No Free Beer
09-13-2011, 06:36 AM
I thought Ron was the clear winner of the debate. Perry made Romney look stupid at one point, and the rest of the candidates made Perry look fake. Every one of Ron's answers made sense and got applause from the crowd. Now, as well are all aware, Ron's truthful answer on foreign policy in which he was paraphrasing Osama was received by boo's. Well, I was extremely nervous about that comment and how the public would take it, but judging by the comments I am reading online, he hit another HOME RUN! It seems as though a lot of Americans understand that Santorum's illogical "freedom" position is just pandering and that it doesn't make any sense whatsoever (hence, illogical).
Here are some comments from various sites...
ole123 at 1:31 AM September 13, 2011
- "Ron Paul is correct. Of course it doesn't mean that the terrorists are right and we are wrong. It just means that foreign policy has consequences, which can be good, bad or in between.
There's a certain US 'exceptionalism' ideology in the Republican party that speaks for itself. How can you self-appoint yourself to do as you please in other sovereign countries, and not stir up any resentment?
Look at radical islam's terrorists. They're 'exceptionalists'. They justify their acts among themselves, only, and then carry out what they've justified among themselves only. Both theirs and Republican exceptionalisms involve violence and human deaths in others countries, which is disastrous if you're realistic about it. It's not just arrogant, but also violent.
US exceptionalism doen't mean any US-led military operation in a foreign country. But it does mean say, 'regime change'. Because some conservative nuthead lies in his bed thinking one morning that another country'S regime ought to be changed, that we have a "right" to do so. Meanwhile, those same conservative nutheads are the first ones to cry wolf when they feel Mexico's president is meddling in US policy, let alone not even advocating, let alone carrying out any regime change. Such arrogant tools are bound to create enemies, and terrorists recruit easier by pointing to them.
Ron is therefore right on the money here."
- "Gotta agree with Ron Paul on this. If the people in the middle east hate us for their freedoms, then why have they not attacked other countries with free societies? I doesn’t make sense. Santorum’s comments were very telling in that he was playing on emotions, not looking at reality. His jingoism will only cause more trouble for our nation."
- "Ron Paul’s foreign policy mirrors that of the Founding Fathers"
Here are some links. View for yourself.
-http://www.theblaze.com/stories/santorum-blasts-paul-on-911-comments-stop-parroting-osama-bin-laden/
-http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/ron-paul-booed-during-debate/
-http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-paul-911-boos-20110912,0,5738355.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fpolitics+%28 L.A.+Times+-+Politics%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher
Here are some comments from various sites...
ole123 at 1:31 AM September 13, 2011
- "Ron Paul is correct. Of course it doesn't mean that the terrorists are right and we are wrong. It just means that foreign policy has consequences, which can be good, bad or in between.
There's a certain US 'exceptionalism' ideology in the Republican party that speaks for itself. How can you self-appoint yourself to do as you please in other sovereign countries, and not stir up any resentment?
Look at radical islam's terrorists. They're 'exceptionalists'. They justify their acts among themselves, only, and then carry out what they've justified among themselves only. Both theirs and Republican exceptionalisms involve violence and human deaths in others countries, which is disastrous if you're realistic about it. It's not just arrogant, but also violent.
US exceptionalism doen't mean any US-led military operation in a foreign country. But it does mean say, 'regime change'. Because some conservative nuthead lies in his bed thinking one morning that another country'S regime ought to be changed, that we have a "right" to do so. Meanwhile, those same conservative nutheads are the first ones to cry wolf when they feel Mexico's president is meddling in US policy, let alone not even advocating, let alone carrying out any regime change. Such arrogant tools are bound to create enemies, and terrorists recruit easier by pointing to them.
Ron is therefore right on the money here."
- "Gotta agree with Ron Paul on this. If the people in the middle east hate us for their freedoms, then why have they not attacked other countries with free societies? I doesn’t make sense. Santorum’s comments were very telling in that he was playing on emotions, not looking at reality. His jingoism will only cause more trouble for our nation."
- "Ron Paul’s foreign policy mirrors that of the Founding Fathers"
Here are some links. View for yourself.
-http://www.theblaze.com/stories/santorum-blasts-paul-on-911-comments-stop-parroting-osama-bin-laden/
-http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/ron-paul-booed-during-debate/
-http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-paul-911-boos-20110912,0,5738355.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fpolitics+%28 L.A.+Times+-+Politics%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher