Good Morning Feisty.

There seems to be an increasing amount of problems lately with posting comments and attaching links. But thankfully we still have a forum here w/First Read in spite of the occasional gremlins.

Paul is just another candidate that failed to win the nomination.

I mean really Mark and Dominico, it's not like the Paul did as well as the convicted felon, unknown attorney, or 'anyone but' candidates that got very high percentages against Obama, the incumbent in the recent democratic primaries.

And yet somehow I suspect you will not be running a story about them. Will the convicted felon and Wolfe get delegates at the democratic convention?

Sadly I just do not see the brass at MSNBC letting you even discuss that subject - just too damn embarassing for team O.

But thankfully we still have a forum here w/First Read in spite of the occasional gremlins.

Good Morning Brian,

I ♥ it when people look at it like the glass is half full!

Couldn't agree more, just wish they would address the issues in order to keep FR thee #1 place on the web to play the political version of the "Family Feud"! ☺

Have a Happy, Safe & Fantabulous Memorial Day weekend!

Have a Happy, Safe & Fantabulous Memorial Day weekend!

Thank you my dear.

Whether you decide to share the weekend with friends, daughter, husband, other family members or simply taking in the time alone, I hope you enjoy a fabulous weekend filled with the joy in knowing that you have many friends here from First Read that enjoy visiting with you everyday even if at a distance.

I really hope Dr. Paul causes the max problems for the GOP. WHy? I am still a rabble rouser, and after a rotten morning with all the docs, I came home and found the cats threw up hairballs on my side of the bed. So, no nap for me, just laundry. Feel like raising some trouble today.

Brian - thank you for the heartfelt wishes!

Gonna be a lazy weekend with the exception of Sunday, then it's BBQ with friends & family here at my casa & party on! ☺

Feel like raising some trouble today.

Me too!

Let's do it just like we did back when...

I hope you get better soon!

To Everyone - have a safe, happy Memorial Day. And, let's not forget what and who we are celebrating/remembering. To all of our brave men and women who serve/have served, our heartfelt thanks and gratitude!

Ron Paul served; stop trashing him.

phinephancy - raise some he11 - it's Friday! Here's wishing a great Memorial Day weekend to all.

I really wish everyone would quit pointing to West Virginia, Arkansas and Kentucky as examples of poor performances by President Obama. At this point both he and Romney are the candidates, and in two of these "Red" states significantly more people came out and voted for President Obama than they did for Romney.

Few outlets reported the vote totals, not just the percentages. President Obama received around 20,000 more votes in WV; over 1,000 more votes in Kentucky; and almost as many votes as Romney in Arkansas.

I know MSN and the rest of the media want to hype a close race, but where is the analysis on voter apathy for Romney, or how Obama received more votes in traditionally "Red" states, or how voter turnout will impact the elections in these states?

No, let's hype the "felon" angle, or "Obama didn't get 40% of the vote" angle - I think that is lazy and sensationalist reporting.

I was thinking yesterday how much Romney reminds me of the convicted felon, who runs for office over and over and never wins.

The really big problem with polls are the ones that don't include cell phones. Or are based on likely voters, or the ones with very small sample size, or the ones that ask if the country is on the right/wrong track without specification of why, or... Heck, most of these polls are not reliable and we all know it.

Ron Paul, Ross Perot, at least the liberal spoilers like Ralph Nader do not border on being mental. Ross Perot, that was a close call, heck Sarah Palin! This only shows how crazy and chaotic the Republican Party has become.

If you Liberals get 4 more years of Barry "Weed Interceptor" Obama, you had better kiss the feet of the Ron Paul Revolution. We are still voting for Ron Paul. If that tips the scales in the favor of Obama then so be it.

The convention hasn't been held and most of the DELEGATES have not been elected yet. Dr. Ron Paul can still win. I like to believe that there is hope. Mitt is just about the same as Barry. Fundamental change is needed with both our domestic and foreign policy. Ron Paul is the only one offering both... And it seems to be scaring the hell out of the GOP.

Here is the dirt on Obama that MSNBC is not reporting:

http://news.yahoo.com/obama-pot-smoking-choom-gang-165436421--abc-news-politics.html

Ron Paul supporters, like Occupy, will have a clear choice between going backward with GOP/Bush-era voodoo economics and Teavangelical Sharia Law, or going FORWARD with the president and just as importantly a congress that will work together and work with the White House.

A word to Occupy -- Take a look at Egypt. The Arab Spring revolutionaries split their votes among various candidates. As a result, they are now stuck with two extremes of the Islamic Brotherhood and the old Mubarak regime.

If you hope to have a real impact, you need to get behind candidates. Since you have not supported an Occupy candidate of your own, then align with the Dems and get out the vote to make it happen. To Ron Paul supporters, the Dems are the lesser of two evils -- First Do No Harm. We as a nation cannot afford to lose another four years to Privatizing Profit and Socializing Debt let alone the Lost Decade we are trying to recover from now.

Obama/Biden/Pelosi/Reid - 2012!

Ron Paul or none at all! Obama and Romney are the EXACT SAME! Try a little freedom, you might like it.

nomoresameo

Ron Pauls only role at this point forward is to become a distraction that will help the democrats.

Hmmm, sounds like a sore loser to me. I noticced not oneof his cult came out to vote in my precint. I saw a lot of young people come into the polling place; but he got not a one vote. Of course my area is mostly democratic.

Ron Paul is ripping these young kids off.

I saw a lot of young people come into the polling place; but he got not a one vote.

Hi Beverly. I'm not completely surprised that Paul wouldn't attract much attention from young voters. But I am surprised that he didn't receive any votes in your district. You'd think there would be at least one half-wit siding with his thoughts.

You're right, Bev,

Paul is lying to the youngsters.....Abolish/Audit the Fed, weed for everyone, fed gubment leave the people alone, blah, blah........

nomoresameo

Hi Beverly. I'm not completely surprised that Paul wouldn't attract much attention from young voters. But I am surprised that he didn't receive any votes in your district. You'd think there would be at least one half-wit siding with his thougts.

There were some who did vote for Buddy Romer though. I don't know if they were the young revolutioners.

chilled

You're right, Bev,

Paul is lying to the youngsters.....Abolish/Audit the Fed, weed for everyone, fed gubment leave the people alone, blah, blah......

Wait, there's more.

Ron Paul Disavows White Supremacists, But Takes Their Money

Paul, under fire for the racist, homophobic and anti-Semitic passages in the newsletter he used to produce, disavowed the content of the publication in December.

He further told The New York Times that he "wouldn't be happy with" with racists and anti-Semites doing his volunteer work, even as many were. He explained the apparent contradiction to the newspaper, saying, "If they want to endorse me, they're endorsing what I do or say -- it has nothing to do with endorsing what they say."

The Paul campaign declined to comment on why he is accepting donations from people the candidate says he disagrees with. The contributions represent an ongoing Paul tie to right-wing extremism -- one that could be severed simply by sending back the checks.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/27/ron-paul-white-supremacists_n_1305509.html

Yo chilled - speaking of weed, did you catch the article on Buzzfeed today about Obama's, um, prolific use?

THat coupled with Penn Jillette's take on his stringent enforcement of laws against people who are doing exactly what he used to do is striking.\

I loved his 'rooftop' method.

Spanky - you still stuck on ancient history? But, that's all you've got - I forgot. I guess if the best candidate my party could come up with is Romney, I'd probably have to dig deep to find something to argue with. You really need to do better!

Obama/Biden 2012

Wait, there's more.

Mr. Libertarian, hanging out with racists.......

THat coupled with Penn Jillette's take on his stringent enforcement of laws against people who are doing exactly what he used to do is striking

Jillette, who cares what he says, I could be wrong, but I don't recall Dubya not enforcing DUI laws.............

Amy B. Portland, ME

OK, for those of us at work, who can't listen...whadthey say? whadtheysay

That Ron Paul is getting delegates. How the Ron Paul supporters probably won't vote. LOL I saw that on small scale . They spoke of how Paul supports want the party to be more libertarian and that Paul may request speaking at the convention.

Do you think Romney will appoint Ron Paul for Treasuer? LOL, we'll need a wheel barrow to take our coins to the bank.

Thanks Bev!

My brother is a Ron Paul supporter who went to the Maine Republican convention. They kicked out the Romney chair and elected all Ron Paul delgates.

Romney sent the same lawyer who argued Bush vs Gore in Florida to Maine to try and tell them they couldn't do that. (Romney officially won the caucus here, but with lots of balloting problems.) My brother will write in Ron Paul. He can't stand Romney.

You all crack me up. There are a lot of Ron Paul supporters that voted for Obama because they believed his lies about stopping the Iraq war "by 2009"...they believed he was really "the peace candidate" they feel betrayed that the president merely took the troops out of Iraq and shuffled them to Afghanistan then joined in attacking Libya while at the same time we couldn't find the money to keep our own government running. They believed that he would protect their constitutional rights as he promised in his campaign then signed it twice and then did way worse by signing the NDAA and HR347.

Anyhow, to say Ron Paul supporters will only help Obama is simply not true.

Ron Paul will take votes away from Romney and any vote taken from Romney is a vote for Obama!

WHOO HOOO!

Again with the hopes and dreams that Obama can "back in" to re-election.

Sad, really, really sad.

Just think, in 5 months, both "Mittens" and "Old man time" can retire and live happily ever after.....

Funny thing is WCA - there is no front way in for O, and he knows it.

Obamacare is a turd, Gitmo is still open, and then there are the troubling economic numbers.

Bad and getting worse.

But dude, nothing appears to be as bad as Detroit. You all even part of America anymore?

Man - you progressive city government really has done a number on your city and state.

GT-2021701

Just think, in 5 months, both "Mittens" and "Old man time" can retire and live happily ever after.....

It would be nice to see Mittens ride laughingly into the sunset on his Missouri foxtrotter.

Spanky and WCA

It is absolutely astounding that libs can ignore the cold, hard evidence of the infinite number of progressively controlled towns, cities and states just like Detroit. Blue and corrupt for literally decades with the same devastating results. Liberalism has destroyed my beautiful state of Michigan. Sorry to say Spanky…..your beautiful state its heading that way too if it isn’t already……Hey, do you think libs just hate beautiful?

Mukwa - no we just hate stupidity - like the post you made!

Obama/Biden 2012

If that's all ya got SeekingSanity, don't hate me cause I'm beautiful.

Mukwa - I'm sure to someone you are - but still stupid!

I think Ron Paul will help take white male votes away from Romney. This is based on the fact the only people I know supporting Ron Paul are white males :)

Admittedly, not very scientific.

PS Congratulations on having your question answered DaNoid!

bubblegum!

Sanity

The only people on here who are stupid is the 7 libs who keep patting themselves on the back and thinking the dumbest post wins. You are included in the 7 so feel lucky. Inner city rats and morons are all that will vote for the liberal candidate this year. The only problem America has is that there are alot of them.

rukidding - and you would fit in with the dumbest 5 right wingers. You continue to post stupidity and hostility. No facts, no nothing. But you tend to go off on anyone who doesn't play in the gutter with you. So, sorry if I don't feel bad about being included in the 7 because - no matter what - they are heads above the 5 of you righties!

Kind of the way John Anderson took votes away from Reagan, right? How'd that work out?

Of course, one does need to factor in the fact that Paul has stated, categorically, emphatically, and more than once, that he will not run as either an independent or the Libertarian Party candidate, but nothing interferes with the delusional thinking of the left.

Anybody see the Gallup daily tracking? The candidates keep changing top spot by a point or two. Today, Obama is ahead by one- that's a tied race, if you're keeping score. It also helps to remember that Gallup wildly over samples cell only individuals- they represent about a quarter of the population, but Gallup routinely samples for 40%.

Kind of puts this in context

http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50E1EFD395F12728DDDA90A94DD405B8084F1D3

It was like that until the fall, when Gallup nd every other polling organization declared the race too close to call.

Reagan won by ten points in the popular vote- and an electoral college landslide.

It's funny- Obama is even worse than Carter. I wonder just how badly he will lose?

no joe, no bo, nj

It's funny- Obama is even worse than Carter. I wonder just how badly he will lose?

LOOK, No Joe, All Blow you are a sick, delusional, woman.

When President Obama does win; Donna, you'll still be wondering and conjuring up more of your sick delusionals.

yeah, we don't need no stinkin' teachers, infrastructure, healthcare for sick and elderly people, HeadStart... look how well less government spending works in Latin America! No government services down there and their quality of life is just excellent! Not like Canada's, don't you know!

Amy, It's fascinating to me that liberals think the only way to get what you want is to borrow outlandish amounts of money to pay for it. How did this mentality ever get so pervasive in our society?

Ask Bush/Cheney. They're the ones who said "deficits don't matter" as they promoted two wars at once while cutting taxes.

I really don't think that Ron Paul will go 3rd party this year, but many of his supporters may stay home on election day and that will help.

TNSEVOL - great post. But, you know the far right will deny everything even though you are spot on. The Tea Party formed because a black man beat the GOP's candidate who didn't even realize we had an economic problem and chose someone who made the GOP a laughingstock as his running mate.

Their hatred is palpable and the more they deny it the more obvious they become.

zigmund - such an unhappy little rightie aren't ya? Well, Dubya put the first homosexual on the Supreme Court. But, who cares? I mean, governing has nothing to do with someone's sexuality. Now, we all (at least everyone with intelligence and integrity) know our President is heterosexual but, if he wasn't, only the terrified homophobes would really give a damn. And, as we all know, it's their own sexuality the homophobes can't come to terms with. Sorry but you'll be able to accept who you are eventually!

What would cause someone to think Obama is gay? He is married and has a lovely wife and two lovely daughters. Just because he supports others rights doesn't mean he has to be one of them. I know the world is only black and white to the extreme right so I wouldn't expect them to understand the nuances of life or diversity.

If there was any gay President it was James Buchanan. Rumors were circulating during his time that he might be gay but things like that were usually closeted especially in the hightest positions in the country. There is no concrete evidence proving Buchanan was gay but circumstantial evidence would make one think he might be.

Abe Lincoln was gay too...

I hope you do not live in Florida . i would hate to think any of my neighbors , where this out of touch .

J-2, you are REALLY WHACKED!

Did your prescription expire?

What, they blame Bush for is the unspeakable! Leaving the door open for Obama. They hate that sh##. See it is race policy rules this go round and Willard doesn't have any. The voter is tired of the shoot from the hip syndrome.