(February 11, 2012 at 2:36 pm)Rhythm Wrote: I don't think we're going to find common ground here T, you appear to be criticizing the act but shielding the one engaging in it.
Any candidate can do this, which one is?
How am I shielding the one doing it? I was the person who posted the video in the first place. I've already said that what Paul is doing is unfair; my beef was with the people who were saying it was somehow "dishonest", despite the fact that he's well within the rules to do what he is doing, and has publicly told everyone what he is doing. That doesn't suggest dishonesty to me; it suggests that he knows the system is unfair, and since he's trying to win, he's going to use the system to his advantage.
There is no point in focusing on the candidate who is doing this, because he's already done it, and you can't go and change that (nor can you implement rules that bar one candidate from doing something). What you can do (and what people should do) is say "look at what Ron Paul is doing...how is he able to do that?...can we stop this from happening in the future?" It is the system that needs to change, not the candidates.
(February 11, 2012 at 2:38 pm)reverendjeremiah Wrote: Just because one is LEGALLY able to do something, does not necessarily mean they SHOULD do it.
what if it was a legal loophole that you could kill the other politicians who compete against you? would you support ron Paul doing it just because it is legal, and then blame it on the system.
What he is doing is wrong. What the Republicans set up for their voting system is wrong.
You claim the system is absolutely wrong, yet fully support Paul for doing what he did.
...so much for principles.
In what way am I fully supporting Ron Paul in what he did? Me supporting his right to do it (since it's technically not against the rules) in no way means I support him actually doing it.
