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

Dr. Paul responds to isolationist attacks - shows that current policy leads to true isolation!!!

Union Leader - Rep. Ron Paul: I advocate the same foreign policy the Founding Fathers would - Monday, Oct. 8, 2007

It is not we non-interventionists who are isolationsists. The real isolationists are those who impose sanctions and embargoes on countries and peoples across the globe because they disagree with the internal and foreign policies of their leaders. The real isolationists are those who choose to use force overseas to promote democracy, rather than seek change through diplomacy, engagement, and by setting a positive example.

I do not believe that ideas have an expiration date, or that their value can be gauged by their novelty. The test for new and old is that of wisdom and experience, or as the editors wrote "historical reality," which argues passionately now against the course of anti-Constitutional interventionism.

A Paul administration would see Americans engaged overseas like never before, in business and cultural activities. But a Paul administration would never attempt to export democracy or other values at the barrel of a gun, as we have seen over and over again that this is a counterproductive approach that actually leads the United States to be resented and more isolated in the world.

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