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By normal1 - Dec 27th, 2007 at 1:04 pm EST

I'm going to be blunt and just state it: Dems have an opportunity to use Paul as their Nader. His fellow Rep candidates must hate having to campaign with someone who threatens to reveal the truth that they aren't out to protect that American institution, capitalism. They're out to protect the corporations that line their pockets and hire friends, familiy members, and themselves once they are freed from government jobs all in the guise of protecting capitalism. We're talking long held frames of reference that many people still cling to, especially when faced with overwhelming information. Instead of Dems arguing internally about the fine points of Paul's campaign, they should be exploiting the opportunity to expose the lies repeatedly passed on by Reps. I keep harping about the economy because it affects everyone and could be the deciding issue IF Dems decide to band together and have similar talking points. Then, they could use unaltered facts to "divide and conquer" the other party. Unfortunately, after reading other political message boards and seeing the "discussions" deteriorate into petty squabbling, I don't expect much, but what the hay, it's my two cents. (which, thanks to fed meddling, is worth even less these days!)

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Merry Christmas, save your falling dollar

By normal1 - Dec 23rd, 2007 at 5:17 pm EST

As we approach Christmas, I couldn't help but notice the differences between this year and the last few years. Remember how we were all duped into believing that in order to be true-blue, patriotic Americans, we should spend, spend in order to support our economy? Never mind the details about whether our dollars were actually achieving that affect or not. We were/are led by people who believe that an economy can achieve growth by consumer spending! These capitalist frauds have tainted everything in our government and unfortunately, no one but Mr. Paul seems to want to address the economy seriously. Democracy may be the heart and soul of America, but capitalism is the meat and bones and as long as we ignore its problems they'll only get worse. The problem is, the candidates know that the voters can't always be counted on, but the checks from the lobbyists will always be there for them.

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Ron Paul

By normal1 - Dec 2nd, 2007 at 4:48 pm EST

I admit, I was infatuated with Mr. Paul for a spell and kept wondering WHEN the Dems were going to start paying attention. Well, I'm mostly over Paul, except for his monetary beliefs which is what I believe most people are attracted to as well. For me, the fact that there has been no real serious talks about our economy (and I don't mean bailouts or band-aids) from anyone other than Paul is insulting. Yes, I am coming around to returning to the gold standard (damn those guys at The Daily Reckoning!) and I am disgusted at the lack of concern over our falling dollar. Ron Paul promises a return to monetary discipline and many people are attracted to that. I see a great opportunity here for either party to listen to what Paul is saying, and naturally, steal it. The fact is, the majority of us are as dumb as ever when it comes to money and there's plenty of evidence to support that claim: the explosion of payday lenders, the popularity of tax return loans, investment scams, etc., etc. I don't think Paul will make it to the "finals," but he is exposing some popular issues that shouldn't be ignored.

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iRaq

By normal1 - Dec 2nd, 2007 at 4:32 pm EST

I was just wondering why the brains at the WH didn't think to go to Apple and ask for some advice on marketing the war. It seems so easy...iMac, iBook, iPhone,iTunes,iRaq. What a missed opportunity!

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