Ron Paul draws enthusiastic response in New York

NEW YORK - Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, is never going to carry this city in the 2012 presidential race, but the libertarian presidential candidate understands the importance of visiting the Big Apple to broadcast his unorthodox campaign message and pay attention to his passionate base.

On Monday, Paul appeared on "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," where he chatted with Stewart about his electability, his Libertarian views and his enthusiastic supporters. He told the comedian he thinks Republicans' apparent dissatisfaction with the rest of the GOP field could give his long-shot campaign a boost: "We very well could be on the verge of explosion of interest in this country."

A few hours after the "Daily Show" taping, Paul attended a rally in his honor organized by Ron Paul NYC Liberty, a self-professed grassroots organization not affiliated with Paul's official campaign. The event was held at Webster Hall, a nightclub and concert venue on Manhattan's Lower East Side, with more than 1,200 paying attendees shelling out about $20 each to attend the event that more closely resembled a rock show than a political event.

The rally started with a musical guitarist singing "Congress leave my kids alone ... all-in-all we should have elected Ron Paul," and continued with several local officials -- including Dan Halloran, New York City Council member and libertarian political activist -- giving rousing speeches.

"I voted for Ron Paul in 1988 when he ran as libertarian," Peter Schiff, CEO of Euro Capital, told the crowd with a drink in his hand and smile on his face. "If he had won that election we wouldn't be in this mess."

Paul took the stage to a roaring crowd yelling his name in unison. His 30-minute speech was no different than the usual libertarian rhetoric he articulates, but the crowd cheered and screamed after ever punch line.

"Why is it that the active military people send [me] more money than all the rest of 'em put together?" Paul asked, mocking the questions he has been asked at televised debates. "Maybe it is because they don't want to fight unconstitutional, unnecessary, useless wars."

Earlier, on "The Daily Show," Stewart joked with Paul about his ability to maintain a consistent message throughout his political career. The comedian recently decried Paul's lack of media attention in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

"Have you thought about flip- flopping?" Stewart asked. "Because I feel like when I watch the debate, a great deal of it is each candidate yelling at the other for things they used to say that they no longer believe in, and during that conversation they really don't look at you."

In response Paul grinned and said, "If you were my political advisor you would say maybe I should try that and get more attention."

The interview ended with Stewart calling Paul "one of our last consistent politicians that we see in this world."

On Tuesday Paul has four campaign stops in Iowa, where he finished second in the Ames Straw Poll behind Rep. Michelle Bachmann, R-Minn.

[starspangledbanner]

We're not a passionate base Rodney. We're not into the latest fad or giddy establishment spin offs or candidates. We're Ron Paul supporters, you should use the following modifiers before 'base' to describe us:

Firm, consistent, steadfast, loyal, intelligent, here to stay!

[82ndairbornediv]

Would Ron Paul get such an "enthusiastic" welcome in New York today? After he has accused the President of "assassinating" an American citizen?

Until today I thought Paul was an engaging, intelligent guy, even though I didn't agree with his economics. Now I just think he is a complete fool.

[starspangledbanner]

You don't understand The Constitution, it stands for liberty, upholding the law of the land and restraining government. Kings can murder their subjects (citizens) without trial, Presidents can't and Obama did.

[take_a_number]

: starspanglebanner;The main reason to get rid of obama ASAP, like most liberals he has never read the Constitution and if he did he would not be able to grasp its meaning.

[Wliberty]

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authority - its just one side prefers to balloon the size of government with
aggressive warfare and less social welfare and vice-versa. Americans are spoon
fed the "two party paradigm" as a controlling device through the lame-stream
media - that's why globalist neo-cons like Bachmann and Perry are being hyped
as "tea party" and that is why they are desperately trying to co-opt many of
Ron Paul's life-long political positions on things, such as: auditing the
Federal Reserve.


For years have you scratched your head wondering - why are
our representatives in DC doing this? Are they trying to destroy America?
Unfortunately in a twisted sense - they are. For the globalist in both parties
it's not about gaining a secure and prosperous American Republic;
upholding liberty maintaining the supreme law of the land - the U.S. Constitution.
It is totally about maintaining an economic empire for a select group of
oligarchs using the American military - our blood and treasure! It's about redistributing American wealth and
technology and building "emerging" economies in China
and India etc while de-industrializing America! It's about destroying our
education system with federal control so that our young people test dismally
against students in the rest of the world in science and math! It's about
defending borders overseas while leaving our southern border in the USA open
allowing for abuses of American citizens. We could go on and on about the
mistreatment Americans suffer at the hands of a rogue government! However, you
and I both know that throughout the process of the dismantling of America, the
mainstream media tells you "its okay - remember back in 2008 when they
spoon-fed us "don't worry either top tier candidate, Obama or McCain will get
us on track"! Now the media is trying to
force-feed us their choice AGAIN!


Yeah right! We know how that worked out!


The media is currently working overtime to convince voters
that the candidates like: Perry; Romney and Bachmann are significantly
different than President Obama - this is definitely pure BS! All of the 2012
candidates (in both parties) polling significant numbers nationally are deep in
the pocket of international banking and the military industrial complex EXCEPT
RON PAUL! This corrupt system needs an o-going puppet in the White House to
keep bailing out criminals and keep this bogus war on terror going and ramped
up bombing and saber rattling all awhile the media keeping the American people
placated with the "two party paradigm" allowing for global elites to steal
American national wealth and sovereignty! Ron Paul is the only candidate
significantly different than Obama and therefore the ONLY ONE capable of
beating him on issues that the majority of Americans heavily support (like
ending: illegal wars; torture and illegal detention; abolishing the Patriot Act
and Federal Reserve; stopping the abuses of the IRS and TSA and getting us out
of NATO and NAFTA etc.)


The "establishment" is in a real bind - the media's "ignore"
phase for the "Ron Paul problem" hasn't worked and the "discredit" phase is now
underway. These types of tactics are standard procedure in any third world
banana republic to marginalize legitimate opposition to the regime and status
quo. They have NO place in a free representative Republic!


So, fellow Americans if by now you haven't acknowledged that
Obama is a corporate puppet you are in serious denial or part of the subversion!
If you want things to continue under the rule of the global "banksters' and
"tanksters" - maintain the status quo and allowing tyranny to grow under the
phony "two party paradigm" - vote for the spoon- fed media's "top
tier": Obama; Romney; Bachmann; Perry etc., but if you want things to truly
change and have the assurance that you will have the right to be heard and not
silenced then begin to restore America liberty now and support Ron Paul! He
can't be bought - and the establishment knows it! They must use every means
available to attempt to marginalize him - hence the blackout, ridicule and
smear! Check your states regulations for rules of primary voting and do whatever
it takes (you may have to join the Republican Party) so that you can cast your
primary vote for Ron Paul.


WE WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN! Ron Paul 2012!!!

[Wliberty]

The media's ignoring, ridicule and outright smearing of Ron
Paul while bolstering other candidates illustrates nicely the two great modern
schemes operating in American politics facilitated by the mainstream media -
those being: the phony "two party paradigm" and the creation of the phony GOP
"tea party". First, the concept of a modern "tea party" came on board with the
Ron Paul supporters back in 2007 during the campaign. Actual pounds of tea were
to be dropped by a hovering blimp into Boston Harbor on the historic day of the
original Boston tea party against British tyranny as a gesture of defiance to
the status quo (lost of civil liberties; unending illegal wars; nation building;
destruction of our currency; torture and extraordinary rendition; abuse of
civil liberties under the bogus Patriot Act etc.). Party affiliation, national
origin, race etc. wasn't important - all were welcomed - only a love of liberty
and a willingness to fight for it and hence among those veterans the movement
is rarely regarded as "tea party" but instead the "liberty" or "freedom"
movement and it is definitely not GOP or PERRY or Bachmann!!


In 2008 when the
"dynamic duo" - McCain and his side kick - Palin got their bloodied grinded
behinds handed back to them by Obama. This is exactly what the mainstream media
had orchestrated for the previous year - and the rank and file GOP voters
predictably bought it - they bought media served "stooge of the day" McCain and
side kick hook line and sinker! I invite you to research progressive AP
reporter Liz Soldoti's coverage of McCain 2008 and see how she systematically
built him up "straight talk express" to become the GOP front runner - the MSM
knowing he was hopeless and would get creamed by Obama!


Immediately after the election in an attempt to do damage
control the RNC/GOP and right leaning media embraced "tea party" to co-opt the
movement for the progressive neo-cons - enter the right media ala FOX and the likes
of social controlling neo-con personalities such as Rush Limbaugh; Glenn Beck
and Sean Hannity. The left media, MSNBC etc. and their social controlling
components: Keith Obermann; Chris Mathews and Rachel Maddow in an effort to
maintain and reinforce the phony two party paradigm immediately hyped them "racists"
and "secessionists" nut jobs stressing the "tea party" as against newly elected
President Obama primarily because he was black!


Hence: the term "tea party" as currently hyped in the media
is a creation of the mainstream media and simply equates to good old American
progressive "neo-con"! The concept of "tea party" they propagate is a primary
tool currently used to continue the "two party paradigm". Anyone uninformed enough to buy in is being
seriously played and hasn't taken the effort to analyze the actual facts - just
taking the media's word for it like a good little boy or girl and maintain the
"status quo".


Allow me to go a little Taoist on you - the "real" tea party
you hear about is not the "REAL" tea party!


Strange as it may seem, there is actually little
socio-economic and political ideological difference between - lets say, MSNBC
and FOX - only the illusion of one! Both the (so - called) right and left
factions of American mainstream media are all globalists - wanting to maintain
and expand American empire with all their corporate owners having direct BOD
relationships with the giants in the military industrial complex such as: GE;
Texaco; Chevron; Boeing; Lockheed Martin; Citigroup; Rockwell Automation;
Chase, WorldCom, and JP Morgan; Halliburton, etc. and thereby financially
benefit directly from the ongoing nation building and entrenched foreign
occupations.


So the mainstream media as a whole created the current "GOP tea
party" as is hyped today, to attempt to contain and control the actual
legitimate non-partisan "liberty movement" (being the actual REAL "tea party"
started by Ron Paul supporters in 2007) - it being a threat to the status quo
and use the phony "two party paradigm" to help them do it. This is the illusion
of two different parties counter balancing one another - please don't say you
can't remember recently this spring when republican Senator McCain and democrat
Senator Kerry went arm in arm bellowing for illegal war with Libya? Do you
not find it is strange that Obama never changed Bush/Cheney policies regarding:
torture; bailouts; WARS; Patriot Act and lost of civil liberties and abuse of
American citizenry. Exactly - both parties want huge intrusive central

[Wliberty]

noloyalisti - Do yourself a favor, and get educated. "Read The 5000 Year Leap" for starters. Then read Paul's book "The Foreign Policy of Freedom". Who do you think started this country? A bunch of greedy rich white guys who owned land and slaves.(Much like Walmart and other big corporations) This country was founded on the independent spirit of freedom to achieve personal wealth and happiness. If you want to be a naysayer, and blame anybody but yourself for not achieving more then consider yourself a moocher. Also check out Atlas Shrugged, and wake up! Ron Paul is the only chance this country has to get back to what made it great.

[noloyalisti]

Do you think he hates America because he is senile or just because he is a Republicon? Paul stands for freedom for the richest Americans to continue their program of rape and pillage.

Hey maybe he is a plant to help stop overpopulation. If all the old people and kids die and no one has health care, we will all have more to divide up.

[whatthehellbook]

I like Paul but there are parts of his foreign policy that I don't agree with. We can't withdraw all of our troops, it's just not realistic.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjRcO1Sm0HU

[P_A_T_R_I_O_T]

What exactly is "way out" by following The Constitution? How is Freedom and Liberty, something that makes one not Presidential? How can someone vote for a candidate that wants to adjust federal taxes, rather than someone who wants to eliminate them? Why would one want to continue to deal with the Federal Government, when it's so much more logical, and easier, to deal with State Government? None of the other candidates give a damn about your Freedoms or your Libertys. Wake the f*&^k up!

[JB176]

I'm honestly starting to think people simply don't want to wake up.When people call Ron Paul "crazy" because he actually follows the constitution and is the only one fighting for our personal liberties...I think it's safe (but sad) to say our governmnent and our country have gotten WAY off track. Our freedoms are slowly being stripped from us, and the majority of people in this country don't even seem to notice. Or maybe they just don't care. Pretty sad really.

[noloyalisti]

Paul is a wacko who wants to take all the failed Republicon philosophies like free market and put them on steroids.

He actually believes that big corporations can regulate themselves. Like they will pay their fair share of taxes out of the goodness of their hearts.

[alragusa]

Yes, yes. The "unelectable" TEN-TIME Congressman can't win.

Sort of like saying the Yankees can't win the World Series.

[noloyalisti]

He's too much of an extemist. That might play well with the inbreds in the south but that's about it.