4 thoughts from New Hampshire debate

After watching the debates last night I came away with 4 thoughts;

1. Will Rudy Guiliani bring back the military draft?
He said last night that he wants to add 250,000 troops if he is elected. The army is having so much trouble recruiting they are offering up to $40,000 in signing bonuses to new recruits. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that recruiting is going to be harder while we are fighting two wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Who wants to sign up when they know they are going to be sent off to God knows where for God knows how long. Now with our stop loss policy our leaders can extend a soldiers contract without their consent. So where is Rudy going to get a quarter of a million troops his first year in office?

Did Rudy serve in the military? No, he received a deferment and never went to Vietnam.

2. Mitt Romney was exposed and owned by John McCain.
According to John McCain Romney is the candidate of "change". That was a great zinger considering he has flip-flopped and changed his position so many times. Romney comes across as the GOP's version of John Kerry. He's a super rich and will say anything to get elected. McCain has been pretty consistent with his positions whether I agree with them or not. I thought to myself that Mitt should have just layed down in the floor and let the other 5 candidates kick him in the ribs. I belive the American people are starting to see through him.

3. Hillary Clinton is done.
She seemed desperate and aggrivated. It seems she thought that she would run through the primaries on her last name and she would easily defeat the Republican candidate. Now it looks like the media has jumped on the Obama bandwagon and Hillary will be lucky to be competitive on Super Tuesday.

4. Obama/Paul 2008 would be an unbeatable ticket.
Congressman Paul has said that he will not endorse the GOP candidate as long as they are for the war in Iraq. Last night he said that he had a lot of respect for Senator Obama and his position on the war. The question is would Paul join the ticket if Obama asked him to be his running mate? Would Obama even ask? Those two candidates are the ones who represent the most change. Both are very popular with young voters and I just don't see any combination on the GOP side that could defeat them. How fired up would young voters be for Obama/Paul compared to McCain/Thompson or Huckabee/Guiliani. Obama isn't going to pick Hillary, Edwards, or Richardson. Paul would be a great fit. It is unlikely but if I was Obama I would consider it.

Ron Paul is a player in the GOP race right now

After looking at the results of the Iowa caucuses last night I realized something. Ron Paul has a shot. The results are as follows;
Huckabee-34%
Romney-25%
Thompson and McCain-13%
Paul-10%
Guiliani-3%

What jumps out at you? Guiliani only got 3%. When they go to other states who is Guiliani going to pull votes from? Not Ron Paul. Huckabee, Romney, Thompson, and McCain are going to have to share some of their votes with Rudy. If Rudy had seriously competed last night Ron Paul would have possibly moved up to 3rd. Thompson and McCain both would have lost votes. Paul only finished 3,500-3,800 votes behind McCain and Thompson. The more neocons competing for the GOP nomination is a good thing for the only Anti-war candidate running.

Get ready New Hampshire is going to be fun and Paul could really play spoiler next Tuesday.

Gift ideas for Fred Thompson supporters

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Each movie can be purchased for under ten bucks at Amazon.com. That's 2 bucks less than Tom Tancredo's 4th qtr fundraing totals!









Fred's big breakout role as "Big John" the rough, tough NASCAR chief.
http://www.amazon.com/Days-Thunder-Tom-Cruise/dp/B00000ILBL/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1198100869&sr=1-1


Another role in a big blockbuster, Rear Admiral Joshua Painter
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Somehow overlooked in an Oscar-worthy performance big Fred stole the show as FBI agent Dale Grissom.

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And who could forget his commanding performance as "Trudeau" the guy in charge of the airport as it is attacked by terrorists.

http://www.amazon.com/Die-Hard-2-Harder/dp/B000O77SRM/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1198100752&sr=1-1

Last minute stocking stuffers,





























He may not be our next President but he can put a smile on the face of any God-fearing, Nascar fan. Make sure you bring Fred home for the holidays.

What Ron Paul should do to make himself the frontrunner

Ron Paul has shot to the top 4, 5, or 6 spot in the GOP primaries depending on which poll you read. I have a few ideas on how he can push himself up to the top.

1. Osama bin Laden-I really think Dr. Paul has it right when it comes to the war in Iraq, but there is one thing that he nor any other Presidential candidates have really discussed. If I was Ron Paul I would hold a press conference tomorrow and announce that after we pull out of Iraq we are going to send our soldiers into Afghanistan and Pakistan and go get Osama bin Laden. This has been one of President Bush's biggest failures. No other candidate has vowed to do this so step up and make it known that you will be the man responisble for catching him "Dead or Alive". When he is criticzed for withdrawing troops from Iraq all he has to say is "Hey, I'm going to get the guy responsible for 9-11."

2. Celebrity endorsements-They don't really mean anything but once you get a few you and your campaign tend to get a little media coverage which is something Dr. Paul is lacking. I heard somewhere John Mayer was backing Paul. After the press conference, listed above, get on a plane and fly to wherever John Mayer is and get him to endorse you. Once you get someone like that more will follow which will help with...

3. MTV-Choose or Lose was huge for Bill Clinton and Dr. Paul's message should do really well with young people especially college students and first time voters. If you could get John Mayer or any other hot music act to perform some shows for you at some colleges-Wow! MTV is also doing something with Myspace about interviewing the candidates. I know McCain and Edwards have already done this but we need to get ourselves on that show ASAP.

4. Running Mate-Michael Bloomberg would be a perfect fit. He has lots of money and wants to take that next step. He wouldn't win if he ran as an Independent but if he joined the ticket he would position himself to be a frontrunner in 4 or 8 years. Bloomberg is a "Independent" who is all over the board on the issues. He was for the war but now has been quoted as saying that it's a different story since Iraq didn't have Weapons of Mass Destruction. He is liberal on some social issues but I think his money and name make a great running mate if he were inclined to run with Dr. Paul. Also, Chuck Hagel from Nebraskawould make a great selection.

5. Be more agressive-The Youtube debates were horrible if you were a Ron Paul supporter. Make a commerical and show how much time you got compared to the other candidates. All you have to say is that the mainstream media doesn't want you to hear my message and then talk about where you stand on the issues. CNN asked Paul what crime a woman who gets an abortion should be charged with then asks Huckabee, Romney, and Rudy if they believe in the Bible. C'mon! Point this stuff out. The next time you are asked if you would support the GOP nominee if you don't win tell them to ask Mitt and Rudy if they would support you if you won the nomination. Turn the tables on them.

I'd love to see Dr. Paul use these and if youo know him or anyone around him pass this along. Go Ron Go!

Would Rudy Guiliani support Ron Paul?

We've heard it asked several times. Would Ron Paul support the GOP nominee if he doesn't win. Of course he won't he is a man of principle and if someone is running on a platform of more war and more spending why should he support that candidate.

Due to Dr. Paul's success in fund raising the mainstream media has to now cover him to a certain extent. How do they cover him? They try to make him look small and as a traitor to his party. The question of whether or not he would support another candidate is in itself unfair. During the debates the only candidates to be asked that were "lower tier candidates" Paul and Brownback. Why wasn't Fred Tomps"um" or Rudy Guiliani asked? Well it would make them seem inferior that's why. The mainstream media has already selected our GOP nominee for us. Just look at how much time each candidate gets in the debates and on the news. It's basically a Guiliani, Romney, and Thomps"um" show everytime they get on stage. If they can make him seem like a traitor to his party it's just an added bonus.

Why isn't Rudy Guiliani asked if he would he support Ron Paul if he won? I wonder what he would say? He might begrudgingly tow the company line and support him. Chances are he wouldn't though. I bet he would bring up 9-11 and talk about how safe he made New York.

If anyone out there sees him ask him for me okay?

Fred Thompson and um, the um, Florida GOP debate

Wow, I gotta say I was blown away by Fred Thomps"um" last night. Two months ago Good Ol' Fred was the savior of the Republican party. After two debates he is now fallen behind Mitt Romney, Rudy Guiliani, and depending on which poll you look at Mike Huckabee or John McCain. For a guy who has made his living over the years as an actor you would think that he would be polished and know all the things he wanted to say when it was his turn to speak.

Well, last night I decided to count how many times Senator Thompson said the words "uh" or "um". He was given 8 times to speak last night and the "um" count came to, drumroll please...78! That is a whopping 9.75 "ums" a question. Now I have to admit I have never seen an episode of Law and Order. I did see Die Hard 2 a few months ago and from what I recall he never once said "uh" or um". How is it that a guy who is a member of the screen actors guild can get up in front of an audience and stumble all over himself? Mitt Romney has never been in a movie or a TV show and even he got up there with all his talking points and sounded like the smooth used car salesman that we've all grown accustomed to.

Fred's lost his luster. A few weeks ago after giving a speech he asked the silent audience “Can I have a round of applause?”

So what is going on with Fred? What else is holding him back?

• His wife is old enough to be his daughter. That's a little creppy but we'll give him a pass on that one.
• Prior to his trophy wife he married and divorced the girl he knocked up in high school.
• Even though they had never met Fred served on the advisory board of the legal defense fund for Scooter Libby, the guy who went to jail for not ratting out the Vice President.
• He said he doesn't go to church unless he's visiting his mother.
• He worked as a lobbyist for an abortion rights group (Fred's pro-life).
• He was a lobbyist for a company that paid him $750,000 to get reduced payouts for asbestos-related claims due to criminal negligence.
• Oh yeah, he's old.

Fred Thompson reminds me of that Quarter Pounder with Cheese combo meal you see on the commericials. Its looks really big and juicy. You can harldy wait to sink your teeth into it. Then you order it and it's a lot smaller than you had hoped, really greasy and the fries are stale. Good Ol' Fred looked really good when you saw him on Law and Order. Now that he is a candidate for President it's time to vote for someone else.

How Ron Paul wins the GOP nomination

A few months ago I had no idea who Congressman Ron Paul was. That all changed after the first Republican debate back in early May.

I had originally tuned in that night because I am a political junkie and I find politics and government very fascinating. I figured it would turn out with me wanting to throw something at my television because all 10 guys on the stage would say how we were going to win in Iraq and how they would try to scare me into voting for them. But something else happened. Something really big happened. For the first time in my life I was truly inspired by a Politician. I was shocked to hear a guy tell the truth and say what he truly believed instead of whatever he had to say to get elected. That night was introduced to Ron Paul.

Congressman Ron Paul is an obstetrician and served as a captain in the Air Force during the 1960's. He is against Abortion and for smaller governement. He is also one of the only Republicans to vote against the Iraq war in 2002. He has had a consistent voting record for over 16 years. You can see it here;
http://www.ontheissues.org/TX/Ron_Paul.htm

As you may already know the mainstream media doesn't cover Ron Paul very much. When they do it's usually negative. When he was interviewed by George Stephanophlous of ABC News he was told that he had no shot of winning. The secret is that the big corporations that own CNN, CBS, NBC, etc. don't want him to win. These same corporations are scared to death that Ron Paul would get elected and return the power back to the people instead of them. Would you like to see who the leaders of the corporations are donating money too?

Rudy Guiliani,
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/sector.asp?id=N00009908&cycle=2008

Mitt Romney,
http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/sector.asp?id=N00000286&cycle=2008

Did you see a pattern there? Did you see the millions of dollars coming from the financial/real estate sector? Several millions. Now look at Ron Paul's

http://www.opensecrets.org/pres08/sector.asp?id=N00005906&cycle=2008

Congressman Paul also has some from the finance/real estate sector but did you notice it's in the thousands not millions like Romney and Guiliani. Also most of Paul's donations come from the category "other". That means regualr folks like you and I. Who do you want as President? Someone who owes favors to rich guys in charge of Multi-Billion dollar corporations? Not me.

Now on to my original point. Ron Paul CAN win the Republican nomination. What does Tom Tancredo, Sam Brownback, Fred Thompson, Mitt Romney, Mike Huckebee, Rudy Guiliani, Duncan Hunter, John McCain, and Alan Keyes all have in common? They are all pro-war. What was the biggest issue in the 2006 election? The war in Iraq. The GOP lost the majority in the Senate and Congress because of the war. Who is the only Republican who against the Iraq war? That's right, Ron Paul.

The people who vote in the primary are Republican and are there to elect a Republican to run against the Democrat nominee. The problem for the GOP candidates is that there are too many candidates running. This is where Ron Paul has an advantage. Let's say that at the first primary in New Hampshire (a liberal and anti-war state) that Ron Paul does a good job getting the youth and anti-war voters to the polls and winds up with 15% of the vote. In 2000 238,606 people voted in the New Hampshire primary. If Congressman Paul wins 15% that's 35,790 votes that cannot go to the other candidates. We will now say that the bottom tier candidates ;Brownback, Keyes, Hunter, and Tancredo receive 15% of the total vote. That's 35,790 other votes not going to the front runners. That leaves 167,026 votes in play to be split among five other candidates. 167,026 divided by 5 comes out to 33,405. Which is less votes than they number that Ron Paul would have.

I'm not naive to believe that the 5 front-tier candidates would split that number of votes evenly. But even if the front runner received 25% of those votes it would make Ron Paul the runner-up and force the media to cover him as a first-tier candidate. On any stage Congressman Paul wil make any other nominee look foolish. All he needs is an avenue to get his message out which this scenario would provide. Also, you will see other canidates bow out. This may or may not benefit Paul. But you also have to believe that more than 238,606 people will be voting in this primary which will probably benefit Paul the most. We've already seen he is good at organizing and being the only Anti-War candidate he has a good chance at turning out the vote.

It's a long-shot but not as long as it used to be. This scenario is not that far fetched. Watch next week to see how much money in donations Paul has raked in during the 3rd quarter. This campaign may be on the verge of something huge.