Fox network and Google, co-sponsors of the September 22 Republican presidential debate, have invited Gary Johnson into that debate, according to this Politico story. The Florida Republican Party opposed the invitation and will not print his name on the party’s straw poll ballot.
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Edited By Richard Winger
Well… there certainly is nothing like fairness in the Florida GOP. Nothing at all!
Kind of the opposite when Fox excluded Ron Paul and the NH Republican Party pulled out as a debate sponsor. Never thought I would say this, but Good Job Fox and Google.
Fair: adjective – free from bias, dishonesty, or injustice
Antonym. Florida Republican Party
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Nonsense. Republicans in Florida love fairness and democracy.
It’s the Republicans who are just VISITING Florida who hate fairness and democracy.
Republican Flash Mob
Hello, I have an urgent request that this debate once and for all show the public the real facts about taxes for the rich.
WE NEED TO SQUASH BO’S STATEMENT USING ONLY THE PERCENTAGES ARGUMENTS AND SHOW THAT THE RICH PAY TAXES ON MOSTLY CAPITAL GAINS AND DIVIDENDS, BUT THIS IS MONEY FROM CORP’S THAT HAS ALEADY BEEN TAXED ONE TIME. PLEASE GET THIS ON THE AGENDA, Billy Mitchell. I will be watching.
#5. So a rich guy buys some artwork, holds it for 18 months, sells it and then pays 15% capital gains tax on it? Where’s the double taxation?
Your argument with regard to dividends is valid, but not for capital gains.
Both major parties are deservedly unpopular:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/september_2011/49_think_neither_party_in_congress_represents_the_people
@4 How do you come to that stunningly silly conclusion?
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Oh…from being conscious for the past 10-15 years.
Conscious of what exactly?
Johnson is even or ahead of several candidates that have been in several debates where he has been excluded.
Then, the same poll where he beat some of them the previous time excluded him the next time, and you want to use that as a reason to exclude him again…you call that fairness and democracy? How so?
Ron Paul polls in a dead heat with Obama. He polls in the top three Republican candidates. He receives more donations from military people than any other candidate (and he wants to end America’s foreign wars which are costing so much money). He has the longest and most consistent record of any candidate, and deserves to be elected US President in 2012- let’s all get behind him and help him restore strength in America.
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Oh, let’s see…How about Ohio 2004?
Was that democracy in action by your lights?
Ron won the CA straw poll–nobody noticed…he almost won the Iowa straw poll–nobody noticed. They cancelled the Texas straw poll because they were afraid he would win that as well. If we had a truly free press this would not be the case. Ron Paul, while maybe not the best looking or slickest character in the race, he is the most qualified and the ONLY one who will not sell out once he is there. He has done what he promised for the past twenty years. Not one other politician in the federal government can make that claim.
The fact that Ron Paul wants to turn our back on all our allies including Israel and sympathizes with Iran wanting to have Nukes shows that he has a very jaded view of foreign affairs and does not understand the threats the US faces through out the world. Freedom is not free we do pay millions to secure our interests. Ron Paul does not deserve to be the US president if he cant recognize our friends and our enemies and the role we have with the world.
Ron Paul does not intend to turn his back on our allies. He does intend to stop being financially co-dependent to them. Most, if not all of our allies can defend themselves. Israel certainly is very capable to defend themselves. Any country attempting to invade them would be destroyed. If any of our allies were truly being threatened we would be there (by act of Congress). We need to immediately bring home our troops from Iraq and Afghanistan. Ron Paul would do that. Over 8,000 dead and 40,000 seriously injured and handicapped and what progress has been made. Let’s bring them home and take care of them. Enough is enough. Also, we need to stop printing phoney monpoly money; that’s insane.
Just saw the debate, I loved the comment about his neighbors two dogs creating more shovel-ready jobs then Obama has, lol! He may not be my guy, but if Ron Paul wins the nomination then I hope he picks him as his running mate!
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Do you know that every time a commercial bank makes a loan it is “printing phoney monopoly money?”
very true #17