Ron Paul's swan-song: Asking for more money

Rise up and destroy the corporate facism today. Your enemy resides in your own country.

Information and news is being hidden. This article says it all. Silva is only hoping for a lap dance on Obama's plane, hence this article.

Gotta admit I loved watching McCain's head spin as Ron Paul threw ideas and knowledge over, around, past and thru McCain's head. McCain was mentally no match for this genius of a man. Too bad Republics are dumb turd suckers.

I'm so glad this anti-semite is gone. All the idiot libertarians that are dumb enough to give him their money deserve to be parted from it.

The US House recently voted on a resolution "Condemning the ongoing Palestinian rocket attacks on Israeli civilians"; 404 "yeas" - guess who voted "nay?"

Too bad. If it came down to Clinton vs Paul, I would have voted for Paul. The Repubs blew it.

Your sarcasm is showing. Well, be of good cheer, you, along with all of the corporate/neocon controlled media seem to have "won". But as the old saying goes, "Another victory like this and we have lost the war".

I think if more people knew what Ron Paul stood for and actually thought about it, they would agree. He is about as Jeffersonian as you can get and its brilliant. reduce the goverment down to the basics where it began and ought to be, protect the life of all citizens and stop policing the world. Whats not to love??? Is he the best vehicle for the revolution? oh...why not.

Aww boo hoo Ron Paul didn't get a chance to overturn Roe V Wade. Adios, moron.

Too bad Mark Silva can only focus on the need to raise money to continue a campaign... every single person running for office raises money... Why not focus on his ideas and ideology. Lowering taxes, cutting spending, getting the U.S. out of debt, and focusing our efforts on the U.S. economy instead of foreign countries are ideals that should be embraced by all candidates no matter what party they are in.

When you read the latest today about the credit crunch, the devaulation of th dollar and subsequent destruction of our economy, remember you had a part in supressing the only person who had both the talent and integrity to do something about it. You think you beat us - HAH! you beat YOURSELVES. I've used Dr. Paul's knowledge to clean up in this market. I'll be rich now, but still I'd give it all back if I could have my freedom.

Jeff: Talk about being parted from your money, you'd better get used to it. If B.O. or H.R.C. or J.McC. get elected... you WILL be paying more for EVERYTHING, taxes included. I'd rather give $100 to a man that has a solid plan to reduce spending than have one of the "leaches" get into office.

Simply put, people who've dismissed Ron Paul are stupid.

It really is that easy.

The people calling Ron Paul "brilliant" need to get a clue. The supposed constitutional genius didn't that Lincoln twice offered to buy all the slaves in the south and blamed our 16th president for starting the civil war.

I'd wager that anyone posting on this board, or anyone who went to college, knows more about the constitution and American history than Ron Paul.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbOE4Ip7In0

Have you found out why Jeff?
Ron Paul is a good man. I am sad to see him loose the bid for Republican nomination. He was the best candidate up there to save our country.

Ron Paul and his message was the only hope for this country. Americans (if you want to call them that) have made a huge mistake. Our economy is shot, without hope of recovery...unless the entire economic system is...changed. Oh, and by the way, to the idiot that called him an anti-semite? Yeah, the reason Ron Paul voted against the resolution that ended rocket attacks against Israel is because it's NONE OF OUR BUSINESS. All this resolution does is promote our interference in the politics of other countries, thus defying the USC. It promotes more of our tax money going overseas, instead of coming to our country and it's needs. Get a clue. Israel can handle itself. It survived many years before we EVER existed.

Its a sham/shame, that our so called democratic political system is so fraught with conflicts of interest. Ron Paul and Mike Huckabee were the only two worth listening too in the race and the obviously slanted media made it all so appparent in their concentrated coverage of the chosen ones, Watch out elitists as one day your yugoslavia will crumble also.

Well, now that we know Americans are too stupid to elect the best candidate, those of us who supported Ron Paul should turn our efforts to becoming rich and laughing at the idiots who supported Thompson, McCain, Romney, Obama, Clinton and the rest of the drones.

I'm buying gold and silver with every spare dollar. Why not? In a year, the dollar will be worth less than 50 cents, gas will be $6 a gallon, people will be losing their homes and their jobs, interest rates will soar, food will double in cost - and I'll be able to say, "You brought it on yourselves."

Gold's up $140 since the first of the year. It's going to go a lot higher. But what most of the morons don't understand is gold isn't going up... the dollar is going DOWN!

Silva should stop using words and phrases he doesn't understand, or at least demonstrate some mental agility by understanding what Ron Paul said in his latest address. "Swan Song" implies the end of something. Nothing could be further from the truth. I hope Ron Paul banks every penny he received, accumulates interest and gives it to his son Rand for the next presidential run. This ain't over by a long shot.

I agree with 99% of what Ron Paul says. His economic thinking is clearly correct and reality based. If you watch him "debate" Ben Bernanke he totally destroys him each time. It's too bad Ron Paul is a thinly veiled neo-Nazi anti-semite or I would have supported him 100%. The other morons running for office are destroying the dollar and the country.

"I'm so glad this anti-semite is gone. All the idiot libertarians that are dumb enough to give him their money deserve to be parted from it."

To think voting against a resolution sticking our nose in the middle of another nation's internal affairs makes you less sympathetic to either side's cause is a foolish, extremist, small minded response. Another collectivist confused as to how there is such a possibility that people do exist that do not see others in groups but rather as individuals. You collectivist fools who feel people deserve things because they belong to a specific group are what is destroying the well being of relationships in our society. When you, time after time, keep playing the game of group X needs more than group Y or group X needs Z more than group Y, you foster resentment amongst people for the same unfair treatment which you swear you are correcting. Must everything be binary to you idiots, yes or no, left or right, D or R, etc.. Is their no neutrality or refusal to intervene as it is not the problem of your nation and the time and tax payer dollars should not be squandered on issues that do not benefit those paying the taxes?

To Jeff -- Voting against useless, time-wasting and costly "feel good" legislation like "official condemnations" doesn't make you an anti-Semite. It makes you a wise steward of taxpayers' money. Congressmen who want to curry favor with special interest groups or score PR points should pay for TV time with their own money.

I agree, Omar, I'm sad to see him loose, too. There's no telling what he might do.

Israeli government is no better than the Palestinians except any complaints brought against Israel in the UN Security Council are VETOED by the United States whether they are legitimate or not. Israel is not always right but they are always protected.

Ron Paul was ignored by the Corporate news media by virtual blackout of his campaign and message of real CHANGE in our governments Police the world on the backs of American tax payers.

Republicans Cutting domestic spending and shifting the money to foreign Welfare programs in countries Corporate Businesses want to improve product demands or relocate factories and well paying American manufacturing jobs.

Our military has been Unconstitutionally utilized in the efforts to spread and protect Private Business "interests" instead of their Constitutional duty of protecting the United States and our Territories.

Israel can handle itself. It survived many years before we EVER existed.

D.C.,
You must be young. Israel is only 58 years old....

We have to get the word out to the remaining states!!! I have been contacting their elected officials, and newspaper. I will now spend more money on the PAUL sites!!!

Thank you for letting me know.
I hope more will now go give money!!!

Go RON PAUL!!!

When the media muzzels those they are told not to print about... when the government does anything they want without the consent of the people, when the vote no longer counts... read between the lines... the tree of liberty must be nurished from time to time with the blood of it's patriots. GOD Bless America.

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The people calling Ron Paul "brilliant" need to get a clue. The supposed constitutional genius didn't that Lincoln twice offered to buy all the slaves in the south and blamed our 16th president for starting the civil war.

I'd wager that anyone posting on this board, or anyone who went to college, knows more about the constitution and American history than Ron Paul.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbOE4Ip7In0
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Laugh it up.. HAHAH He lost! The only thing lost was our country, our freedom, buying power of the dollar - oh and your kids life with McCain's war. Thanks for nothing boobus americanus - blmae yourselves when you kids come back in body bags and you can't afford a thing at the grocery store.

Glad you ran this story to remind me to send in money to Dr.Paul As for the election in Novemeber, I am writing his name in, if he is not the ballot. None of the unholy trinity have a clue about dealing with the financial problems confronting our country.

The difference between Libertarians and non-libertarians is that Libertarians know they don't have a god like power to control every individual's behavior while every republican and democrat is so in love with their self and god that they can't tell the difference between the two- so, they take their ignorant ideas and run with them with a god-like authority and arrogance- hence the reason theists have managed to destroy every society they've ever built, they're hypocrites who are so impressed with their self that they stopped looking in the mirror a long time ago.

I still feel Ron Paul would win if we had real debates about real politics instead of these media debacles. Ron Paul should start a debate organization for nominating the presidents. And another thing people don't realize is how controlled the two parites have the government set up today. It is really sad, and to those that say we RP supporters toss money out. I'd dontate more for a third party bid by RP.

So far, everything that RP has talked about: the falling dollar, increase in the price of oil, recession, has come true.

He is the only one running that is different. All the others, democrat or republican, are the same: either tax and spend or spend and spend some more. He is the only one that wants to cut spending. And they will say anything the public wants to hear to get elected.

Too bad the MSM steered the public into McCain (I know nothing about the economy) and/or Obama/Clinton. No doubt our country's darkest economic days are ahead. And if we can't be strong financially, how can we be strong in anything else?

I'll be glad to send him another hundred!

Israel is not our 51st state and is very well armed. You all should know that we paid for it all.

It would be amusing to hear all of this misguided praise for Rep. Paul if it weren't so dangerous. This guy wants to put us back on the Gold Standard. If you don't understand how catastrophic that would be, you should leave politics to people with at least half a brain. This whole discussion of "fiat money" is a farce. Our money supply is a representation of the value of the US, its residents, and all of its business interests. Sure, the Federal Reserve determines how much cash is actually in circulation, but the people of the US, and its business interests hold far more money than has ever been in circulation. Currency is only hard if you are deluded enough to believe that an arbitrary substance (traditionally gold and silver, but it could be anything) has intrinsic value not related to any use of that substance. Money itself was once an odd concept. It was once very strange for people to have a piece of metal that represented the value of things that actually were useful. Rare metals were used for precisely that reason. Their scarcity made it much easier to control the supply of currency, and to prevent people from created their own. As a result of that, the metals themselves began to have value, even though they had no use beyond representing potential purchasing power.
It would be nice if the world could take its collective head out of its proverbial ass for just one moment to realize that we need to stop looking at the world as if it were still the 18th century.

Uh, anyone calling the US a democracy doesn't know enough to call Ron Paul anything. It is, and has been a constitutional republic since the convention ratified the constitution.

...and calling people names is a sure sign that the person isn't mature enough to make a decent argument.

sorry.

Remember, Paul supporters, he doesn't know if he can accomplish anything and he can offer you no guarantees, but this he is sure of: he needs your money.

Yeah. Ron Paul had no idea what he was talking about - the economy couldn't be more perfect, our 'fundamentals' more sound, the war couldn't be going better - and costing us any less...$3-8 Trillion- Pocket change with none to worry - China and the Sauds would never pull out of the dollar peg to protect their OWN financial interests - ludicrous! Fiat money created faster than the Fed can come up with a new myth about the state of affairs...its the only way to go. Everything will remain as it always has. Hoo-hee-hum.

I'm with Kenny - not much gold around here cuz all the Paulbots are buying it up. You neocon/liberals will be up a creek in your fanciful reality soon enough.

And the ron paul/racist thing: For pete's sake ya dolts - turn off your tube and read. Cessationism = racist? LOLZ. Idiots all.

Thanks for reminding me to send him WHATEVER HE WANTS. I'll support this man and his policies till the day I die. God save the USA with Obama, Hillary or McCain at the helm. We will truly need a miracle now.

There are only two things wrong with this article, the style and the content.

"Help me, Ron Paul, You're our only hope!"

Hang Bush for his crimes against humanity

I am just wondering, of the people that think Ron Paul is an "idiot", have any of you truly read up on him and know what he stands for? Or do you just follow the lead of the media? I have an aunt who called him an idiot, but when we asked her why he was idiot...she had no idea! She was just parroting the media. After a long conversation, she realized that he actually stood for more than she ever imagined. The future scares the hell out of me!!!

I am amazed at the lack of respected debate and the constant name calling these boards seem to elicit.

I am a registered independent and could not vote in the Florida primary but there is a lot of what Ron Paul stands for I agree with; smaller government, lower taxes, veterans benefits, education, stronger economy.....

I believe he brought a needed message to the debate and I am concerned about where the US is headed over the next 4 years, regardless of which big 3 are elected.

Unfair media coverage is what stopped him,....this time.

Ron Paul, champion of the weak and overgoverned, should create his own quasi-state along side the existing one and call it the Libertarian States of America. He can rent out a little office in Dallas and preside over his more perfect union by doing what all libertarians want goverment to do, which is essentially nothing. He will have no taxes, no army, no anything really. He will also incidently have no means to accomplish anything which comes naturally from the sublime perfection of his administration.

$$ for Nothing,

You're getting warmer. Israel is 60 years old, established 1948.

Americows deserve financial collapse. It's Natural Selection in action. Fare ye well, Ron.

Who is Ron Paul anyway? Why did it take him so long to quit when all of the other candidates gave up while they had support that dwarfed Ron Paul? For such a smart guy, it took him an awful long time to get a clue...

Lose: You will lose your shorts.

Loose: My shorts feel loose.

I think it's funny when I see people calling Ron Paul an anti-semite. It's a convenient litmus test because anyone calling him one surely does not know history or has a very short attention span. His 'no' vote on condemning Palestenian rocket attacks is due to his belief in a country's right to defend itself. He also praised Israel in the early 1980s for destroying an Iraqi nuclear reactor on the grounds of self defense. Sounds like consistency to me, not anti-semitism.

As for the Lincoln apologists, they probably don't know the entire story of 'Honest Abe.' He payed lip service to compensation plans and even proposed them, but he did not use his legendary political skills to come up with a peaceful compromise. As an Illinois senator he voted for using state tax dollars to deport free blacks out of Illinois. In his 1862 State of the Union speech he made his proposal, which also included colonization. Sounds good, until you find out that his proposed colonization would take place "any place or places without the United States." In that speech he also stated that he had talked to other countries about this proposal but you don't see any mention of discussion with Northern state governors. I'm not really surprised, considering that some Northern states (including Illinois) had banned blacks from moving there and the Republican party spokesman opposed expansion of slavery into territories because they didn't want blacks living among them (free or slave).

Ron Paul didn't "loose" as Jeff says.
He's the guy willing to keep fighting.
Keep an eye on the dollar, inflation and the economy in general in the next few months.
Check your Bill of Rights- figure out how many of them have been voided.
If you haven't figured it out, the American people are losing big-time.
Scan away from the Obama/Hillary soap-opera headlines and you might notice we've driven off the and road toward the ditch.

There's no doubt Dr Paul is one smart cookie, and has seen that our 2 party system is bankrupting us anyway you look at it. I feel sorry for us as our system is likely to break before we'll smarten up and put in somebody who makes fiscal sense.

For all of the people that claim to be tolerant of other peoples views, most of the comments on this thread are very intolerant. You keep on voting for politicians who say one thing and do another, and don't vote for somebody who is in the very least, predictable.

I, too, would have voted for Paul over BHO and HRC.  Libertarians are more like moderates of both parties.  Moderates of both parties have more in common than their respective extremes--because the extremes, or fringes, don't always like or help their less extreme members.  I know that many, many moderates of both parties hate the waste of the extreme and radical Cheney/Bush invasion/ occupation of Iraq, the unitary executive's extreme minimizing of the legislative branch, Bush's radical and extreme destruction of the American economy, his radical lowering of taxes on the extremely wealthy during the time of his "war", and his thumbing his nose at the law--Bush seems to have dismissed us as being a nation of laws.  Very radical.  Time to bend the twig back to the norm.  As a moderate, I can understand some progerssives thinking now that with all the damage Cheney/Bush have done in 7 years--only another (I dare say) radical (and in another direction) move can bring the etremely hurt and bent twig back to being right for the tax paying, majority, and average nation-on-our-shoulders middle American.

As a conservative with a libertarian streak, I respect Congressman Paul and agree with him on some issues. I think what really hurt him in the presidential campaign (aside from some of his reactionary policy stances) is the behavior of many of his supporters, who exhibited a truly off-putting and sometimes cultlike devotion to their candidate. Search the web boards over the past six months and read their comments like "we are in the end times unless we elect Dr. Paul"/Turner Diaries/beware the international bankers and the Iluminati/Ron Paul is the "only" candidate who can save us/the corrupt news media are following orders and blacking out Dr. Paul, blah, blah, friggin' blah.

If it had gotten any worse, I would have expected to have seen Ron Paul backers accosting motorists on expressway off-ramps, jockeying for space with squeegie men and LaRouchies.

Think Ron Paul's positions were accurately described and him given a fair shake by the American news media? Then vote for someone else. As for me, I'm writing in Ron Paul to place my size 13 foot squarely in the rear of a prostituted press.

There's a difference between being an anti-Semite and being a non-interventionist. Exactly what business do we have interfering with other nations when we can't take care of ourselves?

Is Ron Paul still in the race? I saw a ticker on Fox news that said he droped out. I felt my heart sink when i read that. If you think you voting for change with hillary or obama you just voting for a change of race or gender. Mcain will keep the same old routine.

much of ron paul's internet support came from 9/11 conspiracy nuts. if they had known about his positions on abortion, affirmative action, the department of education, etc they probably wouldn't have supported him - just like sane people didn't support him.

this is to mark silva
youre kidding right?
alot of us out here getting really tired
watching the media slam an honest man
what are the other candidates running
on donuts? when i look at these candidates
they dont even come close to him in every
area?i guess george carlin was right
there are just alot of stupid people out there!

My family in Australia sure wantd Ron Paul to be elected. Even they realize the other options (Clinton, Obama, McCain, etc) are not the best for the U.S.A. How about we go back to the roots of the constitution? Why is it so hard to understand the benefits of our country's foundation?

RON PAUL for PRESIDENT!

Paul didn't get anywhere in the Republican primaries because he sounds too much like the conspirancy theory nutjobs on Coast to Coast AM. His ideas about spending and taxes were great, but unfortunately he would open his mouth and give insane opinions on other topics (ie his comments about Lincoln). Add to that his naive foreign policy, that he doesn't get much done in Congress other than voting "No", and you have a candidate that doesn't appeal to most GOP voters and would have nearly zero support in Congress if he ever did get elected.

It also didn't help that his supporters were more annoying than persuasive.

It's a shame a man with as much vision as Ron Paul,
Doesn't go independent like Ralph Nader Both great Men.
To bad about main stream media
Or should I say congratulation to Large media, People are actually rooting for one of two teams.
USA economy and US dollar going down and the news is about two party's that are not for the people unless you count the upper class?
Less than 1% sad state.

He's received hundreds of thousands of votes from the primaries, so he probably energized more than "tens of thousands" as you said. I used to believe I was smarter than the average citizen. Watching this election process I now know that I am. Vote for Ron Paul

this is to mark silva
youre kidding right?
alot of us out here getting really tired
watching the media slam an honest man
what are the other candidates running
on donuts? when i look at these candidates
they dont even come close to him in every
area?i guess george carlin was right
there are just alot of stupid people out there!

Yes, you are far more better with George Bush and his claims that someone will attack you. C'mon people, wake up, the only reason you were attacked is that you couldn't resist not minding your own business and telling others how to leave their lives. You didn't know shit about Iraq and yet you came to Iraq with "democracy". And you didn't find any atomic bombs and chemichal weapons. You didn't know anything about Yugoslavia and yet you bombed it. Yougoslavia needs to give up on their suveren teritory because your idiot of president said that Kosovo has to be independent. You spent lot of money to, let me use a metaphore, go to someone house and tell him that his room doesn't belong to him anymore. Every time you go to war you loose your kids for someone else's interest. Wake up people, noone likes USA because it has stupid presidents, and i am sure that you have lot of smart men, just go and find them. Otherwise, you will be money made country, like you are now. Only, problem is that you are spending too much money. Next year you will pay double the taxes, your brad will be twice as expensive...

DC - Do you realize Israel did not exist long before we did?

"Israel can handle itself. It survived many years before we EVER existed.

D.C.,
You must be young. Israel is only 58 years old....
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America obviously can't handle itself.
This country makes me sad. People didnt vote for bush the first time. Now we have mcain whos going to win like bush did... no matter what.

Don't feel too bad Ron Paul supporters, he's saving the money for his next run. The platform will be banned abortions for any State that wants them, and what the hell, let's just bring back segregation and slavery too. Darn that Federal Government telling us we can't have abortion and slavery, who do they think they are?

He's already provided a tremenous service, simply for addressing issues at the public debates in a manner no lobbyist controlled candidate would, and getting an equally tremendous response from the public.

For me, he removed any shred of doubt that our democracy and freedom are in serious jeopardy.

I also have never been disappointed by an article he's written, so I'm confident his book
'The Revolution' at Amazon will be worth every penny, at least.

Finally, I'm not convinced placing American interests first is tantamount to anti-semitism, and I'm not aware of anything Mr. Paul has done specifically to warrant that horrendous label. I think it's very unfair, and have a difficult time taking such reckless accusations very seriously.

P.S. I also plan on writing Ron Paul's name on the ballot, if necessary.

Don't feel too bad Ron Paul supporters, he's saving the money for his next run. The platform will be banned abortions for any State that wants them, and what the hell, let's just bring back segregation and slavery too. Darn that Federal Government telling us we can't have abortion and slavery, who do they think they are?

Ron Paul's stands on racial issues SHOCKED and disappointed me!

http://OsiSpeaks.com or http://RealConservativesSpeak.com

Wow, I have never seen so many doom and gloomers. Because Ron Paul wont become President our Country is going to go down the tubes? That is ridiculous. Recessions happen. Its part of business cycle. The whole country wont fall apart because of a recession. I do not doubt his credibility or that he is a good man, but he would have gotten blown out in a General Election. And he is so wrong on Iraq. We must finish the job there before we leave.

To answer Jeff: Even one little tiny remark defending Palestinians and suggesting they might be responding with rudimentary explosives to high-powered explosives delivered indiscriminately from on-high by expensive high-tech copters and fighters, elicits a charge of "anti-semitism. Methinks you protest too much...I like the Jews, but I detest the bully murdering State of Israel.

The delusion is finally over. He was a horrible candidate regardless of his party. A horrible orator who couldn’t clearly articulate his message. It wasn’t that the other candidates couldn’t debate him…it was they didn’t have to. They let him ramble on, smiled and went on to the next question. Don’t fool yourself, the libertarian philosophy is full of holes and can be debated easily but again they didn’t have to. He buried himself.

STOP!!!!
Doesn't anyone have any common since anymore? I will take common since over a fancy degree any day of the week. Get out of the box, THINK!!!
Media bullshit is nothing new.
The true patriots build societies, and liberal socialist tear them down.
Common since is the only balance.

Ron Paul nailed it on the need for our country to move away from being an empire, and from pursuing financially morally ruinous, and liberty-defeating, policies to support empire. I also appreciate his dissenting voice on issues such as Israel, where the occupation and blockade of Gaza is an underreported form of collective punishment that is a thousand times more ruinous and deadly than any rocket attacks launched from there. I don't agree with his radical anti-regulation stance, as that would simply replace government power with less accountable corporate power. Moreover, among his followers are a number of racists and anti-semites, and while I don't think Paul is one himself, he should have done more to separate himself from that association.

Still, empire is perhaps our biggest problem right now, and I commend Paul for standing up against it better than any candidate in either party (except for maybe Kucinich or Gravel)

While I agree with much of what RP has said during his campaign he will be in a much better position to legislate for individuals and small business rights as a Member of Congress than as President. Thank you Mr. Paul and as for me I'm voting for Ralph Nader in 2008.

Josh: Your comments on gold could not be further from the truth.
Gold has served as the standard for money for thousands of years precisely because of its intrinsic value. Google "Gold" and see for yourself.

You have to love the article's slanted dire verbage: "the congressman who _survived_ a party challenge in his own bid for reelection to Congress this week, says...."

The author of this article, Rick Pearson, would have you believe that Ron Paul narrowly won a closely contested race for his House seat. That couldn't be further from the truth. Paul won his House seat primary by a 70% to 30% margin.

Pearson would also have you believe that Ron Paul is out to collect money for personal gain. But Pearson neglects to report that Paul's PAC is raising money to support candidates who are willing to further the cause of liberty.

I would say that it is Pearson who has his hand out for a paycheck that he shouldn't be getting after spewing drivel like this.

Am I missing something. How come so many of you believe that a Libretarian who believes in no taxes and unregualted corporate greed (unregulated everything for that matter) was somehow a socialist friend of the everyman? If elected I wonder where you student morons thought you would be getting your student aid from. He is everything that is wrong with the internet culture we live in. People like you simply can't read or think critically.

Rise up all you Paulyites and support Barack Obama now for president!

How on earth is a 70% to 30% romp of your rival candidate construed as "survived a party challenge in his own bid for reelection to Congress"? A comment like that is portrays a hack at best, and refusing to be informed of the matters of Ron Paul's constitutional truths at worst.

America is pwned!!!!

Anyone who doesn't agree with Paul's stances on economics is just simply ignorant of the back-and-forth struggle that has been going on in the western world for the past 500 years between those who want a currency backed with real commodities and those who want fiat currency.

The American Revolution itself makes little sense unless you take into account the manipulated economic situation of the day. Only then can you understand why the majority of the founding fathers were adamant about a commodity backed currency. Read the Federalist papers if you want to understand the Constitution.

Ron Paul has not lost the 2008 election, America has. Americans can't remember who won American Idol three years ago much less the reasons why we declared independence from England.

People are already getting thrown out of their homes at a record rate. Maybe when we can't afford to feed ourselves anymore will Americans wake up to the fact that Ron Paul is and always will be right!

BTW: Paul isn't an Anti-Semite, hes just pro US and pro-Constitution - get it right.

Don't try to make it seem like he only wants money. This is real. You fascists are bound to lose.

The smarter & sophisticated you are , the higher the probability that you supported Paul.

Stupid people will turn out and vote for the status quo.

I'm amazed that McCain doesn't come under more fire for his involvement in dissuading regulators from analyzing the financial solvency of the Lincoln Savings and Loan thrift. Since McCain has somehow managed to secure the Republican nomination with the coronation of the media, I think Ron Paul Republicans should vote in bloc for Obama in November to deliver a crushing blow to neo-con McCain. I'm no Obama fan and while I plan on getting elected precinct leader and supporting liberty minded Republican candidates here in Salt Lake, in my mind, Obama is the lesser of three evils (at least he would bring troops home from Iraq). Corruption and ties to lobbyists are just two of many reasons why I just can't stand McCain. In the decades that come, I will be proud to be able to say that I fought for what Dr. Paul fought, which is the cause of liberty.

Be prepared America for the
the NWO, we just allowed it to happen,the average american can't pull their head out of their asses long enough to see the forest thru the trees, were all to busy watching American Idol, wife swap, and CSI, rest assured when the economy goes into full on collapse we will be wondering why we did not vote for Ron Paul

Josh,

You are obviously missing the evils of fiat money ... the problem with allowing the government (or in our case private banks which control our government) to control the creation of currency is because that means they also control the flow of wealth. When people say "the rich keep getting richer", this is exactly what they are talking about ... the flow of wealth is moving from the people to the private banks and will continue to do so until our fiat empire is destroyed.

Paul raised tens of millions with little sign he spent much on a campaign. He fleeced a lot of greedy losers. Capitalism, ain't it great.

I like how all of the sheep who had no idea what Paul was talking about thought he was making sense. Paul is an idiot who has no clue whatsoever about economics or business. yeah, he's a doctor A DOCTOR OF NEDICINE! My education is in economics and business and I saw through his poppycock immediately.

Ron Paul ForEver!
Paul did not drop out! :)))))

This is a catastrophe. Members of the KKK, the International Jewish Conspiracy Counter Insurgents, the Holocaust Denial Brigades, the Flat Earth Moon Howlers and the United Nutjobs of America no longer have someone to believe in, to vote for, to have their interests championed. Oh well, there is Ralph Nader and internet chat rooms and ano matter what happens Elvis ees All and Blesses You from the planet Mongo and besides, Soon the moon will be out and you can bay at it for a few hours and relieve your present frustrations. Relax,
we're not all laughing near you--we're laughing at you. If things get too bad you can always emigrate to Iran where your views are state policy.

I love how the Ron Paul campaign is often likened to a conspiracy. Isn't that ironic .... following the constitution, protecting personal freedom, and getting out of places we have no business being are all now considered a conspiracy yet Iraq, NAFTA, the Federal Reserve, THE MEDIA - these things are the 'norm', the anti-conspiracy.

Wake up America you've been brainwashed

I am saddened say that I am not proud to be an American anymore. I cant believe I feel this way, but it appears that the USA government has been hijacked and we didnt even realize it happened.
I am a Ron Paul supporter and listened to his beliefs, granted I didnt agree with all of them and some of them frightened me, but the basic idea, that we should not be the police (aka bullies) of the world and mind our own business, would keep us out of these conflicts and perhaps the funds we spend overseas, could be put to better use here in the USA. Dont get me wrong, I support having a defense and would support any action if we were directly attacked. I also feel that this current war is just over oil, we should of invested in alternative fuels since the last energy crisis in the 70's... I remember the momentum back then for engergy conservation and the push for 4cyl cars that got 25+ MPG...sadly to say that over 30 years later we waste more fuel then ever imagined with little effort to conserve.
So go ahead and call us Ron Paul supporters kooks and 9-11 truthers etc. It only shows that you are either extermely naive or just plain ole stupid. your call

Ron Paul is an OK guy. besides, his Mom makes a awesome fish stick.

laughable slander and bias reporting. typical. dont mention that income tax is illegal. dont mention his vast knowledge of the economy. or that he opposed the iraq invasion. dont mention he payed for his own kids schooling and gives back part of his budget BACK to congress EVERY YEAR(NAME ONE other member of Congress that does that).

just say hes after money. It will fit in and you succeed. Look how high you got on google news, sellout liar posing as a reporter Mark.

Josh,

I appreciate the fact that you are digging into the issue of a fiat monetary system. You're right in the fact that gold was a new development in the economic evolution of our society. As we moved from a barter system to a monetary system, gold became what the market chose as currency. There is nothing intrinsic about gold that makes it money. It has certain properties that lend itself to monetary use, like portability, divisibility, scarcity, durability, and uniformity. The reason for a return to a gold standard from a system where the Federal Reserve can print money whenever it feels like it is because it prevents the Federal Reserve (and the government) from inflating the currency whenever it is politically expedient. For more information, you might want to read this excellent speech on gold:

http://www.house.gov/paul/congrec/congrec2002/cr091002b.htm

Ron Paul expresses the fundamental principles of good Governance under the Constitution better than anyone who has run for President in the last hundred years. Unfortunately, he does not address the practical problem of how to back away from where the United States actually is. Many of the institutions of current American society function only around Government behaving unconstitutionally. There will be withdrawal symptoms whenever the country moves back to constitutional Government.

Among the reasons that drove the original states to meet and compose, the Constitution was the need to raise a Navy. Rampaging Muslims were raiding the coasts of the southern states and the international commerce of all of the states. Anyone who believes that the United States can avoid attack if we do not engage the world is spinning a fantasy.

Yeah all us poor sheep, finally had someone with big enough balls to stand up to the corruption. This is not brain surgery and they left the corruption part out of your economic textbook on purpose.
google: how the rich came to rule america
AND REALLY EDUCATE YOURSELF

To the commentor who calls himself "Jeff."

Calling Ron Paul an anti-semite? Criticizing him for voting against intervening with relations of a sovereign nation?

I understand where you are coming from and realize that many people will back you in your claims, but I would gladly invite a debate with you on Ron Paul's politics would would happily explain why he says what he says and why he votes how he votes to you to clear up any misunderstanding. I'm not interested in fighting with you, I'm only interested in asking you and others who hold a similar position as you on Paul to step back for a moment and stop looking at each position and each vote so narrowly and really searching out why.

Feel free to email me at jschultz842003@yahoo.com

If Ron Paul was so great why didn't he win the nomination. Oh, yea, all the other stupid people voted for McCain. You people that like Ron Paul should move over to the Obama campaign. He's still in the race and you could swoon over him like a blithering idiot.

Isn’t it interesting that so many who post remarks on a site such as this, so often use vulgarity and sarcasm, instead of intelligence! Now it seems to me that in order to qualify to tear someone down, one should have some idea of how to do a better job.

Resorting to obscenity and ridicule, instead of presenting a semblance of a workable idea, only displays ignorance.

Now, I’m sure there will be some who will respond to these words, in a way that will prove my point. (Smile)

Hey poster RonPaulisanidiot:
He is a Doctor of Medicine...not NEDICINE. Your education in economics and business did not help you when it comes to posting...hmm I think you are some turd faced bagger IMHO.

Ron Paul was too good for this election cycle. I mean c'mon, the Republicans chose McCain....the most liberal of all the candidates.

Too bad it seems like she's dropping. But I don't think the country was ready to put a drag queen in office, anyway.

I was happy to contribute money to Dr. Paul's campaign and I'm sorry that he didn't receive the attention the Mainstream-Media-blessed candidates did. He addressed issues which I feel deserve attention and solutions. The swift-boat-attacks prove that Dr. Paul was perceived as a threat to the establishment, particularly the Federal Reserve (which is a private bank). If Americans had half a clue, they would support Dr. Paul's positions. The Mainstream-Media-endorsed candidates offer nothing but more of the same. Ron Paul offered real change. Even the hope of real change is revolutionary and I for one find nothing humorous or foolish about vigorously supporting the Constitution.

Ron - thanks for making us feel that we had a fighting chance to get this turned around.

Hmmm
Why did McCain win the nomination vs Ron Paul
A: Could it be that Ron Paul only received minimal main stream media coverage of less then 1% vs the McCain-Romney of over 70%
and when he did receive some coverage he was always tagged as no chance to win or a kook...
Take a look a the original debate last year when Ron Paul got some national coverage and won the text poll, before the mainstream media realized he was a threat.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FXE45ncH1a8

All the posts against Ron Paul have one thing in common. They don't understand his views. He is not an anti-semite. He just believes we have no business in their foreign affairs. So when he votes against condemning Palestine's rocket attacks he is making a statement on foreign policy and against the waste of time a symbolic condemnation is. When he votes against roe vs. wade it's because he believes it should be a state by state issue, not a federal one. The real crisis in this country is the decreasing value of the dollar. That is the real issue. Invest in Gold.

It's just a ploy to get MSM coverage.

The drool has been dripping from their jowls and now they can finally feed in their Zionist prison camps.

Sometimes you have to sacrifice one of your own.

"I am just wondering, of the people that think Ron Paul is an "idiot", have any of you truly read up on him and know what he stands for? Or do you just follow the lead of the media? I have an aunt who called him an idiot, but when we asked her why he was idiot...she had no idea! She was just parroting the media. After a long conversation, she realized that he actually stood for more than she ever imagined. The future sca