Newsmax front page/Will RP change G.O.P.?

[Ira Aten]

Here is a great story:

http://w3.newsmax.com/a/feb08/?s=al&promo_code=4505-1

Ron Paul Won't Be President
But He Just May Change the GOP Forever!

Republican candidate Ron Paul won't be elected president in November, but his campaign is sparking an incredible movement of libertarian conservatives in the Republican Party.

Newsmax explores the question: Will Paul's campaign, like Barry Goldwater's a half century before, change the GOP?

Paul has become the first successful campaign of the Internet age — as his “open source" online network has raised tens of millions — outstripping the other Republican candidates and even Hillary Clinton's latest tallies.

Adding to the Web magic is the fact that the Texas congressman has been arguing old conservative themes: small government, limited taxation, and reduced intervention abroad.

It's a libertarian message that resonates with millions of Americans.

Newsmax magazine's special report, “Paul Won't Be President, But ..." offers an in-depth look at the Paul campaign, which raked in $20 million in contributions in the last quarter of 2007, surpassing even Hillary Clinton's fourth quarter total.

The new edition of Newsmax magazine is hitting newsstands across the country, including many Barnes & Noble, Hastings, Follett, B.Dalton, Books-A-Million, Joseph Beth and other major bookstores, as well as Publix, Meijer, Kroger's, Wegman's, and Harris Teeter supermarkets, Hudson News and Host airport newsstands, and Sam's Club stores.

 

[jsu718]

Barry Goldwater laid the groundwork for a Reagan presidency. It took Jimmy Carter to realize what the liberals could do to our country, but Goldwater laid the seed of thought in conservatives minds that a moderate Republican would only lead to Democrats winning the presidency. Now we find ourselves pretty much in the same situation. It has been nearly 20 years since a real conservative was in the white house, the liberals control both houses of congress. Even after Reagan it took another 8 years before conservatives took back Congress, so that might take a while, but the groundwork is being laid for a major turnaround.
As for changing the GOP, it has already happened. Dr. Paul was THE conservative voice in most of the debates. He forced other candidates to actually mention the Constitution, to actually talk about reducing taxes and spending less, and to actually talk about conservative issues as if they mattered. Without that, McCain, Huckabee, and Romney probably would have come through unchallenged on their liberal positions. People are realizing what is happening to the GOP in its shift to the left, and doing something about it. It has already started changing back to what it should be.

 

[Theocrat]

Their Bias is Apparent

Why did Newsmax have to choose such an distasteful picture of Congressman Paul? Of all the photos of him smiling and laughing, they had to post that one on the cover of their magazine?! I wonder why...

 

[yaz]

worst front picture ever.

 

[xd9fan]

Why some conservatives fear Paul's isolationism could harm America

That God damn word isolationism is as full of shit as "tax cuts for the rich"

So the only way we can deal with people is through force and putting military bases everywhere???? If this is Isolationism....I will take IT!!!