A Texas Libertarian Starts To Make Waves
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OK, maybe not the entire nation, seeing as Paul, a libertarian congressman from Texas trying to win the Republican presidential nomination, still isn't polling above 2 percent. But of all the minor candidates trying to break into the "Rudy McRomney" elite, Paul may be getting the most attention lately from the press corps. (Well, other than that actor guy.)
And it seems to have as much to do with his ideas – Paul, love him or hate him, articulates a coherent ideology better than many of his competitors – as the fact that he seems to inspire near pathological devotion in his followers. Look at the press coverage: The Washington Post profiled Paul's young campaign coordinator in New Hampshire; CNN.com today posted among its top stories a piece about how Paul's fans inundated the site after the recent presidential debate. He's even winning over Jon Stewart, who had Paul on the "Daily Show" and said to him, "[y]ou have accomplished no small feat, which is, you’re running for President, very much as an underdog, yet you’ve created a nice little buzz going about the Ron Paul candidacy."
When deciding which candidates to pay attention to, members of the press corps usually focus less on what a candidate is saying than how people are responding to him or her. And Paul's ability to inspire passion in his followers – even if they are still an insignificant chunk of the population – is starting to get reporters to take notice. (They don't want to get caught off guard as they did when Howard Dean created a similar buzz back in 2004.) A little attention from the media is probably not going to propel Paul to the nomination, of course. But for a minor candidate, simply getting reporters to notice you is still quite an accomplishment.
Another "non-kook" is Dennis Kucinich - who is a lot like Ron Paul. The fact that Dennis has written some important legislation but has not had any that the rest of the Democrats will let hit the floor, reels of what he has to say and why the rest work hard on the "diminishing return" aspect to "non-qualify" his journey to the end.
If you look at Dennis's health program, the other candidates don't have the prospectus of reality close to what he can nail every point. And if the rest of the Democrats had not been so disconcerting and listend to Denni's plan to bring the troops home with dignity and safety for the troops, there would not be the Iraq Debacle as present. His plan included present and post Iraq with emphasis on the treatment of the damage produced on the Iraqi people.
Ron Paul deserves public air time!
His message of liberty and non-interventionism is powerful and appealing to a majority of Americans, the same can't be said for the status quo candidates within both of the parties...
Time and time again people who listen to Ron Paul and learn about him say that he's a breath fo fresh air...
His strong internet support is the result of the strength of his character and his message.
Insiders at his campaign report that they're shocked by the money pouring into his website... millions of dollars in the past few weeks!
The support for Paul is real. The mainstream media will be forced to snap-out of the shock of Paul's campaign success very soon...
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Media covering the fact that a Presidential candidate is getting media attention is ridiculous.
How about you interview Ron Paul CBS. How about you Report on his views and what he is doing in the congress and how he is advancing his platform and his campaign.
O wait. You just save all that for the corporate endorsed candidates...
I just keep on waiting for them to bring up the IRS issue...you know the one where he plans to "Abolish income tax"...Alas, I know how his numbers would surge..and we can't have that, not with a woman like Hillary running. The media knows "it takes a village" of corruption, to get a stooge in office.
The war is a wonderful place to start. Economics is a great place to stay. The lower and middle classes in this nation are being bled white by the corruption that started in 1916, caused the Great Depression, and continues to savage this nation in ways that not one man in a million can diagnose. This menace to America will not relent, will not repent, will not confess, and will not abstain from impoverishing the American people until it is destroyed. It is called the Federal Reserve, and it cannot be permitted to continue. The only alternative to shutting down the Federal Reserve is a Depression that will make the last one look like a fleeting bad mood.
After 6 and a half years of the Bush, Cheney, Condo-lie-za Administration America wants the truth and disserves to hear it, such as it is%u2026.
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by jeffersonish
June 8, 2007 1:38 PM PDT
- Ron Paul has it all.
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See all 15 CommentsHe has never voted:
* to raise taxes
* for an unbalanced budget
* to raise congressional pay
* for a federal restriction on gun ownership
* to increase the power of the executive branch
He HAS voted:
* against the Iraq war
* against the inappropriately named USA PATRIOT act
* against regulating the internet
* against the Military Commissions Act
Most importantly, he vote NO on anything in Congress that is not allowed by the Constitution.
Shouldn't ALL members of Congress uphold the Constitution? Aren't they SWORN to uphold it? You can bet Paul won't call the Constitution "just a G**D***ed piece of paper" like George Bush is reported to have.
If you want a candidate you can TRUST due to a proven track record, visit ronpaul2008.com and get busy spreading the word. The Mainstream Media is a lagging indicator!!