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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.

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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.

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Ron Paul Endorsed By Louisiana GOP Central Committeeman Harold Williams

Says 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.

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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



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.



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



"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

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Ron Paul Talks Brokered Convention on CNBC 3/14/2012

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.


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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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