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Why didn't he bother to show up and vote against the NDAA?
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Tych2  Title: Obama Appointed Outpost Czar
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Because he is no different than the other douche bags that occupy government. He isn't as mavericky as they would let us to believe.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
Registered: 2002-9-20 23:52:57
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Because it would hurt him politically in Iowa. Obviously.
By not voting he can get the best of both worlds because people like french-sounding-guy will say "well he didn't vote for it!" and his opponents can't say "but he voted against it!!!!1111"
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imaloon1  Posts: 674
Registered: 2003-9-15 07:19:53
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Because he was campaigning?
Because his vote would have been no and he's said as much?
Jesus Christ people come on you aren't even making any sense anymore.
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paulg_68 Posts: 2,469
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If he was afraid of the political damage from voting no, he wouldn't have outright admitted that he would have voted no.
Voodoo is just reposting something he read on DailyKOS and pretending like it was his own original thought.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
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Ron Paul's whole career had been built on making futile gestures. That he didn't do it here says something.
Seeing imaloon excuse someone from casting a vote on a hugely important piece of legislation from a libertarian perpsective "because he was campaigning" shows you how deluded Ron Paul zombies are. There is no way they would excuse something like that from anyone but their idol.
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paulg_68 posted:
If he was afraid of the political damage from voting no, he wouldn't have outright admitted that he would have voted no.
Then why not do his job and vote no? Bernie Sanders is a supposed freedom hating socialist and he voted no.
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paulg_68 Posts: 2,469
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Yukishiro1 posted:
Ron Paul's whole career had been built on making futile gestures. That he didn't do it here says something.
Seeing imaloon excuse someone from casting a vote on a hugely important piece of legislation from a libertarian perpsective "because he was campaigning" shows you how deluded Ron Paul zombies are. There is no way they would excuse something like that from anyone but their idol.
Did it pass by 1?
If not, then his vote would have merely been a futile gesture.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
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paulg_68 posted:
If he was afraid of the political damage from voting no, he wouldn't have outright admitted that he would have voted no.
Saying you would have voted no is a very different thing from actually doing it. Ron Paul's whole campaign message is "other people say they're conservative, I actually vote like a conservative." Not bothering to actually vote on something so important when that's your mantra is totally lame but most of his supporters won't even let themselves entertain that thought.
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Yukishiro1 Posts: 3,243
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paulg_68 posted:
Yukishiro1 posted:
Ron Paul's whole career had been built on making futile gestures. That he didn't do it here says something.
Seeing imaloon excuse someone from casting a vote on a hugely important piece of legislation from a libertarian perpsective "because he was campaigning" shows you how deluded Ron Paul zombies are. There is no way they would excuse something like that from anyone but their idol.
Did it pass by 1?
If not, then his vote would have merely been a futile gesture.
/facepalm
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