interview:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3NA1...layer_embedded
Youtube links to Aaron Russo documentary 'America: Freedom to Fascism' and interview discussing elite agenda. R.I.P. Aaron | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
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MSNBC Talks About Obama Murdering American Citizens with Drone Strikes
Submitted by ralph hornsby on Sun, 09/09/2012 - 12:31
Peace / War
Up with Chris Hayes | Aired on September 09, 2012
Drone strikes, jingoism, and revisionism at the DNC
The Nation’s Jeremy Scahill asks when the President will explain the drone strikes in the much-needed conversation about national security that needs to happen during the general election.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlQHUEWYigM&feature=player_embedded
Jeremy Scahill Takes Down MSNBC Panel On Obama Foreign Policy - YouTube
http://video.msnbc.msn.co...
MSNBC video goes to commercial break and part two continuation starts
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RNC Corruption: Should Libertarians Leave Republican Party? by Julie Borowski
Submitted by Pieter on Sat, 09/08/2012 - 14:41
Daily Paul Liberty Forum
The RNC mistreated Ron Paul and his delegates. Does this mean it is time to leave the Republican Party? Or does it mean that libertarians are being effective in the GOP?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2qhx_LXAOw&feature=player_embedded
RNC Corruption: Should Libertarians Leave Republican Party? by Julie Borowski | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
Jeremy Scahill Takes Down MSNBC Panel On Obama Foreign Policy; 9-9-12
Submitted by SaveOurSovereignty on Sun, 09/09/2012 - 15:11
Videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mlQHUEWYigM
Airing Date Sept.- 09, 2012
Mr.Scahill first starts out by bashing the DNC for over using the death of Osama, then critiques the media for being mum on Obama's foreign policy and later discusses the 16 year old American citizen Obama droned in Yemen.
Jeremy Scahill Takes Down MSNBC Panel On Obama Foreign Policy; 9-9-12 | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
The current view of the 2012 presidential election, based on HuffPost Pollster charts and analysis.
Updated: Sunday, Sep. 9 11:25 am ET
http://assets.elections.huffingtonpo...inny/obama.png Obama 247 Electoral Votes
http://assets.elections.huffingtonpo...nny/romney.pngRomney 191 Electoral Votes
270 electoral votes needed to win
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The GOP and RNC have a Suicide Run~Away Train happening and they just dont get it... Romney, just like McCain wasnt picked to Win; he was picked by the Elites to knock out any and all contenders against Obama
These 2 ~ Obama / Romney are Globalists and the Elite have hedged their Bets... there is NO change Coming
Obama vs Romney
Last Updated: 9/9
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Gallup: Obama Gets Post-Convention Election Lift
President Barack Obama got a sizeable bump coming out of the Democratic National Convention last week, according to several major polls released over the weekend. A weekend Gallup poll shows Obama pulling ahead of GOP contender Mitt Romney by four percentage points. For weeks, most polls have shown Obama and Romney in a dead heat. But Obama's job approval number now stands at 52 percent, a nine-point jump since late August. [Full Story]
Will Defecting from the GOP Help Ron Paul's Supporters Take It Over?
Submitted by Robin Koerner on Sun, 09/09/2012 - 19:36
Bio | Blog | facebook.com/bluerepublican | watchingamerica.com
Robin Koerner is the original "Blue Republican", a term he coined in this article. He also runs WatchingAmerica.com. He is a British permanent resident of the United States.
Over the last year, many of Paul’s supporters have claimed that the GOP can’t win without them. That’s either a threat or a promise. As any parent knows, neither should be made emptily.
Following all of the shenanigans against them throughout the Primary season, and the RNC’s decision in Tampa to alienate them completely, Paul’s supporters have been considering how to vote in November.
Although most of them would like nothing more than to write his name in, they know that in most states, such write-in votes would not be counted, so as a statement of principle or protest, they would be rather ineffective, however satisfying they’d be to cast.
Therefore, I recently polled the 13,000-strong community of Blue Republicans, all Ron Paul supporters, to find out for whom they intended to vote for President.
An overwhelming 66% said they would be voting for Gary Johnson – the Libertarian candidate who shall be the only candidate other than Obama and Romney on the ballot in every state (absent yet more GOP mafia tactics). Sixteen (16) percent will be writing in Ron Paul, even though most don’t expect their vote to be counted, and Romney will attract the votes of a negligible 6%. (Margin of error +/-4%.)
These results may have serious implications for November’s election and signal the real possibly of an exciting shift in the trajectory of American politics.
The liberty movement is united in its belief that America’s two-party system, rather than a single party alone has brought America to crisis. Its members understand that those issues of agreement between the parties are much more important than are any issues on which they traditionally disagree.
There are myriad examples. Both parties support a monetary system that systematically moves wealth away from productive earners to a financial elite that operate under special government license; both parties favor cronies with well-paid lobbyists; both support a militaristic foreign policy that leads to loss of innocent life in countries from which we are not threatened; both parties have worked hard to eliminate the first, fourth, fifth and tenth amendments of your Bill of Rights through, for example, the Patriot Act, the National Defense Authorization Act and FinCEN (look it up), to name just a few.
The duopoly has for decades ensured that when the partisan Elephants and Donkeys agree on an issue, the people have no way of democratically acting on their own interests at the ballot box. This used to be the case because it was impossible for any third party to receive enough votes to influence the outcome of an election or even the flavor of politics that would follow it.
But today, things may be different. The liberty movement, two million of whom voted for Dr. Paul in the Republican primaries, is now a large, politically active and unusually coherent political force. Many of its core themes are consistent with much of what the Republicans say they stand for, but have arguably not acted on since Eisenhower retired to his farm.
Every presidential election since Reagan has been won by a margin of no more than 8.5%. That translates to about 11 million votes today.
For all I know, there may well have been 11 million people in this country who would have preferred a more pro-liberty, pro-Constitution, anti-cronyism, anti-militarism, smaller-government president to the guy who actually won in all of those elections. Indeed, on the two occasions a non-establishment candidate, Ross Perot, campaigned with full media coverage, his vote exceeded this 8.5% - and that was without benefiting from an organic and passionate political movement with a well-defined philosophy.
More importantly, right now, millions of Paul’s supporters who are against the status quo have an even deeper revulsion of the party that should embrace them, the GOP, than of the other party whose politics are even more antithetical to their own. The RNC’s disenfranchisement of Paul’s supporters have made large numbers of them feel in their gut that the “lesser of two evils” is really more “evil” than “lesser”, and a vote for the Republicans would be something like buying a “thank you” gift for the man who just burgled your house.
Is eleven million impossible? That rather depends on how many Ron Paul supporters there really are.
Despite the fact that a significant minority of Paul’s supporters feel that differences between their man and Johnson are show-stoppers, a large showing for Johnson could have some of the significant practical effects that they have been seeking all along.
First, it would help expand the liberty movement’s rEVOLution by getting it televised – at least, as a discussed statistic on the news shows on election night. That’s important because the rest of the country is awaiting proof that the liberty movement has the size and the wherewithal to impose itself on the mainstream.
No revolution in a country with such a dispersed population as the USA will likely be successful without being televised: because the beaming of a thing into every living room is the only way the people who are sitting in those living rooms – its non-participants – will really believe it’s happening. A political or cultural revolution changes a society only if it is visible and dramatic, for then people find that their old ideas no longer enable them to make sense of what is happening around them or, at least, make them curious enough to see what all the fuss is about.
A large Johnson vote beamed into American homes on 6 Nov. may do more to get people Googling his views and seriously considering the possibility of something other than the two-party system than any campaign ads he can make or money he can spend. And if his vote exceeds the margin of victory of the winner, and the pundits point out that Ron Paul’s following is mostly responsible, the Paulites will have ceased to be politically marginal, by definition.
Second, a large Johnson swing could hugely boost Ron Paul’s supporters in realizing one of their greatest political ambitions - a takeover of the GOP. Ron Paul has said – and proven in the last year – that the weakness of our democracy is such that working within a Republicrat party allows people to have a much larger platform and affect many more minds. If Gary Johnson does really well as a third-party candidate in November, it will likely be because Ron Paul didn’t run as one.
A Romney loss in November by less than the Johnson vote could force the GOPowers-that-be to consider a leader in 2016 who is credible with Constitutional voters who like their individual liberties.
As of now, the obvious beneficiary of such an outcome would be Rand Paul. Some in the liberty movement have never quite forgiven him for endorsing Mitt Romney, but that is probably to mistake a man’s methods for his principles and to take too lightly the importance of having an insider for an ally. Politics is a place for principles - not purism.
Saying Rand isn’t broadly pro-liberty because he endorsed Romney is like saying Obama isn’t broadly progressive because he has not collectivized farms. To both claims, the appropriate response is simply, “Look at everything else he’s done”. And most importantly, in supporting Romney, Rand kept a promise he made when he ran for Senate in Kentucky. That promise won him the support of the party that put him in the Senate, where, among other things, he defeated legislation that would have enabled the indefinite detention of Americans found innocent in a court of Law. Keeping one’s word is justification for anything that does no harm.
When it does good, all the better.
But the ultimate justification for Rand’s approach would of course come be his presence on the inside when the party realizes it needs a liberty-focused Constitutionalist to lead its makeover after a few months of pondering defeat.
Very Sun-Tzu: “He who is prudent and lies in wait for an enemy who is not, will be victorious.”
If not Rand, then others: politicians support what is becoming more popular so that they may become more popular. If a large turn-out for Gary Johnson reveals that that civil rights are growing in popularity with the speed that the main parties are losing theirs, then all those peace-loving liberty fans who have worked so valiantly to take over positions in their county and state GOP may find that in a few years they’ll be able to vote for someone in their own party with a completely clear conscience.
And that would be a rEVOLution, indeed.
Will Defecting from the GOP Help Ron Paul's Supporters Take It Over? | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
Open Letter To Oklahoma GOP Chairman, Matt Pinnell Regarding the Republican National Convention
Submitted by QFish on Sun, 09/09/2012 - 21:54
Delegates
DP Original
Oklahoma
Dear Matt,
I was at the RNC last week, as well as the week prior due to the contest committee. There are some major issues that I feel need to be addressed.
I know you said at our State Convention in May that you would go to bat for the Executive Committee slate 365 days a year. If the slate had been elected by the Oklahoma State Party rules, I would have no problem with that. But, the slate was elected by breaking the rules of the Oklahoma Republican Party, as well as the Convention Rules.
As you know very well, I was present as a witness at the Contest Committee of the RNC, as well as the Credentials Committee. So much of what I heard come out of your mouth were complete lies, just to get this slate of wrongfully elected delegates seated. I won’t argue over all of that again, as we heard each other’s arguments multiple times in Tampa.
On the OK GOP website you wrote that we had “a successful RNC Convention” last week. What you call a “successful RNC Convention” was a complete sham. As we saw numerous times in the week leading up to the Convention, the Committee on Contests & the Credentials committee unseated duly elected delegates from Maine, Louisiana, Oregon & Massachusetts. The Rules Committee also rammed through rules that completely take away the power from the grassroots.
Once we were on the Convention floor on Tuesday, both Reince Priebus and Speaker Boehner could have cared less for what the delegates wanted. The delegates made their voice loudly heard when a large amount voted against the Credentials report. And then an even larger amount voted against the Rules report. Even our own National Committeewoman, Carolyn McClarty, was opposed to the changes that were shoved through the Rules Committee. There was division called for over and again & points of order raised, yet because it was not on the teleprompter, Chairman Priebus and Speaker Boehner didn’t acknowledge the voice of the people (the delegates).
I would hope this would disturb you, Matt. But, when I see your complete disregard for rules to be followed at the State level, it doesn’t surprise me that you don’t seem to blink an eye at the railroad job that was our National Convention last week.
What happened last week was a complete embarrassment to the Republican Party.
How do we expect to change the terrible course our nation is on when our own Party can’t follow the rules? When our own Party won’t hear the voice of the people (delegates)? By supporting what happened last week, you are supporting shunning the voice of the people, breaking rules, & unseating rightfully elected delegates.
What the Oklahoma Republican Party should be doing right now, instead of supporting what happened last week, is standing up to the RNC and pointing out the disgusting tactics that were used at the Convention.
How can we say the Republican Party is for the people when our Party won’t even hear the voice of the people at the National Convention level? Or how can we say we’ll get this country back on track, when we do things just as bad as the Democrats at the Party level? It’s time we stand up for what is right, even if it involves exposing our own Republican Party. People need to see the hypocrisy that the Republican Party has in it. If we don’t fix our own Party, how do we expect to fix the country?
Matt, I know you have the potential to go far in the Republican Party, but if you continue to ignore the breaking of rules and support the kind of things that went on at the Convention last week, you are doing yourself and the Republican Party more harm than good. I plan to stay in the Party, speak up for what is right, even if people don’t want to hear it, and hope to change this Party. I plan to stay involved so that people who condone breaking the rules and ignoring the will of the delegates are held accountable, and cannot get away with this corruption any longer. I hope you will consider what I say here and change your ways before our Party is destroyed even more.
Sincerely,
Qadoshyah Fish
Reblogged from: http://libertyliveblogteam.wordpress.com/2012/09/08/open-let...
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We have ONE Party - with TWO marketing campaigns.
Submitted by jetguy on Sun, 09/09/2012 - 18:00
Liberty Candidates
DP Original
Think about it.
You will never get business executives and old money, cheering with union member and community organizers. No party tent is big enough for these diverse groups. They would simply look at one another and say "If THIS guy represents YOUR interests, then by definition he doesn't represent mine."
So we have two very different marketing campaigns for the same thing.
The incumbent party is not the first product marketed to different groups differently. Its done all the time. Pickup trucks are marketed one way to construction companies and a completely different way to recreationalists - but its the same product.
The Democrat Party and the Republican Party are simply different marketing campaigns for the same bankster, constant war, fascist party.
The Liberty movement is not a third party - its a second one.
We have ONE Party - with TWO marketing campaigns. | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk 9/10/12: The U.S. is a Republic, NOT a Democracy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fTmdfYNdlTc
New Mexico Tampa 8 Strike Back
Submitted by paddysforronpaul on Sun, 09/09/2012 - 11:35
Delegates
DP Original
New Mexico
This is being sent to every major Newspaper in New Mexico
Title: Epic Fail in Tampa
Dear Editor,
When the history of the 2012 presidential election is written, historians will likely identify the Republican National Committee’s treatment of Ron Paul delegates at the 2012 RNC convention as the major mistake of the campaign. Around 500 delegates and alternate delegates arrived in Tampa to support Ron Paul. It was known from the start that Ron Paul did not have enough votes to get the nomination, however the Ron Paul delegates wanted to place his name in nomination and count every vote. In other words, they wanted a little respect for Dr. Paul and an acknowledgment of the liberty movement. They also expected a compromise from the RNC that would throw a few bones to the liberty movement in exchange for a unified party coming out of the convention.
What actually happened was devastating. The first inkling that something was wrong was at the security line where every single Ron Paul sign was confiscated. Once inside, the entire convention was embedded with Romney-Ryan signs.
The next major blow was the failure of the RNC to acknowledge that they lost the voice vote on credentialing. In fact, the teleprompter actually indicated a win for the RNC before the vote was taken.
The result of the credentialing vote was that the majority Ron Paul delegation from Maine was illegally stripped of their credentials. It was at this point, that the Ron Paul delegates realized the fix was in and the demonstrations began. So much for party unity. Despite all of the obstacles, the Nevada delegation submitted a list of six states that had plurality votes for Dr. Paul (sufficient by RNC rules to place his name in nomination). The RNC simply ignored their own rules and refused to place Ron Paul’s name in formal nomination.
The roll call itself was embarrassing to watch. The moderator would only acknowledge votes for Romney and ignored the Ron Paul votes, even in states like Iowa, Nevada, and Minnesota where Ron Paul actually won.
No points of order were acknowledged from the floor, no roll call votes were allowed, and no verbal dissent was allowed from the floor or the podium. Then to add salt to the wound, the RNC proposed and passed two rules that would stifle any future grassroots movement. Under these new rules, the Reagan grassroots effort of 1976 and the Ron Paul movement of 2012 would no longer be possible.
It would be a mistake to think that only Ron Paul delegates noticed this outrage. Former RNC chair Michael Steele called it, “the height of rudeness and stupidity.” Haley Barbour called it “overreaching” by the old guard. The end result was an epic failure on the part of the RNC.
Instead of a united party heading into a close election, there is now a schism in the party. The decision by the RNC and the Romney campaign to reject the Ron Paul wing of the party should trouble every member of the party. We should never forget that, Ronald Reagan, the greatest vote getter and most beloved figure in modern Republican history had this to say about the libertarian wing of the party, “I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.”
David K. Clements (Alternate Delegate)
Bev Courtney (Alternate Delegate)
Aaron Henry Diaz (Alternate Delegate)
Lance Klafeta (Alternate Delegate)
Patrick Marron (Delegate)
Charles Mellon, MD (Alternate Delegate)
Gary Miles (Alternate Delegate)
Aaron Moskowitz (Delegate)
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The GOP’s Gold Plank <--- LINK
Tim Kelly | The purpose of the “gold plank” is primarily political — to placate Ron Paul supporters.
Didnt Work your FIRED
Stockman: "Ron Paul Is Right: The Fed, And The Lunatics That Run It, Are The Heart Of The Problem"
http://www.zerohedge.com/sites/defau.../picture-5.jpg
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 09/10/2012 10:07 -0400
Capital Markets
Ron Paul
Former Reagan OMB Director David Stockman was 'allowed' on CNBC this morning - much to their chagrin now we suspect - and espoused his own brand of truthiness, starting with this epic tirade:
"Ron Paul is the only one who is right about the Fed, and the Fed is the heart of the problem. They have destroyed the capital markets and the money markets; interest rates mean nothing; everything is trading off the Fed and Wall Street isn't even home - as it's now a bunch of computers trading word-clouds emitted by this central banker and that"
In this environment, he goes on, everyone is being given the wrong signal - i.e. the Ryan/Romney campaign is abnout restoring vibrant capitalism; how can you do that when the financial markets are dead - the lifeblood of a capitalist system. And that is the problem today.
An excellent discussion ensues diving into the lack of fiscal discipline (that is enabled by a Fed ZIRP) as "[politicians] will never do it when you can keep borrowing free-money forever" and summed up nicely with this subtle sentence:
"The Fed (and the lunatics that run it) are telling the whole world untruths about the cost of money and the price of risk."
Video at the page Link
Stockman: "Ron Paul Is Right: The Fed, And The Lunatics That Run It, Are The Heart Of The Problem" | ZeroHedge
Marianne Stebbins: How we took 33 of 40 Delegates for Ron Paul MN Speech + Conference Call
Submitted by nmlifestyles on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 09:22
Ron Paul 2012
DP Original
“Live Free” Speech at the Ron Paul “We Are the Future” Rally, Tampa, August 26, 2012
by Marianne Stebbins | September 1, 2012
Five and a half years ago, throughout the state of Minnesota, something peculiar happened. Introverts and other nerds started crawling out of their parents’ basements to voluntarily make contact with unknown life forms, life forms who were luckily also introverts and a little nerdy. People who had never known each other started to talk, eventually started to meet. No, not just on forums and facebook, but in real, live person.
The Zombie Apocalypse, you ask? Even, better. The word in the underground was that a most unusual man was to run for President. But, wait! These people hated politics. A lot. The lying, the empty promises, the ever-encroaching government, distinctions without any difference, always two sides of the same coin.
So when word started circulating that a politician who dared to talk about forbidden topics such as the Federal Reserve and our inability to afford unconstitutional wars and, above all, had consistently upheld his oath to the Constitution, was going to run for the highest office, tens of thousands of people who had previously checked out of politics in disgust sat up and took notice.
Those early headwaters formed the streams and tributaries that formed the river, and when it all came together, we saw some modest political success in MN in 2008. But 2008 was not the end point. That message flowed stronger, farther and wider each year.
We used to joke about how we needed to clone Ron Paul. We don’t joke about it anymore. We’ve done it. Where there was one man carrying the message alone, there are now many thousands, perhaps millions of us working together to spread the message that we live better when we live free. So where did these thousands and thousands of clones come from?
No, not all from their parents’ basements. Someone, somewhere told each of them the truth, patiently and in small doses, and opened their eyes.
We will be hearing a lot this week about “our nation’s leaders.”
What are leaders? Our leaders are not in Congress or state legislatures. Congressmen and Legislators are followers. They are representatives. They change their views to fit that of the population. Most of them.
The leaders are in urban neighborhoods, suburbs, rural townships. They are the ones discussing ideas with their co-workers, family and neighbors.
Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that, when an idea is held by less than 10% of society, its growth is slow and difficult, but when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society. The leaders, in their neighborhoods, are those that get us that 10%.
Read more here ...
http://mnlibertynetwork.wordpress.com/2012/09/01/live-free-s...
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Joe Scarborough: 'Mitt Romney is in trouble' (Video)
Submitted by emalvini on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 11:40
Politics, General + Law(s)
By Jeff Poor | Daily Caller
A number of the latest polls have President Barack Obama expanding his lead over Mitt Romney, suggesting Romney’s presidential campaign is in need of a course correction.
On Monday’s broadcast of “Morning Joe” on MSNBC, host Joe Scarborough said the Romney campaign shouldn’t take the news lightly. Scarborough suggested Romney should start aggressively offering specifics.
“I mean, Mitt Romney is in trouble. You said what I felt on Saturday night, after reading this Politico article and a lot of other articles — that this is a moment where you can look back and say, ‘Alright, you know what? They had to change paths at this point, or else they couldn’t have won.’ And I think we are there. After the conventions on Labor Day, after Labor Day, they have to start being aggressive, and they have to start being specific, and they have to start telling Americans where they’re going to take this country. They’re going to have to jolt people with facts.”
Read more at the Daily Caller
Joe Scarborough: 'Mitt Romney is in trouble' (Video) | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime Rate In The World
Submitted by Katniss Everdeen on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 17:51
Videos
Quicklink
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nf1OgV449g&feature=player_embedded
Why Switzerland Has The Lowest Crime Rate In The World | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
We Will Not Forget: Write in Ron Paul for Our Beaten and Arrested Delegates in the States Where it Wll Count
Submitted by Sue4theBillofrights on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 17:52
Ron Paul 2012
DP Original
States where the write votes will be counted: AL, IA, WI, PA, CA, VT, NH, DE
One thing that irks me about all the Johnsonites now swarming this site who say: "Get over it! You lost! Now vote for Gary Johnson!" is it's not that simple. A cynical calculation was made that "Those Ron Paul votes are now all OURS! Let's go in and swamp them and browbeat them UNTIL THEY SUBMIT, JUST LIKE THEY HAD TO FOR THE GOP!"
It's not that simple now because of guys like Alex Helwig, who found out that playing by the rules and winning means nothing to some people. He was arrested during the fracas at the Louisiana GOP and came out of jail with broken fingers.
It's not that simple because of Henry Herford, Jr., an elderly handicapped gentleman and newly-elected Ron Paul chairman who was pushed to the floor by off-duty Shreveport police goons hired by the leadership. He reportedly suffered a dislocated hip.
In a Missouri parking lot where locked out Ron Paulers finally held their own convention, a SWAT team was called to break up the peaceful assembly.
Over and over we saw no bottom to the contempt for a democratic republic exhibited by the GOP leadership, the form of government bequeathed to us by the Founders.
When we go into the eight states where write-in votes are counted without a candidate's signed declaration of intent (meaning we don't have to bother Dr. Paul, we can do it all ourselves,) we aren't just choosing to vote for the man who best and most CONSISTENTLY articulates our message.
WE HAVE OUR HEROES TO REMEMBER. Those who bravely waded into the uncharted waters of the GOP snakepit to contend with whatever they found.
Even after the convention the State was not done with Ron Paul, as 8 TSA agents descended on his party as they were boarding a private plane out of Tampa.
Lew Rockwell reports:
"After a long examination of the pilots and their credentials, the agents said they had to check the plane for explosives. One of the pilots noted that the plane, full of gas, was already a bomb. Then Carol Paul, who has a heart pacemaker, refused to be screened, and an aide started taking video of the whole rotten proceeding. At that point, the TSA backed down and let them through."
LOL nevermind Dr. Paul. It's Mrs. Paul who restored order with those boys.
This rich legacy of skulduggery and brutality provides enormous material for our write-in campaign for the states where it will count: AL, IA, WI, PA, CA, VT, NH, DE.
It makes me cry every time I watch the videos of what some of us went through. Just for exercising our right to participate in the process. I also feel like I AM THE ONE BEING ATTACKED.
You guys go off spend your time on this whole Johnson debate if you want. I will spend every last bit of time and energy I have until election day working on making the Ron Paul write-in vote get heard around the world, in the states it will count.
I for one, will never forget.
We Will Not Forget: Write in Ron Paul for Our Beaten and Arrested Delegates in the States Where it Wll Count | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
Again ... No One But Paul
Obama Edges Romney in Voter Trust on Afghanistan, Education, Social Security
Looking past the economy and health care, President Obama leads his Republican challenger Mitt Romney in terms of voter trust on a number of other key issues including Afghanistan, education and Social Security. The partisan divide is predictable, but the president has a clear advantage among unaffiliated voters. Read More
New High: 44% Think Health Care Law Good for Country
For the second week in a row, 50% of Likely U.S. Voters favor repeal of President Obama's national health care law. Forty-four percent (44%) are opposed, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.Read More
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll: Obama 50%, Romney 45%
Swing State Daily Tracking: Obama 46% Romney 45%
Ron Paul Knocks DNC & GOP Conventions as ‘Taxpayer Funded Spectacles,’ Reminds Both Parties the U.S. Is a Republic
Posted on September 10, 2012 at 11:20pm
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http://www.theblaze.com/wp-content/u...91-620x424.jpgAssociated Press/Jae C. Hong - Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, talks with a Texas delegate on the floor at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) on Monday released a statement criticizing the Republican and Democrat Party for throwing lavish conventions at the expense of U.S. taxpayers and knocked both parties for constantly referring to the U.S. as a democracy.
“Last week marked the conclusion of the grand taxpayer funded spectacles known as the national party conventions,” Rep. Paul’s statement reads.
“It is perhaps very telling that while $18 million in tax dollars was granted to each party for these lavish ordeals, an additional $50 million each was needed for security in anticipation of the inevitable protests at each event,” it adds.
However, as Rep. Paul notes, the fact that both conventions cost approximately $136 million is nothing when compared to the amount of debt the U.S. government has accumulated through reckless spending.
“Parties should fund their own parties, not the taxpayer,” the statement continues. “At these conventions, leaders determined, or pretended to determine, who they wished to govern the nation for the next four years amidst inevitable, endless exaltations of democracy.”
And it’s that “exaltations of democracy” that has Rep. Paul annoyed.
“[W]e are not a democracy. In fact, the founding fathers found the concept of democracy very dangerous,” the statement reads.
“Democracy is majority rule at the expense of the minority. Our system has certain democratic elements, but the founders never mentioned democracy in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights, or the Declaration of Independence,” it adds.
Indeed, as the Texas congressman’s statement reminds us, the first amendment itself — technically speaking — isn’t “democratic.”
“[T]he First Amendment protects free speech. It doesn’t — or shouldn’t — matter if that speech is abhorrent to 51% or even 99% of the people.
Speech is not subject to majority approval. Under our republican form of government, the individual, the smallest of minorities, is protected from the mob,” according to the statement.
Rep. Paul’s statement continues:
Sadly, the constitution and its protections are respected less and less as we have quietly allowed our constitutional republic to devolve into a militarist, corporatist social democracy. Laws are broken, quietly changed and ignored when inconvenient to those in power, while others in positions to check and balance do nothing. The protections the founders put in place are more and more just an illusion.Very angry, indeed.
This is why increasing importance is placed on the beliefs and views of the president. The very narrow limitations on government power are clearly laid out in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution. Nowhere is there any reference to being able to force Americans to buy health insurance or face a tax/penalty, for example … Because we are a constitutional republic, the mere popularity of a policy should not matter. If it is in clear violation of the limits of government and the people still want it, a Constitutional amendment is the only appropriate way to proceed. However, rather than going through this arduous process, the Constitution was in effect, ignored and the insurance mandate was allowed anyway.
This demonstrates how there is now a great deal of unhindered flexibility in the Oval Office to impose personal views and preferences on the country, so long as 51% of the people can be convinced to vote a certain way. The other 49% on the other hand have much to be angry about and protest under this system.
“We should not tolerate the fact that we have become a nation ruled by men, their whims and the mood of the day, and not laws,” Rep. Paul adds.
“It cannot be emphasized enough that we are a republic, not a democracy and, as such, we should insist that the framework of the Constitution be respected and boundaries set by law are not crossed by our leaders.”
“These legal limitations on government assure that other men do not impose their will over the individual, rather, the individual is able to govern himself. When government is restrained, liberty thrives,” it concludes.
With Rep. Paul’s words in mind, and as Election Day draws closer, ask yourself this question: Out of the two men running for the highest office in the nation, who is most likely to expand/restrain the role government plays in the life of the U.S. citizen?
UPDATE — Apparently, I need to clarify this (I thought it would be understood): Out of the two men running for the highest office in the nation with a realistic and reasonable chance of winning, who is most likely to expand/restrain the role government plays in the life of the U.S. citizen?
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Romney flip flops on Obamacare, and no one seems to notice.
Submitted by RC Liberty on Wed, 09/12/2012 - 00:39
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As recently as September 2012, Mitt Romney has stated that he supports forcing companies to provide insurance at affordable rates for people with preexisting conditions. Doesn't everyone on here realize that means he supports Obamacare? Obamacare, and covering preexisting conditions in that way doesn't work unless you force Americans to buy insurance through threat of tax or penalty! Did I miss something here?
Romney flip flops on Obamacare, and no one seems to notice. | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
Reality Check Video Update: Why are we fighting Al Qaeda and supporting them at the same time?
Submitted by northstar on Tue, 09/11/2012 - 21:43
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Reality Check tonight... 1 on 1 with President Obama, asking the President why we are fighting Al Qaeda in Afghanistan and supporting them in Syria?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hrerl8EwqH0&feature=player_embedded
Reality Check: One on One with President Obama, Why Is The U.S. Supporting Al Qaeda In Syria? - YouTube
Ben always uploads his show to his channel:
http://www.youtube.com/us...
His station page is:
http://www.fox19.com/cate...
Reality Check Video Update: Why are we fighting Al Qaeda and supporting them at the same time? | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
Write in for Ron Paul Campaign New York State
Submitted by Carrie M Christman on Tue, 09/11/2012 - 16:52
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New York
I will take the responsibility to arrange the write in for Ron Paul in New York State.
If anyone else has done this, let me know, so we can team up.
New York state election laws have been read, the Board of Elections has been referred to, and we now have the ball rolling.
Write in for Ron Paul Campaign New York State | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
States where no declaration needed from Dr. Paul to write-in and have vote counted: AL, IA, WI, PA, CA, VT, NH, DE, OR
Submitted by Sue4theBillofrights on Mon, 09/10/2012 - 01:08
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UPDATE: Oregon in Play for Write-in Votes for Ron Paul.
It seems that they total the write-ins but do not tally them for the individual candidates. Looks like a good place for a Ron Paul write-in campaign. If suddenly 20% of the votes in some counties are write-ins, it will be pretty obvious who it is.
No declaration from candidate needed. Oregon looks good for a legal challenge demanding they tally the write-ins.
Oregon Secretary of State pertinent chapter:
http://www.oregonvotes.org/doc/publi...Candidates.pdf
Oregon 2008 presidential write-in vote:
United States presidential election in Oregon, 2008 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Missing from previous lists is Delaware. From this link which cross-checks accurately with my research:
http://www.anamericanvision.com/info/state_certifications_re...
There are no requirements in the state of Delaware. Voters can just write in the candidate's name, and the vote will be counted.
Seeming to verify this is this Voter Instructions circular from DE Elections, which states:
http://elections.delaware.gov/services/voter/pdfs/how_to_vot...
Once you have finished making ALL your selections, push the GREEN VOTE button on the lower right of the screen to cast your ballot. You may not use the write-in option during a primary election.
I take the bold to say you MAY use the write-in option during a general election.
New Jersey is problematic. You can write in a president but according to the link above (more inquiries needed): "Write-in votes will only be tabulated if there are enough of them to contest the election."
But how do they know if there are enough of them to contest the election? I guess it's like, hmm there seem to be a lot of these maybe we'd better start counting.
In the other states listed, varying levels of activism are required for write-in votes to count, from running a slate of official presidential electors to simply writing in the candidate.
A visual summary of presidential election write-in laws is here:
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States where no declaration needed from Dr. Paul to write-in and have vote counted: AL, IA, WI, PA, CA, VT, NH, DE, OR | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
Ron Paul's Political Director Jesse Benton Quits Campaign for Liberty
Brian Doherty|Sep. 11, 2012 6:30 pm
Jesse Benton, Rep Ron Paul's controversial political director and the de facto guy in charge of the political end of the Ron Paul operation (though never officially the "campaign manager") has left the position in the larger Paul machine he held between the 2008 and 2012 runs, senior vice president of the Campaign for Liberty. (Benton also managed Rand Paul's winning Senate campaign in 2010 in the interim.)
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Campaign for Liberty is the grassroots activism group launched in the aftermath of the 2008 Paul run, most closely associated with "Audit the Fed" activism.
Benton said this in his public resignation letter to Campaign for Liberty president, and Paul 2012's official campaign manager, John Tate.
After much soul searching, I have decided that my passion lies in direct electoral politics, and I plan to work on campaigns rather than resume my work in grassroots advocacy.It is therefore with a heavy heart that I write to tell you that I will not rejoin Campaign for Liberty’s staff this fall. Please know that you, our team, Dr. Paul, and all our wonderful members have my undying friendship and loyalty. I am of course happy to be a resource and friend to any and all of you, for whatever is in my power to provide.Benton is also married to Paul's granddaughter Valori Pyeatt. Ron Paul appended this to the letter:
As Jesse moves on to new opportunities, I wanted to take a moment to thank him for his tireless efforts on behalf of our cause these past few years.Benton, in my reading of the campaign, was the leading strategist behind the idea that it was best for the Paul machine to normalize itself within the Republican Party, and is also known for being eager to segregate the campaign from the Paul grassroots' more radical edges. Taking that tack often earned him the enmity of many of Paul's more hardcore fans, especially the ones who wanted a loud and vigorous and messy fight-to-the-death against the establishment until the very end.
Jesse remains committed to building on the historic progress our movement has made, and I wish him all the best in his future endeavors.
I look forward to seeing the great things I know he and Valori will accomplish together in the years to come.
The comment thread at this afternoon's Daily Paul post on his resignation is a fair representation of the sort of vituperation regularly aimed at Benton.
I'm hearing unspecific and unsubstantiated tales that Benton will be announcing his next political job very soon, and that the specifics of it may further aggravate Paul hardcore fans. (Not that there is any other political campaign around that's as good in libertarian terms as Paul's.) Benton himself is not commenting about that as of this afternoon.
The history of the Paul campaigns is told in my book Ron Paul's Revolution.
Ron Paul's Political Director Jesse Benton Quits Campaign for Liberty - Hit & Run : Reason.com
Federal Judge Rules Against NDAA
Submitted by radiofriendly on Wed, 09/12/2012 - 21:41
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Today, Judge Forrest permanently enjoined (prevented) enforcement of a portion of the National Defense Authorization Act, stating that the law “impermissibly impinges on guaranteed First Amendment rights and lacks sufficient definitional structure and protections to meet the requirements of due process.”
The NDAA is a federal law signed into law by President Obama on December 31, 2011 that authorizes the government to detain persons–without charge or trial–including U.S. citizens, who “substantially support” Al-Qaeda, the Taliban or their “associated forces.”
Across the country, Ron Paul supporters deserve the credit for keeping this issue alive within the public sphere. Have you ever heard CNN report on this issue?
Read the ruling:
http://iroots.org/2012/09/12/federal-judge-issues-permanant-...
Federal Judge Rules Against NDAA | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution
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It's Bernanke in Blunderland, warns Ron Paul
The Federal Reserve hadn't even warmed up the printing presses after announcing a new round of "quantitative easing," when Ron Paul, longtime Fed critic, fired off both barrels ... and outlined of the next inevitable economic crisis.
http://www.wnd.com/2012/09/ron-paul-...-from-reality/
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Updated: Thursday, Sep. 13 7:04 pm ET
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The GOP and RNC have a Suicide Run~Away Train happening and they just dont get it... Romney, just like McCain wasnt picked to Win; he was picked by the Elites to knock out any and all contenders against Obama
These 2 ~ Obama / Romney are Globalists and the Elite have hedged their Bets... there is NO change Coming
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THE AGE OF DESPOTISM
By Chuck Baldwin
September 13, 2012
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On August 7, 2012, The Washington Times ran an editorial entitled, "The Civil War of 2016." It begins, "Imagine Tea Party extremists seizing control of a South Carolina town and the Army being sent in to crush the rebellion. This farcical vision is now part of the discussion in professional military circles.
"At issue is an article in the respected Small Wars Journal titled 'Full Spectrum Operations in the Homeland: A "Vision" of the Future.' It was written by retired Army Col. Kevin Benson of the Army's University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and Jennifer Weber, a Civil War expert at the University of Kansas. It posits an 'extremist militia motivated by the goals of the "tea party" movement' seizing control of Darlington, S.C., in 2016, 'occupying City Hall, disbanding the city council and placing the mayor under house arrest.'
The rebels set up checkpoints on Interstate 95 and Interstate 20 looking for illegal aliens. It's a cartoonish and needlessly provocative scenario."The article is a choppy patchwork of doctrinal jargon and liberal nightmare. The authors make a quasi-legal case for military action and then apply the Army's Operating Concept 2016-2028 to the situation.
They write bloodlessly that 'once it is put into play, Americans will expect the military to execute without pause and as professionally as if it were acting overseas.' They claim that 'the Army cannot disappoint the American people, especially in such a moment,' not pausing to consider that using such efficient, deadly force against U.S. citizens would create a monumental political backlash and severely erode government legitimacy."
The Times editorial goes on to say, "The scenario presented in Small Wars Journal isn't a literary device but an operational lay-down intended to present the rationale and mechanisms for Americans to fight Americans.
Col. Benson and Ms. Weber contend, 'Army officers are professionally obligated to consider the conduct of operations on U.S. soil.' This is a dark, pessimistic and wrongheaded view of what military leaders should spend their time studying."
See The Washington Times editorial.
I well remember when my friend LT CDR Ernest "Guy" Cunningham conducted his "Combat Arms Survey" to 300 active-duty Marines at the USMC's Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California, back on May 10, 1994. A couple of questions in this survey were especially revealing (and startling). John McManus picks up the story at this point: "One of the questions asked the Marines if they would be willing to be assigned to a 'national emergency police force' within the U.S. under U.S. command. The survey showed that 6.0 percent strongly disagreed, 6.3 percent disagreed, 42.3 percent agreed, 43.0 percent strongly agreed, and 2.3 percent had no opinion."
Commenting on these results, Cunningham said, "Do you realize that 85.3 percent agreed with assigning troops to a mission that violates the Posse Comitatus Act?" Remember, these were active duty Marines back in 1994.
Responses to another question were even more startling. Cunningham's question: "Consider the following statement: I would fire upon U.S. citizens who refuse or resist confiscation of firearms banned by the U.S. government." The result: "42.3 percent strongly disagreed with this statement; 19.3 percent disagreed; 18.6 percent agreed; 7.6 percent strongly agreed; and 12.0 percent had no opinion." This equates to approximately 61% of Marines saying they would defy orders to turn their weapons on US citizens in order to disarm them; 26% saying they would not disobey such orders; and 12% refusing to say one way or the other, which means you could probably add them to the 26% who would not disobey orders to turn their weapons on American citizens.See McManus' report here.
Speaking of Commander Cunningham, back in 2009, he told me that America was entering "The Age of Despotism." Cunningham is no slouch. He was a Green Beret (who served in the same Special Forces Company alongside his father and two brothers), an infantryman with the 101st Airborne Division, Navy pilot, mission commander and analyst. He is also the author of the previously mentioned Twentynine Palms Survey. His military credentials are unassailable. When Commander Cunningham speaks, people should listen.
Commander Cunningham shared his insight with me into the stranglehold that the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) holds over the U.S. military by estimating that "75% of military admirals and generals with two stars or more have been trained by the CFR."
In supporting his ominous conclusion that America was entering "The Age of Despotism," Cunningham noted former President Bill Clinton's introduction of PDD 25 (a Presidential Directive that is still in place), which reportedly authorizes the President to use and declare martial law at any time, for any reason. He reminded me of how the US military has been used several times for action on US soil.
The US military was used directly in the government attack against the Branch Davidians at the private residence of Mount Carmel outside Waco, Texas. The military was stationed outside Los Angeles, California, during the LA riots. The military was used in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. The military even patrolled the streets of the tiny town of Geneva, Alabama, after a man went on a short, albeit bloody, shooting spree.Commander Cunningham also reminded me of how President George W. Bush virtually expunged Posse Comitatus and set the table for despotism and martial law by signing the USA Patriot Act into existence. As a result, we now have an entire Army division (NorthCom) assigned to the American homeland, a first in US history. He noted that even FEMA has the authority to declare martial law.
Add the advent of NDAA 2012 and 2013, which authorizes the federal government to seize and incarcerate American citizens on American soil without court order, legal representation, or any other constitutionally-protected right--and now Col. Benson's treatise that military officers should be prepared to turn their weapons on American citizens--and Cunningham's prognostication seems even more accurate.
All over America, NorthCom is currently engaging in urban military training exercises, including right here in my backyard in Northwest Montana. Given Col. Benson's treatise, people are justifiably concerned as to what the actual purpose of these exercises might be. Plus, if you are paying attention to what both President Obama and President Wannabe Mitt Romney are saying, both of these gentlemen seem all-too-content to continue to swell the scope of military interventionism into domestic law enforcement duties.
Of course, the problem is the military do not operate under the same rules of engagement as do domestic law enforcement agencies. There are no constitutional rights and protections at play when military personnel target an enemy, which is why America's founders were absolutely adamant that military personnel never be used against the American citizenry. And with the way the above-mentioned recently enacted laws read, an "enemy" is anyone the President (or any subordinate he authorizes) says is the enemy. And remember, this is the same federal government that has recently categorized people who voted for Ron Paul, Bob Barr, or yours truly, people who are pro-life, people who believe in the Second Coming of Christ, veterans of the Iraq and Afghan wars, people who oppose the New World Order, etc., as "extremists," "dangerous," etc.
Does all this mean when the President (any President) adds the word "enemy" to the lexicon that NorthCom plans to order military troops to turn their weapons against us? It would appear that Col. Benson believes this is true.
Think of it: in the name of the 9-11 attacks, the United States is being transformed into the kind of despotic countries that we are told we are being protected from!
I would be very interested to know what the answers would be among our nation's military personnel if CDR Cunningham were to give his Twentynine Palms survey today!
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Tom Woods: My Memories of Jesse Benton
September 13, 2012
Ron Paul campaign chairman Jesse Benton is going to head up the campaign of Mitch McConnell. Gee, now why did those incorrigible naysayers have so many unkind words for him?
People who said Benton was positioning himself all along for bigger things in the GOP were scoffed at. Why, Jesse has a secret plan to get Ron Paul the nomination at the last minute!
Well, now we know the real secret plan.
Ask yourself this: how much money would you have to be paid to work for an enemy of the things you’re supposed to stand for? Maybe now people will understand why Jesse would fly into a tirade after some of Ron’s most heroic moments, when the rest of us were cheering.
I could go through a lengthy catalogue of problems with Benton. The grassroots folks already know a lot of them, so there’s probably no need. What’s done is done.
Not that the world revolves around me, but just a word about how I was treated. Early on in the campaign I posted a note that under the circumstances I thought was astonishinglyrestrained. I said that if the fundraising success of 2008 was to be surpassed, the grassroots would have to be persuaded that professionals would be brought on this time, that debate coaching would take place as it does in all other campaigns, etc. Nothing could have been more obvious than that. And this was obviously the note of a friend, not an enemy.
Now here’s how a professional would have handled a situation like this, in which a longtime supporter is unhappy but obviously still on the team in the broad sense. “X, we understand your sentiments, which are shared by practically everyone, and we’ll be ensuring that these changes are made. Your input is always welcome,” etc.
Jesse, on the other hand, denounced me in a series of emails, and made perfectly clear that I was to be cut off from everything — the campaign, Campaign for Liberty, etc. He referred to my “boorish behavior” (you know me — always the boor), and told me from now on to leave him and his family alone. Nice touch, that last part, implying that I was likely to stalk his wife.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Sw_B5bx8GKc
Tom Woods: My Memories of Jesse Benton [continued]
Naively, I assumed another top person, whom I will not name, would be as appalled at Jesse’s behavior toward a longtime supporter as I was. So I (gleefully) forwarded the correspondence to him, only to be told that Jesse’s conduct was not unprofessional at all [!]. But I would not technically be banned from C4L, I was told.
So I just went ahead and made a whole bunch of videos, viewed by hundreds of thousands of people, and wrote a whole bunch of articles (here’s my favorite), on my own during the campaign in defense of Ron against his critics. I was not earning a five-figure monthly salary for this.
I then went ahead and signed on with Revolution PAC. (I resigned from it in March of this year, because I had said from the beginning that I would be on board only through Super Tuesday. Also, it was a very busy time in my life, and I felt I couldn’t contribute enough.) The excuse for my absolute exclusion from everything, put forth by the official yes-men, is that my involvement in the PAC erected a legal obstacle to any involvement in the campaign.
This particular lie has the sequence of events reversed. I joined the PAC only after I had been blacklisted. But I kept my mouth shut during the campaign every time I saw people say, “Woods isn’t allowed to work with the campaign because of the PAC.” I never corrected anyone. I kept the real story a secret for Ron’s sake. No one on earth can fail to understand why I might want to tell it now, to set the record straight.
And no, I wasn’t looking to be hired so I could get that five-figure monthly salary. I was prepared to work for free.
Another potential excuse would be that as a radical libertarian, I wouldn’t know how to pitch Ron to a GOP audience. This is as wrong as wrong can be, and I have the converts to prove it. As a former mainstream GOPer myself, I know exactly how to frame the argument to win them over.
For months and months, the top two people spun everything I did in the most negative light possible, in order to poison my reputation with people I respect. They don’t know I know this. But I’m happy to say I have friends everywhere, and they are loyal.
Again, I kept my mouth shut. And again, no one on earth can seriously expect me to continue doing so.
Of the various lies Jesse told about me, the least damaging was the claim that I had called him a — well, it’s a word I would never say. The actual story was this: in 2010 I was having drinks with Iowa Ron Paul GOP people, and Jesse was there. I mentioned the name of an old college friend of mine I thought Jesse might know, and Jesse shouted out, with an important Christian Right Ron Paul guy right there, “X [my college friend] is a —-sucker!” Classy. I reminded Jesse of this incident when he complained of my allegedly boorish behavior. At that moment, the story began to spread that I had called Jesse a you-know-what.
This particular lie I made no special effort to refute. I joked with people that if the grassroots heard that I had called Jesse that name, I’d be a hero.
So Benton is gone, but is Bentonism alive and well? Bentonism is the playing down of Ron Paul’s most popular and important ideas, the impatience with and purging of people who champion those ideas, and an obsessive eye to GOP respectability. Is that what the “liberty movement” is? Then count me out.
Finally, please note that I stand to gain nothing by clearing the air like this. Nothing but grief and more burned bridges. But sometimes you have to do what you have to do, regardless of the consequences for yourself. It’s quite possible that this person will make his way back into our circles at some point, and I want to urge people not even to consider donating to anything with his name on it.
Incidentally, if Rand Paul intends to run in 2016, the single most effective way he could convey to the public that he is not really serious, and that people should withhold their donations, would be to hire Jesse Benton.
Tom Woods: My Memories of Jesse Benton
Ron Paul Correctly Predicts Al Qaeda Will Move Into Libya After Gaddafi
September 13, 2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=7rkDLgzHnKI
From YouTube comments: Ron Paul warned what would happen when the US continues to police the world and prop up and remove dictators of their choosing. Despite not being attacked by Libya, President Obama unlawfully used the cop out of NATO to police the world how he sees fit, in this case Libya. Ron Paul warned against this because not only is it not authorized by the Constitution, but unintended consequences always seem to hit us in the form of blowback. Now, as Paul predicted, Al Qaeda is moving into Libya to recruit more extremism against the intervention of the US.
Ron Paul Correctly Predicts Al Qaeda Will Move Into Libya After Gaddafi
Sep 14, 2012
Ron Paul supporter quits Electoral College
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By Catalina Camia, USA TODAY
Updated 33m ago
A Republican from Iowa who was appointed to the Electoral College resigned her post yesterday because she indicated she would support Ron Paul over Mitt Romney.
Melinda Wadsley told the Associated Press early on Thursday that she planned to vote for Ron Paul because the Texas congressman has never been given a "fair shot" by Republican leaders. But after the AP report was published, the Iowa Republican Party talked to Wadsley and she stepped down so the state GOP could appoint a Romney supporter, the Des Moines Register reports.
"I have always been a straight-ticket Republican, and for the first time in my life I am an undecided voter, therefore, I need to resign my position as a Republican presidential elector," Wadsley told the AP in an e-mail.
The AP reported GOP electors in Nevada and Alaska were also considering withholding their support for Romney.
Each party chooses people to serve in the Electoral College, which meets after the popular vote has been cast to formally elect the president and vice president. In 2000, George W. Bush won the Electoral College but received fewer popular votes than Al Gore.
With the 2012 election expected to be a close one, the possibility of defections by several members of the Electoral College could deprive Romney of the presidency. His campaign has said repeatedly that Republicans are united behind the cause of defeating President Obama in November.
Wadsley's resignation underscores the tensions that still exist between Ron Paul supporters and the GOP establishment. At the GOP convention in Tampa last month, some Paul supporters protested a rules change that will make it more difficult for insurgent candidates to win delegates to future party conventions.
Ron Paul supporter quits Electoral College
Libertarians win a round in Pa. petition challenge
Libertarians win a round in Pa. petition challenge - AP State Wire News - The Sacramento Bee
Here comes some of the Blow Back
We are NOT going to Vote For Romney
The RNC / GOP started a Fire Storm and they dont even know it
Zogby: Romney Running Behind McCain in '08
Oooooh Poop ... then again... the RNC and GOP was WARNED not to give us another McCain Wannabe... So There you have it... Weeks before the Election
Romney is Losing to McCain that LOST to Obama
oooooh Poop