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Ron Paul Releases First TV Ad — And It’s Epic

Ron Paul Releases First TV Ad — And It’s EpicAUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul is using his first campaign television ad to promote his opposition to a compromise on raising the federal debt ceiling.

In the ad, the Texas congressman criticizes both Republicans and Democrats for striking deals in the past, and notes that he always has voted against raising the federal limit on borrowing.

It‘s an important issue to conservatives who make up the Republican Party’s base.

The ad is set to air in early primary voting states.

Paul is running for the Republican nomination for a second time. He also ran for president as a Libertarian in 1988. Reducing the federal budget and the national debt have always been his key issues.

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  • standwithIsraelstandwithGod
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:07pm

    Amongst the books he has personally written is a book of his speeches to congress since the 70′s and one thing is clear if you read them-consistency. He has stood by fiscal responsibility and END THE FED for three decades. Check it out for yourself and you will see the truth of his conviction.

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    • PrfctlyFrank
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:17pm

      I’m with AMERICAN1ST on this one.. None of that stuff is in any way the business of the feds..

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    • Goodgriefgeezlouise
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:30pm

      I just hope all these guys can come together as one team next fall and deliver..I could probably think of many different ways this could go but there are a number of great positions for all these candidates if they are not the number one guy..Wouldn’t Ron Paul be the best Treasury Sec. you could ask for?..Allen West Sec. of Defense or homeland security?…There are so many possibilities..I don’t want to get too caught up in my guy or gal is better than this guy or gal..The whole team must be able to get in there and undo all this mess ..I think all the candidates could be valuable if the American people do the right thing in 2012

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    • GayDem4Beck
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:33pm

      It’s time for a 3rd Party… We don’t need the Republicans or the Democrats. They‘re both a bunch of freedom restricting idiots and I’m tired of the this or that choice.

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    • Bullcop34
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:55pm

      They, the candidates runni9ng, need to get together and put a team up for the nomination. Not just one guy or one woman, but a team. I strongly feel that if a team was put together and presented to WE THE PEOPLE, we could get this country back in order

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    • jens63
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:57pm

      3rd party is a loser. Split the vote, O stays in, Must keep the pressure on the gop, it is working…keep it up, email and call the leadership and your rep everytime a step is suggested, give them feedback! Remind them we are still here, did not go away after November 2010.

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    • drphil69
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:00pm

      @GayDem – a 3rd party will split the vote of ONE of the other 2 parties, so if the 3rd party was say the Tea Party, they would split the R vote and the D’s would win… if the 3rd party was say the Progressive Party, they would split the D vote and the R’s would win. As a conservative, I would love to “take over” the R party, then change it’s name to the Conservative Party or the Constitution Party, and all the big government R‘s can change to D’s.

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    • Asmodeus13
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:21pm

      Good deal, I hope if he does get the nomination that the one who does chooses him as a vic, potus. I’d like to see a stanch libertarian in the white house….

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    • ClassicalLiberal
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:28pm

      Ron Paul will get my vote (even if I have to write it in).

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    • dwh320
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:32pm

      Very powerful ad but I bet the networks will not allow it to be shown on their stations. They have too much invested in keeping Americans uninformed of the truth to permit it being shown.

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    • F8THNJC
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:33pm

      Drphil69, news flash: there already is a Constitution Party, look them up! They need more support.

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    • HUNITHUNIT
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:51pm

      @anonymous….why would they make you have a filter? I assume your referring to filtered cigarettes today, but I could roll my own cigarettes without a filter if I wanted to. But I agree that the argument about tax revenue blah blah is stupid, it would still be necessary to have certain regulations. Anyway, it should be an issue of rights, not revenue. If potheads would just come out and say they just want to exercise their right to get high the advocacy would be less disorganized.

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    • jeffreylayne
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:04pm

      He’s got my vote.

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:17pm

      Ron Paul is consistant. Ya gotta like the guy.

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    • @ Coyote2
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:20pm

      Ron Paul has my vote. The quicker we start issuing our own money the quicker we’ll have our country back in order.

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    • Micmac
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:23pm

      In the same way the Progressives (aka National Socialists) have taken over the now extinct Democratic Party, we who believe in a true America and want to keep it that way, need to do the same with the Repubs. That is the power of the Tea Party. Use the “book” of the Progressives and challenge them by electing those who can stand for what we stand for into the Repub Party. That way we will not split the vote – Bozo would be better than a re-elected Obummer. My question is, “If Obummer is re-elected, as a lame duck, what is to stop him from all these Executive Orders” . Who’s to stop him? Holder?????

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:10pm

      Ron Paul gets our family’s vote…

      …again in 2012.

      As Libertarians, we vote with conviction and patriotism…not according to popularity contests.

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    • Czar Casm
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:32pm

      Ron Paul is the only candidate, that I know of, talking about the proper role of the fed. If you call yourself a liberal (liberty) or gay or religious and want to keep other people from dictating to you, through the corecion of the fed, how to pursue your happiness then you should want this man as chief executive of the fed.
      He will not and cannot be a dictator that so many people seem to think the office of president is these days. Especially the current office holder.
      The responsibility starts with you in your home, your town, your county, your state. If another state governs closer to your belief system then by all means go there, you’ll have a choice. Fifty other choices all competing. This federal over-lord system we have now leaves you no choice and it’s only getting worse. One size does not fit all.

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    • GUT_CHECK
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 6:36pm

      THE BEST PART IS REMEMBERING… Beck runs this site, and showing support for Ron Paul inches Glenn in the direction of one day possibly supporting RP. c’mon Glenn, open thy eyes and see.

      maybe instead of “restore”, a Ron Paul Presidency would “reset” mindsets across this land and (as RP puts it) “release the creativity” of each and every ONE of u.s.

      that man would be the greatest President of my lifetime. (and so much fun also)

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    • the hawk
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 6:54pm

      I love this man! and his son !

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:44pm

      Third party or not Ron Paul has my vote. 

      The Republican party is filled with Progressives almost to the point they are no longer Republicans. 

      Parties use to dissolve and form all the time and since the Progressive movement we have had the same two parties that Progressives have eaten. 

      Either vote for the solution, Ron Paul, or vote and be part of the problem. You can’t have it both ways. Every Republican candidate besides Paul are half Progressive to full blown progressive. Wake up! 

      Ron Paul 2012

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    • dukielouie
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:48pm

      At last we have the truth!! No more globalist republicans.

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    • CoSkiTeacher
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:28pm

      If you stand with Israel how can you promote the only GOP candidate who stands with Israel’s enemies?
      Ron Paul and Obama are both BAD FOR ISRAEL.

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    • Norm D. Plume
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:45pm

      Ron Paul is NOT anti-Israel.

      There is a HUGE, GLARING DIFFERENCE between someone who is ANTI-Israel, and someone who says, “Israel is free to do what they will do, but NOT WITH OUR FRIGGIN’ MONEY.”

      We CANNOT ANY LONGER AFFORD to hand out money to Israel, OR HER ENEMIES, or ANYONE ELSE.

      Not against Israel, just AGAINST FOREIGN AID.

      Period.

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    • OKC08GT500
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:36pm

      An anti-Semitic nutbar will never be elected POTUS.

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    • Norm D. Plume
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 10:24pm

      How, precisely, is someone devoutly pro-America, necessarily anti-Israel?

      I bet if you look, you’d find out that Paul is not anti-Israel, or an anti-Semite. He just happens to think that they can take care of their own back yard, and don’t need us holding their leash.

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 11:03pm

      Okc08GT500
      CoskiTeacher

      You lie like a priceless Persian rug on a rich man’s floor and you lie like the coon dog basking in the sunshine on my porch. Ya you lie like a penny in a parking lot of the grocery store. My daddy’s (God) gonna straighten you out like a piece of wire, like a piece of wire the way you lie! 

      You are completely and utterly full of bull. Quit being a liar.

      We can’t be supportive of anyone if we collapse and if we are broke. You want to help and support Israel, fix the country. Ron Paul will not stop YOU from supporting Israel. 

      NEO-Cons wants military and financial aid to spread “democracy”.  NEO-Cons are progressive (non Constitutional) just like Obama. Is this you? 

      Ron Paul The Constitutionalist 2012

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    • Meyvn
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 11:22pm

      I have always liked Mr. Paul and like him more every day. Go Ron!

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    • Anarcho Capitalist
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 11:48pm

      I love This man!!!

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    • Gnostyk
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:55am

      OK, here’s my slate:

      Sarah Palin, President
      Allen West, Vice-President
      Ron Paul, Secretary of the Treasury
      Judge Andrew Napolitano, Attorney General
      John Bolton, Secretary of State
      Pamela Geller, Director of Homeland Security
      Steven Crowder, White House Spokesman

      You’ve got to admit–It wouldn’t be the “same old, same old.”

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    • stogieguy7
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 9:38am

      Ron Paul is the BEST when it comes to fiscal issues like this. However, some of his ideas regarding foreign affairs are very concerning.

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    • NJTMATO
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:36am

      @goodgrief
      Have you read my mind??? I have a dream ticket (less the Prez and VP)….because I haven’t decided yet, but MAN would I love Paul as Treasury Secretary and West as Secretary of Defense. The team we could muster could go down in history as saving our great nation!!!!!

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    • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:23pm

      I love his ads. I have made up my mind after due diligince et al. The only human carrying the holy spirit of the USA is Ron Paul. He is the only one I will campaign for, put a yard sign in my yard for and send him my devalued US currency to support his victory in 2012. He is a good man and an honest man. We cannot have a third party to split the vote and he will kill the progressive movement totally and he knows this to be true. I pray the GOP has the people in mind when choosing this time.

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:48pm

      Sarah Palin isn‘t same ol’ same ol’? Come on, get real. She’s bought and paid for.

      Ron Paul is the only one that can reign in this out of control government. Sarah Palin doesn’t have a spine nor a real idea of her own. She would compromise like any other candidate would. Ron Paul will drop the hammer and wouldn’t worry about re-election or what the left thinks. He’ll do the right thing for the country not for his career or other self interest.

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  • ldwaddell
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:05pm

    If you like gay marriage, legalized drugs and prostitution, and all manner of “consenting adult” behavior being mainstreamed then by all means vote morally liberal-itarian

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    • Locked
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:09pm

      Can he help the economy? If so, he’s better than candidates who would use taxpayer money on their own pet programs, even if they lined up with my social views.

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:11pm

      Was that suppose to be a fear tactic to get people not to vote for FREEDOM? I’m sorry, I thought this was predominately pro-liberty crowd here. Didn’t realize stripping individuals of their individual liberties was part of the republican base. That’s right, you’re the religious neo-conservative republican party. I forgot….

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    • american1st
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:12pm

      If you like gay marriage, legalized drugs and prostitution, and all manner of “consenting adult” behavior being STATES RIGHT ISSUES AND NONE OF THE FED’S BUSINESS then by all means vote morally liberal-itarian

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    • booger71
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:18pm

      Ron is personally against many of the issues you have stated, he just says they are states rights issues, and he is right. He is for a dramatically decentralized government.

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    • M-O-O-N Spells Moon
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:18pm

      Not to be combative, but “mainstreaming” consenting adult behavior, to me, also means that we would be free to worship God as we choose even in public. The Libertarian view isn’t the enemy here, even though it apparently contradicts your personal views. If you have the unassailable freedom to choose your behavior you also, by definition, have the freedom to express personal responsibility and the morality it encourages.
      Not trying to pick a fight, just trying to avoid dividing people further than we already have been divided.
      And yes, I would agree that Paul’s ad was “epic.” :)

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:22pm

      He is nNOT about the issues you listed, He , like most of us” don’t feel that the federal government was intended to have that kind of control over the states and the citizens as our founders set forth in the constitution. Those issues are to be left to the states to deal with on their own terms. The people will vote with their feet. LOOK IT UP!

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    • futureatstake
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:23pm

      Rampant gay marriage, drug use and prostitution. And this would be worse than 17+ trillion in debt? Lets elect Ron Paul, gather our loved ones, read the Bible, go to church and raise our families with the proper morals and values and let God deal with the rest.

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    • Jack2011
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:25pm

      better that then RINO big government lying used car salesman Mitt Romney

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    • gfmucci
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:26pm

      Those among us who would sacrifice Judeo-Christian principles for pure libertarianism as represented by Ron Paul is selling his soul. I agree with others: If we can get both fiscal AND social conservatism in a winnable candidate, we should do all we can to support such candidate. So far, Herman Cain best represents that fully conservative set of principles. You have to doubt the ultimate trustworhiness of a candidate who only represents the fiscal without the moral.

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    • B_rad
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:26pm

      Wrong, the STATES get to make those decisions. Paul is consistent that those are NONE OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS BUSINESS.

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    • encinom
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:36pm

      A new Pot industry means a new tax base and employed tax payers, without raising taxes.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:45pm

      @LDWADELL

      The Libertarian view is that you legalize almost everything that does not hurt anyone else, but if you do things like giving your drugs to kids, drive while under the influence, sexual assault and shooting people with your guns, then the FULL weight of the law comes down on you.

      You want to regulate things? You get MORE rebellion. If you legalize drugs, I wouldnt use them. If you legalize prostitution, I would not go to one. Would you? Most peope will not change their use of drugs, but we can then stop the war on drugs and then punish people who HURT others with their drug use.

      So what ifd two men or two women get “married” I know that is not the definition of marriage. Heck what difference does it make to you? It wll NOT mainstream anything when it is ho hum. It will probably cause less people to seek it out.

      Think about it sometime. What if we had all the money back we have spent on the war on drugs and didnt have millions in prison for drugs. They would only be put in prison for CRIMES that hurt others. Regulation of anything does nothing but shift power to GOVERNMENT CONTROL. It will not save lives and it will not change society other than putting a burden on taxpayers to pay for all the regulations.

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    • Iowa_Biker
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:49pm

      And this is where Conservatives and Libertarians part ways, you all talk about smaller government and how government is in your life way too much. What you’re actually saying is stay out of my life, and everyone else that has the same “Values”, but get everyone else who doesn’t think, act, or talk like I do. It’s pathetic and hypocritical, that being said – I am Catholic, I don’t need the government to give me my moral compass, and I don’t want your government to give it to me either.

      Your – is possessive. You’re – short for you are.
      It aint that damn hard

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    • DTOM_Jericho (Creator vindicator)
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:51pm

      “gay marriage, legalized drugs and prostitution, and all manner of “consenting adult” behavior being mainstreamed”

      None of these should be in the hands of the federal government. nobody, christians/becks included, could make a constitutional argument that they should. they should be state and local issues. you are brainwashed.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:53pm

      @encinom
      A new Pot industry means a new tax base and employed tax payers, without raising taxes.
      ——————————————————————
      I believe that would also invite regulations, like filtering the doobie. You wouldn’t be getting as much of the THC with a filter, then, would you?

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    • John 3:16
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:03pm

      Great advertising and much more exciting than Ron Paul is in reality. Paul, is a milktoast candidate without any appearent need for rightous foundations. Elect Michele Bachmann who has it all and terrifies the leftists and commies. Michele is a much more rounded and broad minded candidate.

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    • SgtB
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:09pm

      @ GFMUCCI, You sir are against freedom and liberty. The Constitution guarantees individuals liberty and protects their right to practice their religion and speech freely. What you are advocating is the rejection of these principles based on your own moral center. I understand that you detest gays and drug use, but how is what someone else puts in their body or does with another consenting adult any of your business? It simply isn’t! I agree with you that Herman would make a far superior president to what we currently put up with, but I would much rather have Ron as president. The only thing keeping many people from voting for Ron, is people like you shouting from the sidelines that we as a nation can’t handle actual liberty and freedom. Freedom from government, and liberty to run our own lives as we see fit. It is also people like you who support government welfare, social programs, disaster relief, and charity because it lines up with your ideology. The truth of the matter is that it is not government’s role to provide any of these things on the taxpayer dime just because you find it appealing to do so.

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    • Bonnieblue2A
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:35pm

      Actually Ron Paul as POTUS would leave all that up to the states to decide. Do you have something against a candidate who unwaveringly supports the US Constitution and has the voting record to prove it?

      Ron Paul 2012!

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    • graywolf11
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 3:08pm

      Constitutionally, he is correct. You can’t have it both ways, depending on your beliefs. Ron is a hard core, pro life christian. However, he does not push his views on others or think the feds has the right to do so either.

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    • Cause4Liberty
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 3:11pm

      @LDWAD Its truly absurd fear mongering you present there… You get an E for effort! Great job buddy, heres a golden smiley face.

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    • Cause4Liberty
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 3:19pm

      @gfmucci I suggest you go to your local library and/or book store. Once you get there, look for Ron Paul’s book titled “Liberty Defined.” Open it. Proceed to read it all the way through. Once you’ve actually read through the chapters, you will realize, that what you just described about being a moral and fiscal people, is exactly his standpoint. Please I urge you do to so, I’ve read it myself, and you should too. I‘m almost positive your mind’s perspective of RP will change, contrary to the media’s propaganda. Good day! Epic AD indeed! and the 1st of many more to come!!!! RON PAUL 2012!

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    • american1st
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 3:21pm

      John 3:16 maybe he should die his hair, spout patriotic sounding but meaningless talking points in a deep voice, and promise to restrict freedom to protect Americas freedom, in order to be a better non milk-toast candidate???

      his qualifications have nothing to do with the inconsequential surface crap that excites republicans end everything to do with the record and his principals that he stands for, do some research… he is anything but milk-toast he is the only constitutionalists candidate with a spine in this race…

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    • theDfactor
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 3:50pm

      Did you ever stop to consider Paul’s ideas are about personal freedom…
      Perhaps you do not engage with a certain activity, but if I do and it harms no one else, what business is it of yours, or especially the government’s…?
      Yes, there are several issues that Ron Paul believes are good, that I disagree with, but if someone wants to engage in whatever it is, as long as it harms no one else, the government needs to butt out, and so do you…
      It is after all, yours (and my) God-given right to engage in actives that might be offensive to others… It is also yours (and my) duty to prevent government from passing restrictive laws even if they do not effect either of us…!
      Freedom has a price… Eating too much ice cream has a price… Freedom simply involves being be prepared to pay the price for whatever activity you engage in…!

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    • Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:13pm

      Don’t you just love Neo-cons who wave the flag and claim the constitution and then immediately dismiss it to consolidate power in Washington DC to make people behave in a way that suits their worldview?

      The same people complaining about the government telling you which lightbulb to use are the same people that want to tell you what you can put in your body and who you can go to bed with.

      At least the leftists are consistent.

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    • @ Coyote2
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:36pm

      That’s what we have with Obumba and his jew dictators. Ron Paul would put this country back together if given a chance.

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    • Old Whig
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:50pm

      You make it seem as if libertarians like drugs, prostitution, gay marriage, ect. While its true libertarians would like to see voluntary transactions legal, one does not have to support such action. I’m a cultural conservative, believe in traditional values and culture, yet I’m also a libertarian politically. I believe in the separation of state from society, where cultural norms and social pressures are independent from state witchcraft; for it is the state that disrupts the natural state of affairs and ruins social interactions, while civil society has a way to deal with actions deemed anti-social, through persuasion and ostracization. The state, on the other hand, deals with anti-socials behavior with coercion. Imposing one’s values through force is contrary to a free society, whereas voluntary arrangements and persuasion define a free society.

      Before the state’s interdiction in drugs and prostitution, there wasn’t a public crisis; instead society dealt with it with self-help programs, fraternity societies, and other voluntary groups. Even St. Thomas Aquinas thought it ok to tolerate prostitution, for example. Libertarianism is not a way of life; it is a political philosophy.

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    • bullcrapbuster
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:10pm

      Drugs and hookers (sex trade worker :)) are cheap and easily available now so they are about as illigal as illegal aliens.

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:20pm

      @ldwaddell

      yea…I can see where your “conservative” Republicans are “fiscally liberal” as well, slinging money all over the darned world.

      I would much rather have a fiscally conservative and socially liberal govt than your anal retentive, busy-body Spanish Inquisition-style morality police state.

      I cant stand these socially intrusive, privacy-invading/restricting, Puritanical Rupublicans these days! Makes me want to vomit — reminds me of the old hags that join the Neighborhood Ordinance Councils, who go around measuring the length of your grass. DISGUSTING BUSY-BODIES ALL!

      And today’s Republicans cant even run on “Conservatism” because the RNC serves up Progressive RINO candidates like McCain, and redistribute wealth for funding illegal wars.

      The Repubs these days have NOTHING to save them but Libertarians, in my book. Of course, the RNC is probably just an extension of the DNC, now anyway.

      Voting for another McCain in 2012, vs. Ron Paul, is only voting Progressive all over again.

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    • Old Right Eric
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:48pm

      Ron Paul’s voting record on all of those things is straight-down-the-line small government, Old Right, conservative.

      Check out his votes. No other congressman compares.
      http://www.jbs.org/index.php?option=com_rokdownloads&view=folder&id=131&Itemid=259

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    • limitfree
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 6:31pm

      Well, either you believe in liberty, or you don’t. The key is responsibility, I am as free as I am responsible. These are the “laws of nature and nature’s god” that are the true source of our rights and freedoms. These are the “founding principles” based on those truths we call self evident. We ARE free. Freedom is our natural state.

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    • Norm D. Plume
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:48pm

      @GFMUCCI:

      You’d better look again at Cain. He is NOT what you think. You might want to look into his time working FOR the Fed.

      Duh.

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    • Norm D. Plume
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:53pm

      @JOHN 3:16:

      Yes, let’s elect the “tax litigation attorney” or whatever she called her stint as a TAX COLLECTOR for the rightfully-hated IRS.

      Oh, but she found Jeezus, and he said the IRS was EEEVILLL, so she ran for office instead. Now, she gets to WRITE the tax policy that busts the collective balls of the People.

      Bachman is consistent. Consistently wrong. Way too authoritarian, when what is needed is LIBERTY.

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 10:36pm

      LdWaddell

      Gay marriage we have now.
      “Legal” Drugs we have now.
      Prostitution we have now.  

      How ignorant are you? Choose not to partake in these if YOU do not want. Do not say these things will come with Ron Paul when factually they are already here and happening. 

      @John 3:16
      Michelle Bachmann the IRS lawyer? Michelle who voted to EXPAND Government in the Patriot Act? Michelle who supports EXPANDED Government that dictates marriage, a Godly duty replaced by Government?  Very inconsistent and fake to me. Almost like she tried to hi jack the TEA party…..I’ll stick to Ron Paul who has been consistent on everything.

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    • GlobeTrotter
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 1:58pm

      @GFMUCCI

      I agree with CAUSE4LIBERTY, and would encourage you (and every skeptic) to research Paul as he is both fiscally and morally conservative. What you are objecting to is allowing States to self-legislate. It is not a rule of law society when we use our moral code to unfairly restrain others, rather as Christians we aught to teach, encourage, and pray for God’s guidance and power in changing lives. We Christians aught to know that Scripture teaches that it is not us who causes change in others but God (1 Corinthians 3:7).

      Lastly, just to serve as a reminder in 1 Corinthians 5:12-13, Paul says, “What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside? God will judge those outside…”

      So let us be fair and not fall prey to the temptation to slander, defame, and wrongfully accuse. Even if the desire to do so comes from a hope to see greater morality we must stand above the mud slinging and be farsighted people. In the end politics is a passing thing, in the meantime let us be wise.

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    • unbound1
      Posted on July 16, 2011 at 2:51am

      Ron Paul just says it’s unconstitutional for the FEDERAL governement to be involved in those things. He said it should be up to the states to decide….local body governement. All these things aren’t going to just automatically become legal just because he should become president.

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    • magentawave
      Posted on July 19, 2011 at 1:42pm

      And that is what freedom is buddy. If you don’t like it then move to a country where you want the government to tell you what you can and can not do. How about Venezuela? You and all the other so-called “conservatives” really need to get clear about the concept of freedom and real fiscal conservatism. Anything less is just more “progressive” nanny state crap.

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  • dsm
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:05pm

    Ron Paul gets it. He gets the Fed and knows what they are doing to this country. I don’t care what he looks like or sounds like. Our country is about to crumble into a million pieces. Are we going to be that shallow? 2012 needs to be about the message and their record if they have one to run on.

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  • SilentNoLonger
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:04pm

    Ron’s getting my vote in the primary, after that we‘ll see what’s going on.

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  • G man
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:02pm

    I would vote for Jojo the dog faced boy before I would ever consider the Bamster.

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  • aaron900222
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:01pm

    I like what he’s saying!

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  • Lt_Taz
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:59pm

    Mr. Paul, you talk a good talk but can you honestly walk the walk?

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:04pm

      Funny that he TALKS louder than any other of the ‘supposed’ conservative candidates. The question that you asked could be addressed to any candidate…even a RINO or Progressive.

      Why would you ask that of Ron Paul — as if it is something special, when the question is applied to him?

      It puts you in question, dear….not Ron.

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    • MrRezister
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:07pm

      Do your homework, the man has a record.

      http://www.ontheissues.org/Ron_Paul.htm

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    • Locked
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:10pm

      @LT

      He’s got a proven record of fiscal conservatism. Why would you ask that instead of taking a minute to research for yourself?

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:17pm

      He has been walking that same walk since the 80′s. I saw him and liked him 4 years ago but thought he was too extreme with his “END THE FED” rant, But GOD forgive me, I was wrong . I WILL NOT BE WRONG AGAIN!

      FOR THE SAKE OF GOAD ANS COUNTRY, PLEASE VOTE RON PAUL 2012!!!

      RON PAUL is the only candidate that is talking solutions, not lets figure out the problem. He has been preaching the solutions for the past 10 years!! AT LEAST!!! HE WILL RESTORE AMERICA to her constitution and eliminate the progressive agenda from our government and our country! HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT WILL DO THE RIGHT THING!

      Who cares about his age, we only need him to serve 4 years!
      Those beedy little eyes have seen through the viel and expose the lies in an instant!

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    • rflussier
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:29pm

      He’s been pretty consistant for years. If he’s NOT the real deal, then no one is, and we’re screwed. I believe he’s an honest man, and even though I’m not 100% in agreement (but damn near), he’s getting my vote. I like a lot of the other candidates (except Romney – I’m from MA, I know), but they can serve on his cabinet, rather than him serving on theirs.

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    • Mil-Dot
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 3:31pm

      The candidates personality or age or “goofiness” do not affect your lives people. The candidates POLICIES do. Do you understand that? A handsome man or women that speaks well but despises you and could not care less about the constitution will hurt you and your family. You have to get past looks and personality and look to the POLICIES of those running. Most Americans are idiots. Only about 35% of them have a clue. The rest are commies and “independents” (which means they have no convictions at all, they go with the crowd)

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    • ENDtheFED2012
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:16pm

      Dr. Paul has the best Constitutional voting record in modern day history.
      He has never voted to raise taxes.
      He has never voted for an unbalanced budget.
      He has never voted against property rights.
      He has never voted against gun rights.
      He has never voted against states rights.
      He has never voted for Unjust Wars. He voted for military action in Afghan. but not in Iraq. He also put forth a call for a letter of Marque and Reprisal H.R. 3074 & H.R. 3076 on Afghan.
      He has never voted for the Patriot Act.

      He knows how the Federal Reserve robs and deceives the American tax payer and calls for it’s audit and end.
      He constantly fighting for personal liberty and freedom.

      Not only does Dr. Ron Paul talk the talk, and not only does Dr. Ron Paul walk the walk, Dr. Ron Paul dances the dance.

      Dr. Ron Paul for POTUS in 2012
      This maybe our last chance to restore the Constitutional Republic.

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    • GadsdenGurl
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:17pm

      Ron Paul has CONSISTENTLY walked the walk for over 24 years…. do your bloody homework!

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    • bpitas
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 9:40am

      Ron Paul has been voting 100% with his conservative principles for years and years – just look up his record. He doesn’t cave to anyone.

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  • 45-ACP
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:58pm

    Maybe now people will start to believe in Ron Paul and his ultra conservative ideas. NO MORE DEAL’s.

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  • Fat Pappy
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:57pm

    I agree with the message, but I don’t think RP can deliver the goods. Sorry!

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:13pm

      Oh and who can? Bachman? Palin? Gingrich? Who else can I name that has a substantially weaker history of standing by their conviction than Ron Paul. Might as well put everyone that’s ever served in Congress or the white house in recent decades….

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    • king_nothing_
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:22pm

      That’s ridiculous. He’s the only person in the race that you CAN be sure will deliver the goods. He’s never wavered in his entire political career. Both his words and his voting record prove he is the most fiscally conservative person running.

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    • Locked
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:30pm

      The way I took this comment is that he can’t win. IF he won, I‘m sure he’d do his best to abide by his views. It’s just that winning is unlikely; when it comes to a presidential ticket, he’s never even gotten close.

      I’d vote for him over any other candidate if he made it through the primary though.

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:30pm

      @FAT

      If your statement were any more shallow, then YOU would not be ‘delivering the goods’ in the most basic sense of even “making sense”.

      Let me help you out here…
      1) You vote for Ron Paul
      2) Ron Paul dumps all of the unAmerican Progressive garbage and appoints true patriots into his cabinet positions and administrative structure.
      3) The new leadership head works together to roll back all of the waste and over-regulation that accrued over the past 3 presidental admins.
      4) America grows stronger

      HOW FRIGGEN HARD IS THAT TO UNDERSTAND?

      Oh wait, you were one of those Progressive voters in the last election — McCain, was it?

      The sad thing about this is that the American People have been played for years now. They have no choice. In the last election BOTH candidates were Progressive. And if we were to judge you on how you voted, you would ALSO be unAmerican in your actions, having voted for the McCain RINO.

      Why dont you vote AMERICAN this time, instead of repeating the same game that the RNC & DNC set you up to play?

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:34pm

      You, Fat Pappy, Have no idea who, or what you are talking about, obvioulsy.

      He has won so many straw polls and debates that continually get dismissed by the media (to include fox). He won the debate on CNN by a landslide on thier own polls, and they decided not to use it because of the result, amazing how that happens. this happens from both the democrats and the republicans. But WE THE PEOPLE are aware this time around.

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    • GRAMPA-D-NH
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:50pm

      At the very least RP knows what he believes and has been consistent for 30 years. Thats integrity, something sorely absent in most modern day politicians. My integrity is challenged with his candidacy. On the one hand I know he would be a superior POTUS vs. OwebaMao, but I struggle knowing that our “independents” and the politically ignorant sheeple, if they actually make it to the voting booth, vote for who is easiest on the eyes and/or the slickest, smooth talker. I guess this is what the lamestream media call electability. Romney seems to be 80% of RP on policy and appears much more “electable” for the independents. I’ll take 80% RP (Romney) over Obummer all day long. If West or Perry jump in, I’ll go their way. What say y’all?

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    • eddello
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:49pm

      He is delivering the goods everyday.
      The more people he gets the message to and educated on the issues,the more people will wake up,and the changes will happen.

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    • Old Right Eric
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:51pm

      Well, since he’s the only one with the message that you say you believe in, you might want to join those of us who think he can win in working to make sure he does.

      Either Ron Paul becomes president, or it‘s just going to be 4 more years of the progressivism we’ve had for the past century, no matter who else wins.

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:39pm

      Ron Paul is the only one who “can deliver the goods”. He is the only person running who has a honest voting record. He also has more experience, maturity, wisdom and dignity… He IS the man for the job.

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    • Norm D. Plume
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:06pm

      @GRAMPA-D-NH:

      A vote for the lesser of two evils, is still a vote for evil.

      Romney is an out-and-out progressive. The only reason he calls himself a Republican, is because there is money in that party to back him.

      The ONLY candidate out there who is RIGHT on the issues is, in fact, Ron Paul. A distant second might be Gary Johnson. NONE of the others offer what Paul does, which is a 30+ year record of consistent, hard-nosed statesmanship and loyalty to the Constitution. NONE.

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  • believezzz
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:57pm

    Ron Paul needs to take a chapter from Margaret Thatcher. He needs to deepen his voice. You can’t be a leader with a high whiny voice. Example: George H. W. Bush.

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:35pm

      @believezzz

      You’ve got it all wrong, dear. WE are the leaders by casting our votes. Ron Paul would only orchestrate what we LEAD him to do, by voting.

      Stop being so sensitive about voices and looks, and look to yourself to Lead by voting the orchestrator of our conservative aspirations into office. How is that for “sounding” like “leadership”?

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    • UlyssesP
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:50pm

      This is your brain on Television.

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  • THX-1138
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:56pm

    Ross Perot.

    Done here.

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  • mikenleeds
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:55pm

    i like your message , am going to check you out and i may be giving you my vote if your on the up and up and not just another R.H.I.N.O.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:06pm

      @mikenleeds
      Not to be an annoying Encinom or anything, but it’s RINO-Republicans In Name Only. Unless you have found something for the “H” to stand for :-)

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    • let us prey
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:48pm

      How about hobohemia.

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  • team1blazer
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:54pm

    Oh how I wish Allen West would throw his hat into the ring

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    • MEESHEL
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:00pm

      Ditto!! I am a HUGE fan of Allen West… I believe he is this generation’s Ronald Reagan

      Kudos to Ron Paul… this IS an epic ad!

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    • EZDOZIT
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:04pm

      Some body send out the bat signal for West…Please!

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  • team1blazer
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:53pm

    Ron Paul represents “WE THE PEOPLE”. It will be interesting to see if he gets an opportunity to lead us out of this mess that both Democrats and Republicans have gotten us into. It is time for America to WAKE UP and realize that the free ride is OVER.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:06pm

      Don’t think Ron Paul can get elected but which every conservative beats Obama needs to have Ron in as secretary of treasury. Because I listen to Ron over the years and one thing about him as always impressed me his common sense approaches on debt and spending. I just saw Ron making bernanke swirming in a Senate conference. He is probably the one Senator that has the corperations controling America scared to death.

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    • jvqb
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:45pm

      Ron Paul did far better among independents than any other Republican candidate in the latest rasmussen and cnn polls. He’ll even pull in some Democrats. He is the most electable candidate the Republicans have. Romney does OK with independents and the rest do terribly, particularly Bachmann (What drives me nuts is that a woman who has only ever worked for the government can pretend to represent the tea party).

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  • cntrlfrk
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:52pm

    Dang, he’s 75 years old.

    And he has kinda beadie little eyes.

    But he has a backbone, and stands up for a lot of the right things!

    .

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:00pm

      Are you going to have sex with him or trust him to appoint the right people in power whilst firing the others?

      I dont get it…why do most people vote with their 5 senses instead of their brains? Next thing you know, presidential candidtates’ poll numbers will go up and down based on how many times they are caught breaking wind in a day.

      FICKLE!

      And you wonder how OBOZO got in the WH?

      YOU GUYS DID THIS WITH YOUR “SENSES” (vs. COMMON SENSE).

      …Jeez

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    • teddrunk
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:17pm

      Sue, I normally don’t vote based on appearance, but I think I’d forgo supporting a candidate with a severe flatulence problem.

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    • adouglass1
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:21pm

      @ Susan

      Now that was damn dunny!! I almost broke my throat laughing. You got my vote im laughing out loud also known as lol…

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  • noline
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:50pm

    I’m sold.

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    • paperpushermj
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:13pm

      I kind of like Pauls domestic policy…. Very Libertarian . Foreign Policy sucks though

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    • MarketsClear
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:42pm

      @paperpushermj

      If you look at foreign policy from a historical and logical perspective, the noninterventionist position is the strongest and until Reagan, it was the conservative position. Today it has become so sentimentalized, full of fear-mongering and false dichotomy (”let‘s fight them over there so we don’t fight them over here”).

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    • Norm D. Plume
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:09pm

      His foreign policy is the Bee’s Knees.

      It’s the ONLY one espoused by any of the candidates that makes ANY damned SENSE at all.

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  • the wireworker
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:49pm

    anyone but barack hussein obama

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    • MrWill
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:59pm

      Yes, it’s time to Hope for Change!!!

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    • CatB
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:01pm

      I agree .. and I love that he puts the Dems on the defensive RIGHT FROM THE beginning .. .This is what ALL R’s need to do!

      TEA!

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  • cortezhistory
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:49pm

    This ad is right on – good stuff… but we need a conservative, not a kooky libertarian

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:53pm

      I am a sane Libertarian. Beware of the “kooky” RINO Republicans. About 95% of them, are.

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    • candcantiques
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:03pm

      I am a libertarian as well. Libertarian means that you believe in liberty. The God given right to choose for yourself and not have things forced upon you like obamacare.

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    • Brad
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:05pm

      Ron Paul is anything but “kooky”, but he doesn’t have much of a chance with the controls beling placed on him by Fox. Don’t get me wrong, I thought he was pretty Kooky in 2008, but he is showing me that I was misinformed thanks to the misreputation of the lamestream media (thanks Sarah). Fox was just as guilty of not giving Paul a chance than the others. I’m no Libertarian, but I think Paul will start moving up in the polls. He makes more sense than any of the other Republican contenders. I like Bachmann, but if I hear her talk about her titanium spine one more time, I’m going to throw up. Way too hokey for me!

      Is it just me, or does Fox seem to be falling (Chris Wallace)? Man do I miss Glenn Beck on Fox. He brought the whole network some integrity. Now, I’m beginning to do other things with my time. Can’t stomach OReilly… Like Hannity, but.. Boring… Gretta…blah, blah, blah…

      I want to beat Combes, with a baseball bat. (NOT saying that I will… I just want to!)

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    • lemmings4obama
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:07pm

      Wait, you don’t think libertarians are conservative? Maybe not socially, but fiscally we are one and the same. Actually, I would go as far as to say that libertarians are MORE fiscally conservative than Republicans. W was a Republican after all and that guy spent a heck lot of money. Under W how many times did we raise the debt ceiling?

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:44pm

      @CORTEZ

      Let me guess, you are a “Progressive Republican” (a complete oxymoron in terms) like Cyndy McCain came out and admited, right?

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    • cortezhistory
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:47pm

      Ron Paul is a kook… he said it was wrong to kill Osama bin Laden – that’s kooky.

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    • deborah k
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:49pm

      Paul says that instead of sneaking into Pakistan and killing bin Laden, he would have cooperated with the Pakistani government and put the al Qaeda leader on trial – a strategy, he argues, that has worked for the United States in the past.
      “I would suggest …the way they got Khalid [Sheikh] Mohammed,” Paul told Conway. “We went and cooperated with Pakistan. They arrested him, actually, and turned him over to us, and he’s been in prison.”
      “What’s wrong with that?” Paul asked. “Why can’t we work with the government?”

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    • Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:22pm

      Yeah those kooky libertarians….guess they are disenfranchised and left “clinging to the constitution and declaration of independence”.

      Funny, seems I remember when the GOP used to sorta be about liberty and freedom before all you “kooky” neo-cons took over.

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    • ENDtheFED2012
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 4:54pm

      @cortezhistory
      Do you believe in the sovereignty of nations?
      Dr. Ron Paul does. He believes that every nation has a right to secure itself.
      Like ‘deborah k’ stated, Paul wanted to work with Pakistan on getting Osama.
      Dr. Paul said we should have, at the very least, got Pakistans approval to conduct the raid.
      Dr. Paul also, like ‘deborah k’ stated, wanted to take Osama alive for questioning and trail.
      OH….that’s another thing about Dr. Paul, he believes that everyone has the right to a fair trail.
      Remember, if a government can deny a ‘foreign criminal’ a fair trail what stops the from denying a ‘domestic criminal’ a trail?

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:36pm

      Ron Paul is a kook, thru the eyes of a progressive because Ron Paul believes in the Constitution, Liberty, Rule of Law, self choice, self responsibility and Government of the PEOPLE. 

       As for killing Bin Laden, it was an assassination, kill first ask questions later. Rule of Law would of taken alive, our seals could they’re that good, and try him according to law and hang him for the world to see that our Constitutional Republic has the Most just law of the world. 

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    • TheBMT
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 8:05pm

      Yea! Down with Liberty for ALL!!!!

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    • GlobeTrotter
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:11pm

      Kooky… wonderful broad assumption. Although it may be better to not marginalize entire swathes of the country, especially when you say you like what the ad said. But titles like that mean very little and many “greats” were once called crazy or kooky in their time and adulated as visionaries centuries later. Ironic isn’t it, and in the end what is crazy and normal anyway?

      Reminds me of a line from V for Vendetta when Evie asks V, “Are you like a crazy person?” and he replies, “I am certain that they will say so.”

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  • kelvin.johnson
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:47pm

    That’s a great ad.

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    • HUGGINGMYBABIES
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:49pm

      Ah he’s a liar….he porks bills like no body’s business and then votes against them when he knows they will pass…..he’s part of the establishment……there’s no hope…..we need a candidate WAY outside the beltway people! WAY outside!!!

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    • scuba13
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:05pm

      Is Alaska far enough for you?

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    • CatB
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:21pm

      Great response SCUBA … I would vote for ALASKA !!

      TEA!

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    • HUGGINGMYBABIES
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:29pm

      I DO think Alaska is far enough :)

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    • Banter
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:38pm

      Alaska works just fine. Her campaign will begin in September, you heard it hear first.

      Palin 2012

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    • Banter
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:41pm

      here not “hear”

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    • deborah k
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:45pm

      To Hugginmybabies:

      How is he a liar? In an already flawed system, he tries to get money back into his district that has been taken from his constituents. Paul compared his practice to objecting to the tax system yet taking all one’s tax credits.

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    • flipper1073
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:50pm

      not exactly where I wanted to reply but close enough
      Palin 2012
      Ron Paul Sec.of Treasury
      I hear he will be out of work as He’s not running for Reelection
      Perfect Job for Ron replace Timmy with someone who understands
      Economics an can figure out Trubo Tax.

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    • Norm D. Plume
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:16pm

      At least he puts the stuff he wants on the record, explicitly.

      That‘s what I don’t get about people whining about earmarks. If it’s earmarked, it’s right there, up front, for everyone to see. If it’s not earmarked, it’s left to the discretion of some faceless, witless bureaucrat to waste it with no oversight.

      There has not been any secret back-room, scratch-my-back-and-I’ll-scratch-yours stuff wedged into an appropriations bill by Ron Paul. What other long-serving Congress-cretin can you say that about?

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    • GlobeTrotter
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 2:24pm

      Norm is right, earmarking and pork are actually rather complicated and not as straight forward as some would have us think. There is an excellent explanation here: ( http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig7/phillips5.html )

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  • mobynowak
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:46pm

    Too bad he’s an isolationist.

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    • joe3
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:57pm

      im not so sure about that, I think he knows america is being attacked from all sides and wants a strong military here at home. an we will be invaded if our forces are spread out and out citizens have their names and guns on a list. with drones and new tec, the 2nd is not as much of a protection that it once was.

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    • MrRezister
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:04pm

      Yeah, otherwise he might get us involved in more super-successful kinetic military actions like Iraq, Afganistan, and Libya.

      Oh yeah, and then there‘s the part about how he’s not ACTUALLY an isolationist, but I guess anti-interventionist is too long a word? How about “Constitutionalist”? Is that another thing we hate about him?

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:19pm

      Isolationist and Non-interventionalist are not one in the same. Learnt he difference.

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    • king_nothing_
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:30pm

      It baffles me how many people still don’t understand the difference between non-interventionism and isolationism.

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:49pm

      @mobynowak

      Too bad you want to redistribute my wealth to pay for your wars. What kind of “ist” does that make you? A Progressiv(ist), perhaps?

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    • Norm D. Plume
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:17pm

      @Susan:

      That would be (drumroll…): Communist.

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  • yanki161
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:44pm

    I think this is the year I become a Ron Paul supporter.

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    • This_Individual
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:50pm

      I’m with ya!

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    • Davebelievesintrinity
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:55pm

      I don’t know alot about him. I used to think he was a nut, now I agree with him on everything I’ve heard so far. We do need to bring our solders home, and protect our borders. You can’t help the world if things are not good at home. “A house divded againt it self, will not stand”. I’m voting for Ron Paul unless someone better comes up!

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  • I SPY
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:44pm

    Nice. America does not negotiate with TERRORISTS.

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  • xoke
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:44pm

    That is conservative porn. I love it.

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  • J.C. McGlynn
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:43pm

    I expect the repubs to cave. Time for a different point of view.

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  • Susan Harkins
    Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:37pm

    And again, in 2012///

    Ron Paul gets our family’s votes.

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    • Patrick in AZ
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:42pm

      Unfortunately that would be a wasted vote

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    • hauschild
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:45pm

      I think Ron Paul adds more value as a type of spokesman for the cause. He doesn’t have the personality to get elected. Hey, not everybody does. Plus, he can do a lot by doing what he is doing now – getting the message out, combining it with his knowledge.

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:51pm

      @Patrick in AZ

      We dont vote based on popularity contests Patrick — we vote based on our convictions and patriotism. We are Libertarians.

      My opinion is that you guys are wasting your votes by NOT electing Ron Paul. Personally, I think it is precisely the mentality that you exhibit, that keeps this farce of a two-party system going. Indirectly, you will have helped to destroy this country, if we dont get a Libertarian in office. Just my take on it, dear.

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    • JohnBirch
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 12:52pm

      Herman Cain is a better choice for the same issues.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:11pm

      I think Ron Paul would be better serving as part of the administration, like Fed. Chairman or something.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:27pm

      Ron Paul should be elected, but never will be.
      Patrick is correct. Wasted vote.

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    • Patrick in AZ
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:35pm

      @Susan – I don’t care if you call it “conviction” – it will still be a wasted vote. I can just as easily say that your mentality (or those who think like you) helped get Obama elected President. Those who went third party or sat out because they were mad at the Republicans or didn’t like McCain (who I cannot stand) allowed this Communist and his fellow travelers in the Democrat party to put us in the situation we now find ourselves in (and yes, I admit the RINOs were right there helping them). I would rather fix the existing Republican party than to pretend that some non-existing third party is somehow going to win in time to stop this train wreck. We need to stop the insanity first, then we can start correcting the previous mistakes.

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:36pm

      I agree with Susan but would go one further. Your vote for a RINO is not only a wasted vote but a malicious vote that will continue to contribute to the decline and destruction of America. I’d rather “waste” my vote on Ron Paul then to be part of the problem that ultimately will lead to end of America as we know it. Waste your vote or destroy your country. I’d rather be on the right side of history….

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 1:40pm

      What difference would McCain had made? I guarantee you we’d be just as far along the wrong of destruction with him as POTUS. He‘s all about Libya and we wouldn’t even be “pretending” to get out of Iraq or Afghanistan. Hell, we’d probably be at war with Iran right now too. They would still be raising the debt ceiling and we’d just have Republicare for universal health care. So the problem in America is that there‘s too many freedom loving Americans that won’t just settle for the lesser of the two evil. DAMN THOSE PEOPLE!

      Ron Paul has the chance to have Independents, Libertarians and defecting Democrats vote for him. What other candidate can bring all those people together? No one. Ron Paul ticket is a guarantee Republican win. Hands down.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:22pm

      JonBirch:

      The same Herman Cain that couldn’t answer 25% of Bill O‘Reilley’s questions convincingly???

      No thanks.

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    • Patrick in AZ
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 2:56pm

      It is a good ad though – that is exactly the message that the Republicans should be pushing every day

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    • jvqb
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 3:03pm

      Ron Paul smokes Obama among independents in the latest polls. He does better among both Independents and Democrats than any other Republican candidate. If you want to get rid of Obama, Ron Paul is your man.

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 5:47pm

      @Patrick

      Who said: “I would rather fix the existing Republican party than to pretend that some non-existing third party is somehow going to win in time to stop this train wreck.”

      ———

      Tell ya what, Patrick. You go out there and clean up your Republican Party so that its guiding principles and patriotic compass falls right in line with those of our forefathers, who designed our great country, and my entire family will step under your newly disinfected Republican Tent.

      Until then, dont accuse us Libertarians of costing Conservatives the WH, for not supporting (socially conservative/fiscally liberal) garbage that resembles NOTHING like our Founding Fathers had envisioned. It is YOU guys who have been hijacked by the Progressives — dont whine to us about vote counts. And if you guys cant fix yourselves, you are quite welcomed under the Libertarian (Founding Fathers’) Tent.

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    • Okie from Muskogee
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:18pm

      The only wasted vote is the one voting for the candidate you settle for and not voting for the one who displays American principle and values as yours. 

      Ron Paul is the only candidate to vote for even if on a third party ticket. We are RESPONSIBLE for our votes. For to long we slept and allowed party ELITISTS to dictate who we vote for. NO MORE. Either stand up and vote for the candidate who is most like the founders or go back to sleep and be the slaves of the elitists who run the parties. 

      SAY WHAT YOU MEAN, MEAN WHAT YOU SAY. If you love the founders, love the Constitution and want our country restored then vote Ron Paul. Otherwise you don’t mean what you say. 

      @RightsofBilly

      Very disappointed… Held you in higher respect. :-(

      “Never will be elected”. They said the same about a black man. Said that bout many who were elected. Are you telling us the future? 

      As long as you obtain that attitude, the progressives of the Republicans will control every vote you cast and our country will never change. Your vote will be RESPONSIBLE for that. Your vote will be part of the PROBLEM. See how responsibility works. 

      Be responsible and vote Ron Paul 2012….

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    • jb.kibs
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 7:45pm

      You are high to think it‘s a ’waste of vote‘ the REAL ’waste of vote’ is voting for someone you do not agree with just because you think you have already been beaten. if you think you have been beaten, please, just don’t vote. you are ‘wasting a vote’ by NOT voting for someone who cares and voting for some idiot who wishes to enslave you even more. YOU need to rethink what a ‘waste of vote’ is my friend…

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    • Libertarian Atheist
      Posted on July 14, 2011 at 9:31pm

      As long as you vote for what you believe in ur vote is never wasted. A wasted vote would be voting for someone just because they “look the part” but what’s the point if you vote for that person and they end up being the same kinda leader ur trying to get rid of (aka obama)

      We be in the same situation whether we have obama or got mccain, they’re just two sides of the same coin. Well i want a new coin!! Both obama/mccain supported the TARP bailouts and the failed stimulus,etc. the list goes on. The media has fed us the myth that the 2 parties are different but in reality they’re the same

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    • deborah k
      Posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:47am

      To all the whiners regarding the rest of us “wasting” our vote on Ron Paul – just remember one thing: You get what you settle for!

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