[wvns] Message From Ron Paul
Message From Ron Paul
9-7-7
rense.com
Has this been a hectic and encouraging time! First we got almost 17%
in the Texas straw poll, an event set-up to represent the
establishment, with very restrictive voting rules. That 17% of the
Republican hierarchy would support our views, after a full day of
pro-war propaganda, is good news. Then we won the more open Maryland
Republican straw poll with 28%. In both cases, as usual, hard-working,
well-organized volunteers made all the difference.
The Fox debate was a lot of fun as well. It's true that a few of the
network people are not exactly with us on foreign or domestic policy
(though one famous guy whispered to me that he is a libertarian), but
the audience-with lots of students from the University of New
Hampshire-was definitely fair and balanced, as their enthusiastic
reaction showed.
My opponents called for more war, more torture, more secret prisons,
more eavesdropping, more presidential power. Some seemed to identify
the government and the people as if they were one entity. But you and
I know that once the government moves beyond its very limited
constitutional mandate, it is an opponent of the people, a rip-off
operation that takes our money and our freedom and our social peace,
and gives us a mess of statist pottage in return.
The government failed miserably on 911 to protect us, despite spending
trillions. So the answer was supposed to be the giant, socialist
Department of Homeland Security, protecting you and me from taking our
toothpaste on the airplane. I was ridiculed for saying that the
airlines, which know best how to protect their property, should have
been allowed to arm their pilots. But then, you and I really believe
in the Second Amendment. It is not just a political slogan for us.
When I discussed the blowback that came from us intervening on the
Arabian peninsula, Chris Wallace asked me if I wanted to follow the
marching orders of al-Qaeda. I responded that I wanted to follow the
marching orders of the Constitution, and not wage undeclared,
aggressive wars that cause us only trouble. This is a mystifying to
some, of course, but not to more and more Americans.
There was much talk of taxes, and a pledge not to raise rates. But as
usual, I was not allowed to discuss my lifelong pledge to abolish the
income tax. Just holding the line, when the government takes such vast
sums through an illegitimate guilty-until-proven-innocent system, is
hardly enough. We need to slash taxes and spending if we are to have a
future of prosperity for ourselves and our families.
After the debate, many young people gathered around the stage to
discuss our ideas and ask questions about them (and to have me sign
their badges). My colleagues got no such response, and after a few
moments, "security" ordered me off the stage. Can't have any such
demonstration of interest in liberty.
But the young are with us, and so are Americans of every stripe. Even
party officials. When one of my opponent said it was OK to lose
elections through supporting the Iraq war, that set party people's
teeth on edge, and rightly so. The Republican party is shrinking. We
need new people. It's either our ideas or President Hillary, and more
and more people recognize it.
But the media, and everyone else, will be looking at fundraising
totals at the end of this month. They'll judge us by how we do. And we
need help to wage what we hope will be a full-scale, 50-state
campaign. Please help me head into the next quarter fully armed to do
battle for freedom, peace and prosperity. Make your most generous
contribution https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate/. This Revolution is
on the move, but it very much needs your support.
Sincerely,
Ron
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Ron Paul Wins Another Republican Debate
by James Buchanan
September 6, 2007
Ron Paul started out the New Hampshire Republican debate emphasizing
the fact that he is the anti-(Iraq) war candidate to thunderous
applause from the crowd. (Gee, I thought Republican voters were
supposed to be obedient little Kool Aid drinkers sipping up their
daily dose of pro-war Kool Aid from Hannity and Rush.)
The neocons in charge of the debate were very condescending and
dismissive of Dr. Paul throughout –at some points laughing at Paul
(reminiscent of Al Gore's arrogant smirking during the 2000
presidential debates). Almost every single question put to Ron Paul
was prefaced by a neocon lie. In one case, the neocon questioner asked
Ron Paul how we could leave Iraq knowing there will be a blood bath if
we do. Ron Paul pointed out that neocons have been wrong about
everything in the past and they're wrong about what will happen if we
pull out. Big applause. Ron Paul called for a total pull out and
stated there was no need for US troops in the Mid East. Big applause
again.
Paul said that there should be a new foreign policy: to mind our own
business. Thunderous applause.
Angered by the supportive reaction of the crowd to Ron Paul, the
neocon interrogator asked "So should we take our marching orders from
al Qaeda?"
Paul responded: "We should take our marching orders from the
Constitution." More Applause.
During the debate, the moderator asked Giuliani why he won't take a
pledge not to raise taxes. Giuliani replied that he should only take
one pledge (if he gets sworn in). I bet his ex-wives are having a
laugh about that.
Ron Paul was clearly the crowd's favorite in the New Hampshire debate,
Giuliani conspicuously avoided getting into another back-and-forth
argument with Paul over the Iraq War, but Mike Huckabee decided to
give it a shot. Once again, Paul wouldn't budge an inch. Huckabee
tried to claim that staying in Iraq was a matter of "Honor." Of course
Huckabee himself has no plans to join the fighting troops on the
ground or to send any of his kids into that meatgrinder so I wonder
how much the words of a hypocrite hold up when it comes to matters of
"Honor."
Ron Paul responded that it's pointless to squander more lives in an
attempt to "save face" in Iraq and that the total of US military and
civilians killed so far is over 5,000.
The neocons openly laughed at Ron Paul when listing all the government
agencies that he would like to abolish. Paul reaffirmed his commitment
to smaller government and lower taxes and pointed out that we had a
warning about the 911 attack, which George Bush chose to ignore.
Creating a Homeland Security Department does not make up for bad
judgment at the top level.
Ron Paul easily won the "text-messaging" phone poll after the debate,
gaining 33 percent of the vote. It was worth sitting through all the
neocon garbage, just to see the miserable look on Sean Hannity's face
as Ron Paul was announced the winner. The second place went to a
dim-witted neocon who could only muster 18 percent of the vote.
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