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Media Shows No Signs of Understanding the Ron Paul Strategy So Let Me Explain it

May. 10, 2012 6:25am

Don Rasmussen is a writer and a political consultant providing campaign technology and strategic analysis to Constitutional Republican candidates. He earned his BA in Political Economy and Latin America Studies from the University of Washington before moving on to a Masters in Political Management from George Washington University. He has staffed or advised on two presidential campaigns and over a dozen congressional races as well as organizing The Rally for the Republic, the conservative counter-convention to the 2008 Republican National Convention, which helped launch the TEA Party movement. Today he lives in Austin where he is working on his first book, Diaspora: Why We Leave, a study of the economic and political motivations of Americans living abroad.

Over the last couple of weeks, the Ron Paul campaign has picked up a majority of delegates in Iowa, Colorado, Maine, and Nevada.  He’s on pace to also pick up the majority of delegates in at least four additional states…and those are just the sure things.  This is all part of a process that actually started over 4 years ago when Paul ran for President and his deputy campaign manager, Debbie Hopper, did yeoman’s work with the grassroots to recognize the intensity and develop this strategy.

The media is now belatedly noticing that this has been happening.  It has already succeeded in taking control of slews of local and county GOP organizations, putting at least seven Paul backers on the Republican National Committee, and completely taking over the party in multiple states…and counting.

The question that much of the legacy media is now starting to ask is “Why?”  As with so much reporting, they then go on to attempt to answer their own question and fail. The supposition has included…

  •     He still thinks he can win
  •     He’s laying the groundwork for Senator Rand Paul in 2016
  •     He wants a convention floor speech
  •     He want to force Romney to make Senator Paul the veep
  •     He seeks to influence the platform
  •     They want to make floor motions about pet issues

The funny thing about this is that these reporters and opinion makers could know the answer to their own questions if they had bothered to listen.  There is no great mystery.  Ron Paul, his staff (Full Disclosure: I’m a former staffer to both Dr. Paul and Campaign for Liberty), his activists, and his backers have been talking about this, writing about this, and meticulously implementing this strategy for years!  Ron Paul himself has been going on national television and discusses this strategy for months!  Heck, they started laying the groundwork by winning local GOP boards and committees in 2008.

The current project for all of those folks is nothing less than to take control of at least 77 seats in the RNC and a majority of state parties. That’s the first step.

They don’t care about floor speeches. This is a revolution. They’re taking the party. Then they’re taking the government so they can eliminate the Federal Reserve, the IRS, the domestic spy apparatus, the military-industrial complex, and every coercive federal power except for those enumerated by the Constitution.

They are doing this because they studied history and learned about the causes of the post-ISI crash in Latin America and the rise of the military dictatorships in the 1970’s. They learned about the Versailles treaty and how it forced the German state to destroy its currency trying to make war reparations, imploding the economy and seeding the ground for the Third Reich.  They learned that the Federal Reserve is a private banking system that has destroyed 97% of the value of the dollar by using inflation to transfer our wealth to a small ruling class. They learned that right versus left is an illusion; a football game for the masses.  They learned that the real battle is and has always been up towards freedom or down towards tyranny.

I was first presented the case of public opinion and the revolutionary war in Ron Paul’s 2008 campaign headquarters. Did you know that only about 10% of the US population actively supported the American Revolution?  The rest of the population was pretty well split.  You hear a lot of talk about “tipping points” from Paul people, often with quotes from the book of the same name or emphasized with Margaret Mead…

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has”

Spend a little time with them and you will also likely hear about Eugene Debs. Debs was a socialist. He ran repeatedly for president a hundred years ago, once from prison. Eugene Debs never won a state, but today his entire platform is the law of the United States. Last year, an overwhelming number of Republican congressmen voted to pass Ron Paul’s Audit of the Fed bill after failing for over 20 years. It has already started.

Another common meme is about human psychology. As it goes, even after Kristallnacht (the first coordinated pogrom against the Jewish people by the German state), over three quarters of a million Jews remained in Germany. Why? Because it was just so far beyond their experience that they could not accept that their government intended to kill them to the last child. Would you?

Americans aren’t dealing with what’s coming because we won’t accept it. Tomorrow will always be like yesterday because it always has, right?

You will also hear that if one carries all of our debt obligations out to the life of the loans or programs, we are actually in the hole to the tune of about 105 trillion dollars. That is more money than has been created in the whole sum of human history. You will hear that our debt to GDP ratio is over 100% and no country has ever recovered from that condition without collapse or revolution.

Are they radical? Yes, they believe that nothing less than radical action has a chance to change the trajectory and save the country. Ron Paul and the millions that have been inspired and informed by him believe these things, even if journalists and the masses don’t.

Comments (96)

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  • ianmc002
    May. 12, 2012 at 5:37am

    Wanna know the depth of the mess the Fed and banks have put us in?

    demonocracy.info.

    Click on the ‘Derivatives’ tab…and remember this is only 9 banks. This is why we need to END THE FED!!! And fractional reserve, which continues to sodomize the people.

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    • recoveringneocon
      May. 12, 2012 at 4:53pm

      “First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.”

      We are Winning!
      Freedom & Liberty 2012 and Beyond

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    • 3monkeysmomma
      May. 22, 2012 at 7:22pm

      My fellow “Paultards”, please come to my house and pick me up off the floor!!!!!!!!!!!!

      I can’t believe the Blaze allowed something intelligent, insightful, and (GASP!) ACCURATE to be written about Ron Paul!!!!! (Even if it was outsourced) , its a miracle!!!!!!!!!! Its a sign!!!!!!

      Oh help…I’m going to pass out….oh gosh .I hope I don’t land on my tinfoil hat…….

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    • EndTheFedNOW
      May. 22, 2012 at 7:36pm

      The Blaze ran tons of articles bashing Ron Paul when he was winning and the primaries were starting. Now that every knows that he more than likely wont make, they come back around and start to warm up to him. The blaze is filled with two face liberty hating neocons. Glenn Beck isnt much better. He goes from calling Paul the closest to our founding farthers to bashing him 24 7. To hell with the Blaze. The blaze calls the FBI on people. This website is for tracking patriots.

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    • LibertyOrDeath12
      May. 22, 2012 at 7:53pm

      Nice try Blaze but I still won’t vote for Romney.

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    • SquareHead
      May. 22, 2012 at 10:02pm

      @EndTheFedNow
      You do make some great points. I do think that someone did get to Glen Beck. He looks scared to death half the time these days! I guess he does not want to end up like Andrew Breitbart. Check out infowars dot com, and A.lex J Ones to see a man of real courage.

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  • iamsparticus1
    May. 11, 2012 at 9:05pm

    Let me see if I have Ron Paul’s philosophy correct. If Mable wants to set up a meth lab in her kitchen, she has every right to do that. It’s her body and her private property. And if you asked any Jonestown Republican about that scenario, they would tell you that they are personally against doing meth and they disagree completely with it but she has every right to do that. Individual liberty means respecting peoples decisions even if you vehemently disagree with them. Now lets say that Mable voted for Mitt Romney at her local caucus and Mitt won. Well, sorry Mable, but if you are too stupid to know that Ron Paul is “The One,” then you are going to have to be disenfranchised at the caucus level. Mable, don’t be angry, it’s for your own good. Oh Mable, remember how proud you were when you saw all those nice young people showing their civic pride by volunteering to represent the vote of the people at the next caucus meeting? They have contempt for you.

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    • Deet
      May. 12, 2012 at 2:19am

      No, sorry, you have it all wrong. Do you remember when we banned alcohol in the 1930′s, well they understand that it took an amendment to the Constitution to do that and they passed one. Is there now an amendment banning meth, or any other drug? No. Therefore it is not Constitutional. Paul wants to follow the Constitution, he is still OK if States want to ban drugs or anything else, it is their right! But it is not a prerogative of the Federal government. If you study any issue of the government that you have a problem with, it will lead you back to the fact that you have allowed the Federal government to operate outside the bounds of the Constitution. As far as the caucuses go, IF Romney really had all the support you claim, there would be lots of people there wanting to be delegates for him. The truth is that Mitt averaged BELOW 41% until just recently and even as “The One”, he has NOT yet topped 66% of Republicans. The few that vote for him do it VERY UNENTHUSIASTICALLY! You are confusing a democracy (which we do NOT have) with a Republic (which IS what we have)! A convicted Felon serving 17 years in prison received 40% against Obama in WV, does that lead you to think that voters know best? I don’t think so.

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    • deac0n
      May. 13, 2012 at 1:08am

      Are you an idiot? or just nuts?

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    • justangry
      May. 22, 2012 at 7:28pm

      Oh, get bent! Ron Paul’s stance on drugs is it’s a states issue. Only progressive think otherwise. As for Mable… Tell her that Paul had NO advantage in the delegate selection process other than a platform that’s actually worth a crap, and it’s Romney and the RNC that are breaking the rules. Or at least changing the rules as they go along. It isn’t Paul’s fault no one will get out to the caucuses for Romney. It’s Romney’s for being such a piece of crap who care little about our god given rights. Mable’s a dingbat for supporting a draft dodging sack of crap Harvard Lawyer anyway.

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    • Diamus
      May. 22, 2012 at 9:42pm

      The benefit of a republic is that it prevents mob mentality from taking hold of our government. Hordes of uneducated voters (and non-voters) cast votes based on an illusion created by the media; a republic’s electoral process allows for cooler heads to prevail.

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  • josh8251
    May. 11, 2012 at 12:01pm

    C’mon Blaze, Front page material! Ron Paul 2012!

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  • freedomisasfreedomdoes
    May. 11, 2012 at 9:44am

    RON PAUL for president

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  • sbs21078
    May. 11, 2012 at 8:59am

    And the media doesn’t want to understand the “Paul Strategy”. Greenbacks and a job beats out doing the right thing, since they are no longer Journalists! They are paid well, have no allegiance to the truth and are told what to say and do like the good puppets they are! I wish the reporters of yesteryear like Walter Cronkite, Huntley and Brinkley, Woodward and Bernstein ,etc. were still around. That was some good Journalism.They would explain it to everybody enthusiastically and stood by their beliefs. The reporting that is going on today is bought and paid for. The Ron Paul Revolution is picking up. Ron Paul can answer a question with his FIRM beliefs and Plan To Restore America, instead of all the Bull**** and Flip-Flopping their answers to the highest bidders or interest groups. Say what you want to about Ron Paul or me for supporting his nomination, Sticks and Stones people, but at least I know where I stand on all issues with Paul! I do believe America and the world will be better off. Ron Paul 2012!

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  • MirabellaDesign
    May. 11, 2012 at 7:59am

    Please re post this to your facebook page! it has dropped off the front page of the blaze and it says only 45 comments… C’MON BLAZE… are playing Youtube games now?… You are either in or out… REPOST THIS NOW!

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  • MirabellaDesign
    May. 11, 2012 at 7:15am

    Lead, Follow, or get the hell out of our way… Go Ron Paul!

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  • OperationNorthwoods
    May. 11, 2012 at 4:44am

    I’d like to be as optimistic as some of the Paul supporters here about his chances of victory but I think Romney is going to have the delegates he needs. But I do agree we will take over the party whether or not Paul is elected if we continue to spread the word of liberty.

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  • jacobcartier
    May. 11, 2012 at 3:44am

    Thank you. We’ve got to keep spelling it out for others in black and white. Eventually they will pick it up, perhaps only when it’s looking them in the eyes. There is tremendous momentum in this movement, it will go forward. Our goal is peace, freedom, and the return to a Constitutional government.

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  • Michael Santomauro
    May. 11, 2012 at 1:16am

    Dear Don Rasmussen you wrote:

    “Another common meme is about human psychology. As it goes, even after Kristallnacht (the first coordinated pogrom against the Jewish people by the German state).”

    The all-important question is: Who was responsible for the incident? It is generally accepted, especially by contemporary historians, that the Nazi gang organized and carried out the pogrom, and that the chief instigator was Propaganda Minister Dr. Joseph Goebbels. The truth of the matter is that Adolf Hitler was so disgusted by the incident that he forbade anyone from discussing the matter in his presence. Dr. Goebbels complained that he would now have to explain this terrible affair to the German people and the world, and that he simply did not know what kind of credible explanation to give. If he had actually been responsible for the Crystal Night, he surely would have had a well-prepared explanation. The explanation he gave on the morning of the 10th was extremely unconvincing and was generally not believed by the German public. During my study of this subject, which resulted in my book on the Crystal Night, Feuerzeichen, I found many facts which do not agree with the generally accepted thesis. On the contrary, the evidence which I have found gives a completely different picture.

    More: http://www.ihr.org/jhr/v06/v06p183_Weckert.html

    Peace.
    Michael Santomauro

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  • Trading_barracuda
    May. 11, 2012 at 12:38am

    The Second American Revolution for the Refounding of the Republic is well under way.
    Oddly, Glenn Beck is MIA.
    He’s up to his eyeballs in the race wars, the class wars and the cultural/political soap opera that
    faux-conservative talk radio and TV have become.
    What a shame that such a powerful asset has been sidelined for self-aggrandizement and profit over principle.

    If you ever had a question about Glenn Beck’s faith being authentic, this is the time to watch closely.

    I believe you’ll find he’s no more than a common hypocrite.

    He doesn’t mean what he says and all of his so-called good works are as filthy rags — a pretense, out to prove the opposite of the reality.

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  • nigh_eve
    May. 10, 2012 at 9:36pm

    Thanks for breakin’ it down, Don Ras…. I’m an RP supporter and I have to admit I feel like a midget among some of the giants of the movement that “know” all the things you mentioned.

    I’m just a person who feels our country is devolving into a police state and that big government is usurping (because people are allowing it to) more rights and responsibilities. I am seeing that the people will get the government they deserve. (EVERYONE had the opportunity to vote RP — but many chose not to… but we who stood with Dr. Paul will be vindicated and those who opposed him on frivolous grounds will rue the day they cast their votes against him.)

    the end…

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  • standbyyourvansandt
    May. 10, 2012 at 6:26pm

    Spin Beck and the gang have been pushing for Romney since the begining. Mitt is the only candidate who will lose to Obama. They know this. Check out how well Glenn’s ratings have been since Obama has become president. They need Obama to win so they (Neo-Conservative talk show Commies) can earn more $.

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  • soybomb315
    May. 10, 2012 at 4:55pm

    great article – kudos

    i especially liked the part about this not being about the convention speech. The goal is much much bigger than that. Lets pray that the government of 2020 is modeled more after ron paul than barack obama

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    • standbyyourvansandt
      May. 10, 2012 at 6:20pm

      I wonder why Spinn Beck does’nt ever talk about Ron Paul. If the truth lives here then lets hear the truth. Did anyone see the Veterans for Ron Paul march at the white house? None of the MSM or Neo-Conservative talk show commies even mentioned it. I only found the truth on RT News. A communist news network. What is wrong with this country?

      Semper Fi

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  • RonMiller
    May. 10, 2012 at 3:28pm

    This is one of the best articles I have read describing the strategy and the motivation of those who have been inspired by Ron Paul’s leadership. It’s not about obtaining power. It is about reducing the concentration of power in the federal government because the nature of man is as true now as it has always been – “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” People representing the status quo don’t understand because they cannot comprehend the concept of a humble incorruptible man leading a cause for the mere purpose of trying to do the right thing.

    Also, reference to the point that only ten percent of the population actively supported our war for independence from Great Britain is very encouraging. Thank you for taking the time to write this article.

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  • joan k
    May. 10, 2012 at 1:51pm

    This is EXACTLY what I have been trying to tell other Conservatives all along. Once I was a Palin supporter, but I saw the light last fall that she was not going to run. I stumbled along evaluating every position of every candidate on the Republican stage. I once thought Ron Paul was crazy, too, until I started reading our founders works and examining his stances more in depth. His foreign policy is NOT crazy.. what is crazy is that many Conservatives (now called Neo-Cons) have become the opposite of what our founders would have wanted us to be when it comes to foreign influence and war. Ron Paul’s stance on a Christian Just War is EXACTLY where our Founders would have stood. After examining Ron Paul’s honest and principled record and his walking the walk for all these years, I decided I not only would vote for him, but it would be crazy for me not to! We need to restore our Constitution, sound money, economic future, and sound foreign policy in order to return to the greatest nation ever. The fact Ron Paul has not been morally corrupted by his many years in the service of our country shows he is the RIGHT CHOICE for our Country. He IS the Real George Washington who you are seeking. He is a modest Christian church going man who doesn’t wear his religion on his sleeves. RP is not running for president to gain personal power, he is running for President to give this country back to WE THE PEOPLE.

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    • windwardtack
      May. 10, 2012 at 9:39pm

      It is not that conservatives are now neocons. Neo-conservatives came from the Democratic party, with their progressive foreign policy, as former Trotskyists who needed a home when the Dems started playing anti war cards. The Neo Conservatives USE National Security Conservatives (who are true conservatives) to push their conservative agenda. They don’t actually belong here. Big state to nationbuild is not a conservative idea. DEFENSE is.

      There is some ambiguity on the lines, how much presence abroad does the US need for its defense? But if you really listen to what neo conservatives are saying, they don’t care about debt, and ITS security implications, because they are Keyensian progressives. They call themselves ‘compassionate conservatives’ because they are really fine with a growing welfare state.

      Jim De Mint is a national security conservative, but not a neoconservative. Bush, Kristol, et al, those are neoconservatives. It has a very specific meaning. Going to war under international consensus rather then for our own interests. Very Wilsonian. Very Obamamanian. NOT conservative.

      Ron Paul was a cold war warrior, opposing the Soviet treaties as giving them too much and binding us too much and eroding our ability to take action at any given time in our own defense.The international community wanted those treaties.

      In any event, the party now anoints the establishment pick and if Georgia votes against it? Tough, by the RNC the vote is by acclaim.We n

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  • Texas Chris
    May. 10, 2012 at 1:16pm

    Ron Paul is my guy. If he’s not the GOP nominee, I’ll write him in.

    If you think that’s a defacto vote for Obama, then so be it. I’d rather 4 more years of Obama and an angry electorate than a possible 8 years of Romney and you sheep fall back asleep.

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    • longshotlouie
      May. 10, 2012 at 3:02pm

      Bam!

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    • soybomb315
      May. 10, 2012 at 4:57pm

      if worst comes to worst – vote constitution or libertarian party. A write-in vote will not even be noticed but if a 3rd party can garner 1-3% of the vote – both parties will begin catering to them

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    • RepubliCorp
      May. 11, 2012 at 7:44am

      (If you think that’s a defacto vote for Obama) Duh!!! *baby tantrum*
      I am not a Romney fan but in a war you do what you have to. We Allied with the Soviet Union during WWII. Not because we loved them but to win. A point missed by the all-so-smart Bots. Paul never had chance with his little 4-5 % but the Bots would rather go down in flames than advance saving America one baby step at a time. “Rome wasn’t built in a day” a fact wasted on a blind Cultist.

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    • soybomb315
      May. 22, 2012 at 8:21pm

      @republicorp
      Actually, you are dead wrong on the alliance point. Soviets and Nazis were the two most evil forces of the modern era. They were more than willing to kill themselves off – and we should have let them. By intervening the way we did, we allowed the soviets to escape WWII mostly intact and they were able to kill hundreds of millions over the next 40 years.

      Careful with those pre-conceived notions you picked up in government schools, there is much more to this world than appears on the surface. The take-away point is that the enemy of our enemy is NOT our friend (ie: Al Qaida v Soviets).

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    • yathink
      May. 22, 2012 at 8:39pm

      Bam! Bam!

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  • goodinohio
    May. 10, 2012 at 12:54pm

    Looks like we have a chance to have a conservative president.

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  • ademas
    May. 10, 2012 at 12:53pm

    so, um, where do you explain the “strategy”? a strategy isn’t “hey, let’s take over the republican party.” that’s an idea. nothing in here was explaining how he conceived the strategy and how he is implementing it tactically. either change your headline or re-write this garbage.

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    • Texas Chris
      May. 10, 2012 at 1:08pm

      1) Secure delegates at the precint level (done)
      2) Secure delegates at the county level (done), take over county level party leadership (done 2008, 2010, 2012-ongoing)
      3) Secure delegates to state convention (ongoing), alter state party platforms to Paul stances (ongoing), take over state party leadership (done and ongoing)
      4) Secure enough national delegates to force a brokered convention (ongoing, almost done), take over national party leadership (August in Tampa), alter national platform to include Paul stances (August in Tampa), nominate Paul from the floor on second ballot
      5) Beat Obama in a landslide in November.

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    • ademas
      May. 10, 2012 at 1:24pm

      now that explains it. just not too sure if a landslide is inevitable. does he have money to compete with obama in november? right now, doubtful. i don’t think this will get him elected, but it will surely divide the republican party, which is something that should have happened already (see tea party). it may only make obama’s election inevitable and create a third party, which would be fantastic (to have 3 parties, that is).

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    • PAFFVINTAGE
      May. 10, 2012 at 2:07pm

      Ademas, He’ll get the money. Right now, he doesn’t even get money from big banks like Obama and Romney does but he knows how to budget what he does get from millions of small donors. That’s a great quality to have in the economic atmosphere we currently are in. If he became the nominee, it would simply be his voting record vs. Obama’s. When you have someone as knowledgeable as Paul is on the economy, history, and military, how in the world can Obama compete? If Americans had been given the chance to really hear Paul speak his mind (other than 5 minute debate soundbites), they’d be more aware of what’s going on. I have heard more and more interviews since the 2008 election ended. More people started doing their own research to understand why he believes as he does. The truth is very frightening but I’d rather know the truth. It’s like going into a hospital and the doctor finds you you have terminal cancer but he then says, oh, it’s just heartburn. Go home and take some antacid. You’ll be ok. I learned the truth over 4 years ago and have already gotten past the shock stage. I’m with the numerous Paul supporters in taking our country back because we know many Americans don’t understand yet. It’s hard to keep moving ahead when our American family tries to fight us when we know without a doubt what’s going on. This is not like hiding an alcoholic’s bottle of wine; this is about picking him up off the floor & taking him to the emergency room because he has stopped br

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    • kaydeebeau
      May. 22, 2012 at 7:50pm

      Ok so then what? How do you implement a Paul platform without inducing chaos? Do you on Jan 21 say poof and all the bureacracy just dissapears? How do you win people over to this idea without creating panic with the public over change that happens too fast? States have to have a plan since all the rules will change. How do you allow time for that?

      In a utopian world it is a nice thought, but we do not live there. Realistically and logistically speaking, we have to move back to the right the same way we moved to the left (though hopefully faster to the right). None the less, it has to be incremental.

      The average person does not respond postively to rapid change, especially when we have almost 2 generations who need remedial history and foundational studies (as in our founding) to even think about communicating to the public and getting them on board to really restore our Republic.

      It is folly to think that the kind of change hoped for by the Paul crowd will be achieved in an instant. Or that magically all will suddenly be well.

      Ideas are great- a practical plan is better. I have yet to hear or read a plan to mange the change required for achievement of the goal.

      Perhaps the lack of that message is where the resistance comes from……..

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  • 0ld5t0ner
    May. 10, 2012 at 12:33pm

    The debate this election:

    Is America a country of individuals or groups?

    Is America a country Centrally planned or Self-governed?

    Is America a country moving toward Liberty or Tyranny?

    Mitt Romney is not the man that can make the small-government argument with any credibility.

    The Ron Paul juggernaut is in your town, it’s in your city, it’s in your state.

    It’s not going away, in fact it’s growing every day.

    Ron Paul is the man to lead America back to Liberty, back to small government, back to individual responsibility.

    Obama/Romney = big government

    Ron Paul is; The Man, For this Job, At this time.

    Ron Paul is the indispensable man at this time in history.

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  • BaaBaa
    May. 10, 2012 at 12:20pm

    I want every man, woman and sheep to read this article.

    Share it!!

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  • DrACP
    May. 10, 2012 at 12:18pm

    “bots.” It doesn’t matter what you think. The “bots” are way ahead of you and have been working their arses off instead of sitting on them and pontificating and making fun of the “bots.” The “bots” are doing this to win your Liberty back, fool!

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    • Texas Chris
      May. 10, 2012 at 1:13pm

      In stead of a new TV, I donated to Ron Paul.
      In stead of reading TIME, and Newsweek, I read Mises, Hayek, Rothbard.
      In stead of a new car, I donated to Ron Paul.
      In stead of surfing FaceBook and Twitter, I read DailyPaul.com, LewRockwell.com, and TomWoods.com.
      In stead of a vacation (the last 4 years) I volunteered for the Paul campaign, and C4L.
      In stead of going out to eat, seeing movies, wasting money, I gave to the Paul campaign.

      Name for me one, ONE other candidate that inspires this kind of devotion. I’ll bet it’s not Mitt Romney.

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    • RepubliCorp
      May. 11, 2012 at 7:48am

      Name for me one, ONE other candidate that inspires this kind of devotion? Adolf Hitler

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    • tmbell87
      May. 11, 2012 at 9:01am

      @Republicorp

      I love guys like you because you are so assured that you’ve got this all cinched up. Distracted by your delusions, us “paulites” are taking the rug right from under your feet. Fortunately for you, we own seek to empower ourselves and you with freedom. Your trolling about comparing us to the idolators of Hitler is amusing at best because that is exactly how we feel about people like you. Seriously, do you think Romney will even attempt to gut these sacred cows that are crippling us financially? Do you think he has any intention of bringing our troops home? Why is it that you HATE our guy so much? I’ve seen your comments for months and you just hate on RP man. What gives? I personally do not hate Mitt Romney. My judgements against him are based simply on his policies and past executive actions. Your stance against RP is ill-founded and is counter to the supposed position of the Republican Party advocating for smaller, limited government and personal freedom. We “paulites” know where we stand, but I’m not so sure that you do.

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    • RepubliCorp
      May. 11, 2012 at 11:11am

      TMBELL87 Anyone that wraps his life around another *Man* is a fanatic. And don’t tell me its about the movement. Who would pick up your flag should Paul fall? Lew Rockwell? You could be the RockBots.
      Sorry, Paul isn’t the second coming……..

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    • SquareHead
      May. 22, 2012 at 9:39pm

      Thank you Texas Chris, and may God bless you
      Ron Paul 2012

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    • SquareHead
      May. 22, 2012 at 9:46pm

      @REPUBLICORP
      George Washington for one, Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.

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  • Trading_barracuda
    May. 10, 2012 at 11:12am

    Eventually Americans will come around to Ron Paul… when they are totally up against the wall. The country is being gutted by the Elite Federal Reserve Corporations who are using our military like a crack whore to disrupt and re-settle countries around the world on OUR dime. Just so they can glide in and take profits. And they’re making money hand over fist in the process of the disruption, selling us over priced weapons and supplies.
    Americans are suckers who have abdicated reponsibility to 535 mostly whore politicians in D.C. We gave them a blank check to do whatever they want and now we have more debt than we will ever be able to repay. Perpetual indebtedness and interest only payment plans. Our Treasury is run like a crack house in the worst ghetto.
    These are the ones who really care. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuTXPWec_LU
    And they have to put up with idiots in the process. But they do it because they know all will perish if they don’t.

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  • altannt
    May. 10, 2012 at 8:42am

    It seems that Ron Paul has nothing to do but screw up this election he needs to go to DC and do his job.

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    • Trading_barracuda
      May. 10, 2012 at 11:20am

      Yes I should vote for Romneybama so the special interests can have uninterrupted access to my money, destroy my liberties and keep killing innocent people worlwide to make a buck. Yes that’s what I’ll do.

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    • DrACP
      May. 10, 2012 at 12:15pm

      It’s too late, baby! The die has been cast. You have a choice, Obama or Paul. Wouldn’t you rather have a Constitutionalist as President? Rasmussen shows Paul beating Obama by a few points with Romney just tying. You’d vote for a liberal RINO because you haven’t gotten off of your mental arse and learned from the source who Ron Paul is and what his positions are because they are 100% Barry Goldwater true CONSERVATIVE!

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    • PAFFVINTAGE
      May. 10, 2012 at 2:18pm

      He has done a million times more at his job and every one else’s for the past 30 years. That’s why we are there now to help him out. And if anything ever happened to him, don’t think this movement will stop. We’re done and if it takes 20 or 30 years to educate our American brothers and sisters, then so be it. We will accept nothing more than freedom. These greedy no-good disloyal lying falsely-named “leaders” need to go.

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    • longshotlouie
      May. 10, 2012 at 5:11pm

      Please, someone screw up this election, before we end up with more of the same.

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  • RepubliCorp
    May. 10, 2012 at 7:12am

    He still thinks he can win…….. No Chance
    He’s laying the groundwork for Senator Rand Paul in 2016….Yep! The Bots will vote Obama
    He wants a convention floor speech….. Why? to give us the CARE/Code Pink point of view?
    He want to force Romney to make Senator Paul the veep…No Chance
    He seeks to influence the platform….. Yep, kill the Jews
    They want to make floor motions about pet issues…Yep,The Bots are going play OWS

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    • circleDwagons
      May. 10, 2012 at 9:13am

      @repub and Time, Try to actually listen to Dr.Paul. He and most of his supports are anti – violence. We view people as individuals not members of protected groups. Ron Paul and his supprts are trying to save this great country. Ron Paul actually brings people to the Republican Party.
      I listen to GB and read the Bible, have studied the U.S. Constitution and founding papers. It is not a man we follow but an Ideal

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    • timel0rd
      May. 10, 2012 at 10:58am

      @Republicorp – You need to go back and reread the article. Those things you listed are what the MEDIA believe his reasons are. Those aren’t his reasons.

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    • DrACP
      May. 10, 2012 at 12:17pm

      Your a nut if you believe that rant you just published! Besides, it doesn’t matter what you think. Paul people have been working their arses off, not sitting on them like you, pontificating about the “bots!”

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    • Texas Chris
      May. 10, 2012 at 1:15pm

      Paul is in it to win it. the only way you can say “no chance” is if you don’t know history.

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    • longshotlouie
      May. 10, 2012 at 5:18pm

      Republicorp illustrates part of how we have fallen to these depths in this country. The inability to comprehend what one is reading. Once the populace has been thoroughly dumbed-down, you can tell them that one thing means anything.

      The Look/Say method of learning to read helps to destroy a republic.

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    • wilsonj72
      May. 10, 2012 at 6:07pm

      You are wasting your time with the Jim Jones kool-aide drinker. This is their last stand. There will be no more Ron Paul after this year.

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    • longshotlouie
      May. 10, 2012 at 8:08pm

      Let us thank ‘wilsonj72′ for another example of the failure of our public school system.

      Learn to read, fool. It’s not about Ron Paul.

      See you in Tampa.

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    • RepubliCorp
      May. 11, 2012 at 7:14am

      CIRCLEDWAGONS “We view people as individuals” until you don’t kneel at the alter of Paul. Then you are every name in the-book

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    • LibertyOrDeath12
      May. 22, 2012 at 8:03pm

      @RepubliCorp – Your are misinformed if you think he is laying ground work for Rand Paul in 2016. Us Paul Supporters know that we don’t have until 2016. If Obama or Romney get elected, it will be the nail in the coffin of America. So your a 100 percent WRONG! because Paul Supporters don’t care about Rand. We are voting for PAUL!

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