Thread: Ron Paul on the Issues

Judge Napolitano: What If November Changes Nothing?

What if the principal parties' candidates for president really agree more than they disagree?

What if they both support the authority of the federal government to spy on Americans without search warrants?

What if they both support confining foreigners, uncharged and untried, in Guantanamo Bay?

What if they both believe the president can arrest without charge and confine without trial any American he hates or fears?

What if they both believe in secret courts — kept away from the public and the press — that can take away the rights of Americans?

What if they both think the president can disregard the Constitution when it comes to the rights of those the government has confined to speedy trials, to confront witnesses and evidence against them, and to counsel of their choosing?

What if they both believe the government can use evidence obtained under torture at trials in American courts?

What if they both think the president can incarcerate those he once prosecuted, even after acquittal?

What if both major presidential candidates believe they can fight any war, assassinate any foe or assault any country using the military or the CIA, and they need not ask Congress for a declaration of war as the Constitution requires, nor account to Congress or the public as the law requires?

What if they both want American troops to remain in Afghanistan, even though no foreign country in history has successfully done so, and even though the culture in Afghanistan is as lawless, as vicious to women and children, and as harmless to America today as it was when President Bush invaded it in 2001?

What if they both think this costly and fruitless war — the longest in American history — is somehow good for American freedom and security, even though most Americans do not?

What if they both refuse to understand that the longer we are killing people in foreign lands who can cause us no real harm the more likely will people from those lands come here and bring us real harm?

What if they both believe in adding to the government's $16 trillion debt and letting future generations deal with paying it back?

What if they both want to have the feds spend more money next year than the feds are spending this year?

What if they both accept FDR- and LBJ-style entitlements, even though they are nowhere authorized by the Constitution and there are not enough present-day workers to tax in order to pay for them?

What if President Obama wants to raise taxes by increasing some tax rates on the rich?

What if Gov. Romney wants to raise taxes by eliminating some tax deductions available to the rich?

What if raising taxes on anyone in a recession will cause higher unemployment?

What if they both believe in borrowing newly printed money from the Federal Reserve in order to fund the government?

What if Obama is of the view that the federal government can tell you how to live and keep you from becoming too rich?

What if Romney wants to make the same federal government more effective and efficient at what it does?

What if Obama is really a Marxist who rejects personal freedom, natural rights and private property?

What if Romney is really an empty suit who doesn't know or won't say what he believes?

What if Obama really wants all health care providers to work for the federal government?

What if Romney spent the entire presidential primary season condemning Obamacare, only to say this past weekend that there are parts of it he really likes and will endeavor to retain?

What if Obama wants federal bureaucrats to ration health care and decide who lives and who dies?

What if Romney spent the entire presidential primary season running against conservative and libertarian opponents and arguing that only the free market or the states should address health care, but earlier this week accepted a major federal role in its management?

What if Obama will have the feds tell you what doctor to see and tell the doctor what procedures to administer?

What if Romney consistently blasted the concept that Congress can constitutionally force you to buy health care coverage you don't want to buy, but now accepts the concept that Congress can constitutionally force insurance companies to sell you health care coverage they don't want to sell?

What if the system is fixed?

What do we do about it?

Andrew P. Napolitano, a former judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, is the senior judicial analyst at Fox News Channel. Judge Napolitano has written six books on the U.S. Constitution. The most recent is "It Is Dangerous To Be Right When the Government Is Wrong: The Case for Personal Freedom." To find out more about Judge Napolitano and to read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit Creators.

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Repub Campaigns: Donations cut off

Submitted by Old Poor Richard on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 08:12
Politics, General + Law(s)
DP Original
Massachusetts

As a direct consequence of the over-the-top corruption of the RNC at the convention, I've closed my pocketbook.

As we approach November, the pleas for cash are piling in my email and paper mail boxes, and they're going unanswered.

It could be that a liberty candidate here and there will get my attention though means other than begging for donations and I might send some money to those so deserved, but I guarantee that I won't send a dime to any beggars, period. And ordinary Republicans, faux tea partiers, and supposed 'liberty' lip-synchers are cut off forever.

Repub Campaigns: Donations cut off | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution

Romney: "Middle class is 200K to 250K/year"

Submitted by Dr. NO. on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 22:10
Economy



How out of touch can you be!

Romney: "Middle class is 200K to 250K/year" | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution

“Jesse Benton was Fired from C4L, Ron Paul is Very Upset”

Submitted by legalizeliberty on Fri, 09/14/2012 - 12:51 Politics, General + Law(s)

High Level contacts from within Ron Paul’s inner circle who have disclosed on a condition of anonymity, that “Jesse Benton was actually fired from C4L and stole all the lists (C4L, RP12, LPAC) before he left. Ron Paul is very upset.”

Continue:
http://libertychat.com/source-jesse-benton-was-fired-from-c4...

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Source: “Jesse Benton was Fired from C4L, Ron Paul is Very Upset”

Source: “Jesse Benton was Fired from C4L, Ron Paul is Very Upset” | Liberty Chat

Some presidential electors defecting to RP

Submitted by ronpaul1fan on Thu, 09/13/2012 - 09:10
Daily Paul Liberty Forum

Now, this could be a major turn of events if more electors would choose not to nominate Romney.

At least three Republican electors say they may not support their party's presidential ticket when the Electoral College meets in December to formally elect the new president, escalating tensions within the GOP and adding a fresh layer of intrigue to the final weeks of the White House race.

The electors – all are supporters of former GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul – told The Associated Press they are exploring options should Mitt Romney win their states. They expressed frustration at how Republican leaders have worked to suppress Paul's conservative movement and his legion of loyal supporters.

"They've never given Ron Paul a fair shot, and I'm disgusted with that. I'd like to show them how disgusted I am," said Melinda Wadsley, an Iowa mother of three who was selected a Republican elector earlier this year. She said she believes Paul is the better choice and noted that the Electoral College was founded with the idea that electors wouldn't just mimic the popular vote.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/13/ron-paul-electoral-...

Some presidential electors defecting to RP | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution

Breaking from Newsmax.com

NBC/WSJ Poll: Obama Gains in Battleground Florida

President Barack Obama is leading GOP challenger Mitt Romney by five points among likely voters, 49 percent to 44 percent, in the key swing state of Florida, according to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal/Marist poll. “You’d rather be in Obama’s shoes than Romney’s” in the crucial Sunshine State, said Marist director Lee Miringoff, but the lead is not “insurmountable,” as Romney could turn things around in the debates in October.

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North Carolina: Romney 51%, Obama 45%

Mitt Romney has cleared the 50% mark again in the battleground state of North Carolina despite the presence of the Democratic National Convention there little over a week ago. Read More

Ohio: Obama 47%, Romney 46%

Florida: Obama 48%, Romney 46%

Swing State Daily Tracking: Obama 46% Romney 46%

Daily Presidential Tracking Poll: Romney 48%, Obama 45%

White House Says It's Unconstitutional To Strike Down The NDAA

Submitted by carpavel on Mon, 09/17/2012 - 15:58
Daily Paul Liberty Forum

"But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security ..."

White House Says It's Unconstitutional To Strike Down The NDAA

The Obama administration had some harsh words Friday after a federal judge appointed by Obama said the government doesn't have a right to indefinitely detain anyone even remotely associated with terrorist groups.

Judge Katherine B. Forrest permanently blocked the government from enforcing the National Defense Authorization Act, claiming it was too vague and would have a "chilling effect" on free speech.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-administration-fights-f...

White House Says It's Unconstitutional To Strike Down The NDAA | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution

Ron Paul At Liberty Political Action Conference 9/14/12

Submitted by StandForth on Sun, 09/16/2012 - 11:31
Ron Paul 2012



Ron Paul At Liberty Political Action Conference 9/14/12 | Peace . Gold . Liberty | Revolution