Ron Paul’s new ad: ‘The one who can beat Obama’

[Playinghardball]

Source: Raw Story
By Eric W. Dolan

Texas Congressman Ron Paul's latest television advertisement lumps his Republicans rivals together with Democrats and claims he is the only GOP presidential candidate that can defeat President Barack Obama in 2012.

The 1-minuted ad, called "The One," will air in Iowa and New Hampshire. A campaign spokesman said the ad cost at least six figures.

"It's the story of a lost city, lost opportunity, lost hope. A story of failed policies, failed leadership. A story of smooth talking politicians, games of 'he said, she said,' rhetoric and division," the ad says, while transposing images of Rick Perry, Mitt Romney and Michele Bachmann with Congressional Democrats and Obama.

"One man has stood apart," the ad continues. "Stood strong and true. Voting against every tax increase, every unbalanced budget, every time. Standing up to the Washington machine, guided by principle. Ron Paul: the one who will stop the spending, save the dollar, create jobs, bring peace, the one who will restore liberty. Ron Paul: the one who can beat Obama."

More at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/08/16/ron-pauls-new-ad-the-one-who-can-beat-obama/

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BULLSHIT...

[LAGC]

1. I kind of hope Paul does win the Republican nomination.

It would be interesting seeing the debates, Obama trying to defend why our military forces are still in the Middle East after 10 years of failure...

[DesMoinesDem]

6. Lets pretend Paul won the presidency and Democrats took control of both houses.

Paul has said the first thing he would do is end the wars and bring the troops home from all our bases. With a Democratic congress he couldn't touch domestic spending unless the Democrats agreed. Sounds pretty good to me. Am I missing something?

[LAGC]

11. I think that scenario would be better than a heavily Republican Congress and Obama being re-elected.

If those were our only choices... of course, ideally, we'd just have a solidly Democratic Congress AND a strong Democratic president, but American voters seem to like the split-party form of governance between the Legislative and Executive branches, for some reason.

A lot of people really don't give enough credit to how big a role Congress plays in directing our national policy. With a big enough super-majority, Congress can over-ride presidential vetoes.

Ron Paul likely wouldn't get us into any more wars, we'd just have to hope he didn't appoint any wing-nuts to replace any Supreme Court justices that may soon retire.

[DesMoinesDem]

19. Obama was elected with a solidly Democratic congress.

He tripled the number of troops in Afghanistan, increased the drone attacks, and started a war in Libya. We need more than just a Democrat in the White House. We need someone that is anti-war.

[awoke_in_2003]

17. Yeah, Ron Paul is a whacko. nt

[DesMoinesDem]

18. Thanks for your insight.

[awoke_in_2003]

20. No problem...

just do a little googling on him- he is a racist, too.

[DesMoinesDem]

24. What racist policies does he advocate?

Could any of those pass a Democratic congress? What's more racist than bombing Arabs in the middle east for no reason? Does that make Obama a racist?

People like to just throw out 'he's racist' as if some newsletter from 2 decades ago that he may have written is more important than the lives of tens of thousands of innocent people and hundreds of American. So which one is more important to you: a newsletter or thousands of lives?

[SergeyDovlatov]

10. I can see that... Groups forming Neocons for Obama

With subgroups:

Patriot Act lovers for Obama.
Drone Assasination Fans for Obama
Small crappy little country throwers for Obama.

"Every ten years or so, the United States needs to pick up some small crappy little country and throw it against the wall, just to show the world we mean business."

- Michael Ledeen, holder of the Freedom Chair at the American Enterprise Institute

[krabigirl]

14. yep..I'd like to see that debate.

[gateley]

2. You know something? Ron Paul actually seems less scary to me

than Bachmann or Perry. And Romney will do whatever the Repubs tell him to, so no confidence in him, either.

I remember last election Paul was asked about abortion. He said, of course, he personally is against it but wouldn't make a move to change Roe v Wade because it wasn't really a pressing issue. He sounded reasonable compared to these current whacks.

[RevStPatrick]

3. Yep, as horrible as he would be...

...he doesn't scare the bejeebus out of me as much as those others do!

[gateley]

5. I know! The moment I posted that I thought wow, imagine viewing

Ron Paul as relatively safe! That shows how the extreme is becoming the new normal in the RW. :scared:

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

15. ...and THAT is itself scary.

[krabigirl]

13. yeah, I'd much rather have an anti-war GOP nominee than a crazed fascist like Perry

[Scuba]

4. Paul is often wrong, but not insane. n/t

[gateley]

7. Excellent distinction. nt

[Cool Logic]

8. Ron Paul doesn't stand a chance...he's too honest.

He is like a Sanders or a Kucinich--men who are not afraid to tell you exactly what they believe and exactly what they would do.

Does anyone think Sanders or Kuncinich has a shot at becoming President?

[Major Hogwash]

12. Michelle Bachmann is honest, too. She's from Planet Corndog, but she doesn't lie about it.

Honesty is not all that big of a deal for Paul since he is a fucking idiot!!

[Cool Logic]

21. Am I to conclude that you are opposed to the truth...

or just idiots?

In my view, freedom of speech has the added benefit in that the bad guys are free to tell us who they are...as opposed to sneaking up on us like a criminal in the night.

[Major Hogwash]

22. That doesn't even make sense. This isn't an issue about freedom of speech.

I have seen other whackos like Ron Paul in Congress.
Traficant was a great example of someone who used his freedom of speech to spew the most wild junk imaginable.

If Michelle Bachmann actually believes that she can win the Presidency, then she is not lying about it when she says so.
But, that doesn't make any of her other comments of her dumb ideas work for Americans. Lowering taxes isn't going to help anyone out of the deficit crisis we are in now.

That's their new mantra -- we are in a deficit crisis.
Senator Crapo (R) of Idaho gave a speech at a townhall yesterday in Pocatello and actually said that the 'deficit crisis' was more of a threat to us than armed terrorists!!
He's another idiot.
He voted for all of the Bush budgets!
He is a special idiot since he is against raising taxes or letting the Bush Tax Cuts expire.
He said he would fight for a Balanced Budget Amendment later this fall.
Another idiotic idea!

Whereas Paul just says crap that isn't even relevant, like how much gold is in Fort Knox?
Who gives a damn! Nobody is worried about it, but he keeps asking for an audit!!

[Cool Logic]

25. So, would also oppose an audit to determine what happened...

to the billions that are missing from the nation building efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan?

After all, "who gives a damn?"

[Major Hogwash]

9. Oh, he's 'the one' alright! The one that has run for office more times than the Fonz said "ehh".

And not even as cool.
I'd vote for Harry Winkler for Prez before I would vote for Paul.

[Shagbark Hickory]

16. The media won't even acknowledge him. BeedStew did a hilarious bit on him last night on thedailyshw

[zoosareprisons]

23. Jon Stewart made the point that the MSM is ignoring Paul

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-august-15-2011/indecision-2012---corn-polled-edition---ron-paul---the-top-tier

A pretty good observation IMO.

[HughBeaumont]

26. Yes, HE will be the one who'll STOP the Plutocracy!!!

The hero of all fiscally secure and socially naive white males everywhere.

[Major Hogwash]

27. He is "the one".

Living in a fantasy where he is the only one who knows what is really going on.

He reminds me of Roy Thinnes on "The Invaders".
He knows they're here, but he can't tell the authorities!!!