The Political Inquirer

I don’t normally say this to the NYT, but go get him.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/30/us/politics/30truth.html?_r=1&ref=politics&oref=slogin

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The review of each candidate as well as “McCain’s Overstatement” both bring out some of the big problems with the candidates last night. McCain, in my opinion, really blew it. I think the fact that the neocons showed themselves for who they are marks my disagreement with Jim Geraghty over at the National Review Campaign [...]

Filed under: John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Politics, Republicans, Ron Paul | Tagged: CNN, debates, Election 2008, Primaries, Primary | 1 Comment »

The Republican’s finally got their share of Youtube questions in the latest CNN debate, which went relatively smooth all things considered, though a scandal did come up immediately over a few questioners, one part of the Clinton campaign, and a few others supporting Obama or Edwards, which caused some anger. The debate itself was probably [...]

Filed under: Immigration, Iraq, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Politics, Republicans, Ron Paul | Tagged: clinton, CNN, GOP, IRS, Isolationism, Religion, taxation, Youtube Debate | 3 Comments »

So McCain went and said it: the kind of foreign policies Ron Paul espouses are responsible for the rise of Hitler.  
Now, he got some boos and some cheers for this.  I think the audience in general knew he was greatly overstating his point, but there were a number of people there who supported his claim.  [...]

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The CNN/Youtube debates have begun, and we’ll be liveblogging the event. They’ve just introduced all of the candidates and there’s this awkward photo opportunity going on. Anyway, on to the liveblogging.
We’ll be in Freenode at #politicalinquirer.
First question
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If you become president of the united states, will you continue to aid and abet the [...]

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I am on a mass emailing list that received two emails about Ron Paul’s foreign policy. Both were articles that are located on Lew Rockwell’s website. I agreed with both of them, but one person on the email list took the time to respond with this email:
Between these two warnings from Dr. Paul about the [...]

Filed under: Asia, Geopolitics, History, Immigration, Iran, Iraq, Philosophy, Politics, Religion, Ron Paul | Tagged: , bin laden, disagreement, Foreign Policy, Iraq, osama | 2 Comments »

I feel I need to post this because it is true. Hamilton was the best founding father according to neoconservatives and even big-government liberals alike. He favored monarchy and lied like a dog in the Federalist papers. This piece is by Thomas DiLorenzo, I recommend it highly:
It’s time to end Hamilton’s Curse
LewRockwell.com
For more [...]

Filed under: History, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged: hamilton, nationalism, patriotism | 11 Comments »

It appears Dick Cheney was having irregular heartbeats this morning and went to the hospital for some tests. We all know Mr. Cheney has had heart problems in the past, even since Bush’s election in 2000, but they are spaced far enough apart that the jokes don’t get old–like this one in a comment on [...]

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The head of ObamaLA is now a Ron Paul supporter. I guess he realized the Federal Reserve really is a problem, or that Obama isn’t quite as pro-freedom as he thinks (Though, I suppose, better than the rest).
Here’s his comment on his site now:
My name is Marc Whittemore. I started the original grassroots group ObamaLA [...]

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Star-Telegram

WASHINGTON — In yet another sign of U.S. Rep. Ron Paul’s online fundraising prowess, the libertarian presidential candidate said Friday in a TV interview that he has raised more than $9 million during the past two months and expects to raise at least $12 million for the fourth quarter.
Paul, R-Surfside, speaking on Bloomberg Television’s Political [...]

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Grover Norquist has said it best when pointing out the “dynastic disease” in American politics. My only problem with him is that he has offered the constitutional amendment that not only bans close family members from succeeding each other in offices from the federal level, but also that of state and local offices.
People will be [...]

Filed under: News, Philosophy, Politics | Tagged: amendment, bush, clinton, hereditary, jeb, monarchy, national, review, rule | No Comments »

The presidential hopeful says the Plame allegations should be “… thoroughly examined, investigated, and the truth brought to the American people.” But does Mr. Huckabee really mean that, or just talking off the top of his head? Given that he does not really have that much grassroots support despite the media attention given him, I [...]

Filed under: Mike Huckabee | Tagged: bush, cia, investigation, plame, valerie | No Comments »

Insight is abounding over at the Van Der Galiën Gazette. Reasons why Podhortez is wrong and Giuliani could end up losing the nomination:
John Podhoretz explains why Rudy Giuliani will win the Republican nomination (by beating his only real opponent, Mitt Romney). Podhoretz’s argumentation? Mitt Romney may very well win the first 3 states, but the [...]

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Although we see the possibility of Ron Paul winning New Hampshire, there has not been as much talk of Ron Paul in Iowa due to the more traditional beliefs of the Republican caucus attendees there. Strangely enough, though, the Iowa Independent is talking of Ron Paul as a possible spoiler in the race due to [...]

Filed under: Politics, Ron Paul | Tagged: caucus, iowa, Primary, win | 29 Comments »

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After Ron Paul’s stunning national poll win, unreported by any mainstream news outlets at this writing, Zogby International posted a press release that chose a slim (approx 1/3rd) portion of the polling sample to tout Rudy Giuliani.
It has been reported that Jones Productions paid $4500 to Zogby International for the poll, and that [...]

Filed under: Blogs, Geopolitics, Hillary Clinton, Iran, Iraq, John Edwards, John McCain, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, News, Pakistan, Politics, Religion, Republicans, Ron Paul | Tagged: Ron Paul, zogby | 4 Comments »

The `Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007‘ is the official stamp of the Congress’s disapproval of the United States population. The utter disregard, dislike, and essentially hate that the Congress has against the American people is shown by the vote. With a passage of (404-6) in the House of Representatives, the bill [...]

Filed under: Democrats, Politics, Republicans | Tagged: government, terrorism, fascist, dictatorship, totalitarianism, police state, homegrown, act | 8 Comments »

“It isn’t the role of the United States to say ‘We do it this way, so should you’“!
This is insane. Bush says he wouldn’t nationbuild in Somalia, Hati, Bosnia, etc.

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Apparently this city has had one murder and two rapes in the past five years. Is there any end to the insanity? Is the militarization of the police required to beat everyone into submission?
TriCities
One of the smaller towns in the Tri-Cities is getting its own S.W.A.T. team.
Mountain City’s Police Chief says it’s a sign of [...]

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Today, the UN announced that it’s previous estimate of the number of AIDS infections was too high and reduced their figures by more than 6 million.  Past estimations were the product of surveying pregnancy clinics and high risk groups like drug users.  It turns out, such tactics were unbalanced, and new household surveys have revised the data considerably. 
While we [...]

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