Farewell Ron Paul

[luisHK]

Quote from piezoe:

Did you graduate?

If so, probably not thanks to his well backed statistics

"He brilliantly made a career out of pure 99.4% bullshit. "

 

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Quote from smilingsynic:

You are correct, I am a genius. Was a member of Mensa (my scores for the test far exceeded the cutoff level), studied at Cambridge. But that is irrelevant.

We both agree that Paul knew how the system worked. Unlike many, however, he was a MASTER at gaming the system, railing against it and then profiting from it, at the exact same time.

He brilliantly made a career out of pure 99.4% bullshit.

Imagine Heidi Fleiss writing a book on sexual purity while saying that to help sell books she would lick the taint of every woman who bought one of her books at Barnes and Noble.

She could probably not pull it off. But Paul did--for four decades.

He was by choice a REPUBLICAN--not an independent--in Congress, which in itself is hypocrisy. This after all was the party that supported expanding an entitlement program (Medicare Plan D) and supported creating another government department (HS), all the while complaining against big government and against the national debt.

He reminds me of career evangelists who rail against immorality and then practice it themselves, banging their secretaries or, like that Jack Schaap pervert in Hammond, Indiana, a teenager in their congregation; and then saying that God has abandoned America because of its immorality.

And the troglodytes in the congregation all say "Amen."

Not that I am not impressed with Ron Paul's career. He was a very able con artist whose only real principle was the promotion of his own manufactured reputation as a "reformer." And he held onto that principle to the very end. That in itself is an accomplishment.

We might not see another like him in our lifetimes.

There is so much bullshit in your post that I can't fathom the amount of time it would take to create an adequate response.
Look at Ron's voting record, you fool, you scallywag, and then realize that what you say is complete horseshit.
Again, you don't have a clue how this whole thing works.

 

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Quote from smilingsynic:

1974-2012 = career

Ron Paul was a career politician.

Moron.

Please tell me how many career politicians have a fucking medical practice?
You jackwagon.
Facts are like kryptonite to you Cambridge elites, haha.
Did you major in equestrian, or do you just love horseshit?

 

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Quote from piezoe:

That's a new definition of "isolationist", but I get your point. There might be a better word.

Yeah I'm not sure how you would classify them.
How anyone can vote for an R or D these days (unless they are a game changer like Ron Paul was) is beyond me.

 

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Quote from luisHK:

If so, probably not thanks to his well backed statistics

"He brilliantly made a career out of pure 99.4% bullshit. "

True. I think he was referring to the Dove Soap his MENSA boyfriend used to clean his arse before going fist deep.

 

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Quote from Random.Capital:

If that's how you feel, that's how you feel.

In my book, spending 40 years chasing political office makes you a career politician, and that's what Ron Paul did.

You, of course, are free to believe whatever you like.

Of course we are all free to believe whatever.
So was Ron Paul's medical practice a hobby?
You know.
The thing that consumed probably half the 40 years you mention?

 

[Maverick74]

Let's get a few facts straight here. Out of the man's 56 adult years, he spent 20 in Congress. Yes, 20. About 1/3rd of his adult life. He was Captain of the United States Air Force. He delivered over 4k babies in his medical practice. Nice little hobby he had there. Any of you guys even make 4k trades in your life? Doubt it.

 

[Random.Capital]

He ran for office in 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 88, 96, 98, 00, 02, 04, 06, 08, 10.

Yes, he was a career politician. And by launching his relations into the business, a dynastic one on top of it.

 

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Quote from Random.Capital:

He ran for office in 74, 76, 78, 80, 82, 84, 88, 96, 98, 00, 02, 04, 06, 08, 10.

Yes, he was a career politician. And by launching his relations into the business, a dynastic one on top of it.

Yes. He spent 8+ years in school, and in the military and then opened a practice for 13 years with the intent of being a politician.
I'm not sure you understand that people can have multiple careers, and that a career politician is nothing like the path that took Ron Paul into office.
When almost half of your 50 year career is not as a career politician, then you can't possibly be a career politician.

 

[Zalire]

There is a difference between non-intervention and isolation.

A very large difference.

Ron Paul had many flawed ideas - and in the end, he was just another career politician - but isolationism is not an accurate representation of his stated policies.