January 31, 2012
Brave Marine Speaks About Taliban, Blackwater, Ron Paul, Etc [2008]
This is a fine young man who cares deeply about his country.
The segment where he discusses Ron Paul begins at 4:35 mins.
January 30, 2012
Link: Why do the straw polls not matter anymore? - Sioux Falls Conservative | Examiner.com
Excerpt: 'The reason they are not being blasted all over the airwaves appears to be pretty simple and blatantly obvious. The fact is that the 3 establishment media darlings: Mitt, Newt and Rick are losing every single one. At this point in the game, with all the obvious and outrageous coverage of Congressman Ron Paul, could we expect mainstream media to all of a sudden want to inform the American people that not only has Ron Paul been winning straw polls in state after state but he has been crushing them?'
Why do the straw polls not matter anymore? - Sioux Falls Conservative Examiner.com
Why do the straw polls not matter anymore? - Sioux Falls Conservative Examiner.com
January 29, 2012
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January 23, 2012
Smear the Peacemaker Exalt the Warmonger
by Diane V. McLoughlin
January 23, 2012
Casey Gane-McCalla, blogger at newsone.com, appears to have sold his soul for the rock bottom price of page views and Facebook 'likes'. (On the other hand, it is not an uncommon tactic to embed government plants in major publications to sway public opinion.)
Newsone.com, is a publication dedicated to black people's interests. Gane-McCalla, and/or newsone, has sold their readership out.
He baits readers with the red flags of racism, slavery and Deep South bigotry. Yet, many readers nevertheless watched the YouTube clip he attached to one of the several hit pieces he has cranked out on doctor, twelve-term congressman, and current contender for leadership of the Republican Party - Ron Paul.
We know this is so, because many readers have left blistering comments attacking Gane-McCalla's, 'Ron Paul Made "South Was Right" Civil War Speech With Confederate Flag' - yellow journalism, pointing out the glaringly obvious discrepencies between what Ron Paul actually says on the clip, versus Gane-McCalla's sly, misleading innuendo. It was heartening that some readers chose to watch the clip as well as read the screed. Because when we read 'South was right' we feel compelled to believe that it must mean 'right on slavery,' when nothing could be further from the truth.
From my experience on Facebook on subsequent days, there are also many who did not watch the YouTube clip for themselves, content to trust Gane-McCalla to report in an honest, forthright fashion.
There are three central points one comes away with from viewing two segments (not one) of Ron Paul's lecture on the South.
One: Slavery needed to be abolished. Let's be very clear on this point.
There were eleven other countries in the hemisphere at that time that had slavery. According to Dr. Paul, all of them abolished slavery by various means, but all of them without war; either through legislative measures, or, in at least one instance, by buying the freedom of people who were enslaved.
Two: The Civil War was not a war to end slavery. That was not why Lincoln launched the war. The North waged war against the South, because the South was to that time being forced to underwrite 90% of the entire federal government's budget. The South was fed up with being treated this way, and wanted to secede, which they had a natural right to do. (From this segment of the lecture.)
Three: Ron Paul laments the cost in human lives and suffering caused by the Civil War; the toll in human suffering were simply immense. Upwards of 700,000 young men's lives were lost, altogether. This would be extraordinary if we fought a war today and lost so many young men. The population of the country was much smaller back then, making the impact that much more devastating.
To reiterate, what Ron Paul shares in the lecture he is giving is that the Civil War was not waged by President Abraham Lincoln to end slavery.
Abolishing slavery was an important issue, and there were abolitionist societies devoted to the cause. But it was not the prime motivating force behind Lincoln's launching the war.
Much is made about the fact that a Confederate flag hangs in the room behind Dr. Paul during his public leture. (Although one comment following Gane-McCalla's article claims the flag is in fact an early State of Georgia flag.) He is a Texas congressman. I've never been to Texas. I'm also not black. (Celts have suffered racism, oppression and slavery, however - a story for another day.) Is it really a stretch for a lecture on the Civil War and secession to have the Confederate flag as a backdrop? I don't know. Maybe it is. I doubt it was Ron Paul who put it there.
If you are black, why should you care to give Ron Paul a second look, when the country has only had one black president, for one term - the current one? Even without this other stuff, it's a good question. On domestic policy, President Obama has some advantage over Ron Paul - Ron Paul is a fiscal conservative who wants to shrink government, drastically reduce taxes, restore the Constitution by getting rid of the Patriot Act, amongst other bad laws, and end the wars.
He has pledged to end the War on Drugs, legalize drugs, and pardon all nonviolent drug offenders currently in federal prisons. Blacks commit 14% of drug crimes. They comprise over 60% of those incarcerated. Ron Paul deplores the unequal administration of justice in America.
Congressman Paul says NO! to any more aggressive, unnecessary war. He wants to bring the troops home. Proportionally, the poor, blacks and minorities serve beyond their fair share in these conflicts. A doctor for thirty years, Ron Paul laments for the military men and women who are killed or return home wounded - physically, and psychologically.
The active military supports Ron Paul more than President Obama, and more than the other Republican candidates, combined.
The Establishment is going to try to take Ron Paul down. The weapon of choice is the charge of racism. Every allegation and false smear always has just enough of something in them to seem right.
He is such a threat to the shadow government that the corporate-owned media do their level best to not even mention his name. Candidates' names being mentioned after the South Carolina primary last week, averaged 80-90 times. Number of mentions of candidate Ron Paul? One.
Now, Newt Gingrich, another Republican leadership candidate, doesn't get that treatment, and he gets accused of being a racist all over the place. Calling President Obama 'the food stamp President', for example. Search 'Newt Gingrich' on Twitter, and one word that comes up in tweets is 'reptilian.'
So something else must be going on. One of the biggest somethings is that Ron Paul wants to stop the push for more unnecessary war. But. War is big business.
I'm independent and progressive, mostly, depending on the issue. Agnostic. I don't agree with Ron Paul's staunch blanket opposition to abortion, for example, preferring at least some flexibility on the issue for the woman's sake. So I must see something awfully worthwhile, to go to such lengths to support a man with such unfortunate baggage trailing behind him. President Obama doesn't have such baggage. He looks good. He sounds good. (Plus, I hear he sings a mean Al Green.)
But President Obama just signed a law granting unprecedented power to the military to be able to arrest and detain anyone, even American citizens on U.S. soil, and to hold them in indefinite detention without charge or trial.
Unless and until the National Defense Authorization Act is reversed, I don't know exactly what it has now become, but the U.S. is no longer a democracy. President Obama continues the legacy of war (Libya, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran) in spite of his promises to the contrary when running for office.
The only challenger is Ron Paul.
Many progs are switching party allegiance* just for a year to be able to vote him in. Think progressives would go to those lengths to vote for a racist? Not a chance.
(* bluerepublicans.org)
January 23, 2012
Casey Gane-McCalla, blogger at newsone.com, appears to have sold his soul for the rock bottom price of page views and Facebook 'likes'. (On the other hand, it is not an uncommon tactic to embed government plants in major publications to sway public opinion.)
Newsone.com, is a publication dedicated to black people's interests. Gane-McCalla, and/or newsone, has sold their readership out.
He baits readers with the red flags of racism, slavery and Deep South bigotry. Yet, many readers nevertheless watched the YouTube clip he attached to one of the several hit pieces he has cranked out on doctor, twelve-term congressman, and current contender for leadership of the Republican Party - Ron Paul.
We know this is so, because many readers have left blistering comments attacking Gane-McCalla's, 'Ron Paul Made "South Was Right" Civil War Speech With Confederate Flag' - yellow journalism, pointing out the glaringly obvious discrepencies between what Ron Paul actually says on the clip, versus Gane-McCalla's sly, misleading innuendo. It was heartening that some readers chose to watch the clip as well as read the screed. Because when we read 'South was right' we feel compelled to believe that it must mean 'right on slavery,' when nothing could be further from the truth.
From my experience on Facebook on subsequent days, there are also many who did not watch the YouTube clip for themselves, content to trust Gane-McCalla to report in an honest, forthright fashion.
There are three central points one comes away with from viewing two segments (not one) of Ron Paul's lecture on the South.
One: Slavery needed to be abolished. Let's be very clear on this point.
There were eleven other countries in the hemisphere at that time that had slavery. According to Dr. Paul, all of them abolished slavery by various means, but all of them without war; either through legislative measures, or, in at least one instance, by buying the freedom of people who were enslaved.
Two: The Civil War was not a war to end slavery. That was not why Lincoln launched the war. The North waged war against the South, because the South was to that time being forced to underwrite 90% of the entire federal government's budget. The South was fed up with being treated this way, and wanted to secede, which they had a natural right to do. (From this segment of the lecture.)
Three: Ron Paul laments the cost in human lives and suffering caused by the Civil War; the toll in human suffering were simply immense. Upwards of 700,000 young men's lives were lost, altogether. This would be extraordinary if we fought a war today and lost so many young men. The population of the country was much smaller back then, making the impact that much more devastating.
To reiterate, what Ron Paul shares in the lecture he is giving is that the Civil War was not waged by President Abraham Lincoln to end slavery.
Abolishing slavery was an important issue, and there were abolitionist societies devoted to the cause. But it was not the prime motivating force behind Lincoln's launching the war.
Much is made about the fact that a Confederate flag hangs in the room behind Dr. Paul during his public leture. (Although one comment following Gane-McCalla's article claims the flag is in fact an early State of Georgia flag.) He is a Texas congressman. I've never been to Texas. I'm also not black. (Celts have suffered racism, oppression and slavery, however - a story for another day.) Is it really a stretch for a lecture on the Civil War and secession to have the Confederate flag as a backdrop? I don't know. Maybe it is. I doubt it was Ron Paul who put it there.
If you are black, why should you care to give Ron Paul a second look, when the country has only had one black president, for one term - the current one? Even without this other stuff, it's a good question. On domestic policy, President Obama has some advantage over Ron Paul - Ron Paul is a fiscal conservative who wants to shrink government, drastically reduce taxes, restore the Constitution by getting rid of the Patriot Act, amongst other bad laws, and end the wars.
He has pledged to end the War on Drugs, legalize drugs, and pardon all nonviolent drug offenders currently in federal prisons. Blacks commit 14% of drug crimes. They comprise over 60% of those incarcerated. Ron Paul deplores the unequal administration of justice in America.
Congressman Paul says NO! to any more aggressive, unnecessary war. He wants to bring the troops home. Proportionally, the poor, blacks and minorities serve beyond their fair share in these conflicts. A doctor for thirty years, Ron Paul laments for the military men and women who are killed or return home wounded - physically, and psychologically.
The active military supports Ron Paul more than President Obama, and more than the other Republican candidates, combined.
The Establishment is going to try to take Ron Paul down. The weapon of choice is the charge of racism. Every allegation and false smear always has just enough of something in them to seem right.
He is such a threat to the shadow government that the corporate-owned media do their level best to not even mention his name. Candidates' names being mentioned after the South Carolina primary last week, averaged 80-90 times. Number of mentions of candidate Ron Paul? One.
Now, Newt Gingrich, another Republican leadership candidate, doesn't get that treatment, and he gets accused of being a racist all over the place. Calling President Obama 'the food stamp President', for example. Search 'Newt Gingrich' on Twitter, and one word that comes up in tweets is 'reptilian.'
So something else must be going on. One of the biggest somethings is that Ron Paul wants to stop the push for more unnecessary war. But. War is big business.
I'm independent and progressive, mostly, depending on the issue. Agnostic. I don't agree with Ron Paul's staunch blanket opposition to abortion, for example, preferring at least some flexibility on the issue for the woman's sake. So I must see something awfully worthwhile, to go to such lengths to support a man with such unfortunate baggage trailing behind him. President Obama doesn't have such baggage. He looks good. He sounds good. (Plus, I hear he sings a mean Al Green.)
But President Obama just signed a law granting unprecedented power to the military to be able to arrest and detain anyone, even American citizens on U.S. soil, and to hold them in indefinite detention without charge or trial.
Unless and until the National Defense Authorization Act is reversed, I don't know exactly what it has now become, but the U.S. is no longer a democracy. President Obama continues the legacy of war (Libya, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran) in spite of his promises to the contrary when running for office.
The only challenger is Ron Paul.
Many progs are switching party allegiance* just for a year to be able to vote him in. Think progressives would go to those lengths to vote for a racist? Not a chance.
(* bluerepublicans.org)
January 21, 2012
Local TV Coverage - Ron Paul Talks Veterans, Primary Predictions In Greenville, S.C. - local WYFF4.com
No false boasts and taking nothing for granted, Ron Paul hits the
campaign trail to deliver his message of liberty, prosperity and peace.
January 20, 2012
How Ron Paul Wins 2012 - the Inside Dope on the System
YouTube user ModernPatriotsUnited says,
'The key is to bring friends and be prepared
for a long day at the polls.'
January 19, 2012
January 18, 2012
January 17, 2012
Phil Donahue Dares to Speak the Truth about Ron Paul with Piers Morgan
Note: Toward the end of the clip, whoever recorded it from his television starts
editorializing in a voiceover. He slags CNN's Piers Morgan for bias, even though
he's happy Piers permitted someone to reflect on Ron Paul's sane foreign policy.
So, thank you Piers, and thank you Phil Donahue. A thoughtful discussion. - dvm
January 16, 2012
Ron Paul on MLK - Diane V. McLoughlin response to Frum
by Diane V. McLoughlin
January 16, 2012
The following, is in response to neocon David Frum's hit-piece against top-tier (and surging) Republican leadership candidate, Ron Paul:
Republican leadership candidate, published author and twelve-term congressman, Dr. Ron Paul is a humanitarian who cares deeply about fairness and justice, including for minorities. Ron Paul is adamantly opposed to any further unnecessary, costly and immoral aggressive war. So, as some black commentators so succinctly put it, they (the Washington Establishment) are scared to death of Ron Paul.
Couple of things. there is, as other writers have pointed out, dispute about who wrote what, when, in the twenty-year old 'Ron Paul' newsletters. The newsletters were not a one-man operation. It is dishonest sleight-of-hand that Mr. Frum doesn't forthrightly point this out, along with the fact that Ron Paul says he didn't write the offending passages, doesn't agree with them, and believes that MLK was a hero. It is interesting to note that the quotes that are referred to by Mr. Frum do not, in fact, object to the color of Martin Luther King Jr.'s skin. They object to what the writer believed was the content of King's character, based, one can only assume, on what was spread around by spies in the government of the time.
But let's talk about Mr. Frum, for a moment. David Frum is a Canadian neocon who, so far as I can tell, is just another armchair quarterback - from another country no less - who is never satisfied with enough American young people being sent off to die in endless hyped-up war.
David Frum was George W. Bush's speech writer for a time. It was Mr. Frum who coined the now notorious smear 'axis of evil', that helped kicked things off on the grandest of military scales. He is, in short, full of it. And I, like many, are full up to here with pinheads like him pushing for more war. This time they want war with Iran. China and Russia have made it known that they will not be able to sit this next one out.
Nate Silver is another hitman, over at the New York Times, dragging his own slanted garbage all over the media. One notes the warm welcome he recieves over at CNN. As but one example of Mr. Silver's smears, distortions and omissions, he touted in one of his reports that Newt Gingrich had 4.2 odds, on a bookmaker's website. Well, that's interesting, I thought. So I checked. Ron Paul was a tenth of one percent behind - 4.1 - a virtual tie - yet mystery of mysteries, no honest reporting by Mr. Silver on that.
Ron Paul is a threat to the status quo. By and large, you are not going to get the straight goods on Ron Paul from the mainstream press, period. It's a joke. In fact, during the last Republican leadership campaign, a main slogan for Ron Paul was 'Google Ron Paul'. Jon Stewart and others make wildly hilarious observations regarding the blatant outright refusal to even say the name of this top-tier contender, who's numbers continue to rise by the day.
'Jon Stewart Shows How Ron Paul is Feared by The NWO Mafia Controlled Mainstream Media - YouTube - 408,279 views - and counting!
Ron Paul is the only candidate who has pledged that if he is elected president he will pardon all non-violent drug offenders in federal prison, why? Because the justice system has been wildly unfair to poor, ethnic and black communities, where they are responsible for 14% of drug crimes, and yet represent over 60% of the prison population. He changed his mind on the death penalty, too, once DNA evidence came on stream and proved that innocent people had been put to death who wouldn't have if they had money or were white (or both.)
Of the Republican leadership candidates, Ron Paul is the only one with the economic know-how to tackle the country's economic woes, and he is definitely the only candidate that intends to treat other countries the way America would wish to be treated - a foreign policy based on the Golden Rule. He's the only one. The media is owned lock, stock and barrel by the special interests out to get Ron Paul. So it's up to you. Tell your friends and family. Donate to his campaign. Register as a Republican if you are able. It is up to you.
For more information about Ron Paul, please visit: ronpaul2012.com
January 16, 2012
The following, is in response to neocon David Frum's hit-piece against top-tier (and surging) Republican leadership candidate, Ron Paul:
Republican leadership candidate, published author and twelve-term congressman, Dr. Ron Paul is a humanitarian who cares deeply about fairness and justice, including for minorities. Ron Paul is adamantly opposed to any further unnecessary, costly and immoral aggressive war. So, as some black commentators so succinctly put it, they (the Washington Establishment) are scared to death of Ron Paul.
Couple of things. there is, as other writers have pointed out, dispute about who wrote what, when, in the twenty-year old 'Ron Paul' newsletters. The newsletters were not a one-man operation. It is dishonest sleight-of-hand that Mr. Frum doesn't forthrightly point this out, along with the fact that Ron Paul says he didn't write the offending passages, doesn't agree with them, and believes that MLK was a hero. It is interesting to note that the quotes that are referred to by Mr. Frum do not, in fact, object to the color of Martin Luther King Jr.'s skin. They object to what the writer believed was the content of King's character, based, one can only assume, on what was spread around by spies in the government of the time.
But let's talk about Mr. Frum, for a moment. David Frum is a Canadian neocon who, so far as I can tell, is just another armchair quarterback - from another country no less - who is never satisfied with enough American young people being sent off to die in endless hyped-up war.
David Frum was George W. Bush's speech writer for a time. It was Mr. Frum who coined the now notorious smear 'axis of evil', that helped kicked things off on the grandest of military scales. He is, in short, full of it. And I, like many, are full up to here with pinheads like him pushing for more war. This time they want war with Iran. China and Russia have made it known that they will not be able to sit this next one out.
Nate Silver is another hitman, over at the New York Times, dragging his own slanted garbage all over the media. One notes the warm welcome he recieves over at CNN. As but one example of Mr. Silver's smears, distortions and omissions, he touted in one of his reports that Newt Gingrich had 4.2 odds, on a bookmaker's website. Well, that's interesting, I thought. So I checked. Ron Paul was a tenth of one percent behind - 4.1 - a virtual tie - yet mystery of mysteries, no honest reporting by Mr. Silver on that.
Ron Paul is a threat to the status quo. By and large, you are not going to get the straight goods on Ron Paul from the mainstream press, period. It's a joke. In fact, during the last Republican leadership campaign, a main slogan for Ron Paul was 'Google Ron Paul'. Jon Stewart and others make wildly hilarious observations regarding the blatant outright refusal to even say the name of this top-tier contender, who's numbers continue to rise by the day.
'Jon Stewart Shows How Ron Paul is Feared by The NWO Mafia Controlled Mainstream Media - YouTube - 408,279 views - and counting!
Ron Paul is the only candidate who has pledged that if he is elected president he will pardon all non-violent drug offenders in federal prison, why? Because the justice system has been wildly unfair to poor, ethnic and black communities, where they are responsible for 14% of drug crimes, and yet represent over 60% of the prison population. He changed his mind on the death penalty, too, once DNA evidence came on stream and proved that innocent people had been put to death who wouldn't have if they had money or were white (or both.)
Of the Republican leadership candidates, Ron Paul is the only one with the economic know-how to tackle the country's economic woes, and he is definitely the only candidate that intends to treat other countries the way America would wish to be treated - a foreign policy based on the Golden Rule. He's the only one. The media is owned lock, stock and barrel by the special interests out to get Ron Paul. So it's up to you. Tell your friends and family. Donate to his campaign. Register as a Republican if you are able. It is up to you.
For more information about Ron Paul, please visit: ronpaul2012.com
January 14, 2012
January 12, 2012
Justice Fairness War and Peace - It's All Black and White to Ron Paul
By Diane V. McLoughlin
January 12, 2012
The following essay has been revised and updated, adding discussion of issues such as the Martin Luther King Jr., holiday. Readers are most welcome to access it, here:
http://mcloughlinpost.com/Justice-Fairness-War-And-Peace-Black-And-White-To-Ron-Paul.html
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I came across this interesting investigative news clip regarding the Ron Paul newsletters, a few days ago:
Having watched the clip, I would say that the mystery of who wrote the offending lines in the newsletters is not completely solved, but it looks like progress has been made. One learns that out of approximately 240 newsletters only a small percentage contain the inflammatory bits being hammered away at to discredit Ron Paul, and that the time period in question succinctly coincides with the time period when a particular writer was writing for the newsletter. I hope somebody in the media with the resources picks up the trail to find out wherever it leads.
However, while the jury is still out on the letters and who wrote them, there are quite a few things we do know about Ron Paul. Ron Paul trained as an ob/gyn. He has helped to deliver 4,000 babies.
Dr. Paul would donate his time in a Catholic hospital, working for $3 an hour. The YouTube Superpac -produced ad, 'The Compassion of Dr. Ron Paul'
[over 500,000 views]:
Military service: When Ron Paul got married and started a family, he was called up, and he served during the Vietnam War.
The growing realization of the inequality and unfairness in American society: Ron Paul once believed in the death penalty. Living in Texas, this would hardly be surprising. But, he changed his mind when he realized that justice was meted out differently toward those from poor and ethnic communities. There were, in fact, two justice systems. One for the rich, or White (or both.) And, one for everybody else. Innocent people had been found guilty and been put to death - the worst injustice of all.
The War on Drugs is a war on people: It is Ron Paul's intention that, should he be elected President, he would pardon all non-violent drug offenders. Why? Because the justice system is biased, again, against people who are poor, Black or Hispanic. 14% of drug offenses are committed by Blacks or Hispanics. Yet, over 60% of those imprisoned for drug offenses are from poor or ethnic communities. He deplores the fact that the so-called War on Drugs is a war on young people, a war which is unnecessarily devastating lives, families and communities. Drug addiction is no different than alcohol addiction, according to Dr. Paul. They are diseases to be treated medically, not punished with incarceration.
'Dr. No': The establishment smears Ron Paul as an 'insider' - that's who they are talking about when you hear pundits argue the country does not need another 'Washington insider' leading the country - it's code. I could not disagree more. President Obama is a good man, I assume. But, he is relatively inexperienced even now on the devilishly intricate ways of politics; at least, that is my sense of things. I suspect that it is this lack of experience that, at least in part, has permitted those with ulterior motives other than what's best for the country to hold sway in the back rooms and corridors of power in Washington D.C. Ron Paul, by contrast, is a twelve-term congressman. His nickname in Washington is 'Dr. No'. He has proven himself to be a man of principle who can not be bought.
The quest for empire always destroys the nation that seeks it:
Republican Presidential candidate Ron Paul is adamant that these destructive, costly and unnecessary wars must end. They are ruining the lives, or taking the lives, of our young people - percentage-wise the poor, Black, and ethnic communities sacrifice more than their fair share. But no matter what community or strata of society they come from they are the best of us. How can we possibly count the cost of their loss to the nation? Yet, while they are willing to serve and sacrifice they have been lied to about the real purposes of these wars. Furthermore, these wars are ruining the economy, diminishing our security, and destroying our civil liberties here at home.
Iran is now on the radar: Russia and China have both indicated that they will not be able to remain on the sidelines if we attack Iran. Meanwhile, President Obama has just signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which includes the right to detain American citizens without charge or trial, indefinitely.
President Obama did not start us down this wide path. But he has chosen, for whatever the reason, to continue taking the nation, and the Constitution, down a dark and perrilous road.
The attacks on Ron Paul are well-done and seemingly compelling. But they all look like a house of cards. All guilt by association, or somebody said something about him, or claim they know something. I don't see any bullseyes that connect him to anything except love for his fellow man, love for liberty and a higher truth, and a fervent wish for peace, freedom and prosperity for his countrymen. He is a man with the moral courage to propose forming friendly alliances, rather than waging endless war. One might find it surprising to realize that not everybody in Washington D. C. or the media necessarily share his views, as can be seen in this YouTube (which will have the final word here) from the 2007 Republican leadership campaign [2,120,612 views]:
January 10, 2012
Ron Paul expresses gratitude to cheers in New Hampshire
by Diane V. McLoughlin
New Hampshire, January 10th, 2012: Clearly delighted, in his speech thanking his supporters Ron Paul spoke about freedom; the deplorable state of the economy; ending all the destructive wars abroad which do nothing but make enemies while weakening security at home.
Ron Paul spoke about how liberty means we should be able to live out our lives as each sees fit. To believe what we want to believe - or not believe. He stated if we pulled back the funding of the Military Industrial Complex, we would still maintain a robust defense, without the corrupt enriching themselves while demanding more profitable war.
And, he said if we do that, maybe the country would be able to maintain social services such as healthcare. But if we don't end the wars, the country will go broke.
The twelve-term Congressman thanked his supporters. Dr. Paul said he always tried to do the right thing, but - clearly, deeply moved - he had no idea [so many who believed what he did] were out there - the crowd roared - and he left the stage waving, with a grin from ear to ear.
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At time of writing: With 81% of electoral districts reporting, the results for the top three finishers in New Hampshire, are as follows:
Mitt Romney 38.3% Ron Paul 23.2% Jon Huntsman 17%, with all other candidates in the single digits. - dvm
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At time of writing: With 81% of electoral districts reporting, the results for the top three finishers in New Hampshire, are as follows:
Mitt Romney 38.3% Ron Paul 23.2% Jon Huntsman 17%, with all other candidates in the single digits. - dvm
January 05, 2012
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