GOP Primary Megathread!

[Admiral Yi]

Is not a monetary hawk who thinks increasing interest rates is a reasonable step in his campaign to end the Fed.  It's like suggesting a Trot wants the overthrow of the capitalist system but would, in the interim, accept works councils. 

I'm not sure what you mean here Shelf.

BTW Raz, you could do a lot worse than adopting Shelf as your model for internet debating.

[Razgovory]

I'm honestly bemused at the idea that you and Grumbler are afraid I'm somehow going to "get" you.  I think Sheilbh is wrong in what he's arguing.  I don't think it would benefit me much to argue from positions that are untenable.  You might like for me to do that though.

[Habbaku]

I think Sheilbh is wrong in what he's arguing.  I don't think it would benefit me much to argue from positions that are untenable.  You might like for me to do that though.

I think this right here pretty much proves Yi's point.  That isn't what he's saying, but you will blithely pretend it is because it makes his statement look bad.  It's dishonest at its very core and if you don't recognize that, well...

[Sheilbh]

I'm not sure what you mean here Shelf.

On this subject - and others perhaps - he's fundamentally an extremist.  Nothing short of 'sound' non-fiat, non-Fed 'paper money will satisfy.  I think when you were saying about the OWS not being rife with monetary hawks you implied that Paul's fundamentally just a monetary hawk, while the OWS misunderstand things.  I've no argument with you on the latter point but think Paul wants far more than hawkish Fed - even as a stop gap measure.

As I say he reminds me of the interactions I've had with Trotskyists.

[Admiral Yi]

I'm honestly bemused at the idea that you and Grumbler are afraid I'm somehow going to "get" you.

This is the central flaw in your position.  I'm not afraid you're going to "get me."  The only way I would be afraid you're going to get me is if I conceded to you the moral authority to fairly judge when I've been gotten and when I haven't and if I had a quaking dread of being shown to be wrong.  Neither of those conditions is satisfied.

Without this fear of being gotten by you there's no incentive to play game.

[Admiral Yi]

On this subject - and others perhaps - he's fundamentally an extremist.  Nothing short of 'sound' non-fiat, non-Fed 'paper money will satisfy.  I think when you were saying about the OWS not being rife with monetary hawks you implied that Paul's fundamentally just a monetary hawk, while the OWS misunderstand things.  I've no argument with you on the latter point but think Paul wants far more than hawkish Fed - even as a stop gap measure.

As I say he reminds me of the interactions I've had with Trotskyists.

Don't necessarily disagree with you.  One thing this campaign cycle has done for me is to dispel any lingering doubts about Paul's intellectual rigor.  Would he be happy with a rule-based Fed, one that expands money supply by a constant (Friedman during the inflation debates of the 70's proposed a flat 4% a year)?  Probably not.  He's fixed on the gold standard as a means in and of itself.

[Razgovory]

You disparage my moral authority?  Why?  Actually why did you make that statement?

[Razgovory]

Fine, Shelf, ask Yi what he meant by sole evil America and puppetry and tree planting statement.  He's being a baby and won't respond to me.

[Ed Anger]

I have a list of people I won't respond to. 

[Eddie Teach]

As I haven't been following the news and the subject doesn't appear to have been addressed here, I'll ask- what happened to trigger this apparent Santorum surge and Newt collapse?

[DGuller]

As I haven't been following the news and the subject doesn't appear to have been addressed here, I'll ask- what happened to trigger this apparent Santorum surge and Newt collapse?

January rolled around.

[Neil]

The liberal alliance with mass mobolizing warfare ended in the late 1960's.  We don't even have mass mobilizing warfare anymore.  It's not like we were drafting people for the Iraq adventure.

Yeah, the atom bomb pretty much ended industrialized warfare.

[Eddie Teach]

I must be going crazy, thought I saw Mongers post something about sanitariums. 

[Martinus]

Santorum's nomination would be probably the best thing possible to happen to Obama. 

[Sheilbh]

Santorum's nomination would be probably the best thing possible to happen to Obama. 

I don't know about that.  They could nominate Paul.  Or Perry.  Or Bachmann.  Or Gingrich...