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Who's afraid of Ron Paul?
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| Posted by: Bill Thompson |
12/6/2007 9:05 AM |
In this job during election season, you get all kinds of crap — I mean, valuable information — from political candidates about their campaigns. Although this stuff can usually be immediately pitched into the circular file, the other day I was intrigued by an announcement from the camp of Congressman Ron Paul, a Republican presidential candidate.
The notice said the Texas obstetrician has been endorsed by Barry Goldwater Jr., son of the late great senator from Arizona. (Watch Goldwater's comments here.)
I was surprised to learn from Paul's press release was that Goldwater the Younger had served in Congress for 14 years, representing the Los Angeles area. What isn't surprising is that Barry Jr. would support Ron Paul, whose advocacy of a smaller, less expensive, less intrusive federal government that lives within its constitutional mandates — something the other presidential wannabes from the GOP only pay lip service to — aligns closely with the philosophy of his famous father.
This latest wrinkle also helps illustrate why I'm watching Paul: he seems to be the one Republican who is an original thinker, with positions, it must be noted, that most infuriate the alleged "conservatives" who dominate the right-wing side of media. That's something to pay attention to in the Age of the Neocon.
So obsessed are they with President Bush's war state they will resort to any slur of Paul. After an early GOP debate, Michelle Malkin said Paul didn't belong on the same stage at the rest of the field. The latest bashing from the right comes from columnist Mona Charen.
It makes you wonder. Paul himself commented on the derision he invites from the right in an interview with Reason magazine associate editor David Weigel back in May. Paul noted, "It's interesting, isn't it? They've already said I have no chance in the world, I don't show up in the polls, I don't mean anything. Why would they make such an effort to go after me?"
But here in the heart of Florida, people apparently don't fear Dr. Paul. The Center for Responsive Politics' latest campaign finance data compiled from the 20 largest metro areas in Florida indicate Paul ranks third in fund-raising among all candidates in both Ocala and Gainesville.
He has raked in more overall dollars in bigger markets, but he comes closest to catching the heavyweights here in the O-G realm. It doesn't appear any of the others can claim similar support from liberal Gainesville and conservative Ocala.
To find out more of what the fuss is all about, read up on Paul's philosophy for yourself — don't trust the spin merchants who only want to continue the dominance of the corporate pols who have led us to the brink of ruin. |
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Re: Who's afraid of Ron Paul? |
By Kelle Clark on
1/20/2008 1:56 PM |
| AMEN, Bill!<br>Dr. Ron Paul 2008! |
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