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Title: Message from Ron [he's a GOP through and through, will ease on prez campaigning]
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Ron Paul 2008
URL Source: http://ronpaul2008.typepad.com/ron_ ... 8/2008/02/message-from-ro.html
Published: Feb 9, 2008
Author: Ron Paul
Post Date: 2008-02-09 08:26:19 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Message from Ron Whoa! What a year this has been. And what achievements we have had. If I may quote Trotsky of all people, this Revolution is permanent. It will not end at the Republican convention. It will not end in November. It will not end until we have won the great battle on which we have embarked. Not because of me, but because of you. Millions of Americans -- and friends in many other countries -- have dedicated themselves to the principles of liberty: to free enterprise, limited government, sound money, no income tax, and peace. We will not falter so long as there is one restriction on our persons, our property, our civil liberties. How much I owe you. I can never possibly repay your generous donations, hard work, whole-hearted dedication and love of freedom. How blessed I am to be associated with you. Carol, of course, sends her love as well. Let me tell you my thoughts. With Romney gone, the chances of a brokered convention are nearly zero. But that does not affect my determination to fight on, in every caucus and primary remaining, and at the convention for our ideas, with just as many delegates as I can get. But with so many primaries and caucuses now over, we do not now need so big a national campaign staff, and so I am making it leaner and tighter. Of course, I am committed to fighting for our ideas within the Republican party, so there will be no third party run. I do not denigrate third parties -- just the opposite, and I have long worked to remove the ballot-access restrictions on them. But I am a Republican, and I will remain a Republican. I also have another priority. I have constituents in my home district that I must serve. I cannot and will not let them down. And I have another battle I must face here as well. If I were to lose the primary for my congressional seat, all our opponents would react with glee, and pretend it was a rejection of our ideas. I cannot and will not let that happen. In the presidential race and the congressional race, I need your support, as always. And I have plans to continue fighting for our ideas in politics and education that I will share with you when I can, for I will need you at my side. In the meantime, onward and upward! The neocons, the warmongers, the socialists, the advocates of inflation will be hearing much from you and me. Sincerely, Ron
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#105. To: Dakmar (#104)
There is something honest about liberals, even though I disagree with them 80% of the time.
Ron Paul for President - Join a Ron Paul Meetup group today! The Revolution will not be televised! Liberals say government is there to help them rather than lie about it while exploiting taxpayers. Republicans are NOT conservative, for the most part, they are the idiotic greedhead counterpart to the democrats sickly control freaks.
"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs
I don't know but that point is pretty near, I think.
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I agree. It is very near. The gap is a continually shifting one, but the bleating cries for a "stimulus" package is a good indication.
Germs - Manimal "Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs
Given the current availability of post-teen virgins, is it really worth wasting your time re-transforming a diseased whore? Probably not. You're probably better off looking out for innocent virgins. maybe it's not only the republican party that has gone past the point of no return but america as well. as a nation, i cuss it for the evil, diseased, disrespected, whore that it is!
So Hillary ain't The Good Witch? :)
"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs
when the revolution hits...
"Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has." - William S Burroughs
Absolutely agree with ya on this.........they were successful in eliminating that 'thorn in the flesh' called B-1 Bob Dornan. Ron Paul is another of those 'thorn in the flesh' type people, whom they abhor and would thrill to have out of the way.....then there would be NO CONSCIENCE in government representing anyone from places like here.
God wants spiritual fruits, not religious nuts!
Join the Ron Paul Revolution Such playground bull baiting is even sillier than thinking a conservative "revolution" would be a one election cakewalk.
Republicans (Democrats for that matter) ....... HAD ENOUGH?
He's not bowing out Cyni. Without further illumination it would appear he is just going to paddle out in his little Houston TX rowboat.
Republicans (Democrats for that matter) ....... HAD ENOUGH?
I abhor it. Damned good post, conspirator.
Republicans (Democrats for that matter) ....... HAD ENOUGH?
There's chaos leading up to the convention. TOS is calling for disunity. Ron Paul may be on to something.
I couldn't help liking ole rughead. ;-)
Republicans (Democrats for that matter) ....... HAD ENOUGH?
ok, Neil, for me, RP's declaration that he and his campaign concluded that vote fraud in NH didn't effect his results there did it for me. vote fraud was proven there and in the subsequent primaries. imo, that should have been his mantra--especially when he knew that he couldn't possibly secure the GOP nomination because of it. i just couldn't and can't get past that.
The only solution to this mess is to dig a hole big enough to nudge them all in and cover quickly
I learned my lesson with Pat Buchanan, which is why I never got excited by Ron Paul. Didn't Thomas Jefferson say something like "The tree of liberty must be nourished with blood ever twenty years or so?"
Life is a tragedy to those who feel, and a comedy to those who think.
you and several others..but i thought maybe circumstances were different this time...except for the VOTE FRAUD. that's what i wanted illuminated.
The only solution to this mess is to dig a hole big enough to nudge them all in and cover quickly
Dr. Paul seems to be refocusing his energies on his congressional campaign for the moment. We DO need to keep him in Congress, don't we?
I think that is going to be my focus from now on. You can fight everything else all you want but unless you have valid elections, nothing is winnable and nothing will change.
But what about the Myanmar republic? Shouldn't we be more concerned with their right to demonstrate and the denial of their right to vote in free and fair elections? I mean you know, they REALLY HATE US BECAUSE OF OUR FREEDOM.
Depends if you are thinking of revolution or genocide. Seems some rather just slit their own wrists than risk either.
"I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country; corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in High Places will follow, and the Money Power of the Country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of the People, until the wealth is aggregated in a few hands, and the Republic is destroyed." -- Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 16th US President Source: shortly before his assassination
Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who, having eyes, see not, and, having ears, hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation? For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past. And judging by the past, I wish to know what there has been in the conduct of the British ministry for the last ten years to justify those hopes with which gentlemen have been pleased to solace themselves and the House. Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received? Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet. Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss. Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir. These are the implements of war and subjugation; the last arguments to which kings resort. I ask gentlemen, sir, what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it? Has Great Britain any enemy, in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains which the British ministry have been so long forging. And what have we to oppose to them? Shall we try argument? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty and humble supplication? What terms shall we find which have not been already exhausted? Let us not, I beseech you, sir, deceive ourselves. Sir, we have done everything that could be done to avert the storm which is now coming on. We have petitioned; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and Parliament. Our petitions have been slighted; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned, with contempt, from the foot of the throne! In vain, after these things, may we indulge the fond hope of peace and reconciliation. There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free-- if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending--if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained--we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of hosts is all that is left us! They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death -- Patrick Henry NO THIRD PARTY RUN. ..The only way he could have made a true and lasting difference, and maybe even won the general election, was to go third party right now, after he has used the GOP as a mouthpiece, which he has done. Future pusuits under the GOP flag will do NO good at all. I am deeply disappointed, and so must be all who gave their hard earned money to him. Yes I am cynical. Party over country. NOt the Ron Paul I thought I knew. I am saddened because he has relegated us to the Final Option. I do not like it. I hesitate to embrace it. However, there is no appeal in this court. America is dying. Ron Paul's decision has ensured that it will continue to die. "There has been one rebellion. That comes to one rebellion in a century & a half for each state. What country before ever existed a century & a half without a rebellion? & what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon & pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants. -- Thomas Jefferson 11/13/1787
Law Enforcement Against Prohibition "Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." © IndieTx Law Enforcement Against Prohibition "Corporation: An entity created for the legal protection of its human parasites, whose sole purpose is profit and self-perpetuation." © IndieTx He'll be the last voice crying in the wilderness. He should go Constitution Party and then start a new group. Better than a Think Tank. A Movement to train up the youngins and prepare for the future fights!
TOS2: Patrick Henry Warns Constitutional Delegates: "I see great jeapardy in this new government."
If you call honesty (Paul isn't a leader) trashing, you're the one who needs help. Your continued faith in a fraud explains all to well why we're in the mess we're are. So pump up the blimp and go vote for the lesser of two evil. Ron Paul, Republican, TX, surely will.
"Cookie" Thornton did more this past week to eliminate govermental waste than any politician has in my lifetime.
IF? We have over 300 million people in this country. Of course there is someone else to run. But with everyone getting behind Ron Paul's run they saw no need to run, now they have to with very little time to organize.
God is always good!
So now Ron Paul is a fraud.... I got no time to bother with that take.
Pinguinite.com EcuadorTreasures.ec
The honorable gentleman who presides told us that, to prevent abuses in our government, we will assemble in Convention, recall our delegated powers, and punish our servants for abusing the trust reposed in them. O sir, we should have fine times, indeed, if, to punish tyrants, it were only sufficient to assemble the people! Your arms, wherewith you could defend yourselves, are gone; and you have no longer an aristocratical, no longer a democratical spirit. Did you ever read of any revolution in a nation, brought about by the punishment of those in power, inflicted by those who had no power at all? You read of a riot act in a country which is called one of the freest in the world, where a few neighbors cannot assemble without the risk of being shot by a hired soldiery, the engines of despotism. We may see such an act in America.
Told you so.
I got no time to bother with that take. American politics are a fraud, and Ron Paul is a proud member of the Republican branch of the national establishment party. His words, not mine.
You sure did. No wonder we've been ground to dust. It's time to scrape the Ron Paul bumper stickers off their car fenders and replace them with a "Don't tase Me Bro" plea.
Or "don't gas me."
The reality is that Paul cannot win the election more due to the systemic corruption than to a fault of his and our efforts. American people haven't had a choice in the past two presidential elections, why would this one be any different? Romney has "suspended his campaign". Paul is backing off some. Is something happening of which we are not aware? Imminent something? Like Maybe McCain cancer or Pakistan war or something?
Some would compliantly line up after given their bar of soap.
Yes, I agree.
And your inability to state who he should step aside for is amusing.
He has just now proven that by his own words, failing to now run as a third party candidate with a real chance to win the general election. You are correct, sir.
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestI've discovered over the past month or so that I hate the GOP base, stupid ass faux-conservatives they are.
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than to those attending too small a degree of it.-T Jefferson
#106. To: robin (#105)
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#107. To: Dakmar (#104)
At what point does wealth redistribution cease to work?
#108. To: Pinguinite, Dakmar (#107)
#109. To: buckeye (#108)
The gap is a continually shifting one, but the bleating cries for a "stimulus" package is a good indication.
#110. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#29)
It's like trying to turn some diseased, bruised whore back into her former virgin so that you can marry her.
#111. To: BrentFromCanada (#110)
maybe it's not only the republican party that has gone past the point of no return but america as well
#112. To: Dakmar (#109)
#113. To: buckeye (#112)
I was looking for a retort... and I found this.
#114. To: Hayek Fan (#76)
With Paul gone, there will be no one else in Congress to propose legislation which exposes the Republicans as the liars and hypocrites they are.
#115. To: rowdee (#114)
Jim Trafficant bump
Freedom*Peace*Prosperity
#116. To: Esso, Jethro Tull (#10)
Freedom will come at the barrel of a gun
#117. To: Cynicom (#14)
I have been searching the MSM for some hint of Paul bowing out but have not found even a hint.
#118. To: a vast rightwing conspirator (#1)
I do not appreciate his insistence in staying in the GOP party
#119. To: iconoclast (#118)
#120. To: lodwick (#115)
Jim Trafficant bump
#121. To: Pinguinite (#80)
#122. To: Christine (#121)
#123. To: Zoroaster (#122)
I learned my lesson with Pat Buchanan
#124. To: christine (#121)
Remember...G-d saved more animals than people on the ark. www.siameserescue.org
#125. To: christine (#123)
except for the VOTE FRAUD. that's what i wanted illuminated.
My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles,
and the letters get in the wrong places. -- Winnie the Pooh
#126. To: farmfriend (#125)
#127. To: Zoroaster (#122)
I learned my lesson with Pat Buchanan, which is why I never got excited by Ron Paul. Didn't Thomas Jefferson say something like "The tree of liberty must be nourished with blood ever twenty years or so?"
#128. To: a vast rightwing conspirator, noone222, _______, all (#0)
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No man thinks more highly than I do of the patriotism, as well as abilities, of the very worthy gentlemen who have just addressed the House. But different men often see the same subject in different lights; and, therefore, I hope it will not be thought disrespectful to those gentlemen if, entertaining as I do opinions of a character very opposite to theirs, I shall speak forth my sentiments freely and without reserve. This is no time for ceremony. The questing before the House is one of awful moment to this country. For my own part, I consider it as nothing less than a question of freedom or slavery; and in proportion to the magnitude of the subject ought to be the freedom of the debate. It is only in this way that we can hope to arrive at truth, and fulfill the great responsibility which we hold to God and our country. Should I keep back my opinions at such a time, through fear of giving offense, I should consider myself as guilty of treason towards my country, and of an act of disloyalty toward the Majesty of Heaven, which I revere above all earthly kings.
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of it's very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
#129. To: All, REDPANTHER (#128)
PING
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of it's very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
#130. To: who knows what evil (#124)
#131. To: IndieTX, richard9151 (#128)
#132. To: Pinguinite (#78)
You trash RP's efforts because why? Because he didn't succeed?
#133. To: iconoclast, Esso, all (#116)
#134. To: Pinguinite (#92)
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If there was someone else, the group would have found him (or her) long before Ron started his presidential run.
#135. To: Jethro Tull (#132)
Your continued faith in a fraud explains all to well why we're in the mess we're are.
#136. To: buckeye (#131)
#137. To: Jethro Tull (#116)
#138. To: Pinguinite (#135)
So now Ron Paul is a fraud....
#139. To: Esso (#137)
#140. To: Jethro Tull (#139)
#141. To: Cynicom (#47)
Paul has destroyed any organized effort by Americans on the right of having a choice in this election. His failure to step aside is appalling.
#142. To: buckeye (#140)
#143. To: Original_Intent (#56)
but in short the voting (and media) system is currently so rigged that there is no way for an honest Candidate, not a controlled by the Banksters Machine Candibot, to win.
#144. To: Cynicom (#47)
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Paul has destroyed any organized effort by Americans on the right of having a choice in this election. His failure to step aside is appalling.
#145. To: Jethro Tull (#138)
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American politics are a fraud, and Ron Paul is a proud member of the Republican branch of the national establishment party. His words, not mine.
"There is no 'legitimate' Corporation by virtue of it's very legal definition and purpose."
-- IndieTx
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