Ron Paul claims he's against pork and for term limits. Is he a hypocrite?

by Bob DiN Posted January 08, 2012 12:27:34

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	Yes Paul is a hypocrite.	38 votes	46%
	No Paul is not a hypocrite, just misunderstood.	29 votes	35%
	Undecided?	15 votes	18%

Paul says he supports term limits but has been in office for decades. In 3 years of 2008 to 2010 he put over $120 million in earmarks for his district. He put them in bills he knew would easily pass, then voted against. He was first outed on this by the late Tim Russert on Meet the Press. Link http://www.youtube.com.

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rekcurtonhceT_RP2012 January 16, 2012 17:02:13

No Paul is not a hypocrite, just misunderstood.

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People are supporting candidates that steal bits and pieces of Paul's platform in an effort to swing Paul supporters their direction. Fail. They talk a big show about cutting the deficit and shrinking govt, all the while offering nothing to accomplish it. Fail. They talk about having a great national defense while throwing hundreds of billions at military waste. Fail.
They talk about being for the people and creating jobs, while supporting the biggest tax/extortion racket to ever plague this nation. Fail. They hint around about killing the 0bamacare bill, while supporting big PHARMA and taking actions quite the contrary previous to their current stance. Fail. They proclaim they know how the economy works and would take action to fix it, while the people of their home states lose home and property and face increase taxes due to higher and higher state budgets. Fail.
One and only one candidate has stood for Constitutional governing and has not changed his stance on any of the issues, proven overwhelmingly by his voting record. That ONE is Dr. Ron Paul. Like or dislike Paul, he is the only one with credibility and integrity in his platform. The rest are all wannabe's to garner your vote and continue the current path of destruction this nation is on. Get off the band wagon, and on the Revolution.
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Bob DiN January 20, 2012 21:00:29

Yes Paul is a hypocrite.

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The record doesn't lie. He's a porker and a hypocrite.

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shadow76 January 18, 2012 11:19:05

Yes Paul is a hypocrite.

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He is just a liar like all libs

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Bob DiN to shadow76 January 18, 2012 22:43:40

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I prefer to call a hypocrite. He is very liberal in some ways and liberals are gold medal liars, but I don't believe Ron Paul is a true liberal.

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shadow76 to Bob DiN January 19, 2012 02:28:14

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I don't think he is a true anything.

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Bob DiN to shadow76 January 19, 2012 04:21:36

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You got a point.

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2sly January 17, 2012 11:06:20

Yes Paul is a hypocrite.

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Ron Paul you need to go home and retire.

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Bob DiN to 2sly January 17, 2012 18:07:54

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Agreed! We don't need a senile old kook in office at any level.

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Tin Man January 17, 2012 03:31:54

Undecided?

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Double-talker, hedger, liar, and not a team player all fit. I recently decided to not vote for him in my state's primary. In a recent response about defense spending cuts he said he wasn't for cutting spending for our troops but wanted to make cuts to "the military industrial complex." A recent catch phrase in use among politicians as rhetoric. Let's translate a bit. Aren't tanks, rifles, tents, canteens, and Medovac helicopters all produced and delivered by military industries in support of providing necessities to our troops? All of the above terms fit, including but not confined to hypocrite !!!

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Bob DiN to Tin Man January 17, 2012 04:54:32

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He rambles and double talks a lot. However some people buy into his nonsense. Paul and Obama have several things in common. I would never vote for either.

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mike January 16, 2012 23:00:00

Undecided?

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I don't believe he's a hypocrite and if he wins the nomination I'll vote for him.

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Bob DiN to mike January 16, 2012 23:30:50

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So you condone what he does?

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mike to Bob DiN January 17, 2012 03:35:23

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No, but I don't think its that simple either.

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Bob DiN to mike January 17, 2012 18:17:07

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It's as simple as if is a bad practice you shouldn't do it. If you condone or approve of it than use it. You can't have it both ways. If you do try to have it both ways that makes you a phony. Ron Paul is indeed a hypocrite and that doesn't include some of his strange policies on Border security, drugs. national security and foreign affairs.

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mike to Bob DiN January 17, 2012 22:33:59
Bob DiN to mike January 18, 2012 07:47:57

I don't go by this site either. In this case I go by the Congressional Record and I say he's is a hypocrite, which is not the only problem I have with him.

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AnnS (Anti-RP2012] January 16, 2012 18:26:46

Yes Paul is a hypocrite.

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He reminds me more of obama everyday. These are the same complaints on obama's platform when he was campaigning and looked how he flip flopped and at our expense. obama revisited with paul on the HIll. Can you imagine these kinds of followers walking the streets of America.

: Ron Paul supporters threaten Atlanta family with rape, death
"The 38-year-old Atlanta man and his family have been targeted by militant Ron Paul supporters, one of whom threatened to "kneecap" him, then rape his wife and young daughter. Mr. Brower said he has also received death threats from supporters of Ron Paul".
And more:
"On Monday, militant Ron Paul supporters joined forces with Occupy Wall Street protesters to harass former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum.
Fox News reported that Gingrich was forced to cancel an appearance at his New Hampshire campaign headquarters when Ron Paul supporters and Occupy Wall Street protesters swarmed the entrance:
About 40 protesters showed up Monday evening carrying placards reading "Ron Paul" and "Occupy." One played speeches by presidential candidate Ron Paul from a loud speaker.
Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond says the former House speaker's private security detail decided to cancel the event because of security c...

He reminds me more of obama everyday. These are the same complaints on obama's platform when he was campaigning and looked how he flip flopped and at our expense. obama revisited with paul on the HIll. Can you imagine these kinds of followers walking the streets of America.

: Ron Paul supporters threaten Atlanta family with rape, death
"The 38-year-old Atlanta man and his family have been targeted by militant Ron Paul supporters, one of whom threatened to "kneecap" him, then rape his wife and young daughter. Mr. Brower said he has also received death threats from supporters of Ron Paul".
And more:
"On Monday, militant Ron Paul supporters joined forces with Occupy Wall Street protesters to harass former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum.
Fox News reported that Gingrich was forced to cancel an appearance at his New Hampshire campaign headquarters when Ron Paul supporters and Occupy Wall Street protesters swarmed the entrance:
About 40 protesters showed up Monday evening carrying placards reading "Ron Paul" and "Occupy." One played speeches by presidential candidate Ron Paul from a loud speaker.
Gingrich spokesman R.C. Hammond says the former House speaker's private security detail decided to cancel the event because of security concerns regarding the entrance and exit to the building." http://www.examiner.com/conse...

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http://hotair.com/archives/20...
http://www.thenewamerican.com...

Peter Thiel:
(http://www.slate.com/article...
Bilderberg meeting – Paul’s campaign committee
http://www.nndb.com/people/03...
http://www.nndb.com/org/520/0...
http://www.freewebs.com/sgtsk...

Adam Kokesh

http://michellemalkin.com/201...
http://www.aim.org/aim-column...

Russia Today

http://www.conservativenewsan...
pdf file – campaigning for foreign funds from Russia Today
http://www.usasurvival.org/do...

http://www.thegatewaypundit.c...

Gold Holdings

http://www.businessinsider.co...
http://the-last-blog-left.blo...

Muslims endorsements
http://www.dailypaul.com/1659...
http://www.newsrealblog.com/2...

OWS support

http://www.examiner.com/conse...

Gaza War

http://edition.presstv.ir/det...

http://www.commentarymagazine...

http://www.aim.org/aim-column...

The Son

http://newsentinelreport.word...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Stormfront
http://hotair.com/archives/20...
http://michiganmessenger.com/...

Holocaust Deniers
http://forums.randi.org/showt...
http://scienceblogs.com/insol...

Info on Austrian Economics; Paul’s membership Ludwig Von Mises
http://news.goldseek.com/Gold...

Just some grapevine stuff
http://ronpaulsurvivalreport....

Maybe nothing but just FYI; the author here writes for Ludwig von Mises
http://thewhitepath.com/islam...
http://www.jihadwatch.org/201...

Check out the Rockwell site sometimes; ugh
http://www.historycommons.org...

http://www.commentarymagazine...

obama called us demagogues because we were against the WTC mosque
Ron Paul to Sunshine Patriots: Stop Your Demagogy About The NYC Mosque!
http://www.ronpaul.com/2010-0...
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2...
During the previous election, Americans Against Escalation in Iraq (AAEI) ran an ad praising Ron Paul for his position against the war. AAEI was an umbrella group for MoveOn.org, the Center for American Progress, SEIU, Americans United For Change, the National Security Network and others in the progressive bestiary. A number of those beasties were Soros groups.
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Bob DiN to AnnS (A... January 16, 2012 18:59:42

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I'd say in some respects Ron Paul is worse than Obama. Even Obama has not said that he would legalize drugs. Then again Obama could be lying.

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AnnS (A... to Bob DiN January 16, 2012 19:37:14

I do know George Soros is big into legalizing drugs; obama has played a low profile to get the votes from both ends of the candle. I do know he wanted to decriminalize crack dealers because 85% of dealers are blacks. Of course never mind the white addicts.

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Bob DiN to AnnS (A... January 16, 2012 22:55:20

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Interesting.

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AnnS (A... to Bob DiN January 16, 2012 23:04:19

Yes, but I think obama will try to if he gets elected knowing he can't run another term. He tries to outdo any other politican that couldn't get things passed. ex: Hillary's health care etc.........

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Bob DiN to AnnS (A... January 20, 2012 20:52:40

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I wouldn't be surprised.

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Katherine to AnnS (A... February 15, 2012 19:47:46

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Bob DiN to Katherine February 15, 2012 21:22:13

I've been on board.

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schjaz January 16, 2012 17:19:28

Undecided?

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I don't know if he should be called a hypocrite. I have heard him answer to this and he says, yeah, its his job to take the money for his district. How many years has he been serving and sponsored over 600 bills. ONE got passed. I don't want him for president and I do not believe he can win.

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Bob DiN to schjaz January 16, 2012 18:04:20

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Has has campaigned against earmarks. He only admitted it when his back was to the wall and forced to.

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Tony ☮ ... to Bob DiN January 16, 2012 18:12:30

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When you do your tax return do you take all the deductions you are entitled to?

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rob ☮ R... to Tony ☮ ... January 16, 2012 18:13:45

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i heard he claims his multiple personalities

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Tony ☮ ... to rob ☮ R... January 16, 2012 21:49:20

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I'm sure he does, as dependents, it's entertaining to watch the kooks, all the insults and no logic or facts to back it up. Makes me laugh every time one of these clueless status quo puppets go off the deep end, foaming at the mouth spewing their hate for Ron Paul and repeating the media nonsense. All the while not having a clue what the constitution is about.

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Bob DiN to Tony ☮ ... January 16, 2012 18:13:52

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Yup, but I don't say I don't and I'm not running for President.

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Tony ☮ ... to Bob DiN January 16, 2012 21:33:18

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He doesn't say he doesn't either. Where do you think the money comes from? It's the taxpayers money they deserve it back just like you deserve to take the tax deductions you are entitled to. And thank God you're not running for president.

This is what they elect a Congressman for, he is the voice of the people, do you think it would be a better idea to not earmark these tax dollars and let the white house spend it as they see fit? That money is already spent, he just makes sure the 0bama administration has no say so in where it goes and his constituents do.

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schjaz to Tony ☮ ... January 17, 2012 14:48:54

not the same thing.

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Tony ☮ ... to schjaz January 17, 2012 15:07:49

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Yes it is.

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schjaz to Bob DiN January 17, 2012 14:48:33

sounds like another typical, long time politician.

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Tony ☮ ... to schjaz January 17, 2012 15:34:17

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Not true Ron Paul is a Statesman.

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schjaz to Tony ☮ ... January 17, 2012 16:02:20

he will not win. and...you make too many excuses for him.

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Tony ☮ ... to schjaz January 17, 2012 16:03:53

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You have no way of backing up your opinion either. You make too many baseless accusations.

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schjaz to Tony ☮ ... January 17, 2012 16:50:42

he was against pork but accepted it....another politician.

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Tony ☮ ... to schjaz January 17, 2012 17:10:50

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You obviously don't understand politics. (see above reply)

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schjaz to Tony ☮ ... January 18, 2012 16:22:24 (edited)

he is against term limits but has been serving forever...the guy is 80. and he admitted taking pork! that's enough proof for someone who is so one-sided, you cannot see straight.

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Tony ☮ ... to schjaz January 18, 2012 21:46:10

I have to admit kooks are entertaining....with all the insults and no logic or facts to back it up. Makes me laugh every time one of these clueless status quo puppets go off the deep end, foaming at the mouth spewing their hate for Ron Paul and repeating the media nonsense. All the while not having a clue what the constitution is about.

Maybe it's not your fault, persons who are not educated enough to express themselves intelligently generally live in a 15 second sound bite world.

No one is laughing with you, we're just laughing at you while you have another one of your uniformed meltdowns.

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