Ron Paul channels voters' outrage

Ron Paul channels voters' outrage:

"Adam de Angeli had always been a quintessential liberal. He marched against the Iraq war, supported anti-poverty programs and voted Democratic. Nearly everyday he hangs out at a brick storefront on Ann Arbor's Main Street. Its 20-something customers and worn-out college couches are just what you'd expect in the heart of Michigan's most liberal bastion. Then de Angeli, 26, answers his cell phone and begins extolling the virtues of libertarianism and Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul to his latest convert. This is no fad, he says. Next year, he wants to run for local government as a Paul apostle.
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There's a great jumbling of the socio-political labels by which people had defined themselves for decades.

Along the center left, grassroots Democrats threaten to boot Dem leaders from office for supporting the Iraq war. And hard-core leftist groups such as MoveOn.org are actually praising U.S. Rep. Ron Paul from Texas.

Along the center right, the shake-up is no less surprising. "Crunchy cons" -- nature-loving right-wingers -- are espousing local organic farming. Evangelical leaders once apathetic on the environment now promise to stop global warming."

Ron Paul on the Left, Ron Paul on the Right - he is gathering support from both sides.

Online NewsHour: Conversation | Paul Envisions Limited Government | October 12, 2007 | PBS

PBS NewsHour had a great interview of Ron Paul on Friday. Here is the transcript as well as an MP3 of the interview. The interview can also be found on YouTube.

Online NewsHour: Conversation | Paul Envisions Limited Government | October 12, 2007 | PBS:

"Paul Envisions Smaller Government, Less Global Intervention As part of an ongoing series of in-depth interviews with presidential candidates, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, explains his vision of limited government, decreased U.S. intervention in conflicts abroad and details his stance as an anti-war Republican."

MP3 for listening to interview:
http://www-tc.pbs.org/newshour/rss/media/2007/10/12/20071012_paul28.mp3

YouTube Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA7jHaowNME

YouTube Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWdz1pnAFUA

Anti-War Group Releases Ad Hailing Ron Paul - Politics on The Huffington Post

Anti-War Group Releases Ad Hailing Ron Paul - Politics on The Huffington Post:

"Americans Against Escalation In Iraq, the major umbrella group organizing activism against the Iraq war, is pushing out an ad later today blasting the GOP '08 frontrunners for their claims about Iraq during yesterday's CNBC debate, and praising Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX) as 'the only GOP candidate who gets it on Iraq.'"

It's about time that more anti war groups woke up and started supporting Dr. Paul. If Clinton wins we will be in Iraq long term and probably Iran as well.

My family are life long patriotic people. They consist of doctors, small business owners, tax reps and all of my family served this country. Grandfathers served in WWII, uncles in 'Nam and my father is retired Army. Every single one of them supports Dr. Paul.

Im a conservative. More importantly Im an American that believes in America and the document it was founded upon. I dont believe in either 'party'. Neither has done much to protect our liberties or our financial security. Both want more government programs, will find ways to either tax or inflate and more regulations shoved down our throats.

Clinton wont say she will pull the troops, Obama wont pull the troops, Richardson just changed his position. You want out of Iraq? ELECT RON PAUL!

As one of the commenter's says:

I feel sorry for democrats who vote for Hillary thinking she will get out of Iraq or prevent conflict with Iran.

You will be very disappointed.

Lies, lies and more lies - how the government has used FEAR to wage war on its own people

Politicians use fear to justify wars, Paul says - A Concord Monitor Article

Rep. Ron Paul believes political leaders are pumping up the threat of terrorism to accomplish political goals. Paul, the 10-term Texas congressman, told Monitor reporters and editors that concerns about the country's security have been overblown to justify needless foreign invasions and domestic surveillance programs.

"It scares the living daylights out of me that they would do that, to talk about perpetual war," he said, dismissing the contention that Islamic terrorism is a grave threat that will face the country for a generation or longer. "All that is, they have to have an enemy."

It is amazing how blind the public is to this. Dr. Paul deserves to be leading all the polls (if the American public would just WAKE UP).

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The Ron Paul Breakthrough

I love this quote from http://www.antiwar.com:

The approach the chattering classes have taken to the Ron Paul phenomenon has been classic, rather along the lines of Gandhi's famous aphorism: first they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.

The "let's ignore him and maybe he'll go away" phase ended right after the contretemps with Giuliani over the theory of "blowback." Giuliani's verbal assault on Paul condensed the ridicule-fight-victory process into a single, signal incident. What Giuliani and his enablers in the media failed to realize is that Paul's calm, considered, and thoughtful answer resonated with many voters.

When I saw Dr. Paul in those debates - that is exactly what i was thinking - this is my guy, here is our needed change.

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