10/10/07 Herewith, the Ron Paul highlights from yesterday's GOP presidential debate in Dearborn, Michigan on CNBC — focused, as one might expect, on economic issues. For anyone who discounts him as a one-note Johnny against the Iraq war, he states eloquently the Founding Fathers' case that economic freedom is imperiled when government undertakes a state of perpetual war. Note also how he manages to strike a note of economic populism — the middle class suffering from monetary inflation, while the Wall Streeters at the top of the food chain benefit. (This came after Generalissimo Giuliani stated the case for what HE defines as the "free market.")
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I feel dirty and used after being subjected to the platitudes and soulless soundbites of Mitt, Rudy, John, and Fred. I feel enlightened and encouraged after commentary by Ron Paul. Something deep down tells me that this man has arrived on the scene at the most necessary of times.
I am a liberal democrat. I support Kucinich and Gavel who unfortunately will not be nominated. I will tell you now that if Republicans nominate Ron Paul, I will vote for him in the General election!
@Mike
Why wait? Register as a Republican and vote for Paul in your Primary. You’ll thank yourself later
Thompson was asked about a weak dollar. His answer indicated that he thought a weak dollar was not so bad as it tends to increase exports.
The “Mitt” (I believe) was asked about all the U.S. debt held abroad. The answer consisted of generalized blather that meant nothing. A typical politician’s answer.
If only those questions were asked of Ron Paul…
It seems that many of the agora editors are pro Ron Paul. I hope they are donating some of the subscription fees to his cause.
I write as an old codger and for the first time in my life I actually envy U.S. citizens. You have a politician with back-bone, with brains, with honour and the courage of his convictions. Of course, I refer to Ron Paul. I wish he was ours but I am happy for you and wil be happier still if he is elected President in 2008. Bonne chance, mes amies.
Wow. Haven’t heard much ’bout him, yet with the combination of a bought and controlled media and a druggy decadent, celebrity-obsessed pop culture, it’s not hard to see why. I’m a veteran from the Somalia days, vote independently, never strictly for one party and will gladly vote for him. He speaks with knowledgable conviction, not rehashing the same old pap that the RepubliCrats are double-speaking us with. With either side of that party, the rich get super-rich,middle-class and poor get the shaft, our economy out of our control and in utter ruins. Go Ron! Hope they don’t take you out before the truth is revealed and folks wake up.
Thank you Daily Reckoning for making me aware of Ron Paul. It’s refreshing to hear an intelligent truth-teller, who sounds more like a “Statesman” than a politician!
My biggest concern is that the “system” will not allow such a man to ever attain the Office of the President of the USA. (“Their” PROBLEM: “How do you control and corrupt an “Honest Man?”)
Ronald Reagan was told that he MUST have GHWB as his VP running mate or else he “would not win” the 1980 general election. As we all remember, GHWB’s golfing “buddy” (?) and fellow Texan oilman’s son, John Hinkley almost assasinated Reagan within 3 months of taking office. Amazingly, Hinkley never went to prison and instead got weekend passes from the “mental institution” so he could visit his family.
Ever since the “Fairy Tale” Warren Commision Report cover-up, concerning the JFK assasination, it is obvious to most everyone that the U.S. Government is not in the hands of the “Citizens” (a Democracy, which of course it never was designed to be) or is even an honest, properly functioning Republic.
Why do I rant about ancient history???
Because I really wish we could find a way to get an honest man of courage and good character into the U.S. Presidentcy.
After working “my heart out” for Goldwater in 64, only to see how “they” destroyed him with lies and innuendos, I have become increasingly skeptical and pessimistic about
the idea that an HONEST MAN will ever be “elected” President.
Please… someone show me I’m wrong! I would love to be able to recapture even a little bit of my youthful IDEALISM and exuberance! If there is a “realistic plan” to get Ron Paul the nomination, I’d love to hear about it and support it!
At the risk of sounding arrogant, too bad so many “stupid people” vote in the general election. (Maybe we should return to the idea that only “property owners” can vote… which of course will never happen.)
If Ron Paul is somehow miraculously able to win the GOP nomination, how can he possibly beat a “Socialist Canidate” in the general election? The “something for nothing crowd” is so huge in this country, it seems that only a canidate that is willing to lie can get elected. As all successful salesmen know “Tell the people what they WANT to hear!”
“Good Luck and Best Wishes” to Ron Paul as he tries to “save us from ourselves!”
No other candidate, regardless of party of affiliation, can hold a candle to Ron Paul. He has distinguished himself as the smartest and most honest in the group. Truth and common sense ring loud and clear in his ideas so much so that it’s a real chore to listen to the worn and tired rhetoric spouted by the rest of the pack. There’s nothing new under the sun in this campaign. Ron Paul is the clear leader — and he deserves our support. We deserve him, too.
I’m a a Brit, old enough to remember the funny sounding people with funny uniforms who were all over England in 1944. We Europeans owe the USA an immense debt for ending WW2 and then helping us to rebuild
our shattered countries. Since Eisenhower the US government seems to have lost it’s way. Ron Paul is the first candidate who might find it again. Please, please, vote for him. We need you, you need him.
@ Robert Eastman – I’m a Kiwi who has a long-time interest in world history, especially the last 200 years, since the foundation of the USA. It’s clear that the Policy-Making Elite Cirle (which is trans-Atlantic) finally decides who is or isn’t elected to public office. The “RepubliCrat” sham perpetrated on the people of the US reflects only the shades of difference in the thinking of the PMEC, and which clique is current in the ascendancy.
You can be sure that Ron Paul is a significant threat to the PMEC, in that his popular recognition level is rising, and in that his message resonates immediately with any thinking person. His virtual exclusion from mainstream media has been circumvented by the huge impact of the internet. Still, his cause is probably hopeless.
If you have read Greg Palast’s “Armed Madhouse” (recent edition), you will understand how easily the electoral process can be subverted. Anyone showing up at the primary with a Ron Paul t-shirt, should fully expect to have his vote somehow invalidated.
Oh, how much I wish this wasn’t so, but I suspect that Rudi will get the Republican nomination, and Hillary the Democratic – a no-choice if ever there was one. And, no matter what the Exit Polls say, Rudi will win it hands down. Thereafter, it won’t be long before the rest of the world will hold the US as pariah, and we will witness its humilating demise.
Wake up America! Educate yourself! If you want to know why Ron Paul wants to get rid of the Federal Reserve and the IRS, visit http://www.freedomtofascism.com and check out Aaron Russo’s documentary, “America, From Freedom To Fascism” Bulk order it for $1.25 each and send it to your non-computer literate baby boomer friends, heck, all of your friends and relatives!
WE THE PEOPLE need to take back our Republic!
(BTW, I’m 62 years old)
Wake up America! Educate yourself! If you want to know why Ron Paul wants to get rid of the Federal Reserve and the IRS, visit freedomtofascism.com and check out Aaron Russo’s documentary, “America, From Freedom To Fascism” Bulk order it for $1.25 each and send it to your non-computer literate baby boomer friends, heck, all of your friends and relatives!
WE THE PEOPLE need to take back our Republic!
(BTW, I’m 62 years old)