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		<title>By: gravel kucinich paul nader</title>
		<link>http://www.blogpi.net/accept-no-substitutes/comment-page-2#comment-109782</link>
		<dc:creator>gravel kucinich paul nader</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Colbert gravel kucinich paul nader perot carter [conyers?rangel?] united for truth elicit fear smear blacklist.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The people know too much,
democracy rising democracy now.
Rage against the machine.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Honesty compassion intelligence guts.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;No more extortion blackmail bribery division.
Divided we fall.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Colbert gravel kucinich paul nader perot carter [conyers?rangel?] united for truth elicit fear smear blacklist.</p>
<p>The people know too much,<br />
democracy rising democracy now.<br />
Rage against the machine.</p>
<p>Honesty compassion intelligence guts.</p>
<p>No more extortion blackmail bribery division.<br />
Divided we fall.</p>
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		<title>By: DaveNate</title>
		<link>http://www.blogpi.net/accept-no-substitutes/comment-page-2#comment-103333</link>
		<dc:creator>DaveNate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;In case you have been asleep for the past year, Ron Paul is the only Republican who advocates ending the war in Iraq and pulling out troops as fast as possible.  Surely you can reason that Republicans who are strongly against the war in Iraq would not find any of the other candidates acceptable because of this reason alone.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Get a clue.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In case you have been asleep for the past year, Ron Paul is the only Republican who advocates ending the war in Iraq and pulling out troops as fast as possible.  Surely you can reason that Republicans who are strongly against the war in Iraq would not find any of the other candidates acceptable because of this reason alone.</p>
<p>Get a clue.</p>
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		<title>By: JT</title>
		<link>http://www.blogpi.net/accept-no-substitutes/comment-page-2#comment-102967</link>
		<dc:creator>JT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 01:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I have been a lifelong Libertarian minded Republican. I voted Republican in every presidental race since I could in 1992 except for 2004.  I voted for Bush in 2000 with great hopes for cutting the size of the federal government. Of course we all know how that turned out. So I voted for Mike Badnarik in 2004 as a protest vote. This year I will vote Republican no matter what but I have been a HUGE Ron Paul fan for at least 5 years since he is the only libertarian in Congress.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have been a lifelong Libertarian minded Republican. I voted Republican in every presidental race since I could in 1992 except for 2004.  I voted for Bush in 2000 with great hopes for cutting the size of the federal government. Of course we all know how that turned out. So I voted for Mike Badnarik in 2004 as a protest vote. This year I will vote Republican no matter what but I have been a HUGE Ron Paul fan for at least 5 years since he is the only libertarian in Congress.</p>
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		<title>By: rhys</title>
		<link>http://www.blogpi.net/accept-no-substitutes/comment-page-2#comment-100278</link>
		<dc:creator>rhys</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Oct 2007 04:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;I have voted in every State and National election I was eligible for. I have never voted for a Democrat, so I can&#039;t support any of the Republicans except Ron Paul.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;It was a Progressive Democrat that lead us into WW1, so Wilson could start his beloved League of Nations precursor to the UN; it was a Progressive Democrat that exercised Eminant Domain - outlawing and confiscating gold from Americans at $20/oz., so Roosevelt could turn around and give it to a private Federal Reserve for sale on the international market at $35/oz.; it was a Progressive Democrat that lead us into Korea, so Truman could stop the Communist threat to Wilson&#039;s international agenda; it was a Progressive Democrat that lead us into Vietnam, so Johnson could stop the Communist extremists who were seeking to overcome our way of life here; and it was a Progressive Democrat that lead us into Iraq; so Bush could stop third world dictatators from leveraging their power and overtaking the White House.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;The greatest threats to Conservative American political values in the last 100 years have come from International Socialism and National Socialism.  We fought wars against both. We just didn&#039;t see that the threat that they posed was not a physical one, but was instead posed by the intrusion of their ideologies into the Democratic and Republican parties.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ron Paul is the ONLY conservative American politician running for president. How can I support anybody else? How can you support anybody else?&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have voted in every State and National election I was eligible for. I have never voted for a Democrat, so I can&#8217;t support any of the Republicans except Ron Paul.</p>
<p>It was a Progressive Democrat that lead us into WW1, so Wilson could start his beloved League of Nations precursor to the UN; it was a Progressive Democrat that exercised Eminant Domain &#8211; outlawing and confiscating gold from Americans at $20/oz., so Roosevelt could turn around and give it to a private Federal Reserve for sale on the international market at $35/oz.; it was a Progressive Democrat that lead us into Korea, so Truman could stop the Communist threat to Wilson&#8217;s international agenda; it was a Progressive Democrat that lead us into Vietnam, so Johnson could stop the Communist extremists who were seeking to overcome our way of life here; and it was a Progressive Democrat that lead us into Iraq; so Bush could stop third world dictatators from leveraging their power and overtaking the White House.</p>
<p>The greatest threats to Conservative American political values in the last 100 years have come from International Socialism and National Socialism.  We fought wars against both. We just didn&#8217;t see that the threat that they posed was not a physical one, but was instead posed by the intrusion of their ideologies into the Democratic and Republican parties.</p>
<p>Ron Paul is the ONLY conservative American politician running for president. How can I support anybody else? How can you support anybody else?</p>
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		<title>By: Daniel Frazier</title>
		<link>http://www.blogpi.net/accept-no-substitutes/comment-page-2#comment-98501</link>
		<dc:creator>Daniel Frazier</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;So, Bill...  You seem concerned that Ron Paul supporters might not be true Republicans?  Well guess what, you&#039;re right!  Putting party over principal is, IMHO, akin to treason.  My loyalty IS NOT to the GOP, it&#039;s to America and the ideals this great country was founded on.  &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I, for one, am proud to be a Ronbot...&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;America is Sick.
Dr. Ron Paul
Is the Cure.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So, Bill&#8230;  You seem concerned that Ron Paul supporters might not be true Republicans?  Well guess what, you&#8217;re right!  Putting party over principal is, IMHO, akin to treason.  My loyalty IS NOT to the GOP, it&#8217;s to America and the ideals this great country was founded on.  </p>
<p>I, for one, am proud to be a Ronbot&#8230;</p>
<p>America is Sick.<br />
Dr. Ron Paul<br />
Is the Cure.</p>
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		<title>By: Brian</title>
		<link>http://www.blogpi.net/accept-no-substitutes/comment-page-2#comment-98467</link>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 03:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;There are other possible explanations. &lt;/p&gt;

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&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The pro-war Republicans have many choices, but the anti-war Republicans only have one choice – Ron Paul.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The big government Republicans have many choices, but the small government republicans only have one choice – Ron Paul.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;The other candidates don’t even come close on the issues that mater the most to Ron Paul Republicans.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;Some Republicans are tired of having to vote for a guy just because he is a little bit better than the democrat candidate. With Ron Paul they will be voting for someone, not just against the other guy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If Ron Paul is nominated; the Republicans have a chance to win, if not, then the so called anti-war Democrat will win. It will be impossible for a pro war candidate to win this election. Nominating any other Republican candidate will be handing the election to Hilary on a silver platter.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;p&gt;If Ron Paul is elected; conservative will finally get the smaller government that they have been dreaming of.  Any of the other candidates – Republican or Democrat will guarantee a government that continues to grow and grow.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Being a small government Republican is a little like following Moses around in the desert for forty years, with the Promised Land just beyond the next mountain. Let’s only hope that the Republican Party doesn’t have to die for us to get there.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are other possible explanations. </p>
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<p>The pro-war Republicans have many choices, but the anti-war Republicans only have one choice – Ron Paul.</p>
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<p>The big government Republicans have many choices, but the small government republicans only have one choice – Ron Paul.</p>
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<p>The other candidates don’t even come close on the issues that mater the most to Ron Paul Republicans.</p>
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<p>Some Republicans are tired of having to vote for a guy just because he is a little bit better than the democrat candidate. With Ron Paul they will be voting for someone, not just against the other guy.</p>
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<p>If Ron Paul is nominated; the Republicans have a chance to win, if not, then the so called anti-war Democrat will win. It will be impossible for a pro war candidate to win this election. Nominating any other Republican candidate will be handing the election to Hilary on a silver platter.</p>
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<p>If Ron Paul is elected; conservative will finally get the smaller government that they have been dreaming of.  Any of the other candidates – Republican or Democrat will guarantee a government that continues to grow and grow.</p>
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<p>Being a small government Republican is a little like following Moses around in the desert for forty years, with the Promised Land just beyond the next mountain. Let’s only hope that the Republican Party doesn’t have to die for us to get there.</p>
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		<title>By: GordonUnleashed &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Supporting Ron Paul May Be The Only Winning GOP Choice</title>
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		<dc:creator>GordonUnleashed &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Supporting Ron Paul May Be The Only Winning GOP Choice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:46:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;[...] blog, p.i. used online polling data to provide this response: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Ron Paul supporters like nobody less than Giuliani — for whom most observers called that debate based on his response to Paul’s “blowback” comments, even as the Ronbots contended that the very same exchange proved Ron Paul the obvious winner. [...]&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] blog, p.i. used online polling data to provide this response: Perhaps unsurprisingly, Ron Paul supporters like nobody less than Giuliani — for whom most observers called that debate based on his response to Paul’s “blowback” comments, even as the Ronbots contended that the very same exchange proved Ron Paul the obvious winner. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Michael</title>
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		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 16:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;To paraphrase the Gipper.  We did not leave the Republican Party.  The Republican Party left us.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To paraphrase the Gipper.  We did not leave the Republican Party.  The Republican Party left us.</p>
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		<title>By: J. Schroeder</title>
		<link>http://www.blogpi.net/accept-no-substitutes/comment-page-2#comment-98369</link>
		<dc:creator>J. Schroeder</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;The Republican party?   What Republican party?? &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh... you mean that new big-government, war-mongering, Constitution-hating party that still calls itself the GOP....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&quot;Real&quot; Republicans want to vote for a fellow &quot;real&quot; Republican... Ron Paul.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;(BTW, don&#039;t you think it&#039;s great that a lot of Independent and Democratic voters are responding to Dr. Paul&#039;s message of limited government and liberty?  If you believe in those principles, shouldn&#039;t you be rejoicing?)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;If the GOP doesn&#039;t begin embracing it&#039;s own (supposed) values, it will continue to shrink.&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Republican party?   What Republican party?? </p>
<p>Oh&#8230; you mean that new big-government, war-mongering, Constitution-hating party that still calls itself the GOP&#8230;.</p>
<p>&#8220;Real&#8221; Republicans want to vote for a fellow &#8220;real&#8221; Republican&#8230; Ron Paul.</p>
<p>(BTW, don&#8217;t you think it&#8217;s great that a lot of Independent and Democratic voters are responding to Dr. Paul&#8217;s message of limited government and liberty?  If you believe in those principles, shouldn&#8217;t you be rejoicing?)</p>
<p>If the GOP doesn&#8217;t begin embracing it&#8217;s own (supposed) values, it will continue to shrink.</p>
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		<title>By: ctjohnson</title>
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		<dc:creator>ctjohnson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 15:16:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;What concerns me is the people on this board is the name calling and stereotyping of Ron Paul supporters.  I am a Ron Paul supporter and....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am an ex-Republican that will be coming home.  Why did I leave?  Failed promises by the Republican controlled congress in the 90&#039;s.  Then I voted for Bush...never have voted for a Democrat mind you...and loved the no nation building, humble foreign policy stance.  Are we conservatives INSANE!  Have we forgotten how ticked off we were with Billary hopping into Somalia and Bosnia.  We were ticked at his &quot;I&#039;m Mr. World Policeman&quot;.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Okay...9/11...boy was I ticked...go get than dirty SOB Osama!  Right on!  Crap...we didn&#039;t get him and now we are nation building...maybe it&#039;ll be alright...but why are we not getting the sucker...irritation set in...not liking this policing crap.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What&#039;s this...Iraq?  Shouldn&#039;t we be getting Osama and his buddies?  Sure, Hussein is a dirt ball...but I want Osama dang it!  Didn&#039;t Dick Cheney warn about this as Secretary of Defense...yes he did....&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7kkx9domJo&amp;eurl=http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/articles/dick-cheney-iraq-war.html&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh what the heck...maybe Dick Cheney was wrong in his analysis in the first Gulf War...Ok...lets go get Hussein.  What the heck...crap...more nation building and what&#039;s this?  The 90&#039; Dick Cheney was correct!  What happened to the old Dick Cheney...crap...Dick Cheney has lost his memory and mind!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Oh well...still hating Democrat Socialism...voting Bush again in 2004.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Crap...old Dick Cheney is looking like a prophet...really starting to get unsettled...getting more big gov&#039;t, inflation rising, economy weakening, my fellow citizens dying at approximately 100/month(btw I&#039;m ex military and pro military).&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;What the heck is happening to the Republican party!  I want my small gov&#039;t, low spending defenders of the Republic!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Ladies and gents...the other Republican candidates ARE NOT small gov&#039;t, low spending defenders of the Republic!  I want the old Dick Cheney back.  I want Reagan, Goldwater, Eisenhower...I want RON PAUL!&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Anyhow...here is the journey of a ticked off conservative and why I put the other candidates as unacceptable except Ron Paul.  So live in your delusional world that there are not a lot of conservative like me.  I have seen them in groups all over my state.  I have seen thousands in the streets of Seattle just weeks ago...and yes we have energy and yes we are ticked!&lt;/p&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What concerns me is the people on this board is the name calling and stereotyping of Ron Paul supporters.  I am a Ron Paul supporter and&#8230;.</p>
<p>I am an ex-Republican that will be coming home.  Why did I leave?  Failed promises by the Republican controlled congress in the 90&#8217;s.  Then I voted for Bush&#8230;never have voted for a Democrat mind you&#8230;and loved the no nation building, humble foreign policy stance.  Are we conservatives INSANE!  Have we forgotten how ticked off we were with Billary hopping into Somalia and Bosnia.  We were ticked at his &#8220;I&#8217;m Mr. World Policeman&#8221;.</p>
<p>Okay&#8230;9/11&#8230;boy was I ticked&#8230;go get than dirty SOB Osama!  Right on!  Crap&#8230;we didn&#8217;t get him and now we are nation building&#8230;maybe it&#8217;ll be alright&#8230;but why are we not getting the sucker&#8230;irritation set in&#8230;not liking this policing crap.</p>
<p>What&#8217;s this&#8230;Iraq?  Shouldn&#8217;t we be getting Osama and his buddies?  Sure, Hussein is a dirt ball&#8230;but I want Osama dang it!  Didn&#8217;t Dick Cheney warn about this as Secretary of Defense&#8230;yes he did&#8230;.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7kkx9domJo&amp;eurl=http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/articles/dick-cheney-iraq-war.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7kkx9domJo&amp;eurl=http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/2008/articles/dick-cheney-iraq-war.html</a></p>
<p>Oh what the heck&#8230;maybe Dick Cheney was wrong in his analysis in the first Gulf War&#8230;Ok&#8230;lets go get Hussein.  What the heck&#8230;crap&#8230;more nation building and what&#8217;s this?  The 90&#8242; Dick Cheney was correct!  What happened to the old Dick Cheney&#8230;crap&#8230;Dick Cheney has lost his memory and mind!</p>
<p>Oh well&#8230;still hating Democrat Socialism&#8230;voting Bush again in 2004.</p>
<p>Crap&#8230;old Dick Cheney is looking like a prophet&#8230;really starting to get unsettled&#8230;getting more big gov&#8217;t, inflation rising, economy weakening, my fellow citizens dying at approximately 100/month(btw I&#8217;m ex military and pro military).</p>
<p>What the heck is happening to the Republican party!  I want my small gov&#8217;t, low spending defenders of the Republic!</p>
<p>Ladies and gents&#8230;the other Republican candidates ARE NOT small gov&#8217;t, low spending defenders of the Republic!  I want the old Dick Cheney back.  I want Reagan, Goldwater, Eisenhower&#8230;I want RON PAUL!</p>
<p>Anyhow&#8230;here is the journey of a ticked off conservative and why I put the other candidates as unacceptable except Ron Paul.  So live in your delusional world that there are not a lot of conservative like me.  I have seen them in groups all over my state.  I have seen thousands in the streets of Seattle just weeks ago&#8230;and yes we have energy and yes we are ticked!</p>
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