Don't get such a big head on your shoulders pal. Everyone Knows about stereotyping. Let me put this in terms that you might understand. Hmm.. so if you are a women you would vote for Hilary, or if you are black then vote for Obama, or if you or a Morman vote for Romney and so on. This guy has his facts distorted with run a way conspriacy theories, which do not reflect the majority of us Ron Paul supproters. If you would like to debate intelligently on issues drop me a line here instead of bashing us.

Mike

Watching America crumble is not a pretty sight when it can be avoided.

What the father didn't do, the son has accomplished with great fanfare – the plundering of America – with rarely a compassionate reference to the path of destruction left in his path.

Paul may not have charts but his spirit invokes the same spirit Perot did, and why so many departed for what seemed like the only hope left for recovery.

Watching America today is like watching deja vu, just 16 years later.

AHhhhhh...
Someone Gets it ! !!

Go RON PAUL ! !!

how quaint an Idea that Americans don't care about the constitution any more

you guys must be smoking some bad stuff
It is high time America become free instead of bragging and loud mouthing about it it is time to actually be free
And what do you know when freedoms on the table Americans begin to shy away from it
what does that say About Americans today
it says they are not worthy to be the boot lickers of the founding fathers thats what it says about Americans today

Yes Sarah, these poor souls do have a right to their opinions - but I really don't want them influencing how our government makes its decisions, do you?

But the larger question remains: Is Mr. Paul one of them as well, or not? I'd really like to know.

they COMMITTED 911 to THE WORLD to put us IN FEAR OF MUSLIMS and anyone else of color. their ULTIMATE GOAL is to CAUSE WW3 by NUKING IRAN, IRAQ and Syria!

ron paul KNOWS ALL THIS but CAN'T REALLY SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE HE KNOWS THEY WILL ASSINATE HIM JUST LIKE JFK when he NIXED THE PLANS TO DO a 911 FALSE FLAG OPERATION in 1962 during the CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS!

DOUGLAS BICKFORD
greatspiritisalive@gmail.com

Ron Paul is actually NOT a "hard core Libertarian." He is a libertarian Republican. He was still a registered Republican when he ran under the Libertarian ticket for Presidency in 1988. It's not "extremism" he stands for so much as a return to our original standards of government.

Also, if your biggest concern about Dr. Paul is who supports him, then you should be a pretty enthusiastic supporter, yourself! Candidates have little control over their supporters. Some fringe groups have latched onto the congressman because of his "small government" ideals – no more, no less. Paul believes in terrorism, he believes that terrorists attacked us. He just doesn't believe (rightly, I think) that we can fight terrorism by ravaging the country we believe the leader of terrorists to be in.

Besides, as crazy or disrespectful as they might seem, they're exercising their Constitutional right – free speech. What right does Paul (or any of us) have to call them second-class for that? The people of America are allowed to believe whatever they want to believe. Why should Paul discount the support of honest Americans? (Yes, honest. They honestly believe they are fighting for the truth.) But anyway, long story short: both 9/11 conspiracy theorists and so called "white supremacists" have a history of believing that "Big Brother is watching." Ron Paul's message of limited government power appeals a lot to them.

Thing is, it also appeals a lot to me, and a good many others...

Ron Paul is known as being a die-hard Libertarian, of course. Nothing so much wrong with that, other than the naiveté that usually accompanies extremism in any form. Many Libertarian principles, applied appropriately, have great value – but carry them too far and you create an unrealistic isolationism that cannot survive or cope in a modern world. His approach to many issues is simply unrealistic.

But the biggest concern – and one which Mr. Paul continually refuses to respond to – is the association of his movement and support it draws from the “conspiracy theory” fringe of nuts and fruitcakes who believe that a vast global conspiracy has been in place for hundreds of years to create a “new world order” that will enslave all true “patriots”, and that 9-11 was an inside job crafted by evil “insiders” in the U.S. government for nefarious purposes of their own. Idiotic stuff, naturally – but it remains the nuts and bolts of Ron Paul’s original base of support. These “true believers” are convinced that Paul is one of them (and he well might be; he won’t say), and they delight in interpreting every statement and nuance of his to fit their own paranoid, narcissistic worldview.

– And Mr. Paul’s answer to the reality of this situation is… complete silence. He is wise enough to realize that much of the growth from followers he is now attracting would be appalled to be thought of as having any part of such nonsense, but at the same time he wants to hold on to the core of his original supporters who have to subscribe to fairy-tale conspiracies to give meaning to their existence.

Ron Paul’s followers are continually extolling his perceived qualities of forthrightness and honesty. If Ron Paul if genuinely forthright and honest, he would set the record straight regarding his true opinion regarding his conspiracy theory advocating supporters.

Posted By Buddy, San Jose, CA : November 29, 2007 7:28 pm

I do believe you, Buddy. The reason he was not in Washington to vote on this bill is because he was in New Hampshire putting his name on the ballot. Since we're looking at votes, who DID vote against this? Our old pal, Dennis Kucinich, the man who also voted against the war and against the Patriot Act. I'm sure if Dr. Paul were in Washington, he would have voted the same way. At least there are a few in the House who recognize genuine threats to our liberty for what they are. Where is this bill now?

Oh yes, in the Senate and in committee. Who sits on this committee?

Your friend and mine: Barack Obama. Hmmm, I wonder which way he will vote?

Now that being said some clarifications of your comments:

Quote: *He also wants to abolish the National Board of Education and the National Federal Reserve, Pull out of the UN, NATO, WTO, and NAFTA, and leave the Middle East in a power vacumn.*

Yes, he wants to pull us out of those economic controlling entities, but he does not want to "leave a vacuum." What he wants to do is through trade, negotiations, etc. is to work with other nations in the Middle East (and other places) not to be the "world police" nor for the USA to be the pillar supporting such groups (like the UN). Money talks and nations listen, especially to a nation that has and spends as much as the USA does. The Federal Reserve is illegal in how it now operates and actually such a reserve was shot down three times in US history before it was formed. He believes that a Federal Board of Ed cannot properly administrate over what are local and state issues, that being schools and their financing.

Quote: *He also wants to completely scrap the American Dollar and eliminate government oversight of trade companies. Can anyone say Monopoly Market?*

Wrong again. Right now we have a monopoly and oligopoly market. Look at how the oil companies and OPEC control every aspect of pricing, how Microsoft exists as it does, how the car manufacturers work together to surpress innovation only to their wants and needs. The market will only thrive with renewed competition. And he does NOT want to scrap the dollar he wants to make it real. Right now it's paper, meaningless, nothing to back it up. There are more Euros in the world than Dollars (fact) and if the oil companies shift to Euros our economy will collapse, because that makes the Euro piece of paper worth more than the Dollar piece of paper because there are more in circulation and existence. But if you back the Dollar again with Gold, Silver, and Platinum you'll have something tangible that every nation will work with, trade in, and want to actually HAVE.

Quote: *So go ahead, vote for an isolationist maniac who wants to ruin our markets with his crazed 'gold standard' ideals.*

He isn't an isolationist at all. He wants to work with through trade and treaties other nations on a one-to-one basis. Not make false alliances or support economic means that would damage the USA.

Quote: *But don't press your false advertising and inane ideology on me.*

Nobody is doing anything, you can most definitely vote for whom you want. I would give Ron Paul another look and think about what's being said.

He also wants to abolish the National Board of Education and the National Federal Reserve, Pull out of the UN, NATO, WTO, and NAFTA, and leave the Middle East in a power vacumn.

He also wants to completely scrap the American Dollar and eliminate government oversight of trade companies. Can anyone say Monopoly Market?

For all those Ron Paul supporters, I got a lot of this stuff from his website. [www.ronpaul2008.com]

So go ahead, vote for an isolationist maniac who wants to ruin our markets with his crazed 'gold standard' ideals.

But don't press your false advertising and inane ideology on me.

COME ON EVERYONE!

You stand for the United States and our constitution, never since JFK have we had a Presidential candidate for the American people like you!

It shows you are winning the debates!
You have more american people donating to our cause then any other candidates.

Whatever it takes to fight Corporate big money to get you elected?

The American people believe in you and will keep contributing money and our time for freedom, you will be the next President of the United States

Why is this?

And lets not forget Ron Paul has had
his finger in with the religious right
in the past.He has been cozy with
super-creep Pat Robertson and the
Talibanesque Christian Coalition.
A VERY un-Libertarian bunch..
That smacks of hypocricy as well..
I cant get my head around these
points, and I have yet to see him
address them.So I cant support him.

Please, for the love of God, stop seeing bias in every single story. It certainly exists, and I do believe it was very evident in the debate last night. However, there's nothing wrong with this blog entry. Please, choose your battles.

It's good you're a supporter of Ron Paul. It takes all of us to win. Thanks for your devotion to the cause.

'nuf said?!

How to setup a dictatorship

The following steps have been used by every despot since (at least) Mussolini:

1. Invoke a terrifying internal and external enemy
2. Create a gulag
3. Develop a thug caste
4. Set up an internal surveillance system
5. Harass citizens' groups
6. Engage in arbitrary detention and release
7. Target key individuals
8. Control the press
9. Dissent equals treason
10. Suspend the rule of law

Seem familiar to anyone?

Check out Naomi Wolf on YouTube. Interesting, if not worrisome stuff.

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter.

And if our donations to Paul have you scared, just wait til we VOTE.

Welcome to The Revolution.

Ron Paul is a true "up and comer" with a growing following. I could support him if only he'd come out strongly in support of the FAIR TAX. It's very apparent that the citizens of the USA are tired of the old guard. It's time for true conservative/constitutional governance

Posted By Ross Hudson, Daytona Beach, FL : November 29, 2007 4:34 pm

Hey Ross, Ron Paul supports the fairest tax of all: 0! Nothing! By bringing the troops home, not just from Iraq but from dozens of countries all over the world where they have no business being, the US would save billions of dollars and get us back to the spending levels 6 years ago. Ending the war and stopping this empire from expanding will bring more dollars back to the US, and allow us to spend more on domestic issues and not tax the people. Abolishing the IRS and its huge bureaucracy, along with the Dept. of Homeland Security and plenty of other bloated government agencies will save even MORE money. The income tax isn't necessary if we don't spend money like it's water and then print money out of thin air! So you see, Dr. Paul supports a much fairer system than even the FairTax, fair for US citizens and for the foreign countries which we invade and maintain a military presence to this day.

http://www.ronpaul2008.com
http://www.teaparty07.com

2 WRONGS DO NOT MAKE A RIGHT, TAKES A MAN TO STAND UP LIKE RON PAUL AND TELL THE HONEST TRUTH TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAN TO KILL MORE AMERICANS JUST TO PROVE A POINT.( THANK GOD YOU ARE NOT RUNNING ) ITS ALL ABOUT THE WIN FOR YOU & TO SUPPORT A CORRUPT SYSTEM !
YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED, TURN THAT COMPUTER OFF RIGHT NOW. ENROLL YOURSELF IN HISTORY CLASS!!

Ron Paul supporters made history on Nov 5th by raising over $4mil in one single day.

They will beat their own record on December 16th. I predict that at least $5mil will be raised on that day alone for Ron Paul.

Won't you just love your doctor telling you that he made the wrong diagnosis, but "we've already spent too much money on the treatment, so we'll just have to continue?" In doing so he bankrupts your estate and burdens your children with debt, which destroys their American dreams. Ron Paul receives more money from the military than any other candidate. The troops want to come home.

Ron Paul made the right diagnosis from day one. Not because he is a smart doctor, but because he followed the Constitution and the advice of the Founding Fathers. George Bush followed the advice of the military-industrial complex. “Surrealist,” I think not long now and you will change your name to “Realist.”