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A man dubbed “Polio Paul” has lived inside a 600-pound iron lung for seven decades, reportedly refusing to upgrade to a modern machine. Paul Alexander, 77, contracted polio in 1952 when he was 6 years old. In March, Guinness World Records declared him the longest iron lung patient ever. He has faced many challenges since he was born in 1946. Just last year, Alexander was “taken advantage of by people who were supposed to care for his best interests,” with a fundraiser collecting $132,000 for him. In 1952, he endured the worst polio outbreak in US history with almost 58,000...

While he was in the White House, they continued to fight tooth and nail against him, even those who were supposed to be on his side. This even came during the pandemic from the people who were supposed to be focused on getting rid of it.

Dr. Paul Elias Alexander was a well credentialed, internationally known epidemiologist invited by Trump administration officials to be part of the COVID 19 response team at the White House in April of 2020. He packed up his family, leaving a secure and prominent position in Canada to move to Washington, DC. But then he criticized the public health mandates by Drs. Fauci, Collins, and Birx and showed them research that proved they were wrong about lockdowns, school closings, masking, and social distancing. Following that, he was silenced, harassed and then fired. The Trump White House staff and leadership knew what...

Denver, Colo., Nov 1, 2012 / 04:03 am (CNA).- The Obama campaign attempted to schedule a rally-like event on a Catholic university campus in the key swing state of Colorado before settling on a dialogue with a co-chair of Catholics for Obama. “Their original intent was to have more of a rally element to it,” said Paul Alexander, director of Regis University's Institute for the Common Good, which hosted the event. “We just felt we couldn’t do a rally, but we felt a healthy dialogue among Catholics was important.” About 45 people attended the Oct. 25 dialogue and small group...

I see that Alexander isn't so cocky-forgive the tactless play on his sexual preference-about Kerry mopping up the floor with President Bush come November. Could he be having buyer's remorse, perhaps?

John Batchelor and Paul Alexander will have their show, Batchelor and Alexander simulcast on C-Span 1 tomorrow nite, April 16th, Thursday, from 10 PM to 1 am.