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**Fhgzmftq** · 08-04-2012, 02:29 AM

"...Anti-interventionists in the GOP will never achieve “mainstream success” by kowtowing to the Establishment and dutifully endorsing their warmongering robot of a presidential candidate. Instead, they will transform a generation of hardworking libertarian activists and staunch anti-interventionists into platoons of yes-men (and yes-women) who will take any insult, any betrayal, because “in the long run” they expect to win. As they climb slowly up the political ladder, and seek offices and support within the Republican party, the “pragmatic” strategy is to downplay the most controversial aspect of the Paulian ideology, opposition to the ever-expanding American Empire. After years of arguing, “Oh, we can’t talk about that, it’ll get Mitch McConnell mad,” they’ll wake up one day, look in the mirror, and discover they’ve become what they started out to oppose..."

"...There is only one possible tack for Ron Paul’s supporters in the Republican party to take, and that is irreconcilable opposition to , and to the neocon-dominated party leadership..."

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08-04-2012, 02:29 AM	#1
Fhgzmftq Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 352 Senior Member	Electoral politics and the future of the antiwar movement "...Anti-interventionists in the GOP will never achieve “mainstream success” by kowtowing to the Establishment and dutifully endorsing their warmongering robot of a presidential candidate. Instead, they will transform a generation of hardworking libertarian activists and staunch anti-interventionists into platoons of yes-men (and yes-women) who will take any insult, any betrayal, because “in the long run” they expect to win. As they climb slowly up the political ladder, and seek offices and support within the Republican party, the “pragmatic” strategy is to downplay the most controversial aspect of the Paulian ideology, opposition to the ever-expanding American Empire. After years of arguing, “Oh, we can’t talk about that, it’ll get Mitch McConnell mad,” they’ll wake up one day, look in the mirror, and discover they’ve become what they started out to oppose..." "...There is only one possible tack for Ron Paul’s supporters in the Republican party to take, and that is irreconcilable opposition to , and to the neocon-dominated party leadership..." http://original.antiwar.com/justin/2...-like-success/
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