Fred Thompson at the Orlando Debate (2 of 5)

[mellottiracing]

facts about Ron Paul:

Won more straw pols then any candidate

Won more post-debate polls then any candidate

more then 100,000 thousand volunteers

6.5 mil record breaking fund raising in 1 day

more donations from military active/retired

awarded taxpayers best friend 10 years in row

yea baby!!.WooT the revolution is on!

[andrew197553]

THE REVOLUTION IS OFF. HES A LOSER

[ShordansWorld]

While your response was very true!

You should learn from President Carter's mistake;

Americans don't want to hear the truth

or look inwardly.

Your comments could hurt you

while yet being honest and necessary!

[ShordansWorld]

OUTSTANDING response!!!

[bulllfog]

I admire him for admitting a mistake. That shows good character.

[Phaedrus1234]

I still like No Child Left Behind, but Fred makes a powerful argument.

5 stars.

[melissamactear]

ThinkMink15, Fred can win and Ron cannot

Fred was wrong on this and on McCain-Feingold but Ron was wrong on MANY other things.

[CoryT9783]

Thing is Fred can admit he was wrong on the vote.

[melissamactear]

It is very important for people to be able to admit that they were wrong. I was for it as well back then, but have changed my mind as I have seen the results. I stand with Fred.

[ThinkMink15]

the thing is that Ron Paul has NEVER changed his position. That is a FACT

[melissamactear]

Ron Paul flip - flopped on the death penalty.

He was for it when he ran for President as a Libertarian in 1988 and is now opposed to it.

[ThinkMink15]

I'll need proof of that

[equationmommy]

He is still for the death penalty, he just doesn't want the federal government to use the death penalty because of their ineptitude

[melissamactear]

Which is still a flip flop since he wanted them to use it when he ran for President as a Libertarian in 1988

[Ryanoc83]

Ron Paul has changed his postion against the country he grew up in. His debate comment:

"Did US foreign policies "cause 9/11?" The terrorists didn't attack New Zealand or Switzerland, did they? Sure, they may have happened anyway, but with the level of anger towards us throughout the Middle East over our perpetual meddling in their affairs, isn't it time we tried something different? "

[ThinkMink15]

Ron Paul has been steady on foreign policy since 1976, non-intervention. If we continue to think they attack us because we are rich and free we will never be able to accurately address the problem. They attack us because we are over there. This is a fact you can read in the 9/11 commission report or "Dying To Win" or "Blowback" or "Imperial Hubris" or any other reputable pre-election season books and writings

[andrew197553]

we are over there because they attacked us. the enemy has to understand, if you kill 3000 of our own people YOU WILL FUCKING DIE

[ThinkMink15]

So he admits to a flawed voting record?

He points out how he voted for a big government project than talks small government for the rest of his time.

I still prefer the honesty and steady voting record(over TEN terms in congress) of Ron Paul

[istya]

So you'll take the risk of voting in an isolationist because you don't want to vote for someone who can admit mistakes? That's kindof insane, considering where isolationism got us the last two times we tried it...

[ThinkMink15]

Ron Paul is not an isolationist

What previous two times are you referring to?

[istya]

Ron Paul wants to close down all military bases in foreign countries. That's isolationist. The two times I'm referring to are WWI (e.g. the Lusitania), and WWII (e.g. Pearl Harbor).

[ThinkMink15]

That's not isolationist, it's just moving our forces for national defense we will still be trading and investing and traveling with these countries. Freedom spreads when you put forth a good example, not when you put a military base in someone else's country.

[GOLLIN626]

Fred 08 Im with Fred