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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:48 PM Original message |
What can I tell a Ron Paul supporter to dissuade him? |
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Drunken Irishman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
1. Who cares? |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:59 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Lol, yeah, but it's not him, it's all the other people who read his facebook |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
30. Oh no... |
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Ramulux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:56 PM Response to Original message |
2. I would say you should |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-09-11 11:58 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Is he really anti-choice? |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 06:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
18. Yes |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:26 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. Thanks for that link! |
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elleng (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:01 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. I wouldn't say 'pro-life' but 'anti-choice,' if this point would carry weight, |
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notesdev (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:13 AM Response to Reply #2 |
9. The first two of those are quite defensible |
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orwell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
14. The gold standard... |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #14 |
79. Actually, you can tell a thing or two by the scoreboard. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:29 AM Response to Reply #9 |
78. No, they're not. |
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The Midway Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. Even the Republicans think he is crazy. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:06 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. That's a selling point, actually... |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 06:32 AM Response to Reply #7 |
19. Speaking of nutcases... |
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rsmith6621 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. Simply.......HE IS NOT ELECTABLE |
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thelordofhell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
10. He's a coward |
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Bonobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
11. Sounds like one of those "I've got a friend with a problem" posts... |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
12. Do these people want to do away with Medicare? |
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FLAprogressive (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 12:28 AM Response to Original message |
13. Nothing will dissuade him, Ron Paul has a major personality cult and to Paulbots, he is completely |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:29 PM Response to Reply #13 |
49. Yeah, I know, but some of my moderate and liberal friends are being persuaded |
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RandomThoughts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 01:38 AM Response to Original message |
15. Explain that removing the government |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 06:26 AM Response to Original message |
16. Nothing. |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:33 AM Response to Reply #16 |
23. Yep. You can't talk to Ron Paul supporters. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
50. I dunno, his attack on the right to abortion is plain and unequivocal |
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PeaceNikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 06:28 AM Response to Original message |
17. I like this Kos diary |
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JoePhilly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 08:03 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. Here's another that complements yours .... also from Kos |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
51. Excellent resource! |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 06:39 AM Response to Original message |
20. Don't know that there's much one can do; but FWIW here is my journal entry about Ron Paul |
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philpotts99 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 08:59 AM Response to Reply #20 |
35. Don't you wish you could say... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:33 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. No, nothing could make me wish anyone in government was like Ron Paul... |
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philpotts99 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:31 PM Response to Reply #36 |
42. I think you missed my point... |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #42 |
61. Read Dickens, or a history of the 19th century before there was government intervention... |
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lame54 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
21. RP's big mantra is "Let the market decide" - tell them... |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
22. Teaching a pig to sing only wastes your time and annoys the pig. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:41 AM Response to Original message |
24. He's Rand Paul's father |
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R. P. McMurphy (394 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
25. First - get him back on his medication. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:43 AM Response to Original message |
26. He wants grandma to die. |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. Thank you. You seem to be the only one to include poor people and those on fixed incomes. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:44 AM Response to Original message |
27. It is interesting why you think you can persuade them |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
53. I am working on my friends who are being worked upon by a Rand-bot |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:46 AM Response to Original message |
28. Tell him Ron Paul will not be given the control codes to the alien robot army... |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:57 AM Response to Original message |
29. I'm wondering... |
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poli_ticks (48 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 08:16 AM Response to Original message |
32. Are you sure you'd win this fight? |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 08:46 AM Response to Original message |
33. He's goddamned stupid. He claims he had no idea that the paper that had his |
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Upton (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
34. Ron Paul is anti war and is opposed to the war on drugs.. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. And opposed to all government provision of public services! |
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LLStarks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:56 PM Response to Reply #37 |
47. Ending American imperialism would save more money than anything we'd save through smaller govt. nt |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:06 AM Response to Reply #47 |
60. Very likely. But Ron Paul would want 'smaller government' anyway! |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:41 PM Response to Reply #34 |
55. No, I just told them that he wants the government to reach into theit wombs |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
38. tell the idiot they need to get their heads checked out |
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ErikJ (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:48 PM Response to Original message |
39. Libertarianism is Anarchy for the RIch |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. just quote ron paul.... let them hear what the guy says |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #40 |
57. lol I have been doing that one! |
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ErikJ (480 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 06:02 PM Response to Original message |
41. Greenspan PROVED and confessed his Free-Market ideology doesnt work |
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Arkana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:43 PM Response to Original message |
43. That Paul is an old, bigoted relic who believes in policies that went out of style |
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Prometheus Bound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:45 PM Response to Original message |
44. Tell him Ron Paul is anti-war. That should turn off most Republicans. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:43 PM Response to Reply #44 |
58. Oh no, I want the Republicans to like him |
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yawnmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 07:51 PM Response to Original message |
45. LOL. nothing. (its a Ron Paul supporter) eom |
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FarLeftFist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
52. The guy is fucking 78yrs old! |
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Blue-Jay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:42 PM Response to Reply #52 |
56. but....RON PAUL! |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-10-11 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
54. How many black eyes does he have? At two you've told him all you can. |
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philpotts99 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
59. Just tell him |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:15 AM Response to Reply #59 |
64. Fucking trolls. |
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philpotts99 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 01:54 AM Response to Reply #64 |
65. Is the name-calling really necessary? |
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philpotts99 (9 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:05 AM Response to Reply #65 |
67. PS |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:51 AM Response to Reply #65 |
69. Yes. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:55 AM Response to Reply #69 |
70. Your reading comprehension needs work. |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:57 AM Response to Reply #70 |
71. Probably unlike you, I read the whole thread. |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #71 |
72. Given the post count and angle of attack you may be right |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:00 AM Response to Reply #72 |
73. Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.... |
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DireStrike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #73 |
75. Please argue with the post you replied to: |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:19 AM Response to Reply #75 |
76. FFS. |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:23 AM Response to Reply #75 |
77. Well, there's a difference between saying through capitulation I will aid in chipping away at SS |
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Youth Uprising (294 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 02:05 AM Response to Reply #64 |
66. Telling the truth is trolling now? |
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JTFrog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 07:50 AM Response to Reply #66 |
68. Another Ron Paul fan? |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
62. Ron Paul is an alien |
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WinkyDink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-11-11 11:14 AM Response to Original message |
63. Why bother? |
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Capitalocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-12-11 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
74. Find out one thing, anything, that the government does that he actually likes. |
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mdmc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-13-11 08:35 AM Response to Original message |
80. .. |
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