Thread: Ron Paul 2012

Originally Posted by Thee_One

OUCH! dude that must have sucked

Hmmm....are those watermelons...

Originally Posted by Zaphod

Your mother has been working the whole time. I'm just collecting the money.

I want my cut...

Originally Posted by vancouver

I want my cut...

I'll get right on that.

Originally Posted by Zaphod

I'll get right on that.

Thanks.

Originally Posted by vancouver

Hmmm....are those watermelons...

The fruit or her bewbs?

Originally Posted by MDR

Ron Paul is a lost cause with no real solutions to anything. Lot of rhetoric with no substance.

No real solutions?

Ending the drug war(letting states decide to legalize) and regulating drugs like alcohol isnt a solution???? Best solution i've seen...THE ONLY solutions i've seen.

Ending the unconstitutional wars which have been bleeding America dry and causing other countries to absolutely hate us.....that isn't a solution? Last I checked all the other candidates want more war....

He wants to leave gay marriage up to the states....best damn solution i've seen. Have the other candidates offered anything of substance to this? NO!

He wants to cut 1 TRILLION dollars the 1st year in office from spending. THAT isnt a solution??? What have the others offered???? NOTHING!

He wants to end foreign aid. Another thing that is bleeding the country dry. Stealing from the poor in USA and giving to the rich in poor countries. BEST damn solution ive seen!

He wants to bring the troops home from the 900 bases in 130 different countries which is bleeding us dry and causes hate to our country. Best damn solution ive seen! The only solution ive seen!

He wants to place the troops on our borders and secure our OWN borders to keep our illegals and threats to our nation. Building national defense stronger than it has EVER been! ONLY SOLUTION IVE SEEN!!

I could go on and on....

How does he NOT have solutions?? He is the ONLY candidate with solutions....you sir are BLIND!

Originally Posted by Zaphod

They are joined at the hip, really.

Sure the fuck are

Ron Paul predicts the future, all comes true.

Ron Paul wins majority of delegates in Iowa, Minnesota contest
By

Andrew Moran

Des Moines - Is Texas Congressman Ron Paul's strategy of accumulating delegates in the Republican primary process actually working? Recent delegate confirmations suggest that Dr. Paul will come out with the most delegates in Iowa, Minnesota and possibly Colorado.

Iowa
Mitt Romney won Iowa. Actually it was Rick Santorum who won The Hawkeye State by a very slim margin. More than three months later, it turns out that Ron Paul will get first place in the caucuses as the delegate selection process continues in most states that have held primaries or caucuses.
The Daily Register is reporting that six to eight of the new Iowa GOP state central committee elected Saturday are Paul supporters or have very close ties to the Paul presidential campaign. Also, A.J. Spiker, Paul’s Iowa campaign vice chairman, is the new Republican Party of Iowa chairman. On top of the original seven he received on Jan. 3, he will garner at least 14 of the 28 delegates in Iowa.
Paul came out with 21.43 percent of the vote and gained 26,036 votes. Both the former Massachusetts Governor and former Pennsylvania Senator defeated the three-time libertarian-leaning presidential candidate in the popular vote, but it seems he will win the delegates in Iowa.
“Anyone who’s followed the Ron Paul movement knows it’s about ideals, not a person,” said Joel Kurtinitis, a Paul supporter who is one of the new Iowa GOP state central committee members, in an interview with the news outlet. “It’s free enterprise, individual liberty, a government that’s constitutionally limited.”

Andrew Moran

A duo holding a Ron Paul Revolution sign during the Occupy Toronto protest.

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Minnesota
Santorum was declared the winner of the 2012 Minnesota caucuses by claiming 44.95 percent of the vote. However, Paul will once again receive at least 20 of the state’s 40 delegates – 14 remain unpledged.
Last week, Paul supporters swept the three district conventions by winning nine of the nine delegates to the national convention. The North Star State is expected to hold conventions from May 4 to May 5 where 13 National Convention delegates will be selected.
On Election Night, the 12-term Texas Congressman was second place by only getting 27.15 percent of the vote and receiving 13,282 votes. Despite Santorum being the winner, his campaign only got two delegates.
Colorado
In the Colorado Republican caucuses that were held on Feb. 7, Dr. Paul was last in the popular vote (11.8 percent, 7,759 votes), but according to the Paul campaign, supporters captured 12 delegates and 13 alternate delegates. The Centennial State maintains 36 delegates; 33 of which are tied to the caucuses.
Furthermore, representatives from the state operations believe it can win over even more delegates from Santorum in the Paul-Santorum coalition that was formed, which grabbed 20 delegates compared to Romney’s estimated 16.
Two Paul supporters will now serve on the Rules Committee and the coalition even unseated Colorado State Party Chairman Ryan Call, a known Romney supporter, from his position as the Delegate Chairman.
“Ron Paul’s victories today declare his delegate-attainment strategy to be a success and they demonstrate that the media and Washington pundits are undercounting his delegates to the Republican National Convention in Tampa,” said John Tate, Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Manager, in a press release.
State of Campaign
In the first quarter of fundraising for 2012, the Paul campaign raised close to $10.4 million – March alone raised more than $2.6 million. The campaign has nearly $1.8 million on hand and maintains zero debt.
Please note that the figures do not include the $1.4 million Tax Day money bomb.
“These ample funds also will help us compete even harder in Texas, where Ron Paul is the only Texan, veteran, and authentic conservative running,” said Jesse Benton, Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman, in a press release. “I want to thank Ron Paul’s contributors, who are almost exclusively small-donation supporters and who continue putting their trust in Dr. Paul, his message, and his organization.”
Even MSNBC is confirming these numbers from Iowa and Minnesota. It also reported that Paul supporters in Texas are mimicking President Warren G. Harding’s campaign after winning the Republican nominating convention after entering with the fewest delegates.
On Tuesday, five states will hold their respective primaries. Connecticut, Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island have a total of 231 delegates at stake. Paul has held several town hall meetings in the aforementioned states – plus states where future primaries are going to be held – where thousands of supporters attended.

Ron Paul wins majority of delegates in Iowa, Minnesota contests

Originally Posted by Swiper

Ron Paul predicts the future, all comes true.

All Ron Paul does is state the obvious and that history repeats itself, Nostradamus he is not. 95% of the things RP wants to do the POTUS can't accomplish, not with out Congress. and Congress is the revolving door between politics on the Hill and US large firms. 50% of ex-politicians from the Hill go work for large firms once they leave office. RP brings up all those topics but never states why these things are done, and they are all done for a reason.

the US backs Israel because it is the only democratic/capitalist country in the middle east. democracy is the precursor to capitalism which then results in increased national debt to the IMF/World bank and other money lenders. this is what has happened to every single country that has been liberated from communism. the only country's not in debt to the IMF/World bank or international money lenders are either communist, arab or islamic states.

foreign aid has the exact opposite effect on a country, it impedes progress and disrupts the natural growth process of a country and economy. the wealthy country's don't want the 3rd world country's to progress which is why they keep sending them aid.

when it comes to governments and policy everything is done for a reason

lots of us predicted the housing crash, it was painfully obvious. I worked at several different mortgage company's from '95 to 2005 in various states as did several dozen of my friends. we all witnessed it go down, we used to call each other and laugh as to how in the fuck some of these loan apps were getting approved, it was ridiculous.

in a healthy economy homes are supposed to appreciate with:
inflation
real income growth
as the cost of borrowing capital decreases

* in a normal economy you would see home values appreciate at maybe 4-5% a year in a "boom" year. in bubble city's like here in Vegas or Phoenix, homes were appreciating at 20-30% a year depending on the zip code. a basic guideline when purchasing a home is that the sale price should be no more than 2.5x the annual income. so a person making 50K a year with not much debt should easily be able to pay the note on a home that was purchased for 125K.

the US gov does not protect it's citizens (yes I know that rather obvious). in terms of economics unlimited capital is allowed to flow into the US. when the capital gains rate was changed in 1997 home turnover immediately started to increase which also causes homes to appreciate. foreign investors helped to artificially drive US home prices up as did US investors/speculators and home buyers.

Real Estate Charts: Graphs of inflation-adjusted, historical housing prices.

He's got my vote as long as Romney has no chance.

Ron Paul Dominates Maine, Nevada State Conventions

Written by Thomas R. Eddlem

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Ron Paul forces staged organizational coups this weekend in Nevada and Maine, where they won a majority of the delegates who will represent their states at the Republican National Convention in Tampa. In addition, Paul won most of the delegates thus far selected by the Iowa GOP. The coups follow up Paul campaign victories a week earlier in Louisiana and Massachusetts, where Paul supporters dominated district caucuses.
In Massachusetts, where Mitt Romney won the primary by a huge margin earlier in the year, all Ron Paul supporters chosen as delegates to the national convention are pledged to vote for Romney on the first ballot. In Nevada, most of the Paul delegates are bound to support Romney on the first ballot. However, in other states, such as Maine and Iowa, the delegates are not bound by the earlier state contests.
The Portland Press-Herald reported May 5 that Paul supporters in Maine succeeding in electing their own state convention chairman over the GOP establishment's choice by a mere four votes, demonstrating their clout and setting the tone for the rest of the convention. “Paul supporter Brent Tweed edged Charles Cragin 1,118 to 1,114 in a very close vote,” the Portland Press-Heraldreported.
The two-day convention then went on to elect as delegates 21 Paul supporters who will comprise 87.5 percent of the state's 24-member delegation to Tampa. This lop-sided Paul victory occurred despite a narrow official Romney win of about 100 votes in caucuses earlier in the year (though there were numerous voting irregularities that could have changed the vote total). Paul supporters have essentially taken over the Maine GOP, though some Paul supporters found the term a bit dramatic. “Takeover is strong word; we’re all registered Republicans here,” Paul supporter Matthew McDonald told the Bangor Daily News. “But Chairman Webster called Ron Paul supporters wingnuts, he saw us as a fringe minority; now we hold the power of the convention.”
In Nevada, the same happened May 5-6. The Ron Paul campaign won 22 of the 28 Nevada delegates and gained control of much of the state and municipal party leadership. And Paul supporters accomplished this despite threats from the Republican National Committee not to nominate too many Ron Paul supporters and some fraud by Romney supporters. Some Romney supporters at the Reno convention distributed a fake slate of Ron Paul supporters seeking delegate spots to blunt the Paul assault. “The list included some Paul supporters but hidden among the Paul supporters were obvious Romney supporters,” according to Ray Hagar of theReno Gazette-Journal.
Because Romney won the caucus earlier in the year, the RNC faxed a letter last week demanding that “an authorized representative of the presidential campaign that the delegate or prospective delegate professes to support should be allowed to confirm whether or not the delegate is an actual supporter” of the campaign he's nominally representing. In other words, the RNC demanded that “Romney” delegates be selected by the Romney campaign, rather than merely Ron Paul delegates who have pledged to support Romney on the first ballot.
But the state convention did not bow to the RNC, and Nevada Ron Paul Chairman Carl Bunce sloughed off the letter as “a creative writing assignment given to them by the Romney campaign to threaten the Paul supporters and Ron Paul campaign. It’s ridiculous. It is nothing more than a veiled threat.” The Reno Gazette-Journal revealed, “No matter who is elected as national delegates, 20 of them will be bound by RNC rules to vote for Romney on the first ballot at the national convention, and eight will vote for Paul.” But that doesn't mean delegates would be bound to their alleged candidate after the first ballot.
Ironically, the Ron Paul campaign is benefiting from changes many state GOP organizations made in their convention rules in 2009-11. Many of these rule changes were enacted to benefit former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney (see here and here), who was the presumed nominee with what most believed to be the best party organization in every state from his 2008 run. But Ron Paul had retained his organization from the 2008 race, and is out-organizing Romney supporters.
In Iowa, where the state GOP has not yet held its state convention but did select some delegates this weekend, the Des Moines Register reported that most of them are Ron Paul supporters: “Of the 13 delegates and 13 alternates elected today [Saturday, May 5] for the national convention, just one has publicly endorsed Mitt Romney for president — Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad. And just three others publicly supported Rick Santorum, who won the Iowa caucuses but is no longer in the race.... Ten of the 13 [delegates] have expressed public support for Paul, such as by donating money or volunteering for his campaign.” The Des Moines Registerconcluded that “Paul, who won third place in the Iowa caucuses, could end up with the best Iowa representation at the national convention when it comes time to vote for the GOP presidential nominee.”
Ron Paul Dominates Maine, Nevada State Conventions

Originally Posted by LAM

lots of us predicted the housing crash, it was painfully obvious. I worked at several different mortgage company's from '95 to 2005 in various states as did several dozen of my friends. we all witnessed it go down, we used to call each other and laugh as to how in the fuck some of these loan apps were getting approved, it was ridiculous.

in a healthy economy homes are supposed to appreciate with:
inflation
real income growth
as the cost of borrowing capital decreases

* in a normal economy you would see home values appreciate at maybe 4-5% a year in a "boom" year. in bubble city's like here in Vegas or Phoenix, homes were appreciating at 20-30% a year depending on the zip code. a basic guideline when purchasing a home is that the sale price should be no more than 2.5x the annual income. so a person making 50K a year with not much debt should easily be able to pay the note on a home that was purchased for 125K.

the US gov does not protect it's citizens (yes I know that rather obvious). in terms of economics unlimited capital is allowed to flow into the US. when the capital gains rate was changed in 1997 home turnover immediately started to increase which also causes homes to appreciate. foreign investors helped to artificially drive US home prices up as did US investors/speculators and home buyers.

Real Estate Charts: Graphs of inflation-adjusted, historical housing prices.

since you've predicted the housing crash, you must have made a ton of money betting against the market, uh?