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35Pete
February 26th, 2008, 5:08:52 PM
In my email box this afternoon.

February 26, 2008


What thrilling rallies we've just had in Texas. First there were the Students for Ron Paul at the University of Texas in Austin. The media said 4,000 came. Our people think there were more like 7,000. In any event, it was a very enthusiastic gathering of our revolutionaries, as even the media admitted.

You will not be surprised to know that the young people there cheered the pure message of liberty: no preemptive wars, no Federal Reserve, no income tax, no police state, no drug war. Just American liberty and the Constitution, in the tradition of the framers.

But the rally in Kileen, though much smaller, may have been just as significant. Kileen is near Fort Hood, and among the 300 people who attended were many active-duty soldiers (though not in uniform) and their families. Whether it was the young man going back to Iraq for his fourth tour, or the sister of a soldier just killed there, they all wanted change in our foreign policy. Most heartbreaking was the young mother who asked for a signed copy of the Constitution for her son, "who will never know his dad." He too was just killed in Iraq.

How can we ask one young American to die for a neocon empire? The soldiers and their families agree with us, which is why our campaign gets more financial support from active-duty and retired military than all the rest combined. They want to defend America, not be part of some globalist scheme to take away our country's independence. And by the way ,at both rallies, nobody was for the monstrous Trans-Texas Corridor or the North American Union.

Coming up soon are the Texas and Ohio primaries, with others like Pennsylvania not long afterwards. We are contesting every one, and we will be heard at the Republican national convention in Minneapolis and beyond. A substantial minority of Americans in all parties, not to speak of Independents, agree with you and me. Until November and beyond, I want to work to turn that minority into a majority, with your help. https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate/

Sincerely,

Ron

caseedo
February 26th, 2008, 5:31:11 PM
I think it's interesting that the 2 presidential candidates who are/were very vocal critics of Bushco (Paul and Kucinich) are both facing well financed opponents in their re-election bids.

Coincidence? I wonder...

Cornellian
February 26th, 2008, 5:33:27 PM
I think Ron Paul is doing the right thing here by continuing to be present at rallies and attempting to promote change from within the Republican party. The reddit-inspired donation machine has sort of dried up now that he's no longer an objectively viable candidate, but Paul's message is still important, and lots of people still recognize that.

Even though it would immensely benefit my candidate (Obama), I sincerely hope that Paul does not attempt a 3rd party run. He could have a bright future within the RNC because of his money-making acumen, and he is much more likely to create substantive change in a major party platform if he doesn't alienate the Republican party by making a 3rd party bid.

As much as I disagree with much of what Ron Paul says, he could turn the Republican party back into a party of small-government ideas instead of neoconservative warmongering zealotry. I hope he's the harbinger of a future in which Republicans and Democrats debate on legitimate policy issues instead of small-minded appeals to patriotism and immaterial values.

zootvman
February 26th, 2008, 10:23:09 PM
Ron Paul said it himself, he's taking the revolution all the way to St. Paul, MN in September. Anything can happen from now until then. Delegates are what count, and I think many people will be very surprised when the GOP delegates do not nominate McCain....he won't even make it to St. Paul. The FEC is going to bring his campaign to an end. Johny can't go against his own campaign finance reform laws...which he's trying to do. And he's broke...he's been raising money to pay off debt.

The RNC this summer is going to be nuts. There will be a brokered convention. There will be a revolt amongst the delegates. Don't leave the game yet, it's only halftime. We have a long way to go.

I can't wait for the march on Washington, D.C. The revolution has just started.

JimKelly12203
February 27th, 2008, 3:44:02 AM
Got the message today (as with all RP messages).

I think the sad truth is that we're 2+ centuries removed from the initial signing of the declaration of independance. Truth be told, the average US citizen has no way of even comprehending a world where a European power controlled thier government (not that it's much different today).

Ultimately, we are falling victim to the same dynamic depicted in the rhetorical statement that "time heals all wounds". Well yes... that's true. But time also "opens all wounds!"

The point here is that time serves as a means to separate us from reality.

You'd be hard pressed to come up with a time frame more relevant to today's politics than the time when our declaration of independance was signed. The problem is, US citizens still consider us the country that defeated the Nazi tyrants.

We lack self reflection.

We can't be the bad guys can we? Of course we stood true to our constitution. It was Hitler that tried to kill everyone right?

Well, Russia would have beat Germany w/o our help (it would have taken longer, so what?) and we didnt' exactly put the Jew's rights at the top of our agenda at the time either.

Basically, we're just looking out for ourselves and by "ourselves" i mean the rich corporate bastads...

anEinherjer
February 27th, 2008, 8:58:20 AM
Just keep preaching the message.

Sure, those who are set against us will continue to complain about our "polluting" their airwaves and message boards with the same story, but if we do not, who will hear of it? The excitement around Dr Paul appeared because the message was able to get out in unconventional ways, to unconventional people - people who spend most of their free time on message boards, for example. :)

We just have to continue the fight, and continue to attract people to the message. Liberty will win.

nehemiah
February 27th, 2008, 10:05:24 AM
ron paul: "that bitch betta have my money".

uppy
February 27th, 2008, 11:48:38 AM
in unconventional ways, to unconventional people - people


:rofl:


http://gristmill.grist.org/images/user/8/cloud_cult.jpg

its a shame "Dr" Paul wants to surrender to terror,but then agian
thats what makes him unconventional

uppy
February 27th, 2008, 11:50:57 AM
How can we ask one young American to die for a neocon empire? The soldiers and their families agree with us, which is why our campaign gets more financial support from active-duty and retired military than all the rest combined. They want to defend America, not be part of some globalist scheme to take away our country's independence. And by the way ,at both rallies, nobody was for the monstrous Trans-Texas Corridor or the North American Union.

please stop

lol