Positive Outgrowth of Ron Paul Campaign?

This looks extremely interesting.  Ron Pauls supporters span the gamut, from conspiracy theorists and white supremacists to frustrated libertarians and conservatives of conscience.  There is a range of desperation and genuine creativity and commitment behind the small but vocal movement.  I’ve kept an eye on it mainly watching a man push a conservative and sometimes [...]

Politics: Who Will God Listen To?

So I saw this (Pray for Ron Paul), and immediately my thoughts leapt to Huckabee.  Surely he has people praying for his success. Yet these prayers directly contradict each other.  So who will the all seeing father in heaven ignore?  Looking at the delegates, it doesn’t seem to be helping either candidate. Some questions: if [...]

Democrats United: Pre-Existing Conditions

Right now, you can be as hard working as you like. Got a pre-existing condition? Health Care denied. One thing all of the Democrats share in common, from Obama to Clinton to Edwards, is the desire to pass a law outlawing discrimination based on previous conditions. (Edwards is the only candidate to support universal health [...]

Texas: Making Education a Joke

These days we expect the anti-intellectual movement known as creationism to rear its head wearing “Intelligent Design” as a flimsy disguise.  Not in Texas!  Tony’s curricublog: Would Texas state approval of the creationists’ masters degree program in “Science Education” jeopardize its satisfaction of the NCLB requirement for a “Highly Qualified Teacher” in every classroom, and [...]

This Ron Paul White Supremacist Thing Just Won’t Die Already

$*#@_*& Arrrrgh!  Yet in the frustration a part of me wants to just soak in all that delicious stupid just floating about.   It can’t be all bad, can it?  The cheeky optimism that looks facts right in the face, and stars with glassy eyed conviction right the fuck through.  How awesome would life be if [...]

Darfur and the Candidates

The invisible genocide hasn’t made inroads into the 2008 election for most “major” candidates.  For those who have, you have the sane few who have stated policy on Darfur like Bill Richardson and John Edwards.  Then you have those on the insane side who think we can safely ignore the Darfur conflict because its just [...]

The Decisive Do Not Vote Ron Paul Guide

What is the decisive do not vote for Ron Paul voting guide? His voting record (David, Orcinus): In the comments thread to my previous post on Ron Paul, the indispensable Trefayne compiled a series of posts on Paul’s track record as a congressman, particularly those bills he sponsored or co-sponsored. Here’s Trefayne: What’s more, consider [...]

Ron Paul Zombies, Racism, and Rights

Some people just don’t get it.  No offense to the intelligent Ron Paul supporters.  I know you’re out there.  We disagree, but you have brains.  Sweet tasty brains.  But some Ron Paul supporters don’t.  They just keep bringing up the same tired arguments and clinging to them like fundamentalist Christians holding onto Creationism and praying [...]

CNN, Iran, Republicans and Ron Paul

For everything else about the candidate, he’s absolutely right about war. How sad that this is would even stand out. In the recent Republican debate, candidates were asked about the President ordering strikes on Iran without authorization from congress: The other topic that sparked fireworks was a provocative, albeit hypothetical, point of constitutional interpretation — [...]

Media Coverage of the Candidates

On a whim, I thought, why not check out the number of articles referencing the various Candidates? So I did searches on google news for the full name in quotes, and the full name sans quotes. Here are the candidates (format: Name: Quoted Results | Unquoted Results): Democrats: Hillary Clinton: 16,757 | 34,458 Barack Obama: [...]

Ron Paul Would Veto Children’s Health Insurance

Here’s an interesting point to consider when regarding Ron Paul as a potential President.  Imagine he was in office now. We know he opposes universal health care.  And federal level social programs.  And taxes. So even as Bush, in a widely despised move, prepares to veto health care for millions of children, consider.   Ron Paul [...]

How To Effectively Argue Against the War: Ron Paul’s Take

I’m no fan of Ron Paul, but this is brilliant (Scanlyze, emphasis mine): MR. WALLACE: Congressman Paul — (interrupted by cheers, applause) — Congressman Paul, your position on the war is pretty simple: Get out. What about, though, trying to minimize the bloodbath that would certainly occur if we pull out in a hurry? What [...]

Ron Paul is the Best They Got

And that is not a good thing for the Republican party. The recent debate on Fox News was crazy. Freak show crazy (Tom Tomorrow): Roy has it about right. And boy, is that Fox News crew one bunch of seasoned professionals or what? I mean, whatever you may think of Ron Paul (and I’m no [...]

Ron Paul’s Religious Bullshit on DADT

Or why Ron Paul won’t take a solid position.  A while back, I observed that Ron’s evolving position on Don’t Ask Don’t Tell seemed promising (and of course his supporters were quick to hail, slow to critique).  I wondered: If he would simply change the scope, then Ron Paul has only taken an illusory step [...]

Republican Culture of Life

Robert Pear, NYTimes: The Bush administration, continuing its fight to stop states from expanding the popular Children’s Health Insurance Program, has adopted new standards that would make it much more difficult for New York, California and others to extend coverage to children in middle-income families. Steve Benen, Crooks and Liars: Not only has the Bush [...]