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Watch Ron Paul Make it Official: ‘The Time Is Right’

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas Rep. Ron Paul announced Friday that he will run for the GOP nomination for president in 2012, the third attempt for the man known on Capitol Hill as “Dr. No” for his enthusiasm for bashing runaway spending and government overreach.

Watch Ron Paul Make it Official: The Time Is Right

“Time has come around to the point where the people are agreeing with much of what I’ve been saying for 30 years. So, I think the time is right,” said the 75-year-old Paul, who first ran for president as a Libertarian in 1988.

Paul made his announcement in an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America” from New Hampshire, where he planned his first event for his presidential campaign on Friday.

Three years ago, the former flight surgeon and outspoken critic of the Federal Reserve became an Internet sensation – and a prodigious fundraiser- when he made a spirited but doomed bid for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination.

First elected to Congress in 1976, he is known for holding unconventional views while keeping a smile on his face, espousing a sort of modern Republican populism.

The obstetrician has delivered more than 4,000 babies and is personally against abortion, but he doesn’t think the federal government should regulate it. That’s a function of state government, he says.

He has also said he wants to abolish the Internal Revenue Service, favors returning the United States to the gold standard in monetary policy and wants the U.S out of Iraq and Afghanistan.

Democrats have tried repeatedly to beat him in a congressional district that stretches from the outskirts of Corpus Christi to Galveston. But the independent swath of coastal Texas seems a good fit for the maverick doctor. He has 18 grandchildren, according to his website, and he and his wife of 54 years, Carol, are known widely in Paul’s district for the cookbooks they give away to supporters.

“The secret to his success is his authenticity,” said Democratic consultant Jeff Crosby, who grew up in Paul’s district. “He’s an authentic nut.”

Watch Ron Paul Make it Official: The Time Is Right

Crosby, who worked to defeat Paul in 2006 – unsuccessfully – described the difficulty he had trying to persuade voters to reject what he thought were the candidate’s radical views.

“Just the mere fact that he does what he says he’s going to do, regardless of how nutty or ineffective it may be, they like it,” Crosby said. “A lot of folks along the coast have never expected much from government, and they’re getting it.”

Paul, a native of Pittsburgh, is both a spiritual father and actual father in the tea party movement. His son, tea party darling Rand Paul, won a Senate seat in Kentucky last year and has become an ardent proponent of spending cuts and smaller government.

As far back as 2007, long before people were evoking the fabled Boston Tea Party to symbolize their disgust with an overtaxing central government, Ron Paul was hosting a “Tea Party Fundraiser” aboard a shrimp boat near Galveston.

Organizer and Paul campaign volunteer Elizabeth Day remembers that supporters wore period dress and rolled fake barrels of tea into the waters of the Gulf of Mexico.

“When people come to believe in Ron Paul, there is a passion that burns within us,” said Day, a 57-year-old oil company revenue analyst. “To me, Ron Paul is the tea party.”

The elder Paul has built coalitions that include senior citizen “granny warriors” and pot-smoking libertarians. During his 1988 presidential run, High Times magazine, which caters to marijuana users, published a cover story under the headline, “Ron Paul: Pro-Pot Presidential Candidate.”

Paul has expressed the view that the states, not the federal government, should regulate vices like pornography and drugs.

What sets Paul apart most from his GOP brethren are his views that defense spending needs to shrink and that the U.S. should get out of its two wars. Paul says the conflicts are financially unsustainable – and another drag on a battered U.S. dollar that he believes is on the verge of collapse.

He also disputes a fundamental underpinning of the war in Iraq, namely that Islamic terrorists must be stopped overseas before they can attack the United States.

“They came over here because we were over there,” Paul said in the run-up to the 2008 campaign. “We occupy their territory. It would be like if the Chinese had their navy in the Gulf of Mexico.”

Paul has routinely turned down pork-barrel spending for his own district, but he has earned praise at home for refusing to sign up for lucrative pension benefits to which he is entitled as a member of Congress. Paul took a break from the House after his failed 1988 presidential bid but was re-elected in 1996.

Though he has voiced support for term limits, Paul has been in Congress for almost 30 years. Thanks to a law first crafted for Texas-born President Lyndon Johnson, he was able to run for the House and the presidency at the same time in 2008. Supporters figure he’ll do the same in 2012.

Former Texas GOP gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina counts herself among the die-hard Ron Paul followers who won’t let age, unconventional views or the professed tea party proclivities of other candidates shake her away from the soft-spoken presidential contender.

“All the Republicans say we need to reduce spending,” said Medina. “They talk about it, but they don’t actually deliver on those promises. He’s different.”

Comments (164)

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  • Steelhead
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:49am

    Ron Paul will split the republican ticket And that is a good thing for who? Obama will win yet again.

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    • IPONDER
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 12:35pm

      there is only one republican nomination so how will that split the ticket? Obama vs. Paul who will you vote for?

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  • landofaahs
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:46am

    You say he’s a nut? Two can play that game. odumba’s weird ears make his head look like not only a wing-nut, but a left wing-nut.

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  • SamIamTwo
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:39am

    I’d rather see his son take a run at it…maybe next time. Hope it’s not tooo late to make hard right rudder turn. :sighgif: The ship is becoming inelastic.

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  • Arphaxad
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:35am

    Forget the main stream media and support a real American, RON PAUL 2012.

    Glenn needs to stop toeing the GOP line and get behind a man who is not afraid to do what needs to be done.

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  • Gasparri
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:02am

    Come on Pat Gray start a campaign getting behind any but Paul exclusively to defeat Paul, your agenda, like you did in Houston. Come on, Paul needs you to be against him so he can win with 80% of the vote like he did in Houston with you not helping him at all. Come on, Pat. You can do it start your Anti Paul mission today! We Ron Paul Supporters need you against us.

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  • Roberto G. Vasquez
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:52am

    Ron Paul is right about a lot of things. The problem is that the rest of his political philosophy is permanently stuck back in 1835 = not appropriate for 2011.

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    • jtm
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:07am

      Are you implying that our constitution is outdated because it was written in the 1700′s?

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    • BidBerthaDotCom
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:44pm

      Yes, he is. Everyone knows that liberty is such an outdated concept. It‘s just us dumb hicks that still can’t learn to love big brother statism like Roberto Vasquez and the other neocons on this site do.

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  • ed0315
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:50am

    “The time is right?” For what? This guy needs to take a laxative, retire and tend to his flowers.

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    • RP2012
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:14am

      I prefer wisdom and self- discipline with age.
      Additionally, Candidate Paul has stated that among his favorite pastimes is to ride his bicycle several miles a day

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    • Trying to Remain Calm
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 5:03pm

      Isn’t Porn Aul for abolishing the Federal Reserve and guiding America toward the Libertarian utopia that can be found in Somalia and on the streets of Cairo.

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    • RP2012
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 7:31pm

      @ Trying to Remain Calm

      ‘Libertarian utopia that can be found in Somalia and on the streets of Cairo’

      This is a distortion an inaccurate: Somalia and Egypt both are without a respective Bill of Rights and closer to tyrannical military police states. The Federal Reserve is an economic issue by which the institution counterfeits money and devalues the currency, hence answering the question of perpetual inflation

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    • Trying to Remain Calm
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 8:01pm

      They don’t have Bill of Rights but I think they are free to pursue happiness and from the AK-47s you see on the streets of Mogadishu I think they have no gun control.

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    • RP2012
      Posted on May 16, 2011 at 2:11am

      A country in a civil war doesn’t have a civilian police force (I should correct my previous statement as ‘tyrannical military/martial states’) or due process in a judicial system to prosecute committed crimes against the rights of individuals either

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  • Rob
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:47am

    Ross Perot again…. two more years of Obama.

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    • America Bless God
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:40am

      Yep. RP is a red herring so that Obama can get four more years in.

      The press loves Ron Paul as much as it did McCain during the campaign of 08.

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    • IPONDER
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 12:31pm

      Ross Perot again? Not if he gets the republican nomination… unless your voting for Obama?

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  • mpgenaw
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:44am

    Awesome, I am sending my $2000 now!

    Ron Paul can beat Obama!

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  • The Old Duffer
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:37am

    I wanted to support Ron Paul. But, I cannot support someone who supports legal prostitution. Ron is pro-life, but supports legal and taxed prostitution? There is something wrong there.

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    • BlazingInSC
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:08am

      Prostitution does not = Abortion by default, but nice straw man argument attempt… He doesn’t necessarily support prostitution, but he recognizes that it happens anyhow – and by legalizing and taxing it, the government could build one hell of a revenue stream – and free up law enforcement for going after really bad guys who have real intent to do real harm to people.

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    • cous1933
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:17am

      OLD DUFFER,
      You make it sound like Ron Paul thinks prostitution is a good thing. Don’t be ridiculous. Ron Paul is a very moral person. He is only saying the Federal Government has no business or authority to legislate morality any more than they can legislate religion. He is exactly right. That is the true conservative position.

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    • America Bless God
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:36am

      @Old Duffer you are correct.

      The government at ALL levels can and should stand on morality. RP IS a Rhino.

      “Our Constitution was made only for a MORAL and RELIGIOUS people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

      ~John Adams.

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    • America Bless God
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:42am

      @Blaz @Cous….

      Legalize and tax, legalize and tax……..

      YOU TWO ARE NO DIFFERENT THAN THE DEMOCRATS!! Go home and read your Bibles.

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    • cous1933
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 11:56am

      ABG
      I pity you because you clearly are too simple to understand the most basic ideas of both liberty and Christianity. I noticed on almost every one of your posts, the first thing you do is name-call. The other thing you do is question others religious beliefs. I guarantee I read my Bible EVERY night. You seem to mis-understand everything. The quote from John Adams doesn’t mean that the Government needs to legislate morality. And to say the press loves Ron Paul… are you kidding me? These fake labels “nutcase”, un-electable”, “too old”, “supports drugs” all come from the press and are all meant to influence people like you who don’t think for themselves. There is no sense in arguing with someone like you. You just don’t get it. Like I said you may be the real atheist. Don’t worry about me.

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    • BidBerthaDotCom
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:37pm

      Well said, Cous.

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  • siebegorman
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:36am

    Paul is unelectable.

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    • cous1933
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:13am

      Thats right Siebegorman, DO AS YOU”RE TOLD!

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    • America Bless God
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:38am

      @Cous you are the very definition of a RP Moonbat.

      Are you an atheist too?

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    • cous1933
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 11:24am

      No I am not an athiest (or a moonbat). I am a conservative Christian who supports another conservative Christian for President. Ron Paul. BTW name-calling is a very un-Christian thing to do. Deep down you are probably the real athiest. You can fool some people but you’re not fooling God.

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    • BidBerthaDotCom
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:35pm

      The fact that we have Obama for a president proves that ANYONE is electable.

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  • Vunks
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:35am

    Ron paul 2012!!!!

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  • America Bless God
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:23am

    Paul is a pacifist and won’t win for that single belief alone. He said this during the debates last week…”if we just love our enemies, they will love us back.” He said no to secret prisons and no to torture and both of those gave us Bin Laden. Are you kidding me? I‘d vote for GWB 43 again before I’d vote for him. What’s good is it to shut the Fed, if we let terrorists run amok all over the world INCLUDING ISRAEL. Most, not all, of his followers are flat out anarchists and what they have to offer America is NOT a Republic based on the rule of law. They also firmly believed 9/11 was inside job. NO THANKS to legalized drugs, prostitution, homosexual marriage and abortion.

    Word to the wise…if CNN, Gallup and Juan Williams, the statists in the press are backing RP, that’s all the more reason to support a fiscal AND a social conservative. You think they fear RP winning….h#ll no! But they do fear Palin, Bachmann and Ryan.

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    • America Bless God
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:33am

      That should say let terrorist attack Israel too. I support Israel 100 %. Guess I should drink some more coffee!! :o)

      Happy Friday!

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    • RP2012
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:32am

      1) ”if we just love our enemies, they will love us back”
      I don’t believe Candidate Paul has ever said that. The point is to set an example by striving for virtue and excellence while exercising good will and self-discipline; this in turn dissolves hatred and fear

      2) no to secret prisons and torture that gave us Bin Laden

      Candidate Paul espouses fair trials to any individual (inc. bin Laden or yourself if accused of being a terrorist) to prove their innocence/guilt. Otherwise, Presidents assassinating people by their word alone = dictatorship

      3) shut the Fed

      Candidate Dr. Paul introduced legislation to audit the Federal Reserve, which practically heads the Treasury and elementally counterfeits money. This in turn devalues the currency and has initiated perpetual inflation since 1913.

      5) anarchists and a republic based on the rule of law

      Dr. Paul did not support collusion between the government and the Wall Street bailout of 2008

      6) 9/11 was inside job

      Without a fair public trial for any accused, conspiracy theories will persist

      8) legalized drugs and prostitution

      The point of legalizing drugs is that this candidate espouses your own self-judgment and maturity to endure the consequences of your own actions

      9) homosexual marriage

      Candidate Paul has espoused keeping the government out of any individual’s private lives and letting freedom of religion ordain marriage

      10) abortion

      Candidate Paul’s position has been that even though

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    • RP2012
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:44am

      1) ”if we just love our enemies, they will love us back”
      I don’t believe Candidate Paul has ever said that. The point is to set an example by striving for virtue while exercising good will and self-discipline to dissolve irrational fear

      2) no to secret prisons and torture that gave us Bin Laden
      Candidate Paul espouses fair trials to any individual (inc. bin Laden or yourself if accused of being a terrorist) to prove their innocence/guilt. Otherwise, Presidents assassinating people by their word alone = dictatorship

      3) shut the Fed
      Candidate Dr. Paul introduced legislation to audit the Federal Reserve, which practically heads the Treasury and elementally counterfeits money. This in turn devalues the currency and has initiated perpetual inflation since 1913.

      5) anarchists and a republic based on the rule of law
      Dr. Paul did not support collusion between the government and Wall Street bailout of 2008

      6) 9/11 was inside job
      Without a fair trial for any accused, conspiracy theories will persist

      7) legalized drugs and prostitution
      The point of legalizing drugs is that this candidate espouses your own self-judgment and maturity to endure the consequences of your own actions

      8) homosexual marriage
      Candidate Paul has espoused keeping the government out of any individual’s private lives and letting freedom of religion to ordain marriage

      9) abortion
      Candidate Paul’s position has been that even though a woman has autonomous choice, the unborn rights

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  • antirino
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:17am

    Paul’s Libertarian ideas will make people uncomfortable. The shift to make the US “Ron Paul certified” is just too radical and that is how it will look in debates. I could vote for him, but only because I understand he would never even get half of his agenda passed. Most people will be scared away when he talks about foreign and domestic policy. So far we have Cain or Daniels as best of show, if they get in.

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    • RP2012
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:19am

      Disagreement:

      This comment implies caring less about ethical principles and more about popularity; candidate Paul distinguishes himself by leading and setting an example to strive for virtue, good will and self-discipline.

      All I would ask is courage

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 1:54am

      You know I felt that way last election… I thought he was a little far out on the edge when he said end the FED. now I know why, and I am soo sorry I didnt support him then. I won’t make the same mistake this time!

      I dont have a lot of money, hell, Im hardly able to maintain my home financially, but, I am dedicating $50 a month to his campain. I CHALLENGE every AMERICAN that reads this to make the same commitment to your Country!! Your way of life!! The future for your children!!
      10% to God and $50 a month to save your Country is not a lot to ask. Many, many Vets have given a whole lot more than that.

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  • LSmith62
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:06am

    I say bring ALL our military home to protect our homeland. Close the bases all over the world. That doesn’t make us Isolationists it makes us safer. Our military is protecting everyone else but our own borders. I’m sure by now all those countries we have bases in can handle whatever skirmishes come their way. We just can’t afford it anymore.
    I say if everyone who could took care of their own families, we wouldn’t need the government to spend so much on Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security. Churches need to step it up also and do more for the less fortunate in our society instead of building mega church buildings.
    I say we need to scrap the whole budget and start from scratch. Departments need to submit their budgets to congress and then congress needs to go over it with a fine tooth comb and see where they can trim what was subnitted. We need less lawyers running for congress, and more CPA’s.

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  • Chickweedtea
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:05am

    Ron Paul 2012!
    I hope I hope I HOPE Glenn will take a fresh look at Ron Paul’s stance and realize that this PRINCIPLED man is the best hope we have for AMERICA. I am so grateful to Dr Paul that he is willing to put himself out there again and make a fight for what is right. Its so true! Its not the fed’s job to regulate abortion, drugs, medicine, safety, food, prostitution, anything. I will support my state government in making abortion illegal, I will support my state in fighting the drug war in its own jurisdiction. I will be happy to bring our troops home and defend our own borders and save my great-grandchildren debt by preserving our own recources.
    RON PAUL 2012!!!!!!!

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    • Jezreel
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:25am

      If Glen can’t open his eyes and realize that he is joined to a religious cult, I seriously doubt that he can make a good choice in a man for our president. Glen steals his stuff from Alex Jones and will soon be exposed as a fraud, even though he was used to wake some people up, it should not be credited to him.

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    • America Bless God
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:31am

      Alex Jones is an anti Semite and a nut job.

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    • jonnydoe
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 12:19pm

      @AMERICABLESSGOD
      “Alex Jones is an anti Semite and a nut job.”

      In what way is Alex Jones an anti-semite? Just because someone may not agree with Israel does not make them an anti-semite. Stop acting like Israel never does anything wrong…

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    • BidBerthaDotCom
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:05pm

      “Alex Jones is an anti Semite and a nut job.”

      Alex’s wife is part Jewish. Whether or not the nut job moniker is accurate is a matter of a combination of personal taste and your own knowledge of the Constitution.

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  • Malcom0983
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:56am

    WAHOO! Ron Paul 2012!!

    I wish The Blaze would stop regurgitating AP articles. AP SUCKS!!

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  • psst
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:53am

    I like Ron Pau;’s views. Especially his efforts to see the books of the illegal Fed Reserve.And smaller government.
    I also think his views of becoming entangled in foreign affairs/wars and the like is also good.
    IMO. he would reduce our military to a couple thousand soldiers, maybe 5 ships and twenty planes.
    In today world that ain’t gonna cut it.
    Just because you tell others you will leave them alone does not mean they will leave you alone.That’s wishful thinking.
    The goal of Moslems is to have a World under the control of a Moslem Caliphate.US is in their way of this goal.
    The Communist Chinese are not spending gazillions of “our” (used to be) dollars growing their military by leaps and bounds for no reason.
    The Russkies are not modernizing their missiles fopr no reason.
    Paul needs to come to the realization the World is a bad harse place to be in.And we can’t get out of it.
    If he realizes this. He would make a fine prez.

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    • America Bless God
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:30am

      Yes. We need someone who subscribes to Reagan’s MAD policy with regard to the bad guys. Reagan defeated the Soviets because he scared the crap outta. He wasn’t afraid the take the 3 am call and wipe them off of the map.

      So when he spoke the word…Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall…they were on their way! Our enemies should fear us. At least GWB 43 protected America from terrorists and he should get more credit for that.

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    • Blackhawk1
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:04am

      We already know what happens when we have a president that uses the Military as a piggy bank and weakens the countries resolve. Carter did it, and Clinton did it. Hostages and terrorist attacks anyone?

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 1:40am

      Ron is not about getting out of the world affairs, but like most of us, we want and need someone that would utilize our forces more effiently and for the right reasons. AND ONLY in the constitutional allowances LIKE DEFENDING OUR BORDERs!! and our true allies!! Why the hell do we give any money to yemen, Saudi , Seria and Turkey? They should be paying us! Iraq should pay us in oil for all expenses incured for our services we have rendered to them.

      Get rid of the Dept of Energy and turn it into the permit office for energy extraction and development. NO Subsidies or grants other than access to public lands rich with resources, but offer startup project loans at reduced rates. NO MORE HANDOUTS!! The free market will sort out the winners!!

      I have GREAT FAITH that RON PAUL IS OUR GEORGE WASHINGTON!!!

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  • drs9
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:51am

    Great to hear!

    No matter the outcome at least there will be some intelligent debate instead of 18 months of soundbites from candidates tip-toeing the line in order to try and please everyone.

    Herman Cain = Federal Reserve Shill

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  • Jenny Lind
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:51am

    Never will vote for him-never,never,never. Nice man-but not a president.

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    • LSmith62
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:57am

      why because he’s not hansome?

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:06am

      Well, whoever wins the Repub. primary gets my vote. The Marxist must go!

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    • Jezreel
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:21am

      Most Americans are very stupid people. They like to vote for somebody that looks good and speaks tantalizing to them and tell people what they want to hear. Ron Paul is strictly a constitution man. Even if I misunderstand some of his stands, it is because he bases things on the constitution and the states having the power, not the federal government. He would make a great president.

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    • America Bless God
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:53am

      I don‘t think he’ll get the nomination even unless the Democrats cross party lines during the primary and muck it up for us.

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    • IPONDER
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 12:26pm

      So between Obama Vs. Paul you are saying you would vote for Obama?

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  • 5410amh
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:45am

    And let‘s face most of the other canidate’s don’t have much of a chance.

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    • PA PATRIOT
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:01am

      One word… WEST

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    • Chickweedtea
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:08am

      West
      isn’t
      running.

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    • LibertariansUnite
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:04pm

      One word…Beckian.

      Honestly PA Patriot, I don’t mean to insult people but I find you the most uniformed person who posts.

      You keep claiming West, without giving ANY example of policies you like, which ultimately suggests you don’t know any of his policies!

      Ill give ya a chance to give some credibility to yourself, explain me, compare and contrast, Ron Paul to Allen West, and why you believe West would be the winner?

      Here’s a tip: Don’t start your argument with, Glenn Beck said so.

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  • jeff.cooper
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:44am

    In a debate that pits hope and change vs. ideas and facts, ideas and facts will win every time. Unfortunately, the messenger doesn’t connect with the American people the same way that his message does. Good luck to RP. I honestly hope people take your ideas seriously this time around. Common sense in government has been absent for far too long.

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    • psst
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:05am

      I won’t bet on ideas and facts winning every time.
      US is dead broke. We push out tin cup in the face of the Communist Chinee and hope they drop a few peson in it.
      But the union thugs tell their stupid lemmings US have lots of munny. And the lemmings believe it.
      Soetoro tells the plantation crowd all that needs to be done is to take away all the munny from the rich and it will feed them for ever and ever.Amen. And they believe it.
      The ameriKan lemmings and plantation masses never stop to think (what am I saying, that’s not an option for them, lack of gray matter ya know) that the rich will eventually have no incentive to create more munny and jobs.Or take their munny and leave.
      The NWO/OWG control the MSM and the unions, the lemmings w/ their nose rings are easily manipulated.if it’s on TV,it must be true.If the one says it, it must be true.
      They ae not even aware the NWO/OWG and the MSM created “the one”

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    • jeff.cooper
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:44am

      I stand by what I said. Clearly articulated ideas backed up by facts will defeat platitudes. The president won once by speaking in platitudes; he won’t be able to pull off that trick again. Independent voters sided with Obama in 2008 because they wanted to make history, as well as believing those platitudes and the idea that McCain was another Bush. However, Obama has acquired a record that he has to run on and it isn’t a strong one; that is the reality he faces.

      In regards to the MSM, such as MSNBC, they are, of course, going to prop up Obama. But do you honestly believe that Ed Schultz and Lawrence O’Donnell are going to win the hearts and minds of Independent voters with their rhetoric? But I do agree with you that the uninformed lemmings will continue to do what they always do – follow the party line, vote who they are told to vote for, and continue to believe the lies. However, ideas and facts defeated platitudes and rhetoric last November and won the debate this year in Wisconsin; in 2012, I think it will happen again.

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  • 5410amh
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:43am

    He has a good chance in 2012. Remember this is not 08, today a lot more people agree with his views. They’re finaly waking up to reality. Ron Paul 2012!

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    • djohn78
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:38am

      Will this cult please give up? He is a NIGHTMARE! Herman Cain is our best chance.

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    • jonnydoe
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 12:08pm

      @DJOHN78
      “Will this cult please give up? He is a NIGHTMARE! Herman Cain is our best chance.”

      You mean “Former Fed Chairman” Herman Cain?? Why not vote for Greenspan or Bernanke?? You think we’d ever get a fed audit with him in office???

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    • ShyLow
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:19am

      How can Ron Paul win without the war-monger vote?!? He needs to start talking smack about Canada or somebody…He also needs to give up on the whole states’ rights thing when it comes to moral issues…We need a federal government or maybe even the U.N.to decide on what’s right to put into our own bodies…

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  • TXPilot
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:41am

    Not sure I agree totally with everything Ron Paul says, but it is nice to have a candidate that actually says things that are true most of the time. Im getting really tired of being force fed lies by Obama and his minions.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:40am

    If people feel he is the best among the pack, good. I still will keep the books open though. The muck slinging shall now commence with the intensity unlike anything seen to date yet; this upcoming POTUS election of ‘12 will be one of the most intense ever, with blades drawn and blood in the eyes of the liberals and progressives to those daring to stand up to them.

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    • lcam67
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:47am

      Put on the thigh high boots people. It will be getting deep… TIME TO TAKE BACK OUR COUNTRY !!!

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:56am

      @LCAM67:

      Yes, it will get deep very quickly; the fact also is, once the stuff gets moved around, we will have a lot of natural fertilizer for the usage of growing new crops and such. At least this way, the liberals and the progressives will have some good usage…wonder how many of them will need psychological aid once they realize the American people say “FIRED!!!” in ‘12.

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:59am

      I like a lot of what I heard but like you, I’m keeping the field open for now. The bottom line is, ANY of the candidates are better than the Marxist.

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:22am

      It’s OVER FOR THE NEOCONS AND PROGRESSIVES!

      I’m about to send him some money NOW.

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    • Code_Orange
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:23am

      Dear Miss Snowleopard, I respectfully disagree with your bald assertion that that Ron Paul’s campaign will cause muck racking, as he is well know to be thoughtful, ethical and civil. He does not incite trouble willfully as the more “feisty” contenders like Donald and Sarah and Newt do purposefully. Ron Paul will elevate the debate with cerebral and well intentioned points – not hair on fire invective! The Ron Paul rEVOLution = LOVE!

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:24am

      BECK!

      Your crap about Ron Paul being a nut DOESN’T MATTER!!

      YOU’RE INCREASINGLY IRRELEVANT!

      Don‘t leave Fox Skews and come over into Alex Jones’ territory and start stanking up the place.

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    • Sherryb50
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:01am

      I agree!!!!

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    • LibertariansUnite
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:03am

      Liberty? Free markets? No more pointless wars? Reduction in welfare state? Ron Paul.
      Continuing to slide into complete collapse economically and socially? Anyone else.

      I REPORT YOU DECIDE!

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    • Sherryb50
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:04am

      I was agreeing with Snowleopard. don’t know how the replies got messed up.

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    • LibertariansUnite
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:22am

      People who develop and work for Beck should be ashamed of the way they are treating this man.
      Ron Paul speaks for true liberty in a free society, and the one chance our country has of getting a consistent, and constitutional president, we have people on this site who continue to be sheeple.

      Well, I have made my case repeatedly for Ron Paul, and you can reference all my posts, but let me go ahead and say this:

      When this country goes to hell, the only people to blame will be you folks, who instead of voting on principle, you voted on soundbites.

      I will continue to vote for Ron Paul, because I vote principle.

      Enjoy you police state! (Got that from Sinistamace!)

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    • Rothbardian_in_the_Cleve
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:28am

      Okay, for Beck to call Dr. Paul a nut is pretty rich. I like Glenn very much, but he can be Alex Jones light sometimes. Dr. Paul has been as open and transparent as anyone. His books lay out his views perfectly. I’d challenge folks to find stances that are incongruent with the constitution for Dr. Paul. I think some you you neocons forgot what “real liberty looks like”. (LOL)

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    • Marc
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:32am

      I would prefer if Beck and other conservatives would stop ‘eating their own.’

      Ron Paul is not that problem. Were not going to agree 100% with every candidate. But Ron Paul is one of the few candidates with values that he sticks up for. I understand that Beck doesn‘t like that Paul doesn’t want to regulate drugs and prostitution. But, this is a small thing in the whole process.

      Let‘s refrain from calling our fellow conservatives ’nuts’ and support them. And if you want to disagree with a portion of their platform, then do it. But Paul isn’t the problem. He has values he stands up for it. That is not the problem.

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    • Trance
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:49am

      I didn’t hear Beck call Paul “nuts”, but I thought Glenn was a Libertarian?

      I consider myself a fairly strong Libertarian, but I’ve only heard Ron Paul say 1 thing that I disagreed with. I totally agree with letting people live their lives as they see fit (even if they choose to do things that may harm themselves like drinking, drugs, or prostitution). But Racheal Maddow was trying to get a sound bite from him saying he didn’t support the “Civil Rights Act of 1964”, and he kept saying that it was a question of whether private business should be allowed to run their business as they see fit.

      His view was pure Libertarian, but I think that if we have laws that allow the disenfranchise a segment of our population which will force them into eternal poverty, then we are a degenerate nation.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:51am

      ““The secret to his success is his authenticity,” said Democratic consultant Jeff Crosby, who grew up in Paul’s district. “He’s an authentic nut.””

      No, the secret to his success is his adherence to, and defense of, our Constitution.

      He’s neither a nut, nor is he unconventional – a lot of America has simply bought some level of the Marxist/ anti-Constitutional lie that democracy and central planning promotes freedom and economic stability, respectively – both of these are false.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:51am

      The HuffPo stench is becoming strong on this board. First the put a post character limit on, then they censor words that are contained in the 2nd Amendment, now they’re picking one small line of negative to quote as their byline to the headline on the front page about Dr. Paul. Glenn needs to take the reigns back from whomever is doing this. This is becoming more and more of a bother to even log onto everyday because of these and other concerns. Unless that’s the point of course, thanks HuffPo new employee.

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    • SavingtheRepublic.com
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 10:52am

      God no pls not Ron Paul… I wish the RP supporters would focus their energy on finding someone like him. He cannot & will not win and it would be a truly wasted vote. RP is not the right indiv to run and take out the other parties. He is bright but lacks assertiveness and does not have the leadership qualities to be Commander in Chief. He is passionate, has good ideas and views but he is not an “alpha male”. We need to find someone who when they speak they command attention. Someone who can back up what they say and thunder away on both parties. Please RP followers search for someone else if you push this guy we will be stuck with this joke of a pres for a second term.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 11:12am

      Celia from Springfield, OH said,

      “Do you think everyone should just be responsible for themselves and if a flood washes your hous away no FEMA? Sink or swim?”

      What Celia doesn‘t understand is that Ron Paul’s position on this issue is in the context of a truly free market system, instead of the Corporatist and overregulated market we have now. Without all the regulations, and having more money in your pocket due to lower taxes, people would be able to recover from a flood scenario a lot faster than we can now.

      Think about when Hurricane Katrina hit: The Federal government actually violated people’s rights when they kept people in the city, not allowing them to get out.

      Also, think about the BP oil spill: The private sector was ready to help, but the Obama Administration deliberately waited many weeks to do something in order to allow it to become a bigger crisis than it was, so they could take advantage of it to push their Cap and Trade/ Green Economy lie.

      This is the context in which you should unerstand Ron Paul‘s response to Celia’s flood scenario. It makes economic sense, and it’s Constitutional. And in case you forgot, the whole point of the Constitution is to set people free from the would-be central planners of government that try to impede individual economic growth.

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 11:18am

      Trance

      Glenn Beck is a straight up Neocon, a liberal who is a warmonger, a right wing progressive who would impose his religious belifes on us the way Obama imposes his social beliefs on us.

      When Ron Paul made his statement about the Civil Rights Act of 1964, he was taking a stance for allowing the FREE MARKET to determine whether these businesses who want to discriminate sink or swim.

      If they want to be racist and self-segregate, let them. The free market will isolate and marginalize them, then they will perish.

      I simply will spend my money somewhere else, and they’ll go out of business.

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    • truthstings
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 11:23am

      Glenn Beck said Ron Paul is the closest to our founding fathers out of everybody.
      http://www.glennbeck.com/content/articles/article/196/35490/

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 11:36am

      @Trance,

      “But Racheal Maddow was trying to get a sound bite from him saying he didn’t support the “Civil Rights Act of 1964”, and he kept saying that it was a question of whether private business should be allowed to run their business as they see fit.
      “His view was pure Libertarian, but I think that if we have laws that allow the disenfranchise a segment of our population which will force them into eternal poverty, then we are a degenerate nation.”

      But what you’re not understanding is that in a free market, there will be racists and non-racists, and those who don’t judge the character of someone by the color of their skin, will do better at business because they will have more humans buying their stuff.

      Also, everyone – no matter their skin color – would be allowed to run their own businesses and compete with the racists.

      Also, again, in a free market, you wouldn’t have crony Capitalism, so you wouldn’t have the Corporatist system that allowed racism in government. Remember, we are only partly free today – we have a decent amount of Corporatism in our market, which is unConstitutional.

      But fundamentally, what the Civil Rights Act did was – however good the intentions were (and I suspect that Black Liberation Theology was influential in passing the act) – tell people what they could and couldn’t do with their own merchandise, which is unConstitutional.

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 12:16pm

      It‘s actually good to see how much coverage he’s getting. You can try to throw dirt on him, he’ll just brush it off and continue to fight the good fight. He is this country’s only real hope. He is not one to compromise.

      People say he’s passive and not aggressive. Please! He is very aggressive and will lay down the hammer of the law (Constitution) when he is President. He is the step in the right direction for this country. We’ve all done it your way, neocons. We’ve been doing it for years. The sheer definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again (voting for the same kind of candidate over and over again) and expecting different results. This country needs a dramatic change in the RIGHT direction, Dr Ron Paul is that direction.

      I’m ordering yard signs today!!!!

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    • Islesfordian
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 12:34pm

      I’m not a big supporter of Ron Paul, but I was listening to Glenn Beck and Foxnews identified Paul as pro-choice, which is a TOTAL LIE. Then I see that stupid crack from that Democrat about him being “an authentic nut” put under his picture on the Blaze.

      Now I know why the balze never pointed out Foxnews dirty trick against Paul over the CPAC straw poll this year: they’re both in on the slander campaign.

      Is Glenn in on it too? Does he even knopw what is going on? Does he care?

      Perhaps Glenn‘s ship has sailed and he doesn’t know it yet. He’s served his purpose with the 912ers and the 8/28 rally, and now he is being allowed to spiral into irrelevant lunacy with his apocalytic hysteria.

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 1:11pm

      I am pro-choice and I know he is pro-life. The difference is, as President, he would leave it to the states to decide if they will be a pro-life or pro-choice state. That way, as a pro-choice person myself, I can pick and choose what state I live if this issue is important to me. That’s how the system is suppose to work! Let the states decide which lets the people decide what state to live in! SIMPLE!

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    • Mr.Nick
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 1:52pm

      Ron Paul isn’t “pro-drugs” hes just against the notion that government has the right to tell an individual what they can and cannot do.

      Its not the governments job to babysit the public. Children need to be watched by their parents – adults on the other hand are adults.

      Besides, we didn’t even have drug laws or massive government interference up until about 1915…

      I’m not pro-drugs either, however as a libertarian I’m pro freedom and individual liberty…

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    • thinkinghuman
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 4:09pm

      Ron Paul makes sense.

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    • bestartist
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 4:19pm

      If it were to be Obama or Ron Paul….I would be really unhappy.
      I don‘t appreciate Paul’s views about Israel in particular, foreign policy in general…..I’d probably vote for him so as not to let the Fraud whom I loathe, benefit from my apathy….but I don’t have any enthusiasm for Ron Paul at all.

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    • American Soldier (Separated)
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 4:41pm

      Yes, let’s vote in another figure head that looks presidential and gives good sound bites. That worked so well for us in the past. Ron Paul 2012!

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    • Sinista MACE
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 7:10pm

      Ron Paul is not a figurehead.

      His voting record shows where he stands.

      Whatever you don’t understand about Ron Paul, he would be happy to explain to you coherently.

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    • A Doctors Labor Is Not My Right
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 8:15pm

      @bestartist,

      “I don‘t appreciate Paul’s views about Israel in particular, foreign policy in general …”

      I can respond to your concerns about Israel. On the following site, go to the second video at the 5:00 mark. Dore Gold, former Israeli Ambassador to the US, has already responded to this, and it’s reassuring.

      See here, 2nd video, 5:00 mark.

      Why the U.S. must stand with Israel
      http://www.glennbeck.com/content/tvshow/2011/04/why-the-u-s-must-stand-with-israel/

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    • techengineer11
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 9:27pm

      Bill Oreilly said tonight that Ron Paul was a big dummy for saying that he would not have ordered the Seal Team to shoot an unarmed OBL.. He said that he had a gun in the compound so a bullet through the eye is fair game?? My god I have guns in my house but if I‘m ever suspected of murder even if it appears by all appearances I was responsbile please don’t shoot my dogs and I ask that you will take me in in, try me and if guilty then execute me… lol I mean we are Americans living under the US Constitution right? Yes I’m aware that OBL is not an American and he by all accounts appearted to have murdered innocent people… Take him in and do it the right way.

      Oreilly is the one who is a big dummy here not RP.. but what else is new.. He proves that almost every night. Really not sure why he’s not on MSNBC!

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    • KICKILLEGALSOUT
      Posted on May 13, 2011 at 11:44pm

      Go Ron Paul! American finally has reached a point where they understand your message and that you were right all along the past 30 years! The key question is who is going to be his running mate? Herman Cain would be a great choice.

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 12:55am

      RON PAUL for PRESIDENT 2012!!!!!!

      I know it in my bones people! He is the ONLY one on the tickets that not only has been preaching the solutions but leading by example! While everone else is tip-toeing through the difficult issues he has clear decisive solutions! NOT on a teleprompter or even a set of notes, His responses are strait from the battle hardened experience and authority! RESTORE THE CONSTITUTION!! RESTORE THE AMERICAN IDENTITY!! IT is what made this country GREAT!!!

      END THE FED, IRS, BATFE, and all the rest of the Departments of Oppression and the system of CZARS!!!

      VOTE FOR RON PAUL For PRESIDENT 2012!!! Or get what you have always gotten in the past… More oppessive government!

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    • AmericanPatriot01
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 1:05am

      I would love to see him choose Cain or West, Maybe even Chris Christie for VP, could you imagine the power house they would be?

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    • LibertariansUnite
      Posted on May 14, 2011 at 4:35am

      @TECHENGINEER11

      It is funny you mention O’reilly, I used to like O’reilly, more so when I was a “neocon”.

      I find O’reilly interesting because he spent so much time spouting off about Trump, even when it was painfully obvious that Trump would not get permanent traction.

      So it saddens me when O’reilly is willing to sacrifice principle, simply because of some perceived soundbite (which is and probably was taken out of context).

      Then again, I tend to find O’reilly clueless really, when he makes statements like “We are a noble nation…” thereby implying it is our responsibility to pay for all foreign wars where injustice is present. That is reality, injustice is everywhere, and we cannot afford to stop it all.

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    • ecurbyy
      Posted on May 15, 2011 at 4:20pm

      Absolutely; This is going to be vewy intewesting. E. Fudd

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