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Ron Paul, Dr. No-body, beats Rudy and Fred–again -Los Angeles Times

I found this to be a very helpful article. Pass on this original link: [http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/01/ronpaulscores.html]. It is warms my heart. I too have felt like the apparent big story of Paul (underdog) stomping a former front runner (Guiliani) is big. Why is there no press?

Ron Paul, Dr. No-body, beats Rudy and Fred–again

Well, he’s hanging in there. Not only that, but Rep. Ron Paul thumped two reputed Republican heavyweights in the Michigan primary — former Sen. Fred Thompson of Tennessee and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani.Who’d have predicted that a couple of months ago?

Giuliani, you may recall if you can remember anything as distant as last summer, was the longtime GOP national front-runner in polls. He ran strongly against everybody in his party, even former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who finally won one last night, taking his home state from Sen. John McCain, who won there in 2000. Everybody wondered if anyone had a chance against the hero of 9/11, who defied standard Republican theocracy with his liberal social views.

But, guess what? Ron Paul, the 72-year-old Texas congressman and ob-gyn who delivers babies and a strict view of the Constitution, beat Giuliani in Michigan. And beat him good. Not only that,….

he doubled Giuliani’s totals of 24,000 votes or 2.8%, getting more than 52,000 votes or 6.3% of the total Republican ballots.Paul even beat Thompson this time, the real consistent conservative who was supposed to be the next Ronald Reagan until he actually announced his campaign in September. Thompson got about 31,000 votes or 3.7%, which is more than Rudy but still less than the nobody congressman with the libertarian views who few people but his passionate partisans took seriously months ago. He’s often called Dr. No for his consistent congressional votes against spending.

Paul was so written off that Fox News banned him from its recent debate in New Hampshire. Oops, now the Paulunteers are organizing a boycott of Fox sponsors in return for the snub, a move that Dennis Kucinich’s fans are now calling for against MSNBC for barring him from Tuesday’s Democratic debate in Las Vegas.

True, Romney killed all his Republican competitors in Michigan, as he had to, with more than 326,000 votes, nearly 39%, with McCain trailing at 29.7% or 248,000. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee garnered less than half of Romney’s votes, 135,000 or 16%.

And it’s also true that Thompson and Giuliani didn’t really campaign seriously in Michigan. Or New Hampshire. Or Iowa except for a last-minute Thompson bus tour. Obviously, both Giuliani and Thompson are intentionally laying back, trying to make the rest of the Republican field over-confident. No doubt.

Paul hasn’t won anything yet either, except the continued devotion of his followers and growing national attention, including two national TV appearances on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” plus a full hour on “Meet the Press.” OnTuesday Richard Viguerie, the noted conservative author, announced he’s launching a new website to support Paul. Viguerie called Paul “truly a principled conservative in the grand tradition of Robert Taft, Barry Goldwater and Ronald Reagan.”

Paul just keeps picking up his 6% to 10% each time there’s a vote. But Paul also beat Giuliani in Iowa. And he came pretty close to Giuliani in New Hampshire and did, in fact, beat Thompson there. And now in Michigan, Paul beat them both rather handily. He does it by going against virtually all the views of his GOP colleagues including opposing the Iraq war.

Fueled by the generous donations of Paul believers, the congressman was probably the most successful GOP fundraiser in the fourth quarter, acquiring nearly $20 million then and, according to his website, more than $834,000 more so far this month. He’s already launched an eight-state ad blitz and has been campaigning in recent days in South Carolina, where he has three offices and will return later this week, and across Nevada. He got skunked in Wyoming where Romney won, but imagine if Paul scored big one day in the wild West where many people believe government got too big about 100 years ago.

Paul’s website and new campaign blog claim to have quietly organized more than 7,800 precinct captains around the country. Meantime, Giuliani’s top staff is going unpaid this month to save dwindling funds. Is there a pattern here?

So, while the “front-running” Republicans each win one state and no one builds up a head of steam, Paul just keeps hanging around, like a bad cold. Some of the other Republican candidates should be careful, lest they get the sniffles one of these days.

–by Andrew Malcolm

January 16, 2008

Ron Paul – Long Interview on Meet the Press

Here is the Link to the MSNBC video: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/22379112#22379112

Let’s Win, Michigan UAW! Get Out the Vote for Ron Paul – Keep NAFTA out of your Jobs.

I can’t avoid the fact that I posted on UAW yesterday and got huge results – Between yesterday and this moment – I have totaled 830 views of that post alone.

But that means someone out there is reading with UAW jobs in mind. It is sad for us to see money in America spent only to leave our local economy – weakening us in world business.

Our war ($1.3 TRILLION that the US didn’t have) has been funded by printing more money, which deflates the dollar – YOU AND I are paying for the illegally started war by inflation – high gas prices, low dollar value. How does that affect the Car Buying industry? When people don’t feel like buying, production has to go down too.

United Auto Workers of Michigan: VOTE RON PAUL!

Vote Ron Paul – GET RID OF NAFTA!

Vote Ron Paul – QUIT LOSING CARS TO AN ILLEGAL AND AWFUL WAR!

Get out to the polls – your economy REALLY does depend on it.

(and get your friends and family out too!)

See these articles: CentreDaily, Ron Paul Forums

Let’s Look at South Carolina – Local Paper says Ron Paul could be the “Perfect Candidate”

From the Charleston City Paper:

DECEMBER 5, 2007

Could Ron Paul be South Carolina’s perfect candidate?

The Republican’s Republican

BY STRATTON LAWRENCE

To read the article [click here]

The Austin NAACP President Supports Ron Paul Against Charges of Racism

Austin NAACP President Defends Ron Paul

Maple Brown

Published 01/14/2008 – 2:00 p.m. EST

Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has been under a vicious smear attack by opponents for charges of racism. The charge appears to be completely unfounded and Paul continues to advocate individual freedom.

The Austin NAACP President Nelson Linder came to Paul’s defense. Linder said that Paul is not a racist and said, “Lets face it Ron Paul is a thinker and he’s also a Constitutionalist”. He continued, “I like Ron Paul personally, I like what he’s saying, I think he’s sincere and I think he’s correct in what he’s saying”.

Ron Paul was recently attacked for racist writings that he did not write in the 1980s. The writings were written on a newsletter bearing his name but Paul had said in the 1990s that he was unaware of the writings and should have paid greater attention to what went out in his name.

Paul is recognized by many as a modern Civil Rights leader. Supporters of the presidential candidate plan a mass donation day on January 21st to honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dr. Ron Paul as Civil Rights leaders.

See More at USA Daily

Difference Between Huckabee and Romney? – from Axaday Blog

from AXADAY.blogspot.com [a friend of mine]

I thought this was worth copying over: Axaday has good thoughts, interesting points. 

Monday, January 07, 2008

It is kind of funny to me [Axaday, not Luke] the way Huckabee wants to make such an important distinction between his and Romney’s religion. He’s right that there is a lot of difference between Southern Baptist and Mormon, theologically, but the way he brought it up makes me lean more toward Romney, given the choice between the two. And that seems pretty ironic to me, given that I [Axaday - not Luke] am a Southern Baptist myself.

Read More….

A Few of Interesting Ads (unofficial, youtube-user ads) for Ron Paul

From: Muslims for Ron Paul Yahoo Group: “Ron Paul Black Man’s Best Friend.”

A quote from a Muslim site:

Is Dr. Paul a racist? No, Dr. Paul WILL SET YOU FREE. We need to
emphasize his prison release program and of make sure people realize
that Hillary and Obama are NOT going to end war, they want new wars.
Ron Paul is the Black Man’s Best Friend. He is going to bring your
sons home from the war and release all non-violent drug offenders from
prison his first day in office, he said.

Ron Paul has more Black supporters than any other Republican candidate and more active US military personnel supporters than any other candidate.

Ron Paul and Religious Groups: Muslims, Jews and Christians

Jewish Site

…..http://www.jews4ronpaul.org/home

Christian Site

…..http://www.christiansforronpaul.com/
……………especially: statement of faith
…………………………….articles

Muslim Sites:

…..Maria Hussain
…..http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Muslims_for_RonPaul/

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