Ron Paul Twitter Account

[sailingaway]

http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/131786.html

If Lew his handling his social media, that could be a real problem.

I'm going to send him an email.

 

[itshappening]

If said soldier killed someone as a member of an occupying/invading force, yes. Wearing a uniform doesn't change the rules.

"just following orders" doesn't excuse him either... That was established at the Nuremberg trials where many Nazi's were hung.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

"just following orders" doesn't excuse him either... That was established at the Nuremberg trials where many Nazi's were hung.

Agreed 100%. Excellent point.

 

[itshappening]

Drudge has linked this now to stir some trouble. No doubt this will cause a storm..

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

If Lew his handling his social media, that could be a real problem.

I'm going to send him an email.

Could also just be Ron coming home, as it were. Ron's foreign policy adviser for the past decade is an LRC blogger and contributor, he's had chiefs of staff and legislative directors who were/are also LRC guys. I don't think Lew himself is handling Ron's social media, but it may be an LRC contributor.

 

[sailingaway]

Could also just be Ron coming home, as it were. Ron's foreign policy adviser for the past decade is an LRC blogger and contributor, he's had chiefs of staff and legislative directors who were/are also LRC guys. I don't think Lew himself is handling Ron's social media, but it may be an LRC contributor.

Not a chance, unless it is so twisted by his first forey into twitter and its 140 character limits that he doesn't get the impacts. Ron is VERY sympathetic to the soldiers forced into these wars by economics or false promises of what they would be doing, or just because they were too young to evaluate. His 'let the British send their kids to die, then' to Piers Morgan was heartfelt.

 

[KingNothing]

You would think that by now Ron would require approval of anything that goes out bearing his name.

You'd think that. I've no idea how he could be so careless with this. He KNOWS that words matter.

 

[jmhudak17]

"just following orders" doesn't excuse him either... That was established at the Nuremberg trials where many Nazi's were hung.

"You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to itshappening again."

 

[sailingaway]

The backlash is already all over twitter and the conservative blogosphere. Honestly I'd like to see Rand repudiate the comments, because you know this will get the Rand-haters out in force.

 

[KingNothing]

Could also just be Ron coming home, as it were. Ron's foreign policy adviser for the past decade is an LRC blogger and contributor, he's had chiefs of staff and legislative directors who were/are also LRC guys. I don't think Lew himself is handling Ron's social media, but it may be an LRC contributor.

Um. No. "My heart weeps for this young men and women," is what Ron said for our soldiers who bare physical and mental wounds thanks to our senseless foreign policy. He would never tweet anything like this, personally.

 

[phill4paul]

Drudge has linked this now to stir some trouble. No doubt this will cause a storm..

Intended in IMHO. This was not Ron. If Drudge has already linked this then it is a set up.

 

[jj-]

I follow Ron Paul on facebook and noticed weird posts, of an idiotic quality, and clearly not what Ron would post, I think starting two weeks ago. The new guy managing this social networks is clearly an idiot.

 

[McChronagle]

lew just shared this tweet on his fb

 

[fr33]

Whoever is behind this shit needs to pick battles more wisely. I doubt Ron has much security any more and dead mercenaries have a lot of mercenary friends.

 

[Keith and stuff]

Another ghostwriter scandal. Imagine that!

Why on earth does he have people tweeting things in his name?

It is what someone in his position is supposed to do.

 

[KingNothing]

Drudge has linked this now to stir some trouble. No doubt this will cause a storm..

"Live by the sword, die by the sword" is what the dumbest, stupidest, most delusional people around here would say in this context. There's no way that Ron actually said this. Ugh. How said and pathetic.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

Um. No. "My heart weeps for this young men and women," is what Ron said for our soldiers who bare physical and mental wounds thanks to our senseless foreign policy. He would never tweet anything like this, personally.

Ron would hardly express sympathy for a thug like Chris Kyle. He'd likely express sorrow for the PTSD suffering soldier who shot him, though.

 

[July]

Well, I have to say I agree with the sentiment though, that idolizing what he did, the way people were at the time, was indefensible. I think in a time of war, you know, you expect solemn regret. The media really disgusted me, the way they were treating war kills as if it were a sport or video game. And it was disturbing to hear people I knew then starting to talk about it with the same emotional detachment that they would talk about a football player. It's not the first time the media has exploited a deceased or emotionally vulnerable solider, and it won't be the last. The whole thing is really sad.

I think it's odd though, for Ron (if that truly was him) to call out a particular person like that rather than the idea/situation itself. I don't think he wrote it.

 

[Feeding the Abscess]

lew just shared this tweet on his fb

He shares nearly every blog entry an LRC contributor uploads to LRC.

 

[Cowlesy]

Seriously, a ridiculous tweet for someone to post using Ron's account.

Which ever one of you posted it (and I am sure you're reading this to see the blowback as we know most of you also lurk the forum), you need to tweet a clarification.