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Latest Articles: Ron Paul
BOEHNER BOOED AT CONVENTION AS CHAOS ERUPTS ON CONVENTION FLOOR OVER RON PAUL DELEGATES
Post Date: 2012-08-29 16:21:48 by freepatriot32
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A security agent calls for more security as delegate from Virginia Braedon Wilkerson displays a Ron Paul sign after the vote on Maine at the Tampa Bay Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, on August 28, 2012 during the Republican National Convention. Credit: AFP/Getty Images A floor fight was narrowly avoided today on the floor of the Republican National Convention, as a battle over proposed rules and alternate delegations threatened to spark a mass rebellion by supports of Texas Congressman Ron Paul, as well as opponents of the proposed rules. The trouble began when Credentials Committee Chairman Mike Duncan took the stage to announce the results of several appeals requests to have three ...
Ron Paul “The MSM Is Part Of The Problem! They’re Part Of The Military Industrial Complex!”
Post Date: 2012-08-29 11:10:29 by christine
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The Platform From Hell
Post Date: 2012-08-29 07:27:12 by Ada
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Ron Paul delegates challenge interventionists In response to the well nigh universal jeers that greeted his endorsement of Mitt Romney, Sen. Rand Paul (son of Ron Paul) tried to reassure us: Oh, don’t worry, because the Paulians will have a major influence on the party platform. How so? Well, it seems the Republicans want to audit the Federal Reserve — a longtime Paulian hobbyhorse. Yet so do many Democrats — 89 of them voted for it in the House. This hardly means the Fed will be reined in — never mind abolished. Okay, okay, but stop being so narrow-minded! Isn’t half a loaf better than none — and doesn’t this represent progress? No — not when it ...
Ron Paul Stands for Manning and Assange
Post Date: 2012-08-28 06:44:50 by Ada
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After Ron Paul’s speech Sunday evening—part of his “We are the Future Rally” held at the University of Florida Sun Dome—I set out to gauge audience reaction. “He hit a lot of the same points he normally hits,” said James Smack, vice chairman of the Nevada Republican Party and a Paul stalwart. “But there was a little more passion, a little more zest…” This was also my impression. Some observers thought that Paul would strike a conciliatory tone to ingratiate himself (or more likely, his son Sen. Rand Paul) with the GOP establishment. But as Smack noted, “there were some solid shots taken at the RNC—merited shots.” Paul accused ...
Rand Paul’s message to Republican convention: ‘Audit the Pentagon’
Post Date: 2012-08-27 02:05:05 by Tatarewicz
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TAMPA -- Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul will use his prime-time speaking slot at the Republican National Convention to urge party members to be more open to scrutinizing military spending, a position that puts him in the minority within the GOP. Paul made the remarks Sunday when he addressed thousands of supporters at a rally for his father, former Republican presidential candidate and Texas Rep. Ron Paul, at the University of South Florida. "Because we've talked about audit the Fed so much, we're now talking about audit the Pentagon," Paul told the crowd. "Now, because of Hurricane Isaac, it's not sure whether my message will get to the Republican National ...
Ron Paul, supporters heap scorn on GOP establishment at convention counter-rally
Post Date: 2012-08-27 00:42:40 by James Deffenbach
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Rep. Ron Paul, with his trademark fervor, used a counter-convention rally in Tampa Sunday to take shots at a Republican establishment he claimed was "failing" the country. As the 77-year-old congressman prepares to retire after three presidential bids and decades in Congress, Paul told a rowdy crowd that the party would eventually drift into his "tent." "We'll get into the tent, believe me, because we'll become the tent eventually," Paul said. "Once they know we are the future they will know about us." Paul, whose most recent presidential bid ended earlier this year, drew about 8,000 to a rally in Sun Dome stadium at the University of South ...
Ron Paul: 'I Don't Fully Endorse' Mitt Romney
Post Date: 2012-08-27 00:34:54 by James Deffenbach
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In an interview with the New York Times, Ron Paul detailed his conversations with Republican National Convention organizers, who he says offered him a speaking slot under conditions he couldn't meet. According to Paul, convention planners offered the Texas congressman the chance to speak under two conditions: that he gave a speech pre-approved by Romney's campaign, and that he give a "full-fledged" endorsement of Mitt Romney. “It wouldn’t be my speech," Paul said. "That would undo everything I’ve done in the last 30 years. I don’t fully endorse him for president." While the libertarian candidate effectively ended his presidential bid ...
The Benton/Romney Negotiations Probably Went Something Like This...
Post Date: 2012-08-25 14:09:52 by Arator
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Benton: Our contributors are getting wise that we screwed them over and sold out to you guys. You gotta throw us a bone here, otherwise my gravy train will derail. Romney Campaign: You really are a pathetic little worm, aren't you? OK, here's the deal: You allow us to run roughshod over the rules and deny your grandfather-in-law delegate majorities in five states, thus preventing him from ever being nominated. In return, we will give you a sop to keep Paultards moneybombing new additions to your McMansion. How does a tribute video sound? Benton: Hmmm. I don't know. Let me call Trgyve and see what he thinks. [Jesse rings up Trgyve Olsen, asks his advice.] Trgyve Olson: I think ...
The Iron Fist in Tampa
Post Date: 2012-08-25 08:43:45 by Ada
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All dissent must be crushed As the Republican convention-goers gather in Tampa, Florida, the Republican party Establishment is eager to crush any public expressions of dissent — both inside and outside the convention hall. Inside, efforts are underway to make it impossible for delegates pledged to antiwar libertarian Ron Paul to place their candidate in nomination — an effort the Huffington Post deems a “defense” against Paulian “shenanigans.” Party rules say officially-recognized candidates must have pluralities of delegates in at least five states: however, at a recent Republican National Committee meeting, Texas committeeman John Ryder moved to increase ...
Republicans eye return to gold standard (another phony Reagan "Gold Commission"?)
Post Date: 2012-08-23 19:31:25 by hondo68
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©AFPThe gold standard has returned to mainstream US politics for the first time in 30 years, with a “gold commission” set to become part of official Republican party policy. Drafts of the party platform, which it will adopt at a convention in Tampa Bay, Florida, next week, call for an audit of Federal Reserve monetary policy and a commission to look at restoring the link between the dollar and gold. The move shows how five years of easy monetary policy – and the efforts of congressman Ron Paul – have made the once-fringe idea of returning to gold-as-money a legitimate part of Republican debate. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican congresswoman from Tennessee and co-chair ...
From the archive, 18 August 1970: Kennedy talked of possibility of killing Castro
Post Date: 2012-08-22 08:15:42 by Ada
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President Kennedy discussed the possibility of assassinating Fidel Castro during the 1960 presidential campaign, according to former Californian senator George Smathers WASHINGTON, AUGUST 17 President Kennedy discussed the possibility of assassinating Fidel Castro during the 1960 presidential campaign, according to former Californian Senator George Smathers, a close friend who frequently accompanied the President on trips to the South. Senator Smathers, a political maverick, with Right-wing views on Latin America, made the statement in documents just released by the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library, published in the New York Times today: "I don't know whether he brought it up or ...
Romney Supports a Federal Reserve Audit
Post Date: 2012-08-22 05:56:19 by Tatarewicz
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Presidential hopeful Mitt Romney just stole a page from Ron Paul's playbook. At a town hall meeting in New Hampshire, the soon-to-be presidential nominee quickly and directly answered the question, “Isn't it time to audit the Federal Reserve?” Romney answered, "Very plain and simple, the answer is yes. The Federal Reserve should be accountable. We should see what they're doing." Paul's proposal already has won the support of Congress. Earlier this year, the House passed a bill to grant the Government Accountability Office (GAO) the power to conduct an audit. The bill has languished as Senate Democrats have kept it from an up-or-down vote. A ...
Ron and Rand Paul Were Never Going to Save Us
Post Date: 2012-08-22 00:10:27 by christine
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Many people believe that Ron and Rand Paul are the only hope to save the United States from becoming a totalitarian fascist police state. After all, for decades only congressman Ron Paul exposed the crimes and consequences of the private Federal Reserve, fractional reserve banking, fraudulent war on drugs, wars and coups of aggression, the growth of government and dependency on it. Many Ron Paul supporters believed that Ron’s son, Rand Paul, would promote the same polices as his father after being elected to the U.S. Senate. Yes, Ron and Rand appeared to be the last Jedis of freedom, battling and exposing the empire of bankster monopoly occultists. Let us now examine whether Ron and ...
CloseReading: Are Joe Biden’s “Gaffes” Accidental? Or Brilliant?
Post Date: 2012-08-21 13:25:18 by Ada
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Who’s the fool? Joe Biden—or us? I say us. As you probably know, the other day, Vice President Biden got in a bit of trouble—again. Speaking to an audience in southern Virginia that included hundreds of blacks, he said: Look at what they [Republicans] value, and look at their budget. And look what they’re proposing. [Romney] said in the first 100 days, he’s going to let the big banks write their own rules — unchain Wall Street. And then came the punch line… “They’re going to put y’all back in chains.” The reaction was immediate—and huge. Biden’s oopsies are as popular as Dan Quayle’s two decades earlier. The media ...
Ron Paul Still Mum As His Son Endorses Paul Ryan
Post Date: 2012-08-18 15:25:37 by Artisan
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The plot thickens for supporters of presidential candidate Ron Paul. His son, Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul, has endorsed Wisconsin Republican Congressman Paul Ryan as the vice presidential nominee, while Ron Paul has stayed mum not only about Ryan, but about endorsing presumptive GOP presidential nomine Mitt Romney. Rand Paul, a favorite of the conservative Tea Party, issued a statement saying that Ryan's controversial budget plan, which has become a big issue in the presidential race, is a serious attempt to control federal spending and lower the deficit, two areas where Rand Paul says President Barack Obama has fallen woefully short. [Ken Walsh: Ron Paul's Efforts to ...
Rand Paul’s Tea Party Manifesto
Post Date: 2012-08-18 06:38:52 by Tatarewicz
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Politics is a lagging indicator of social-cultural trends. Politics doesn’t lead change; it chases it, incompetently and long after the underlying reality is impossible to deny. This is why it makes no sense to put faith in politics. By the time politics catches up, the rest of the world has moved on. That said, I’ve just finished what might be the finest book ever written by a sitting member of the US Senate. It is daring. It is intellectually serious. It displays mastery of the subject matter. It makes courageous and counterintuitive claims, such as the need for across-the-board cuts in all spending, including military spending and middle-class welfare, by raising the ...
Release Your Taxes NOW...RON PAUL!!
Post Date: 2012-08-15 12:31:20 by christine
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August 15, 2012 OPEN LETTER TO CONGRESSMAN RON PAUL Hon. Congressman Ron Paul 203 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 Phone Number: (202) 225-2831 Re: Release Your Taxes NOW...RON PAUL!! Dear Sir: I recently received SHOCKING information from a very reliable inside source in Washington stating that YOU HAVE NOT PAID ANY INCOME TAXES IN TEN YEARS! If this is true...I am speechless! Normally I would brush off such wild "conspiracy" stories but some of my best sources were saying it's actually very common amongst those in Congress to avoid paying their fair share of taxes. I even contacted your campaign office and when I asked about this topic all I got from ...
Getting Away With Torture
Post Date: 2012-08-14 17:42:50 by Ada
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America perfects illegal warfare with impunity at home and rendition abroad (via TomDispatch). After a decade of fiery public debate and bare-knuckle partisan brawling, the United States has stumbled toward an ad hoc bipartisan compromise over the issue of torture that rests on two unsustainable policies: impunity at home and rendition abroad. President Obama has closed the CIA’s “black sites,” its secret prisons where American agents once dirtied their hands with waterboarding and wall slamming. But via rendition–the sending of terrorist suspects to the prisons of countries that torture–and related policies, his administration has outsourced human rights abuse to ...
Ron Paul is Not Impressed with Paul Ryan
Post Date: 2012-08-14 07:01:55 by Tatarewicz
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The selection of Paul Ryan to be Mitt Romney's running mate has elicited almost universally positive reactions from Texas republicans. One exception to that has been the response of Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas. Paul's disdain for Ryan suggests that the vice presidential candidate has his critics on the right as well as the left. His dislike of Ryan is shared by many of his supporters, if not by mainstream Texas Republicans. Ron Paul: Ryan budget doesn't cut enough On an interview on the Fox Business Network, Paul suggested that the Ryan budget, roundly condemned as draconian and extreme by Democrats, does not cut enough spending. The Ryan budget, for example, does not balance the ...
Ron Paul Campaign Condemns Romney Critics as Google Removes anti-Romney Manifesto
Post Date: 2012-08-12 20:01:21 by Artisan
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Ron Paul Campaign Condemns Romney Critics-Paul's campaign chief calls 'Dump Romney' document "disgusting and highly inappropriate." Google Inc. also Removes anti-Romney Manifesto LibertyFight.comAugust 12, 2012 A group called "Jews and Christians Together" (http://www.jewsandchristianstogether.org/) has released a manifesto entitled "DUMP ROMNEY: Why Tampa's Republican Delegates must Dump Romney to Defeat Obama." The website suggests that visitors "Read the 9-page memo that Tampa's GOP delegates are receiving" but upon clicking the Google document link, viewers are presented with a message stating "We're sorry. You ...
Rand Paul Tries to Intimidate & Harass Journalist After A Youtube Video
Post Date: 2012-08-02 00:09:59 by christine
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Paul not speaking at convention (Paul will not be endorsing Romney)
Post Date: 2012-08-01 15:49:50 by christine
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Daily Paul Liberty Forum Robert Ringer: Several colleagues and I recently had a forty-five-minute meeting with Ron Paul, and it was more than just a bit revealing. Although I am not at liberty to share much of what was discussed, let it suffice to say that Paul will not be speaking at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, nor can you expect to find any of his immensely popular ideas incorporated into the party platform. MittMan and his wave-averse team of advisors apparently are intent on sticking to their game plan of putting out lots of gobbledygook, sidestepping controversy, and silencing would-be wave-makers. Anyone who knows anything about politics realizes that controversy ...
Most likely to attack Iran One of the White House's favorite Middle East reporters insists -- as a compliment -- that Obama deserves the title
Post Date: 2012-07-29 20:46:09 by tom007
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Most likely to attack Iran One of the White House's favorite Middle East reporters insists -- as a compliment -- that Obama deserves the title By Glenn Greenwald 61 more Topics: Conflict, International relations, Iran, Israel, Middle East Most likely to attack IranAn Iranian navy member prepares torpedoes for launching from Jamaran destroyer during a maneuver in the Oman Sea. (AP/Mehr News Agency) (updated below – Update II) When it comes to praising President Obama’s foreign policy skill and Toughness (in the neocon sense of that term: i.e., a willingness to risk other people’s lives with the use of military force against foreigners), The Atlantic‘s Jeffrey ...
Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed Bill Overwhelmingly Passes in the House
Post Date: 2012-07-25 17:31:52 by hondo68
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Ron Paul’s bill to audit the Federal Reserve has passed overwhelmingly in the House. It cleared a suspension of House ruled requiring a two-thirds vote. The final vote was 327 to 98 and all but one Republican and 89 Democrats voted yes. The bill had more than 274 cosponsors and faced strong opposition by Democrats and the Federal Reserve. The legislation will allow auditors to conduct in-depth audits of the private bankster cartel’s monetary policy operations. “The agreement granted the Government Accountability Office broad authority to examine the operations of the Fed and to require additional disclosures from the central bank, including examinations of the Fed’s ...
Ron Paul: I ‘Have Not’ Decided If I'll Vote for Romney [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2012-07-20 16:09:20 by Artisan
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Ron Paul, who is still technically running for the Republican nomination, says he has not decided whether or not he’ll vote for Mitt Romney. “I have not made a decision,” Paul told Fox Business Network’s Liz Claman and David Asman. When asked what he thinks about Romney as a candidate for president, Paul responded, “Compared to whom? He certainly offers different things than the current president. But the current conditions make it rough for anyone. They are going to have a very though job.” Paul and Romney reportedly struck up a friendly rapport on the campaign trail, The New York Times noted in February. Continue reading at ABC NewsPoster ...
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