Posted on 01/28/2008 8:02:27 AM PST by jmc813
Murray Sabrin is a professor of finance at Ramapo College in Mahwah and a Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in New Jersey.
TWO HUNDRED years after the Declaration of Independence was signed, a Republican physician from Texas was chosen by the voters in his district to head to Congress in a special election. Of course, 1976 was a presidential year, and incumbent President Gerald Ford was actively working to shore up support from the Republican Party to earn the party's nomination for a new term.
So Ford called this freshman congressman into the Oval Office, congratulated him on his victory in the special election and then asked the young doctor for his support in the Republican presidential primary.
"I'm sorry, Mr. President," said the man in 1976, "but I cannot support you. I am backing Ronald Reagan."
That courageous man was Ron Paul, and now, 32 years later, he himself is seeking the Republican nomination for president of the United States. And the platform on which Paul is running would make Ronald Reagan proud, because it represents a return to the limited government principles that made the Republican Party great, and can make it successful again.
Paul calls himself a "champion of the Constitution." His record in Washington, where his votes against runaway federal government spending have earned him the nickname "Dr. No," shows that he is more an heir to the legacy of Reagan than any other candidate running for president.
Quite simply, Paul does not equivocate on the Constitution or the Bill of Rights. He forcefully rejected the McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform package, which trampled on our political free speech guaranteed by the First Amendment. He has been one of the most strident advocates of Americans' Second Amendment gun rights and a steadfast defender of the Fourth Amendment, voting against the depredations of the American people's privacy by the federal government.
Paul has also been the most vocal critic in Congress of the Federal Reserve's "legalized counterfeiting." Since the creation of the Federal Reserve in 1913, the U.S. dollar has lost more than 90 percent of its purchasing power. And since 1971, when President Nixon ended the last link between the dollar and gold, the U.S. dollar has lost about 80 percent of its value.
To some, that may sound like complicated economic theory. But it's actually quite simple. When we live beyond our means as a nation, we must borrow money from others to make ends meet. When we can't borrow any more, and our government lacks the courage to cut spending, we have no choice but to just print more money.
Sooner or later, this causes the price of goods to increase, especially imports, and the middle class will be squeezed.
President Paul will not allow that to happen.
Paul served this country for five years in the Air Force during the Cold War. So he is strongly attuned to the need for a formidable national defense. That is why he voted in favor of invading Afghanistan in 2001, in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, and why he wants all terrorists brought to justice.
He will never compromise the integrity of America's borders, and has taken a hard line against illegal immigration, calling for an end to benefits for those who enter this country illegally.
Paul believes that if we continue to subsidize illegal immigration, we will invariably get more of it.
So if you miss the principles of Reagan that made the Republican Party so strong, and you believe that we need a president who will restore the federal government to its constitutional size, then Paul is the only choice.
He backed Reagan in 1976 because he foresaw the great legacy in advance – America prospers when government gets out of the way and allows the wealth and talents of the American people to flourish. Ron Paul is the only Republican who has recaptured that spirit, and that is why he is our best hope for president.
He didn't "pose" with anyone. He didn't know who Don Black was when that picture was taken. Prior to the liberal media and conservatives resorting to knee-jerk leftist tactics and stupidly giving Black and the white supremacists publicity, I didn't know who Don Black was from a hole in the wall.
That money was already spent - on FREEDOM, not on advancing some white supremacist nutso manifesto.
ROFL. After tonight Rudy will be doing vaudeville shows again.
Why are you supporting Ron Paul when he doesn’t have any faith in his own campaign?
You're in the midst of a beautiful rope-a-dope campaign by Paul as he rides into the convention and fight for the heart and soul of the GOP. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
I mean, why else is he still running to keep his taxpayer-funded job in the House?
Because it's Texas law.
And I do hope that Chris Peden (http://www.chrispeden.org) finishes him off in the primary.
Chris Peden is to Paul what the team that plays the Harlem Globetrotters are.
Why would someone repeatedly appear on a radio show when his views are not ones that the candidate shares - and should find repugnant?
Paul has already denounced the white supremacists, the Troofers, and the anti-war leftists. Thanks for playing.
Oh really? And has he returned $$ that they've contributed to them? Has he told them that he does not want them endorsing and promoting his candidacy?
It’s Texas law that an incumbent is compelled to keep running for re-election???
Or is it a Texas law that each party has to keep one total kook in federal office? The Dems have Sheila Jackson Lee, and the GOP has had Ron Paulnuts.
Say whatever you want about Chris Peden, but he knows who is at fault for the 9/11 attacks on us. Hell, even Hillary Clinton knows.
He was invited to the show, just like Pat Buchanan and Judge Napolitano have before him. Jones has a juicy niche audience too, lots of libertarians, populists, and independents who listen to him.
Oh really? And has he returned $$ that they've contributed to them?
Why would he give Black back his money from someone's else donation? What part of "donation already spent" do you not understand?
Has he told them that he does not want them endorsing and promoting his candidacy?
Ron Paul says he doesn't want white supremacists supporting him
Hey if it's on the books, why not take advantage of it? Thank you, LBJ!
The Dems have Sheila Jackson Lee, and the GOP has had Ron Paulnuts
Now what makes Paul a kook? Because he wants the troops to come home? That's one-half of one issue (foreign policy) I can disagree with Paul on. What about Paul's other positions? Being pro-2nd Amendment, pro-civil liberties is kooky too?
Say whatever you want about Chris Peden,
Yeah, he's gonna lose.
but he knows who is at fault for the 9/11 attacks on us.
Paul has never blamed America for 9/11. That is the biggest falsehood since Bush's "mysterious" Naitonal Guard service.
Wow. You are so out of touch with reality that there is no point in trying to have a rational discussion with you.
I'm sorry if you never heard him bleat and sniffle about "blowback" and how we brought 9/11 upon ourselves. He can rot in hell for that, as far as I'm concerned.
murray is running for us senate.
The Laut will resign from office after the November election and Corzine will appoint a RAT to fill the term before he himself goes on to join the Clinton administration. Said RAT will handily beat whoever the Republican challenger is.
It’s not easy being in NJ.
It’s not easy being in NJ. >>>
you’re right..to say the least.
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