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LeftishBrit

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19. Exactly!

Reply to joshcryer (Reply #13)

Fri Jan 13, 2012, 06:54 PM

Jan 2012

Some Paul supporters may well glom onto OWS, and other, demonstrations; but that does not mean the viewpoints have anything in common. Whoever wrote that headline was probably either (a) anti-Occupy; (b) pro-Paul; (c) pro-Gingrich and Santorum; (d) some combination of the above.

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Ron Paul supporters, OWS protesters join forces to harass Gingrich, Santorum [View all] SixthSense Jan 2012 OP

Yet in 2010 the repubs were giving advice to people on how to "disrupt" town halls arcane1 Jan 2012 #1

Because of crazy RP supporters DevonRex Jan 2012 #2

I heard that exact same complaint recently SixthSense Jan 2012 #3

Well, I like all those other people. Ron Paul nuts not so much. Nt DevonRex Jan 2012 #4

they are 99%ers too SixthSense Jan 2012 #5

WTF? DevonRex Jan 2012 #6

Believe it or not SixthSense Jan 2012 #9

'Regardless of any other differences?' LeftishBrit Jan 2012 #17

And what if the enemy of your enemy is also the enemy of your friends? ... markpkessinger Jan 2012 #8

Was that a Ron Paul supporter? Because that's what I experienced. joshcryer Jan 2012 #10

nay SixthSense Jan 2012 #11

The trick to dealing with the crazy is to at a certain point just mock. ellisonz Jan 2012 #12

So in other words, the complete opposite accusation. LeftishBrit Jan 2012 #18

Why not Romney? Paul is playing politics maximusveritas Jan 2012 #7

I consider it a PSYOPS, Occupy and Ron Paul's ideology have nothing in common. joshcryer Jan 2012 #13

Exactly! LeftishBrit Jan 2012 #19

That's an anti-Occupy propaganda headline spawned by Fox News. Zorra Jan 2012 #14

Apparently you are not the only one weary of it. Robb Jan 2012 #15

Bye bye! DevonRex Jan 2012 #16

I can't believe that everyone that posted in this thread didn't do it, so... Ikonoklast Jan 2012 #20