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Don wrote on Aug 16, 2007 10:38 PM:

" Honesty, sincerity, immpecable voting history record, ALWAYS gives a straight forward answer, and always has an answer. Never any rhetoric. Quite unlike any other politician, really. He is a true citizen statesman. The way it was meant to be. If Congressman Ron Paul (R-TX) gets into the Oval Office I will not only love my Country but I will then start loving the Executive Branch of government as well! "

Thomas wrote on Aug 16, 2007 12:00 PM:

" Does one have to be a Republican to participate? If not, it will be an indicator of who might best compete in the national election. If so, it might indicate who has caught the conservative eye. In either case, it is early; some campaigns are just getting started. Will campaigns be making presentations? That would be helpful. Will Romney provide transportation and food? "

DefendTheConstitution wrote on Aug 16, 2007 9:48 AM:

" Ron Paul supporters, Please, go and vote for Ron Paul. Even small, any publicity helps, specially for Ron Paul, who is systematically being boicotted by the Main Stream Media. "

Scott wrote on Aug 15, 2007 10:12 AM:

" Congressman RON PAUL is our only hope for a free America. He is the only canidate who speaks of our Sovereigntry and Bill of Rights. We need to stop voting for the guy who has the most money, what companies have backed him or who's in the media the most. "

Keith wrote on Aug 15, 2007 9:08 AM:

" Vote Mitt Romney and get ALOT more of the same. Vote Hillary and Get ALOT more of the same. Vote Fred Thompson and get ALOT more of the same. Vote Obama and get ALOT more of the same. Vote Guiliani and get ALOT more of the same. Vote Edwards and get ALOT more of the same. Vote McCain and get ALOT more of the same. Restore the Constitution and Bill of Rights Eliminate the "Patriot Act" Unconstitutional NAU, Executive orders, Unconstitutional Federal Reserve and their collection arm IRS. Put money back into your savings by eliminating wasteful govt theft, Reduce our waste abroad. Develop Hard Gold backed currency. Create a real sustainable economy that benefits the people of the United States and their children and grandchildren instead of the elite that have enslaved this country. This one is for The People and a hope to streNgthen this country and the man is DR RON PAUL FOR PRESIDENT IN 2008. "

Bill wrote on Aug 14, 2007 1:09 PM:

" I like Fred Thompson he drives a red truck and will whip them arabs good "

J O wrote on Aug 14, 2007 11:10 AM:

" Yada Yada's professed endearment to religious-right fascism exhibits a glowing weakness in her spirit, an anxious, fear-driven, control-passionate fever. Her always-outspoken loyalism to one silly political party has bulldozed her kind into a terrifying corner; she must go all the way with the tyranny and mass murder that she originally embraced or bear the risk of looking intrinsicly weak and fanatically stupid. Everything her little party has done has failed in mythic proportion. To admit to any role in backing up such disasterous policies, mis-steps, and pure mutilation of all America once stood for would be suicide. Thus, she marches onward and goes down with the ship in heroic but imbecilic fashion. All theocracies, like the one the hard-Christian right is trying to construct in America today, are doomed to tyranny, massacres, and failure, and history knows it. "

Dear Yada Yada wrote on Aug 14, 2007 10:44 AM:

" I know Clinton served as a bridge between two Bush oil thieves, killed 7,000, signed-off on NAFTA, got lucky with a exploding economy and stock market, lied, lied, lied, and all the rest. That's why I will vote for Ron Paul. If Dr. Paul drops out, I will not vote. "

YadaYada wrote on Aug 14, 2007 10:33 AM:

" Republicans could run Alfred E. Newman for president and still beat the Godless Left. America is a conservative-leaning centrist nation and is becoming even more so. It took 50 years of failed Liberalism for a nation to finally come to its senses. The next president will be a moderate to conservative candidate; ironically, that could be Hillary. Her subterfuge is to run as a moderate Democrat, then renege on campaign promises after being elected. That worked for her husband. Republicans will win-back the Congress because the Democrats squandered its opportunity to pass meaningful legislation when it had the opportunity to lead the nation; instead, Dems have chosen to expend their time and energy whupping-up on a GWB tarbaby. Instead of looking to the future, Dems are stuck in the past; they are devoid of new ideas. Groundhog Day. "

YadaYada wrote on Aug 14, 2007 10:27 AM:

" Dear "Clinton.... " more than 7,000 active duty U.S. military forces members were killed while Clinton was president. "

Chris wrote on Aug 14, 2007 10:18 AM:

" I'm voteing for Ron Paul, because the rest of the candidates(rep. and democrat) will end America and finish unifying North America and ending liberty and justice for the common man. Romney is especially a threat, because he's backed by the same club that used Nazi Germany to begin its European unification. Fascism is running America now. American classics are banned from the classromm, classic cartoons are band from media. Oposition to King George is censored. More then five percent of Americans are in prisons with less then half of them being violent criminals(murder, theft, rape, fraud). If you refuse to see what's going on then Hitler would've loved you and so will Romney. Go Ron Paul! "

RE: Clinton wrote on Aug 14, 2007 10:17 AM:

" Do we still have troops in Bosnia? "

To all. wrote on Aug 14, 2007 10:11 AM:

" Before you all go off halfcocked do a little research on your candidate. Campaign promises are just that, campaign promises and not to be believed. Tellm what they want to hear is what they all do. Here is a site that with a little searching you can tell a candidate’s past voting record so you can make an informed decision. www.vote-smart.org/index.htm "

Kay wrote on Aug 14, 2007 9:58 AM:

" The last election I voted for neither Democratic or republican. It was the off the wall party (green, I think) that got it. Facism is not what America is about and that is what it is turning into. And, government is supporting segregation and discrimination with the smoking ban. So, the republicans and democrates can put whoever they want in the race, and if they don't fight for and get back the freedoms we have lost, then neither will get my vote this time either. Eventually enough people will get fed up with the republicans and the democrates and do the same as I did. "

J O wrote on Aug 14, 2007 9:56 AM:

" Straw Man - noun - A man made of straw. Straw Poll - noun - 1. Political device implemented to dissuade citizens from voting for a non-media-approved but media-disapproved up-and-comer. 2. Tool devised to help frame an honest, sensible, traditional Constitution-protecting candidate as "nuts." Straw Pole - noun - A pole made of straw. "

to ??? wrote on Aug 14, 2007 9:25 AM:

" IIRC, Gore won the popular vote so apparently he did have what it takes. I don't recall Clinton's terms being overly socialist. I still paid high health insurance premiums to a huge corporation. I still bought groceries at a privately owned store. The usual socialist organizations were running like the U.S. Military, the postal service, the police force, the fire department, etc, I didn't see Clinton create any new massive government beaucracies like the DHS, unlike super-duper small government conservative George W. "

to bump bailey wrote on Aug 14, 2007 9:22 AM:

" That state, private corporations, whoever, it doesn't matter who is "taking food off my plate" so long as they provide the products and services I need in a efficient and ethical fashion. Let me guess, you're one of those people who has a religious opposition to taxes, right? "

J O wrote on Aug 14, 2007 7:40 AM:

" Straw Poll - noun - 1. A media-crafted survey whose results are intended to discount bothersome candidates (Ron Paul) who do not move, think, and breathe with the machine politics of the status quo. 2. A spoiler of truth. "

Ron Paul wrote on Aug 14, 2007 6:52 AM:

" otherwise known as the " hippy dippy weatherman " has zero chance of being elected. He is a Libertarian running as a Repub. Libers are the true " dog eat dog " " out of my way " folks. They are what many GOPers would like to be but know they can't get elected if they show that radical side. Ole George Carlin will get some attention from a small minority but upon closer examination by the masses he will be toast ! "

??? wrote on Aug 14, 2007 4:08 AM:

" Fascism? What do you call Clintonism? Socialism with a twist? And I get sick of hearing about Ron Paul. Somebody just needs to watch him and then listen to him. He doesn't have what it takes. Just like Goofy Gore and Scary Kerry didn't. There has to be some there there. "

Bobby wrote on Aug 14, 2007 4:02 AM:

" Im voting for Ron Paul. He is the logical choice "

Carson wrote on Aug 14, 2007 2:46 AM:

" I am proud to be an American when I see the way the straw poll seemed to cut through some of the hype created by the media in favor of the over financed candidates. Back about 1915 we had a politician named Woodrow Wilson that accepted a bribe to create the Federal Reserve. They were a group of very powerful bankers and businessmen from around the world at the time. Through the monopoly of being the source of our money and by being outside of our government, or paying any taxes, they have built up a fortune that, I believe, includes owning most of the politicians of the world. It is going to take a determined, We the People, to restore law and order in our government before we can restore law and order in our once great nation. "I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be...snip -Woodrow Wilson "

Alexia wrote on Aug 14, 2007 1:40 AM:

" " Yep, he was wrong to do what he did in the White House with Monica, but at least he didn't kill 3,500 young men and women in an unjust war. I will take Clinton's mistake over the war any day of the week. " Clinton was a nation-builder too - using the lives of our troops for anything except the defense of our country is wrong, and only Ron Paul, Dennis Kucinich and Mike Gravel are calling it what it is. "

rudy da man wrote on Aug 14, 2007 12:04 AM:

" vote 4 fascism vote 4 rudy "

bump bailey wrote on Aug 14, 2007 12:02 AM:

" If you don't like the state taking food off your plate, then vote for Ron Paul in 2008. "

mariska wrote on Aug 13, 2007 11:51 PM:

" You're right Ross Perot did siphon off enough votes to sway the election. But unlike Ross Perot, Ron Paul isn't going to drop out, then re-enter the race. And you might as well vote for him because he has the only chance of winning against Hillary. Ron Paul will win in 2008. "

re:Funny Stuff wrote on Aug 13, 2007 11:22 PM:

" He only has Zero chance because big media has told you so. Ron Paul is the only honest person running. Think for yourself, vote RON PAUL 2008. "

Clinton.... wrote on Aug 13, 2007 9:07 PM:

" Yep, he was wrong to do what he did in the White House with Monica, but at least he didn't kill 3,500 young men and women in an unjust war. I will take Clinton's mistake over the war any day of the week. "

Funny Stuff wrote on Aug 13, 2007 9:06 PM:

" One guy that posts 'Ron Paul 2008' whether the sotry is about politics or a bikini mowing service. Ron Paul has ZERO, that's right, ZERO chance, so quit wasting everyone's time by even writing it. "

egghead wrote on Aug 13, 2007 7:44 PM:

" And unlike Iowa, almost no one in Illinois has ever met any of the candidates (unless you've been willing to give the legal max when one pops in for a fundraiser to mine money out to spend elsewhere) I have met Ron Paul.Seen him speak in Iowa and talked to him afterwards.It would be great to use Mitches money to go put a vote in for Ron Paul. "

TR wrote on Aug 13, 2007 6:05 PM:

" Uh, Ron Paul does have his good points but he is the Ross Perot of 2008. And we all know Ross Perot drew off enough Republican votes to give us eight years of BJ Clinton. Do you really want history to repeat? Think about it. "

The Indefatigable Fachna wrote on Aug 13, 2007 5:41 PM:

" How - O how - is one to choose from such a richness of embarrassments? Trophy wives, multiple wives, one candidate whom the fundagelical "base" doesn't consider a Christian, and another whom an undoubted Christian's supporters think has lately become the "wrong kind" of Christian, with a gaggle of single-digiteers bringing up the rear of the nut parade ..... what's a standard-gauge, greedy, hypocrital Republican to do? "

What a joke wrote on Aug 13, 2007 5:14 PM:

" And unlike Iowa, almost no one in Illinois has ever met any of the candidates (unless you've been willing to give the legal max when one pops in for a fundraiser to mine money out to spend elsewhere). And it sounds like no one who attends Thursday will get to meet any of the candidates either. The Illinois GOP is a joke and no one, especially the presidential candidates, takes it seriously. Trying to have a copy-cat event, that really won't be anything like Iowa's, just shows a continuing disaster. "

Save America! wrote on Aug 13, 2007 4:48 PM:

" Vote for Ron Paul in '08. Fascism needs to end and now in this country. "

Kapinni wrote on Aug 13, 2007 4:41 PM:

" Vote Mitt Romney! "

to: dwarf wrote on Aug 13, 2007 4:21 PM:

" You're just mad because the Illinois democrats don't want one because they don't want to embarass our esteemed Senetor, who has yet to do ANYTHING other than campaign. "

Wonk wrote on Aug 13, 2007 4:17 PM:

" Eh, what's the point. Just like last time, every county but two will vote Republican, and the state will still go Democrat. Of course, with our own state government, we see just how intelligent such decisions are. Anybody for a constitutional initiative to make Chicago its own state? "

??? wrote on Aug 13, 2007 3:52 PM:

" Or best guy is in the race; his name is Ron Paul. If we didn't have a rigged voting system, and a bias media this man would be the hands down favorite. He wants to bring the troops home, abolish the IRS, end the federal income tax, and return us to sound monetary policy where we can't print money out of thin air. I'm still surprised by how well he did in Iowa with only a week spent campaigning there. His poll numbers continue to grow, while other candidate’s polls are just stagnant. If anything take the time to investigate into this man by yourself; simply because the media won’t give him a fair shake. Just a reminder out of all candidates Ron Paul has received the most donations out of all contenders “left and or “right” from military personal. Even our troops understand who really cares about them. "

dwarf wrote on Aug 13, 2007 3:04 PM:

" Is it sad when your party's shining hope is a guy who hasn't even entered the race? "

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