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John Killian Invokes the William Wallace Challenge

Since the movie was produced, it has persisted as one of my favorites.
As William Wallace said in the movie Braveheart, “and in that day, you will lie in your beds, would you trade every day from this day until then to tell our enemies, you may take our lives, but you can’t take our […]

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Probable Top GOP Fundraiser Excluded from Republican Presidential Debate?

Chris Brunner, a personal friend who posts at LewRockwell.com, contacted me to get some Ron Paul campaign contact information a few minutes ago.  It looks like he’s been on the ball since then:
From the official campaign website:
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – According to the New Hampshire State Republican Party and an Associated Press report, Republican presidential candidate […]

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Ron Paul’s a Fag…

…according to this logic, at least. At issue are allegations that Ron Paul is racist because his campaign didn’t return a $500 donation made by an alleged white supremacist. Writes disenter:
Using the logic of the Neocon smear machine (1, 2), Ron Paul is now a certified homosexual! That’s right, this is groundbreaking news […]

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Ron Paul on Meet the Press/Donderoooooooo Alert

Dave Weigel liveblogged Ron Paul Tim Russert’s interview of Ron Paul on Meet the Press. Tex McRae has the YouTube links.
Frequent site commenter Eric Dondero popped up. Here’s Weigel’s description:
10:41: Eric Dondero! Russert quotes Hit and Run’s #1 superstar and asks if his claim about Paul’s surrender-monkeyism after 9/11 is true. “I’m surprised […]

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John Zogby on Ron Paul

Ron Paul: He’s going to do better than anyone expects. Look to Paul to climb into the double-digits in Iowa. Why? He’s different, he stands out. He’s against the war and he has the one in four Republicans who oppose the war all to himself. Libertarianism is hot, especially among free-market Republicans and 20-somethings. And […]

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Ron Paul Girl Meets Obama Girl

No comments about my personal fantasies thoughts on the matter, as my wife reads this blog from time to time. :)
Additional details and commentary here.

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Tucker Carlson Pimps Out Ron Paul’s Ride

MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson wrote a rather insightful article about the Ron Paul campaign over at The New Republic.  In addition to providing additional insight about Dr. Paul, it was cleverly written, as well.  Here are some of the gems I picked out of the article:

The crowds at Ron Paul rallies aren’t coming to be entertained. […]

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President Bush Endorses Ron Paul…

…or his foreign policy position, at least.
Don’t believe me? Check out the video.

Posted in Foreign Policy, Bad Republicans, Ron Paul, National Politics | 4 Comments »

A Good Friend Runs for Mayor

A good friend of mine from Tomah, Wisconsin, by the name of Ed Thompson, is running for mayor.  He’s served as mayor before, and has won a seat on the city council when he wasn’t even in the race.  Ed’s one of a handful of truly great people I’ve met in politics, so I wish […]

Posted in Ron Paul, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Movement | 3 Comments »

Today’s Quote of the Day…

…is about the importance of the Ron Paul campaign:
“Paul’s candidacy is an indictment of the system, not an argument for who would best administer it.”
Props.

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Ron Paul Matters…

…according to Time Magazine.  While he didn’t make Man-of-the-Year, he did hit the list of runners-up:
Booed by Republicans for his isolationist foreign policy views and anathema to Democrats for his anti-government philosophy, the Texas congressman was proudly out of step with both political parties. But marching to his own drummer, the grandfatherly libertarian found himself […]

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Sullivan Endorses Paul

Andrew Sullivan was torn between Ron Paul and John McCain and laid out a compelling case to support Ron Paul. He also laid out a strong argument that open-minded but pro-war conservatives should read about Iraq policy:
Because on the critical issue of our time - the great question of the last six years - […]

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More Local Ron Paul News

I’ve known about this for some time, but this e-mail from the Paul campaign just made it “official”:

Recently, Matt Chancey was promoted to Regional Coordinator. I’m pleased to announce that taking his place in Alabama will be Brian Roughton.
As the Ron Paul revolution has gained momentum it has garnered the support of […]

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Decatur Daily Highlighting Local Ron Paul Support

I was waking up to my first cup of coffee and sifting though my e-mail to determine if anything urgent had arrived overnight when our cleaning lady came over and asked if I knew that I was on the front page of the local paper. The article was pretty good, but I’d like […]

Posted in Alabama Politics, Ron Paul, National Politics, Libertarian Party, Libertarian Movement, In the News | 2 Comments »

Ron Paul’s Haul (Part II)

Here’s the Ron Paul fundraising wrap-up from the Washington Times:
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas yesterday broke the single-day Republican presidential-campaign fundraising record he set last month, raising about $6 million and giving him almost $18 million for the fourth quarter.
The campaign is asserting that it set an all time one-day fundraising record:
Candidate has most successful […]

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