Posted on 09/07/2007 10:40:07 AM PDT by NapkinUser
Edited on 09/07/2007 2:31:57 PM PDT by Lead Moderator. [history]
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
They're joining the fun...LOL
I found a lovely picture of Benedict Arnold in uniform, but I forget hoe to post photos.
You got it! If you buy a *Ron Paul 2008* chin bucket, you get a free autographed copy of Ron's latest epistle to the Paulestinians.
Perhaps you guys haven't thought this through. Mybe he's not channeling Benedict Arnold. Maybe he's channeling Mussolini or Neville Chamberlain.
More war: don’t pull out of Iraq, invade Iran, etc.
More torture: except for McCain, who agrees with Paul
More secret prisons:
War is the health of the State, as they say.
“Trust us, we’re from the government, we’re here to help.”
Is this what passes for debate here over republican candidates and ideas now?
Cute.
Try this one:
L.Ron Paul is the executioner of the mind.
Wait, howcum so many of these pictures actually look like Timothy Leary???
[bwahahahaha...]
There is no need for debate. His anti-American rants have been posted both verbatim and in linked recordings time and again.
That is not "debatable" it is fact.
Oh...and Napkin User...do I need to post a pic of John Kerry or Scott Ritter in uniform before it will occur to you that wearing the uniform doesn’t guarantee loyalty or clear thinking?
This is not debate over a republican candidate or idea. This is derision of a libertarian nutbag squatting the the GOP and his suicidally-deluded misunderstanding of the Constitution and misapprehension of the danger in this world.
Oh, and he's a goldbug too. LOL
Does anyone actually believe that most of these Ron Paul supporters are some form of conservative?
Banners I see in my area say “RON PAUL 2008 - REVOLUTION”
Thet get that from their love of Che, Fidel, the Chairman, et al. Not conservatives...let’s keep it really real.
Paul threads are not debate, they are entertainment.
But we think they're funny because we have senses of humor, unlike people who grew up learning to emulate Vulcans or what have you.
And I don't think anybody here hates Ron Paul. We just disagree with his off-the-wall policies and find his supporters quite amusing.
Seriously, these threads are great fun!
I believe the Admin Mods and Lead Mod think so, too. ;-)
What’s with the pics? I admit whoever made the Thorazine ad is at least clever, unlike the kool-aid and terrorist pics that incessantly show up on every thread, but it’s still not exactly a vote of support. Do you like Ron Paul or not?
:) The article reads like a “What I did on my summer vacation” homework assignment, or as you said, an entry in his diary. The pink one, with the lock and key.
or these:
“Just as your beautiful skyscrapers were destroyed and caused your grief, beautiful buildings and precious homes crumbled over their owners in Lebanon, Palestine and Iraq because of American weapons used by the Zionists,”...
We will chase [Americans] to every corner at all times. No high tower of steel will protect them against the fire of truth."...
"[America] will not be excluded from the operations and explosions of the Arab and Muslim mujahidin and all the honest strugglers in the world."...
"If the attacks of September 11 cost the lives of 3,000 civilians, how much will the size of losses in 50 states within 100 cities if it were attacked in the same way in which New York and Washington were? What would happen if hundreds of planes attacked American cities?"...
"[I]t is possible to turn to biological attack, where a small can, not bigger than the size of a hand, can be used to release viruses that affect everything..."- Saddam Hussein
Like I said, for entertainment purposes only...
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