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510skater
11-04-2007, 10:59 PM
watch his videos on youtube he owns fox news along with the other republican candidates

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1ZnzGredcIs

articdragon192
11-04-2007, 11:14 PM
He sounds very Libertarian.

coreansurfer
11-04-2007, 11:15 PM
Ron Paul Forever!!!

eastcoastS14
11-04-2007, 11:18 PM
hahaha so awsome.....guys a libertarian all the way, I usually dont like what republicans have to say but he is a really smart guy.....I hate fox news, they just totally tried to spin everything that came out of his mouth. At least he wasnt havin it and stayed on point. I like that "how do you think they built this building before 1913" lol....smart man

articdragon192
11-04-2007, 11:38 PM
hahaha so awsome.....guys a libertarian all the way, I usually dont like what republicans have to say but he is a really smart guy.....I hate fox news, they just totally tried to spin everything that came out of his mouth. At least he wasnt havin it and stayed on point. I like that "how do you think they built this building before 1913" lol....smart man

Dude was getting interrupted all the time. I'm like "Dude, let the guy finish!" AP Economics in high school made me like Libertarian thinking.

coreansurfer
11-05-2007, 12:27 AM
fox sucks, they're just afraid of ron paul

Farzam
11-05-2007, 12:46 AM
Ron Paul is pretty fucking cool to me.

I think Fox is deliberately being a douche to make Ron Paul look good so people vote for him.

BTW...I can vote for this coming election...w00t.

DoriftoPnoy
11-05-2007, 12:51 AM
wow this guy sounds awesome. he gets my vote. too bad voting gets me jury duty....

eastcoastS14
11-05-2007, 12:53 AM
being 18 gets you jury duty mang

DoriftoPnoy
11-05-2007, 12:55 AM
but im 20 does that make a difference? guess not...

Nachtmensch
11-05-2007, 02:57 AM
yeah, ron paul already has my vote. nice vid.

Ron Paul 08!

coreansurfer
11-05-2007, 03:12 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG2PUZoukfA

illvialuver
11-05-2007, 03:40 AM
yeah he gots my vote, I have been against income taxes, because they are very non constitutional.

Im tellin everyone I know to vote for this guy, and doesn't want to regulate the internet?

so he is anti mod? hahahahhahahahahahahahha jk

Unholy S14
11-05-2007, 05:52 AM
Ron Paul Ftw

Grendel
11-05-2007, 07:09 AM
I spent a whole day at work reading about this guy and reading some of the papers he has written. He has some good ideas... he is the only republican that would get my vote.

B18C5MK1
11-05-2007, 09:45 AM
being 18 gets you jury duty mang

i'm 26 and never been called in for jury duty. :coold: *knocks on wood*

normally i vote republican, but i've changed a bit over the past 4 years.. obama's got my vote this year.. and not just bc of this vid. ha

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wKsoXHYICqU

steve shadows
11-05-2007, 09:49 AM
you better all get the fuck out and vote for him though

BustedS13
11-05-2007, 11:42 AM
ron paul will never be president. here's why.

he's the choice of college students.
1.) this means no respect from adults
2.) this means no votes, period, because college students DON'T FUCKING VOTE.

oh, and he's batshit crazy.

sl4ck3r
11-05-2007, 11:45 AM
hmmmmm... i just cant vote for someone with TWO first names.
Ron=first name
Paul=first name
Just rubs me the wrong way! lol.

SimpleSexy180
11-05-2007, 11:50 AM
ron paul w00tz!

man, RUDY G. = FAIL.

steve shadows
11-05-2007, 11:52 AM
Rudy G is the anti-christ

and he will be the next pres

and I will vote for him happily

don't say I didnt warn you

PS. Iran here we come.

510skater
11-05-2007, 12:58 PM
Rudy G is the anti-christ

and he will be the next pres

and I will vote for him happily

don't say I didnt warn you

PS. Iran here we come.

if any other republican gets into office besides ron paul we're gonna start a nuclear war...the military is saying if we do attack iran we're using a nuclear first strike that will be the beginning of the apocalypse...i do agree thats its very unlikely he will get elected but you never know

SimpleSexy180
11-05-2007, 12:59 PM
lets follow steps of rome.

tacotacotaco
11-05-2007, 01:05 PM
Haha 2011 here we come!!!

luisgonz
11-05-2007, 01:16 PM
I will just go around and collect all your parts when you guys leave to worst place. LOL +1 For me

Unholy S14
11-05-2007, 02:34 PM
avatar says it all

fromxtor
11-05-2007, 02:37 PM
I'm leaning toward Ron Paul

drift-it
11-05-2007, 02:47 PM
i like ron paul finally someone worth voting for, but if he doesn't get elected i'm moving to canada.

S14DB
11-05-2007, 03:07 PM
I love when politicians prey on the stupid.

steve shadows
11-05-2007, 03:14 PM
lets follow steps of rome.

new ideas always fail they arent at least some what built on old ideas

hence old ideas failed

new ideas just fail a little less

or so it seems

god im in such a pissed off fucking mood today

thank god I own big ass training bag

when I get off work

that bag is going the fuck down

SHIFT_*grind*
11-05-2007, 03:20 PM
I know nothing about Ron Paul, I just figured he was some extremist wack job because the only place I've really seen him mentioned is on oversized bumper stickers and graffiti'd overpasses. Something like "RON PAUL 4 LYFE MOTHERFUCKER JOIN THE REVOLUTION!!!!!!!!" So I dunno.

coreansurfer
11-05-2007, 03:44 PM
watch the video.

ron paul is the only candidate in both parties that isn't a lying sack of crap.

steve shadows
11-05-2007, 04:05 PM
eh I wouldnt really say that ^

they are all lieing sacks of crap

think about it, its just like peacocking or stalemating

you seperate yourself from the herd

that alone gets you twice as much attention for free

theres a method to the madness of saying shit like "If I were elected I would get rid of the CIA and the IRS"

he probably might reduce them greatly or try but I doubt he would be able to reverse 65 years of New Deal communism in the united stated even in two terms.

ps : im sexy

Jung918
11-05-2007, 04:29 PM
The more I read about him, the more I am intrigued.

http://www.ronpaul2008.com/issues/border-security-and-immigration-reform/

tre
11-05-2007, 04:53 PM
If I could vote. I'd vote for the "Fuck off and stop hiding behind a Public Relations figure you bastards" option.

Farzam
11-05-2007, 05:02 PM
if any other republican gets into office besides ron paul we're gonna start a nuclear war...the military is saying if we do attack iran we're using a nuclear first strike that will be the beginning of the apocalypse...i do agree thats its very unlikely he will get elected but you never know

Well.....sweet.

85% of my family will die.


Awesome

2ilvia
11-05-2007, 07:21 PM
what about the Gravel guy from alaska? he enjoys owning the media too...but presidents arent decided by the public vote anyway guise

whitefro
11-05-2007, 10:48 PM
i know it sucks, and i do think ron paul is great, but me personally, i wouldnt throw my vote away on him, use your vote for someone who has a much better chance instead. That is how the sleazy fucks win all the time, the majority of these uber conservative right wing assholes all vote for the same guy. while the rest of us squander our votes on numerous candidates instead of uniting and picking the right guy for the job. these guys corner the vote because they know the liberals/dems/lefties whatever are going to be sporadic and vote for the other few candidates instead of the guy who has the best chance to win that will actually make a difference. sorry for the rant.

steve shadows
11-05-2007, 11:18 PM
Well.....sweet.

85% of my family will die.


Awesome

i know its gay but this kind of honest sarcasm make me fucking LOL

It sucks farzam because Iranians are pretty decent clean and intelligent people in my life, they just have the shitty luck of siding with the soviet union in the 50s and sitting on a shit ton of oil now in the emerging peak oil economic break down and beinga proxy political punching bag between Russian China and US's 3rd world war that is some how actually all Isreal's fault.

Id move to turkey with my heram of turkish and eastern european virgins but I would probably just die.

the worlds ending if things keep going this way

too many stupid consumer tools, too many stupid green-left wing hippies and nothing in between. All the decision makers are just soaking up money and power and building big bunkers to hide out while the first two i mentioned melt away.

mmmmm

steve shadows
11-05-2007, 11:23 PM
I need to re-register republican so I can Vote for Ron Paul.

whats the worst that will happen?

Ron Paul will beat Hillary in a heads up election.

The worry is that ron paul takes a wierd awkward chunk of the pie during the primary elections.

then this effects the chances of any other republican winning.

I would rather have wwIII with RudICON Manchurian2008 than HillaryGate-Bill-styling back on in the white hizzle completey blowin it.

but either way rudy or hillary-same outcome, just different tax policies.

foriegn policy will still be a total cluster fucking mess and control freak agenda.

If your going to vote for paul and tell your friends and get together and register to vote and be a responsible member of society, then get your Mothers your Fathers and grandmothers, in the most intelligent and clear tone to understand and keep up with Ron's ideas etc.

Like others said anything young people like gets trashed by old people who are going to die soon anyways so fuck us and our kids right?

Nukes are getting stale come on us em!!!! arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrffff:bite:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoNmNmXExZ8

510skater
11-05-2007, 11:47 PM
i know its gay but this kind of honest sarcasm make me fucking LOL

It sucks farzam because Iranians are pretty decent clean and intelligent people in my life, they just have the shitty luck of siding with the soviet union in the 50s and sitting on a shit ton of oil now in the emerging peak oil economic break down and beinga proxy political punching bag between Russian China and US's 3rd world war that is some how actually all Isreal's fault.

Id move to turkey with my heram of turkish and eastern european virgins but I would probably just die.

the worlds ending if things keep going this way

too many stupid consumer tools, too many stupid green-left wing hippies and nothing in between. All the decision makers are just soaking up money and power and building big bunkers to hide out while the first two i mentioned melt away.

mmmmm

the green left wing hippies arent that bad cause they are grouped in with people promoting wind/ solar and hydro power plants along with sustainable buildings and hybrid cars...there the ones who can improve are economy and reduce our dependence on oil...and you know what that means...we get cheaper gas and tires to burn through!!!

Nachtmensch
11-06-2007, 12:13 AM
the green left wing hippies arent that bad cause they are grouped in with people promoting wind/ solar and hydro power plants along with sustainable buildings and hybrid cars...there the ones who can improve are economy and reduce our dependence on oil...and you know what that means...we get cheaper gas and tires to burn through!!!

speaking of hippie ideas, i saw a commercial that GM is working on a 'no emission' vehicle :love: and like you said, this gives up more gas to guzzle for cheaper.

ron paul has some pretty awesome ideas and im spreading the word best i cant.

DRavenS13
11-06-2007, 12:15 AM
I don't know who this guy is, but why does his name sound like a porn star name?

Unholy S14
11-06-2007, 12:16 AM
^ fail lol

msg length

Jung918
11-06-2007, 12:41 AM
I don't know who this guy is, but why does his name sound like a porn star name?

watching too many pornos or not enough?

Unholy S14
11-06-2007, 12:43 AM
yea i just dont get how anyone doesnt know who is running for president in their own country

Farzam
11-06-2007, 12:49 AM
yea i just dont get how anyone doesnt know who is running for president in their own country


:blah: :gives:


Jk

Jung918
11-06-2007, 12:57 AM
^ you will when we nuke iran

DRavenS13
11-06-2007, 01:47 AM
I know most of the main players. I don't have a lot of time to watch the news to really know what's going on.

nevaland9
11-06-2007, 06:46 AM
Steven Colbert FTMFW bitchess

Unholy S14
11-06-2007, 07:08 AM
you know he is out ?

steve shadows
11-06-2007, 10:22 AM
the green left wing hippies arent that bad cause they are grouped in with people promoting wind/ solar and hydro power plants along with sustainable buildings and hybrid cars...there the ones who can improve are economy and reduce our dependence on oil...and you know what that means...we get cheaper gas and tires to burn through!!!

who told you that? A fucking moron apparently.

The only things that the hippies are doing are buying into the plan for the new world by convincing me and you that we are the reason earth is dying and in logical reasoning subconsciously we need to in turn die.

Its sustained psychologically manifested population control.

Antarctica hasn’t been touched only the northern polar ice cap is melting at a flush rate. This is because it is not a global "crisis" or "planet in peril" or any of that other bullshit.

It is a great excuse to adapt energy consumption levels in the west to a more strategically tolerable level so in case of A. Attack IRAN or B. Destroy China's economy by buying up all their currency using proxy euro dollars then selling off (economic hitman strategy) we will not be hooked on oil like cocaine but more like marijuana. Right now its our heroin, the price per barrel is mind boggling, in 5 years it has more than doubled and the media just plays it off like everything is a ok meanwhile biting their hands off as investors sell of and switch to Euros and the United States prints money completely out of control in a blacks ops economy.

510skater
11-06-2007, 12:16 PM
who told you that? A fucking moron apparently.

The only things that the hippies are doing are buying into the plan for the new world by convincing me and you that we are the reason earth is dying and in logical reasoning subconsciously we need to in turn die.

Its sustained psychologically manifested population control.

Antarctica hasn’t been touched only the northern polar ice cap is melting at a flush rate. This is because it is not a global "crisis" or "planet in peril" or any of that other bullshit.

It is a great excuse to adapt energy consumption levels in the west to a more strategically tolerable level so in case of A. Attack IRAN or B. Destroy China's economy by buying up all their currency using proxy euro dollars then selling off (economic hitman strategy) we will not be hooked on oil like cocaine but more like marijuana. Right now its our heroin, the price per barrel is mind boggling, in 5 years it has more than doubled and the media just plays it off like everything is a ok meanwhile biting their hands off as investors sell of and switch to Euros and the United States prints money completely out of control in a blacks ops economy.

i think you misunderstood what im saying because we both agree on this issue... you say its a great idea to "adapt energy consumption" and thats what the people you call hippies are doing... even if you dont agree that we are destroying the earth there are economic benefits to converting to energy efficient technologies...Denmark is one example... 100% of their power comes from wind farms...studies show that if we put wind farms in five places throughout the US we could produce 80% of the energy for the whole country...if you combine that with people converting to solar power to partially heat water along with energy efficient products we could minimize our use of fossil fuel to make energy...and theres no way we will be buying out chinas currency any time soon...china is the second largest investor in the US economy/ government we owe them over 240 billion dollars

steve shadows
11-06-2007, 12:18 PM
^ not after we become the Amero

watch the paper tiger burn if they don't play by our terms.

If we go bankrupt they can't do shit. Except for lob bombs at islands in the South Pacific.

Then we will arm Japan either way were all going to die.

naw jk it will be gum drops and loli pops.

http://www.megomuseum.com/woz/images/WizardInsert.jpg

How about dem pakistan? What happened with that, just kind of dropped off the radar.

illvialuver
11-06-2007, 06:02 PM
yes i am. and i think everyone should if they want change.

SR240DET
11-24-2007, 03:38 AM
anybody keeping up with Ron paul still?

coreansurfer
11-24-2007, 04:18 PM
http://www.rescue-us.org/new/modules/htmlarea/Xinha_0.931/plugins/ImageManager/demo_images/Kane2.JPG


nuff said.

Jtuned_andy
11-24-2007, 09:20 PM
I pray to the black baby Jesus that Ron Paul is elected

S14DB
11-25-2007, 12:50 AM
I know he has a purdy voting record. But what bills has he introduced? How many have actually passed?

Torrid
11-25-2007, 12:59 AM
I've had such a hard time finding a candidate I felt comfortable standing behind, but I've got to say Ron Paul has my support. I've been been following him for the last few weeks now.

fromxtor
09-28-2008, 12:10 PM
I'm bumping this thread to say I just mailed off my FL absentee ballot w/ Ron Paul as president. :w00t:

Mikey213
09-28-2008, 12:32 PM
ron paul will never be president. here's why.

he's the choice of college students.
1.) this means no respect from adults
2.) this means no votes, period, because college students DON'T FUCKING VOTE.

oh, and he's batshit crazy.

I love ron paul, He should be president but the real reason why he never is going to be one is because he and his family have NO BLOODLINE relation to all the fucks in office. Everyone else is one big fucking family. Even Obama. So your best bet (even if it really counts)... is to pick obama, it's ether he's a puppet or pretending to be one. Hopfully the later. But if the shit hits the fan i'll tell you guys a secret, Head out to Dubai.

Adam496
09-28-2008, 12:42 PM
I'm bumping this thread to say I just mailed off my FL absentee ballot w/ Ron Paul as president. :w00t:
:bigok: I will be writing Ron Paul in when the time comes.

imotion s14
09-28-2008, 12:43 PM
I don't know what college student Busted has been talking to, but the ones at my college are all Obama supporters and almost all lean heavily towards the left. But he's right, they can't be depended on to do anything. That's what socialism is about, waiting on others to roll up their sleeves to do the work you can't do yourself.

Batshit crazy.. I guess believing in rare metals dug out from dirt makes you a kook, instead sane people should trust the central bank to print money and credit out of thin air.. oh wait!

cgtdream
09-28-2008, 12:46 PM
A free bump today. Ron Paul has my vote, even with his 2 first names!!!!!

aa87
09-28-2008, 12:49 PM
Haha, ITT wastes of votes

ALTRNTV
09-28-2008, 12:50 PM
RevoLution!

illvialuver
09-28-2008, 01:47 PM
I love ron paul, He should be president but the real reason why he never is going to be one is because he and his family have NO BLOODLINE relation to all the fucks in office. Everyone else is one big fucking family. Even Obama. So your best bet (even if it really counts)... is to pick obama, it's ether he's a puppet or pretending to be one. Hopfully the later. But if the shit hits the fan i'll tell you guys a secret, Head out to Dubai.

the shit that is driving me crazy, is its back to a black guy vs a woman.
Obama was ahead of McCain, than here comes some underqualified vagina and here comes McCain and he is leading. I really realy really want to vote for Ron Paul. BUT, if I vote for Ron and McCain beats Obama, I will feel conflicted.
If I give my vote to Obama, than maybe he has a better chance to beat McCain. To be put into this kind of situation sucks. I honestly think that voting is not going to matter. They already have the winner selected.
As of right now I am voteing for Ron Paul, butI think the people who ae voteing for Obama, is just because color of skin, and what Hollywood says some people will follow. More people just need to think for themselves. And not be biased just because its a chance to put a half black guy in office or to possibly put a woman in office if some old fuck dies.

SexPanda
09-28-2008, 02:21 PM
Vote for me. My comprehensive plan ensures 3 things:

We're not broke shit
People wont fuck with america
American first, fuck everyone else.

It'd be easy. A little ethnic cleansing... the ethnicity in question being politicians.

imotion s14
09-28-2008, 02:43 PM
the shit that is driving me crazy, is its back to a black guy vs a woman.
Obama was ahead of McCain, than here comes some underqualified vagina and here comes McCain and he is leading. I really realy really want to vote for Ron Paul. BUT, if I vote for Ron and McCain beats Obama, I will feel conflicted.
If I give my vote to Obama, than maybe he has a better chance to beat McCain. To be put into this kind of situation sucks. I honestly think that voting is not going to matter. They already have the winner selected.
As of right now I am voteing for Ron Paul, butI think the people who ae voteing for Obama, is just because color of skin, and what Hollywood says some people will follow. More people just need to think for themselves. And not be biased just because its a chance to put a half black guy in office or to possibly put a woman in office if some old fuck dies.

Vote your conscience and sleep well at night knowing that you personally made the right choice for yourself and your country and that you at least tried.

juice.def
09-29-2008, 03:48 AM
whos ron paul?

spoolandslide
09-29-2008, 03:51 AM
vote for ron paul!


if you wanna fuck up our elections even more...

sillyvia13
09-29-2008, 04:55 AM
RevoLution!

:love::snoop::love::snoop::love::snoop:

98s14inaz
09-29-2008, 08:40 AM
I keep hearing more and more of people only voting so the other guy won't win, not because they actually believe in who they are voting for. America doesn't need socialism and that is what you'll get with Obama and a dem majority congress and senate. I would have voted for RP but if he isn't there then I guess I'm voting for Mccain just so Obama won't win. Nobama in November.

sub9lulu
09-29-2008, 10:50 AM
i didnt know i can still vote for ron paul

imotion s14
09-29-2008, 11:34 AM
i didnt know i can still vote for ron paul

You can't. You can write his name in as a symbolic gesture tho.

sillyvia13
09-29-2008, 12:31 PM
You can't. You can write his name in as a symbolic gesture tho.

and thats my plan!
RON PAUL FTW!

no way in hell I will waste my vote on dead man or g g g unit!
ron gets my vote
not like it will matter, bush will be King soon.:wan:

illvialuver
09-29-2008, 04:11 PM
how are you going to say that you wont vote for Obama cause of g g g unit?
are you saying that you wont vote for an old as fuck white guy and you wont vote for Obama because he is black?

That's kinda of stupid.
I like Ron Paul, not because he is a republican, or white, but because of his beliefs.

I also tired of people just voting because it is there party. like I am a Republican, so I will vote for McCain. That is just retarded, like worse than down syndrome. if he dies Palin is our president. I would rather ahve any newb asshat of a member on this forum in charge than her! this whole election makes me sick, because I do not like either of the canidates. ones fake as fake can be, and one is an old man with one foot in the casket, and a hillbilly retard as the vp. Have you seen McCains temper? shit, watch the debate, and all he does is interupt Obama, someone so old you would expect better manners, and a better public speaker.
Ron Paul does not talk that way, and he has had people interview him and interupt him as well, and he just stays calm and reasonable. that is the kind of person I want in office.
not some fake ass, wishy washy person, or someone with an anger problem.
cool under pressure is what you want, its what I want, but maybe I am just crazy.
People always want to bring up McCain being a p.o.w and Viet Nam, no offense to the people who have p.o.w in there family or are in the military, but it is people like McCain that got us involved in the clusterfuck that Viet Nam was.

I want someone that is for the american citizen, they are supposed to serve us, not us serve them. the only person that I think upholds the value of which this nation was built upon is Ron Paul.

I dont think my vote will matter anyway, because I voted for Al Gore at the last election, and I did not vote for Bush either time, for the simplist of reasons.
Republican's make wars. Loook at all of our wars and look who was in office it is true.
And what happened?
he got ellected and than , pow bang kaboom "nine elleven" and now we are in a war and so far in debt, that other countries like n. korea, and the middle east, are waiting for us to finish ourselves off, so they can run shit. its so stupid.

people just need to stop thinking about there loyalties to the party or there race, or whatever and think for themselves.

s13dan
09-29-2008, 10:33 PM
Write Ron Paul in if you have too...Hes the only presidential canidate I have really liked in my liftime...He understands what is happening to this country, but im not stupid. It would be impossible for him to be pres. If he made it, some fuck would prolly assasinate him.

imotion s14
09-30-2008, 01:54 AM
Republican's make wars. Loook at all of our wars and look who was in office it is true.

That's not true. Historically in the 20th century most of the wars and American intervention was when a Democrat president was in office. WWI = Wilson (also the fucktard who's Presidency ushered in the Federal Reserve), WWII = FDR, Korean War = Truman, Vietnam = JFK.

illvialuver
09-30-2008, 05:05 AM
I apologize I was wrong. I thought Nixon was in office during the war when in fact he signed the treaty that ended it.

It looks like I should change what I wrote to to in my lifetime, republicans make wars.
Like Bush before him, and the current bush.
or I could just say Bush's cause wars.
anyway I should have looked it up before I put down some hear say. my bad. lesson learned.

boro otaku
09-30-2008, 07:32 AM
Voting for Ron Paul isn't even worth the gas to drive to the polls. He is not going to win anything.

boro otaku
09-30-2008, 07:33 AM
So your best bet is to pick obama
But only if you love getting pissed on. Think the economy is bad now? Just wait until Obama shows us Carter 2.0 :fawk2:

S14DB
09-30-2008, 07:48 AM
That's not true. Historically in the 20th century most of the wars and American intervention was when a Democrat president was in office. WWI = Wilson (also the fucktard who's Presidency ushered in the Federal Reserve), WWII = FDR, Korean War = Truman, Vietnam = JFK.

I apologize I was wrong. I thought Nixon was in office during the war when in fact he signed the treaty that ended it.

It looks like I should change what I wrote to to in my lifetime, republicans make wars.
Like Bush before him, and the current bush.
or I could just say Bush's cause wars.
anyway I should have looked it up before I put down some hear say. my bad. lesson learned.

Richard Nixon was VP under Dwight D. Eisenhower when Hostilities in Vietnam started. He then lost to JFK. Then beat Humphrey in 1968. He then expanded the war by secretly bombing Cambodia in March 1969. This lead to a major increase in protests(including Kent State) because Cambodia was supposed to be neutral in the war. Rumored to continue support after the Paris Peace Accords. Then Ford to over and cut all support and the south fell.