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Senator Lindsey Graham Says Ron Paul Is No Longer In The Race - Let's Show Him How Strong We Are!
Submitted by FreedomLovingPatriot on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 19:46
Ron Paul 2012
In a recent Yahoo news article, Lindsey Graham stated that Mitt Romney has this in the bag and that he was sure the race would be over by the beginning of May. He later states that he isn't calling for the other candidates to drop out, but I quote, "It's Romney's to lose," he said. "And, quite frankly, every time he had his back against the wall, he's performed. And I like his chances, but the other two candidates have got to make that decision themselves."
Let's show Mr. Graham how many supporters Ron Paul has and that he is still in this race til the end!
Here is a video showing the news article and breaking down what we can do to help Ron Paul!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZsrHCxpCqlA
Senator Lindsey Graham Says Ron Paul Is No Longer In The Race - Let's Show Him How Strong We Are! | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
Senator Lindsey Graham the "John McCain Slim Shady Mini-Me" is about as BROKE in the Head as they get. He went "Full Retard" a "LONG Time Ago"
No Paul = No Vote in November
by Ron Holland
Previously by Ron Holland: The Secret Media War of 2012
"I would also say of Ron Paul – he doesn't need to win. In his view he is winning already. This is an ideological point he is making. But here's why it's electorally significant – a lot of people, I mean 41 percent in Virginia, only two people on the ballot, still a lot of people voted for Ron Paul. A lot of those voters are portable. They're not Republican – they're not dedicated Republican voters." ~ Tucker Carlson, Editor, The Daily Caller
It is time for a groundswell of Ron Paul supporters to quietly, respectfully but firmly make their position clear to the mainstream media and the GOP establishment. Simply put, "No Paul on the ticket means no vote for the GOP in November".
The Ron Paul Campaign has the GOP establishment stuck between a rock and a hard place even though they have not won a single state in the primaries to date. Every Paul supporter knows the underhanded tactics used by the Republican leadership at the state and national level as well as the organized smear and news blackout campaign carried out by the mainstream media.
Making Nice For the November Election
As we move into the last months of the GOP presidential nomination campaign, most of the establishment media are now "making nice" with Ron Paul and his supporters. He actually gets questions during the debates, some press coverage and the other candidates seem friendly. The reason is simple. The Republican Party desperately needs the votes of Ron Paul supporters in order to win in November against Obama.
Obviously Virginia Heffernan didn’t get the memo in her typical anti-Paul elitists drivel titled Ron Paul’s Pointless Internet Presidency posted on Yahoo earlier in the week but now this is the exception rather than standard procedure for the press. The word has gone out to be nice and respectful to Ron Paul so they can get our votes in November.
Too Little To Late
The Republican establishment has obviously done its homework with focus groups, polling etc. and here is their situation. Although they have successfully held back the Ron Paul campaign to date from threatening to win the GOP presidential nomination, in the dirty tricks process they have ostracized the substantial Paul voting constituency even more from the GOP than before.
Paul supporters are far more than portable as suggested by Tucker Carlson, rather they are toxic toward the GOP elites and very few will now support any of the establishment candidates after the abusive treatment given to Ron Paul as well as the crude attacks against Paul supporters. I well understand these feelings of resentment, as I am a Ron Paul supporter. There is no way I will vote for either Romney, Santorum or Gingrich although I certainly prefer their fake rhetoric to the Obama propaganda. If Ron Paul isn’t the Republican nominee for president, then the establishment nominee desperately needs the votes of his supporters in order to beat Obama in the fall general election.
The establishment knows the Gingrich and Santorum voters in the GOP Presidential primary will eventually vote for Mitt Romney in November if he wins the Republican presidential nomination at the GOP convention beginning on August 27th, 2012. They also know and fear that most Ron Paul supporters will not vote for the nominee and will likely stay away from the polls in droves thus hurting the other Republican candidates for the House and Senate as well for state and local elections. Basically 15% of the GOP primary voters will sit out the 2012 November election and this almost guarantees the re-election of Barack Obama.
I Don’t Really Care If the Democrats or Republicans Win in November?
My answer is regardless of whether Romney or Obama wins the general election despite all the anti-Obama rhetoric by the Republican establishment, little will change on major issues. Romney’s campaign promises are identical to all other presidential campaign promises, much to do about nothing. Neither Bush nor Obama kept their campaign promises and neither will Romney.
Course of Action
First, we redouble our efforts in voting and funding the Ron Paul Campaign up through the final primary and caucus.
Second, in editorials, articles or discussions with the press or GOP leadership always stress and emphasize your plans to stay at home on election day, if a Ron or Rand Paul is not on the ticket.
Third, at the Republican National Convention when the presidential nomination is handed to Romney assuming he wins, we continue to stress "NO PAUL = NO VOTE IN NOVEMBER".
Finally, then we wait at the convention for the personal phone call from Mitt Romney following private preliminary discussions where Rand Paul is asked to be the Vice Presidential candidate on a Romney/Paul ticket after assurances Ron Paul will be nominated for an appropriate cabinet level appointment such as Secretary of the Treasury or Defense.
Ron Paul deserves some family time off following the years of campaigning and educating the American people about liberty. He has done more to advance the cause of limited government, liberty and free-markets than any American since the time of the American Revolution.
Mitt Romney has spent the last 7 years running for President of the United States so obviously he really wants to win. Romney and his advisors must know without the 15% plus of GOP voters supporting Ron Paul who unlike Gingrich and Santorum will sit the election out, that he cannot defeat Barack Obama without our support. His only option is to put a "Paul" on the ticket.
Although a Vice President Rand Paul is a great tactical victory, this is only a battle in a long war for the restoration of liberty and legitimate Constitutional government to the United States.
When I was a young man in the military during the 1970’s, I well remember the antiwar crowds shouting "Hell no, we won’t go" in opposition to the Vietnam War. Today, 40 plus years later, I’m a grandfather and maybe older and wiser but still willing to more respectfully tell the same power elites running this country and both political parties, "Hell no, I won’t go" again but this time it is to the polls in November unless there is a Paul on the ticket.
Will you join me?
March 12, 2012
Ron Holland [send him mail] is a contributor to the Mountain Vision Newsletter, the Daily Bell and CEO of Biologix Hair Inc. based in Toronto, Canada.
Copyright © 2012 Ron Holland
Ron Paul Clobbered Romney Among Independent Voters On Super Tuesday... Virgina: 37% to 31%; Ohio: 37% to 31%; Tenn: 38% to 25%
Does Romney Need a Sister Souljah Moment?
Rogelio V. Solis/AP Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at the Mississippi Farmers Market in Jackson, Miss., Friday, March 9, 2012. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
The GOP front-runner might be better off visiting Tension City.
By John Aloysius Farrell
Updated: March 12, 2012 | 11:53 a.m.
March 12, 2012 | 6:00 a.m.
When Mitt Romney ducked the chance to rebuke Rush Limbaugh for calling a young law student a “slut” and a “prostitute,” critics said he missed out on a Sister Souljah moment.
But until Romney clinches the Republican nomination, a Souljah moment -- vocally speaking out at the risk of alienating a key party constituency -- is too dangerous a way for the candidate to demonstrate strength and conviction. He’ll be better off booking a trip to Tension City, that place where an angry confrontation can forever alter perceptions of a politician.
Saddled with an image as a malleable opportunist, Romney needs a way to convey power and purpose -- especially to independent and centrist voters who will play a key role in the fall campaign.
Facing similar challenges, then-candidates Bill Clinton and George H.W. Bush staged contrived confrontations -- the Souljah moment and the Tension City showdown -- to demonstrate their mettle. Both went on to win the White House.
Romney is winning delegates and proceeding, however haltingly, toward the nomination. But the image of Romney as a craven flip-flopper persists. In this month’s NBC/Wall Street Journal poll of Republican voters, the leading concern about Romney was that “he waffles on the issues and does not take a position.”
In 10 of the 14 Republican primary or caucus states, one or more of Romney’s GOP rivals has beaten him among independent voters -- at times significantly.
In Virginia on Super Tuesday, Ron Paul clobbered Romney, 64 percent to 36 percent, among the 32 percent of the electorate who described themselves as independents. In Ohio (37 percent to 31 percent) and Tennessee (38 percent to 25 percent) Romney lost the independent vote to Rick Santorum. Newt Gingrich carried independent voters by healthy margins in South Carolina and Georgia.
The problem is not just Republicans and Republican-leaning independents, most of whom will probably embrace Romney if he wins the nomination.
A recent Pew Research Center poll showed that Romney has lost ground to President Obama among independent voters across the country as the caustic GOP campaign drags on. Romney led Obama among independent voters by 10 points in January. By mid-February, according to Pew, Obama was beating Romney, 51-42.
In a Washington Post/ABC survey conducted earlier this month, Romney had a 32 percent favorable rating among independents, and 48 percent unfavorable.
All is not lost. Romney is still viewed, by many moderate or somewhat conservative Republicans and independents, as a skilled and experienced candidate who has the business experience and management skills to fix the troubled economy. It gives him “particular appeal to some of the sorts of swing voters that Republicans are going to need,” noted Karlyn Bowman, a scholar at the American Enterprise Institute.
The Mormon Romney beat the Roman Catholic Santorum, for example, by 13 points among Catholic voters in Ohio on Super Tuesday.
Yet Bowman warned Republicans that “the coalition that Obama put together [in 2008] is coming back,” as young people, minorities, women, and independents are returning -- at least for now -- to the president.
Women are particularly important. They outvoted men, 53 to 47 percent, in the 2008 presidential campaign, and gave Obama 56 percent of their votes.
And so Romney’s timid response to Limbaugh’s attacks on law student Sandra Fluke -- the candidate waited two days before telling reporters, “It’s not the language I would have used” -- persuaded some that he missed a golden opportunity.
Democrats were quick to cite the episode as further proof that Romney doesn’t have what it takes to be president. “These are tests. Presidential campaigns are tests. You are tested every single day,” said David Axelrod, the president’s top political adviser. “Mitt Romney has failed those tests.
“If you don’t have the strength to stand up to the most strident voices in your party, how are you going to stand up to [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad?” Axelrod said.
Ron Kaufman, a Romney adviser, bridled at the “hypocrisy” of Democrats like Axelrod, whose ire over Limbaugh’s remarks does not extend to Bill Maher, the comedian who routinely uses crude and profane terms to describe Republican women, and who reportedly pledged a million dollars to a Democratic super PAC supporting Obama.
But some Republicans wondered. “It could have been and should have been” a Sister Souljah moment, said Republican consultant Mike Murphy on Meet the Press. “It was a lost opportunity.”
Sister Souljah arrived on the political stage in June 1992, when candidate Clinton faced circumstances much like those that now confront Romney.
“The parallels are eerie,” said Paul Begala, one of the aides who helped choreograph the Souljah moment. Clinton had tacked left in that spring’s Democratic primaries, pandering to the party’s base and using a barrage of TV ads to taint rival Paul Tsongas as insufficiently liberal. But once he had the nomination in hand, Clinton felt the need to show centrist voters that he was, as his aides tirelessly declared, a “different kind of Democrat.”
Clinton did so in a speech to Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition in which he criticized (and so immortalized) a hip-hop artist, Sister Souljah, for her inflammatory remarks about race. The new maxim -- a Sister Souljah Moment -- now stands for a calculated repudiation of an extreme individual or interest group aligned with a candidate’s political party, with the aim of demonstrating character and mettle.
“Romney could have used a Sister Souljah moment on Rush Limbaugh,” said Begala. “But Romney was a gutless wonder, and Clinton had cojones.”
But Romney had good reason for dodging the opportunity: His lead in the Republican presidential race remains fragile, and his more conservative foes are still winning states and delegates. Why give them the opportunity to question his devotion to the cause by going after a beloved right-wing icon?
Romney still has a problem with the far right, many of whose adherents lionize Limbaugh. In Ohio on Super Tuesday, Romney carried the “liberal” and the “moderate” and the “somewhat conservative” voters. But he lost the “very conservative” to Santorum, 48 to 30 percent.
Romney still needs to lock down the nomination, and there are states with very conservative electorates ahead -- Kansas, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas among them -- who might view a symbolic repudiation of a leading conservative spokesman with disfavor, if not anger.
As one Republican pollster took pains to point out, Clinton’s Sister Souljah moment came in June 1992 -- after he had clinched the Democratic nomination. “That small factoid gets lost in history,” the pollster said.
If Romney feels the need to demonstrate his valor, he and his staff could be better off finding a target who isn’t so beloved by the Republican base.
That was the strategy chosen by then-Vice President George Bush in 1988, in his “Tension City” showdown with CBS anchorman Dan Rather.
Like Romney, Bush was saddled with the image of a “wimp,” as a famous Newsweek cover called him. Like Romney, he was born to wealth and raised in the refined refuges of the rich and privileged. Like Romney, his natural manner was polite deference.
It is a sign of the incongruities of American politics -- and the emasculating effects of the vice presidency -- that this decorated Navy war hero faced such a problem, yet Bush did. He solved it by submitting to a live interview with CBS newsman Dan Rather, a conservative bête noir. In the nationally-televised showdown, Bush aggressively parried the newsman’s questions and challenged Rather’s professionalism.
“The American people have seen Rather push people around for 20 years, and the fact is that George Bush stood up to the guy and refused to be bullied and went toe-to-toe with him,” said Bush’s spokesman the following day.
The “wimp factor” died that night.
Moments like these are risky, and not so easy to manufacture. Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., never could escape the knock that he was a trimmer -- the Romney of 2004.
But Romney should not be underestimated. In 20 presidential debates, he has performed coolly and capably and demonstrated -- in his evisceration of Newt Gingrich in Florida -- that he too can thrive in Tension City.
Look for it. It’s by far the better route than a Souljah moment.
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Does Romney Need a Sister Souljah Moment? - John Aloysius Farrell - NationalJournal.com
The Pope agrees with Dr. Ron Paul that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are not Just Wars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Dyyd4rcuZc
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The sad facts are in the system is pulling out all the stops against Ron Paul and the America people.
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MSM Changes Rules in Not Reporting Ron Paul Winning U.S. Virgin Islands Caucus
A math lesson for the mainstream media:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cj7tUxAKuk&feature=player_embedded
http://www.ronpaul2012.com/2012/03/11/msm-changes-rules-in-not-reporting-ron-paul-winning-u-s-virgin-islands-caucus/
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Ron Paul Wins U.S. Virgin Island Caucus
The media is reporting that Mitt Romney won the U.S. Virgin Island Caucus when Ron Paul actually won the popular vote. Explains Business Insider’s Michael Brendan Dougherty in his piece:
“Ron Paul Just Won a Caucus But the Media is Telling you Mitt Romney Did”
Ron Paul won the GOP caucus in the Virgin Islands, or at least he won the most votes according to the Virgin Islands Republican Party.
Right now the count stands this way:
384 total cast
112 to Paul (29%)
101 to Romney (26%)
23 to Santorum (6%)
18 to Gingrich (5%)
But as with all caucuses it isn’t that simple.
The AP and others reported yesterday that Mitt Romney won the Virgin Islands caucus.
And they aren’t entirely wrong, because of the crazy rules that are around caucuses, Mitt Romney was able to qualify for more delegates, and win them. One of the “uncommitted” delegates also went to Romney.
So maybe the media isn’t entirely unjustified in saying Romney won it.
But we think they buried the real story…
It is the first territory where Paul has clearly beaten Romney in a popular vote…
Slate’s Dave Weigel also reports on the confusing/misleading reports that Romney won the U.S. Virgin Island Caucus:
How did Paul get 11 more votes than Romney, but lose to him on delegates? It’s complicated. The Virgin Islands doesn’t portion out delegates by popular vote. Voters literally elect delegates– the six with the most support get to go to Tampa.
Here’s the deal: If the popular vote is what means a candidate has “won” a primary or caucus, then Ron Paul unquestionably won the U.S. Virgin Island Caucus, in the same way Santorum “won” Iowa, Romney “won” New Hampshire, Gingrich “won” South Carolina, etc.
But if actual delegate counts as “winning”–as the media is portraying Romney’s “win” in the U.S. Virgin Island Caucus–then this proves what our campaign has been saying all along: That Ron Paul stands to collect more delegates than anyone realizes despite where the other candidates finished in each state’s straw poll.
If the popular vote means you’ve won, then Ron Paul just won the U.S. Virgin Island Caucus. If collecting delegates equals victory, then Paul stands to do well there too.
The media is trying to have it both ways with Romney and the Virgin Island Caucus while ignoring Ron Paul’s actual straw poll first place victory.
Not that media duplicity is ever of any surprise to Paul and his supporters.
Ron Paul Wins U.S. Virgin Island Caucus*|*Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee
MASS MURDER: Why Are We Over There? U.S. Army Sergeant Opens Fire On Sixteen Afghan Civilians As They Sleep. WTF!
Submitted by AnAppealToHeavenWash on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 00:13
BALANDI, Afghanistan — Moving from house to house, a U.S. Army sergeant opened fire Sunday on Afghan villagers as they slept, killing 16 people — mostly women and children — in an attack that reignited fury at the U.S. presence following a wave of deadly protests over Americans burning Qurans.
The attack threatened the deepest breach yet in U.S.-Afghan relations, raising questions both in Washington and Kabul about why American troops are still fighting in Afghanistan after 10 years of conflict and the killing of Osama bin Laden.
The slayings, one of the worst atrocities committed by U.S. forces during the Afghan war, came amid deepening public outrage spurred by last month’s Quran burnings and an earlier video purportedly showing U.S. Marines urinating on dead Taliban militants.
More on the mass murders here...
US Army sergeant kills 16 Afghan civilians in shooting spree, threatening US-Afghan relations - The Washington Post
MASS MURDER: Why Are We Over There? U.S. Army Sergeant Opens Fire On Sixteen Afghan Civilians As They Sleep. WTF! | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
I am so sorry Battle Buddy; we are trying to get you home and safe, but we were too late to help you.... stress and exaustion does terrible things to our soldiers; this was and still does fall onto the POTUS and the Congress ... this boy needs help and the real people that need to be on trial are in WASHINGTON D.C.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjOGViwgCZU&feature=youtu.be
A military member (Capt Anonymous) speaks the truth about the War on Terror and current state of the US economy. Pleads for Americans to vote Ron Paul to end the War.
IT's NO ONE BUT PAUL
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Hello, Freedom Lovers!
Posted on March 11, 2012 by mitcht
This site is for every dedicated Ron Paul supporter out there who refuses to vote for more of the same, who refuse to continue to be numb in the presence of the status quo, and who will only vote for the consistent and honest Ron Paul, the defender and champion of the Constitution. The primary goal of this site is to bring together all Ron Paul supporters and have an image database so the GOP establishment can see all of our faces and know that they cannot win without us! We aim to centralize a photo gallery of pledges to vote only for Ron Paul. Join our movement and show the GOP that we are serious. Take a photo of yourself holding a piece of paper or sign that essentially says, “It’s Ron Paul or No One. Good luck winning without us!” I hope you enjoy this page, please pass it on. Remember, a picture is worth a thousand words.
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Ron Paul supporters plunge Denver GOP meeting ‘into madness’
Submitted by StevenNelson on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 10:08
Ron Paul 2012
Denver County Republican Assembly gets interesting when a group of Ron Paul-pledged delegates arrive.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=aY6z15LcmAM
Ron Paul supporters plunge Denver GOP meeting
Ron Paul Takes the Stage at Lindenwood University
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMDvb88_wSM&feature=related
Mar 10, 2012
Ron Paul speaks to another wildly enthusiastic standing-room-only crowd.
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Mar 10, 2012
Ron Paul - Voter Fraud "We can put 4000 people in a precinct and only get about 2000 votes." Something just doesn't add up.
Ron Paul Wins First Caucus: MSM Changes Rules, Reports Romney Wins
When Ron Paul wins the popular vote it no longer counts
Steve Watson
Infowars.com
March 12, 2012
http://www.washingtonpost.com/rf/ima...EeGJcBxAW26urA
Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul secured his first caucus victory over the weekend, by winning 29 percent of the popular vote among the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands. However, the mainstream media decided to report that despite coming in second with 26 percent, Mitt Romney was the real winner.
The Republican Party of the U.S. Virgin Islands reported the results as “112 to Paul (29%), 101 to Romney (26%), 23 to Santorum (6%), 18 to Gingrich (5%),”
In response, The AP and other mainstream reports yesterday claimed that Mitt Romney won caucus, because he stands to come away with more delegates.
Ron Paul supporters and the campaign itself have been tirelessly pointing out that in many of the states that have already held primaries and caucuses, the amount of delegates the Congressman has secured does not always reflect his positioning in the straw polls. Indeed, in Iowa and New Hampshire Paul secured as many delegates as Romney and Santorum.
Yet the media has always reported the winner as the candidate who won the highest percentage in the popular vote.
Not so this time around. When Ron Paul secures a caucus victory, the media changes the rules and declares it is the delegate count that determines the real winner.
“The media is reporting that Mitt Romney won the U.S. Virgin Island Caucus when Ron Paul actually won the popular vote,” wrote the Paul campaign team in an email to supporters.
“If the popular vote means you’ve won, then Ron Paul just won the U.S. Virgin Island Caucus. If collecting delegates equals victory, then Paul stands to do well there too.” the Paul campaign added.
“The media is trying to have it both ways with Romney and the Virgin Island Caucus while ignoring Ron Paul’s actual straw poll first place victory,”
Paul’s official campaign blogger Jack Hunter explains how the media changed the rules below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Cj7tUxAKuk&feature=player_embedded
Romney stands to win more delegates because, like some US states, The Virgin Islands directly elect delegates in a process that is separate from the caucuses. The six delegates with the most support get to go to the national convention.
As such, Romney won three delegates plus three more via RNC member pledges. He also picked up a uncommitted delegate after the balloting, to bring his total delegates to seven. Ron Paul will take one delegate.
However, the facts show that Ron Paul unquestionably “won” the U.S. Virgin Island Caucus, in the same way Santorum “won” Iowa, Romney “won” New Hampshire, and Gingrich “won” South Carolina.
Portions of the mainstream media know this is the case, and have blatantly ignored it, simply because they do not wish to see Paul, the only anti-establishment candidate, doing well in the race.
The next states to hold primary elections are Mississippi and Alabama. Caucuses will also be held in Hawaii and the American Samoa this Tuesday.
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Steve Watson is the London based writer and editor for Alex Jones’ Infowars.net, and Prisonplanet.com. He has a Masters Degree in International Relations from the School of Politics at The University of Nottingham in England.
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Rick Santorum: "Vote for Ron Paul" if you want limited government.
Submitted by JohnPhillipSousa on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 18:23
Ron Paul 2012
I thought this had to be a joke, but clicked on it anyway. And sure enough, he said it. I'd think this really needs to go viral....
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Former CIA Officer Michael Scheuer on the Economics of War with Iran
Submitted by Shawker on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 20:29
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Presidential Candidate Ron Paul 1st To Call For "False Flag" Criminal Charges To Be Filed Against Eric Holder
Submitted by AnAppealToHeavenWash on Tue, 12/13/2011 - 15:48
Ron Paul 2012
Just days ago, CBS national news printed new details about Department of Justice operation "Fast & Furious." Internal memos show that agents actually discussed using the operation as a "false flag" to justify taking away the 2nd amendment rights of US citizens.
Congress is currently investigating Fast & Furious. Attorney General Eric Holder has already been caught making at least one false statement under oath.
Gun rights advocates have been asking why Republicans aren't calling for criminal charges against Eric Holder. Many have criticized FOX News for giving the story little coverage. CBS national news has been breaking most of the new details related to Fast & Furious. Recently Eric Holder yelled at a reporter at an event in DC. He blamed the media for public outrage over Fast & Furious, and told a reporter "you guys need to stop it."
Today, Texas Congressman Ron Paul became the first GOP president candidate to call for criminal charges against Eric Holder.
Speaking to syndicated radio talk show host Alex Jones, Paul called for Holder to be "immediately fired." Paul went on to say "I think it was criminal," and called the operation a "false flag." He said that there needs to be an immediate investigation into Holder himself, and said Holder "deserves charges."
More here... Ron Paul calls for criminal charges against Eric Holder. - Charleston Charleston Conservative | Examiner.com
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Did the Media Black Out Ron Paul's First Win?
Submitted by Tom Mullen on Mon, 03/12/2012 - 15:50
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http://www.tommullen.net/wp-content/...y1-150x150.jpgDuring the first 2 months of the Republican presidential primary contest, the mainstream media consistently reported that Ron Paul had failed to secure a win in any state. While Paul had likely accumulated the majority of delegates in several caucus states, including Iowa, Maine, Nevada, Alaska, Minnesota and possibly several more, he had not placed first in the straw polls in any of those states.
Despite the fact that the straw poll is non-binding and ultimately has nothing to do with selecting the party’s nominee, the media consistently reported the straw poll winner as the winner of the state caucus. They even went so far as to project the delegates won by each candidate based upon that candidate’s percentage of the straw poll vote. This is misleading because the straw poll results have nothing to do with the allocation of delegates in most caucus states The delegate process is completely separate and takes place after the straw poll is over.
The media has not missed an opportunity to point out that Ron Paul has not won a state in this election cycle, although those listening carefully heard John King admit after the Arizona debate that Paul was in second place in terms of delegates. This was the result of several strong second place finishes and several wins - if one defines a win as securing the most delegates. However, the media recognizes the straw poll winner as the “winner” regardless of who actually gets the delegates.
That is, until Ron Paul wins a straw poll. Then the rules change.
Immediately after the Virgin Islands caucus, the Associated Press reported that Mitt Romney had won. However, there was something curious about this particular story. It reported the number of delegates won by each candidate, but did not even mention the results of the straw poll.
I’ll give you three guesses who won that poll (hint: it wasn’t Romney, Gingrich, or Santorum). Yes, as the Virgin Islands GOP website confirms, Ron Paul won the straw poll with 29% of the vote. Romney came in second with 26%, followed by 6% for Santorum and 5% for Gingrich.
Certainly, the Virgin Islands delegation is numerically insignificant in terms of the 2,286 delegates in play during the Republican primary process. However, so are the delegations from Iowa and New Hampshire. The importance of these wins is the momentum they give to the campaign and the effect they may have on voters in subsequent states
The media can’t have it both ways. They can’t report the straw poll winner as the caucus winner in states where Paul fails to win the straw poll but gets the majority of the delegates and then turn around and report the delegate winner as the caucus winner when Ron Paul wins the straw poll. Any reasonable person would scream bias at that.
However, the media may not be real problem here. With 10 primaries or caucuses being held on one day and several more within a few days before and after, the media has to rely heavily on what local/state GOP officials tell them about the results of these contests. If the media simply relayed in good faith what they were told by the Virgin Islands GOP, it raises the real question. Why was the Virgin Islands the first caucus that did not announce the candidate that finished first in the straw poll as the winner of the caucus?
Perhaps it was an honest mistake, but the honest mistakes that hurt Paul’s campaign are adding up. As I pointed out before the Washington caucus, the only vote-counting or election scandals during this primary season have occurred in states that Paul has been expected to have a good chance to win. As anticipated in that article, Washington joined that dubious list of states before the voting even started. Paul has taken the high road so far, explaining his lack of a win by saying that "changing one hundred years of history takes a little time." However, after drawing thousands to rallies in one state after another while his opponents have only drawn hundreds, if that, even Paul is starting to get suspicious of the highly massaged caucus straw poll results.
Although his support has increased by orders of magnitude since 2008, Paul admits that the chances are slim that he can win the nomination. They are certainly no slimmer than Newt Gingrich’s chances at this point. However, no candidate could have any chance to win with his own party teaming up with the media to thwart any momentum he might generate.
If the United States had a vibrant political system in which many parties competed on a level playing field, one might say that Ron Paul should take the hint that he’s just not wanted as the Republican Party’s candidate.
However, the playing field is not level. Both the Republican and Democratic Parties receive government subsidies and benefit from a labyrinthine set of rules that give them a virtual monopoly on the political process. Without fairly conducted primaries, no American citizen is truly guaranteed "a republican form of govenrment."
If those lofty ideals don’t resonate with entrenched Republican Party leaders, then perhaps this will: Ron Paul’s supporters may not be a majority within the Republican Party, but you’ll need them to win in November. If they walk, you get four more years of Obama. Treat Paul’s campaign fairly and stop trying to give it extra adversity to overcome. Otherwise, you may be treated to another Obama inaugural address.
Tom Mullen is the author of A Return to Common Sense: Reawakening Liberty in the Inhabitants of America.
Did the Media Black Out Ron Paul's First Win? | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
Whose fault is it a Tacoma soldier killed 16 in Afghanistan? Don't blame Ron Paul!
Tacoma : WA : USA | Mar 12, 2012 at 1:51 PM PDT
By Stephanie Ealy
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Young girl reaches for Ron Paul campaign balloon as Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-TX) speaks at a town hall campaign stop in Meredith
The soldier who went on a shooting rampage in Afghanistan leaving 16 dead Sunday is from a Tacoma area base called joint base Lewis-McChord, and as a resident in the area I am mortified, stunned and beside myself seething with anger. When will the government of the United States wake up?
I am personally so angry about this that hot tears are forming in my eyes as I type. Why am I angry? I am angry at the United States government who is continuing these wars that have no purpose. I am angry at President Barack Obama for not keeping his campaign promise to bring the troops home.
I am not angry at this soldier. I am angry at the president, the government -- whoever is responsible for starting this war and for keeping this war going, for calling out yet another unconstitutional war.
I feel so very sad and broken for the staff sergeant who mentally lost it and went on a shooting rampage. I feel so much empathy for his wife and two kids. Most of all, my heart is broken in two for the Afghan families and people trying to pick up the pieces from this horrific event.
Do you know what it is like to live in an area with a huge military base? It is devastating! Common news stories are about another soldier who had been deployed five times and when he heard he had orders for a sixth tour, he committed suicide!!! Another soldier who lost it and killed his son, wife and himself. Another soldier with PTSD who did not get the help he needed committed some crazy crime because he was mentally messed up from watching a friend die in his arms from a roadside bomb. I could go on and on -- it is unimaginable the amount of frustration that builds to constantly hear these true stories knowing they could have been stopped!
I am angry because a Texas Congressman named Ron Paul has been crying out like a prophet in the wilderness saying, "We must stop these endless, careless wars -- we are not the police of the world -- we need to stay out of the business of other countries' borders and protect our own."
But instead of listening, some call him crazy, discredit him, black him out of the mainstream media. Many say, "I would never vote for Ron Paul because his foreign policy is too radical." Really? It is America's meddling in the business of others that is too radical, not Ron Paul! People have flipped out over the fact that Ron Paul said we caused the 9/11 attacks. Think about it people! We are in THEIR land building embassies and bases all over the world. What would we do if other countries came into our land and tried to set up troops?
America has become the bully of the world! And our soldiers are the poor bullied kids in school who can't take it anymore. Once they get over there in their deployments they see they aren't fighting for America's freedom, they are bombing people for no reason. They are pawns for oil. They are not defending America, they are helping other countries defend their borders. Why do so many of them support Ron Paul? WHY?
Dr. Paul predicted many things about the economy years ago and he is right about his foreign policy, and what does he get for it? Made fun of, mocked, scoffed and practically spit on by many Americans. And in the meantime, another crazy thing happens that angers others in another country because we have no business building bases around the world and defending other people's borders.
What is our responsibility now? It is to help our broken soldiers and bring our troops home! You know, from one of the wars that should have never happened in the first place!
Why are so many asleep? Why are there so many brainwashed and in a trance by the biased mainstream media? We are not that dumb, are we? Open your eyes, get out of your slumber...quit being stupid sheep and following the others over a cliff!
Wake up America -- WAKE UP!
Whose fault is it a Tacoma soldier killed 16 Afghans? Ron Paul can't be blamed
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Voters read "Ron Paul Family Cookbook" as they listen to Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul (R-TX) at a town hall campaign stop in Meredith
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Supporter of Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul waves next to a cardboard cutout of Paul in Greenville
Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk 3/12/12: An Administration Gone Rogue
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Caucus and Convention Results: Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Nevada, Minnesota, and Virgin Islands! +Much More!
Submitted by GCN3030 on Sun, 03/11/2012 - 22:02 in Delegates
I've been watching closely and I have seen results posted here on DP recently from Conventions and Caucuses in Alaska, California, Iowa, Minnesota, Nevada, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, the Virgin Islands, Rhode Island and even Georgia.
Did I miss any contests? EDIT: Looks like I did; so I also posted some results below California, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Maine, and Wyoming I will update as I find more.
I'll try to gather the threads up and post them in the comments below if anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated sometimes it is too easy for things to go down the memory hole here on DP I think we need to make the results easier to find.
Someone suggested I try to consolidate them into the thread (please help me find more reports guys I know there are more) anyway here is what we have as of 3/12/2012 8:44 PM Pacific:
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Alaska District Conventions 3/10/2012
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Mendocino County Congressional Nomination Meeting 3/5/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/218662/mendocino-rcc-congressional-...
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Denver GOP Convention 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219994/ron-paul-revolution-in-progr...
Another Denver GOP convention thread (w/ several important comments from participants)
http://www.dailypaul.com/220035/ron-paul-supporters-plunge-d...
Excellent Comment from attendee: http://www.dailypaul.com/220035/ron-paul-supporters-plunge-d...
Another comment from a Paul supporter that was there:
http://www.dailypaul.com/220035/ron-paul-supporters-plunge-d...
Unknown County Divisional Meeting 2/18/2012
Some small but positive news! | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
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3/10/2012 Chatham County Convention(also reports from Seminole, Lowndes, Bryan, Columbia, Glynn, Cook, Coweta, and Camden County conventions)
http://mail.dailypaul.com/219898/my-county-convention-chatha...
3/10/2012 Clarke County Convention
http://www.dailypaul.com/219978/3-4-denied-their-voice-at-co...
Cobb County Convention (Grassroots Report) 3/10/2012
Cobb GOP, how the fraud works | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
Dekalb and Cobb County Coventions(MSM report) 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219937/new-article-georgia-conventi...
Dekalb county Convention Grassroots Report
Our friend, TMOT, his wife and a friend become delegates!
http://www.dailypaul.com/220373/3-more-rp-delegates-our-frie...
Forsythe County Convention 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219944/convention-chaos-in-forsyth-...
Fulton County Convention 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/220256/fulton-county-gop-admits-to-...
unknown county convention 3/10/2012
2012 GOP County Convention | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
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Polk County Convention (Des Moines) 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219963/polk-county-convention-des-m...
Harrison County Convention 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219866/iowa-county-conventions-toda...
Story County Convention 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219943/account-of-an-iowa-county-co...
Unknown County Convention 3/10/2012
Iowa Delegate News Looking Good | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
Unknown County Convention 3/10/2012
http://haproxy.dailypaul.com/219822/im-leaving-in-ten-minute...
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Ron Paul supporters observe caucus 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219934/ron-paul-supporters-observe-...
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Westbrook Republican Committee 2/8/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/212438/paul-backers-ruffle-local-go...
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Comment from Organizer 3/10/2012
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Minneapolis District Convention 3/10/2012
MN BPOU convention update | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
Wright County Convention 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/220347/ron-paul-landslide-in-wright...
Unknown County Convention Minnesota 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219907/good-news-in-mn-this-weekend...
Unknown County Convention Minnesota 3/4/2012
Going to District! | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
Unknown County Convention Minnesota 3/10/2012 (comment from attendee)
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Clark County Convention (Las Vegas) 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219926/breaking-las-vegas-nevada-ro...
Storey County Convention 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219930/what-happened-at-the-convent...
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Oklahoma County GOP Convention 3/3/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/218336/oklahoma-county-gop-conventi...
Video: Paul Supporter Denied Attempt to Crash Polk GOP Convention - YouTube
Major County GOP Convention 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219864/major-county-oklahoma-county...
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Party meeting 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219894/rp-suuporters-dominate-rhode...
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3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/220175/just-became-state-delegate-f...
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Caucus 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219961/ron-paul-wins-virgin-islands...
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Hot Springs County Convention 3/10/2012
http://www.dailypaul.com/219979/ron-paul-wins-hot-springs-co...
Sweetwater County Convention 3/10/2012 (comment from supporter who was there)
http://www.dailypaul.com/219618/saturday-caucuses-kansas-gua...
Caucus and Convention Results: Alaska, Colorado, Georgia, Kansas, Nevada, Minnesota, and Virgin Islands! +Much More! | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
SCHEDULE: Ron Paul to Hold Giant Town Hall Meeting in Illinois
‘Youth for Ron Paul’-sponsored event to occur at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – This week in Illinois, 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul will hold a massive town hall meeting comprised of well over 1,000 voters.
The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place on Wednesday, March 14th at 7:00 p.m. CST at theUniversity of Illinois Foellinger Auditorium, located at 709 South Matthews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801. Doors open to the public at 6:30 p.m. To reserve your seat for the event featuring Dr. Paul and enter the venue 30 minutes prior to the general public, please click here.
U.S. Rep. Timothy V. Johnson (IL-15th), a friend of Dr. Paul and in whose district the event will take place, will introduce the 12-term Congressman from Texas.
“Illinois supporters are delighted that Ron Paul will visit the state to engage voters, and we guarantee that here in Illinois there is significant support for his candidacy,” said Ron Paul 2012 Illinois State Director Scott Davis.
The University of Illinois event is being organized by ‘Youth for Ron Paul’ (YFP), an initiative of the Ron Paul 2012 Presidential campaign. Since ‘Youth for Ron Paul’ launched in September, students nationwide have organized 583 chapters and recruited more than 46,000 people.
“The campaign announced this event late Sunday evening, and by midnight, almost 1,200 people had already reserved their seats to see Ron Paul. Like the rest of the country, young voters in Illinois clearly understand the future of our country is at stake this election cycle. The Republican Party would be wise to take note, as no other candidate can inspire young people to mobilize for limited government and fiscal restraint. And no other candidate is better positioned to defeat Obama,” said Edward King, National Youth Director for the Ron Paul 2012 Presidential campaign.
“Young people understand the critical challenges our next president will face better than anyone, as they are the generation that will bear the brunt of an uncertain future. That’s why they are motivated by Ron Paul’s message of prosperity, constitutionally-limited government, and individual liberty and it is why they continue to show up by the thousands to hear Dr. Paul his ‘Plan to Restore America,’” said Ani DeGroot, Midwest Regional Director for the Ron Paul 2012 Presidential campaign.
To learn more about ‘Youth for Ron Paul’ including how to sign-up and establish a local chapter, visit the YFP website by clicking here.
Dr. Paul’s Illinois town hall meeting will be followed by an open press avail. Members of the local and major print, broadcast, and online media with particular needs should contact National Media Coordinator Megan Stiles via email at megans@ronpaul2012.com. Please, no exceptions.
Details of the event are as follows. Time is Central.
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
7:00 p.m.
Town Hall Meeting
University of Illinois – Foellinger Auditorium
709 South Matthews Avenue
Urbana, IL 61801
For a map of the location, please click here.
SCHEDULE: Ron Paul to Hold Giant Town Hall Meeting in Illinois*|*Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee
Ron Paul Competitive Against Obama in Latest Rasmussen Poll
Outperforming one-time ‘front-runners,’ Paul remains on track to defeat incumbent President
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul statistically ties President Barack Obama in a head-to-head matchup, according to a recent Rasmussen survey of likely voters.
Notable in the poll is that among alternatives to Massachusetts establishment-moderate Mitt Romney, Ron Paul is the most competitive when matched against the incumbent President. Paul is statistically tied with President Obama with a strong 41 percent to Obama’s 42 percent, and outperforms faux Romney alternatives Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich.
As Republican nominee, Rick Santorum would lose the White House with only 43 percent to Obama’s 46 percent, while Newt Gingrich would give it away with a six-point 46 to 40 percent landslide victory for Obama. Particularly worrisome for conservatives is Rasmussen’s stark prediction that, “The president runs strongest within his party when Gingrich is his opponent.”
According to Rasmussen, “Paul currently does best of the four [Republican candidates] among voters not affiliated with either of the major political parties” – a crucial bellwether in electability. The poll, then, forecasts that the 12-term Congressman from Texas remains competitive outside the Republican Party base, and that he is best able to win over America’s largest voting bloc, self-identified independents.
“In poll after poll, Ron Paul is the most electable conservative alternative to Mitt Romney, and the sole candidate able to provide real contrast with Obama. Dr. Paul is the only candidate on the ballot in all 50 states with the organization and stamina to defeat Romney, and transition into a decisive general election victory over the sitting President,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton.
Poll results are based on telephone surveys of 1,500 likely voters and have a +/- 3-percentage point margin of error.
Ron Paul Competitive Against Obama in Latest Rasmussen Poll*|*Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee
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Ron Paul’s Indomitable Supporters
Many have seen the exciting news that came out of Nevada last week via the Las Vegas Review-Journal:
Supporters of GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul on Saturday effectively took control of the Clark County Republican Party by winning election to 14 executive board positions, or two-thirds of the ruling body.
The election came during the county GOP convention where Paul delegates dominated, winning as many as half of the 1,382 delegates nominated to the state convention May 2-4 in Sparks.
Paul supporters chanted “Paul, Paul, Paul” as the new executive board took the stage.
“This is the grass roots taking a stand to change the direction of the party from the county level,” said Carl Bunce, Nevada chairman of Paul’s campaign and a delegate. “This is bigger than just Ron Paul. This is about liberty and openness and fairness and changing the party.”
Many have also seen the controversy in Colorado at the Denver Country GOP convention where shouting broke out between Paul supporters and GOP officials. I’ve heard from multiple sources that what is being portrayed by some in the media as Paul supporters simply being rowdy, was in fact Paul supporters following the established rules heading into the convention and then those rules being changed by those in charge as things proceeded.
For Ron Paul supporters this is nothing new and we can expect the establishment to keep pushing back every chance they get.
And they can expect us to keep pushing forward.
Ron Paul's Indomitable Supporters*|*Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee
Ron Paul Louisiana Team Welcomes Livingston Parish GOP Chair Endorsement
Jason Stern supports Paul because “he has shown consistent regard for the Constitution and the God-given rights and liberties it protects.”BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul was endorsed today by the Chairman of the Livingston Parish Republican Party, Jason Stern of Walker.
Livingston Parish’s main population centers include Albany, Denham Springs, French Settlement, Killian, Livingston, Port Vincent, Springfield and Walker, comprising about 130,000 people.
In endorsing Ron Paul, Mr. Stern mentioned he was doing so as an individual and not on behalf of any organization or its members. He issued the following statement:
“My family supports Ron Paul because throughout his career he has shown consistent regard for the Constitution and the God-given rights and liberties it protects.
“Dr. Paul’s pro-life, pro-family values are near and dear to our hearts and his no-nonsense approach to government and foreign policy are attractive qualities for the Executive Branch.
“If America is going to return to greatness, now is the day to act. Electing another quasi-conservative whose goal is to ‘do big government better’ is a great reason to strongly support Dr. Paul’s candidacy.”
Jason Stern is serving his second term as Livingston Parish Republican Party Chairman, is currently Vice President of the American Judicial Alliance, and a former Vice President of the Louisiana Family Forum. Mr. Stern has been married to Andrea Rice Stern for over 14 years, and is active with their nine children in home education leadership as well as their church community.
This announcement is preceded by earlier declarations of support by Louisiana State Rep. Joel Robideaux and former state GOP Deputy Chair Charlie Davis.
Providing a strong boost to Ron Paul’s Louisiana state organization, such endorsements present Ron Paul as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney. They also demonstrate that the 12-term Congressman from Texas has the only campaign organization capable of maintaining a 50-state competition with the moderate-establishment Romney.
Ron Paul Louisiana Team Welcomes Livingston Parish GOP Chair Endorsement*|*Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee
Ron Paul Endorsed By Louisiana GOP Central Committeeman Harold WilliamsSays only Ron Paul argues that “the real solutions to our problems will not be found in the halls of government, but rather with ‘We The People.’”BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul was endorsed today by Louisiana Republican State Central Committeeman Harold Williams of Baton Rouge. Mr. Williams also is the former Chairman of the East Baton Rouge Parish Republican Party, an area of about 440,000 Bayou State residents.
In publicly endorsing Ron Paul, Mr. Williams issued the following statement:
“I support Ron Paul because of his bold stance against overreaching government bureaucracies and his loyal opposition against unnecessary taxes. Like Ron Paul, I too believe that every American is entitled to the fruits of their labor.
“We need regulatory relief, real spending cuts and a balanced budget. I am often reminded of quote from Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, ‘Every man and woman is born into the world to do something unique and something distinctive and if he or she does not do it, it will never be done.’
“Ron Paul is the only candidate that is effectively articulating that the real solutions to our problems will not be found in the halls of government, but rather with ‘We The People.’”
Harold Williams has been involved in leadership roles for many years, responsible for advocacy and consensus building within numerous civic organizations. In addition, Mr. Williams became the first African American since Reconstruction to serve in the position of Chairman of the Republican Party of East Baton Rouge Parish.
Harold has over 11 years of experience as a successful entrepreneur directing fiscal operations, supervising 16 employees, marketing company services, negotiating contracts, and profitably resolving problems to ensure repeat business and satisfied customers. He also has managed the daily operations of a petroleum management firm engaged in national and international planning and development.
This announcement has been preceded by earlier declarations of support by Louisiana State Rep. Joel Robideaux and former state GOP Deputy Chair Charlie Davis.
Providing a strong boost to Ron Paul’s Louisiana state organization, such endorsements present Ron Paul as the conservative alternative to Mitt Romney. They also demonstrate that the 12-term Congressman from Texas has the only campaign organization capable of maintaining a 50-state competition with the moderate-establishment Romney.
Ron Paul Endorsed By Louisiana GOP Central Committeeman Harold Williams*|*Ron Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign CommitteeRon Paul 2012 Presidential Campaign Committee
Ron Paul’s Economic Platform Cheered by ‘Black Swan’ Author
“Only one candidate, Ron Paul, is saying the right things for the issues we are facing.” – Nassim Taleb
LAKE JACKSON, Texas – 2012 Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul’s economic platform of fiscal restraint, Federal Reserve skepticism, and antipathy toward self-feeding bureaucracies was praised today by one of the world’s premier risk managers, who endorsed elements of the 12-term Congressman from Texas’ path-breaking ‘Plan to Restore America.’
Nassim Taleb told CNBC that Dr. Paul’s fiscal Mayday in areas such as the threat of an impending hyperinflation tax that will harm low- and fixed-income Americans would further harm the nation’s overall economic standing. Mr. Taleb also said he’s been forced to retreat into stocks, real estate, and the euro as a means of avoiding the forthcoming dire outcome of the federal government’s profligate spending and outsize growth. In doing so, the best-selling author who specializes in outliers such as, for many, the wildly unpredictable financial events of the past few years praised the self-trained free-market economist Paul and said of Paul, “I’m a risk-based person. From my vantage point there’s only one candidate representing the right policies.”
Finally, Mr. Taleb said that Paul is the sole person in the American political landscape that has the courage to take on the Federal Reserve and recognizes that there is no conventional, quick fix to the ruinous financial situation.
“We’re overjoyed that best-selling author of ‘The Black Swan’ Nassim Taleb gave such a ringing endorsement of Ron Paul’s economic policy prescriptions for our ailing economy,” said Ron Paul 2012 National Campaign Chairman Jesse Benton.
“Decades ago Ron Paul predicted the fallout from the counter-intuitive decision-making of policymakers of both political parties. Dr. Paul’s ‘Plan to Restore America’ cuts $1 trillion out of the federal budget in year one, reins in Washington’s intrusion into the national economy, and audits the Fed. If heeded Ron Paul’s plan will bring about sustainable, lasting economic prosperity not seen in a long time,” added Mr. Benton.
For the CNBC video featuring Mr. Taleb singling out Dr. Paul as a fellow economic forecaster, click here. To read the CNBC summary story online, click here.
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GOP Establishment Continues Assault On Paul
March 13, 2012 by Sam Rolley
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The mainstream media began by pretending he didn’t exist; when that didn’t work, they began to say he has an unpopular message or tried to brand him as a racist. Now, they simply lie about GOP Presidential candidate Ron Paul’s success in the 2012 primary season.
Paul recently mused about the fact that he draws crowds of thousands of supporters and his fellow candidates routinely draw only a couple hundred at best.
“Quite frankly I don’t think the other candidates get crowds like this, and we get them constantly” Paul said, after an event in Missouri.
Paul said he has a hard time understanding how the crowds he draws — especially in comparison to those of his fellow candidates — don’t equate to popular vote victories. The candidate stopped short of alleging voting fraud on the part of the GOP because he said he had no proof.
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The candidate secured his first caucus victory over the weekend, winning 29 percent of the popular vote among the people of the U.S. Virgin Islands. The media, however, claimed that Mitt Romney actually won the contest because he stands to come away with more delegates.
Curiously, the Paul campaign has pointed out that the popular vote does not always reflect the number of delegates obtained in each State that has already held a caucus or primary. Only when Paul won the popular vote in the territory did the media change how it reported the results.
The Republican Party of the U.S. Virgin Islands reported the results as 112 to Paul (29 percent), 101 to Romney (26 percent), 23 to Santorum (6 percent) and 18 to Gingrich (5 percent).
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Ron Paul Praised on CNBC by "Black Swan" Author
"The only candidate I trust is Ron Paul" - Professor Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N4Tql8YHn0&feature=player_embedded
"I don’t care about [Ron Paul's] chances. I support him. We have no other solutions. It is my duty as a citizen and as a taxpayer who doesn’t want to be hoodwinked in the long term by bureaucrats." Nassim Taleb
Ron Paul Praised on CNBC by "Black Swan" Author | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
Ron Paul Talks Brokered Convention on CNBC 3/14/2012
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-IMD1bhcbE&feature=player_embedded
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Shocking Overheard Obama conversation about Ron Paul!
Totally shocked to think that there is even a possibility that this is a true recording. More research and checking into this must be done.
BREAKING Obama Caught on Hot Mic Admitting Election Fraud Against Ron Paul by TPTB.flv:
It is truly heartbreaking that there is no truth and real honesty in our election system anymore. There is no truth in media reporting. The whole tainted and yellow journalistic conglomerate of evil has taken over with no true justice in sight to stop it.
The good news is, we are strong as the One Force for goodness that we ALL are. This stuff is found and brought forth quickly by the ever vigilant watch-folks on the wall, for which we give thanks.
The vote rigging and fraud must stop. We will continue to shine the light on this as much as possible from the trenches.
Blessings and cheers to all.
Shocking Overheard Obama conversation about Ron Paul! | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Ron Paul 2012
Josh Tolley: Ron Paul is Going to Win – Mar 12 2012 - Audio
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Like I have said Many, Many Times..... Paul will be the Next POTUS
It's Ron Paul or No One
Will Ron Paul Invite Mitt Romney To Be His Vice President?
Submitted by Allan Stevo on Sat, 03/10/2012 - 15:11
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Allan Stevo has been involved in politics in Cook County, Illinois since the age of seven. He’s seen Chicago’s Democratic machine from the inside. In 2005, he was first introduced to Ron Paul’s writing. In 2007 he was active in Americans in Europe for Ron Paul and an organizer of the Strasbourg Tea Party. In 2008 he campaigned for Ron Paul in nine states before running for U.S. House of Representatives (IL-10) on Ron Paul’s platform. His writing has appeared widely in print and on the internet both in the United States and internationally. He’s been published in places as diverse as Pravda, LewRockwell.com, and Danse Macabre. Author of four books, this is his first on political strategy. He is 32 years old and makes his living as a full-time writer.
Conservative Americans DO NOT WANT Mitt Romney. That’s pretty darn obvious. He spends a fortune trying to convince voters, gets a generous amount of media time to express his message, and still can’t seem to inspire the Republican base, even when he’s running against the likes of crooked party hacks Santorum and Gingrich, or against that other guy – the Congressman from Texas who seldom gets mentioned in the media. Against opponents like that, the out-of-touch punditry have long expected that Super Tuesday 2012 would be the coronation of Mitt Romney.
In the era of the Tea Party, Mitt Romney is simply too big of a statist and is too inconsistent with his views to sew up the nomination or the presidency. Does he like gun control (as past action has shown) or does he like the Second Amendment (as his current rhetoric is demonstrating)? Does he want national healthcare (as past action has shown) or is he against government healthcare (as his current rhetoric is mostly demonstrating)? Is he against the concept of the free market (as past action has shown) or is he in favor of a free market (as his current rhetoric is occasionally demonstrating)?
Republicans clearly do not want Mitt Romney as a president, but we’re still only 8 weeks into this 8 month long nominating contest and perhaps they’ll take a liking to the number two man in the delegate count – Ron Paul when they come to realize what a chance they have at choosing a principled candidate who can succeed at winning the White House. He has the second largest fundraising apparatus of the candidates, has the largest volunteer army, appeals to the swing voter, appeals to the youth, appeals to activists, gives the angry ex-Obama voters on the left a safe home, attracts independents, Greens, and Democrats, grows the party, and has a record of winning 12 elections in the conservative south, all of which nearly ensure that his nomination would bring about a Republican win in November.
The Adversarial VP
"But why," you might ask, "would Ron Paul want Mitt Romney, a soon-to-be washed up politician, as his running mate?" Well, because Ron Paul, a fan of the wisdom of the founding fathers, might appreciate the pre-1804 thinking of having a man who is his biggest opponent as his vice president. The idea was encouraged in the U.S. Constitution Article 1, section 2 before it was altered by the 12th Amendment. Jefferson, for example, was the vice president to Adams. Boy did those two not get along. They had some fundamental differences of opinion.
Mitt Romney is a saboteur within the Republican Party – a man who pretends to be conservative, while so effectively being a statist. He would leave our country spread thin and defenseless by entering into another war and impoverishing our country for the sake of pumping up our national ego and, more importantly, his own ego. Mitt Romney would swear an oath to the U.S. Constitution that he would not uphold. He would continue the horrible Bush record of deficit spending, bigger government, and high federal tax rates. He would continue the dismantling of our civil liberties and economic liberties. He would support more huge bailouts.
He would not stand against the Federal Reserve Bank.
Candidate Romney, described above, is almost the opposite of Ron Paul who is strong on national defense, strong on veterans, strong on the economy, tough on government spending and taxation, a strong adherent to the wisdom of constitutional government.
As you read this, Mitt Romney might be sitting somewhere looking over the Super Tuesday returns, saying to himself "Ron Paul’s so into the Constitution that he might follow in this tradition of the adversarial vice president that the founding father’s began." I doubt Ron Paul’s thinking that, but Mitt Romney when listening to Ron Paul speak about Mises and Keynes in those pre-debate green room discussions probably says to himself repeatedly "Is it time to ask him yet?" Because Ron Paul is starting to look like Mitt Romney’s last hope – Romney either becomes VP to Paul, riding the septuagenarian’s coattails for a term before running again himself, or Romney never again gets a chance to become the president.
Unelectable Mitt
The elections of 1976, 1980, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 have shown that an uninspiring and merely tolerable candidate like Romney fares poorly in general elections, especially when paired against a candidate who knows how to inspire his base.
It’s time for leaders in the Republican Party to face the facts and to start asking Mitt Romney this important question – if the Republican voters don’t actually want him and if he is likely to be unelectable, would Mitt Romney be willing to step down and throw his support behind Ron Paul in hopes that Ron Paul would consider having Mitt Romney serve as the 48th vice president of the U.S.?
Mitt Romney understands that such a move would help bring unity to a splintered party, and that a Ron Paul candidacy would flank Obama on the wars and civil liberties in the run-up to the election, would eliminate the divisive talk on social issues, and would give Republicans the best chance at a win. It’s time for Mitt Romney to make that phone call to Ron Paul and to tell him that in exchange for being Paul’s vice presidential choice, Ron Paul will get Mitt Romney’s full support.
I’m not sure Ron Paul will accept the offer, but it’s a good place to begin the discussion.
Allan Stevo is a writer from Chicago – author of the #1 Best Selling Book at LewRockwell.com for the month of February, the recently released How to Win America for Ron Paul and the Cause of Freedom in 2012, a book on how Ron Paul supporters can secure the GOP nomination and with certainty deliver a presidential win for Ron Paul in 2012.
This piece first appeared at LewRockwell.com.
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