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Ron Paul Slams Debt Super Committee: ‘Monstrous’ and Unconstitutional

Texas Congressman Ron Paul was interviewed by Lou Dobbs on Fox Business News yesterday, and pulled no punches in his assessment of the “monstrous” debt super committee. He expressed dismay that Congress wanted to abandon its responsibility to legislate to a small committee, asking:

“Where in the world did that come form and what is that going to lead to? That is monstrous. I keep looking and looking and I cant find any place in the constitution where we have the authority to create such a creature as the super congress.”

The Congressman then moved to an even broader concept — that writing regulations is the same as writing laws. That turned the discussion to the Supreme Court, which has effectively given the EPA extra-constitutional abilities to write regulations (laws) on all environmental matters without consulting the Congress.

Rep. Paul lamented that the super committee and the general trend of agencies creating their own laws is ”not a good sign for constitutional government…. Congress is supposed to write the law.”

Watch the full video here, courtesy of Fox News

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  • nomolibs
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:36pm

    Seriously the only guy in the congress with a brain to know whats going on and a pair of balls to stand with his principles. not like these fake tea party guys (Allen west disappointed me more than anybody). i feel like im constantly disappointed by my party. The funny thing is i always picture a progressive as rich or hippy pansies, but every time there’s a confrontation they ALWAYS punk us out. now almost no cuts, tons of debt, unconstitutional super congress, and now were faced with cutting military while our boys are still in the wars or raising taxes. dont be fooled we lost….. big time.

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    • Eblaze44
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:52pm

      Of course you lost – did you ever think you could really win? Progressives have been running this country since Wilson. As usual – The Citizens of the United States are too little and too late and divided. United we stand, divided we fall – and we’ve been divided from the beginning – it‘s just now that it’s too late as everyone has, since the end of WWII, decided it‘s all about ME ME ME and as long as I get mine or it’s not hurting me – who cares about the other guy.

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    • lylejk
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:06pm

      I agree; not sure how bad these guys will be, but there should not be so much power placed on so few people w.r.t. budget issues imo. The Constitution required that Congress control the budget, not a super committee and this is definitely unconstitutional. If stupid things start to come of it (i.e., gun control regulation and other violation of Constitutional rights), then it will be time to take your pitchforks out folks. I also agree with you about West. Extremely angry at him for not seeing the big picture. Also, to those who believed that we had to pass this budget debt ceiling agreement to save the Market, well you got your answer today. :)

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    • nomolibs
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:18pm

      well i have to say its not over yet, europe is 20 years ahead of us in terms of there socialism and progressive philosphy. we all see the future in europe we all see what will happen if we stay on this path by looking there. it did take 100 years to get to where we are today, however the progressives had to fight against the constitution, property rights, and human rights. we on the other hand have the constitution, property rights, and human rights on our side to ride the whole way back on a wave of freedom. im beginning to doubt the politicians(Romney, Perry) and media pundits(Hannity, Rush) who only want to win the next elections instead of trying to change the philosophy of people about the governments role through principled stances (should have been the debt ceiling) even if it takes more time…. we will win in the end. As Ronny Regs once said: Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:32pm

      LYLEJK, who’s to say what would have happened if they did not pass the bill? It could have been MUCH worse! I did not want it to pass, I would have voted no. But none of us have a crystal ball and I can respect West for standing on principle, at least he did not hide behind the RINOs like some did. The bill was going to pass, it was a done deal from the beginning. You have seen this kabuki show before, all the rhetoric is just smoke and mirrors to keep us from seeing the real dealing. I respect very few of them, West is still on my good list even though I disagree with this vote.

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    • the hawk
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:42pm

      MAN HOW I WISH THIS MAN COULD b PRESIDENT ! ! !

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    • Catfish
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:10pm

      Nomolibs. lets not quit just reload, we will have a say next year, and we have got to get all of us to pull together, and vote every one who voted for the deby ceiling bill OUT OF OUR HOUSES. Can we all get behind Rush or somebody who has a bully pulpit and harp on it every day till the people will see we have to get them and start a repeel on every thing this muslim and all who helped him especially our speaker of an out house, he is a disappointment just keep the freshmen and add every oofice to them. PLEASE HELP

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    • vehoae
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:18pm

      Ditto, Nomolibs! I’ll tell you something else that is going to ruin the military and that is this idiot federal judge who ruled that Rumsfeld can be sued personally for doing his job. Since the President dictates to federal judges and all other federal and military employees, I’m really especially uneasy about what he is up to this time. The impact of that judge’s decision is going to cause quality military personnel to be less interested in re-upping, much less doing anything on the job that might land her/him in court. Anything! And any quality recruits out there are going to think long and hard before joining the mlitary now knowing that these self-righteous judges, dictatorial government officials, and totally worthless members of Congress will make them personally liable for doing what they’re told to do by their supervisors and agency manuals. And the jeopardized officials will have to pay for their own legal counsel, too. Tell me how many people employed in the government and military you think can afford legal counsel for one lawsuit after another. This can only have come from the Muslim President and the likes of Cass Sunstein and Eric Holder. Oh yes, and from Agenda 21 strategists and George Soros!

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    • The10thAmendment
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:32pm

      @nomolibs
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:18pm
      media pundits(Hannity, Rush)
      ——————————————————————————————————————————————–
      Hannity worships Bush so he can’t have a very smart wiring in his head. He makes it even worse with his fawning over John McCain. Both Bush and McCain are pure progressive poison. I remember when O’Reilly was first getting started, he actually did have a real independent stance and stood for something. Both Hannity and O’Reilly are both National sellouts and cowards. They’ve tacked so far left that they stink from being so close to the cesspool of far left communist/progressive ideology.

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    • Ronko
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:47pm

      I agree with Paul, someone needs to file a lawsuit and have the supreme court declare it unconstitutional. That though will take years, damn politicians they have screwed us again. Next year Tea Party 2.0 is going to outdue their performace from last year and right the ship if they can.

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    • johnannegalt
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 10:53pm

      OMG.. you’d love Mark America! He was DEVOTED to West, as was I, until he sold out and surrendered…
      http://markamerica.com/2011/07/30/an-open-letter-in-response-to-congressman-west/

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    • johnannegalt
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 10:55pm

      Ron Paul has too many flaws for me. This guy well sums him up—

      http://markamerica.com/2011/07/19/the-undeniable-truth-about-ron-paul/

      “I’ve known a number of Ron Paul’s supporters, and they seem to have some very good ideas, but the ideas they offer aren’t in any way impeded or tempered by reality. While I also like some of Ron Paul’s positions, he suffers from an all-too-convenient naiveté with respect to certain issues that make of him a questionable candidate at best. Despite his virtues on some very important issues, his moral agnosticism on others brands him unsuitable to restore the American nation, now wounded and bleeding profusely in the escalating Obama disaster.”

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    • chazman
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:08pm

      … the federal government has become the enemy of the American people … Believe it.
      Lock and load.

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:59pm

      WAKE UP!!! AND WAKE UP YOUR FRIENDS, NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY!!! Ron Paul is our only hope! Soon, very soon, the only logical solutions will be the ones that RON PAUL has been preaching about for the past 20 years!
      He has the plan because he knows the problems not just the symptoms. He doesn’t need an “exploratory committee to figure out the problem”. He KNOWS what to do because he uses the directions and LAWS included in the CONSTITUTION!
      IT’s that simple folks!! But, It’s up to you and me to help Ron Paul FORCE the Republican leadership to show some backbone. Help RON PAUL get elected 2012!! Do what you can http://www.ronpaul2012.com Donate, promote, however you can!
      I personally feel it is every American Citizen’s DUTY to sign this Petition
      http://www.impeachobamacampaign.com/sign-the-petition/
      He is the only one out there actually walking the walk, as well as, talking the talk.
      The media (left and right) shuts him up or edits his Q&A for viewing nearly every time because he will not conform to their ideology, so they limit his exposure and poll results. He won the debate on CNN’s very own poll and for that reason refused to use that poll in the reports, what the hell is that all about, if it is not censorship, it is the blatant disregard for the truth.

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    • grumpyt
      Posted on August 5, 2011 at 5:19am

      We must get Ron Paul elected as President…he is our only hope. “D’s” & “R’s” do not know how to say no. Congress, NO the ENTIRE GOVERNMENT, is totally out of control and reigned in. We are being “regulated” to death…that is going to be the “death of a thousand cuts”.

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    • ninja
      Posted on August 5, 2011 at 9:19am

      Americans may not be capable of returning to Constitutional principles. here’s an excerpt from an interesting piece………

      Note carefully that traditional Western moral virtue is not a sweet sentiment or a generalized concern for mankind in the abstract. Virtue is a matter of character. It means making the best of self and acting responsibly toward real people, which means that morality is hard. To make love of neighbor particularly difficult, real people are frequently less than pleasant, and they may be our competitors. Behaving charitably may require strength of will. Virtue shows itself, thus, not in high-sounding phrases or teary-eyed “compassion” but in responsible conduct.

      Compare this older Western and American ethos to the common modern notion of virtue. The latter can be described as morality in the abstract. Unlike the older virtue, it does not presuppose improvement of self. It can be espoused by the worst of human beings, by people who are very difficult to live and work with. These same individuals can ooze benevolence for people in the abstract and talk incessantly about “justice,“ ”human rights,“ and ”the common good.” They can advocate schemes for sweeping social and political change. In fact, the wider the scope of their virtuous project, the more compelling is supposed to be the evidence of a superior morality.

      But this abstract and self-congratulatory virtue cares about nobody in particular. It is morality made easy. Anybody can do it

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    • Mizurax
      Posted on August 5, 2011 at 10:19am

      I’m voting for Ron Paul for Prez. I don’t care who the nominee is. My prediction is that the morons around this country will select Romney to run against Obama. There‘s no way I’m voting for either of those two. My hope is that enough of US can have the BALLZ to vote for a 3rd party guy. I’m so tired of this “wasting your vote’ nonsense. Voting for people like Romney is more of a “waste” than voting for the right guy who probably won’t win. If enough of us vote for the right guy, regardless of whether or not he can win, we can at least make our point known. We can show others that if only they too had the courage to vote for the right guy and not worry about “wasting” their vote, that right guy probably could have won. Then maybe the next time, he will.

      P.S. I too am disappointed by Allen West. He was the one guy I was actually excited to vote for last year. He won’t be getting my vote again.

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    • Jackers
      Posted on August 5, 2011 at 10:21am

      Ron Paul is truly the man! This is why our government and our government-controlled media constantly try to marginalize him…

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    • Nod
      Posted on August 5, 2011 at 10:25am

      It wasn;t to many years ago that I thought that Ron Paul was a nut! I now realize that I was the one who was crazy and Mr. Paul is one of the only true patriots in DC. I commend him for his strength and honesty.

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  • ProbIemSoIver
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:36pm

    Finally the BLAZE reports on “Super Congress” You are about 3-4 days late !

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    • cloudsofwar
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:06pm

      the blaze might be late but some of us have been talking about it. did you call or e-mail your rep about the super congress? won’t do any good but at lease you can sound off.

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    • heyjim55
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:07pm

      Thank you for pointing that out I have commented on this the last two days and I even sent a tip into the Blaze about this. Whats really scary about this committee is it is very similar to the Supreme Soviet as it was created basically on the same principle to streamline regulation and decision making on behalf of their General Secretary (Stalin)

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    • GUT_CHECK
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:44pm

      MORE LIKE… finally the blaze puts RonPaul right where he should be, as the only guy in washington with a clue. guys, we gotta have this man as president. this is the last chance he’ll be around to help us all. we know he would never sell us out.

      rally around RP2012

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    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:03pm

      I think they picked it up from Drudge or AJ
      http://www.campaignforliberty.org/

      Ron Paul is the only person I will vote for president

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:10pm

      I think it is time we all rally around Ron Paul. He is the only real candidate.

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 9:47pm

      Is this the same Ron Paul that wouldn’t have killed OBL? & Paul (AKA 30yr Tax Junky)l sent 41 earmark requests totaling $157,093,544 for the 2011 Fiscal Year. His largest single request was $19,500,000 for a naval training ship at the Texas Maritime Academy in Galveston, followed by a $18,126,000 to provide maintenance on the Matagorda Ship Channel.

      For Fiscal Year 2010, Paul requested 54 total earmarks, adding up to $398,460,640 in pork that the former presidential candidate sought to bring home to his district. These requests were made prior to the House Republican Conference’s voluntary ban on filing earmarks.

      Paul’s largest request in 2010 was $51.5 million in federal money to be spent on “Reconstruction of Bluewater Highway Hurricane Evacuation Route Between Brazoria and Galveston Counties in Texas.” He requested another $50 million to be directed to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway and $46 million for deepening the Texas City channel. The majority of Paul’s requests were for projects related to various ports and channels, though other sectors of his district also received attention, such as $20 million for a hospital in Chambers County. Even smaller projects received attention from the libertarian representative, such as $2.5 million requested “to redevelop historic downtown area and to purchase trash cans, bike racks and decorative street lighting” in Baytown

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 10:24pm

      So that is what you have on Paul? Earmarks? The traditional was congress does business?

      Cool. I’ll take him!

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    • arnobp
      Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:11am

      @REPUBLICORP

      Here we go again, I’ll just paste this comment over and over until you get it through your numb skull:

      Dr. Paul has gone over this ad nauseam, you must be willfully ignorant. EVERY CENT of a spending bill should be earmarked, if the money is NOT earmarked you are giving the executive (in this case Barry) a blank check. Dr. Paul does not want these spending bills to begin with, and he votes accordingly, but if one is proposed, he will try to get every cent back to his constituents possible, akin to filling for every possible tax deduction you can.

      How can you not understand this?

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on August 6, 2011 at 9:15am

      As much as I feel earmarks should be eliminated 100%. Those numbers you stated were lame in comparison to the amount of spending going on in D.C., and all of those earmarks sounded like good ideas, to benefit the military, tax-payers and small business. Paul is not perfect, and I don’t agree on a few things he does or believes. But he is an American Constitutionalist, Anti-Establishment and doesn’t place the global elite above the interests of the American people.

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  • Secessionista
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:36pm

    Sheila Jackson Lee is still trying to read the constitution so we can pass it. Nancy Pelosi says we need to pass the constitution so we can know what’s in it. Harry Reid says the Tea Party is standing in the way of his efforts to implement the constitution as he understands it, and Obama thinks the constitution is too rough to use in the bathroom, but he does anyway.

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:56pm

      She-gorilla Jackson Lee can only look at words, move her lips, and pretend to read. I don’t think she really CAN read. She can talk, but don’t get her started, please.

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    • Uncurable wound
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:13pm

      Anon,I told you her handlers are the same ones that ran Mr Ed.They just cram a little peanut butter in her big HORSE mouth and —A horse is a horse of course of course—.-. HA HA ROFL
      I am Mr Ed….
      Watch next time she Winnies,you can see the peanut butter,which is stll surprising to me because I always thought she was a COW….LOL ROFL

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  • Mr.Truth
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:35pm

    Hes got my vote!

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:19pm

      Me too. Ron Paul is the best candidate by far to-date. Common-sense, Constitutionalist, Anti-Establishment, Anti-Global Elite. He is the closest thing we have, to someone with Founding Father qualities. I am sure he would have fit right in with them in 1776.

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:28pm

      Lou Dobbs has always been one of my favorites, also. he is actually married to a Hispanic woman. And he was the only one to have enough guts to report about the “North American Union” A NWO agenda, to merge America, Canada And Mexico. I would vote for Lou Dobbs for President in two seconds, if he ran. I would love to see Dobbs on Paul’s ticket as Vice.

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    • vic138
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:44pm

      He wouldn’t live long enough to get inaugurated. The federal reserve would have multiple hit-teams out to get him immediately.

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:05pm

      I thought the same thing. JFK was anti-global elite. Some believe that JKF was going to expose the illuminati and the progressive agenda to destroy the U.S. Some people say the CIA got him. Who was the head of the CIA at the time? It was that guy who stated that the U.S. would become part of the “New World Order” on September 11, 1991. hmmm….
      If Paul gets elected he will need extra protection.

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    • NativeCracker
      Posted on August 5, 2011 at 10:19am

      He got my write-in vote last time, and he’ll get it again in 2012

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  • Right_on_the_Left_Coast
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:33pm

    Hard to believe that this man is supposedly “unelectable.”

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    • Erabin
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:34pm

      This isn’t what makes him unelectable. Broken clock etc.

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    • Mr.Truth
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:35pm

      Got that right!!

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    • GRAMPA-D-NH
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:50pm

      You obviously haven’t ventured into your local Walmart or watched much daytime or sitcom tv lately. If you did, you’d realize its not so “hard” for the “average” American to reject a Ron Paul-esque candidate. The masses want soft on the ear, eye, and to be told they‘re gub’ment goodies are secure. I’m hoping and praying enough will wake up before a super serious crisis takes hold but planning for the worst. Recommend the same for all.

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    • TumbleBumble
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:02pm

      Paul is still abysmal on the border issue. Explain to me how that jives with the rest of his talk.

      https://www.numbersusa.com/content/action/2012-presidential-hopefuls-immigration-stances.html

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    • muhamadhater
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:20pm

      It really doesnt matter, cause in the end hes just another politition!!!we need 2 take this country back!!! from the polititions, who have done this 2 our country!! anyone know a good business person?? with heart and integrity, who will take the fight 2 the government ?

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    • american1st
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:23pm

      oh well…. he is less than perfect on immigration, i guess we are better of with obama or some RINO???

      or wait a minute, obama and the rinos are doing nothing/pushing amnesty (plus all the other evil they are up to)…. maybe less than perfect on immigration is a minor fault considering the path the rest of them want this country going in???

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    • fatlibertarian
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:26pm

      This is in reply to TumbleBumble, who suggested Paul’s immigration stance was nightmarish.

      I suppose my response would be that Ron wants to end the welfare state. And as such, without a welfare state illegal immigration would solve itself. We probably would not care about it any further.

      Freedom and liberty for all. Protectionism is not the way forward. Of course, now that there are more jobs in Mexico…

      I’m not entirely sure why so-called conservatives make such a big deal about illegal immigration. What’s the threat? I’d prefer an open border police once we end entitlements or they end us. If you come here, you gotta make it on your own.

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    • TumbleBumble
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:11pm

      AMERICAN1ST ~

      “oh well…. he is less than perfect on immigration, i guess we are better of with obama or some RINO???”

      Less than perfect? lol! You must not have checked out the link because Paul is barely better on immigration than Obama. In fact, he is the worst of all the Republicans running for president. So is there any difference between Paul and Obama on immigration? Maybe enough to make a difference to you.

      FATLIBERTARIAN ~

      “I’m not entirely sure why so-called conservatives make such a big deal about illegal immigration.”

      I will venture a guess and say that you do not live in Illinois, or California, or some other state that welcome the illegals. Gov. Quinn signed the Illinois Dream Act -
      http://www.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Illinois-DREAM-Act-Becomes-Law-Amid-Immigration-Reform-Debate-126761978.html -
      which gives more college assistance to an illegal child than to that of a child of a soldier. That is a big deal to me. I now have to pay for that.

      “I suppose my response would be that Ron wants to end the welfare state. And as such, without a welfare state illegal immigration would solve itself.”

      To that I say ‘great’! But how long would that take to be implemented? E-verify needs to be mandated and employers should be punished in the mean time. Little steps first. And who can argue with securing our borders? We have the right to protect ourselves.

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    • colt1860
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:27pm

      @TumbleBumble That survey is a joke! Ron Paul opposes amnesty, he wants to bring troops home to protect our borders, wants to end our open borders, want’s to end the welfare state that benefits illegal immigrants and their anchor babies, supports Arizona’s state enforcement of immigration laws, and would end birthright citizenship. Please, do some more research, like actually listening to what he has said and done, and not what some site editor, columnist, etc has said.

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    • TumbleBumble
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:48pm

      COLT1860 ~

      Please, go back to the page. Place your cursor over each of the circles in his column and they will give you the facts as to what he has said, written, and how he has voted. It is based on fact, not on anyone’s opinions.

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    • american1st
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 9:07pm

      i did look at the link and i don’t like what i see… the difference between him and obama?….plenty… i can count on Ron Paul to follow the constitution for one thing (and that’s a biggie), i would bet he will streamline the regulations and the bureaucracy for legal immigration/work visas not make it harder, more complex and more expensive like obama would,
      i wont like some of what Ron has to say, but he is still worlds ahead of the RINO candidates (all of them) i am willing to give him the benefit of the doubt in some areas in exchange for getting a constitutionalists…

      i think ending entitlements will do a lot for the problem by attrition, and i have never heard him say he would vote against good plans for illegal migration (if they are constitutional)

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    • Servant Of YHVH
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 9:49pm

      @TumbleBumble
      Ron Paul is everything that he acts like and he means it, I don’t ever recall seeing a hidden side to him. I am more impressed with him than most other people that I know. He really is a great guy and I’m proud to know him. You would be very surprised what would happen if he took over in the way of the illegals coming over and all the other stuff. One thing for sure is that you cannot say that he is not a man of his words and his words are his actions. It’s called being an honest man!

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    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 10:32pm

      For Fiscal Year 2010, Paul requested 54 total earmarks, adding up to $398,460,640 in pork so what makes him any different?

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    • Norm D. Plume
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:09pm

      @Republicorp:

      What makes Paul different? Well, let’s see…

      1) You get to actually SEE what spending he wanted in his district. It’s not just shooed under the rug, and he didn’t vote to just hand a wad of money to Obama, for the discretionary spending of Federal departments. You can SEE where the money goes, with Paul’s method. By the “normal” method, you just dump tons of cash into the system, and it vaporizes.

      2) How much money did Paul’s district send to Washington, in the first place? I‘d bet they’re still behind the eight ball, with what came back in the way of Paul’s earmarks.

      Really, Paul’s way is the only HONEST way to do the budget.

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  • StuntDrivin4U
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:33pm

    Ron Paul 2012 its all I can say. One strict Constitutionalist.

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    • Doc_Slammin
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:38pm

      He is beginning to look like the TEA party candidate of choice.

      But remember the senator and representative seats up for grabs in 2012. We don’t just need to beat Obama, we need to weed the RINOs in Congress as well.

      http://theindependentrant.com/2011/08/03/lugar-and-pence-no-longer-acceptable-for-indiana/

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:45am

      This latest vote to raise the debt limit is where we strt building the lists of who stays and who has to go!!!

      It would be great for someone to actually publish that list. I mean all of them, R&D

      As for the Presidential candidates here is my breakdown, as far as I am concerned
      Bachman = too worried about being popular, will not be able to stand up to establishment.
      Palin = Strong Relate-ability but not presidential material just yet. No Plan
      Christie = NOT RUNNING, not yet
      Perry = Possible Closet Globalist and will turn out to be a RINO (Bush Repeat) catering to the establishment
      Herman Cain = Shill for the FED, has no political experience, NO PLAN, but good intentions?
      Gingrich = Joke, Choke, Progressive RINO
      Huntsman = Democrat in Republican clothing (Obvious) RINO
      Santorum = RINO
      Ron Paul = Restoring the Constitution, Small Government, Free Markets and HAS A PLAN with SOLUTIONS!

      P.S. I know there are others but they don’t even register on the meter.

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  • Ella
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:33pm

    I too, thank you congressman Paul. Please keep fighting. Please make the other Republicans see the light and get them to open their mouths. I think we need a Tea Party candidate for president. Unfortunately most of the voters do not even realize that the only ones looking out for them are tea party candidates.

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    • Erabin
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:36pm

      Is Walker a Tea party candidate because Jesus Christ did he screw his constituency.

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    • vic138
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:48pm

      That would ensure obama a second term. Hate to say it but its true.

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    • Stfwud
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 10:09pm

      Mitt Romney is Obama 2012, there will be no difference. I did waste my vote on Bush-Dole-Bush. Never again!

      Ron Paul or bust!

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  • NHwinter
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:33pm

    So do something about it Sen Paul. Get some of the senators that are in agreement with you and pursue it in court. Stop this outrage. Do something and do it now. The people will be behind you. Someone has to have the courage to take on the Democrats and this administration. We don’t have much time left. Save our Republic PLEASE!

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    • holy ghostbuster
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:14pm

      Ron Paul is a Representative not a Senator. Rand Paul is a Senator.

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    • Norm D. Plume
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:12pm

      With all the Carter, Reagan, Bush, Clinton, Bush and Obama appointees on the court, Senators would doubtless be found to have no standing to bring any kind of action.

      We, the People, seem to have no standing to bring suit against the government for the egregious violations of our Constitutional rights, so why would our representatives, a class once removed from us, have standing?

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  • louise
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:31pm

    This man is the Statesman for such a time as this. A man who has always stood on principle and integrity. He has been called the Thomas Jefferson of our time. I will be proud to call him Mr. President.
    If anyone wants to see America restored to its’ founding ideology of true liberty for the individual and truly small government, Ron Paul is your candidate for 2012. I wish it could be sooner. I wish he was in the oval office right now.

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  • WD0331
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:30pm

    Ron Paul 2012!
    Wake up Republicans and Tea Partiers, He is the only answer. All the other candidates will be more of the same!

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:30pm

    If you could this man’s brain in Mitt Romeny you would have a winner. So many Americans are so superficial that he is disqualified by the way he looks. That’s how Obama won.

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  • smokie
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:29pm

    It doesn’t hurt that he looks like Gandalf.

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:23pm

      I am going to call him Obi Wan Kenobi. For, he is our only hope. And he kind of looks like Alec Guinness.

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    • dejavu22
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:08pm

      http://1.bp.blogspot.com/–3Lt0a4e0GA/TjP9Armss5I/AAAAAAAAEAM/1fq3D4LHjcw/s1600/ron+paul+obi+wan.jpg

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    • Ripleymom
      Posted on August 5, 2011 at 1:59am

      I think Bachmann was implanted to be the ‘first woman’ ‘tea party’ President. Herman Cain was placed for the black guilt, tea party voters who want to prove they are not racist. I really think the planners are covering all their bases, offering the widest variety of candidates and letting them battle it out until one stands out and they rally around them. I don’t think they placed a 75 year old with a message to end the fed. That would be suicide. I do think Ron Paul is sexiest 75 year old I’ve ever seen, though.

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  • LibertyMama
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:29pm

    The “Super Committee” worried me too. I think its just a way for the Dems and the Rinos to make sure that tea party-backed Reps and the more Libertarian minded, like Ron Paul don’t get a say in the cuts.

    Obviously the markets don’t like this junk debt deal either.

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    • Right_on_the_Left_Coast
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:32pm

      Exactly! This they lured unsuspecting republicans in with some shiny spending cuts, and they were too distracted to realize the consequences of this special committee. This is so underhanded!

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    • 10-32inIdaho
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:35pm

      Surely you must be jokingg about being worried. This time is different than the other 17, this time its a SUPER committee!

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    • Jaycen
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:43pm

      Yep, the entire process was a sham. Honestly, we knew what the Liberals and the Republicans were going to do, but the sad thing was the number of regular folks to let themselves be caught up in the emotion and get turned against the rest of us who were trying to get something useful done for a change.

      The Tea Party has GOT to make a clean sweep of the House and Senate next time around.

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  • darkrage000
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:28pm

    But they NEED Agencies to write their own laws.. how else will they pass things like Agenda 21?

    Remember, “we have this big messy thing called democracy to deal with”

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  • Spyder
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:25pm

    Be ready people. Endgame is near. All the nay-sayers/zombies are about to realize that they‘ve been the ’Useful idiots’ that turned a blind eye and allowed our freedom to be thrown to the wayside; And it’s not going to be pretty. Pray to God (Or your personal equivalent) , hold tight to your gun, and stock up on food and water. God help us all.

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  • the58thstate
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:25pm

    we need more paul genes in DC.

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    • My Two Cents
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:39pm

      And fewer like my representative, Congressman Michael McCaul, who voted for this abomination. I have asked his office how he will vote on December 23rd when the politburo committee of 12 presents him with a bill that is chock full of tax increases and god knows what else. Still waiting for an answer.

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  • wright.im
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:23pm

    Ron Paul is right we shouldn’t be giving these people any additional authority. BHO is trying to rewrite our form of government by regulation. This communist wanna be dictator needs to be stopped and jailed for crimes against the american people and violation of his oath of office.

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  • I.Gaspar
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:23pm

    As far as the left is concerned, there is no constitution that applies to them.
    WE MUST GET RID OF THEM in November 2012!!!!!

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    • Bill Rowland
      Posted on August 5, 2011 at 5:45am

      We not only need to get rid of them in 2012, we need to repeal the 17th amendment, set term limits, take away special percs and thr retirement system. Our legislature needs to become a government of citizens who serve and then return to their homes without all of the percs they have voted themselves. That is the type of government our founders envisioned, not a government of professional politicians.

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  • junior1971
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:23pm

    What constitution? You really think these morons could read it, let alone understand it!

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  • jacobstroubles
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:22pm

    Yes Mr Paul, it is in fact monsterous, outrages and SERIOUSLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL!.
    But guess what my friend… they’re going to do it anyways!
    This has been planned all a long… and this is just the teeny tiny tip of a giant ugly iceberg that America (AKA The Titanic) is about to hit.. and it will be absolutley devastating.

    The Tribualtion is about to begin.
    The ac is about to be revealed.

    Get ready/buckly up.. The Church is about to be called home and the Triblulation will begin shortly.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:27pm

      I’m ready to go.

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    • trolltrainer
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:34pm

      I just pray it is rapture and not civil war. This could get ugly folks…

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:09pm

      Classic Civil War song;

      Battle Hymn of the Republic
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5mmFPyDK_8

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    • GOTT-EM-MAUSER
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 10:38pm

      Trolltrainer,

      This is GOING to going to get REAL UGLY, REAL SOON. And that is a given whether Ron Paul gets elected or Howdy Doody wins as a Darkhorse. Rapture or Tribulation/ Give me a break, this isn’t about the end of the World, it’s about the END of The UNITED STATES of AMERICA as we know it.

      We are now in the Second American Civil War, that will result in two thirds of the people in this country becoming a historical footnote, and the Balkaninzation of what is left. The forces are gathering as we post, and Hostilities will commence very shortly now. The ONLY way anybody is going to be lifted into the Heavens, is if they step on a land mine.

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  • steely_eyes
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:21pm

    Thank you, Ron. I for one didn’t waive my representation.

    I‘m going to phone Egypt and see if they’ll send us Mubarak‘s cage when they’re done so we can begin trials of our politicians for treason and RICO Act violations.

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  • MBA
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:21pm

    Ron Paul is correct. The tax paying citizens of this country are not being represented appropriately. When will the authorities call out the politicians for treason?

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  • nannyatnannydotgov
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:21pm

    Obambam is attacking us on all fronts, up, down, left, right, sidewise, diagonally, with concentrated efforts up the rear!

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 7:37pm

      Obambam is just a puppet for the military industrial complex. A.K.A. Global Elite / NWO

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  • Docrow
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:20pm

    If only he could get elected.

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    • Right_on_the_Left_Coast
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:29pm

      I like most of Ron Paul’s policies. And he’s right on the money here. It’s unfortunate, but I think he just isn’t “exciting” enough for people. But I’m with you. Ron Paul would be very good for the country right now.

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    • american1st
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:32pm

      he has my vote…

      and i believe he can get elected !! for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction,
      for ever move the rino’s and dems make to usurp the constitution and congress there is a swell of people that start to understand that we must do the opposite…. and right now Ron Paul is the congressional embodiment of a constitutanalist…

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:36pm

      I like many things Ron Paul believes in.

      What creeps me out, is that many pro-palestinine and anti-israel people love him so much… I suppose some people accuse Ron Paul of being anti-semite because he is anti-zionist. But anti-zionism and anti-semiticism often go hand in hand… He has promised no interference between both countries if he was president, and completely severing helping the Israel state. I don’t think he is an anti-semite, but I see where he is coming from its more a value of American Isolationism to keep our nose out of the world’s affairs (stop the world police thing)… But I also see the danger in that, turning on one of our best friends in the middle-east the closest to holding our values as a nation…

      But I think it explains why pro-palestinians and anti-israel people would love him to be president though, because I think they think they would then get away with attacking Israel, and he would simply ignore it..

      I also don‘t necessary support his and Barney Frank’s pot freedom bill… So he works over the aisle with the far left liberals. On the one hand, I do agree we are too hard on many repeat pot offenders.Getting life in prison due to some ‘three strikes law” over a joint seems a bit much.

      I’m conflicted!

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    • riseandshine
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:15pm

      @Sacred Honor…Ron Paul isn’t against Israel…He just doesn’t think we should be joined at the hip with any nation…and I agree. Peace.

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:19pm

      Yep, I know he doesn’t hate Israel. He’s more of an isolationist!

      It’s just that some anti-israel people and pro-palestinians praise him for that.

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    • american1st
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 6:29pm

      isolationist isn’t the right word.. he is a non-interventionalist there is a difference….

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    • SacredHonor1776
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 9:25pm

      Well the best part, is he would put guards on our boarders… Try to keep us isolated from the illegal aliens… But he needs to be stronger against amnesty…

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    • arielle simmons
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 10:17pm

      “peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none”…“the supremacy of the civil over the military authority”…“the honest payment of our debts and sacred preservation of the public faith”…”freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus”…”should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civic instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust; and should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety.”–thomas jefferson, 1801.

      ron paul 2012!

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    • arnobp
      Posted on August 5, 2011 at 12:27am

      @SACREHONOR1776

      You know what is creeping me out? You Israel fanatics. Are you American or Israeli?

      You all are starting to sound like Al Sharpton or Jesse Jackson calling everything racist… for you all everything is anti Israel or anti semitism, or anti zion. Ending all foreign aid does not equate anti semitism. If you want to give Israel all of your blood and treasure, feel free. But keep the USA out of it!

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  • jhrusky
    Posted on August 4, 2011 at 5:19pm

    I truly think you are the only person in Washington that actually ‘gets it’, Congressman. Paul.

    WOLVERINES!

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