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Harvard Political Review on Ron Paul: In Defense of a Man and a Movement

Submitted by bobbyw24 on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 06:29

Daily Paul Liberty Forum

By Naji Filali

Ron Paul may be a maverick in a sense, but it would be wrong to write him off outright.

If you represent the right-wing establishment, chances are the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference was an event you would rather forget. For the second year in a row, Texas Congressman Ron Paul won the CPAC straw poll with 30% of the vote, beating GOP-favorite Mitt Romney by seven percentage points.

Instead of being received positively, though, the Congressman’s victory in this fun unscientific poll has set various Internet media outlets abuzz, deriding Ron Paul, his supporters, and the liberty movement for which he stands.

While billionaire Donald Trump heckled the Ron Paul faithful at CPAC by matter-of-factly stating, “Ron Paul has no chance of getting elected,” others of the blogosphere attacked the viability of the movement and the decorum of supporters, claiming that such supporters represented a fringe, libertarian streak of the party.

http://hpronline.org/hprgument/in-defense-of-a-man-and-a-mov...

Great article

Submitted by 13hour on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 18:21. Permalink

Great comments

just posted on Twitter

Submitted by legalizeliberty on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 12:24. Permalink

Thanks.

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I have to give it to Harvard and Massachusets...

Submitted by Bob-45 on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 11:47. Permalink

When Joe Kennedy ran for the US Senate, the local stations carry the debates invited him and he also received long interviews on local shows. That's more than I can say for most "red" states in the treatment of liberty candidates.

Nice

Submitted by Crickett on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 11:36. Permalink

Nice

Looks a Lot Like What I Wrote Yesterday

Submitted by FSUJAG54 on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 10:50. Permalink

"The Man Who Cannot Win" with a few changes in there. By the way, thanks to all of you who read it and reposted. My hope is to write enough Op-Eds and get them published on some blogs so that when Ron Paul begins campaigning I can have something to show to websites and local newspapers and then get favorable pieces of Dr. Paul published in different media. We all have our strengths and I hope to contribute a little money, a lot of time, and whatever talent I have in writing op-eds and editing videos for YouTube.

Nice find!

Submitted by redstripe4u on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 10:23. Permalink

^ The tides are changing.

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Submitted by photoshopwiz on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 10:20. Permalink

Unbelievable, bobby ... I was in the middle of trying to promote to the front page ... in that exact spot ... and you did it first. :P

Killer article!

I removed an article I put up

Submitted by bobbyw24 on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 10:27. Permalink

I removed an article I put up this morning on the Tea Party to free up the space.

Thanks

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Nice !

Submitted by emalvini on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 10:17. Permalink

Thanks For Posting

Awesome! Good news.

Submitted by Lao Tzua on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 10:13. Permalink

Thanks for this great article.

Excellent article! Great to know that Harvard is more than a

Submitted by ytc on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 09:30. Permalink

baby Keynesians incubator!

Excellent. The comments...

Submitted by UndeclaredWars on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 08:47. Permalink

we're great too. I'm not one of the young supporters but, I am a solid supporter none the less.

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Well written article !!

Submitted by candance on Wed, 02/16/2011 - 08:41. Permalink

I like that the author brought up RomneyCare.
A overwhelming majority that particapted at Cpac are
against Obamacare but fail to remember Mitt Romeny
himself put together a similar program in Massachusetts.
Do they really think Romeny is going to change anything ?