Ron Paul Is Now the Republican Frontrunner
Posted on December 19, 2011 by WashingtonsBlog
Ron Paul Pulls Into the Lead
The Atlantic notes:
A new poll from Public Policy Polling shows that Ron Paul has taken the lead in the Iowa caucus race, while Newt Gingrich’s support is fading fast. A different Gallup poll shows Gringrich still holding the lead, but slipping, while The New York Times has Paul in the lead as well.
Gingrich has seen his numbers in the PPP poll drop from 27 percent to 14 percent in just three weeks, while his favorability rating is now split at 46 percent for to 47 percent against, the worst of any candidate not named Jon Huntsman.
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Perhaps the most telling secondary question was, “Do you think Newt Gingrich has strong principles?” Only 36 percent say that he does, but for Paul that number was 73 percent.
While the popularity of other candidates has risen and crashed. Paul’s popularity has steadily and consistently risen:
Why is Mr. Paul so popular?
As I pointed out in September, Americans overwhelmingly want:
■The Federal Reserve to be reined in if not abolished
■The never-ending, open-ended, goalpost-moving wars to stop and the troops to be brought home
■Our liberties to be restored, and the martial law indefinite detention idiocy to be reversed
Paul has consistently championed these three American wishes for three decades. None of the other Republican (or Democratic) candidates are on the right side of history on any of these issues.
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78 Responses to Ron Paul Is Now the Republican Frontrunner
JON says:
December 19, 2011 at 6:04 pm
These polls are all lies. Just ask the people do you want freedom and to restore the Constitution. IF they say yes, count it as a vote for Ron Paul. Ron Paul has all the votes.
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Paul says:
December 19, 2011 at 11:18 pm
Any proof to back up this claim? Otherwise youre trolling.
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Paul's Presidential Campaign Staff says:
December 20, 2011 at 12:34 am
Damnit Paul, I thought I told you to stay off these boards.
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Barack says:
December 20, 2011 at 2:14 am
Paul needs a time-out, d/w i’m going to sign that NDAA in a few days.
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Margareth Thatcher says:
December 20, 2011 at 5:52 am
Whats going on here? Little boys club fighting? You dang it I am voting Ron Paul too. Its time my generations speaks the truth!
OzzieThinker says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:55 am
I vote for no one in the USA as I neither live there nor am a citizen. However, US politics do impinge on the rest of the world so I do have the RIGHT to take an interest. It is clear that Paul is the only sane candidate and the only candidate who appears not to heed the current passion for Zionism in the lower and upper political house (which does not represent the 1% of their voting demographic). Do I like Ron Paul and his “values”? No, but he is the best you got by a green mile.
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robertsgt40 says:
December 19, 2011 at 6:25 pm
“Do you think Newt Gingrich has strong principles?” –Actually, Newt has NO principles
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t brown says:
December 19, 2011 at 6:25 pm
Why is Dr. Paul so popular?
Because he’s the ONLY scholar and statesman who actually studies the issues upon which he speaks.
Because his theories and conclusions are well-thought-out and reasonable.
Because he asks 3 questions on each issue – 1] is it Constitutional? 2- Does it promote personal freedoms? 3- Can we afford it? Unfortunately, the answer to each question regarding most issues that come before congresscritters these days is a resounding NO!
Because he is a peacemaker (as opposed to the psychotic paranoid warmongerers scared by the phantom terrrrisssts hiding under their beds)
History will look back upon Dr. Paul as we now do upon Dr. Martin Luther King and others who fought long and hard for this country. Those people also were vilified by the establishment of their time. We know not the names of their detractors, but we do know King, Mandela, Tutu, Ghandi et al. The same will be true of this time in history – Dr. Paul’s name will shine whilst his establishment detractors will fade into the dustbin of anonymity.
Ron Paul 2012 !!!
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David says:
December 19, 2011 at 6:45 pm
He is our last hope but without congress he will have little effect. He may get elected but I doubt he will make it down Penn Ave., a heart attack maybe?
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John Best says:
December 19, 2011 at 6:51 pm
The one issue no candidate will discuss is the fact that our babies have been routinely dumbed down since 1991 by shooting mercury into them via vaccines as soon as they’re born or sooner. Ron Paul fully supports this treachery against our children as he sidesteps the issue every time he is asked about it. This is the most pressing issue in our country. As you might expect, it is never brought up in debates because the Rothschild owned TV networks do not want you to know it exists. Mercury kills brain cells and lowers IQ’s every time you shoot it into a fetus with the mothers’ flu shots. They are trying to convince every pregnant woman to have these shots. Demand that Ron Paul tells the truth about this or you just include him with every other scumbag from the Dems and Reps.
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ralphus says:
December 19, 2011 at 9:12 pm
lol
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peter says:
December 19, 2011 at 9:30 pm
“This is the most pressing issue in our country.” -really!?
I don’t give my kids shots. But Really? That’s the most pressing issue?
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dwrnck says:
December 19, 2011 at 9:48 pm
lol indeed
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Steve Hernando says:
December 19, 2011 at 10:05 pm
LOL!
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joe says:
December 19, 2011 at 11:16 pm
You are stupid, don’t vote
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truth says:
December 19, 2011 at 11:19 pm
Actually he wants to abolish the forcing of shots to children, so take your fear loving propoganda else where, I believe in the fallacy of rothchilds but you look like a fool spewing this stuff , its irrelevant
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demagogue says:
December 19, 2011 at 11:20 pm
I’ve received my immunizations from the day I’ve been born on schedule, and the only ill effects I have to show for it are a profoundly bored immune system. As an engineering student, I think I can attest that my “rigid regimen” of immunizations has not affected my judgement or thought processes in any negative way. Don’t buy into the hype, and give your kids immunizations so they have a chance at not catching some truly bad bug and disappearing for good.
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frank Smith says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:53 am
You are one of the lucky ones that has not become ill from all those Mercury and other poison ingredients in those vaccine/flu/poison shots. Give it time you will adventually get sick from a number of diseases these products.The evidence is over whelming.
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Ryan says:
December 20, 2011 at 4:06 am
Seriously? How many morons like you are there? Immunizations do not make you dumber. Since ’01 nearly all vaccines contain little if any thiomersal. No conclusive study has even shown a link between kids getting “dumber” and thiomersal/mercury. If you disagree, please provide a credible scientific study that proves your point. As someone who as also had all vaccines since I was a child, I can tell you that you are merely spreading fear and misinformation.
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James says:
December 20, 2011 at 4:08 am
No, there really is no scientific evidence of this. This idiotic, pseudo-scientific misconception has actually let to outbreaks of diseases that were nearly wiped out. Children have died because their parents were fooled by this fear mongering. You really need to pay attention to peer reviewed research. Don’t drag us back to the dark ages. Rothschilds are bankers who just want power and money. They don’t care about making your kids retarded.
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Tobey Llop says:
December 20, 2011 at 12:11 am
This is the first I’ve heard that vacines contain mercury. What independent lab has found this? It sounds like an urban legend. I’ll believe it when I see it credibly confirmed, and, I’ll wager, Ron Paul will too. Pros and cons of vaccination need to be considered on the basis of evidence and parents of children given good information with which to make informed choices. As for the dumbing down, it’s been going on since long before 1991. I’m 65 and I’m not the sharpest crayon in the box myself (ask my wife!) But, I’ll match my IQ against anyone’s who believes everything they read designed to discredit Ron Paul! Ron paul is honest and he has guts. These two things alone place him head and shoulders above anyone else who has run for decades!
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t brown says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:05 am
A great amount of information on the dangers of vaccines (including proof of mercury and other dangerous elements in all of them) has been published on the Internet since the recent faux H1N1 scare. Start with naturalnews.com or mercola.com, or search ‘thimerosal’ / ‘autism – vaccines’ / ‘neurotoxicity – vaccines’. You will find hundreds of articles on the dangers (and the lack of effectiveness) of vaccines. It’s important information for your health.
But certainly not a main issue for this election season, unless addressing Dr. Paul’s insistence on personal freedom to choose what we do/do-not put into our bodies.
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LNDR says:
December 20, 2011 at 4:22 am
This isn’t true. Link me one article from an accredited peer-reviewed journal backing up your claim. Just one.
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clinical lab scientist (crazy) says:
December 20, 2011 at 2:01 am
Hi Tobey, look up thimerisol then you will be educated or maybe more confused?
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LNDR says:
December 20, 2011 at 4:20 am
Yo… so… Thiomersal was cleared of any correlation of autism over 10 years ago now. Yeah…
Although, it might just be a conspiracy and the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Medical Toxicology, the Canadian Paediatric Society, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, the Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, the Public Health Agency of Canada, and the European Medicines Agency and a number of other organizations are just fucking with us.
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RICK says:
December 20, 2011 at 4:05 am
IF YOU NEED PROOF FOR THE MERCURY IN THE FLU VACCINE – GO TO THE PROVIDER OF THE SHOT AND ASK TO SEE THE LITERATURE ENCLOSED WITHIN THE BOX….THERE IN YOU SHALL HAVE YOUR EVIDENCE YOU DESIRE…. SOME DRS WILL CHARGE EXTRA FOR A FLU VACCINE WITHOUT THE MERCURY BUT YOU HAVE TO ASK FOR IT.
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Pete Wood says:
December 20, 2011 at 4:15 am
Tobey you said a mouthful, You are right his honesty and guts alone is deserving enough. No one else has it! NO ONE!
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Henry says:
December 20, 2011 at 5:43 am
http://www.naturalnews.com/011764.html
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Dr Mark Maly says:
December 20, 2011 at 12:28 am
This is BS Vaccines have saved us from many illnesses that used to be common. Now people who do not have kids vaccinated are putting the rest of us in danger.Why do 99.0 % of Drs. Vaccinate them selfs and their families? Are they stupid? Are they all part of a BIG Plot to dumb down America? THINK ABOUT IT. Merry CHRISTMAS !!! Dr. Mark Maly.
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frank Smith says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:58 am
How is it that a kid who refuses a vaccine puts you in danger, you got the vaccine so you will not get sick if in contact with this non-vaccinated kid.You got to be kidding me.That is an oxymoron.
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Jean Luc Picard says:
December 20, 2011 at 2:38 am
Yeah srsly
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Jimmy Joe Bob says:
December 20, 2011 at 3:29 am
Is this a serious question? Let me help ya here: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Why+vaccinate
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mike says:
December 20, 2011 at 4:08 am
It is worse for everybody because they get sick and then get treated, so the drugs we use to treat get less and less powerful while the bugs get stronger and stronger
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Bruce R Porter Sr says:
December 20, 2011 at 2:25 am
Doc, you need to do some research. T Brown above mentions some great sites. Seriously, you actually believe injecting monkey and pig tissues and mercury and other chemicals into humans is good?
Dr Mercola…or Dr Douglas II or a host of others would be a good place to start. Tell you what, they will have to hold me down to inject me with anything, and I’m 65 and a combat wounded veteran.
Most of us are brainwashed. I decided to rinse and dry…..uhoh, I discovered the establishment has been lying to me, just like they did when the sent me to Viet Nam.
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Paul OBrien says:
December 20, 2011 at 4:06 am
Ron Paul will support your right to refuse to be vaccinated. He is against state control. He doesn’t even agree with seat belts and bike helmets.
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Mystikel says:
December 20, 2011 at 5:39 am
He does agree with seatbelts. He doesn’t agree with mandatory seat belt laws
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Big Dan says:
December 19, 2011 at 6:59 pm
Ron Paul will never win, even if he wins:
Computer Programmer testifies he was commissioned by house rep to write program to hack electronic voting machines and make “your guy” win 51%-49%
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEzY2tnwExs&feature=player_embedded
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signalfire says:
December 20, 2011 at 3:14 am
That whistleblower was suicided!!!!!
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bbb says:
December 20, 2011 at 5:13 am
I heard this guy interviewed on the Jeff Rense show years ago.
I would be very surprised if they allow Paul to win. However, if there is even the slightest stench of something funny going on which causes Paul to lose.. I believe his supporters will create an uprising of such unprecedented proportion that the establishment will be forced to conduct a real investigate. There would be so much pressure on congress that they would have no choice but to conduct a investigation and it would have to be a real investigation.. Either that or possibly the establishment martial law.
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Somon Tombe says:
December 19, 2011 at 7:43 pm
By appealing to tons of bullshit about the Constitution and other patriotic crap, Congressman Ron Paul is able to seduce his brute and ignorant constituency while doing nothing at all in Congress (a clever way to make easy money). He is just part of the establishment while behaving like a “genuine patriot.” Dr. Paul is also a mediocre version of one of Leo Strauss’ categories of society: the Gentlemen
The gentlemen, are lovers of honour and glory. They are the most ingratiating towards the conventions of their society – that is, the illusions of the cave. They are true believers in God, honour, and moral imperatives. They are ready and willing to embark on acts of great courage and self-sacrifice at a moment’s notice.
Besides that, Americans are a bunch of stupid animals easy to manipulate and subdue. In the end, Ron Paul is just another political scam designed to keep entertained these mules.
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mike says:
December 19, 2011 at 8:23 pm
You are a shill for newt or some other bankster idiot. we all now ignore anything additional that your ignorant hands type.
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Wilbym says:
December 19, 2011 at 8:28 pm
I’m going to avoid attacking the poster, even though it pains me to take you seriously with such a misguided take.
I would make the argument that Paul has done more in Congress and politics than anyone is a long, long time. He’s managed, despite the armies of the death star and empires amassed against him, to educate and convince his opponents through the use of ideas instead of force; with brains instead of brawn. I admire that very much.
He’s not at all jingoistic nor particularly religious, so you must be confusing him with, say, Michelle Bachmann. Support of the constitution is not patriotic; it’s the support of ideas, and rights, and liberty. How one can be against that so virulently is a mystery to me.
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truth says:
December 19, 2011 at 11:26 pm
To use Neil Strauss’s book on how to pick up stupid women with tricks, wow, i thought i read it alll.. im down with this site.
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ADPete says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:27 am
I saw this comment over on infowars … BOT alert
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mike says:
December 20, 2011 at 4:10 am
yeah
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bbb says:
December 20, 2011 at 5:26 am
Ron Paul took a pay cut to become a congressman and Leo Strauss, a fascist was the polar opposite of Ron Paul.
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Hako says:
December 20, 2011 at 5:27 am
What a bunch of drivel. I can’t say I am surprised, I predict it will get even worse as Ron Paul gains more traction…and he will. The true enemies of freedom and the Constitution will reveal themselves in a panic to maintain the status quo. Obama and Newt are in it for “glory” because they are narcissists. Ron Paul is in it because he has principles, and believes that what the Founding Fathers put together has never been improved on. Only a person with principles would recognize that of course. His supporters are not stupid animals, and we are not manipulated. You are manipulated, by a corrupt system that is eroding our personal liberties and destroying our livelihood and security. You may even be a manipulator, again, a beneficiary of the status quo that sees no reason for things to change.
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ken says:
December 20, 2011 at 5:55 am
If you think we’re so stupid and easy to subdue, then come do it. Many of us know what’s going on, and we are waiting for when we have no choice but to stand together…anything before that is exactly what the “powerful people” want. They want an excuse to come down on us and justify their actions. We are not dumb…we are patient, and they will make the mistake of underestimating our resolve. Then, when they send in people like you who think we are idiots, we will show you why we are the world’s largest militia…an army of nearly 100 million legal, practiced gun owners is quite a force to be reckoned with. Good luck with that.
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Obama 2012 says:
December 19, 2011 at 8:37 pm
More accurately – Paul is the frontrunner in Iowa.
We’ll have to see what happens if Paul wins in Iowa…
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James says:
December 19, 2011 at 9:39 pm
Anyone who seriously thinks Ron Paul (who seriously opposes the expanding military-industrial-complex) will get elected and/or be able to do anything… is missing a set of screws; and some of his policies are breath-takingly… dumb. (no need to get into that).
But he’s a sincere man with a lot of good ideas; and, as this article points out, he’s raising issues and making it respectable again to question: war, as our #1 export; bank bailouts, the FED; and the shredding of the constitution; so I say BRAVO to the man.
Make ‘em squirm Dr. Paul.
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TEXAS TRUTH SEEKER says:
December 19, 2011 at 10:25 pm
THE FACT THAT RON PAUL IS LEADING IN THE POLLS, MAKES OUR DAY—–HE HAS A LOT TO OVERCOME. THIS BATTLE REMINDS ME OF A GREAT BATTLE THAT TOOK PLACE
A LONG TIME AGO—-DAVID AND GOLIATH. THIS BATTLE IS GOING TO BE EVEY BIT AS INTERESTING. HE IS OUR DAVID, AND GOLIATH HAS BILLIONS ON HIS SIDE AND THEY WILL BE THROWN AGAINST HIM. THERE WILL BE MANY ARROWS AND DEATH THREATS.
THE ESTABLISHMENTS, MADE UP OF THE REBUBLICRATS WHICH MAKE UP THE DC CRAPS
WILL DO EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER —–EVEN TRYING TO BUY HIM OFF. I TRULY BELIEVE, HE CAN’T BE BOUGHT. AND WHEN THEY SEE THAT HE CAN’T BE BOUGHT, WELL,
THAT’S WHEN ALL HELL WILL PROBABLY BREAK LOOSE. ANYTHING COULD HAPPEN. BUT AS THE BATTLE OF DAVID AND GOLIATH WENT (WE ALL KNOW WHO WON THAT BATTLE) RIGHT AND TRUTH WILL WIN IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. IF NOT NOW, PERHAPS AT A LATTER TIME WHEN ENOUGH OF THE PEOPLE WAKE UP TO WHO IS DOING WHAT TO WHOM. IF 15 TRILLION IN DEBT AND CORRUPTION ON EVERY TURN, WON’T WAKE AMERICANS UP, NOTHING WILL.
I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH A RON PAUL QUOTE:
FREEDOM IS TRUTH—–TRUTH IS POWER.
RON PAUL 2012
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Paul says:
December 19, 2011 at 11:19 pm
CAPSLOCK KEY FOR 2012
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LandLord says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:49 am
I always skip the CAPSLOCK key comments. I wonder if everyone does?
Go Ron Paul, he might not win, he might have a few pie in the sky plans, but he is consistent, and principled, and actually suggests doing something different. All the other candidates, Obama included, are almost exactly the same.
Ron Paul, a new boss, different from the old boss.
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Max Fenster says:
December 19, 2011 at 10:49 pm
Ron Paul, now that he’s leading, will now be vetted by the Press. His supporters will scream bias at every word, but Paul has many attributes that will turn off Republican voters.
Paul’s only chance at Iowa is the short period of time left before the caucus. If people remain distracted by the holidays and don’t learn about Paul’s issues, he has a chance of winning.
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t brown says:
December 20, 2011 at 12:53 am
“Attributes that will turn off Republican voters”??? Such as?
Fiscal responsibility?
Vibrant trading with all nations rather than waging war with them?
Personal freedoms?
Having the government run by the law of the land, the Constitution?
Smaller government?
These “attributes”? As a “Republican voter” I certainly endorse these “attributes” !!
Ron Paul 2012 !!!
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Rocketman says:
December 19, 2011 at 11:04 pm
Why is Dr. Paul so popular? First, he’s consistant. The others tailor their message when they talk to different groups but not Paul. Second, Paul has always voted for small government and individual rights. None of the other have ever come close to his record. Third he walks the walk and talks the talk. I was watching Gingrich when Paul mentioned that he had been married to the same woman for 54 years. Gingrich swollowed hard and grimaced. Fourth, Paul has been warning the people about what is happening to the financial system for decades! Fifth, look at who his enemies are, the major news media, the big banks, and the union bosses. So whos side to you want to be on? Ron Pauls or the big banks?
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James says:
December 19, 2011 at 11:10 pm
The Democrats are basically now Right-Wing by (80s/90s standards) and the Republicans are basically fascists. Some Libertarian wackiness from Ron Paul might do America good in the long term. Who knows – America is probably doomed.
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Acupuncture A says:
December 20, 2011 at 12:11 am
Go Ron Paul !
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Dean Jensen says:
December 20, 2011 at 12:13 am
The only thing you say that has any veracity, is about how much trouble that we are in, otherwise your theories are a bunch of crap.
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T says:
December 20, 2011 at 12:49 am
Go to mercola.com and search vaccines, tons of info to enligthen you!
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Robert says:
December 20, 2011 at 12:53 am
Ron Paul is a very smart dude. I only hope he has the intestinal fortitude to stand up to the Obama Political machine. This country need less federal government and it needs it fast. And we also need to get off the non-backed fiat currency and get back to the gold and silver backed bucks. The federal government needs to go back to basics only and that is to protect us in time of congressional declared war. Nothing else. Let the states, cities, and counties take care of everything else.
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Gordon Styles says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:24 am
Fractional reserve banking is the biggest financial fraud in human history. The fact that private banks around the world can print money indefinitely with minimal supervision has led to boom-bust-boom-bust. The money belongs to the people; the people’s representatives – the Government – should be the only entity allowed to create money. But today in the USA the private banks and the FED (which the private banks own outright) – print all the money. The American Government has zero control over the money. FACT.
Fractional reserve banking (FRB) and the FED must be abolished if the human race is to have stability. FRB and the FED are the root of all of the World’s ills today. War, famine, boom & bust, unemployment. What happens in the US influences the way other Governments act in respect of their banking methodology. So the Americans must act to save the rest of the Human Race from financial slavery.
(The uneducated can start screaming now.)
In China, the People’s Bank of China, the Central Bank, which is owned by the Government, controls the Money Supply so tightly that the PRC has experienced 32 years of unbroken 10% GDP growth; unemployment is extremely low; poverty is under 3% compared to the USA with 12%; 300 million people have risen to the ‘so-called’ Middle Classes in the last 15 years. This is all because the Banksters have very tight collars with very short leashes. In China the Banks are under the rigid control of the people’s representatives.
If America and Europe can put aside its prejudices (capitalism vs communism BS) and learn this lesson from China, then they can enjoy the same kind of stable economic growth for decade after decade after decade.
Allow the FED to continue its enslavement of the American People and we are all doomed.
I am a British Engineer with a 90 person factory in China; am married to a Chinese; and have studied Chinese economics from the inside for the last 7 years.
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frank Smith says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:55 am
30 cents an hour on average a chinese factory worker makes.Get real with the middle class chinese bull crap.
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Bruce R Porter Sr says:
December 20, 2011 at 2:38 am
I dunno dude. Have you studied it or are you just doing the normal knee jerk reaction to anything outside of your comfort zone.
I’m not supporting, however, the point he makes is valid in this sense. Our government is supposed to control the money supply, not a private bank.
Now, if the government controls the money, at least allegedly they would do it for the people. The fed, being a private bank, has fiduciary responsibility to its shareholders, none of whom are US citizens….whoops, can’t say that, we aren’t allowed to KNOW who owns the fed. But, we do know it is not the US government.
I would hope that would scare you. Kinda like having your credit and debit cards stolen, only you can’t do anything about it.
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Gordon Styles says:
December 20, 2011 at 3:02 am
The average wage in Zhongshan, Guangdong, China is RMB 3,500 per month for an average of 47 hours work per week which is RMB 17.18 per hour or USD 2.71 per hour. That may not seem much, but on average the cost of living for regular person in Zhongshan is 1/6 of the USA, so that would be the equivalent of an American earning USD 16.26 per hour. People earning up to RMB 3,500 per month pay no income tax and there for that is net pay. So, the average gross annual pay of a Zhongshan person is USD 47,000 if multiplied by 6 to put it in line with the cost of living and add back the tax. I’d say that’s middle class.
In the Pearl River Delta area, most 20 something factory workers in the Guangdong Province earn about USD 1.80 per hour (not 30 cents), which again would be the equivalent of 10.80 net per hour, or the equivalent of an American earning USD 32,000 per year gross when adjusted by cost of living. That’s the average factory worker in China’s earning power compared to an American.
Most Chinese save more than 30% of their income each year, and that can only be possible if they have costs below their income.
As I said, if you can get your BS prejudices out of the way, you might learn something useful to you.
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Erick Tippett says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:37 am
I agree with most of his positions with the exception of the 1964 civil rights act public accomodation section issue (private property in 1864 included slaves as well!). Other than that I have no problem
with his candidacy at all and he certainly outshines the warnuts, ‘republicrats’, homo-phobes, and
other psuedo-patriots. But I wonder if even his presidency could do much about country on such
a crash/collapse path all these years.
EDT
Chicago, Illinois
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getreal says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:39 am
I hope everyone who supports Ron Paul clearly understands that they MUST vote for Ron Paul on an absentee ballot (or other ballot that is physical paper, and remains physical paper throughout the count and recount process). When it comes time to elect Ron Paul, make ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN you avoid “fiat voting”, because the predators-that-be will simply reverse your vote to Obama. RonPaul2012… the last hope short of a shooting war.
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Tim says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:42 am
WTF is the x-axis?
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John Best says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:47 am
The CDC site will confirm that vaccines, especially flu shots, do still contain mercury. The fact that you people are all stupid enough to vote for a Republican confirms your loss of brain cells. All Dems and Reps are enemies of the people. They’re the scumbags who screwed up our country.
This IS the most pressing issue we face since it is dumbing down our children. None of them will be smart enough to vote against Dems and Reps. If we can’t vote them out of office, we’re all screwed.
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John Best says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:51 am
Dr Mark Maly, Speaking as one who removes mercury from victims’ brains that was put there by idiot doctors., you have a lot to learn about medicine. You could use a few lessons in logic too. Red Herrings that don’t address mercury as the problem demonstrate your complete misunderstanding of the problem. Keep up the malpractice.
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LandLord says:
December 20, 2011 at 1:59 am
Oh, and to touch on vaccines, seems modern children in America are subjected to three times as many vaccines as Europeans or Americans my age.
A med student friend once told me that every 14 years half what is known in medicine is surpassed or over turned given new medical knowledge. We haven’t systematically studied vaccines since, when Salk? Even now, new vaccines are not tested for efficacy, as it is considered “immoral” to deny vaccines to any group. The newer vaccines are only tested for safety.
Everything in moderation.
First do no harm.
Does a newborn baby really need a hepB vac at birth? Hep B is contracted through contact with infected blood and bodily fluids, unless you plan to pimp out your baby, make a heroin addict of it, or feed it blood, I would just pass on HepB at birth. Why mess with the newborns, as yet probably unknown, biological transition from the womb to the world?
I am not knocking all vaccines, but people who do not question the “wisdom” of medicine are doomed to suffer the consequences of a for profit industry that makes money off of your poor health.
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Christopher says:
December 20, 2011 at 2:18 am
Get that Dr. Paul into office, protect him and let him do his job or your country and its people will redefine just how vast and all encompassing a political tragedy can be.
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Relative Mind says:
December 20, 2011 at 2:22 am
There is a distinct difference between “Hope” and “Believe”. I truly hope that Ron Paul will be the US next President, but I do also believe that he might not die peacefully. This country is so sick to the core, because of the Neo Conservatives (the Donald Rumfelds, Paul Wolfowitzes, Dick Cheneys, just to mention a few die hards that have become too powerful and have to many secrets to hide), that I ‘believe’ the Nation might be in for another “Dallas” but ‘hope’ that Mr. Paul will have enough time to expose these “Enemies of the State” as such.
Apart from all the conspiracy theories, these misfits are the cause of too many American military personnel and civilians, next to making the USA the most hated country in the world! And Americans by nature are peacefully, honest, kind, helpful and responsible people and these Neo Conservatives with their NAZI doctrine, looking for USA (read personal) dominance have ruined the good name of the USA.
I do not intimately know what drives Ron Paul, but I truly ‘hope’ that he will get rid of the Federal Bank and bring that institute under the responsibility of the Treasury, at the same time order a mass investigation to the way the banksters have orchestrated the downfall of the economy and when found guilty, go after the people that allowed them to do that at the expense of the people, and confiscate their wealth as one could class these people as “Traitors” (Aren’t individuals opposing the interest of the people of the USA to be called and subsequently treated as “traitors” ?) It might be a good thing afteral that Quantanamo has not been closed yet, as that would be the best place for these people (earlier mentioned gang of politicians, the banksters and any other person that has been in bed with them or that has known about their crimes and did not do anything to stop them) to be incarcerated in.
If Mr. Paul doesn’t win the Presidency, I fear for the future of the USA and the rest of the world, as no one in the USA would like its country to fight a global war where all countries might side against the USA, for that truly is what I believe, eventually might happen and I also believe that Mr. Paul’s fears are the same, as I have seen Mr. Paul previous attempts over the last 25 years, none of them being so well orchestrated, none of them showing him to be so driven, dedicated and inspired.
As other people all seem to have their own list of skeletons in their closet, I fear that in Mr. Paul’s closets, mainstream journalism will only find nicely stacked underwear, shirts etc.
You might have guessed that I am NOT an American citizen, but I have as much right to call myself one as that Jack Kennedy had when he was in Berlin, stating “Ich bin ein Berliner!”.
I still think that the American constitution should be adhered to and not changed or raped as Mr. Cheany, Worfowitz, Rumsfeld and a few others have done and still keep doing it, making the countries most important paper like toiletpaper. This has to stop and Ron Paul might just be the person to restore order in this chaos.
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Howard T. Lewis III says:
December 20, 2011 at 2:38 am
Newt is a man of many convictions. They just have not caught up with him yet. And I resent your inferring Newt is inconsistent or fickle about his beliefs! Credit where credit is due. Newt’s fidelities and loyalties are to his lord. The image in the mirror. If you note any sense of brittleness in Newt, it is because to lose face is to lose all. And he has been suckered into believing the one in the mirror will never betray him.
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Hypnosis Hypnotherapy Los Angeles says:
December 20, 2011 at 2:41 am
As a non-partisan observer of the political scene, Dr Paul appears to be principled and sincere. How much he could actually accomplish if elected, is more doubtful. If he could even survive physically could come into question. The last group of those capable of real leadership, the Kennedy’s, Dr Martin Luther King, were actually assasinated. I could easily see that fate arriving for Dr Paul should he seriously try to implement some of his policy ideas.
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MyTwoCents says:
December 20, 2011 at 3:11 am
While I don’t agree with Ron Paul on everything, he is the best of the Republican candidates. He is pro-life, pro-Constitution, against endless wars that squander our nation’s money, and for a sound monetary system rather than a paper-based fiat system like we have now. Kudos to you Mr. Paul, and Godspeed to you. I favor Ron Paul as the Republican candidate for President of the united states of America (POTUS). As for his age, this should not be a factor as he is healthy and Ronald Reagan was old when he was elected as POTUS.
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Asus tech says:
December 20, 2011 at 5:36 am
IF Ron Paul wins, they will assassinate him! Mark my words!!!
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