Another story trying to ignore Ron Paul. Despite (because of?) having the biggest grassroots network of actual active supporters, from all across the political spectrum, the establishment likes to pretend he can’t win. Obviously they would like to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. But the people are voting on the Internet, with their pocketbooks, and in straw polls, and by those measures, Ron Paul is not just a contender, he is the *leading* Republican candidate.
As Bill Sardi put it on LewRockwell.com, “Ron Paul has grassroots financial support. There have been no fund-raising dinner speeches at $2300 per person (the Federal limit on a Presidential campaign donation). Compare this to Mitt Romney, who skirted around federal limits on campaign donations by raising millions of dollars before he announced his candidacy, and then went to States that have no limits on campaign donations to raise more funds. One influential donor gave $250,000 to Romney’s campaign. Other candidates announced their candidacy after accepting large donations from labor unions or corporations. So they come into their candidacy as shills for special interests.”
Ron Paul has the personal character and integrity that no other presidential contender can match. Married 50 years to the same woman, quietly religious, idea-driven rather than ambition-driven, Air Force veteran, father and grandfather, medical doctor who went back into private practice after first serving in Congress, one of only like half a dozen members of Congress to support Ronald Reagan when he first ran for president, has never voted for a tax increase, sends back part of his office budget to the U.S. Treasury each year, is known as “Dr. No” for his refusal to vote against any unconstitutional legislation, and hence is rarely visited by D.C. lobbyists, because they know it’s a waste of their time.
If you believe in limited government, respect for the Constitution, protection of civil liberties, a republic and not an empire, Ron Paul is your man. Don’t believe the media hype — he CAN WIN, and a vote for liberty is never a wasted vote. The only wasted vote is a vote for a candidate you don’t really believe in. http://www.RonPaul2008.com and http://www.TeaParty07.com .
