Thread: Ron Paul speech at CPAC

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Ron Paul: McCain friends with Feingold, Kennedy
by Mark Silva

After the smoke cleared at the Conservative Political Action Conference – the public withdrawal of Mitt Romney from the Republican presidential race, and the attempt of John McCain to make friends with the party’s staunchest conservatives – a conservative crowd-pleaser stepped forward .

Ron Paul, the Republican representative from Texas.

Paul was playing on the frustrations in this hall, with many voicing worries about McCain, the all-but annointed nominee.

Now the party has an apparent candidate who is a friend of Sen. Russ Feingold – on campaign finance reform – Paul said. And now the party has an apparent candidate who is a friend of Ted Kennedy – on immigration – Paul said.

He raised cheers in the hall – perhaps the first genuine cheers of the day.

“If you think we can lead this country back to conservative principles… you have another thing coming, because it’s not going to happen,’’ Paul said.


“The answer is found in fiscal conservatism – live within our means,’’ he said to cheers in the hall.

“As long as a government can stir up fear, sometimes real and sometimes not real, the people are expected to do one thing, sacrifice their liberty,’’ he said to cheers.

And then there is the war in Iraq, with Paul the only one of several Republican candidates for president this year who took a stance against the war.
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“McCain says we should stay there for 100 years if necessary – I say there is no need,’’ Paul said to more cheers in the hall.

“We campaigned in 2000 for a humble foreign policy, no policing of the world – and now we are doing the very same thing,’’ Paul said.

But this is where he started to lose his audience: “Iraq had nothing to do with 9/1’’ The Paulites in the hall were happy, but the rest of the crowd was starting to part ways with a Republican who has sharply parted ways with most of the candidates.

Yet, while the Romney folds his tent, the Paul campaign carries on.

Posted by Mark Silva on February 7, 2008 5:00 PM | Permalink

ron paul can learn.
so can we.

He was beginning to lose the audience because he spoke the truth?? Iraq DIDN'T have anything to do with 9-11. The terrorists came from Saudi Arabia. You mean to tell me these people STILL BELIEVE the terrorists were from Iraq????? No wonder why we are so messed up....

yup.

Remember the conditioning. YEARS and years of build up. Years of FOX and CNN propaganda. They have rammed the idea that this "made up" war is a republican/conservative ideal. It is not.

They have effectively turned this war of lies into a "patriotic war".

The problem is, most of these people have no clue about war or serving. If they did, they would understand.

There is NOT coincidence that Dr. Paul receives MORE donations from military than almost ALL republicans combined. There is something to be learned here.

I heard the CPAC speech by Ron Paul. Totally awesome! Nice to see him fired up!

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