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Thread #101088   Message #2237819
Posted By: Bobert
16-Jan-08 - 01:46 PM
Thread Name: BS: Popular Views on Obama
Subject: RE: BS: Popular Views on Obama
Tell ya' what, CarolC...

If any candidate takes Ron Paul's position on Iraq, Afganistan and Pakistan they can 100% guarentee they will not only not be nominated, will not be elected but also will never be in any position to do anything about these various wars and shady deals...

You gotta start somewhere...

I'm glad that Paul and Dennis are getting at least some air time... They are the kinds of polical martyrs that are needed...

Barry Goldwater singlehandedly launched the conservative movement but he had to take the fall to do it...

I'm not sure I want to sacrifice '08 to a John "Warmonger" McCain just so I can sit back and think how righteous I was in making my stand...

Do I know for sure that Obama will make the changes nessessary to bring a foriegn policy paradyme switch but, at the very least, he is somewhat electable and we know exactly what we will get with McCain... More of the same...

Call it pragmatism, if you like, but this time around I'm not willing to take win the moral battle and loose everything else...

B~