Ron Paul

Source: latimesblogs.latimes.com --- 9 hours ago
Joseph Biden, who's been regularly claiming he's not "the guy" who will be Barack Obama's vice presidential selection, was busy in July paying down the debt from his own unsuccessful Democratic presidential campaign. Using federal matching funds, Biden slashed his debt to $173,999 from $1.15 million the previous month, according to Federal Election Commission records filed Wednesday. Biden spent $13.8 million on his candidacy and dropped out of the race after a poor showing in Iowa. Biden’s July expenses included giving refunds of $2,300 to the man known as Mississippi's best-known attorney, Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, and Scruggs’ son, Zach Scruggs. Scruggs, a longtime major donor to Democrats nationally and the brother-in-law of Republican Trent Lott, gained fame and wealth by suing asbestos manufacturers and tobacco companies. His fortunes turned downward in March when he pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe a judge who handled a suit over how to divide $26.5 million in legal fees from an $89-million settlement over Hurricane Katrina claims. He reported to prison earlier this summer to begin a five-year sentence. Son Zach Scruggs, also a lawyer, admitted knowing about the felony and not reporting it. He’s serving 14 months in prison. Former Republican front-runner Rudy Giuliani also paid down his debt -- but not nearly as much. At the end of July, Giuliani still owed $3.53 million, down slightly from the $3.65 million he owed a ...

Source: www.lewrockwell.com --- 21 hours ago
Writes Lyndon Kroker: "I very much enjoy reading your web site. It has helped me learn a great deal. In fact, I have found out that ever since I was very young, I have been a libertarian - I just... ...

Source: www.reason.com --- 11 hours ago
Carey Campbell, chairman of the Virginia Independent Green Party, is a stand-up guy. He read yesterday's post about his effort to put Mike Bloomberg and Ron Paul on the Virginia ballot and walked up to reason world HQ (located somewhere between Mount Rushmore and the Atlantic Ocean) to chat about his plans. I've boiled our free-form talk into this Q&A. reason: Why did you decide on these two candidates? Campbell: Ron Paul could have had the nomination of all three of the "major minor" parties if he'd wanted them. I know that from talking to David Cobb and Pat LaMarche of the Greens, I put calls in to Bill Redpath [of the Libertarian Party], and I talked to people in the Constitution Party. He could have been the candidate. But he only had $35 million—well, $4 million now. And that wasn't enough. You'd need $500 million to make a go at this, and who has $500 million to spend? Hmmmmm. It all comes together. reason: But you've thought of Bloomberg for a long time. Campbell: I set up a draft organization and approached the mayor about this in 2005. We were reaching out to a number of people. We reached out to Daniel Imperato when we heard he had money. Remember, Bloomberg didn't rule out a third party run until this February. reason: I talked to Paul's communications director yesterday, and he pointed out that, while flattering, the Bloomberg match-up was odd because Bloomberg and Paul don't agree on much. Campbell: They agree on the ...

Source: thirdpartywatch.com --- 21 hours ago
Yesterday we reported that the Independent Greens of Virginia have succeeded in getting New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg listed as its presidential candidate in that state. Now comes this article from The Huffington Post saying that Texas Rep. Ron Paul is also on the ballot as Bloomberg’s vice presidential candidate. Says Sam Stein: If the [...] ...

Source: fuse.ithaca.edu --- 15 hours ago
I took off work today to go see Ron Paul speak at a rally after the Republican debate in Simi Valley. Simi Valley is just beyond the San Fernando Valley and it looked really close on a map, but it took me 5 hours on a bus to get there, and then about an hour of walking, but it was worth it. The crowd was so energetic and Dr. Paul gave such a great speech. It made me proud to be an American and support such a great man. I even got to shake his hand and thank him for the work he was doing. They stopped allowing people to take pictures right before I got to him, but I was able to grab his wife and take a quick picture with her on the way out. VOTE FOR Ron Paul! ...

Source: www.electionbid2008.com --- 1 day ago
Ron Paul’s exciting all-day sports arena concert in Minneapolis was really missing only one thing: actual entertainment of some kind for the Paultards expected to pay $17.76 (get it?!) plus five-hundred dollars in Ticketmaster fees for the special privilege of sitting with other Paultards in a sports arena just a few miles from the fancy [...] ...

Source: www.ronpaulforums.com --- 1 day ago
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Source: www.rescue-us.org --- 5 hours ago
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Source: hawaiipoliticalinfo.org --- 20 hours ago
Ron Paul explains the dynamics of the hugely expensive open-ended bailout for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which passed overwhelmingly (272-152) in the House on July 23. “Dr. No” (Ron Paul) voted "no." He explains why and brings to our attention a couple of the “other provisions” contained in this nearly 600-page bill. Representatives Neil Abercrombie (D-District 1) and Mazie Hirono (D-District 2) voted “yes” on this bill. (Voting records available at Project Vote Smart .) (7 min 36 sec) Related reading: What’s in a Bill Name? read more ...

Source: www.lazarusrising.com --- 2 hours ago
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Source: www.zachishere.com --- 22 hours ago
The guy is pretty much always right. Unfortunately he is right about things that shouldn’t be happening and nobody listens until it is too late. ...

Source: www.savethegop.com --- 18 hours ago
Well, that’s his claim at least… if so, then why is he following Huckabee’s lead and endorsing Don Young in the Republican Congressional Primary in Alaska over true economic conservative Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell? The Old Boys Club in Washington knows no bounds… even a self-appointed saint such as Rep. Paul is susceptible to it. H/T to [...] ...

Source: clearlyshallow.wordpress.com --- 22 hours ago
Isn’t it strange how ever since 9/11, a million new conspiracies have arisen to be added to the million already existing conspiracy theories that at the end of the day may just all be small pieces of one big mega conspiracy? Did all that just confuse you? Well this won’t. Here is a recent video clip (2007) of Republican United [...] ...

Source: fellowprisoner.wordpress.com --- 18 hours ago
I do not wish to be opportunistic and brandish bad news, but the MSM is mum on the fact that Carol Paul, Mrs. Ron Paul of 51 years, is in the hospital in critical condition. The Pauls are a deeply private family, and those who respect them respect that. I simply did not wish to [...] ...

Source: www.lewrockwell.com --- 17 hours ago
Says Ron Paul: "I am very happy to say she is doing much better and though I am still very concerned, I am cautiously optimistic of a full recovery.”... ...

Source: www.lewrockwell.com --- 8 hours ago
After barring Ron Paul, the Republifascists will give the main convention speaking slots to the sanctimonious neocon monster Lieberman, the crooked neocon monster Giuliani, and the neocon war criminals Cheney and Bush. Also today, at a town meeting, when a... ...

Source: www.lewrockwell.com --- 14 hours ago
Huckabee, yes; Paul, no, thank goodness. As Ron notes in this article, he wants to see as many people as possible not vote for McCain or Obama. (Thanks to Micah Haber.) UPDATE from Brian Engle: "What I'm really wondering is... ...

Source: primebuzz.kcstar.com --- 17 hours ago
WASHINGTON | While this year's presidential election shows signs of drawing in more young voters than any since 1992, the candidates who pulled some of them into the Republican race are long gone — and it's unclear whether they've taken their young supporters with them. Once former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and Texas Rep. Ron Paul were both out of the race, their many young supporters were faced with a choice: Should they switch to the party's pick, find another candidate, cast a write-in vote or sit the election out? Huckabee and Paul appealed to young voters for qualities not associated with presumed nominee John McCain — Huckabee for his conservative Christianity and Paul for his anti-war libertarianism. read more ...

Source: www.ballot-access.org --- 6 hours ago
The recent publicity that Mike Bloomberg and Ron Paul will appear on the Virginia ballot as candidates for president and vice-president is wrong. Although the Independent Green Party of Virginia did circulate a petition for president with those candidates’ names on it, Virginia law explicitly gives the petitioning group the right to substitute. [...] ...

Source: www.thelibertypapers.org --- 3 hours ago
Ron Paul endorses Alaska Congressman Don Young (R., Bridge To Nowhere): Former Republican presidential contender Ron Paul has endorsed Don Young in his bid to win an 18th term in the U.S. House of Representatives. Paul, the 72-year-old congressman from Texas whose maverick presidential bid drew wide support in Alaska, sent out a letter to his supporters here urging them to vote for Young. “Don and I have served together in Congress for many years, and I consider him a friend,” Paul wrote in the letter. “Don has been an outspoken voice against environmental extremists over the years and has strongly opposed the types of federal regulatory overreach advocated in the name of environmentalism.” Paul and Young are a bit of an odd couple. Paul is a fiscal conservative; Young believes in earmarking federal dollars for Alaska wherever possible. Paul opposes the Iraq war; Young supports it. And Young is being opposed by a guy who sounds a heck of a lot better than the King of Pork. But, then again, Congressman Paul hasn’t really acted like he thought earmarks were a bad idea either. Freedom Democrats isn’t pleased about this at all: Ron Paul is very quickly burning any and all credibility he has as a figurehead of the small government movement within the Republican Party. He’s backing a pork-barrel and Mike Huckabee-endorsed Republican over a small government conservative, Sean Parnell, backed by the Club for Growth. Almost all of the scenarios ...