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tangent4ronpaul
05-06-2011, 07:37 AM
http://www.npr.org/2011/05/06/136049702/the-nation-a-cruel-unusually-punishing-gop-debate

actually a really good articles, just some snippets follow:

The part in quotes in the next line is a link to a slam piece

The "first face-off between the Grand Old Party's third-stringers" was so bereft of consequence that House Speaker John Boehner, spotted at a Washington steakhouse at the same time the Fox News-hosted debate was going on, allowed as how he would be satisfied to "read about it tomorrow."

But the lowlight of the Fox News debate came when the issue of waterboarding arose.
Asked if they would authorize use of the torture technique, candidates Pawlenty, Cain and Santorum raised their hands to signal that they were cool with violating the 8th amendment to the Constitution.

But Johnson and Paul refused to shred the Constitution, with Paul arguing that so-called "enhanced interrogation" techniques. The Texas congressman said waterboarding hasn't accomplished anything — and won't. Santorum disagreed, claiming that torture helped "get" Osama bin Laden.

Paul was right. Santorum was wrong.

The same went for the debate's debate about how the United States should respond to the Osama's end.

Santorum and Pawlenty were essentially for staying the course in Afghanistan.

Paul and Johnson have the facts. And they have the right answers.

Asked about next steps in the aftermath of the killing of Osama, Paul said, "Boy, it is a wonderful time for this country now to reassess it and get the troops out of Afghanistan, and end that war that hasn't helped us and hasn't helped anyone in the Middle East."

jrskblx125
05-06-2011, 08:06 AM
Good good

Matt Collins
05-06-2011, 10:52 AM
Good, but know that most primary Republican voters will never see this.

Freedom 4 all
05-06-2011, 11:00 AM
The Nation are far Left, but from what I've seen of them, they are the kind of far left that genuinely believes in anti-war causes and the Constitution. As such, they are generally good to Ron Paul and respect him as a champion of those causes.