Ron Paul thinks journalists are next on the government kill list

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#1 topsemag55
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WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul is warning that the United States could kill journalists in the same manner it targets terrorists. The Texas congressman said Wednesday that it's not a far leap from the United States killing suspected terrorists in Yemen to targeting reporters at home. Paul says President Barack Obama was wrong to approve the killing of two American citizens who had become central figures in al-Qaida. He warns that the United States could go further as it ignores civil rights and due process. Story here. Ron Paul is nuts - he just went off the deep end with this statement. Whatever chances he might have had of securing a nomination just flew out the window.:lol:
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#2 needled24-7
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he may sound crazy, but i'm going to laugh if everything he says turns out to be true.

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he may sound crazy, but i'm going to laugh if everything he says turns out to be true.

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Especially because it would only happen in bat**** world
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Slippery slope! First they kill terrorists, then journalists, then with your babies.
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it must be hard for him to control the crazy inside of himself.
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#6 Ace6301
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Even though I agree with him about killing the terrorists I really doubt that journalists are even on the consideration list for the governments "kill list".
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#7 ChampionoChumps
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Notice how that source tries to make him look as stupid as possible. Now look at what he actually says vs. what the title is.
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Notice how that source tries to make him look as stupid as possible. Now look at what he actually says vs. what the title is. ChampionoChumps
I read what he actually said, no wild leaps are being made from his statement. If he doesn't think that journalists are at risk, then he basically said nothing.
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#9 majoras_wrath
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Ron Paul saying something headscratchingly insane? Stop the presses!
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Are you saying hes on to me?
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#11 PWSteal_Ldpinch
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Slippery slope is not a good argument.

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#12 Maniacc1
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Why would politicians kill the people who stirred up the kind of media frenzy that probably elected them? It's foolish to say the corporate media and political parties are two entirely different entities.

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#13 M4Ntan
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still the best republican canidate

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still the best republican canidate

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If you want to roll back decades of social progress, of course. Wait a minute, that can be said about all but 1 or 2.
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#15 Frame_Dragger
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he may sound crazy, but i'm going to laugh if everything he says turns out to be true.

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If everything he says turns out ot be true, I don't think there would be much to laugh about... oh, and what xaos said.
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[QUOTE="M4Ntan"]

still the best republican canidate

DroidPhysX

If you want to roll back decades of social progress, of course. Wait a minute, that can be said about all but 1 or 2.

Is the EPA that important to you?

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#17 Frame_Dragger
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[QUOTE="M4Ntan"]

[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="M4Ntan"]

still the best republican canidate

If you want to roll back decades of social progress, of course. Wait a minute, that can be said about all but 1 or 2.

Is the EPA that important to you?

As incompetant as they are... yeah... yeah they really are. So is the FDA...
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[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="M4Ntan"]

still the best republican canidate

M4Ntan

If you want to roll back decades of social progress, of course. Wait a minute, that can be said about all but 1 or 2.

Is the EPA that important to you?

I think what the Warren Court did is important to me.
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To combat hyperbole and misinformation, here is an accurate article of what he actually said. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/10/05/8172692-ron-paul-suggests-media-could-be-targeted-by-government
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[QUOTE="M4Ntan"]

still the best republican canidate

DroidPhysX
If you want to roll back decades of social progress, of course. Wait a minute, that can be said about all but 1 or 2.

"social progress"- like what, giving welfare to absurd amounts of people?
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#21 DroidPhysX
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[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="M4Ntan"]

still the best republican canidate

mingmao3046
If you want to roll back decades of social progress, of course. Wait a minute, that can be said about all but 1 or 2.

"social progress"- like what, giving welfare to absurd amounts of people?

Couple that with my comment about the Warren Court and you nailed what my point was.
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[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="M4Ntan"]

still the best republican canidate

mingmao3046
If you want to roll back decades of social progress, of course. Wait a minute, that can be said about all but 1 or 2.

"social progress"- like what, giving welfare to absurd amounts of people?

More like following the constitution so literally we'd be taken back to the 1700's. As in, getting rid of a navy and instead issuing Privateer licenses.
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[QUOTE="majoras_wrath"][QUOTE="mingmao3046"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"] If you want to roll back decades of social progress, of course. Wait a minute, that can be said about all but 1 or 2.

"social progress"- like what, giving welfare to absurd amounts of people?

More like following the constitution so literally we'd be taken back to the 1700's. As in, getting rid of a navy and instead issuing Privateer licenses.

To add to this, if Ron Paul actually read the constitution he would realize that it gives the government the power to do anything necessary to provide for the common defense, and promote general welfare(no pun intended) All that is set in stone, anything else is a implied power of the people and the states which is not actually stated to be more powerful than the federal government. though it did promote limited government, that simple meant not having a king and having checks and balances so no one person has all the power which by the way is still in place today.
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He really is a little off the wall on this one. We killed enemy combatants who just happened to be American citizens.

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#25 194197844077667059316682358889
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When they came for the hostile foreign nationals, I said nothing because I was not a hostile foreign national. When they came for the American citizens planning terrorist attacks against America, I said nothing because I was not an American citizen planning terrorist attacks against America. When they came for the journalists, I- LOLWUT????
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[QUOTE="xaos"]When they came for the hostile foreign nationals, I said nothing because I was not a hostile foreign national. When they came for the American citizens planning terrorist attacks against America, I said nothing because I was not an American citizen planning terrorist attacks against America. When they came for the journalists, I- LOLWUT????

Physicists and math majors are next, watch yourself. It's really the only logical leap to make.
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#27 Treflis
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Don't be silly, they're already on the list.
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[QUOTE="Ace6301"][QUOTE="xaos"]When they came for the hostile foreign nationals, I said nothing because I was not a hostile foreign national. When they came for the American citizens planning terrorist attacks against America, I said nothing because I was not an American citizen planning terrorist attacks against America. When they came for the journalists, I- LOLWUT????

Physicists and math majors are next, watch yourself. It's really the only logical leap to make.

Good thing I dropped out
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Ron Paul will be the next JFK if hes elected...quote it and carve it in stone...i will not let you down OT

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Ron Paul will be the next JFK if hes elected...quote it and carve it in stone...i will not let you down OT

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rofl not really
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[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="Ace6301"][QUOTE="xaos"]When they came for the hostile foreign nationals, I said nothing because I was not a hostile foreign national. When they came for the American citizens planning terrorist attacks against America, I said nothing because I was not an American citizen planning terrorist attacks against America. When they came for the journalists, I- LOLWUT????

Physicists and math majors are next, watch yourself. It's really the only logical leap to make.

Good thing I dropped out

Well crap. I dropped a biology degree. Obviously drop outs are next on the "Kill List".
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#32 cee1gee
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[QUOTE="cee1gee"]

Ron Paul will be the next JFK if hes elected...quote it and carve it in stone...i will not let you down OT

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rofl not really

im 100 percent serious...hes for the people..and what hes telling you may be so out of wack but deep down hes actually right if you think about it
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#33 194197844077667059316682358889
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[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="cee1gee"]

Ron Paul will be the next JFK if hes elected...quote it and carve it in stone...i will not let you down OT

cee1gee
rofl not really

im 100 percent serious...hes for the people..and what hes telling you may be so out of wack but deep down hes actually right if you ABSOLUTELY FAIL TO think about it

Fixed!
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[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="cee1gee"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"] rofl not really

im 100 percent serious...hes for the people..and what hes telling you may be so out of wack but deep down hes actually right if you ABSOLUTELY FAIL TO think about it

Fixed!

lmao u so silly
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Ron paul shows his true colors, and he's kind of nutty.
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[QUOTE="cee1gee"][QUOTE="DroidPhysX"] rofl not reallyxaos
im 100 percent serious...hes for the people..and what hes telling you may be so out of wack but deep down hes actually right if you ABSOLUTELY FAIL TO think about it

Fixed!

I just laughed so hard, I think I pulled my kreplach! :D

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[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"][QUOTE="cee1gee"]

Ron Paul will be the next JFK if hes elected...quote it and carve it in stone...i will not let you down OT

cee1gee

rofl not really

im 100 percent serious...hes for the people..and what hes telling you may be so out of wack but deep down hes actually right if you think about it

I agree with you to an extent.

Ron Paul is a very principled man whose thoughts are well developed, well reasoned, and almost always inherently consistent with his core principles. In that regard, he is a stand up guy and easily the most honest and transparent candidate.

The problem is that Ron Paul lives in a world where everything is black and white. In his world, it is relatively easy to identify the core principles, debate which ones are at play, judge which ones take precedence over others, and what not. Unfortunately, his world is not the real world wherein we deal with many shades of grey, many competing principles that ebb and flow in their priority, and face choices where strict adherence to principles has at times very bad and impractical outcomes.

In short, we are human. We have failings as individuals. We have failing as a society. We make choices which are compromises. We pick the best of the bad options at times. We often err. We rarely have the luxury to debate forever the correct answer. And what not.

Ron Paul is apparently above all of that. He is impervious to the compromises and failings of the real world. This makes Ron Paul a seriously dangerous candidate. He will lead you off the cliff because of principle and he will be certain that he is right in doing so. I kid you not when I say that with slight changes in circumstance he would make an excellent suicide bomber, death camp commandant, cult leader, elite sports team coach, priest, and so on. The key to success in all those endeavours is to be rigidly principled and absolutely certain in the correctness of your vision, beliefs and methods. He is the last guy on the planet that you want with his finger on the nuke button.

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He is the last guy on the planet that you want with his finger on the nuke button.SUD123456
The football isn't a button.:P But I do agree with you that we don't want him to have nuclear launch authority.
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God damn it. Every time I want to vote for the guy, he says s*** like this and have to settle for someone with a bit of pragmatism. I mean, I support him up to the stance that non-combatants should be convicted before execution. Then he has to take it up a notch further.

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I always thought he flirted pretty well with the line that separates crazy from comprehensible, but for the past few weeks he has been pretty damn crazy and saying a lot of crap lol

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Still the best candidate. At least he wouldn't give over $500 million to solar panel companies and other idiotic programs that just waste money.

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[QUOTE="M4Ntan"]

[QUOTE="DroidPhysX"] If you want to roll back decades of social progress, of course. Wait a minute, that can be said about all but 1 or 2.Frame_Dragger

Is the EPA that important to you?

As incompetant as they are... yeah... yeah they really are. So is the FDA...

you mean the folks sponsored by mcdonalds ahahaha no thank you sir!

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Rep. Paul, please pass around that blunt before you put it out so we can try some of what you're smoking.

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#44 QuistisTrepe_
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Still the best candidate.

KC_Hokie

No he's not, he's a full blown crackpot and completely unelectable, especially after his idiotic comments about 9/11.

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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

Still the best candidate.

QuistisTrepe_

No he's not, he's a full blown crackpot and completely unelectable

Whoa hey, I just agreed with you on something. That's like the first time ever.
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[QUOTE="Ace6301"][QUOTE="QuistisTrepe_"]

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

Still the best candidate.

No he's not, he's a full blown crackpot and completely unelectable

Whoa hey, I just agreed with you on something. That's like the first time ever.

Do you agree that he's a crackpot or that he's unelectable?
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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

Still the best candidate.

QuistisTrepe_

No he's not, he's a full blown crackpot and completely unelectable, especially after his idiotic comments about 9/11.

He's very electable. The President is Obama.
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[QUOTE="QuistisTrepe_"]

[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]

Still the best candidate.

KC_Hokie

No he's not, he's a full blown crackpot and completely unelectable, especially after his idiotic comments about 9/11.

He's very electable. The President is Obama.

Whatever point you were trying to make didn't make it outside of your head, I'm afraid.
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#49 KC_Hokie
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[QUOTE="KC_Hokie"][QUOTE="QuistisTrepe_"]

No he's not, he's a full blown crackpot and completely unelectable, especially after his idiotic comments about 9/11.

xaos

He's very electable. The President is Obama.

Whatever point you were trying to make didn't make it outside of your head, I'm afraid.

The President isn't exactly the most competent leader in American history (to be kind). Ron Paul in comparison is very electable.

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[QUOTE="xaos"][QUOTE="KC_Hokie"]He's very electable. The President is Obama.KC_Hokie

Whatever point you were trying to make didn't make it outside of your head, I'm afraid.

The President isn't exactly the most competent leader in American history (to be kind). Ron Paul in comparison is very electable.

Electable? Hell no. How do you think an independent would react when they hear his positions of agencies like the FDA? Private sector can regulate food and drug safety? Sure they can, as long as it gets them a quick buck, everything is safe.