Overstock.com CEO Says He’s Voting in November — But for Ron Paul
Not news: The CEO of a prominent and successful business voicing his concerns over the possibility of President Obama winning re-election.
News: The CEO of a prominent and successful business voicing his concerns over the possibility of President Obama winning re-election and then vowing to write-in the name of libertarian Congressman Ron Paul rather than vote for the GOP’s nominated candidate.
And that’s exactly what Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne promised last week during an interview with Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren.
“Steve Wynn is a smart guy,” Byrne said, referring to the CEO of Wynn Resorts who during an interview last week with Jon Ralston railed against President Obama’s “class warfare” rhetoric.
“He’s a smart guy and I think he does have a very deep understanding of the economy. I think he’s a fellow who’s used to — he doesn’t listen very well — he spouts a lot and expects everyone to salute,” Byrne added.
The Overstock.com CEO went on to argue that both the Republican and Democrat Party have a fundamental misunderstanding of the major issues facing the country.
“Who you voting for?” Greta Van Susteren asked. “I’m curious.”
“I’ll write-in Ron Paul,” Byrne responded, “He’s the only one who understands the constitution and the benefits of a limited government.”
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Lion420
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:13pmSo, if Mitt loses a tight race, we’ll know who to blame…thanks buddy.
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Shaqfuey
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:18pmWhat is with Ron Paul the last few days? As a write-in candidate? These losers need to open their eyes. There are two candidates – Obama or Romney. Figure out which one is closer to your values, would have people in their administration that are closer to your values, and who have policies closer to your values – then vote for one of them. Look at actions, not rhetoric. Look at the best for the nation, not just yourself or your ego.
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nealb4zodd
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:23pmseriously. way to waste your vote, buddy. – I respect Paulzies. .i do .. they’re principled. . they faught a good fight, but they, as a whole lack common sense if they think their 9% overall vote will help their cause. it wont. They have blidners on to the bigger picture.
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justangry
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:24pm@Lion, The GOP for picking a crappy candidate with crappy policies? That’s who I’d blame, not someone else. You GOP hacks are sounded more and more like the Democrats every day.
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Maji
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:28pmA bit literal with the “Stick with the devil you know” biz!!
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Nuncle
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:30pmYou would blame the republican’s loss on somene other than the Candidate himself? or you lack of effort in rounding up votes and convincing people? I thought the republicans were the party of personal reponsibility…
Every Ron Paul supporter, Constitutionalist, and Libertarian has reasons to wal away from the republican party. Blaming them for the paries antipathy towards them is just one more.
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ColoradoProudAmerican
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:30pmYou neocons told us that we were not wanted in your party, that you didn’t want to hear about our ideals, and that you didn’t need us to win. You all just told us to go away. Now that it’s getting close to election time, you’re begging us to vote for your man. Did you retards already forget about the primary? NO WE WILL NOT VOTE FOR ROMNEY. And when he loses, and he will lose, you neocons only have yourselves to blame. You fake conservatives are going to get exactly what you wanted to begin with, and that’s a liberal in office. Only blame yourselves, because crying that you lose because of us Ron Paul supporters are going to fall on deaf ears. We just to fix stupid, but obviously you people need 4 more years of Obama to maybe figure it out. Im voting Ron Paul, and you can get the hell over it.
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ColoradoProudAmerican
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:33pmShaq, you want our votes, yet you continue to call us losers. You make my point.
Neal, us 9% is going to lose you the election. You people should have thought about that during the primary, instead of spitting in our faces.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:39pmYou guy’s will have to blame yourselves for the following reasons:
1: Believing the establishment that Romney is actually a conservative.
2: Getting behind a candidate that broke federal law and committed election fraud to win the nomination.
3: Believing it was OK for the Romney campaign and the RNC to ignore the voice of the people and push through rules at the convention that will make it impossible for anyone but establishment candidates to have a shot at the Presidency in the future.
4: Not caring enough about the future of your children and grandchildren in this election.
Another point to SHAQFUEY, There are three candidates that will be on all 50 state ballots, Romney, Obama and Johnson (the alternative party candidate). Johnson will get more votes than Ron Paul will get, start researching.
Everyone knows that Romney will have a very hard time defeating Obama without Paul supporters to the point that many are begging us to vote Romney (Beck, Levin, Rush and many others). Well what you are not realizing is there are many other Tea Party Independents that will not vote Romney just because of the rule changes. You will not sway us just as we will not sway you to not vote for the same thing again. Insanity on your part according to Einstein. That is the truth.
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turkey13
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:40pmIt’s idiots like this and those that write in Mickey Mouse that complain the most when government takes over and puts a ring through their noses and leads them around. Kinda like the Democrats have been doing to the blacks for 50 years. Throw them a bone every once in a while (food stamps etc.).
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The-Monk
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:41pmFYI,
EtchASketch is a paid troll working a Mon thru Fri, 9 to 5 shift.
Don’t bother replying to it.
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Skeyestryker
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:41pmYeah, a vote for Ron Paul is a veiled vote for Obama. Way to play both sides!
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Hammerdown
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:45pmColorado, Then if Obama wins I hope you enjoy the direction he will take in regards to the Constitution. Proving a point in this instance is stupidity.
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PATTY HENRY
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:48pmWHY did PAUL run in the REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ??? IF he wasn’t going to honor the results??
THAT ALONE shows you what a dip he is.
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ColoradoProudAmerican
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:49pmSkeyestryker
A vote for Ron Paul, is a vote for Ron Paul. A vote for Romney or Obama is a vote for more war, more bailouts, more devaluing of the dollar, and more desecration of the constitution. Sit down and figure out what it means to be an American, because obviously you neocons who support a person who is willing to use the constitution as toilet paper have no idea what it means, nor what you should fight for.
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Saving_the_Republic.com
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:51pmYep! I will be watching the numbers closely to see how big that loss is. I will bet it will equal those who ran to the unelectable no name. Putting RP ahead of this nation is treason IMO. Yea I just said it b/c the guy is a fraud who uses the Constitution the same way BHO used hopey changey.
All of those following this clowns lead do understand that if you are responsible for tanking this election YOU WILL called out in public? You do know there are ppl prepared to make sure those angry about an BHO re-election know exactly who to blame right? You threaten us all the time to go 3rd party well the same coming your way to be named publicly for handing BHO a second term. You want play with fire be prepared to be burned!
YES YES we need a 3rd party but not this election! Too dangerous to experiment. Oh and you do realize you voting RP will be guaranteeing BHO second term BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY at least 2 new appointments to SCOTUS! That happens its game over for this nation! We can survive 4 years of Romney we cannot survive a second BHO term let alone life terms of radical SCOTUS appointments!
Forgot about that one huh! I detest all RP ppl, you have no idea who that clown is and the games he has played ON YOU!
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ColoradoProudAmerican
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:51pmHammerDown, Im not sure if you noticed, but there is no difference between Obama and Romney when it comes to the taking of our civil liberties. You represent the saying, “Those so blind are those who refuse to see”
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ColoradoProudAmerican
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:53pmPatty, maybe more of us would have honored the results, IF THE GOP DIDN’T CHEAT TO ACHIEVE THEM! Common sense*
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Naps
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:57pmAt least the CEO of Overstock.Com can sleep at night knowing that he’s voting for the right person. Unlike all of you Beckistani’s following orders to vote for the lesser of 2 evils. Why hasn’t Mitt for brains talked about the coming collapse of the PetroDollar,NDAA Bill,or the FED printing money till no end. Oh,thats right,it’s because he’s funded by the same douchebags who fund NoBama. You fools need to wake up. We’re being played like a violin. Everyday,China is working tirelessly to destroy our currency. With the help of Iran & Russia. But it’s the big bad terrorrists we should fear. A currrency war has begun,and the only person who has warned us for the past decade has been the Honorable Dr. Paul. So keep listening to Beck,Rush,and O’Reilly. While they feed us lies,their pockets get fed cash. **** is about to hit the fan after this election……Romney or Obama. Because after all,there is NO difference.
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:04pmVoting for the lesser of two evils is still voting for evil. A vote for Romney is a vote for evil. Don’t vote evil in 2012.
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ColoradoProudAmerican
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:04pmSaving_the_Republic.com
Oh dude……How do you look at yourself in the mirror? Romney already told you to your face, that he didn’t give a damn about stripping your rights to habaes corpus, and you wanna call me out on the street for treason? Are you stupid?
I believe I see where you were going with that, And I am quite prepared to take care of myself and my family, not if, but when the SHTF, regardless of who gets elected. I look forward to hearing about you on the news when the time comes and you think you are man enough to take out punishment on someone when Obama gets re-elected.
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BCanook
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:08pmWhy does Ron Paul run as a republican when he knows the outcome? Why does Ron Paul insert his pork into spending bills just to vote against the bill? Why does Ron Paul continue to bad mouth the winning republican candidate?
The man is a phony. Some of his ideas have merit I’ll agree, but he shouldn’t run as a republican. He uses the Republican Party.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:09pmSaving_the_Republic.com, I disagree with your @ssessment. When Romney loses because of Liberty minded true conservatives, you will have to consider us the next time a candidate is nominated. The next candidate Republicans put up better be a true conservative and have respect for ALL of the Constitution, not just parts. Mitt Romney is anti-second amendment as he truly believes that the second amendment is for hunting and assault weapons should be banned. That is not the America that is for the people. Listen to this conservative: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R4KtYVF-74&feature=youtu.be
We will not vote for a candidate that has anything less than an A with Gun Owners of America, Romney has a D- !
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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:11pmColoradoProudAmerican
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:30pm
You neocons told us that we were not wanted in your party, that you didn’t want to hear about our ideals
………………….
Wrong!
What we told you is that we respect your ideals, but we do not want your messiah, the kook, and his absolutely stupid foreign policy. The fact that you confuse the rejection of your chosen candidate with the rejection of your ideals is very telling.
The reason Ron Paul was rejected by Conservatives is threefold: We don’t like his foreign policy, we don’t think he even approaches a standard of “electability” due to how he acts and how he is perceived by the masses, and we despise his devious and deceitful tactics.
On the other hand, the vast majority of us agree wholeheartedly with his proclaimed views on the Fed, excessive spending, big government excess, and corruption.
Your confusion between rejection of Ron Paul and rejection of his proclaimed (but not actual) values only goes to expose your zealotry. Ron Paul is Ron Paul’s worst enemy. His second worst enemy is his overzealous army of followers, who just can’t seem to grasp that he is unelectable and can’t appreciate that others don’t worship him like they do.
Finally, see my point in the post below that WE ARE NOT ELECTING A DICTATOR, WE ARE ELECTING A PRESIDENT. This is a CRUCIAL point that most of you seem to completely miss or foolishly DISMISS, as JustAngry did below.
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:16pm@Canook
So if Paul is a phony then what is Romney?
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:19pm@Wool,
We ARE electing a dictator. There was NEVER supposed to be that much power in the executive branch. Not even close. Congress and the SC are toothless and symbolic. This is just how Augustus had it in Rome. People like you will still be swayed by the trappings of a republic while in reality we are under a despot.
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Hammerdown
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:20pmWhat I see Colorado, is a lopsided Supreme Court which will COMPLETELY destroy the Constitution. That will not happen under Romney. You can’t see that you won’t have a path to the freedom and the adherence to the Original Constitution that you want if we get another four years of Obamanation.
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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:27pmRothbard, if you really believe that we are electing a dictator, then just wait until someone other than a liberal wields the executive pen. You will see the media and the entitlement-addicted masses go into full revolt. Mark my words.
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DWilliams08
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:28pmOverstock is headquartered in Utah, so I’m guessing that’s where Patrick Byrne lives and votes. Romney has Utah’s 6 electoral votes sewn up. This guy can vote for Barack Obama or Mickey Mouse and it won’t matter, just as it won’t matter in 80% of the states. It would be nice if you over-passionate fuktards understood the electoral process.
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Face...Palm
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:29pmThe loons are out in full force today!
You RP people only truly have 2 choices that have a real result.
Vote for Obama or Romney. A Ron Paul vote is a mathematically wasted vote (actually subtracts from the Romney pool potentially).
Going by your argument on lesser of two evils… Lets get real… Would you rather have 1st degree burns or 3rd degree? There isn’t a valid 3rd option this cycle.
the Ron Paul Vote “…full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing.”
Life is rough… do better next election cycle.
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kissmygritsextremists
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:31pmMy thoughts exactly. What an idiot!
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dwf1
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:31pmImagine the effect if everyone wasted thier vote on this election. Liberty would be saved!
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:31pm@Hammerdown,
Please explain how the USSC is going to behave differently when Romney is POTUS.
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markinidaho
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:42pmBetter to vote your conscience and loose than to vote for what you don’t believe in and win.
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WakingSheep
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:42pmKeep on trying the tried and true red vs. blue idiots.
Ever wonder how anybody could have a 90 min debate about the economy without once mentioning the FED? Probably not.
Ever wonder why there are always more people on the ballot than there are in the debates?
Probably not.
Ever question which party gave us the TSA, DHS, TARP, NAFTA, the patriot act, or NDAA?
Probably not.
The grand ole party roars and cheers when Romney attacks china for currency manipulation but he never ever speaks of the FED or its manipulations.
This is my second time to vote and look at the grand ole choices I’ve been given.
Baaaaaaaaaaaa
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Ronko
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:43pmA vote for Paul is a vote for Obama. Obama has to go, he is a radical who will destroy this country if we don’t vote him out.
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:44pm@Face Palm,
Well, I’d argue that a Romney vote is a morally wasted vote. Well, that is unless you like NDAA, Patriot Act, Gun Control, Romneycare, believe in global warming, like big deficits and fighting wars and big government. If you do then you can’t really go wrong on your vote between Rombama. If you don’t then you are morally wasting your vote by voting for something that you don’t believe in.
This is like me forcing you to choose between Hinduism and Islam. You may say that you aren’t going to pick one because you are a Christian. I say to you, that you are just wasting your vote. You’re either going to get Hinduism or Islam and buy voting for Christianity you’re just wasting your vote. You could argue that you DON’T BELIEVE in Islam or Hinduism so how could you vote for them. To which the subsequent reply would go something like “I hope your self righteousness keeps you happy when you’re living under Islam. A vote for Christianity is a vote for Isalm”.
YOU all created this stupid construct of a fake choice and then act indignant when people refuse to accept the premise. There is NOTHING in the constitution about Republicans and Democrats and it is NEVER wrong to do the right thing. Voting for your conscience and for the constitution is what is right.
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Face...Palm
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:45pmLiterally “imagining” is all a RP vote signifies.
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CorpsmanToPA
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:51pmI don’t post much on here anymore because it is a joke. It is funny how people talk principles, then when a candidate disingenuinly wins the nomination by crooked party leaders with a plan, those who started saying “I will never fall into the McCain trap again” are right there…falling for the Romney trap. Falling so hard BTW that they actually believe it is right and condemn all others who don’t fall in line.
For the bozo who said he would know who to come after when Romney loses, drop me a line bud, me and many other veterans who actually have fought for our country will be awaiting your arrival.
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Non-Nobis-Domine-Sed-Nomini-Tuo-Da-Gloriam
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:53pmAlthough I like Ron Paul and many of his position I just don’t get voting for him or supporting him at this point. I don’t get voting for the Libertarian candidate either. It is clear, as others have stated here, that we have two choices – Romney or Obama! Another 4 years of Obama and our country doesn’t recover and continues on with becoming a Communist nation. Which candidate is closer to your values and the founding principles of America? Which candidate is going to uphold the constitution and not shred it? It’s clear that Mitt Romney is our only choice.
Please don’t waste your vote on Ron Paul or anyone else! If you are thinking it’s going to prove something or hoping to kick the can down the road so you might get him in the next election… I believe you are fooling yourself. There may not be a next election cycle if Obama gets in again.
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greywolfrs
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 2:11pmIf Romney loses, you have no one else to blame but the Republican establishment, who put this clown up in the first place.
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3monkeysmomma
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 2:11pmWhy is it the fault of the Liberty movement? They said ALL ALONG they were NEVER going to vote for Romney or Gingrich…..and yet you dummies picked Romney anyway.
If we lose…..look in the mirror for someone to blame.
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Face...Palm
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 2:16pm@Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Bad analogy…
Believing that Jesus is your savior actually has real results (aka Heaven with God).
Voting for Ron Paul gets you Obama.
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Face...Palm
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 2:19pm@Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
One more thing.
Ron Paul would be fine to me if his foreign policy wasn’t so wrong.
Relax.
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SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 2:36pmPresident Obama will have many people to thank on the evening of November 6th…….including this a$$ clown.
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SquareHead
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 2:40pm@lion420
If your Democrat Mitt “The Weather vane” Romney looses it is because of his lack of ideology or backbone. There are millions of us that want to restore this nation to abide by the constitution and we know that Romney is NOT the answer. If us voting for Ron Paul or Gary Johnson causes Obama to win a 2nd term it will only fuel the growing opposition to Socialism as we see with the T Party and the 2010 elections. Mitt will only fool people to think that we are out of the woods, and the American people will go back to Baseball and Reality shows as our nation heads towards the cliff. The only thing that can save our nation is an informed republic. Obama has inadvertently caused millions of people to pay attention and that is only good for the long term. The biggest Socialist prior to Obama was GW Bush since Johnson… The only decent president we have had since Eisenhower was Reagan, and he won against the Republican establishment. So the Republicans has systematically given us empty suits as we now see with Mitt. He reminds me of Bob Dole in his blandness.
Watch these links those of you that are planning to vote for Mitt:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzKw9FeyRew&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4R4KtYVF-74&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn290hy9qrI&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9L9A1IMTQo
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booger71
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 2:50pmThe problem with Paul is he tells his followers he can do all these wonderful things, but in essence, he could not get them done without the consent of Congress, unless he was to overstep his Constitutional authority like most Presidents do (especially Nobama), and then he would be just another progressive.
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zman173rd
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 2:52pmAt COLORADOPROUDAMERICAN.
no one is BEGGING you for squat. Vote for who you want. I “wanted’ Ron P. but I know when to call in the dogs & “P” of the fire. Has anyone looked at the hsitory of this guy to wonder what he’s really up to? Split the ticket three ways? Sore looser doen’t come to mind. I voted for BIG EARS in the 90′s and Bush lost to Clinton. Take your ball and go home you crybaby. If Ronnie can’t have it then to hell with America. Makes a lot of sense to me if you’re either an OBAMA plant or such a looser that you can’t admit defeat if it were to walk you into the polling place, pull the curtain behind you, and point it’s bony finger of death to OBAMA’s lever. Sad you can’t figure that out. If Paul were to ganner 35% of the vote (BIG IF), there STILL wouldn’t be a runoff election so shut up, sit down, and buckle up.
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yougottabekidding
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:21pmFORWARD = 180 degree turn then go with determination
What ever he wants to do is his choice and if hussain wins and his company goes down with America
he can say I built that. Now I have nothing
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Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:22pm@Saving:
I’m moving soon. But, if you’ll be so kind as to somehow communicate your email address to me, I’ll update you on my address. If Obama wins, you can feel free to come visit me. We’ll walk right out in the middle of downtown wherever-I-end-up, and you can tell everyone I voted for Johnson and made Willard McBain lose.
After everyone shrugs, you can commence to trying to kick my ****, or whatever it is that you people do, when you cannot win an actual debate, with actual ideas.
Then, you can go to the hospital to get the new holes in your hide sewn up. Or, maybe, you’d rather keep them as a fashion statement. Whatever. You’re free to do with them as you see fit.
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yougottabekidding
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:31pmColoradoProudAmerican
Do you think this country is going to servive 4 more?
You and all your cohorts will get to enjoy your decision! Best case would be Romney and work to change what you think needs to be changed. Certainly not putting a commy, socialist in power for a second term where he completly finishes this country off.
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sillyfreshness
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:49pmI like Overstock now, unlike Amazon that supports degenerate, mentally ill gays getting hitched.
Ron Paul supporters need to take over the Republican Party just like how the Communists took over the Democratic Party. RP folks should not try to start a 3rd party. All it will do is take away votes from Republicans and then the only winners will be the Democratic Party (Communist Party). RP and Tea Party supporters need to make it their goal to take over the Republican Party and take it back to its roots. Kick out the RHINOs.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 4:07pmzman173rd, You guys are just not very good at this. I was for Ron P. Ha. You say that then go off on a rant that all RP bashers have said. It is funny how you guys try and try to pretend to have supported RP to try and sway us, but you fail to understand our resolve. Forget it people, you will not sway us. Glenn understands and is why he said that we infuriate him. His Mormon buddy will not get elected and it infuriates him. Good.
The media has done a very good job at scaring the bejeezus out of all of you. Give me a break. What should scare you is electing Mitt Romney, him doing the same old thing and then someone like Hillary defeating him in four years. That is a more likely scenario than Obama turning us int Marxists. I cannot believe how gullible all of you are. Sure, Obama is a bad President, but he will not destroy us in the next four years, as all of you say about Paul, how will he do it without Congress? He can only do so much with Executive Orders and Congress can put a halt to that if needed with a 2/3 majority vote or just not fund it. Get real people.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 4:20pmsillyfreshness, I agree that we should continue taking over the Republican Party, and we are, but, we also need to vote for the 3rd party this year in order to keep the feet to the fire, so to say, to give it more relevance going forward. With the establishments grip on the Democrats and Republicans, as seen in both conventions ignoring the voices of the people, they will fight us and break laws, as they did in the primary, to override some positions that we end up holding. This was apparent in Nevada by them forming a shadow party and stripping duly elected delegates of their chairs in Maine, Louisiana and other states.
Vote Gary Johnson this election, let the cards fall where they will, and then continue to get chair positions in the state GOP parties in every election going forward. We will win in the end if we continue to fight the system.
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nonofmybiznez
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 5:06pmIt is not realistic for more than a two party system today. At most the Libertarians have brought to the fore front many good ideas. Like the Tea Party, they should try to reform the party from the inside. The Tea Party is the only party that has a chance of being a third party next time. We can’t have someone with “crazy” ideas as the candidate though. I think Ron Paul would have had a chance if he wasn’t such a kook. His son Rand on the other hand may be a contender. Remember this nation only works in the center. Move to far to the left or right and we get scared.
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lordjosh
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 5:35pmYou all still think you’ve picked Mitt Romney. LoL, How cute. Now go back to your grazing.
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Melomel
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 5:38pmThank a republican for nominating Romney. Face it. Romney wasn’t your first choice, why settle for him?
There is nothing wrong with Ron Pauls policies or Gary Johnsons’ for that matter.
Speak the truth and hold to your values right??? Why settle for establishment banners when you can raise your own?
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jwpowers41
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 6:37pmThey seem to forget h Ross Perot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Will4Freedom
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 6:39pmRepublicans need conservatives to “win”, so they will say or do anything to get their vote. I understand that. Democrats will say or do anything to get the Union and Minority vote.
I even understand why both parties will do everything in their power to marginalize and squash any attempts at a viable third party. They have a monopoly on power in this country and aren’t about to relinquish it. Especially to someone like Ron Paul who would actually DO SOMETHING to reduce the size and scope of the federal government. Can’t let that happen, now can we? And eliminate the Federal Reserve? Sound money? If they though RP stood a chance of winning, it would be R.I.P. for RP.
What I don’t understand are the so called “conservatives” and “tea party patriots”. They are on the right track. They’re fed up with the way things are going. Fed up with the way politicians have screwed things up over the past many decades. Yet they join the same establishment parties and media in marginalizing a fledgling freedom movement. And look to the same two parties for their salvation from the mess… those same two parties have given us.
‘This election’, we are told, ‘it is critical! Abandon your principles! You MUST vote Romney!’. In 2016, the argument will be that we can’t let Hillary in! We must vote Romney AGAIN! In 2020, who then? It doesn’t matter. We will still be told that ‘We can’t let a Democrat in to add MORE onto our 30 Trillion debt! Only a R
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gnirmodeerf
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 6:53pmA vote for Ron Paul in this election is a vote for Obama. The race is that close.
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Captain77
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 7:06pmIf Mitt Romney loses, the only one to blame is Mitt Romney. Prior to the republican debates, Obama was doing so poorly in the polls that we could have run Kurmit the frog against him and won easily. Ironically however, when it comes to policy, none of the others were closer to the same policies Obama has than Mitt Romney, and he’s the Republican nominee. It is a pathetic and weak to blame a man who votes his conscience as to the reason your candidate loses. If a candidate loses, it is because they lacked the ability to convince the people they were what they wanted/needed. Its not this CEO’s fault that Romney, a pathetic excuse for a conservative, can’t get his support. It lies solely on Romneys shoulders.
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1digger
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 7:41pmLet them know how you really feel: boardofdirectors@overstock.com
Any vote that isn’t for Romney is a vote for Obama; it’s that simple.
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db321
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 9:30pmI have purchased products from Overstock.com. Never again – Knowing what we now know about Obama, I will no longer support any company that would vote for Obama. Two candidates running, Romney or Obama, only one of them will win the election. I hope Overstock has a bunch of money put away, they are going to need it to pay for Obama Care.
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Standing With Israel
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 9:54pmWait – if I vote for Ron Paul, I am not voting for Obama, so isn’t that a vote for Mitt Romney?
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Scottsman
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 9:55pmSo you Mitt Romney band wagon hoppers have said in the past that Ron Paul is un-electable and not significant. What hippocrates you are.
You cannot say that Ron Paul is un-electable and then turn the election outcome betweewn R and D on him or third parties. You have to make a decision on your own.
Ron Paul and Gary Johnson stand on their own.
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capta45
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:18pmWhile I will not be voting for Ron Paul, the only one to blame in the instance you describe will be the Republican Party, specifically the RNC, for doing their utmost to support less-than-conservative candidates.
In response to Lion420 – Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:13pm
So, if Mitt loses a tight race, we’ll know who to blame…thanks buddy.
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I support God's Israel!
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 12:14amWell, if Romney loses, which I doubt he will, Overstock.com will definitely go out of business.
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Goldi-lox
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 2:58amTo ColoradoProudAmerican:
You have some nerve even calling yourself an AMERICAN, when you so gleefully and zealously plan to deliberately do what you can to SABOTAGE AMERICA by voting for a Third Party that has not got a chance in HE11 of winning anything. Ever hear of CUTTING OFF YOUR NOSE TO SPITE YOUR FACE?
You and everyone like you who votes for a 3rd Party when =our entire nation is at stake= are nothing short of TRAITORS.
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justangry
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 4:14am@Goldi-lox, If you’re so concerned with people voting for a socialist, why are you voting for a candidate that thinks he’ll be able to make the current socialist system we have work better than the other socialist? What socialist program is Obama advocating that Romney says he wants to eliminate?
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GB__The Holy Warmonger
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 4:27amIf Romney wins, his supporters will do NOTHING to fix the problems with the Republican Party. They’ll cast their vote and think they’ve done their duty. “All is well in……”
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ToddH
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 4:46amI can’t in good conscious vote for either Mitt Romney nor Obama.
Both of them will send all of our American jobs overseas. The only difference is that Romney will let the uber-rich American CEOs who do this keep all of their ill-gotten overseas slave factory wealth while America’s middle class slips into the abyss. Obama will make them share their ill-gotten wealth with a bunch of new taxes punishing every hard-working American lucky enough to keep the few jobs left here. Both are bad choices for America.
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g00gle-expert
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 7:25amThere is no one to blame but the Republican Party itself. Just another fake candidate. Sure I’ll vote for Mitt, but only help get rid of Obama.
“My only connection to the GOP is I’m a register Republican.” Romney in 2002
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Silversmith
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 8:57amYep. Cutting off your nose to spite your face.
Silversmith
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euzkadiCO
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 11:09amif Mitt loses a tight race the Republicans and Mitt Romney are to blame, no one else. Romney is a gun banning, Big Government shill bought and paid for by the same banks as Obama, he has no clue about the Constitution, spends nearly as much as Obama, puts us further in debt like Obama….the guy isnt even conservative! He is a liberal progressive pretending to be conservative!
You want our votes? Get a better candidate. Neither party “owns” my vote. You need to EARN it. And you have not earned it by foisting a flip-flopping liberal progressive on me
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Kevin The Elder
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 4:10pmI must say that I’m MUCH closer to the Paul view than that of the GOP. However, I’m a realist and an American. The truth is that either Romney or Obama will win this election. I don’t think there is anyone in the Libertarian/Paul camp who believes that an Obama win won’t be so much more destructive to this nation than any other candidate, so dangerous in fact that his election could take us to a point where we can’t climb back. That’s not to say that Romney will be peaches and cream. I strongly urge all to vote for Mitt and then go all out to hold his feet to the fire. Contact your congressman and senator now and tell them if Mitt doesn’t immediately begin a reversal of government, a third party is inevitable.
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Jaycen
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 4:45pmYou know, I’m not opposed to writing someone in on principle, but Ron Paul? Could you be more Regressive Socialist? Well, okay….Obama is more, but only by a bit.
Ron Paul is not a Constitutionalist. He’s a dangerous wolf in sheep’s clothing.
Mitt Romney is also a horrible candidate, but Obama is more horrible. Tea Partiers must continue to push, fight and struggle against Democrat, Republican, and Ron Paul Regressives.
Flush the trash out of the Republican Party and primary Romney 4 years from now.
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Standing With Israel
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 5:07pmThe assumption that voting for Romney will mean some sort of change from our current path makes no sense when all evidence suggests otherwise. Whoever wins, the country will continue it’s path off a fiscal cliff and both sides will blame the other no matter who is in the White House. If you want to make a difference, focus on local and State elections.
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justangry
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 5:13pm@Jaycen, Name one vote Ron Paul cast against the Constitution in the 30 years of service.
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tbecnel
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 5:27pmWell, we live in a free country. It’s his right to vote for who he wants. I don’t agree, but isn’t that what America is all about. I would hope that Romney wins and uses Ron Paul’s financial knowledge to good effect in his administration. I admire both him and his son. Patriots.
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Comcast3
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 10:27pmNo kidding. Voting for Ron Paul, is a vote for Obama.
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ProudAmericanLady
Posted on October 17, 2012 at 12:01amYep, you’re right. Another idiot who doesn’t understand that a vote for anyone but Romney is a vote for Obozo. We really to need to have 2 Americas – one for those who are smart & conservative & another for the dopes & liberals/progressives. Toooooo stupid!
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TruthMonkey
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:12pmI dont buy it. He knows that BO is a bad deal for our country. He is just blowing smoke. I beleive he will vote for Romney but keep it to himself.
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shutterbugz
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:37pmIf I’m not mistaken, he lives in Utah…he knows Utah will go Romney and thats why he can vote this way. I really think if he were in a swing state where his vote could make a difference he would privately vote Romney.
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zman173rd
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 2:57pmhe could be a demoncrat plant
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Texas Chris
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:02pmYou don’t know him very well. Or most of us Paulbots for that matter.
When was the last time a candidate was beaten in the primaries, yet maintained his following all thru the election, thru the next set of primaries, and into the next election? And possibly (probably) even beyond?
We believe in Ron Paul. The GOP spit in our faces. So we will not support the GOP’s fraudulent candidate.
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Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:12pm@Texas Chris:
It’s not even so much Ron Paul (the man) that I believe in. He’s human, therefore imperfect. He is a strong, principled voice, to be sure, but it is his message that I support.
I hear nothing of Paul’s message, coming from the Republican party.
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michael48
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:14pmthen tex , don’t b-tch when you and your family are sleeping under a shovel ready bridge…agree the GOP needs revamped ..but getting rid of the comrade crowd is of first importance…or kiss any escape…adios…
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zman173rd
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:24pmhey TEXAS, I was for Ron P. But there comes a time and place that even the best veteran soldier knows when it’s time to retire pass the flag because he’d only be a burden or risk on his fellow soldiers. He won’t take his unit down because of foolish pride. He won’t say “one more time” and have the mission fail because he thinks he’s indistructable. I get your point but It’s time for Ron to move on. You can vote for who you want, we all do, some with less viger and commitment than you but that’s the way it is. You’ll convince no one here this late in the game to go for Ron. Freedom of speech gives you the right to keep pluggin away but bet your bottom dollar this internet and email and all that wil dissappear if Obama stays in office. If I were you (and once was because I felt that same as you..) and voted for Ron, I would be feeling that we’re just taking the fast track to hell cause’ Ronnie is NOT viable by any measurement. But from what you Paulbots think, we’re headed that way anyway so what the heck? yuuup.
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Wool-Free Vision
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:11pmI would like to this opportunity to point out a very important aspect of this whole Constitutional Republic thing that so many Paulbots claim to be so cognizant of.
We are not electing a dictator. We are electing a President.
Consider how this plays out if, miracle of miracles, Ron Paul actually got elected President. He would not be able to accomplish a single item on his agenda with a Congress who despise him from both sides of the aisle, an electorate who resent him (many of whom consider him a kook), and a media who would be propagandizing against him all day, every day.
Can someone explain to me how a chief executive, without any help from any side, could do ANYTHING to affect his will? And before you start citing Obama’s abysmal record of accomplishments, recognize that 95% of the harm he has done was accomplished by the narrowest of margins with an utterly complicit Congress during his first two years in office.
If Ron Paul were to become President, and he began pushing his agenda through executive orders and ruling by fiat, we would all see widespread revolt on every front. THIS is why the changes we need to make are going to have to be gradual and measured.
A third party President would not be able to accomplish ANYTHING, other than probably getting himself impeached. This is a fact that I don’t expect many Paulbots to accept, but your failure to accept it will not change it one iota.
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justangry
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:22pmThat’s false if you’ve been following the laws congress has been passing. We are electing someone with dictatorial power. The only one I trust with that type of power is the one that fought against it, and wants to remove it. Those that want to keep that power (Romney and Obama) cannot be trusted.
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Deadbang
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:33pmBINGO!!!!!!! I have been saying that for months, but these loons don’t get it. He has not done anything in congress and he sure as heck would not as POTUS.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:57pmThree things that Ron Paul would have done if he would have been given a chance: Stopping all the wars and bring the troops home, closing many bases that suck our money overseas, and as promised because they are unconstitutional, sign one executive order to repeal all executive orders from past presidents. Those three alone would have helped our country and freedom more than any president in modern history.
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dwf1
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:36pmA do nothing congress, damn that would be fantasic! How many thousands of regulations have they passed this year alone?
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Ronko
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:47pmI agree, Paul would be a terrible president. I do like where he stands on principle but how we get there is not the way I would do it, not with a nuclear Iran out there that would destroy Isreal. We change and restoration but not with Paul.
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Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 2:47pmThe biggest thing a Paul could do, and this goes for Johnson, too, is:
VETO.
That, and direct the bureaucracy to cut its own throat.
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Face...Palm
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 1:43amRONBOT DIY!!!
Format brain: /s
brain:cd\RonBotInstall.exe
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brain:cd\Romney.exe
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Error occured in the process. exiting…
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Face...Palm
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 1:52am@west
“closing many bases that suck our money overseas, and as promised because they are unconstitutional”
Show me the line or section you are in reference of. I’m being serious, all trolling aside.
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justangry
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:11pmBy FAR, Ron Paul was the best candidate that ran. Instead we get more debt, more wars and less freedom.
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PATTY HENRY
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:22pmYeah??? YOU GET BUTKUS if OBAMA gets elected again – he’s already written more Executive Orders taking away our freedoms than any other President…unbridled by having to be elected again, this guy, Obama, will be hell on wheels and you little guys won’t be able to do anything about it.
EVERY FOUR years we, the voters, have had to endure the obnoxious, immature rantings of RON PAUL minions…then those minions grow up, realize what dopes they were, but here comes another four years and they are back.
RON PAUL had the stage, dudes, he had the Microphone for over 30 years. WHAT has he accomplished besides being the most NEGATIVE duffus around? WHY didn’t his SON endorse him while he was STILL a candidate? HE knows what we know… PAUL talks but can’t deliver…he had decades to deliver. GROW UP!!! YOU get -0- if OBAMA gets elected. TRY, just TRY to connect the dots!!
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justangry
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:38pmWhich executive orders has Obama passed that Romney has stated he’d get rid of?
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ameritocracy
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:47pmLOL PATTY!!!
IF YOU HAD YOUR WAY, WE WOULD NEVER GROW UP! YOU’D HAVE US DIE FOR ISRAEL!!! aint gonna happen. We FINALLY control america’s destiny. neoconservatism will go first, then progressivism.
we aren’t playing this shell game anymore. watch mittens explain how he wants us to play it again, sam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI9yjhd8b84
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resme
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 2:05pm@patty, False.
BHO: 135 Total Executive orders Issued
GWB: 291 Total Executive orders Issued
BC: 364 Total Executive Orders Issued
GHWB: 166 Total Executive Orders Issued
RR: 381 Total Executive Orders Issued
JC: 320 Total Executive Orders Issued
GF: 169 Total Executive Orders Issued
RN: 346 Total Executive Orders Issued
LBJ: 324 Total Executive Orders Issued
JFK: 214 Total Executive Orders Issued
DDE: 486 Total Executive Orders Issued
HT: 896 Total Executive Orders Issued
FDR: 3,728 Total Executive Orders Issued
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/obama.html
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justangry
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:12pm@Resme Yeah and Patti won’t even answer the question because she can’t. Romney LOVES the police state else he and the GOP would have said that Obama is harming the country and liberty with these EO’s. They’ve remained silent, while handing Obama the legislation to unconstitutionally DESTROY the BoR’s. The RNC and DNC hate freedom.
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WakingSheep
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:15pm@RSME
We don’t listen to facts here only rhetoric!
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 4:24pmResme, Yeah, it shows how much Patty and the rest on here actually research. There research outlet is Fox News! And they call us idiots.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 4:44pmOOPS, misspelled Their, typing too fast, hitting send too fast. Sorry for confusing some on here.
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Naps
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 6:39pmOh Henry…..your probably one of those fools that thinks we need to invade Iran because they’re gonna blow up Israel. Well,Israel is nothing more than our little puppet. The big excuse to invvade the middle east. But its not about religeon or nukes my friend. Its all about the petrodollar. If you do enough research you’ll find out the truth. And the truth shall set you free.
P.S= Glenn is an assclown
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Face...Palm
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 1:35amRON PAUL! RON PAUL! RON PAUL!
right? I’m voting for Romney because he is Taller than Ron…
Tall = Good President.
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COFemale
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:10pmWell he just sealed his fate with me. Now I no NEVER to buy from his company. A vote for RON PAUL is a vote for OBAMA. Thank-you DH.
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ColoradoProudAmerican
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:37pmA vote for Ron Paul, is a vote for Ron Paul. A vote for Romney or Obama is a vote for more war, more bailouts, more devaluing of the dollar, and more desecration of the constitution. Sit down and figure out what it means to be an American, because obviously you neocons who support a person who is willing to use the constitution as toilet paper have no idea what it means, nor what you should fight for.
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ameritocracy
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:50pmyou call us “liberal” yet it is you who is boycotting a private business just because of his vote. Arizona Immigration law come to mind? BTW, we are jeffersonian liberals, not progressives.
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WakingSheep
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:19pmI hate Marxism and you tell me my vote for RP or GJ is a vote for Obama?!
You claim we are the ones smoking! Ha!
Good luck with Romney or Obama’s czars.
Catch it in the debate were romney would “consult with his lawyers over the constitutionality of obamacare?
Your a joke along with the rest of red vs. blue.
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Tri-ox
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:09pmUh, Ron Paul IS NOT a “libertarian Congressman” – he is a Republican Congressman. Ron Paul ran for the Republican nomination and lost. Ron Paul could have run as a libertarian, but he did not – he wanted the Republican nomination and he did not get him – he is no longer a candidate.
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Tri-ox
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:11pm… did not get IT …
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justangry
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:27pmYeah well Romney is a central planning technocrat, that doesn’t support limited federal government AT ALL, and every socialist program and federal agency created since the New Deal. In other words this “Republican” thinks he can fix the socialist system. That’s pretty stupid if you asked me. Principle over party is something you folks just can’t seem to grasp.
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Tri-ox
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:43pm@JUSTANGRY – ‘Principle over party’ is fine, but Ron Paul IS A REPUBLICAN – if he wanted to put his principles over his party, then he would not have run for the REPUBLICAN nomination and he would not be a REPUBLICAN Congressman. As long as Ron Paul chooses to be a Republican, then he is a Republican. What is amazing, is that some “folks just can’t seem to grasp” the simple fact that Ron Paul is, and wants to be, a Republican – he wanted the Republican nomination and he didn’t get it, therefore, he is no longer a candidate – HE does not want anyone to vote for him.
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Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:03pm@Tri-Ox:
Perhaps Ron Paul ran as a Republican, in order to see if Republicans would live up to their rhetoric and the principles to which they claim to adhere. To wit, limited government and fiscal responsibility.
Guess we lost that gambit, eh?
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justangry
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:16pmHe’s the one actually standing up for the Republican’s stated philosophies. It’s the Republicans that are acting like socialists. Of course, the best reason to run in a major party is to have voice in the media.
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Face...Palm
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 1:20amRon Paul is not good at attracting peoples hearts and minds. He stands in “stunned amazement” when people don’t get his proposals or arguements and that turns voters off.
Think about someone you know personally that acts like this… You don’t stick around long right or wrong.
Its people. Its how it works.
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justangry
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 4:21am@Face…Palm, Ron Paul isn’t speaking to you and your ilk. He’s speaking to the remnant. That’s all he’s ever done. His wife told a story about when he first started running for Congress. She asked him if he thought he had a chance to win. He said no because he wasn’t promising to give people anything. Most people here and out on the streets do want the federal government to give someone something, despite being broke. What is it that you want the federal government to give you?
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Face...Palm
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 9:30am@Justangry
Ilk? and whatever dude?
I just want Obama’s stash… gonna get me some of dat cash
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breakobamanow
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:09pmI know my opinion isn’t worth anything, but Americans tend to claim they have certain values and founding principles that are easly moved by the media and the NWO who give them the choice of bad and really bad. It is nice to see that some actually practice what they preach.
I don’t vote because I know who is really in charge, and that His plan for the world is much better than any devised by men. We get what we deserve and it is up to God to allow and or change the situation as required to do His will.
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PATTY HENRY
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:36pmYeah? Why do you work? OR eat? or clean up? or do anything…GOD is in control…right? Except, dude, GOD didn’t make robots. GOD created you to further HIS KINGDOM…that doesn’t mean sitting
on the side of the road. As GOD’S Children we are expected to do OUR PART. You gonna tell GOD “it was YOUR job, GOD” ? IF you are 6 or 10 maybe, but not as an adult. Grow some, stand up and be an adult!! PAUL competed, he lost. L O S T. HE’S nothing more than a spoiled brat if he is not behind the candidate who won. But more than anything, duffus…a vote for Paul is a Vote for ROMENY but NO VOTE is too.
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PATTY HENRY
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:42pmHO HO HO… A VOTE FOR PAUL is a VOTE FOR OBAMA. you guys make me so angry – I can’t believe your stupidity and I admit to getting rattled. A VOTE FOR PAUL is a VOTE FOR OBAMA (hate to even say his name) AND SO IS A “NO VOTE” a vote for OBAMA. THERE!!
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:27pmPattyHenry, It is stupidity to think a vote for Paul is a vote for Obama. For one thing, most are voting Gary Johnson, not Ron Paul, as he will be on all 50 state ballots. But, if some want to write in Paul’s name, that will be a vote for Paul. You guy’s are so brainwashed it is pitiful.
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Face...Palm
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 2:11pm@ west
“Gary Johnson, not Ron Paul”
Both are non-contenders…. thus wasted vote.
Pick either one or you can split hairs.
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justangry
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:33pm@Facepalm, It’s not a wasted vote if we want to part ways with you fake conservatives. We want our own party, because yours sucks. If we get enough people to vote, we don’t have to deal with all you and your leaders that only pay lip service to the Constitution ever again and that would just be wonderful.
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West Coast Patriot
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:52pmJustAngry, Well said. If Gary Johnson gets enough votes, the Libertarian Party will get the funding it needs to be a contender going forward. All these people on here still think there are two parties, but we that think for ourselves, research the issues, listen to what is truly being said know that the Democrats and Republicans have become one party. We need two parties and the Liberty movement will succeed at getting that second party in place, whether we continue under the Libertarian banner or change it to the Liberty Party, which is what Libertarian means. For Freedom, keep up the good work.
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Face...Palm
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 5:10pm“fake conservatives” A bit testy are we?
Inferring a lot from a blaze comment section post.
Seriously, make a better case and people will vote for your guy.
I’ll be the first to sign up after Obama is out.
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justangry
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 5:25pm@WCP, Yeah, I’m not really happy about Johnson on some issues, though he’s much better than the other two. No where close to RP, but at least he knows that too. Patti’s just another religious altruist and if you didn’t catch this…
“Only I want to make something clear, I am not a conservative. I think today’s conservatives are WORSE than today’s liberals. If anyone destroys this country it will be the conservatives because they do not know how to preach capitalism. To explain it to the people because they do nothing but apologize and because they’re all altruists. They are all based on religious altruism, and on that combination of ideas you cannot save this country.” Ayn Rand.
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justangry
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 6:03pm@Face…Palm, There’s basically three groups of people that post here. Libertarians/constitutionalists that followed GB because of his rhetoric at Fox. Leftist wanting to present their side. The religious right. Now there are good people in each of these groups and not everyone fits into these categories. My idea of conservatism is constitutional conservatism or founders’ intent. My apologies for the collateral damage of my comment that was intended for one that continuously calls us names at every opportunity.
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Face...Palm
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 1:13am@Justangry
It’s an incorrect assumption that if one votes for Romney one is not a constitutional conservative.
That is where y’all are going wrong. Romney was not my first choice but here he is after the primaries, the only NON Obama candidate that has a snoball’s chance.
It is also incorrect to assume that Romney voters are uninformed about his past policy faux pas.
Being in the underdogs camp (Ron Paul) does not make one a diamond in the rough. Sometimes there is a reason and a good one that people aren’t voting for a candidate. Nothing like a 60% jump in the national debt in 3.5years to make people not want to play games with the election. Call that fake conservatism or weakness but its math.
One further assumption is that we do not understand the (constitutional conservative) stance and that we are unable to see things from your perspective… We can and do…. we just dissagree that voting for a non contender after the primaries is anything more than a wasted vote.
Also, I’d rather have dinner with Romney than Ron Paul because Romney would treat.
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justangry
Posted on October 16, 2012 at 4:36amWhatever dude. You accuse me of assuming when you’re putting words in my mouth. Let me ask you this, have you ever uttered the phrase, “well the world is a much different place today” to justify the federal government’s actions?
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loveliberty83
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:08pmOMG so he was afraid to say he is voting for obama lol
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pandora
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:04pmI guess CEO’s are not always the best and the brightest. Translation of his comments, “I’m voting for Obama”. Ron Paul is no longer running for president. Get over it. He may appeal to a lot of people but he isn’t a viable choice for this time in history. We need younger people, like Paul Ryan, and we need a foreign policy that makes sense. Ron Paul has a very poor foreign policy. He may have some good ideas for our economic situation, but there are people who want to kill us. He won’t address that any more than Obama has.
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Texas Chris
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:06pm“Like Paul Ryan”
The same guy who voted for the Patriot Act, Medicare-D, the Iraq war, NDAA…?
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Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:09pmHow do you square:
“He may have some good ideas for our economic situation, but there are people who want to kill us. He won’t address that any more than Obama has.”
With:
“The Congress should declare War, and thus direct the President to destroy our enemies by the most efficacious and direct method available, to destroy them and their country, and then come home.”
I don’t see nation-building anywhere in the Constitution. I *DO* see where the Congress should declare War.
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RightUnite
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:04pmWow!! Just goes to show you CEO’s aren’t always intelligent. A vote for Ron Paul is a vote for Obama.
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PATTY HENRY
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:15pmThis is a man who came on TV about 5 years ago talking about how he had started this business and was asking for help from CONSERVATIVES to grow it. WE gave him that help. His business grew. NOW he’s blown it by voting for Obama (Paul) . YOU DIMWITS!!! YOU PAULBOTS!!!
THIS
is
not
the
time
TO TRY to make a point, dudes. YOU could have gotten behind a few Senators and House Reps; a Gov. or two but no… in your vast immaturity…you want to make this 79 year old President…a guy who has been in public office for 30 years and NEVER ONCE staged a sit-it or amassed a protest – uh except when it was ‘time to run for President again’ and this guy may support the Constitution but so does ROMNEY…the difference??? ROMNEY lives, works, provides JOBS in the REAL WORLD…not this egotistical, self-serving world of one RON PAUL. IF it were RAND PAUL dudes, he would be the head of the ticket (in a couple of years) but not his daddy. HE didn’t endorse his daddy. HE is in the real world…
SO PATRICK BYRNE… you had your shot, you blew it. I won’t be alone in not supporting your OVERSTOCK.COM dude… WHAT PART OF: “IF OBAMA GETS ELECTED THERE WON’T BE A
USA as we know it anymore”…don’t you get??
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:03pmHow about Virgil Goode? Is that a vote for Obama too? If you conservatives actually took stock of what it means you’d vote for Virgil too. I challenge y’all to compare Romney to Goode and tell me that Romeny is a better candidate or more conservative. Go on…try it.
Then if you come back and say, Goode has no shot and only Romney can beat Obama then you can prove that you aren’t about principles. You’d sell your principles and posterity down the river to get what is at best a short term political victory.
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Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:15pm@Patty:
Good luck in November, chum.
Just remember: When pointing the finger of blame at Paultroons in their various guises, you point three back at YOURSELF.
We’ll cry for our country, no matter if Obama or Romney wins. But if Obama wins, we can at least laugh at YOU.
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Nevermind
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:02pmBusterman
Great another moron throwing his vote away
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Actually you owuld be the moron voting for someone who doesnt share your beliefs as are most of the TEA party that are backing Romney. Voting is something you do when you support a nominee with similiar values and principles not becasue you dont like the other guy. So in actuality this person is voting for someone they actually “believe ” in while you are just voting for someone you “belive” can win and thats a huge difference. You are a partisan hack trained to vote for anyone with an R before their name despite their record and beliefs, this CEO is an American not turned sheep like the TEA party
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COFemale
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:14pmHe is also voting for someone who has no snowball chance in hell too. Wake up. Your analogy is idiotic. No candidate has 100% your values and views and if you look for that, then you are a fool. Romney does meet the majority of my beliefs. He is 95% closer than communist socialist Obama. Ron Paul’s foreign policy is no different than Obama’s. Sorry that is a deal breaker with me. Ron Paul is an appeaser like Obama. He will get people killed just like Obama did in Benghazi.
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Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:17pmIf you’re not voting for someone with whose integrity and policies you agree, then why are you voting?
If you are throwing your principles under the bus, just to be on a winning team, why not vote for Obama?
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Goldi
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:01pmSo hope his business does well when 0b0z0 gets another 4 years and not only ruins business but the internet. So maybe overstock will be going by by too.
It will as far as I’m concerned!
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Individualism
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:57amthe only issue is in some places you can’t write him on atleast Gary Johnson is on the ballot so if you can’t you still have a choice if you see that Obama and Romney are bad for this country.
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pilgrim249
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:57amYou nitwits are supporting Obama through Ron Paul.
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justangry
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:12pmAh how cute… Did you “restore love”?
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ameritocracy
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:54pmlol justangry, i thought i was alone in questioning beckster in his “restoring love” lincoln loving in the deep south. not gonna fly in the south.
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pilgrim249
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:55amSince this Obama supporter heads Overstock.com, it is my patriotic duty TO NEVER USE THAT SERVICE.
I pray for it’s bankruptcy and complete destruction, and the same for anyone who supports Obama through Ron Paul.
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Individualism
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:03pmits also your patriotic duty to boycott israel if US troops get stuck in Iran. so that country gets the message to not use and abuse our troops or even use them for their own interests and bankrupt this country. Also for the hard working tax payers that should have their money spent on them and their interests to.
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Individualism
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:05pmalso any company or bank they gets bailed out by your tax dollars, if the people are mad enough they will get crystal nighted.
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Busterman
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:53amGreat another moron throwing his vote away
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:05pmSo if you vote for Romney and he doesn’t win and this guy votes for Paul and he doesn’t win then which one of you threw your vote away and why?
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txannie
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:53amIt’s nincompoops like this guy that are going to put obama back in office. If Romney can’t get the job done in his term, make him a one term prez also, but don’t shoot yourself in the foot by shortchanging the Romney vote by voting for Ron Paul or not voting. Putting obama back in will be the last nail in the coffin.
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:14pmSo what? The nails are going in the coffin no matter what. We are insolvent. Period. There is no fixing this. Maybe if Obama wins the thing will finally come to a head. The economy can crash and he can pull his police state shennanigans and maybe…just maybe…there are a few patriots left with a spine and a pair that will pick up a rifle like our ancestors did 200+ years ago and stare through a sight picture at the face of tyranny.
You sissies that want to keep kicking the can down the road for someone else to deal with are the problem. You’ll settle for a freaking progressive so long as he has an R in front of his name. You’ll convince yourselves that you won so that you can sleep at night but deep down you know what you did. You traded principles for deniability. You know know Romney grows government. You know that Romney gets us more debt. You know that we get Romneycare. You know that we get more wars. You know that we get progressive justices. (look at W’s choices). You know that we don’t get back to the constitution. You soothe yourselves with “well he’s better than Obama” because you lack the courage to do the right thing and you sure as heck can’t be counted on to pick up a rifle and stand for what’s right when the time comes.
The American Revolution was won by the 3 Percent who stood up to the king. This go around looks like we’ll have the same participation rate.
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Ronko
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:51pmI have to agree, we have a much better chance at saving this country with Romney as president. Obama would destroy us if given another 4 years and let’s not forget that Obama in those 4 years isn’t up for relection, remember the more flexibility comment from the Russian PM.
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tyrannyandtraitors
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:24pm@rothbardian You rock. Thank you. Truer words have never been spoken.
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Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:53amBut…but…but, hasn’t anyone told him that voting for anyone but Romney is a vote for Obama? He can’t be too smart if he if he can’t figure that out. /sarc
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justangry
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:14pmYeah, but we’re the “bots”.
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justangry
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:19pmAt least according to the great binary thinkers of the 21st century.
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Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:27pmA vote for Romney is a vote for Obama.
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Vigilante
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:52amWhy does he waste his time to go and vote?
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Angel_light
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:52amwow, he must be so brilliant to know when to cut your loses and go with the next best thing. sorry but you are wasting your vote. you’re not helping your country at all
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Angel_light
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:58amwell, at least he not voting for the commy-in-chief…
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RightUnite
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:05pmActually Angel, he is voting for Obama…
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matt708
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:52amanyone voting for Ron Paul is throwing away their vote and should reconsider. If Obama wins by the number of ron opaul votes they they cut their noses off to spite their faces. Wake up
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LibertarianForLife
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:03pmYou’re implying that Romney will make any difference whatsoever.. just look at his record when he was governor and before, perhaps you are the one that needs to wake up.
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Landon410
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:50amI think Ron Paul has some good ideas, I really do, I have a lot of libertarian views myself, but at this point a vote for Paul is a vote for Obama, it just takes away votes from Romney who has a real shot at winning.
While i understand Romney isn’t as convervative as myself, at least its a step in the right direction.
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EtchASketch
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:00pmIt’s exactly this kind of thinking that keeps us with only two parties. Grow a spine, vote for the BEST candidate.
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Shasta
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:22pmHey etch, if a libertarian had a shot, I would agree. But this is a situation where if we all pull together, we MIGHT be able to defeat Obama and save the country. Save your vote of conscience for another election when the stakes are not so high.
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EtchASketch
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:36pmIt’s not a vote of conscience, it’s a vote of principle. I will not vote for another corporate liar. People need to wake up. Bush and Obama were not so different, and neither is Romney. All part of the same machine. Cast a REAL vote.
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spookchaser
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 1:12pmWell Said.
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EtchASketch
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:48amHere come the tea brains to declare their inconsequential “boycott.”
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Zipit
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:42pmWretchasketch a profile in dis-couraged
Recent college grad with a degree in liberal arts!
Unable to find the job he thinks he deserves!
Unwilling to flip burgers or wash dishes, (as many of us started out doing), it’s beneath him!
Parents, whom he lives with, getting tired of his lack of motivation and sense of entitlement!
Has only two friends! (Three if you include his girlfriend Rosie Palm) his laptop from college, and the bong on the nightstand next to his bed in the basement.
Wants it all, “right now”, but is clueless as to “how to get it”.
As a result, he despise’s any who has it and has earned it!
Sadly, can only get his kicks berating those people, (us) it somehow makes him feel better!!!!
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Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:30pm@ZipIt:
Blah, blah, blah.
Did it take you long to cook up that response? Aww, shucks. Don’t lie. We know you worked really hard on that, and we appreciate the time and effort it took for you to type it!
Congratulations!
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Zipit
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:08pmThanks Norm!
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Zipit
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:32pmGosh Norm! Just went back through all the posts for this story! Seems like it really got your goat there buddy! Perhaps a time out is in order. You guys rant and rave about Ron Paul so much that you are totally blinded to the fact that you have a lot more in common with us than you do the Dems. You are not going to change our minds, and Ron Paul is not the republican nominee for president. If he were, I’d vote for him! If ya can’t get get over it, then ya got a little growin up to do! And, it took me about ten minutes to type this, because I’m trying to watch the football game! And, defending Etchasketch? Really?
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Nevermind
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:48amGood for him, someone actually voting on principle. Not like the fools of the GOP/TEA who wanted a consevative nominee who stood for thier values and are voting for moderate Mittens. The guy who has no TEA party values and is more liberal than most democrats. The guy who went to spooky Harvard and was Gov. of MA and gave out universal health care.
At least this guy isnt a sheep like most on the right who just a few months ago hated Romney but now hold up signs for him at Rallys. Cowards
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toiletclogga
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 12:00pmThe Republican nomination is for Republicans, not Libertarians! Ron Paul is not a Republican! Ron Paul is a Libertarian!
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Norm D. Plume
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:35pmRon Paul was, and is, a Republican congressman from Texas.
No matter how hard you try, you just can’t get around that. He *IS* a Republican, and has been for a long, long time.
So, what was your point again? Oh, that he’s a “libertarian”? Well, lots of good Republicans are. At least, those who take the time to think. Lots of them won’t be voting for Willard McBain, either.
Maybe Ron Paul wanted to see if the run-of-the-mill Republicans’ spines were strong enough to stand up for the principles they espouse. Maybe he thought there was more courage in Republicans than there seems to be. It is a gamble we lost, thinking the Republicans actually loved America. It seems Republicans are slightly (and I do mean only VERY slightly) thrifty Democrats.
Good luck in November, chumps.
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Individualism
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:48ambye bye amazon, overstock here i come, i am shopping from them for now on, maybe they can be my new walmart. Good this ceo understands who is best for business and business that is not getting bailed out or tax loopholes. good for him. i am going to buy some stuff from overstock now.
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EddieZ
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 11:55amGood luck with that. Not sure how you can draw any comparison between Amazon and Overstock.
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Plutos_Pal
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:18pmUnderstanding which (non)candidate is best for business is one thing. Encouraging people to support Obama by throwing away their vote on that (non)candidate is another story. There are several people I would have voted for instead of Romney, but I’m not going to give my vote to Obama by voting for one of them instead of voting for the only candidate who can defeat Obama.
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LoveTheTruthGuy
Posted on October 15, 2012 at 3:43pmAnyone that thinks a vote for Paul Ryan is somehow making a statement is an idiot. This is what the primaries are for.
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