South Carolina Debate: Ron Paul Wins Text Phone Poll; Fred Thompson Wins Conservative Voters
My Analysis of S.C. Republican Debate
According to Fox News, when all was said and done, the text polls showed Ron Paul winning the debate by a large margin (32%), seconded by Fred Thompson (22%) and Mike Huckabee (18%).Ron Paul, who has had his problems getting into debates and interviews, stayed true to his constitutional message. And the media and fellow candidates stayed to their condemnation of him.
It's my opinion that whether or not you like or agree with Ron Paul is less important than acknowledging that he has a lot of faithful and loyal followers. People need to respect the amount of votes that his 8-10 % per state could add up to be.
These votes have to go to someone if Ron Paul is not chosen as the republican candidate.
Fred Thompson took the stage at the republican debate and finally got to show viewers who he is. And when the debate finished, Fred Thompson walked out a bigger threat to republican candidates than when he started.
Fred Thompson finally got his chance to "take it to the people" and the people liked the conservative stands he took on taxes, military, abortion, etc. Fred Thompson looked confident and ready to face the challenge.
Fred explained that he was the true Ronald Reagan conservative on the stage. And it would appear by the focus groups that they believed him.
Mike Huckabee did not seem to be focused last night. His performance was not like previous debates. At times he seemed to be groping for answers.
Fred Thompson practically called him a democrat in republican clothes because of Mike Huckabee's stand on taxes and illegal immigration.
Mitt Romney also was not the candidate we have witnessed in previous debates. Maybe he was tired or maybe he was unaccustomed to not being the focus of the debate.
John McCain was John McCain. He repeatedly told us of his backing of the surge and his stopping a $6 billion tanker deal.
It seems like McCain gets a pass on some things because of his heroic Vietnam days. I am as indebted, grateful and in awe of John McCain as anyone for these feats. But, I want a candidate that is conservative on taxes, on illegal immigration, and smaller government.
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voiceofthepeople
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(Guest)
01/17/2008
FOX NEWS reportedly deleted Ron Paul's key debate response from the last debate in a LIVE REBROADCAST they recently aired. How is it a LIVE REBROADCAST if you splice out that which you don't want the voting public to hear? Like Ron Paul or not, this should disturb you in my humble opinion.
CAMERON: Congressman Paul, yet another question about electability.
Do you have any, sir? There's always the question as to whether or not…
(LAUGHTER)
… you are, in fact, viable. Your differences with the Republicans on the â€" with the rest of the Republi-cans on this stage has raised questions about whether or not you can actually win the Republican nomi-nation, sir.
PAUL: Well, we've only had two little primaries so far. So it's pretty premature to decide which one is going to be the candidate.
But, you know, when you think about it, if you measured everything I've ever said, every vote I've ever taken against the Constitution, you know, I'm a st
Whoa, stirred up the pot there, didn't you? Good for you!
David
(Guest)
(Guest)
01/12/2008
tax on unborn children who will be paying the interest on the debt we have accrued.
Let's look at the big picture here. If the Fed injects more money into the system, which causes more spending, then you will have more money chasing the same number of goods which causes inflation. The gold standard would prevent this kind of intervening in the economy because the Fed can't just print gold; it has to be produced through mining and has historically existed at stable quantities relative to the rest of the value in any given economy. Thus Americans will indeed be affected in their ability to buy domestic goods because their money will be worth less than it was before valueless currency was injected into the economy to artificially lower interest rates.
Oh and by the way, the whole principle and function of money has switched. Back in the day it was free for citizens to turn their gold and silver into money, which increased the money supply as a wealth to the people. Now green backs c
David
(Guest)
(Guest)
01/12/2008
The two most important issues we face today are the war and the economy. Both are tied to the Federal Reserve, and Ron Paul sees both as a threat to American prosperity. Let me explain:
Inflation comes from an uneven change in the volume, say, when money is printed and given to a defense contractor. For the moment the contractor's suppliers do not realize the money volume has changed, the recipient of the printed money experiences increased purchasing power. The workers end up receiving the wage in old money, but then are faced with prices in the new money after the vendors adjust to the new money supply.
Dr. Paul, much like Jefferson and Jackson, believes as I do. The central bank is not only unconstitutional, but causes inflation by printing money from thin air causing the citizens to issue T-bills to support the created money. It is our children that pay for the treasury bills we issue to prop up the markets. Any money it releases to "curb market jitters over sub-prime woes" is a
Mxpx
(Guest)
(Guest)
01/12/2008
The revolution has just started. Just looking at the responses of the candidates to the Iran speedboat issue was sufficient for me to realize that none of these imbeciles with the exception of Ron Paul is fit for president. Could these guys have been more plain about supporting the military industrial complex! They clearly want to continue to be belligerent while sitting in the comfort of their air conditioned environments, yet when the hour comes one of these very same gung-ho, armchair general types (either from the Dems or Reps) will sign the retreat order for the US military from Iraq and Afghanistan!
As much as Fox Hates Ron Paul they probably will remove any text voting during the next debate. That way they can totally marginalize him.
Mike
(Guest)
(Guest)
01/12/2008
Well written, like a news reporter is (use to be) trained to do. None of the reporters own emotions or personal feelings getting involved with the reporting. As Jack Webb the actor use to say on "Dragnet": Just the facts mam.
TJF
(Guest)
(Guest)
01/12/2008
I liked your article. I don't mind when people disagree with me as long as they acknowledge that I may disagree with them. I think Fred Thompson may be the lesser of the 5 evils (McCain, Romney, Huckabee, Giuliani), but I think we don't need a Ronald Reagan wannabe right now. I liked Reagan, but face it - he is the one that started us down this path of crazy Federal Spending and a big National debt.
I am convinced that Ron Paul is the only one who understands the economy and will even attempt to right our sinking ship. Seriously, McCain said there is no recession and the economy is strong! Huckabee thinks the recession is from high gas and home prices. Obama wants to fix the economy by taxing us all more.
In short I see the candidates (from both parties) either with their heads in the sand or focused on symptoms and not causes.
TJ
(Guest)
(Guest)
01/12/2008
There's not way in hell a Ron Paul supporter will vote for any of those phony criminals if he loses the nomination. It's bad enough Ron Paul's name will have to written in at the voting booths on Diebold machines.
Live Free or Diebold.
Keith Mann
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(Guest)
01/11/2008
Face facts: We are BROKE! We ARE in a recession and the only thing keeping us from feeling the true pain is artificially low interest rates. We are floating along on a ship made out of paper. Eventually, paper will sink!
Remember, very few primaries allow Independents to vote, but the voice of Independents is clear: Change is needed.Look at the issues that we face, if you don't believe me check into it for yourself Please!! If you truly care about your children, and in their children. His information David Walker He is Comptroller General of the United States, look what he has to say about how much debt American is really in why the government is covering it up. He's totally bipartisan as a 15 year term and why the presidential candidates are not speaking about it. Except for one
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