Ron Paul Supporters Keep Your Hands Where I Can See ‘Em
Posted on March 22, 2009 at 7:27 pmKen Marrero reports Missouri State Police have received special instructions on how to spot a potential domestic terrorist:
Among the bumper stickers listed as indicative of dangerous, anti-Americans behind the wheel are those supporting Ron Paul or other 3rd party candidates, the Gadsden flag, opposition to the North American Union, opposition to the President’s Mandatory Service agenda, the right to Keep and Bear arms and belief that the States are sovereign. All these and more are “identifiers” common to militia movements across the nation and should alert law enforcement to be cautious when dealing with occupants in cars displaying them.
In fact, they are told such people often consider police the enemy. To be fair, the report doesn’t claim that all people who hold such views are automatically terrorists bent on shooting cops at traffic stops. However, if you have such stickers on your vehicle in Missouri, tensions just went WAY up.
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A Revolution In The Davidson County GOP?
Posted on March 6, 2009 at 7:02 pmA Ron Paul supporter is a candidate to become chairman of the DCGOP tomorrow and the outgoing chair doesn’t seem to mind that he could possibly win:
Outgoing Davidson County GOP chairman Tom Lawless told Examiner.com he won’t officially endorse a favorite in the race to succeed him. But Lawless said he’s long believed expanding the party base to include new voters and new demographics will require new leaders with new visions.
Collins appears to fit the mold, said Lawless.
“The party needs to get younger and it needs to get more inclusive,” said Lawless. “(Starnes) is clearly a status-quo candidate, and she’d be the pick of the older generation that currently has the reins of power. But you’ve got to pass those reins at some point. I recognized very early in Matt the strength of his energies and of his traditional conservative beliefs that go back, not just to the ideas of Ronald Reagan, but to the ideas of the Founding Fathers. Matt has exhibited to me some extremely good leadership qualities in a very, very, short period of time.”
The Davidson County GOP meeting starts tomorrow at 8am at Hillsboro High School.
UPDATE SATURDAY 12:46PM: The election between Starnes-Maxwell and Collins resulted in a tie. The vote will be rescheduled this week.
Is Paulism The Future Of The GOP?
Posted on March 2, 2009 at 6:13 pmJim Antle explores the possibility:
In the end, Paul did respectably in the CPAC straw poll, tying Alaska governor Sarah Palin for third place. Palin is a hero of the Republican right alongside Ann Coulter and Joe the Plumber. It is possible that the financial collapse will do for Paul what the Iraq war couldn’t: gain him and his allies a respectful hearing from a majority of conservatives. It wouldn’t be the first time. In 1996, many conservatives ignored Pat Buchanan’s opposition to the first, more popular war against Iraq and instead gobbled up his red meat on other issues.
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Huckabee To Be The New Paul Harvey?
Posted on at 4:16 pmFrom Bob Hovic:
As for his “News and Comment” show, which ran for a few minutes twice a day, it is unclear how affiliates might fill that programming. “There is no replacing Paul Harvey because he is a national treasure,” said ABC Radio spokesman Omar Thompson. But former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, whose new ABC Radio show already has more than 90 affiliates after launching in January, might be a good fit for many of those affiliates, in part because his show is also short-form.
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Ron Paul Doesn’t Think He Wants To Be President Of Bartertown
Posted on at 3:51 pmFrom CNN:
The Republican congressman from Texas was asked by CNN American Morning anchor John Roberts if he plans to make another bid for the presidency in 2012. “I don’t think so,” said Paul. “I’m not planning on that. It’s a long way off. I hardly can visualize what the country is going to be like then.”
We Are All Socialists Now
Posted on October 30, 2008 at 8:49 amPete Kotz doesn’t really understand all these rabid statists running around throwing the term “socialist” about:
Think about it: Damn near everything federal, state and local governments do can be construed as socialist to varying degrees. The Wall Street bailout? Socialism. Public funding for LP Field? Socialism. Incentives to relocate Nissan? Socialism. Taxing oil production in Alaska? Socialism.
Tennessee Libertarian Chief On Ron Paul’s Presidential Endorsement
Posted on September 22, 2008 at 10:39 pmTony Wall hits Bob Barr and the national Libertarian Party for its failure to secure Ron Paul’s endorsement:
Ladies and Gentlemen,
The stupid stunt pulled by the Barr Campaign has officially robbed this party of the opportunity of our lifetime. It couldn’t have been more destructive if it were planned. The total inaction on the part of our national leadership including the Libertarian National Committee is completely inexcusable.
Good luck spinning this one.
Tony Wall
Chair
Libertarian Party of Tennessee
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Ron Paul Endorses Constitution Party Candidate Chuck Baldwin
Posted on at 5:31 pmLibertarian Party candidate Bob Barr didn’t appreciate Ron Paul’s efforts to bring together enemies of the permanent regime in Washington and hold a press conference featuring all of the third party candidates. Barr thought Paul had snubbed him by not passing the torch of revolution to him.
Well, Mr. Barr, how do you like these apples:
The Libertarian Party Candidate admonished me for “remaining neutral” in the presidential race and not stating whom I will vote for in November. It’s true; I have done exactly that due to my respect and friendship and support from both the Constitution and Libertarian Party members. I remain a lifetime member of the Libertarian Party and I’m a ten-term Republican Congressman. It is not against the law to participate in more then one political party…
…I’ve thought about the unsolicited advice from the Libertarian Party candidate, and he has convinced me to reject my neutral stance in the November election. I’m supporting Chuck Baldwin, the Constitution Party candidate.
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He Tried To Tell You
Posted on at 7:18 amRon Paul is taking an “I Told You So” media tour in the wake of America financial crisis:
Though he is no longer running for president, the crisis has sparked an unaccustomed media boomlet for Paul, who has made recent television appearances on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News and Fox Business.
Paul, like Nader, asserts that recent events prove the correctness of his economic philosophy. “He thinks this is a long-term crisis that has been unwinding since 1971,” said Jesse Benton, a Paul spokesman.Paul shares Barr’s and Nader’s view that the government’s response has been inappropriate.
The bailouts “prop up a bad system,” Paul said on MSNBC Thursday afternoon. “All they’ve tried to do is patch up a system that is unworkable.”
Do You Want What Ron Wants?
Posted on September 11, 2008 at 2:30 pmRon Paul interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on his decision to endorse all of the third party candidates for President:
“So you want to stop Obama, is that what you’re saying?’ Blitzer pressed.
“Well, no. I want to change the system. I want — I want Ralph Nader and the third party candidates, all of them, to be in the debate. I mean, that’s the only debate. There’s no debate going on. This is a ritual. This is charade.”
Doesn’t this reinforce the notion that candidates such as Nader, running as an independent candidate, and former Georgia congressman Bob Barr, running as the Libertarian candidate and the Green Party’s Rep. Cynthia McKinney are simply spoilers?
“I say two things,” Nader said. “They’re factually wrong about 2000. If you asked Al Gore why he lost, he’ll say it was the Electoral College because he won the popular vote and it was stolen from him in a whole variety of ways before, during and after Election Day from Tallahassee to the five politicians on the Supreme Court.
“Now, I have news for you. The last four major polls, when they poll Obama and (John) McCain, and then they poll Obama, McCain and they put Nader/Gonzalez in the poll, McCain does worse. Does worse.”
Ron Paul Goes Rogue: The Counter-Con Speech
Posted on September 3, 2008 at 6:01 amRon Paul addresses the faithful in a rambling speech across the way from the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis.
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Governor Sarah Palin On Ron Paul: “He’s Cool”
Posted on August 31, 2008 at 5:52 pmMTV Street Team: Well, a lot of students asked me to ask you, Ron Paul, cult-following in Alaska….
Governor Sarah Palin: He’s cool. He’s a good guy. He’s a good guy. He’s so independent. He’s independent of like the party machine, I’m like, right on, so am I. The party machinery, on both sides of the party, ya know, Americans are tiring of the incessant partisanship that gets in the way of just doing the right thing for this country.
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The Revolution Is Dead. Long Live The Revolution
Posted on June 12, 2008 at 3:44 pmRon Paul will officially end his campaign for President tonight in a speech from Houston:
The new phase of the revolution officially begins with a speech tonight in Houston and a Web video to be posted on his site, officially ending Paul’s presidential campaign and freeing up the more than $4.7 million in campaign cash for investment in a new advocacy group, The Campaign for Liberty.
The new entity will be used to push a slate of libertarian-minded Republican candidates for public office in local districts nationwide, according to a description provided to ABC News by the Paul campaign.
How Much Help Can Barr Count On From The Revolution?
Posted on May 26, 2008 at 1:13 pmJonathan Martin is skeptical about Libertarian Presidential candidate Bob Barr’s ability to catch fire without the help of Ron Paul:
And in my conversation with Paul last month, he showed little enthusiasm for Barr.
Without Paul’s passionate legions, Barr would have a difficult time attracting grass-roots and financial support.
In other words, if Paul stays on the sidelines and does not get behind Barr, the Libertarian nominee could be as much of a non-factor this year as in every other recent presidential cycle.
Sadcox wonders, whether Paul endorses or not, whether Barr can get his hands on Paul’s all important mailing list.
Anti-McCain GOP Primary Vote Not Unprecedented
Posted on May 7, 2008 at 12:53 pmThe Ground Game argues that the substantial vote against John McCain in the recent primary contests in PA, IN and NC are not demonstrably different from George W. Bush’s performance after he had clinched the nomination in 2000:
[A]re his primary results really that different compared to what George W. Bush received after effectively wrapping up the nomination against McCain in 2000? Bush was considered extremely well-liked by the party’s base, and was the frontrunner going back at least till 1999, up through when McCain officially withdrew on March 9, 2000.
So, what happened in the primaries after that? Results from the Associated Press show that Bush’s numbers in 2000 are largely comparable to McCain’s in 2008. For example, even in the June 6th South Dakota primary, Bush fails to cross the 80 percent threshold. In fact, Bush rarely crossed the 80 percent threshold despite having effectively wrapped up the nomination after Super Tuesday.
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Ron Paul And Mike Huckabee Combine For 27% In Pennsylvania
Posted on April 23, 2008 at 10:02 amR. Neal points out some interesting results yesterday from the Republican primary in Pennsylvania:
McCain won with 73% of the vote. Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul got 16%, followed by Chucklebee at 11%.
73% doesn’t seem like a very strong showing by the presumptive nominee and savior of the Bush GOP legacy against two guys who already dropped out.
It sounds like a third party Ron Paul Ron Paul Ron Paul/Mike Huckabee ticket is just what the GOP disaffected need. Democrats would be happy with that scenario, too.
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Ron Paul’s Trojan Horses
Posted on April 22, 2008 at 8:07 amPatrick Ruffini discusses the affect that Ron Paul supporters efforts to elect delegates at various GOP state conventions could have:
Short term, county convention delegates elect state convention delegates. In many cases, the state conventions elect delegates to the national convention. The end result could be a lot of Ron Paul people sitting on the floor in St. Paul, pledged to vote for John McCain but free agents otherwise.
Little will be decided by the delegates. Outwardly, their goal is to get Paul a speaking slot, which I imagine he’ll get, at 8:05 p.m. on Tuesday night.
But by far the biggest impact delegates can have is through floor demonstrations. In some ways, their reactions to the speeches set the tone for the convention, amplifying messages from the stage. Remember how Pat Buchanan enraptured the floor at the 1992 convention but lost the country? Or how the Texas delegates turned their backs on gay Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe in 2000? Now, imagine, Paul loyalists get 20-30% of the seats on the floor in St. Paul, controlling delegations like Missouri, with a significant presence in Minnesota, with closest promixity to the stage. Can the speakers safely voice a pro-victory message in Iraq without a significant amount of boos and catcalls? How will this look on television? And don’t forget, national conventions are also heaven for reporters trolling for off-message quotes from delegates.
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Same Place Pat Buchanan’s $12 Million In Federal Matching Funds Went In 2000
Posted on at 6:59 amMr. Turnbow wants to know what Ron Paul did with all that cheddar he famously raised during the GOP Primary season:
Politico is reporting that he’s running an ad in Philadelphia right now. But where did he go after he raised over $20 million back in the winter? I never saw one ad on the Huntsville, Tupelo, Nashville, Memphis and Jackson TV stations. What did he do with all that money?
Presidential Campaigns Make Strange Bedfellows
Posted on April 18, 2008 at 6:30 am
The Wall Street Journal reports on the endless campaign season and its affect on endless love:
Jesse Benton, 30, had a serious girlfriend in Washington when he signed up to be communications director for Texas Rep. Ron Paul. That quickly ended when she complained about his being on the road so much, he says.
Several months later Mr. Benton was spotted kissing Mr. Paul’s granddaughter and fellow campaign staffer, Valori Pyeatt, 22, in a hallway of the Des Moines Marriott. “It’s uncentering to have no real routine, but it’s also liberating. It lets your passions out,” says Mr. Benton, who is now engaged to Ms. Pyeatt. The two plan to marry in Texas in August.
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