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We can survive the riots and looting. The murder and mayhem. But tell me how, how, how!!!!! Are we to deal with warm beer!?!?!?

Has Romney's record as governor of MA changed in the last nine months? I am continually amazed at people's ability to believe the lies politicians tell about what they are going to do when there is a very clear record of what they have done. Leopards don't change their spots, and 9 months later a steaming bag of fermented crap still stinks.

Here is why I took such issue with your position of irrelevancy for the parties. If the parties are irrelevant, then not only what they do is irrelevant, but HOW they do it as well. The RNC changed and or ignored its own rules in an attempt to present unity behind Romney. As an example, the Socialist Party USA (no, I'm not referring to the DNC) is irrelevant on the national stage. Nobody knows or cares who their candidate is, or how they were chosen because they don't have a chance in hell of getting elected. Right now to get elected you have to come from one of two major parties. If how the Republican party chooses its nominee is irrelevant then the subject of the entire debate we were having becomes a moot point, thereby allowing you to sidestep having to deal with whether or not the actions taken by the RNC to silence dissent within the party were ethical. That has been what stuck in my craw this whole time. The RNC was underhanded and wholly unethical in the manner in which it handled the RP "problem". I was willing to go along with the Rs and vote for Romney to hopefully get rid of Obama. This whole debacle only reinforced for me (and others that I know) that at the end of the day, the Republican party is no better or even different than the Democratic Party. The current and future well being of the nation are not their priority. All either party is concerned with is accumulating and maintaining power, money and influence. They are equally corrupt, diseased and rotten in their cores.

GOA may be a fine organization, but they do not have anywhere near the influence of the NRA I want to put my money where it will be the most effective, and that is with the NRA.

Calling them out does no good if you continue to vote for them,those like them, or for those that have the ability to hold them accountable and don't. What happened this year with the Maggart primary is an example of what needs to be done wholesale. Robert, I like how you say parties are irrelevant, and in the next breath speak about exactly why they aren't. Nice trick.

The ACLU has taken on many cases on which you would agree, including gun rights. They've also taken on the Patriot Act in various ways, which I have agreed with in just about every instance. It is a polarizing organization, depending on the current issue they're involved in; their federal lawsuits haven't seemed to care which party was in power at the time throughout the decades. In short, I support maybe half their windmill tilts as they arise, and don't see them as any way "in league" with the Democratic Party. And of course, they don't get a dime of public money. - OS

What is "right" is a subjective term.

I can think of a better substance than sand. It might be more realistic but stinky. JTM Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

A point I have been trying to make in multiple ways is that to a large number of what are dismissively referred to as "Paulbots", RP was the reason they were going to vote Republican this cycle. Many of us view Romney as no better or even different from Obama. It is a case of 6 of one, half a dozen of another. The enemy of my enemy is my friend does not apply when Romney's history puts him in the position of being the exact same enemy of liberty as the current resident of the White House. It would be like us uniting with Russia against China during the Cold War.

There's nothing wrong with Ron Paul. I like most of his ideas and where he stands on personal liberty. But why do this now? He has an infinitismal chance of winning. All his efforts will go toward splitting the hopefully conservative vote and just make it that much easier for Obama to get a second term. As I said, I really like Paul; I'm not anti-Paul. I'd like to see him in the office. I don't think he could screw it up any worse than most. But at this point, the battle is moot. He can't expect to win. He and all his supporters should band together in the effort to remove Obama from the Presidency. Ok. I've said my mind. Don't want to get into a Paul vs everyone fight. Just think it's time to join forces and move forward.

It isn't illegal to tape a bunch of road flares to your chest as a fashion statement and walk into a crowded mall, but doing so is going to get you rolled up by the cops, as it should. This is in the same realm. If he keeps up stunts like this he will end up getting smoked by police or a HCPer.

And to top it off, its not even the law. We do it out of respect.

I'm certainly not defending what the idiot did; I just worry about precedence being set to hold people for a long time to determine they did nothing wrong.

It's not the stop that bothers me. That was certainly warranted, but the timeframe to determine lagality was certainly excessive.

Glock 17/19. AR-15. Throw in an 870 depending the deal(s) you got.