Is this supposed to be a satire site? Anyway, ‘The Corner’ blog on the National Review quoted this from Paul’s campaign manager:
“Peden is NOT leading Dr. Paul in this race. In fact, most voters still don’t even know who Peden is. How do I know this? Because I am Ron Paul’s campaign manager and I have personally overseen 4 different political surveys in district 14 in recent weeks. All 4 surveys have shown the same results: Ron Paul has a high favorable rating and high marks on his job approval. And if the election were held today, 60+ percent of the GOP voters say they would vote to reelect Ron Paul, while only 18-20% chose Peden. The remaining 20% or so say they are undecided or refuse to give an answer to these scientific and statistically accurate surveys.”
Sounds a lot more convincing to me than this vague 43-32 nonsense. As others have noted, most of Peden’s money comes from himself or his friends/family. He’s very well connected in that regard, but that’s about it. I highly doubt TX-14 is going to suddenly decide to vote against Paul this time around. It seems like some of the GOP leadership want Paul out of Congress and the presidential race, so that’s why they’re trotting out a hack opportunist like Peden.
As for the ‘Paul is anti-Israel’ comment… why should my tax dollars go to Israel, or ANY OTHER COUNTRY? I have no problem if YOU think that Israel needs our cash to solve their problems, but I would like to decide for myself what to do with the money. In addition, the idea that we should even be helping out other countries with foreign aid is insulting to those countries. Do you honestly believe that Israel can’t defend herself with her 200-300 nuclear weapons? And you really think Iran (or any other country in the region) is seriously contemplating an attack knowing that Israel possesses a formidable nuclear arsenal? I’ve heard of crazy conspiracies, but the idea that the middle east would gang up and destroy Israel without us being there to defend them ranks pretty high up there.
