Yes We Can… Give Ron Paul the Boot
by Patrick Ruffini :: February 15th, 2008 10:14 amI’m going to make this short and sweet.
Chris Peden is a traditional conservative Republican candidate for Congress in Texas’s 14th Congressional district.
He’s running against Ron Paul.
The election is March 4th.
Here’s what Ron Paul says about TX-14: “If I were to lose the primary for my congressional seat, all our opponents would react with glee.”
Give what you can. Ron Paul is running scared — using his Presidential campaign’s donors’ money to subsidize a desperate last-minute attempt to save his Congressional seat.
If you’re a blogger and you endorse Peden and promise to post about this before March 4th, send a trackback to this post. And if you’re near the district, please volunteer (map). It’s within driving distance of Houston, Austin, and San Antonio.
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“Give what you can. Ron Paul is running scared — using his Presidential campaign’s donors’ money to subsidize a desperate last-minute attempt to save his Congressional seat.”
You have just accused Ron Paul of a federal crime. I hope you have the evidence to back it up. Or are you James Kirchick?
Ron held a rally last week next door to Peden’s rally, Peden got 10% of the crowd Ron did. AND the “well-funded” Peden is using his own money.
Say sayonara to your boy Neo-Con.
Paul campaign spokesman Mark Elam indicated that Paul was planning on spending money from his presidential campaign on his House reelection bid. He went up on the airwaves Tuesday with his first advertisement, a radio spot touting his biography and legislative accomplishments.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0108/7917.html
Lies about Ron Paul from Penden’s website:
Lie: Opposes the War on Terror and Blames America for 9/11.
Truth: Blames America’s foriegn policy of intervention and nation building for 9/11 and sites the 9/11 commission report as a source. Also voted for military action against Al Qaeda.
Lie: Opposes Traditional Family Values
Truth: Freedom is a family value. You can’t have government dictate to people how they should live their lives in a free society.
Lie: Refuses to Protect the Unborn (Most blatent)
Truth: Ron Paul has been critized for introducing legislature that defines life starts at conception.
Lie: Weakens Our Economy
Truth: Our “free” trade agreements are not “free” in any sense. They are managed trade agreements. And the growth that they’ve spawned is a massive export of manufacturing based jobs and a huge import of cheap goods from slave labor.
This is a joke right? You can’t actually be for this guy.
Chris Peden is a lying wack-job. Why would anyone support his B.S.?
Peden is a scumbag neo-con. The world has enough of those.
I was hesitating about donating money for Ron Paul congressional campaign. Thank you for helping me reaching the decision to help him as much as I can.
Ron Paul is one of few left that trying to save the GOP and the conservative movement from the warmongering, statesim , big government neo-conservatives.And if it is all out war, than I’m in!
You are an idiot Ruffini. Wow, breathtakingly so.
Funny how Chris Peden has praised Ron Paul in the past?
Why is he attacking him now?
What a hollow man he must be.
To quote Peden:
“I have an immense amount of respect for Ron Paul. Politics has a way of forcing people to go against their core principles for political gain. That has never been the case with Ron Paul.”
Peden is a creepazoid.
OH yeah the more Peden attacks the more I’ll donate.
You’re a lying piece of shit and you know it.
You want to quote the candidates? Let’s here a quote from Peden:
“I have an immense amount of respect for Ron Paul. Politics has a way of forcing people to go against their core principles for political gain. That has never been the case with Ron Paul.”
Looks like Peden has gone against his core principles.
Peden is a Judas traitor…
It’s a shame we all haven’t paid more attention to Ron Paul in the past. This man has been fighting for everything that is good in America against an ocean of corruption largely by himself. If Peden had one ounce of goodness in his whole body he would drop so that Dr. Paul can continue to clean up Washington without any speed bumps on road to liberty. There is no room for opportunists like Peden in government. Step aside or get run over by the freedom train.
“Paul campaign spokesman Mark Elam indicated that Paul was planning on spending money from his presidential campaign on his House reelection bid.”
Weasel words! What, precisely, does “indicated” mean? Did Mark Elam use sign language? Did he scratch his derriere? Did the writer gather it through ESP?
As written, this statement has no credibility.
Further, Chris Peden has spread outright lies. I am a pro-life activist in my community who supports Ron Paul, partly because of that issue. Chris Peden has brazenly lied by claiming that Dr. Paul is not pro-life. Dr. Paul wrote one of the most brilliant books I have ever read on the subject in 1988. He has repeatedly introduced the Sanctity of Life bill which proclaims life as beginning at conception and strips jurisdiction of the issue from the federal courts–effectively nullifying Roe v. Wade via a majority vote of Congress.
Chris Peden holds himself out to be a Christian. God will judge him for bearing false witness against Ron Paul in the context of this race.
Texas loses if Ron Paul loses. I voted for Ron Paul in the presidential race and wish we had someone like him running here in my area for congress and the senate. Ron Paul is the best thing congress has.
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Hi Patrick,
I have never heard of you and I have followed Ron Paul for over 5 years. Regardless, I have witnessed so many lies from the MSM but when a blogger can’t get the story straight then the problem isn’t just with MSM but with the little guy such as your efforts.
Patrick, how can you get the story so wrong? Campaign finance laws do not allow Ron Paul to use any of his presidential funds to fund his congressional run at all…
Also Paul is not running scared… I have family who live in Paul’s district and visited them the same time Paul had his recent rally. Paul had at least 800 people at his congressional rally while during the same time Chris Peden had no more then 40 people. No sir, Paul isn’t running scared it’s Peden who is…
In closing I didn’t realize that Peden was the same guy who has written rave reviews of Paul. I simply didn’t match him with the articles my family has sent me. So when I visited his web site I noticed a number of positions he listed regarding Paul were incorrect so I made the attempt to call Peden’s office and spoke to a very rude lady named Roxanne.. I mentioned the site had some inaccurate information and was polite and desired to present the issues but she went on a linty of lies about Paul being a liberal and that he wasn’t a republican, etc., etc. Excuse me but tell us all Patrick how many times has Paul won his congressional district as a republican?
Peden implies he is a Christian but tell me how can any Christian bear false witness against another as he has regarding Ron Paul?
Also, Peden’s site does not even address our economic issues yet he states he is an accountant.
It’s real simple, the people can vote for a man of principle or you can vote for Peden who will bear false witness against another.
P.S. Peden actually considers free trade agreements “free trade” what a joke it was a lie when Newt and Dole sold the GOP on it and it’s still a lie… I should know I export limited US Goods.
Pat, I looked at your picture,,you look combat ready!! You need to suit up and go zap some arabs,,,
Wow, the Paulbots are much more entertaining than Oliver Willis was.
Your amateurish hit piece will have the unintended consequence of helping raise a lot of cash for Dr. Paul. Welcome to blowback, jerkhole.
Produce a direct quote from Elam or anyone else at the Paul campaign saying that cash from the Presidential kitty has been used on the Congressional campaign, or retract your statement.
On 02/08, Paul stated to his supporters in writing that he intends to participate in every remaining Republican primary and caucus. While the Presidential campaign continues to exist, funds raised for that campaign cannot be transferred to the Congressional campaign. That is why additional fundraising solicitations specifically for the Congressional campaign have been made. Given the date for the Congressional primary, as a practical matter it is therefore impossible for the Presidential campaign funds to be used against Paul’s primary opponent.
The fact that the Politico may have gotten this wrong also is no excuse for you to spread falsehoods.
“using his Presidential campaign’s donors’ money to subsidize a desperate last-minute attempt to save his Congressional seat.”
If honesty in your posts matters to you even a little, you will retract this portion of your post. If you do that, I’m willing to give you the benefit of the doubt and say that this is just your usual sloppiness and propensity for error and not open dishonesty.
To Joshua Trevino,
The “Paulbots”, as you call them, make cogent arguments and render opinions in the preceding comments. You “contribute” by making an ad hominem attack.
Let me tell you something. In my community and state, local Republican candidates are already asking for the help from Ron Paul Republicans on their own campaigns. The woman running for State Representative in my district approached me at a Republican Club luncheon and specifically asked for help from me and my cohorts on her campaign. We are the ones continuing to go door to door doing voter identification. We are the only ones with the numbers and organization presently on the ground and on the telephone. Obama is way behind in my city with regard to solid grassroots tasking. McCain and Huckabee’s people are invisible. I am not saying that Ron Paul will get the nomination. I am saying that his campaign has laid a grassroots foundation for the future.
You can call names all you want, but, many of us are now Precinct Chairs, delegates (though perhaps pledged to other candidates), and in possession of large amounts of data that we have gathered through canvassing, that the Republican party (especially at the local level) would like to have. Given the discrepancy in the numbers of voters turning out in the primaries between the Republicans and Democrats–and the fact that John McCain is being forced down the throats of conservatives, the Republican Party is in danger of becoming moribund. This is beginning to register with local Republican candidates–which is why some are beginning to approach the most dynamic campaign at the grassroots level. So–just continue calling us names.
Your real problem is that more truth tellers will be popping up all over the country with a great financial network and hard working supporters. Your base is dying off and ours is growing. If Paul goes down that will just make demand for more like him that much stronger across the country. Good luck Pat, it’s lose lose for you shills anyway. You guys barely own the present, the future is ours.
Thank you.
I wasn’t going to donate to Ron Paul’s congressional campaign but you just changed my mind.
Looks like you got mentioned on some Ronulan mailing list. Go Peden! Ron Paul is an absolute disgrace. A racist, Truther, economically illiterate disgrace who needs to be run out of the House.
When’s Patrick Ruffini going to correct his inaccuracy about Ron Paul’s congressional campaign?
It’s illegal to use campaign funds from a Presidential run to fund your Congressional race. Ron Paul’s not doing that. His campaign says, flat-out, that it’s not happening.
Why is Patrick Ruffini so intent on replacing a 10-term Congressman with a political neophyte? Why is he so intent on spending donor funds on intra-party warfare instead of on defeating Democrats in November?
Here’s a guess. Ruffini thinks the war in Iraq is a success. Whether it’s the 4,000 dead Americans, 20,000+ American casualties, hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqis or the $500 billion we’ve spent in the deserts of Mesopotamia, Ruffini thinks it’s worth it.
Whether it’s the empowerment of Iran, the luring of Al-Qaeda to Iraq, the Sunni Militias, the Shiite death squads, the ethnic cleansing, the border conflict between Kurdistan and Turkey, the corrupt and dysfunctional Baghdad government, the refugee crisis in Jordan, the continuing support for Saudi theocracy, the $100/barrel oil, the increased recruitment and experience for worldwide jihad or the loss of American power, prestige, and alliances…Patrick Ruffini thinks it’s worth it to continue the Iraq War. (He also thinks it’s worth it for you and me to be paying it. Thanks, Patrick!)
So, I pose the question: Is Patrick Ruffini a waste of life? I report, you decide.
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Divided we fall.
Chicklet,
One thing that Ruffini is apparently not is a man of integrity. Were he such, he would have called the campaign himself to fact check before putting libel on his blog.
Anyone with good intent would have seen the wording of the accusation in Politico.com for what it was–innuendo as opposed to proper sourcing.
Thanks for posting this. I just donated to Paul’s Congressional campaign. Congress needs as many fiscal conservatives as possible.
Let me also say by the by that it’s really sad when I see “conservatives” who want our troops defending Baghdad instead of Boulder, CO. Or who think the US will be seen as “weak” for withdrawing from somewhere where our mission (secure WMD’s - remember?) has been rendered moot. Once we withdraw, the US will still be able to blow any country on earth to hell and back and everybody knows it. Except for the fauxcons.
Pat, read Goldwater’s “Conscience of a Conservative” and ask yourself if you’re really a conservative. And then ask yourself, “Why not become one?”
“Pat, read Goldwater’s “Conscience of a Conservative” and ask yourself if you’re really a conservative. And then ask yourself, “Why not become one?” “
CTD,
Perhaps a little classical political philosophy will answer your question. I was always partial to Plato’s Ion, along with the other works of Plato. In Ion Socrates is said to have talked about that the Gods, who have been said to have created humans and ruled them by law, the Poets interpreted the Gods, and Rhapsodes interpreted the Poets through their performance. Rhapsodes do not come up with poetry on their own, but perform the poetry that has been handed down to them from the Poets. Ruffini is incapable of independent thought, just a slightly different interpretation of the talking points and goals handed down by the Poets. Rhapsodes are not concerned with their audience discerning the truth of Homer or any other poet, but to help the Poet’s work reach larger audiences and earn a check in the process.
The short answer to your question is money.
Without acknowledging a change in his wording, Mr. Ruffini has now changed this:
“Paul campaign spokesman Mark Elam indicated that Paul was planning on spending money from his presidential campaign on his House reelection bid.”
to this:
“Ron Paul is running scared — using his Presidential campaign’s donors’ money to subsidize a desperate last-minute attempt to save his Congressional seat.”
I thought that this was the kind of behavior in which Democrat and leftist bloggers engage.
Why on Earth would any conservative want a 10-term, proven conservative like Ron Paul out of the House, in exchange for an unknown quantity like Peden, a small town city councilman?
Good grief.
What’s not a “traditional conservative” about Ron Paul?
Pro-smaller government? Duh.
Against wasteful spending? Yes.
Against amnesty for illegal aliens? Yes, and then some.
Pro-life? Arguably the most pro-life member of Congress.
Against higher taxes? Don’t make me laugh!
Pro-Second Amendment? There’s never been anyone better.
Pro Constitution? I think you know the answer to that one.
Pro free market? It doesn’t get any more pro free market than Ron Paul.
Let me guess — you disagree with him on Iraq? What’s not traditionally conservative about avoiding unnecessary wars? Foreign policy in general? Why are we still wasting money defending wealthy nations like the UK, Germany, Japan, Italy, and South Korea? Money wasted on military hardware is still money wasted.
Jerri, we appear to have different standards for what constitutes a “cogent argument.”
Having considered both sides, I’ll keep mine.
And in response to your title:
Obviously you can’t!!!
Damn, I wonder how it feels to have your comments taken over by Ron Paul supporters. Maybe the overwhelming support against this proposal will help some things start ticking in your head, but somehow I doubt it.
Your version of traditional conservatism has not benefitted this country much, has it?? Then why continue to support it?
Ron Paul is one of the few people left in Congress with integrity. He doesn’t flip-flop on issues because he doesn’t have to.
I just hope Ron Paul supporters don’t click on any of your ads thus giving you a little extra revenue. Hasta luego.
Just look at all these liberal organizations that have endorsed Ron Paul
http://www.ronpaulforcongress.com/html/endorsements.html
Shocking I tell ya, simply shocking.
Ruffini and Trevino are Neocon hacks.
And Trevino,
Maybe you should do some research into that article of Ron Paul linked to on your rehash of this post. I think you’ll find The New Republic to not be a very reliable source.
http://www.reason.com/news/show/124426.html
It appears we have different standards as to what is an “acceptable amount of research.”
Please try to find some real evidence of Ron Paul bigotry before you start slinging crap around. But therein lies a problem… which I hope you realize.
Josh Trevino:
So you believe the following to be cogent argument:
“Wow, the Paulbots are much more entertaining than Oliver Willis was.”
As opposed to:
“You want to quote the candidates? Let’s here a quote from Peden:
“I have an immense amount of respect for Ron Paul. Politics has a way of forcing people to go against their core principles for political gain. That has never been the case with Ron Paul.””
The former is a logical fallacy called an ad hominen attack. The latter is factual and a deft example of utilizing an “admission against interest”.
So, your statement was a cogent argument. M’kay….
Patrick Ruffini,
Thank you for being a patriot and doing the right thing. Dr. Paul’s candidacy will be grateful to you for giving the kiss of death to Chris Peden. After the F7 (F for “fiasco”) “grassroots” fundraiser, the best you could do was kill the financial prospects of Chris “the tool” Peden. By the way, the “grassroots” fundraiser idea did not work because it was a carbon copy of what real grassroots supporters have done for Ron Paul.
As for the author of this post and for Chris Peden himself, it would be great for them to get some education as to what a “traditional conservative Republican candidate” is. Ronald Reagan described himself as a libertarian-conservative according to http://www.reason.com/news/show/29318.html. To quote Ronald Reagan himself: “If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals–if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the liberals would be the Tories. The basis of conservatism is a desire for less government interference or less centralized authority or more individual freedom and this is a pretty general description also of what libertarianism is.” Patrick Ruffini describes himself as a “wearer of many hats.” Here’s another hat for you: A dunce’s hat.
Thanks Patrick,
You made me realize that i needed to donate to Dr. Paul AGAIN
Well, if Chris Peden wrote a great letter praising Ron Paul a short time ago how Ron Paul is a great republican and also promised not to run against him while Ron Paul is running in Presidential race. I smell a BIG LIAR here and that is Chris Peden and he cant be trusted like RON PAUL who has been tested on his moral stands and for the conservation right!
Duh, did he jus say sump’in bad bout Dr. Paul? Patrick and Chris, you got way to much time on your hands, and apparently I do too…
When did killing the innocent and spending money we don’t have become Conservative principles?
If you oppose an illegal war in which 90% of the casualties have been civilians (http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html), and is bleeding our economy dry, you’re a liberal?
Amazing.
Reminds me of the doublethink concept of Blackwhite from the book Nineteen Eighty-Four.
“…this word has two mutually contradictory meanings. Applied to an opponent, it means the habit of impudently claiming that black is white, in contradiction of the plain facts. Applied to a Party member, it means a loyal willingness to say that black is white when Party discipline demands this. But it means also the ability to believe that black is white, and more, to know that white is black, and to forget that one has ever believed the contrary. This demands a continuous alteration of the past, made possible by the system of thought which really embraces all the rest, and which is known in Newspeak as doublethink.” —Orwell, 1984
Patrick Ruffini,
Thank you for your article. I have been a repeat Ron Paul Presidential supporter for some time now, but now, I have to change that. Now, because of you, I have to dotate to Ron Paul’s Congressional campaign! And I live in Connecticut!
Way to go, buddy! How’s that article working out for your boy?
You’re gonna reap what you sow!
Will I see you in DC?
LOL!!!!!!!!!
You are a wearer of many hats? It seems these hats all fall over your eyes, as you have been blinded and you appear to be nothing but a neocon shill and mouthpiece for our current administration, all you are doing is assuring that Dr. Paul will get his seat back.
What a loser
Jerri, you do fine and noble work on behalf of the unborn. I regret that your participation in the Ron Paul cult causes you to stoop thus.
Ultimately, this is the principal effect of the Paul movement in America: the momentary reduction of good Americans to spluttering incoherence; and the mass contamination of internet fora.
“Wow, the Paulbots are much more entertaining than Oliver Willis was.”
I love it: not a single reasonable retort to any of the thoughtful comments left by Ron Paul supporters, so you write things like this. pathetic. and then there’s bret…um, those accusations could use a little evidence. and not the lies that have been exposed time and time again. where’s the substance from these people?
Trevino, you have no reply. None. Nothing!!! Establishment crap. Neocon, RedState, RedState. Need I say more. Hack City!!!
Patrick Ruffini is a lying, thieving, neocon hack. But I repeat myself.
Wow patrick I bet that this is the most replys that you have ever gotten to one of your blogs.
I have to say that it does not suprise me as you seem to be a hack that has no idea whet responsible reporting is. I think yu sir should check to see the definition of libel is, as I am sure that you might in the future have to defend yourselfas to this charge.
How is it that you can support a man for congress that has in his one statements prove himself to be a
filp-floper.
The only type of conservative that you have presented yourself as is a Mitt Romney (filp-floper) conservative
PEDEN must have a tiny little dick to go along with his tiny little mind
Patrick: What do you and Chris Peden have to say about the endorsement of an outspoken pro-choice, and “self-called libertarian Republican” Eric Dondero, who wanted to run against his former boss himself and then met with Peden?
It does goes to show how little principles Peden has.
As to Christianity: how does he morally justify the killing of innocent people and the dispersing of 1,5 million CHristians in iraq, as a cause of the Iraq invasion???
Peden and Patrick have shot themselves in the feet. Moral corruptness will be exposed relentlessly in the campaign!
I think ol’ Ron could get a job in any state in the Union.It would be great to see him in Iowa driving out losers like Harkin or Grassley.
“Paul campaign spokesman Mark Elam indicated that Paul was planning on spending money from his presidential campaign on his House reelection bid.”
Cite, please.
Btw, aren’t you the guy who broke the story last year that Paul would be bussing in out-of-state voters to the Ames Straw Poll (another illegal activity)? That one was also uncited, I believe.
Patrick Ruffini is a scumbag and a socialist loving traitor to America.
Does anyone realize this guy signed up to the communist party of America when he was in his 30’s?
Someone needs to investigate Chris Peden and his, er, habits which may be a little strange to some.
Big Government Republican, Communist… What’s the difference? Let’s have a return to core American Values and FREEDOM!
This is all a lie… you want a good candidate with solid principles? VOTE FOR RON PAUL!!!
All Chris Peden has done has been flip-flopping and attacking RP. Not good.
Chris Peden is only making the Republican party worse and pushing his stupid neo-Con agenda. Pathetic.
Just to clarify that I use the term “cult” in a very liberal way. It applies more to neo-conservatism (wink, wink), but the word “cult” is often used as a derogatory term to express disapproval of those points of view that I don’t agree with. You have to ask yourself who has the biggest following, and who is the most insane in promoting the bankruptcy of this great nation of ours. I am clueless as to what conservatism is, but I’m definitely for letting everyone know my opinion, as uneducated as it might be. Did I say that I like to insult others as a way to disproving their well researched points of view? Patrick, do you have another dunce’s hat that I can wear?
Joshua Trevino,
The thing that most bothers me is that you and I would probably agree with each other on 90% of most issues. I want the Republican Party to succeed. I want conservative values to win the day. I am convinced that you do as well.
Politics is about cultivating allies and friends. My goal is to keep the largest percentage of Ron Paul supporters in the Republican party as possible. I want true conservatives to win the day. Ron Paul is a true conservative. Why do you want to alienate his supporters? Debate them. Disagree with them. But–why dismiss them and call them names.
I just arrived home after having spent the day with 10 of them canvassing. WHY DO YOU AND PATRICK RUFFINI CHOOSE TO INSULT THEM RATHER THAN BRINGING THEIR ENERGY INTO THE PARTY?
Jerri, there are indeed good, sensible people who support Ron Paul — I can think of two here in Sacramento whom I have worked with and respect. But I’ll be frank with you and tell you that I — and, I suspect, Patrick — find their sort to be in a decided minority in the Paulosphere. Consider this very thread, which is sadly typical of the sort of conversation one may expect when Paul supporters are involved: juvenile tantrums, name-calling, cultish adoration, dumb assumptions, et cetera. There’s little actual thought here — rather, the impression is of a group of fairly immature people who were not meaningful participants in American politics before Paul, and will drop out again after Paul. They’re Romney-fetishists without the staying power.
Set against this gaggle, the likes of you are, unfortunately, in the minority. There is absolutely a need for principled, explicitly Constitutionalist leadership in our movement and party — I don’t believe Ron Paul fits that bill, but that’s another discussion — but this group of comment trolls who think the definition of a “neo-con” is “someone I dislike” isn’t going to further that goal.
That said, I absolutely understand and respect your enthusiasm for a candidate whom you believe does fit that bill.
And you don’t have a principled bone in your body Trevino.
A true blue phony. Make no mistake about it.
Lets Parade your Claremont Awards
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Josh,
I don’t know what the Paulosphere is, but I’m on the ground with my fellow Ron Paul supporters. People like me are not in the minority of the group. We are the majority.
A true pity, then, that those outside the Paul movement see massive evidence to the contrary. Godspeed in cutting through the trash and noise from your fellow travelers.
Just to clarify that the massive evidence that I claim there is has never been brought up. It is just a figment of my fertile imagination. I provide what I accuse others of providing: “trash and noise.” John McCain is the best candidate for those that do not understand what a true conservative is.
I take issue with impersonators since they make much more sense than I will ever do. I need to keep a profile with the GOP you know. (wink)
I don’t have an issue with Ruffini supporting Chris, but I do have an issue with a journalist knowingly and willfully libeling someone… I’m of course referring to the accusations of a federal crime Ruffini is making against Paul (using federal campaign funds in a local issue).
Someone else mentioned Ruffini edited the blog slightly and backpeddled a bit in the libel directed towards Dr. Paul. An ethical journalist would have noted this as a correction/retraction. Apparently none was fore coming.
I was wondering who this half wit by the screen name of “Joshua Trevion” was, and found his bio (below).
One of his claims to fame is a speech writer for George W. Bush. Considering the number of times this guy has stumbled through his speeches, I’m not sure I’d want to claim that as “professional” experience.
But who knows… they say if you give a 1000 chimps a thousand typewriters, eventually they will write Shakespeare. My guess is Joshua is a patient kind of guy.
Enjoy his “resume”.
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Joshua S. Treviño is the founder of Treviño Strategies and Media.
His professional experience includes leading scholars at a mid-range think tank, working as “consultant” for a big multinational management consulting firm, writing speeches for the George W. Bush Administration, a stint in New York City at various dot.coms and service in the United States Army. His unprofessional experiences include crashing a Palestinian maternity clinic, making friends with Sandinista girls, and attending Divine Liturgy with the Pope. He is a longtime blogger, having founded the now-defunct tacitus.org and co-founded redstate.com, among others. None of his writings reflect the views or values of his employers, past or present, except the ones you find especially laudatory.
Jerri said:
“I just arrived home after having spent the day with 10 of them canvassing. WHY DO YOU (Joshua Trevino) AND PATRICK RUFFINI CHOOSE TO INSULT THEM RATHER THAN BRINGING THEIR ENERGY INTO THE PARTY?”
Hi Jerri:
I was a state delegate at the Michigan Republican Convention, and had conversations with party leadership on this very issue, both during and before.
In “theory” they support what Paul stands for, but what most can’t get over is Paul’s unwillingness to fight IslamoFacism (which of course is an oxymoron). The religious right hijacked the conservative movement in the 80’s, and that is the pig headedness you are seeing here in getting the U.S. involved in holy wars and not going after terrorists.
I tried to make the point, that the 50,000+ votes Paul got in Michigan would go away, unless they at least acknowledged the efforts… in this sense Trevino is right… many of these folks are new to the Republican party. But Republican leadership and folks like Trevino would piss away all the new blood. They just don’t get it.
Like drunks, they and the Republican party will need to hit rock bottom, and that will mean a presidential lose in 2008. I’ve seen nothing to convince me otherwise.
In the meantime, we need to keep Dr. Paul ideas in the limelight and help him keep his seat in Texas. Please contribute to his efforts there.
TO ethics do matter:
You are quite right, the Party needs to hit rock bottom, and indeed, many of the new GOPer RP voters will not be back at the polls in November.
BUT it is not just new to GOP voters!
Me, lifelong Republican (when the now laudatory press was only heaping scorn on RR) am gone too! I supported Bush in 2000, because I detested Insane McCain. Why should I change now?
What has McCain done since 2000 that makes him any more acceptable than then (or ever for that matter)?
Nothing. And “the party has lost its way”.
So, I am voting for Barillary in November, and for blue for Congress, to do my small part to make the GOP hit rock bottom. Maybe then they will see the light. Only by unhijacking the GOP from the RINO neo-cons can this happen. If it does not, then I hope the party fails and fades out, and good riddance.
Ann Coulter said it, first I thought it was sick, now I believe she is right.
A Dem president in 2009 will be the next Jimmy Carter, and even the Supreme Court is not in Danger. Stevens will be the first to resign, so no loss there when Barillary makes a new appointment. Thomas, Scalia, Roberts, Alito, Kennedy — they are hardly expected to go in the next 4 years.
Oh, and don’t forgot the economy, which will deteriorate anyway when the next 200+billion losses are admitted to by the banks, and when derivatives collapse.
And then finally, Dem policies will be thoroughly discredited!
Teynnesweig:
I’m with you except for voting for the dems. I’d look hard and long at the Constitution party. The end result likely will be the same (a Dem win) but at least your integrity will remain and a party that deserves recognition will get it.
Give it’s platform a gander:
http://www.constitutionparty.com/party_platform.php
I think we would be lucky to get a “Jimmy Carter” as he only lasted 4 years. I equate this to 1960, except instead of Kennedy cutting the 70% upper tax rate that existed then, Obama will re-instate it (and the snipper will miss).
I’m looking at 20+ years more of big government here… and I personally am looking for countries to relocate to.
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