16. Ron Paul is really the only candidate in either party that doesn't support the continued growth of the virus that is our federal government. If we want to save America from descent into bureaucracy and inevitable tyranny, Paul is our man.

Register Republican and vote for Ron Paul in the primary!!!!

Riley Deacon at 9:52PM on May 29th 2007

17. Copyright Joel Skousen. Partial quotations with attribution permitted. Cite source as Joel Skousen's World Affairs Brief ( http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com )

ALL OUT WAR ON RON PAUL

In the first GOP debate, Ron Paul came out of nowhere to capture the growing pro-constitutional and anti-war sentiment of the viewers. His poll numbers doubled the others and had to be suppressed. In the second debate this week Fox News hosts were gunning for him, jabbing with questions tainted by skepticism and innuendo about his "being out of step with the Republican party." When Paul dared utter that American interventionist foreign policy was in large part responsible for 9/11, they allowed Rudolph Giuliani to jump into the debate out of turn to denounce him. The denunciations have been non-stop ever since, even threatening to deny Paul a place in any future debates.

As Andrew Sullivan, perennial GOP critic said of Paul's rising star, "They're scared, aren't they? The Internet polls show real support for him [Paul]. Fox News' own internet poll placed him a close second, with 25 percent of the votes from Fox News viewers [actually Paul was running first with 30%, well into the polling]. We have a real phenomenon here -- because someone has to stand up for what conservatism once stood for."

Presidential candidate Ron Paul merely uttered the mildest form of criticism -- that US incessant interference in the Middle East provided a major provocation for terrorists--a conclusion backed up by the establishment's own 9/11 Commission! Yet Rudolph Giuliani had the gall to say, "I don't think I've heard that before, and I've heard some pretty absurd explanations for September 11."

During the debate, Paul specifically said that terrorists attacked the United States "because we've been over there; we've been bombing Iraq for 10 years. We've been in the Middle East [intervening]." Fox News White House correspondent Wendell Goler jumped on this opportunity to make Paul look extreme: "Are you suggesting we invited the 9-11 attack?"

Paul replied: "No. Non-intervention was a major contributing factor. Have you ever read the reasons they attacked us? They attack us because we've been over there..." He then recounted Reagan's decision to pull out of Middle East intervention after the Beruit bombing of Marines, that "we don't understand Middle East politics."

"I think Reagan was right," Paul said. "We don't understand the irrationality of Middle Eastern politics. So right now we're building an embassy in Iraq that's bigger than the Vatican. We're building 14 permanent bases. What would we say here if China was doing this in our country or in the Gulf of Mexico? We would be objecting. We need to look at what we do from the perspective of what would happen if somebody else did it to us. (some applause.)Then Giuliani jumps in and is given time to rebut (improperly--magically his microphone is live, while all others are off): "Wendell, may I comment on that? That's really an extraordinary statement. That's an extraordinary statement, as someone who lived through the attack of September 11 [Giuliani never misses an opportunity to say 'I was there' though he never admits having known the WTC were going to collapse and having failed to pull his first responders out of the buildings in time to save their lives.], that we invited the attack because we were attacking Iraq. I don't think I've heard that before, and I've heard some pretty absurd explanations for September 11th. (Applause and cheers.) Then he demands that Ron Paul renounce his statement (even greater applause from the pro-Bush audience), but, Ron Paul sticks to his assertions.

As Pat Buchanan said, "After the debate, on Fox News' Hannity and Colmes, came one of those delicious moments on live television. As Michael Steele, GOP spokesman, was saying that Paul should probably be cut out of future debates, the running tally of votes by Fox News viewers was showing Ron Paul, with 30 percent, the winner of the debate. Brother Hannity seemed startled and perplexed by the votes being text-messaged in the thousands to Fox News saying Paul won, Romney was second, Rudy third and McCain far down the track at 4 percent.

Doug Kendall thinks there is a smear campaign against Paul: "By now, it is painfully obvious to most people in the freedom movement that Republican presidential hopeful, Ron Paul, has been targeted for elimination--by his own Party. The politically-connected elite within the Republican Party, along with allied organizations and operatives, are working overtime to make sure that Ron Paul is burned at the stake for daring to speak the truth and defy the Good Ol' Boy system.

"In all honesty, Dr. Paul should have known that he would be set up in the second debate--after he scored so high in poll after poll, following the first debate--and after he made it clear that he would not tow the neo-con, police-state, Giuliani-style 'war' on terror line.

"Everyone from Sean Hannity, Glenn Beck, so-called "conservative" news websites and columnists, and even local talk radio shows have done everything in their power to define Ron Paul as a 'nut-job,' 'dope,' and 'moron,' calling for his removal from the debates because his views are supposedly 'dangerous' for the country."

Alex wallenwein adds more: "After the debate, Ron Paul appears as a guest on Fox News' Hannity and Colmes show. Hannity goes wild on Paul and Paul again refuses to back down, but can't hardly get a word in sideways between Hannity's irate rants.

"The following day, Paul is interviewed by Wolf Blitzer on CNN and is asked whether he will take the opportunity to back away from his statements. Ron Paul retorts that it is Rudy Giuliani who needs to apologize to him for unjustifiably blowing his top on him and insinuating that he is 'un-American.' Ron affirms that he is indeed an American because Americans have the right to disagree with bad policy, and America's foreign interventionism in the Middle East is bad policy and therefore can and should be challenged.

"Fox News anchor, John Gibson, recently stated that the second presidential debate got a little 'spicy' after 'Paul suggested that the US actually had a hand in the terrorist attacks.' He even went so far as to attempt to link Paul to the 911 Truth crowd and Rosie O'Donnell--whose picture they flashed, twice, during the five-minute segment, along with the tagline, 'ROSIE O'DONNELL STRONGLY BELIEVES IN 9/11 CONSPIRACY THEORIES.'

Gibson said that the 911 Truth movement has infected people like Rosie O'Donnell, and one in three Democrats, and many other Americans evidently, including Congressman Ron Paul. To make matters worse, he brought columnist and Fox News contributor, Michele Malkin, into the segment and said he would have expected to hear something like this from the Democrat debates.

In perfect neo-con style, Malkin stated, 'Ron Paul really has no business being on stage as a representative of Republicans,' apparently because of the 911 Truth movement 'virus.'

Paul Joseph Watson explains what Malkin means: "Malkin defines 9/11 truth as a 'virus' and repeats the term over and over to ensure Fox's geriatric 80-plus viewers don't forget it. Malkin resorts to the usual fodder of smearing 9/11 truth as a leftist fringe movement, despite the fact that we are routinely shunned and attacked by the liberal media, both mainstream and alternative. Gibson and Malkin then recoil at the temerity of the suggestion that bombing third world countries breeds hatred and characterize it as a tin-foil hat conspiracy theory! Of course, those poor people in the Middle East love being bombed and to suggest otherwise is unpatriotic!

Campwags at 10:01PM on May 29th 2007

18. Whether you believe it or not, there is a battle for America going on. There are people in our government and our media that want to destroy our sovriegnty and link us with the same global entity that created the EU. Don't believe the good cop bad cop stuff anymore. If we do not elect Ron Paul as our president, I am afraid this will happen within the next ten years. No one running for president except Ron Paul will stop this from happening. His voting record alone shows this. He is one of the American people's last friend in Washington. Will we let him stand alone as our nation crumbles. He has stood alone many times on capitol hill, when he would not comprimise your freedoms for kickbacks or to get re-elected. Check him out and see.

Wyche Robinson at 10:31PM on May 29th 2007

19. Ron Paul is the only candidate (Democrat or Republican) who is not tainted by special interest money. Ron Paul follows hos principles and that is why his district has re-elected him 9 times. I was completely non-political until I realized how the constitution has been eviscerated.

He is the only candidate who can return us to constitutional government. Ron Paul for president.

John at 10:41PM on May 29th 2007

20. It is painfully clear the media makes its own polls, such as AOL, as it is beholden to the elites who control the 'voting' system.
Mr. Paul and Mike Gravel are the only true candidates the rest are a bunch of boot licking, ass kissing shills, who would gladly sell out anyone for money and power.
Yes we must fight for Ron Paul, but clearly my fellow citizens the time for arming ones self for the final showdown is the truth and reality that sits on our doorstep.

Fast fingers at 11:25PM on May 29th 2007

21. I'm a Republican, and Ron Paul is the first in a long time to make me proud of that. Anyone who has been a Republican since at least 1990 needs to spend a little time here online learning how Ron Paul is the only candidate who really represents the ideals of our party.

Deep down we all know the party and the country have drifted in the wrong direction, but by nominating Ron Paul we can take a huge step back onto the righteous path. And, coincidentally, he has the best chance of winning a general election because his priciples are taken from no one less than the Founding Fathers and our beloved Constitution.

Just check out Ron Paul for yourself and tell me he isn't talking about an America in which your life will be better and your children safer.

Pacer at 11:55PM on May 29th 2007

22. If you want Dr. Paul to win the election, he needs to win the nomination. To win the nomination, we ALL have to register Republican and VOTE IN THE PRIMARIES!!!
www.gop.com

annonymus at 5:36PM on Jun 1st 2007

23. REMEMBER THIS NAME, BECAUSE IT'S VOTE IS GOING TOWARDS RON PAUL! If you love America, or at least FREEDOM! Then my friends, my compatriots, I'd say you should seriously consider investigating Ron Paul.

Ever consider why he's all the way in the bottom right hand corner and hidden away and harassed, yet when you listen to him, he's the most articulate, unafraid and unabashed candidate, willing to tell you what's on his mind, and why what's on his mind is exactly what you wanted to hear?

Vote Ron Paul, it's that simple

ANTONIO FRANKLIN at 2:19AM on May 30th 2007

24. I find AOL's manipulative reference to Congressman Ron Paul as a "Long Shot"unconscionably demeaning, particularly in light of the fact that Dr. Paul is currently in second place in the AOL poll. If the poll were over, then why is the website still accepting votes? As an AOL user for ten years, I am dismayed by this attempt to diminish the candidacy of Dr. Paul and the support of the people to whom he is appealing in exponentially growing numbers.

Are the powers that be that afraid that he will out perform their chosen ones with the voters? Are they afraid that this Cat, this Leopard, who will not change his spots, will jump out of the bag? He is already the candidate with the most YouTube subscribers on the Internet, more than double of his nearest competitor, Barack Obama. His YouTube site, ronpaul2008dotcom has been view nearly a million times.

alandprice at 2:05AM on May 30th 2007

25. This type of candidate will leave us to our death if an enemy mount an attack of any kind to our soil.He's good for nothing and not a team player,probably the first one to surrender to the enemy.

Realistic at 1:04PM on May 30th 2007

26. I've watched Dr. Paul's career in the House for quite some time and read many of his articles and speeches. His votes have always been consistant with the philosophy of the Founding Fathers and he has steadfastly defended the Constitution of the United States, while the other members of congress sold their votes to the highest bidders. He is the patriot. The others are simply nationalists. He is a true conservative. The others are pretenders. I fear that he may well be the last chance to restore a once free nation. Vote for Ron Paul, if you value freedom.

Gene Kennedy at 11:08PM on May 30th 2007

27. There are only 2 government people who can save this country now: Dr. Ron Paul and Al Gore. The rest of the candidates on both sides are nothing more than chatty air bags and will do worse than the current president.

Whomever sits in the Oval Office next has one hell of a mess on his/her hands. May the Gods be there for us.

Shannon at 6:05PM on Jun 3rd 2007

28. Dr. Paul is the right doctor to care for our nations
ill's, his voting record is one of a TRUE CONSTITUITIONALIST.

The media are doing wrong by ignoring this man, finally a straight shooter with no-strings attached in what he says or does.

If the American people wnat a change for the better Mr. Paul is the right man.
LET FREEDOM RING VOTE FOR RON PAUL !!!!!!

Jim Carter at 4:06PM on Jun 4th 2007

29. Unfortunately Ron Paul brings with him a ton of baggage called the Republican party. Since he is a Libertarian the party won't embrace him anyway. If he were to win the nomination it would create quite a dilemma since I believe he is the best candidate by far. Unfortunately the poisoning of nearly everything by the current corrupt administration would never allow me to vote for a republican since that would mean a republican VP and more in DC. On the other hand, Ron Paul / Michael Bloomberg on an independent ticket would have my vote and campaigning assistance.

Steve at 6:39AM on Jun 4th 2007

30. While it is refreshing and envigorating to listen to Dr. Paul, I am afraid it is of litte true benefit as government, as we have come to know it, has become a bureaucratic nightmare sucked into a quagmire of ineptitude and inefficiency. I am afraid he is swimming upstream only to get consumed by the political bear with jaws agape.

Paul Jones at 3:02PM on Jun 4th 2007