Iowa GOP to announce “special guest” at Ames debate

[specsaregood]

Hoping we'll boo and turn everyone against us?
I sure hope that doesn't happen.

Yeah, that thought crossed my mind as well, if they drag rummy onto stage you'll know that was the plan.

 

[Chieppa1]

First time ever I'm rooting for Sarah Palin.

 

[RonPaul101.com]

Let's just hope its Bob Dole or such...

 

[PastaRocket848]

I wonder if he'll get any questions about why he attended the Bilderberg meeting in 2007? THAT would make it worth watching.

i don't think fox is trying to appeal to the tin-foil hat crowd

 

[Inkblots]

Isn't it good for Perry to appear there? It means he'll get more write-in votes in the straw poll, which will presumably hurt Bachmann to Paul's advantage.

 

[Inkblots]

Whether it is Perry or Palin, it is good for Paul.

According to today's Rasmussen poll:

Overall, just 28% of potential Iowa Caucus participants are absolutely certain of how they will vote, while the rest could change their mind. Among those who are certain of their vote, Ron Paul is on top at 27%.

Just 49% of Paul's supporters would vote for the Republican nominee if their man does not win the nomination. That's well below the total for other candidates.

Paul has strong, loyal support. Perry/Palin will only add another candidate to the mix to steal votes from Romney, Bachmann, and Pawlenty. Elections are a zero-sum game...don't forget that. Paul's support is loyal (if it's not, I'd rather not have it anyways). Adding Perry is exactly what we should want. He won't emerge as the front-runner, either. He will spike at the beginning, and then slowly creep back down the polls after a few weeks like everyone else. Between Romney, Bachmann, Perry, and Pawlenty, the vote is split BIG TIME. Perry may steal a little from Paul, but not too much.

^This.

 

[musicmax]

Mr. Wead better be preparing our guy to receive every curve ball thrown at him and turn them into home runs.

I would love to hear RP react to Perry's inclusion in the debate thusly:

"I'm one of Governor Perry's constituents, and lemme tell ya, he only thinks he can walk on water."

 

[sailingaway]

i don't think fox is trying to appeal to the tin-foil hat crowd

Tin foil hat, nothing. He's pretending to be this 'secessionist' populist Texan, full of tenth amendment, nevermind subscribing to international integration through the UN the World Bank and WTO etc. And you don't have to think the Bilderburgers are signed-in-blood conspirators consciously aiming at world domination to know it is the antithesis of what he is pretending to be.

People who like Ron Paul are not into 'one world' stuff, as a rule. It is a case of competing ideologies, not conspiracies. I believe the individual is best represented at the most local possible level where he can actually impact policy, not in distant centralized organizations where you need wealth and connections to have a seat at the table. I think diversity of government shows that individuals are appropriately impacting their local governments with their local preferences, and that those shouldn't be overturned for the cookie cutter convenience of big business and centralized government standardization. There is nothing 'conspiracy' about it.

Perry is not on my side.

 

[brushfire]

 

[Brown Sapper]

Good, Perry isn't good in debates. Thats when Medina started taking off when she tore him up in the gov's race.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

I have total confidence in Wead.

Wead isn't prepping Ron for debate.

Also, I'm predicting that Reagan's corpse will be wheeled out in front of the crowd. Talking points will be played over the loudspeakers, and 15% of the electorate will write him in for the straw poll.

 

[wgadget]

I would love to hear RP react to Perry's inclusion in the debate thusly:

"I'm one of Governor Perry's constituents, and lemme tell ya, he only thinks he can walk on water."

LOL...Love it.

 

[speciallyblend]

Al Gore?

 

[wgadget]

Tin foil hat, nothing. He's pretending to be this 'secessionist' populist Texan, full of tenth amendment, nevermind subscribing to international integration through the UN the World Bank and WTO etc. And you don't have to think the Bilderburgers are signed-in-blood conspirators consciously aiming at world domination to know it is the antithesis of what he is pretending to be.

People who like Ron Paul are not into 'one world' stuff, as a rule. It is a case of competing ideologies, not conspiracies. I believe the individual is best represented at the most local possible level where he can actually impact policy, not in distant centralized organizations where you need wealth and connections to have a seat at the table. I think diversity of government shows that individuals are appropriately impacting their local governments with their local preferences, and that those shouldn't be overturned for the cookie cutter convenience of big business and centralized government standardization. There is nothing 'conspiracy' about it.

Perry is not on my side.

+5

In a word, Perry is a globalist who hangs out with other globalists. And he admitted to approving of NAFTA. It's on tape.

 

[Johncjackson]

Alright. So who is it?

 

[Romulus]

Alright. So who is it?

W Bush?

 

[JamesButabi]

The only reason I would even care if someone else attends the debate is Ron Paul would get less speaking time presumably. The more people hear Ron the better.

 

[PastaRocket848]

maybe thomas jefferson has risen from the dead and come to endorse ron.

 

[Sola_Fide]

maybe thomas jefferson has risen from the dead and come to endorse ron.

TJ would be consigned to a looney bin by tptb if he were alive today.

 

[Freedom of Speech]

Ron Paul just needs to knock it out of the park at the debate and get the media to talk about him and not the surprise guest. I know it'll be hard with the current brands of MSM, but he needs a Guiliani or Romney debate moment for those of you who remember those moments that got the media talking about them.

I would really like to see him repeat over and over and over the fact that he predicted all the problems that are happening right now and the economic crisis back in 2008. It'll complement the RevPAC ads that are repeating the "Ron Paul predicted the economic crisis" message. Not only at the debates, but I'd like to see him start doing it in every interview he has this week.

I know Ron Paul is a humble man and doesn't toot his own horn, but I'd like to see him point out how right he was and how wrong people on the stage were, including certain individuals that contributed to the problems.