Ron Paul is a NH Ad 'Machine'
Paul on TV. Gingrich in the ring. Romney hearts NH. Huntsman, the ultra-campaigner.
Ron Paul is helping WMUR-TV pay its electric bill. Steve Forbes, the man who barely missed a bronze medal in the 1996 Primary, shows Rick Perry how it's done. Mitt Romney covers the bases–makes additional New Hampshire stops. And here we thought poor Jon Huntsman had the state all to himself.
Get those noise makers ready, here is your Primary Countdown for Thursday, Dec. 29, with 12 days until the New Hampshire Primary.
Quote of the Day: "If he wins Iowa, it's over–he's the nominee." –Jamie Burnett, a New Hampshire strategist on Mitt Romney's chances. Burnett, the state political director for Romney in 2008, is unaffiliated with a campaign in 2012.
Winner, Winner, Spaghetti Dinner? Mitt Romney's got one foot in Iowa and the other in New Hampshire. Or so it would seem. Romney's back in New Hampshire for a spaghetti dinner Friday night at the Merrimack VFW Post 8641. Is the F.E. Everett Turnpike the on-ramp to the road to the White House?
The Press: Jon Huntsman is turning up the volume. In a closing argument of sorts last night in Pelham, Huntsman attacked Mitt Romney and Ron Paul, and he said he would be the GOP nominee. He called Paul an unelectable "isolationist." He stamped Romney as a bland "status quo" candidate.
Ricky Don't Lose That Number: Steve Forbes talks to business people this morning in Concord, the second day in a row he's the high-minded surrogate for Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
The Forbes List: No, not that list. We're talking about the New Hampshire Primary in 1996, when Steve Forbes was the tax reform king among Republicans. Lest we forget, Forbes captured fourth, but he mustered a respectable 25,505 votes. He followed Lamar Alexander (47,148), Bob Dole (54,738), and the Republican Primary victor that year, Pat "Go Pat Go" Buchanan (56,874). So Steve Forbes has a lot more Primary gravitas than, say, Rudy Giuliani. Here's another blast down memory lane: The 1996 Primary? It was held on Feb. 20 that year.
In the Ring: Newt Gingrich is multi-tasking. He's remaining positive, he says, in the wake of a stream of attack ads. And he's also responding as he sees fit.
Mean Machine: Ron Paul's new TV ad in NH is called "Machine." The other Texan is throwing his campaign cash around. Ryan O'Connor, editor of BedfordNH Patch, reports that Ron Paul is more than doubling Mitt Romney's TV ad buys for a two-week period that ends Jan. 3. The latest Paul buy is a cool quarter million dollars. (BTW, if Ron Paul gets Secret Service protection, "Machine" would be the coolest codename, wouldn't it?)
A "Granite Fortress?" E.J. Dionne Jr. writes in The Washington Post that, no matter what happens in the Hawkeye State, New Hampshire is Mitt Romney's Granite Fortress.
Adios, Gary Johnson: Gary Johnson quit the GOP yesterday and is now running as a Libertarian. But the former New Mexico governor's name will still be on New Hampshire's Republican Primary ballot on Jan. 10, 2012.
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Slow & Steady Department: Rick Santorum yesterday picked up the endorsement of Steve Sukup, a businessman and former legislator in Iowa. File this one under conservative forces.
Is it just us, or...: is something wrong in Virginia when campaigns with millions cannot get on the ballot?
- Gingrich: Campaign worker's signature fraud cost slot on Virginia ballot.
- Perry asks court to block printing of Virginia primary ballots.
Huntsman Under Siege: Union Leader Publisher Joseph W. McQuaid has an editorial today attacking Jon Huntsman. Not Mitt Romney. Is this a badge of honor for the candidate? Does Joseph W. McQuaid think Jon M. Huntsman Jr. has an outside chance in New Hampshire?
Paul Fires Back at McQuaid [Noon Update]: The Ron Paul campaign fired back earlier today in response to the Union Leader publisher calling the Texas congressman "dangerous." Here's the snippet, via Politico: "Dr. Paul is fighting for real change and taking on the entire establishment – the neoconservative foreign policy establishment, the monetary establishment and the big spending establishment in Washington. He is bound to take a lot of arrows from supporters of the status quo, but he has broad shoulders and will never stop fighting for what is right."
Around the Horn:
- Dirty politics ahead of Iowa Caucus, NH Primary.
- Curbing Attacks Hard for Gingrich.
- Republicans shake more hands using social media. (I guess voters "like" this?)
- A Prediction Gone Wrong. An AmSpec commentary on Texas Gov. Rick Perry's lack of orbit.
The Boys Are Back: Those Jon2012Girls have tweeted away, trying to coax Mitt Romney's sons out on the campaign trail. Well, the boys are back. Josh, Craig, Matt and Tagg Romney have a full day of campaigning–and eating–in New Hampshire today. It starts with breakfast with the Windham GOP, followed by lunch at the Barley House in Concord, and concludes with a pizza party and phone bank at 5:45 p.m. at Romney HQ in Manchester.
What we'd like to see: The Jon2012Girls vs. the Romney boys in a Rock-Paper-Scissors duel.
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Thom
8:23 am on Thursday, December 29, 2011
And this new Ron Paul ad as well...the compassion of Ron Paul:
http://youtu.be/8Rv0Z5SNrF4
Dan Tuohy
8:39 am on Thursday, December 29, 2011
Interesting. It is the year of the Web ads, isn't it?
Tahir Ahmadov
8:48 am on Thursday, December 29, 2011
www.RonPaulDidNot.com
Please spread... Together, we can do it.
Bill Dickison
8:54 am on Thursday, December 29, 2011
Ron Paul has history on his side. He tried to stop the bad policies that led to the 2001 attack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=XguvMUUtTtI
He predicted the housing bubble. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnuoHx9BINc what other candidate opposes the patriot act or the indefinite detainment of Americans without a trial?
Howard Tinsley
9:01 am on Thursday, December 29, 2011
Ron Paul is the only candidate who offers any solutions to the spending and debt problem ... Why would GOP conservatives choose a Neoconservative ? This guy is a flip flopper and a Washington insider, Goldman Sachs gave his campaign 354 k we all know who he will represent.
Ron Paul is right on foreign policies and i think it is time that people learn the truth about our foreign policy failures...
http://youtu.be/fy3KDYE5KQE
Frank Ferraro
10:40 am on Thursday, December 29, 2011
For die-hard Ron Paul supporters, nothing anyone can or will say will change their minds, but the fact remains that he did allow bigoted, harmful writings in his newsletters. Whether he wrote them or not, he did not disavow them back when they were published. To say that he didn't read them either means he was either extremely careless and caviler with his newsletters or he is not telling the truth. In the first instance, it takes away from his stature as a candidate and is more serious than a few mind freezes. In the second instance, I don't want that kind of person as a GOP candidate. So, which is it?
Liberty 603
12:41 pm on Thursday, December 29, 2011
Yes, it was a mistake, poor judgement, no argument. But if you want to talk about being careless and cavalier, let's keep a little perspective. How about the members of Congress who routinely pass bills thousands of pages long, imposing laws on hundreds of millions of people, without even reading a single word? When the choice is between a candidate who, 20 years ago, failed to read every word of a rinky-dink newsletter versus politicians who have betrayed our entire Constitution, there is no contest.
Jan Schmidt
9:05 am on Friday, January 6, 2012
The question was about Paul, not massive bills - and Paul is on record as saying that private property rights mean that a lunch counter should be able to put up signs telling people of color that they cannot eat there.
This isn't a matter of overlooking a publication - this is his own words.
And one of his most ardent supporters in Iowa is a white supremacist. Paul is for selfish, middle class white men who don't want to pay taxes but do want to smoke pot and carry guns.
Edward Dunsel
11:54 am on Thursday, December 29, 2011
Well said, Mr. Ferraro. And I think Dr. Paul is noticing. Yesterday he had an endorsement on his website from Rev. Phillip G. Kayser, a Nebraska "pastor" who has called for instituting the death penalty against homosexuals.
Paul’s Iowa chairman praised the "pastor" in a campaign release in which he specifically credited Kayser with “the enlightening statements he makes on how Ron Paul’s approach to government is consistent with Christian beliefs.”
The press release has been removed from the Ron Paul for President website.
But it is cached by Google:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:JXXloeP9fSYJ:www.ronpaul2012.com/2011/12/27/ron-paul-endorsed-by-eminent-pastor-rev-phil-kayser-ph-d/+&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us
Edward Dunsel
1:19 pm on Thursday, December 29, 2011
Oh spare us, Mr. RonPaulNH. "Rinky-dink"? How much did Dr. paul pocket from that rinky-dinky-ness?
And even Congress hasn't passed ny laws, whether they read them or not, which called for the extermiantion of a particular group of Americans.
We only get to vote for one House Member. If he did what Dr. Paul did, he wont get my vote either.
Alejandro Paschalides
2:42 am on Friday, January 6, 2012
Nowhere in any newsletter did he call for the extermination of anyone! Shows how little you know; you don't even know what the passages in question actually are!
He was a practicing physician at the time, and it was a long time ago. Maybe he missed the passages, or maybe he thought they weren't that big a deal. The passages are bigoted, but they are not that outlandish either (and I'm a minority btw, I support him). Ron Paul doesn't really come across as someone who holds "closet" opinions...aren't people always giving him crap for being consistent and kooky? If he were truly racist it would be clear to all.
Dan
10:51 pm on Thursday, December 29, 2011
War powers act
Patriot act
Homeland security
And destruction of due process act NDAA
100% debt to GDP
Needless Iraq war 4000 plus American casualties, countless suicides and amputees, not to mention horrible psychological damage
Laws and taxes coming out our ears
Come on people it doesn't take a genius to figure out we are going down the tubes
Romney is the same old status quo politician that got us into this mess I honestly have no idea what his views are. He just keeps it vague, I guess the corporations will fill us in on the rest.
Ron Paul 2012- at least I know what he stands for
Ludwig Heinrich von Mises
6:39 am on Friday, December 30, 2011
RON PAUL RACIST or NOT?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-aPeJYB4io
Richard Russo
9:54 pm on Friday, December 30, 2011
http://www.ronpaul.com/2011-12-30/iowas-choice-dr-paul-or-u-s-bankruptcy-more-wars-and-many-more-dead-soldiers-and-marines/
CIA Head Of Bin Laden Unit (Michael Scheuer) Strongly Endorses Ron Paul for President (12/30/11) MUST READ
"Notwithstanding the damnable lies about Dr. Paul’s foreign policy constantly proclaimed by his fellow Republican candidates, leading pro-Israel/pro-intervention U.S.-citizens and their journalist friends, and most of the media, only the gentleman from Texas speaks for the Founders’ non-interventionist vision of America’s role in world affairs and for plain common sense."
Michael A Kline
10:19 pm on Friday, December 30, 2011
The Video “The Compassion of Dr. Ron Paul”
Here is todays national release of the REAL RON PAUL. As the MSM sets out to destroy
sombody who might just deserve a tiny bit of respect.
http://www.revolutionpac.com/2011/12/the-compassion-of-dr-ron-paul/
ForThePeople
10:29 pm on Friday, December 30, 2011
Or is it, The Lack of Compassion of Dr. Ron Paul?
http://www.inthesetimes.com/duly-noted/entry/11975/ron_pauls_former_campaign_manager_died_uninsured_free/
Bill Dickison
10:48 pm on Friday, December 30, 2011
I'm fairly sure that Ron Paul did not kill his staffer by not providing health insurance. He has given speeches about how the healthcare industry became too expensive due to insurance companies and pharmaceutical companies being protected by the government. From the seventies until now the cost of healthcare has grown exponentially until it now has to be subsidized and without insurance it is unaffordable he wants to try and fix the problem at its roots.
ForThePeople
11:20 pm on Friday, December 30, 2011
I have a few ideas on how to fix the problem. You may be surprised to learn that none of my ideas say "tough cookies" to a person with cancer. I wish that Ron Paul would do the same. Not everyone can afford insurance, that's just a fact. One of the greatest and most memorable pieces of legislation that Obama has given us is the affordable care act. I personally know people who are already benefiting from the earliest pieces coming into action. And, it's been budgeted by the CBO as being better than what we had. Too bad the Republicans want to wreck it, something that's going to help millions and millions of uninsured Americans.
That's compassion.
Alejandro Paschalides
2:58 am on Friday, January 6, 2012
@ForThePeople
Uh huh, the system needs to be more market based, not more socialistic. Lots of people that "can't afford" health insurance actually can, they just choose not to prioritize it. And for starters, the government subsidies to health care are why costs go up exponentially. Same thing has happened with regard to college costs. Our ability to be compassionate will come to a grinding halt when we're a bankrupt nation (well on its way). I hope you're young enough to witness that upcoming tragedy. We'll be saying "tough cookies" to a ton of people. You guys think money grows on trees and in the end it will only serve to kill the very social programs you hold so dear!
ForThePeople
11:26 pm on Friday, December 30, 2011
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/30/in-early-book-rep-ron-paul-criticized-aids-patients-minority-rights-and-sexual-harassment-victims/?hpt=hp_t1
Hot off the presses, the compassion of Ron Paul, "Rep. Ron Paul criticized AIDS patients, minority rights and sexual harassment victims."
'"The individual suffering from AIDS certainly is a victim - frequently a victim of his own lifestyle - but this same individual victimizes innocent citizens by forcing them to pay for his care," Paul wrote.'
Oh look, homophobia. Paulbots try to cover it up, but it looks like there are leaks in the spin machine!
I encourage you to read on for incriminating tidbits on racism and sexual harassment. Those newsletters don't seem so far-fetched anymore, do they?
Alejandro Paschalides
2:50 am on Friday, January 6, 2012
That's not homophobia. AIDS is more prevalent amongst those having casual, unprotected sex. It is true, however, that homosexuals (esp. homosexual men) are more prone due to less protection used, increased sexual activity, etc.).
Even if this person were straight, and got it inadvertently via a contaminated blood transfusion, why should I pay for the fact that they were negligent with regard to having health insurance?! Let's remove all personal responsibility from our society and have the government be our nanny! That will work out just fine!
dan
11:23 am on Saturday, December 31, 2011
Homophobia???? Racism???? Antisemitism???? Thats life buddy, if you are a heroin addict and you find yourself hopelessly addicted whos fault is it? If you have sex without a condom and end up with AIDS whos fault is it? If you want to fight for Zion who should do the fighting???? We are all adults and should live with the consequences of our decisions. NO ONE CAN PROTECT YOU FROM YOURSELF. Not mommy, daddy, or big brother government. If you want to find someone willing to enable your destructive/addictive/warmongering lifestyle in whatever form it comes thats your business but it's not the American taxpayers responsibility.
ForThePeople
11:52 am on Saturday, December 31, 2011
"Homophobia???? Racism???? Antisemitism???? Thats life buddy"
I'm not satisfied with that answer. I think that human beings can be above resigning themselves to such primitive behaviors. Yes, we all need to take personal responsibility, but if you actually read the article (for some reason, most Paulbots do not read any criticisms about their candidate), you will see that Ron Paul associates being gay with getting AIDS, as if it is a gay disease. He goes on to blame sexual-harassment victims, as if it's partly their own fault. That's completely inappropriate for someone who is running for commander-in-chief.
The tax responsibility goes towards creating a better society for all of us. We made a social contract a long time ago that we were not going to be throwing people away like garbage. The libertarian mindset is wrought with selfishness, but that's your vision. It's repulsive when people devalue others based on their own prejudices.
My vision is a country where people with cancer get treatment, AIDS patients get treatment, addicts can get recovery, and so on. That is society.
The part about libertarians that's rather odd is that the most extreme end would see us do away with public schools, the Department of Transportation, etc. It's basically the deconstructing of a society into free market tribes. We already did that. We already came from that. We are no longer tribes. We are growing up as humans, slowly, painfully, and against regression by demagogues.
Bill Dickison
6:46 am on Friday, January 6, 2012
The truth about the letters http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=95CagSkXZYc