway, because its way too early to pick a VP.

brandon
10-11-2007, 08:53 PM
Rush Limbaugh is the greatest thing to happen to this country and to the conservative movement since Reagan. He may not have endorsed Paul yet, but he's been preaching the same conservative message as Paul for a long time. He's one of the best friends the Paul campaign has. If we can't get the votes of the ditto-heads, the campaign is doomed. Three cheers for Williams for his support of Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Rush Limbaugh. I still don't think Williams is right for VP. But his support of Limbaugh is definitely a plus for him not a minus.

Rush spoke in philly today. Our meetup was there handing out slimjims, and the people were very receptive of our message.

Hook
10-11-2007, 09:30 PM
Rush can never endorse Dr. Paul because Dr. Paul is anti-war. It would be a complete backpedal for Rush.
Rush served his purpose in the 90's, but he hasn't held the Republicans to the same standard as Clinton, and therefore lost a bunch of credilbility.

LastoftheMohicans
10-14-2007, 01:50 AM
Rush can never endorse Dr. Paul because Dr. Paul is anti-war. It would be a complete backpedal for Rush.
Rush served his purpose in the 90's, but he hasn't held the Republicans to the same standard as Clinton, and therefore lost a bunch of credilbility.

Amen. The guy is complete controlled opposition. All that he does is keep what's left of the mindless dittoheads wedded to the Republican Party. He. like most of the other neocon, talking heads keep telling their audience that if you don't vote for Republicans (Socialist Party B) then the evil Democrats (Socialist Party A) are going to take over and ruin the country. He never reminds his listeners that government has growth faster under Republican Presidents than under Democrat ones.

I remember that he was savaging Bush I before the 92 convention. Next thing you know, he's seated with him at the 92 convention and he endorsed him. After his pill incident, did he come out against the War on (Some) Drugs? NO!!! A complete hypocritical scumbag.

aksmith
10-14-2007, 02:34 AM
Rush Limbaugh is the greatest thing to happen to this country and to the conservative movement since Reagan. He may not have endorsed Paul yet, but he's been preaching the same conservative message as Paul for a long time. He's one of the best friends the Paul campaign has. If we can't get the votes of the ditto-heads, the campaign is doomed. Three cheers for Williams for his support of Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Rush Limbaugh. I still don't think Williams is right for VP. But his support of Limbaugh is definitely a plus for him not a minus.

You listen to Rush and think he "may" endorse Ron Paul in the future? What's up, earplugs? Excessive wax? Rush is a windbag and has done everything he can to kill the Ron Paul campaign. He has been ignorant to Ron Paul supporters as often as possible, but mostly has his screener just dump them without ever being heard.

When Rush endorses Ron Paul, it will be because Ron is president already.

If Rush endorsed Ron Paul, I would actually have to reevaluate my support of Ron Paul. That's how little I think of that bloated, drug addicted, serial divorcee Limbaugh.

foofighter20x
10-14-2007, 02:51 AM
Holy camoly. Rachel Mills is now VP material? Wow, she is moving up fast in this world.

She's not old enough.

BuddyRey
10-14-2007, 03:28 AM
If Rush endorsed Ron Paul, I would actually have to reevaluate my support of Ron Paul. That's how little I think of that bloated, drug addicted, serial divorcee Limbaugh.

I must say I agree. I know there are folks here who like Rush, and that's cool, but I think he's a pompous, charlatanical ass.

MicroBalrog
10-14-2007, 03:51 AM
Rush Limbaugh is the greatest thing to happen to this country and to the conservative movement since Reagan. He may not have endorsed Paul yet, but he's been preaching the same conservative message as Paul for a long time. He's one of the best friends the Paul campaign has. If we can't get the votes of the ditto-heads, the campaign is doomed. Three cheers for Williams for his support of Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Rush Limbaugh. I still don't think Williams is right for VP. But his support of Limbaugh is definitely a plus for him not a minus.

I second tihs motion. People need to stop having knee-jerk reactions like YOU EITHER AGREE WITH ME 100% OR YOU ARE AN ENEMY OF FREEDOM.

lapi7
10-14-2007, 04:04 AM
Rush's ego is simply too enormous for me too handle and I think the power might just go to his already overinflated head.

My VP choice: Judge Andrew Napalitino

Strict Constitutionlist & Libertarian
Extrenmely well known.
Years of judicial experience
Years of media experience
Extremely well spoken & eloquent
Can not be intimidated
Refuses to back down from his stand on politically controversal issues
Doesen't have an ego the size of Montana
LOVES & STRONGLY ENDORSES RON PAUL AT EVERY CHANCE HE GET"S