Get back to basics by voting for Ron Paul MIKE CROWLEY Round Lake
There are those who have become disenchanted with politics altogether. They ask, why should I vote? There’s not a dime’s worth of difference within the “Republicrat” Party. The Republicans and Democrats are two wings on the same bird. I feel your pain, but this time we do have a choice. Ronald Reagan said of this man, “We need to keep him fighting for our country.” This man served 10 terms in Congress, worked for limited constitutional government, free markets, balanced budgets, sound monetary policies and has never voted to raise taxes. He has consistently voted against the Patriot Act, regulating the Internet, the Real ID Act and the war in Iraq. He wants to bring our troops home to guard our borders, thus keeping illegals out. He’ll abolish the IRS with its bogus income tax and stop the trillions we dole out every year in foreign aid. His name is Dr. Ron Paul! Now you’re saying; well this all sounds good on paper, but how will we fund government without the income tax? Simple, the same way we did before 1913 — tariffs. Tariffs, along with the trillions we’d save by bringing our troops home and stopping the foreign aid handouts. By doing this, we’d be able to pay off the nation’s debts and have a surplus in no time. Now’s the time we stop dreaming, join the revolution and restore the republic our founding fathers fought and died for. On Feb. 5, please go to the polls and vote for Dr. Ron Paul — the cure for the police state.
I was watching the today show and they said that the name Ron Paul is the number #1 name googled.I think that Britney Spears was like 5th. Nice to know that people are choosing better priorities these days.
race, and it is discouraging. None of the “popular” candidates seem to have a firm stand on anything. They waffle on every topic. They are willing to say anything, hoping to wrangle getting elected. The one person who has been remarkably consistent, and who happens to strike a strong chord with me, is Ron Paul. I notice that the media tries very hard to ignore him. His name never gets mentioned anywhere. If you check out his stances, (www. ronpaul2008.com) perhaps you, too, will realize there is a candidate who will make the United States his priority, instead of big business or a personal drive for the spotlight. BILL DENISON Burnt Hills
Ron Paul Furious over Fox Debate Snub Tuesday, January 1, 2008
Fox News says it has limited space in its studio, which leaves Rep. Ron Paul out of a weekend debate. NEW YORK -- ABC and Fox News Channel are narrowing the field of presidential candidates invited to debates this weekend just before the New Hampshire primary, in Fox's case infuriating supporters of Republican Rep. Ron Paul.
Fox News says it has limited space in its studio, which leaves Rep. Ron Paul out of a weekend debate.
The roster of participants for ABC's back-to-back, prime-time Republican and Democratic debates Saturday in New Hampshire will be determined after results of Thursday's Iowa caucus become clear.
Fox, meanwhile, has invited five GOP candidates to a forum with Chris Wallace scheduled for its mobile studio in New Hampshire on Sunday. Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee received invites, leaving Paul of Texas and Rep. Duncan Hunter of California on the sidelines.
The network said it had limited space in its studio -- a souped-up bus -- and that it invited candidates who had received double-digit support in recent polls.
In a nationwide poll conducted December 14-20 by The Associated Press and Yahoo, Thompson had the support of 11 percent of GOP voters and Paul was at 3 percent. Paul's support is at 6 percent in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll conducted in early December.
Paul was tied with Thompson for fifth in New Hampshire in the most recent Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll, each with the support of 4 percent of likely voters. Among all New Hampshire voters, Paul led Thompson 6 percent to 4 percent, but that was within the poll's margin of error.
Jesse Benton, Paul's spokesman, said it was a "big mistake" not to include Paul, especially given Paul's recent success in fundraising. He said the campaign has been trying to reach Fox News to get an explanation for the decision, but its calls had not been returned.
"There very well might be some bias," Benton said. "Ron brings up some topics that aren't very popular with Fox News, as in fiscal responsibility and withdrawing from the war in Iraq ... that does leave us scratching our heads a little bit about whether it was deliberate. Based on metrics, I don't see how you can possibly exclude Dr. Paul."
Some livid Paul supporters are distributing e-mails calling for a boycott of Fox advertisers.
A Fox representative did not immediately return calls for comment about the complaints.
Paul has been invited to a GOP forum that Fox News is sponsoring in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, on January 10, Benton said.
To participate in ABC's Saturday night debate, Republican and Democratic candidates must meet at least one of three benchmarks: place first through fourth in Iowa, poll 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major New Hampshire surveys, or poll 5 percent or higher in one of the last four major national surveys.
ABC News anchor Charles Gibson said the criteria were actually quite inclusive. He defended the network taking the initiative in effectively narrowing the field at a point when no actual voters had cast a ballot, except for Iowa caucus-goers.
"You will have had a year's politicking," he said. "You will have had, I think by count, about 641 debates. You will have had national polls and state polls and one state's vote. I think that's pretty indicative."
Gibson said ABC explained the rules for participation in a conference call with all the campaigns and "nobody said, "How dare you!' "
Ron Paul Talks About Fox on Leno Tuesday, January 8, 2008 9:47 AM By: Newmax Staff Article Font Size
Appearing on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on the eve of the New Hampshire primary, presidential hopeful Ron Paul said he still doesn’t know why he was excluded from Fox News’ Sunday night Republican debate.
Paul was left off the GOP debate roster even though Paul and his supporters set a new one-day fundraising record, raked in nearly $20 million in the fourth quarter of last year — and got 10 percent of the vote in the Iowa caucuses.
Rudy Giuliani, who got only 4 percent in Iowa, was included in the debate, along with John McCain, Mitt Romney, Fred Thompson, and Mike Huckabee.
Leno told Paul on Monday night’s show: “I’m trying to figure out why Fox News chose not to put you on.”
“You know, we tried to find that out,” Paul replied. “But they didn’t return our call.”
A sympathetic Leno said: “You’re being extremely polite for something I think you got screwed over. I mean, I might not necessarily agree with you, but I think, as an American, we like to see everybody get an equal shot.”
Paul speculated that Fox “didn’t want to hear the message. Maybe they’re intimidated. Maybe they’re frightened. Maybe they didn’t want to hear the truth. Who knows?”
The Los Angeles Times’ Andrew Malcolm observed: “So Paul gets 10 percent in Iowa and gets excluded, but Rudy gets 4 percent and sits on the left end of the Fox Box desk. Hmmm.”
News reports from the presidential campaign indicate that many Americans are more concerned about the economy than the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Keep in mind that of those presidential candidates still in the race, who were in Congress when the joint resolution to go to war against Iraq was passed in October 2002, Sens. Joseph Biden, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, Christopher Dodd, John McCain and Fred Thompson voted “yea,” as did Rep. Duncan Hunter. Only Reps. Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich voted against the resolution. Most of the candidates ignore two important factors: First, because of the tremendous resources drained from the U.S. economy to fund the war in Iraq, it is as much a domestic as a defense matter. Since Iraq never invaded the United States, it is not even a defense matter at all. Secondly, while the programs advocated by almost all presidential candidates may be for domestic purposes, very few are authorized by the Constitution. The war in Iraq is costing us $275 million a day. Sen. Hillary Clinton, and some of the others who voted to authorize it would like to take that money and spend it on government health care and education. Instead, why not abide by the Constitution and give that $275 million a day back to the taxpayers and let them make decisions about paying for their own health care and education? Rather than debating over which is more important — violating the Constitution by engaging in overseas military operations without a declaration of war, or violating the Constitution by creating federal domestic programs not authorized by the Constitution — it would make this campaign more meaningful if we had candidates who disagreed mainly about which methods to use to restore our constitutional republic. Unfortunately, we have only one who dares to bring up the real issues — Ron Paul. ED CLEMENTS Burnt Hills
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
I'll be honest. I like this guy more and more, there's just one thing that I don't like about him and it's the reason I'd probably never be able to vote for him. His stance on the war in Iraq. I understand that we've been there for a while, but it needs to be finished The reason we're there now is because we didn't finish it while Bush 41 wasn't in office. If we don't finish it now, we'll be looking at another 9/11.
I can't vote for someone that would have our country move in a direction of being attacked like that again. Otherwise, yes, I would throw my support behind Ron Paul (I can't believe I just typed that).
I thought he was 'ok' too until someone smarter than I told me to really take a close look at Mr. Paul. He is clearly a liberal for sure!! He has some good ideas. Unrealistic ideas at that! It's a No vote from me.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
I thought he was 'ok' too until someone smarter than I told me to really take a close look at Mr. Paul. He is clearly a liberal for sure!! He has some good ideas. Unrealistic ideas at that! It's a No vote from me.
Bumble, I suggest you check your definitions. Ron Paul is a Liberatarian, not a liberal (such as Hillary Clinton).
You are probably correct. I really just started to look into his platform and background. And although I liked some of his ideas, some were just too liberal for me. Right now anyways.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
I'll be honest. I like this guy more and more, there's just one thing that I don't like about him and it's the reason I'd probably never be able to vote for him. His stance on the war in Iraq. I understand that we've been there for a while, but it needs to be finished The reason we're there now is because we didn't finish it while Bush 41 wasn't in office. If we don't finish it now, we'll be looking at another 9/11.
I can't vote for someone that would have our country move in a direction of being attacked like that again. Otherwise, yes, I would throw my support behind Ron Paul (I can't believe I just typed that).
Do you truly feel safer and think you are safer??? There is ALWAYS a war, with guns or money....sanctions or human bodies.....
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Do you truly feel safer and think you are safer??? There is ALWAYS a war, with guns or money....sanctions or human bodies.....
I will admit, not 100%, but at least somewhat. I mean really, look what I have around me. I have to worry about the Schenectady cops pushing those criminals this way, but beyond that, I fee that America itself is safer at the moment.
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