Showing posts with label Ron Paul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ron Paul. Show all posts

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Ron Paul Speaks on the Fiscal Cliff

Insights from Ron Paul, now retired. The more I listen to this, the more I think his supporters stayed on the couch last Tuesday disillusioned & disenfranchised.



Here's a transcript of one important part:

"If you look at the numbers and the way pure democracy works, pure democracy is dangerous. The majority dictates against the minority. Right now the majority are receiving a check. That is why people were sort of surprised with these conditions that the president could get reelected. That is a bad sign in that there are more on the receiving end. People do not want anything cut. They want all the bailouts to come. They want the Fed to keep printing money. They do not believe we of gone off the cliff or are close to going off the cliff. They think we can patch it over, that we can somehow come up with a magic solution. You cannot have a budgetary solution if you do not change what the role of government should be. As long as you think we have to please the world and run this welfare state, all we will argue about is who will get the loot."

What happens when Santa's bag of goodies runs out of the loot?

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Investigating Sarah Palin's Mysterious Delegate Packages At The GOP Convention

I have received numerous messages from various people asking me if I could verify a claim made by a Ron Paul blogger named "wincap" that supporters of Sarah Palin are going around at the Ron Paul events in Tampa Florida and passing out or mailing packages attempting to woo Paul supporters/delegates into voting for Sarah Palin in the event that a brokered convention occurs:
Sara Palin is in town and playing games, she is trying to steal the nomination, she sent out packets to all of the delegates asking them to vote for her if there is a brokered convention and she is trying to cause a brokered convention. I spoke to delegates at my booth who said they received the packet. None of our delegates will vote for her, putting my dislike for her aside, if she helps with a brokered convention I am fine with it because I think we could win a brokered convention.
I can confirm the source of where these packets might be coming from. There is a news report of a pro-Palin group called The Earthquake Movement who appear to be the source of these delegate packets: 
According to an email from a representative of The Earthquake Movement, the group has sent informational packets to delegates around the country, asking them to be one of the five required majority state delegations needed to nominate Palin in the first round of voting at the Republican National Convention. The packets also ask for delegates to nominate Palin in the second round if presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney does not receive the required number of delegates in the first round.

The Earthquake Movement has also distributed information on Palin's "record, accomplishments and why we think she is the person who can excite the base and defeat President Obama in November."

"We are finding a lot of unhappy Republican voters," the email said. "They feel like the RNC is not listening to them and based on voter turn out in the primaries and what we are hearing from Conservative Americans, they want her to emerge from the convention as the nominee. They are also very angry that she was not given a prime time speaking spot at the convention and are wondering if the RNC is attempting to shut her out because her message resonates with so many of us fly-overs. Are they afraid if she speaks prior to the vote or at all, we will have an averted Reagan experience?" 
One California Ron Paul supporter who is a delegate has claimed that he received the package in the mail:

Sarah Palin Warns That A Third Party Could Form If The GOP Doesn't Get The Platform Right

Today, in the same interview where Sarah Palin told viewers on Fox News to vote for Mitt Romney, she also warned that a third party could form if the Republican party doesn't articulate conservative principles on the GOP platform:  
When asked if she would consider creating a third party if neither Gov. Romney nor President Obama would budge from their current positions on a variety of issues, Palin left open the door.
"Look what happened in the mid 1800's. The Wig party went away and the Republican Party surfaced. Because the electorate got sick and tired of the party fighting for power and not doing the will of the people."
Palin went on to say history could repeat itself.
"If history is an indication it is a possibility," she said. "If the Republicans don't remember what the planks in the platform represent ... that is opportunity to prosper and thrive in the most exceptional nation in the world. We do that through a free market. If the Republicans become like the liberal left and democrats, I wouldn't be surprised if history didn't repeat itself."
Her statement could be be interpreted in two different ways. On one hand, she could be issuing the same warning that Senator Rick Santorum did a few months ago about not allowing Ron Paul or his supporters to mess with the GOP platform. 
Yet, her statements could be interpreted differently when you take into account the recent news that Sarah Palin maybe trying to engineer a brokered convention so that she can get herself nominated as the GOP nominee. She may be trying to take the same approach as the Ron Paul supporters by attempting to get a brokered convention to happen so that Ron Paul will become the GOP nominee. The supporters of Ron Paul are also trying to change the GOP platform and its possible that Sarah Palin is trying to do the same thing here as well. In fact, in browsing through blogs that support either Ron Paul or Sarah Palin, there have been repeated statements of mutual admiration and support for such tactics. 
I'm not sure which way to interpret her statement. I have no problems with her statement if she means to warn people about the consequences of diluting the GOP platform and I actually agree with her on that. However, if her statement is part of her rumored strategy to get a brokered convention going, I have strong objections to it. For now, I will simply just wait and see which interpretation is correct. 
This article has been cross posted from Conservative Samizdat.

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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Ron Paul finally gets his Way in the House

Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, doesn't get his way very often in Congress.

But the House overwhelmingly adopted his longstanding proposal to audit the Federal Reserve Wednesday, in a 327-98 vote.

In fact, Paul had joked with fellow lawmakers about being invited to a leadership meeting earlier in the week to discuss his bill. Paul noted he had never before attended such a conclave in his entire congressional career. That career is just about over, as the 77-year-old lawmaker plans to retire at the end of this year after a quarter-century in Congress and three quixotic presidential bids. And the passage of his Fed bill marks a fitting legislative capstone.
The "audit the Fed" package was a key part of Paul's larger economic vision.

The measure's consideration on the House floor shows how Paul's brand of libertarianism has moved from an often-dismissed fringe to the mainstream.
Read the rest of the article HERE.


Congratulations Dr. Paul.


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Sunday, July 15, 2012

Ron Paul not impressed with Condi Rice and feels his supporters aren't either

Paul was on with Neil Cavuto when Cavuto brought up the VP rumors and Condi Rice. Paul feels that she won't win Romney any of his supporters:
“Even though she talked about, along with Bush in the year 2000, about a humble foreign policy and I thought, ‘Wow, we’re finally going to get a humble foreign policy and no nation-building,’ but it didn’t turn out that way and she would fit the bill for [Romney] but it wouldn’t help the Ron Paul supporters because they would like a different foreign policy.”
Here is the video below. His statement is at the 3:30 minute mark:



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Thursday, June 14, 2012

LIVE FEEDS TODAY: 2012 Faith & Freedom Conference & Strategy Briefing (June 14-16)

The 2012 Faith & Freedom Conference and Strategy Briefing will be held at the Renaissance Hotel in Washington, DC on June 14-16.

This year it is anticipated that speakers will include Mitt Romney, Rob Portman, Newt Gingrich, Bob McDonnell, Rick Santorum, Sean Hannity, Karl Rove, Dick Morris, Michele Bachmann, Paul Ryan, Donald Trump, Marco Rubio, Herman Cain, Eric Cantor, Ron Paul, John Boehner, and members of the U.S. Senate and House.

Click HERE for the confirmed speaker's list.
Click HERE to view a tentative Conference Agenda.

According to WIBW-TV Mitt Romney will not be able to attend the conference but will instead address the group via a video conference on Saturday. Mitt's son Josh will attend the conference and introduce his father.

If there is a embeddable feed available, I will post it below. Until then, you will need to rely on our usual sources below. Not all are covering the events all day, so you will need to try the different sources throughout the day.

Thursday: C-SPAN (Feed 3 below) is scheduled to cover the Marco Rubio and Rob Portman speeches beginning today at 12:30 PM EST.

Friday: C-SPAN 3 (Feed 5 below) is scheduled to cover the morning session at 9:00 AM EST.

Saturday: Mitt Romney is scheduled to speak live via video conference during the morning session which is listed as 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST. No information yet as to the time. Will update when schedule is available.

ENJOY!