Video: RP / John Dennis in San Francisco, September 4

Paul were not eloquent speakers but their message still resonates with millions.
DON'T change a thing Dr. Paul! Go raw or go home:)

[Pictures also at link.]

Ron Paul goes to bat for liberty, peace and freedom in S.F. rally for John Dennis
By Punditty
Sept. 5, 2010

Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) headlined a rally at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza Saturday to boost the candidacy of Republican John Dennis in his longshot bid to unseat Speaker of the House Nancy PelosiNancy Pelosi.

An enthusiastic and liberty-minded crowd of 1,500 to 2,000 people welcomed Paul with cheers, sign-waving and generous applause as he urged San Francisco voters to remember the principles enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.

Telling the crowd that the philosophy in Washington, D.C., has changed from our Founders’ vision of protecting people from government to government protecting people from themselves, Paul didn’t mince words. “That is very dangerous,” he said, emphasizing the threat to personal freedom and individual rights that has become so prevalent in Washington culture.

Articulating the common-sense message of his non-interventionist foreign policy philosophies, Paul scoffed at the idea being promoted by President Obama that the Iraq War is over. He said that Obama was merely continuing the ideologically flawed BushBush Doctrine of “preventive war.”

“Preventive war doesn’t sound quite as bad as ‘aggression,’” Paul said, “but it’s aggression when you go and start wars and kill people because you don’t like them.” He reminded the crowd that many of the same people being targeted for assassination by Special Operations units in Afghanistan today were allies of the United States in the 1970s and 1980s, when they fought against and defeated more than 500,000 Soviet soldiers with assistance from the United States. Paul quoted poignant lyrics from 1960s singer-songwriter Phil Ochs and the legendary Buffy St. Marie as he drove his anti-war points home to the receptive crowd.

Weighing on the controversy over the proposed Islamic Cultural Center in New York City, Paul was adamant in his defense of property rights and First Amendment right to freedom of religion and freedom of speech. Calling the entire media spectacle surrounding the proposed center “contrived,” Paul said that many of those who oppose it believed that if they could prevent it from being built, “that would mean Islam is guilty.”

Paul also sent a message of support to California voters who support Prop. 19, which would legalize marijuana in the state, by chastising government officials who think it is somehow their duty to monitor what individuals eat, drink or smoke.

Sporting a bright yellow shirt and looking fit and feisty as ever, Paul also spoke out against the so-called “bailout” of huge banks that practically held the government hostage with demands and threats in the last few months of the GeorgeGeorge W. Bush presidency.

“Who got hurt (in the bailout)?” Paul asked rhetorically. “The poor. Who got helped? The banks and the military-industrial complex.”

More at:

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6690550-ron-paul-g...

* Matt Gonzales: Reminds us of the 2008 Four Points of Agreement between Nader, McKinney, Baldwin and Ron P on (1) end the wars, (2) reinstate civil liberties, (3) decrease national debt, (4) end fed reserve, corporate subsidies & bank bailouts. Matt G warns us against Obama's smooth rhetorics (not backed by actions), including the one about "the end" of Iraq war.

* John Dennis: "Stop WA before the government destroys our country!" "The battle is in between WA DC and us", (seeking common grounds and purpose to stand against Pelosi, THE government enabler for both R&D administrations.)

* Ron Paul: In this extemporaneous speech he made a few courageous points besides going over the basic libertarian principles.

(1) Most candidates talk (mimic) our language (as with some teaparty candidates), but our job is to keep our messages clearly defined and underscore the total inconsistency of their pressing for Big Government around the world (war-mongering), while claiming to be for "limited government".

(2) Principles of Nullification and 10th Amendment are helpful means to keep the federal government in check, when we are mistreated, over-regulated and forced to fight in too many wars.

(3) He characterized our present foreign policy of assassination (with 13000 special ops), CIA drones bombardment and "preventive wars" (wars of aggression), as despicable. We need to mind our own business, not bribe nor threaten with bombs, but extend friendship and trade when dealing with foreign countries.

(4) Impending financial collapse, the burst of the Big Bubble, is guaranteed to come when the US dollar quits functioning, causing much anger among populace. Ron Paul stresses that in order to put the economy back properly Principles of Liberty will have to be understood by a large segment of the population.

(5) Bradley Manning may be following his moral code and even the Constitution, when he decided to expose government lies about Afghanistan war. If all liars and counterfeiters are to be punished, Fed Res would be punished, with the penalty of death, according to Coins Act of 1792.

(6) The most moving part of Ron Paul's speech is when he talks about the Ideological struggle we are engaged in now. He is firmly convinced that the Principles of Liberty are the most important thing, more than our personal religious values and intellectual rights. "Because it is under Liberty that we are allowed to promote our excellence and virtue: that's what life should be all about in my view point."

"But we have allowed the government to take over that moral responsibility of making us better people or making the economy fairer or telling other people around the world to be like us and have democracy. Every time the government assumes the responsibility to be a nanny or an instructor to tell us how to live and what to do, no matter what the motivation is, they can't do it without undermining Liberty."

(This is why we LOVE Ron Paul! -y)

anybody can tell how many people where there?