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Dear Dick,
I bled in the jungles of Vietnam while you hid safely at home. I find it deeply insulting that you would so carelessly say these words: “Ron Paul would weaken America so much that no true patriot could be for Ron Paul.” You have shown your true colors along with your ignorance.
Mr Morris:
I was made aware of your comments on the Sean Hannity program in which you stated (erroneously) that true patriots could not support Ron Paul. Well, this one does. Unlike you, I served in the military (E Troop, 2d Squadron/ 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment) and saw combat at the Battle of 73 Easting in Operation Desert Storm.
I support Ron Paul unequivocally and enthusiastically. Do you dare to question my patriotism, sir?
R. Matthew Lee
Texas
Dear Dick,
As a combat veteran and Ron Paul supporter, I think you are a hypocrite and the last person who would know what patriotism is.
According to Thomas Jefferson dissent is the greatest form of patriotism and that is exactly what our vote for Ron Paul is. We no longer will support the status quo. What do you think about that Dick?
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SGT Ryan Treat
US Army
OIF 1 Sadr City, Iraq
OIF 2 Al Najaf, Iraq
Mr. Morris,
Words cannot describe my disgust for your comment that supporting Ron Paul is unpatriotic, yourself, or the neoconservative warmongering masters you serve.
The following are the Ron Paul Supporters in my family:
Brother – WO2, US Army – Deployed to Iraq as an air traffic controller, received indirect fire on a regular basis. Commissioned and now currently in flight school.
Father – LCDR, US Navy – Navy flight surgeon just returned from Afghanistan. Has seen more dead Marines than he cares to remember.
Grandfather – SGT, US Army National Guard – Korean War Veteran. He was too young to serve in WWII, so he stepped up as the town’s Boy Scout Troop Scoutmaster while the men left their homes to fight. Enlisted and served in Korea when he was old enough.
Myself – LT, US Navy – Multiple deployments in support of Global War on Terror and Operation Iraqi “Freedom”. Spent months protecting Iraqi oil platforms a stone’s throw from Iranian waters.
We support Ron Paul because he would be a Commander-in-Chief who takes his Oath to Support and Defend the Constitution as seriously as the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines under him. We have come to see that, as Dr. Paul has shown, that our meddling in these foreign affairs only bankrupts our country and endangers more Americans. Dr. Paul understands what it means to serve and understands what true patriotism is. He wouldn’t toss the lives of his fellow countrymen carelessly away for these foreign misadventures or nation building.
You are a coward who leads a miserable excuse of a life and deserve only the ire and contempt of every American patriot.
Avery, USN
Originally posted by orionthehunter
I try to ignore people who sound like idiots. I have a lot of respect for Ron Paul an am strongly considering voting for him in the primary. In order to convince others though, Ron needs to further explain or justify statements or positions on cutting off financial aid to students and aid to Israel. I think those positions will cause him to lose a lot of votes and I don't know enough to justify why he would stand in those positions when no other candidate is. I'll have to dig through my mail I got from the Ron Paul campaign to see if any of that is explained. I can't convince one of my relatives until I know for sure why he is taking certain positions.
I live in South Carolina, an early primary voting state, so I think it is important his campaign or he explains why he feels this way on certain positions no one else is advocating. I believe he needs to be thought of as a bold thinker rather than a radical and I can't explain so far certain positions he has taken. He could probably explain his positions easily but I can't to my relative until I know for certain why a candidate would take a position nobody else has.
Originally posted by orionthehunter
Ron needs to further explain or justify statements or positions on cutting off financial aid to students and aid to Israel. I think those positions will cause him to lose a lot of votes and I don't know enough to justify why he would stand in those positions when no other candidate is. I can't convince one of my relatives until I know for sure why he is taking certain positions.
I believe he needs to be thought of as a bold thinker rather than a radical and I can't explain so far certain positions he has taken.
Originally posted by orionthehunter
I try to ignore people who sound like idiots. I have a lot of respect for Ron Paul an am strongly considering voting for him in the primary. In order to convince others though, Ron needs to further explain or justify statements or positions on cutting off financial aid to students and aid to Israel. I think those positions will cause him to lose a lot of votes and I don't know enough to justify why he would stand in those positions when no other candidate is. I'll have to dig through my mail I got from the Ron Paul campaign to see if any of that is explained. I can't convince one of my relatives until I know for sure why he is taking certain positions.
I live in South Carolina, an early primary voting state, so I think it is important his campaign or he explains why he feels this way on certain positions no one else is advocating. I believe he needs to be thought of as a bold thinker rather than a radical and I can't explain so far certain positions he has taken. He could probably explain his positions easily but I can't to my relative until I know for certain why a candidate would take a position nobody else has.
Originally posted by orionthehunter
reply to post by eLPresidente
If student loans are paid back, I don't understand how that can be added to the national debt. If that were the case it seems that banks would go out of business even faster the more they loaned out.
Are a certain percentage of student loans not paid back to the federal government and this is adding to federal debt?
If aid to Israel were cut off, would that severely damage Israel's economy?
I heard all kinds of illogical information about cutting off aid to Israel. I believe cutting off grants to Israel is not the same thing as cutting off support. We still support Britain as our allies but we're not giving them billions of dollars each year that I know of. My argument did not convince them. As far as student aid, I still am vague on explaining that one in a minute or less.
Originally posted by orionthehunter
I try to ignore people who sound like idiots. I have a lot of respect for Ron Paul an am strongly considering voting for him in the primary. In order to convince others though, Ron needs to further explain or justify statements or positions on cutting off financial aid to students and aid to Israel. I think those positions will cause him to lose a lot of votes and I don't know enough to justify why he would stand in those positions when no other candidate is. I'll have to dig through my mail I got from the Ron Paul campaign to see if any of that is explained. I can't convince one of my relatives until I know for sure why he is taking certain positions.
I live in South Carolina, an early primary voting state, so I think it is important his campaign or he explains why he feels this way on certain positions no one else is advocating. I believe he needs to be thought of as a bold thinker rather than a radical and I can't explain so far certain positions he has taken. He could probably explain his positions easily but I can't to my relative until I know for certain why a candidate would take a position nobody else has.