Thread: Ron Paul on the Issues

Newt Gingrich Takes Final Straw Poll Before Iowa

However, Race is Tightening Significantly

The story for December might be that Newt Gingrich won the Townhall Straw Poll for the second month in a row. However, the real story might be the amount of support he lost versus the gains by every other candidate. The former Speaker of the House managed to hold on for the victory despite losing almost 13 points. Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Michele Bachmann, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, and even Jon Huntsman gained some momentum. Undecided voters increased as well. Is this reflective of national polls indicating the Newt Gingrich campaign might be slipping? Does the increase in votes for the other candidates indicate a splintering of the conservative vote just before the 2012 nominating contests get underway? We will finally find out, starting tonight.

Ron Paul campaign announces more endorsements

Mary Stegmeir
5:02 AM, Dec 22, 2011

The Ron Paul campaign announced several endorsements this week, including a stamp of approval from nationally-syndicated radio talk show host Jerry Doyle.

“The Jerry Doyle Show” is the sixth-largest radio program in the county with more than 200 affiliates and 3.75 million weekly listeners, according to a campaign press release. It features discussions of finance, politics, pop culture and current events.

Other endorsements for the Texas congressman came closer to home.

The Rev. Doug Holmes, pastor of Sovereign Grace Church in Dows, and Rev. Christopher J. Neuendorf, pastor of Holy Cross Evangelical Lutheran Church in Davenport, both issues statements in support of Paul’s candidacy.

In addition, a number of Iowans joined campaign voter outreach groups.

Christopher Charles, of Murray; Michelle Brookhart, of Windsor Heights; and Bob and Janie Toomey, of Runnels, joined the Homeschoolers for Ron Paul group.

The following entrepreneurs joined Small Businesses for Ron Paul:

— Monty Button, owner of Adel Tree Company in Adel
— Mark Davenport, owner of Davencorp Welding & Fabrication in Bloomfield
— Ben LaFleur, owner of LaFleur Chiropractic in West Des Moines
— Eric Riedinger, owner of Attention Signs in Ankeny
— Ryan Kirk, owner of an Ames-area IT business startup

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Ron Paul plays to packed house as supporters await victory

by admin on January 3, 2012

While other candidates were speaking at coffeehouses and diners on the day before the Iowa caucuses, Ron Paul was greeted by a crowd of 500 and scores of national media who packed a downtown hotel ballroom for a morning event.

“This is almost like a real rally,” the Republican presidential hopeful exclaimed. “This is great!”

Polls show Paul in a position to pull off an upset victory in the caucuses Tuesday night, an accomplishment that, if it happens, would amount to one extremely sharp stick in the eye of the GOP establishment.

The turnout had Paul’s supporters crowing.

“For somebody that doesn’t have a chance, this is some crowd,” said Monte Goodyk of Sully, Iowa. “This is the beginning of the second revolution.”

Paul was introduced by his son, Rand Paul, the U.S. senator from Kentucky.

“There’s energy. It’s overflowing. And it’s coming tomorrow,” Rand Paul told the crowd. “We’re going to win in Iowa tomorrow.”

If Ron Paul does win, it will be viewed widely by analysts as a fluke, a one-shot that will do little to derail Mitt Romney’s march to the GOP nomination. But Paul’s supporters don’t buy that — and many of them aren’t interested in supporting other Republican candidates or worrying about what the political press thinks.

“I think they’re a bunch of losers, whining and crying,” said Tara Wilkens of Seattle, who came to Iowa to support Paul’s efforts. She called the crowd in the ballroom “super-exciting. It’s contagious!”

Ron Paul said the same. “The enthusiasm is growing by leaps and bounds,” he said. “The crowds are getting bigger.”

Paul, too, framed the choice Tuesday between him and the rest of the GOP field. “The others represent the status quo, variation of the status quo.”

This article was written by James Oliphant for the LA Times; full article at the LA Times …

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More Iowans join national Ron Paul coalitions


Mary Stegmeir
7:16 AM, Dec 30, 2011

A number of Iowans have recently joined national Ron Paul voter coalitions.

The following individuals are now part of Homeschoolers for Ron Paul:

— Genny Loraditch, Ankeny
— Bryan and Joan Samuell, New Virginia
— Jennifer Loveless, Corwith
— Matt and Sarah Banowetz, Marion
— Laurie and Thomas Hammer, Algona
— Kevin Waycaster, Waukee
— Maria Maher, Ankeny
— Wanda Burdick, Wesley
— Steve and Cindy Anders, Council Bluffs

The following individuals are now part of Veterans for Ron Paul:

— Joe Creveling, Des Moines, Marine who served in Korea
— Bill Mech, Windsor Heights, Navy
— Todd Walton, Des Moines, Navy
— Elijah Wright, Jamesville, Army National Guard vet who served in Afghanistan
— Richard Wright, Jamesville, Navy
— Joe Kierpaul, Guttenberg, Air Force vet who served in Turkey
— Dave Fassbinder, Monona, Navy vet who served in Vietnam
— Robert Winslow, New Virginia, Army
— Dale Mastarone, Osceola, Army vet who served in Germany
— Tomas Mullins, Ames, Navy vet who served in the Persian Gulf
— Eric Grote, Hampton, Army/Air Force/National Guard vet who served in Turkey and Germany
— Gene Costello, Bettendorf, Marine who served in Iraq, Japan, Qatar, Kuwait and Norway
— Shadrack Roberts, Bettendorf, Army vet who served in Germany and Bosnia-Herzegovina
— Doug Erenberger, Davenport, Army
— Ron Waline, Eldridge, Marine
— Randy Edwards, Bettendorf, Marine who served in Iraq
— Anthony Woolever, Davenport, Army/National Guard Vet who served in Iraq
— Merrell Kilborn, Marshalltown, Air Force
— Laverne Wille, Belle Plaine, Navy vet who served in Vietnam
— Charles Betz, Tama, Marine/Navy vet who served in Persian Gulf

In addition, Paul has received an endorsement from Rev. Brian D. Nolder, pastor of Christ the Redeemer Church in Pella.

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Paul Campaign Targets ‘Liberal’ Santorum As Iowa Battle Begins

Former Senator loves big government, gun control, fully endorses the phony war on terror

Steve Watson
Infowars.com
January 3, 2012

The Ron Paul 2012 campaign is hard at work in Iowa today, encouraging voters to turn out in the nation’s first presidential caucus.

Reacting to the late surge of former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum over the past 24 hours, the Paul campaign has sought to further educate voters on what Santorum really stands for.

In Press releases and email shots, the Paul campaign has highlighted that Santorum is a very liberal candidate with a voting record that endorses big government, foreign aid and pre emptive war.

The Paul campaign is pushing the fact that Santorum endorsed Arlen Specter, who became the key Senate vote to pass Obamacare in 2010.

Santorum’s support for Specter in 2004 proved crucial in the primary, in which Specter defeated (Pat) Toomey with just 50.8 percent of the vote.

Specter then backed Obama’s healthcare program, providing the swing vote to pass the legislation in the Senate. Specter also continued to push for fierce gun control during his years in the Senate.

Indeed, as the Paul campaign has pointed out via a press release from Dudley Brown, Executive Director of the National Association for Gun Rights, Santorum has a long history of supporting gun control.

“In the 90s, he voted to support the Lautenberg Gun Ban, which stripped law-abiding gun owners of their Second Amendment rights for life, simply because they spanked their children or did nothing more than grab a spouses wrist.” writes Brown.

“He voted for a bill in 1999 disguised as an attempt to increase penalties on drug traffickers with guns… but it also included a provision to require federal background checks at gun shows.”

“And then he voted with gun-controlling Democrats Dianne Fienstein and Frank Lautenberg to mandate locks on handguns in 2005.” the press release continues.


Out on the campaign trail, both Ron Paul and Rand Paul have been addressing Santorum’s record in an effort to enlighten voters on the issues he stands for.


When asked about Santorum during In an interview with CNN, Ron Paul asserted “He is very liberal, have you looked at his record?”

“He spends too much money. He wasn’t leading the charge to slash the budget and vote against big governemnt.” Paul added.

Also present during the interview was Kentucky Senator Rand Paul, who noted that Santorum “voted to double the size of the department of education.”

“He voted to expand medicare and add free drugs for senior citizens, and he’s voted for foreign aid, those are not conservative principles.” the Senator added.

Watch the full interview below:



Rand Paul also appeared on the Jan Mickelson radio show Monday and expanded on Santorum’s support for big government.

“…he was a big supporter of Medicare Part D, the expansion of Medicare, a big supporter of No Child Left Behind… So I call him a big government moderate and I think conservatives need to be wary before thinking Santorum can be their champion.”
Paul also spoke of Santorum’s “trigger happy” foreign policy.

“Ron Paul does not want [Iran] to have a nuclear weapon, but the question is do you want someone who’s trigger happy to be your commander in chief?,” Paul said.
Santorum is “a little over-eager to drop bombs,” The Senator added.

Santorum was a staunch supporter of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, and has continually endorsed the War on Terror, sharing the views of neoconservatives and the Bush doctrine in regards to foreign policy.

“He’s also someone who never served in the military.” Paul continued, noting “Ron Paul served in the military, will use force against our enemies if it’s required and if Congress approves of it, but I’m a little concerned about someone who didn’t serve in the military like Santorum, who’s a little over-eager to bomb countries because I don’t think he’s maturely thinking through the process and the consequences of war.”

Listen to the interview below:



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