"Ron Paul would've killed Bin Laden earlier than Bush/Obama"

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Why is Ron Paul the only congressman not refered to as "Congressman *insert name here*"?

Why is he always Dr Paul and not Congressman Paul? There are other doctors in the house of reps. They go by congressman, not Dr.
 

LegendKiller

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Why is Ron Paul the only congressman not refered to as "Congressman *insert name here*"?

Why is he always Dr Paul and not Congressman Paul? There are other doctors in the house of reps. They go by congressman, not Dr.

Because his acolytes want to lend him an additional air of legitimacy. It's as if his being a doctor makes him superior to all other congressmen and is relevant to his role.
 
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Because his acolytes want to lend him an additional air of legitimacy. It's as if his being a doctor makes him superior to all other congressmen and is relevant to his role.

Yeah... was kind of a rhetorical question. More of an observation. Definitely an attempt to make him appear to be more of an outsider than he is in an effort to recruit anyone who might not already know who he is.

Maybe the republicans should run him. It's unlikely that anyone in the current crowd will beat Obama. Might as well offer up the sacrificial lamb and let the real candidates save themselves for 2016.
 

dali71

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Ron Paul - the gynecologist messiah who a shoots rainbows from his ass. Hallelujah brother..praise the almighty $!

I am glad I bought new galoshes. The naive bullshit in the op is almost waist deep!

At least he's more relevant than Ralph Nader.
 

Balt

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The guy who said he wouldn't intervene in other countries would have killed Bin Laden who was in a different country.

Truly amazing.

Yeah, no kidding. If the OP wants to argue that the expense of one or two wars wasn't worth the outcome, that's one thing. Claiming that Ron Paul, who would have pulled all of our troops out the region, would have killed OBL sooner is hilarious, though.
 

Steeplerot

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At least he's more relevant than Ralph Nader.
Meh.... I voted a Gloria La Riva in 08 on PFP ticket. Nader is old and Greens had Cynthia Mckinny.

I will probably vote for the Big O since he made such bitches of the reactionaries. The not giving a toss about OBL since 05 was one of my main gripes about idiot son GW
 
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Codewiz

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I am a Ron Paul supporter but you are NUTS if you think he would have done it faster. Yes, we would not have been in the Iraq war but as Dr. Paul says himself, he wants to dismantle the CIA. Dr. Paul would have dismantled the very groups that helped us catch Bin Laden. He would have also started to dismantle the DoD in general. So once again, how would he have caught him?

Of course of the two now, I support Gary Johnson over Dr. Paul due to Gary's positions on drugs, immigration, and abortion.