Comments on: Handicapping the Horserace http://criminalthoughts.com/2008/01/16/ron-paul-ron-paul-testing-ron-paul/ Wed, 30 Jun 2010 12:35:26 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Winston http://criminalthoughts.com/2008/01/16/ron-paul-ron-paul-testing-ron-paul/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Winston Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:16:08 +0000 http://criminalthoughts.com/2008/01/16/ron-paul-ron-paul-testing-ron-paul/#comment-21 I don't disagree with a thing you said, except that I don't see Paul getting credit for his long held positions vis a vis the economy and monetary policy. If he is to be credited for those stands, it will be because he himself runs ads and educates the populace. The big media won't do it, and I don't suspect most voters are truly intelligent enough to get their brain around the intricacies of the relation between our fiscal system, deficit spending and devaluation of the currency. Huckabee is out there trying to out-Paul Paul on the subject, and to a degree it works. He doesn't have to tell the truth, because no one in the big media will call him on it. Every person in the hunt knows Paul is the only one who saw this ahead when he announced his candidacy and has made it central to his campaign. Don't expect them to cede the issue to Paul - He has to go out and make the case himself. I don’t disagree with a thing you said, except that I don’t see Paul getting credit for his long held positions vis a vis the economy and monetary policy. If he is to be credited for those stands, it will be because he himself runs ads and educates the populace. The big media won’t do it, and I don’t suspect most voters are truly intelligent enough to get their brain around the intricacies of the relation between our fiscal system, deficit spending and devaluation of the currency.

Huckabee is out there trying to out-Paul Paul on the subject, and to a degree it works. He doesn’t have to tell the truth, because no one in the big media will call him on it. Every person in the hunt knows Paul is the only one who saw this ahead when he announced his candidacy and has made it central to his campaign. Don’t expect them to cede the issue to Paul – He has to go out and make the case himself.

]]> By: Mr. Cash http://criminalthoughts.com/2008/01/16/ron-paul-ron-paul-testing-ron-paul/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Mr. Cash Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:40:04 +0000 http://criminalthoughts.com/2008/01/16/ron-paul-ron-paul-testing-ron-paul/#comment-20 Another factor I think you have overlooked is the economic contraction we are currently experiencing. In the event it snowballs and we see how foolish it is turning the power of printing money over to people who have already proven themselves incapable of producing a good result. The fall of the dollar and the rising cost of commodities will probably be in full swing before the convention and if Paul can hang in there we could see a vast change of mind among the delegates. Though I do not wish economic catastrophe on anyone we seem to be on the edge of it. All of the candidates are railing against Ron Paul about the gold standard but a gold coin purchased when the Bush administration began can buy the same amount of gasoline today. That makes the performance of the federal reserve look pretty bad. Another factor I think you have overlooked is the economic contraction we are currently experiencing. In the event it snowballs and we see how foolish it is turning the power of printing money over to people who have already proven themselves incapable of producing a good result. The fall of the dollar and the rising cost of commodities will probably be in full swing before the convention and if Paul can hang in there we could see a vast change of mind among the delegates.
Though I do not wish economic catastrophe on anyone we seem to be on the edge of it.
All of the candidates are railing against Ron Paul about the gold standard but a gold coin purchased when the Bush administration began can buy the same amount of gasoline today. That makes the performance of the federal reserve look pretty bad.

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