New American: Ron Paul's Influence Grows
Submitted by SteveMT on Wed, 05/06/2009 - 19:05by Charles Scaliger
Wednesday, 06 May 2009 18:53
Although he officially abandoned his presidential bid last summer, Texas Congressman Ron Paul’s star continues to brighten. Once shunned by the mainstream media and marginalized by the national leadership of the Republican Party, the modest pediatrician-turned-congressman has become something of an éminence grise these days, feted and fawned over by the likes of Fox News, which once dismissed him as a quack.
The reason? Dr. Paul’s unexpected fundraising prowess during his presidential campaign turned more than a few heads, and the bestseller status of his book The Revolution: A Manifesto attracted further attention. But besides the growth of his Campaign for Liberty and the swelling ranks of followers, recent events have proven Congressman Paul right time and time again. What once seemed to those with no understanding of so-called “Austrian economics” as dour paranoia has turned out to be spot on, as the Mother of All Speculative Bubbles has imploded.
We have a long way to go before the philosophy of liberty regains currency in Washington, D.C. But the fact that, for the first time in modern history, no less than the Federal Reserve has come under serious political fire and stands a fair chance of having its wings clipped, is nothing less than a political miracle. And for this Congressman Ron Paul — though he would modestly deny it — deserves no small credit.
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The Best Source of Reliable News
The New American Magazine is just about the best source of reliable news. This magazine is filled with vital information, not conspiracy theories.
I highly recommend this magazine.
I am an enthusiastic subscriber to the New American.
And this is a great article. Too bad many more won't get to read it though.
Steve, if this article were
Steve, if this article were to come from a "foe" in the media, then it would be news.
According to their own web site: "The New American, a biweekly magazine, is the essential news source for freedom-loving Americans. Our editorial point of view is guided by our support of the U.S. Constitution and the principles upon which our Constitution is based."
We need dissenting voices and "non-believers" who are coming around to the pro-freedom viewpoint. Instead, what we end up with is an echo chamber of identical views and no dissent, save for a few lunatic ramblings of bullhorn-wielding conspiracy buffs.
Keep digging for those dissenting views.
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"The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic..." —Alan Moore
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"The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic..." —Alan Moore
Jesse: The silence has been deafening, what echo are ....
you hearing? I hear none from my vantage point. I do not read much about Ron Paul even on pro-Constitutional sites these days. Non-reporting is how the MSM deals with issues that they are against, not with negative reporting. They deal with Ron Paul by silence for the most part. The few positive stories I find are brought here for everyone to read and comment on as a way of feedback to all the RP supporters that our message is getting through....called positive feedback.
Do you find many positive threads here or am I dreaming? Now you want to stop the few threads that are here. I wanted to help DPers feels good about the movement. Now you are telling me to cease in these efforts.
I'll let the others chime in on this one.
The DP becomes an echo
The DP becomes an echo chamber when events and opinions beyond the Ron Paul camp are either ignored or shut out. I don't mind you posting the opinion piece you posted, but it's from a web site that supports "our" point of view already. You won't learn from someone who agrees with you.
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"The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic..." —Alan Moore
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"The main thing that I learned about conspiracy theory is that conspiracy theorists actually believe in a conspiracy because that is more comforting. The truth of the world is that it is chaotic..." —Alan Moore
Someone else may learn about Dr. Paul and freedom, however,
don't you agree?
Exactly. Many times when I
Exactly. Many times when I read a good post, I think about the lurkers, new to Ron Paul and liberty. It makes me happy to think that something in this great post may create a spark, and compel them to do more research. Once they do the research, they will be hooked on the idea of following the Constitution and pursuing freedom for the rest of their lives. Because that is what happened to me.
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WE ARE GOING TO WIN!
It was about time Ron Paul
It was about time Ron Paul got some influence. Just look at how many supporters he has!
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Samuel Stanislas, part of the Traduceri team.
Annoying!
the modest pediatrician-turned-congressman
What does that mean? Do we have schools for congressmen that Dr. Paul forgot to go to? Gee! I haven't read the whole article but I can tell you such statement is very ignorant!
What about all the "lawyers turned congressmen"? or all the "real-estate agents turned senators", or all the "real-estate developers turned governors" or whatever? Why have we never heard those statements?
If you want to write a professional article about Dr. Paul don't give me the stupid "doctor turned politician" spiel. It's lame.
Far right?
John Birch Society "far right"? Can somebody help me with that? Seriously. What is Wiegel (sp?) talking about?
And re gynecologists? See comment below. As with most modern doctors, they begin with a presumption of disease just waiting for them (gynecologists) to discover it. Never mind their advocacy of IUD's, birth control pills, after-birth hormones to dry up breast milk, poking around (literally) with cold speculums and on and on coupled with their insistence that none of the above has any appreciable impact on the natural good health virtually all of us are born with...No, we're doctors. We know more than God and we'll be the first to let you assume that that's true. Oh, and let's not forget that for years gynecologists prescribed hormones derived from the urine of pregnant horses to ease women's menopausal symptoms! After years of being "bleeped with" hormonally, the answer to another natural process? Why, more hormones, of course! Derived from horses!
Gynecologists. Ugh. And I think it's especially stupid for men to be gynecologists. Duh.
Sorry. I digress. Great article. :)
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mispost
He's catching on, I'm
He's catching on, I'm telling ya!
Pediatrician, eah?
Are you referring to the 1st couple minutes of life, or the 1st couple days? He's an Obstetrician. Ha ha ha ha he's everybody's favorite Gynecologist.
Why don't women ever talk about their trips to the Gynecologist? They talk about trips to every other doctor.
For some reason, we're expected to know every law that exists in America & in our state so we don't break it. We're supposed to know this when we're 18. There's no litmus test for them, as in the 10 commandments or rhyme or reason. C.U.R.E.
I'm Proud of Us
I'm proud of Ron Paul of course, but I am proud of us, the supporters. I'm sure I wasn't the only one that cried on Super Tuesday. We've taken everything they have thrown at us. Did they think not winning an election would stop us?
Now we have what MSM wants and they are starting to understand.
RON PAUL = RATINGS and they better start treating him with the respect he deserves. They aren't laughing at him anymore!
We have won one heck of a fight. And look how happy we have made Dr. Paul :-)
Not Super Tuesday for me,
Not Super Tuesday for me, though that was bad. New Hampshire did the trick, as well as the Stephanopolous interview.
Ventura 2012
yeah NH hurt
Esp CNN and that nasty interview insinuating Dr Paul was a racist, left no time to check it out before they went to the polls. Tell me that was planned timing or what. I must have missed the Steph interview.
wat do you guys mean?
wat do you guys mean?
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New Hampshire...
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I am feeling all....fuzzy.
Can't help it...just too cool that Ron is getting such great revues after all that he and his family and supporters have been through.
That's why I posted this. For everyone to feel GOOD, for a ...
change. Our hard efforts our now being rewarded. This has been a long time coming. Sometimes it is good to pause for a deep breadth of air when some recognition like this comes along.
As things crash, I believe more will join the fight for freedom. My big concern is how bad will things have to get before REAL change occurs? Will there only remain enclaves of the America the Founding Fathers began? That alternative will be better than an entire country that they would not recognize at all.
Thanks for the smile! SteveMT, keep the positive outlook.
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Libera me, let the truth break, what my fears make--Leslie Phillips
What's next after End the Fed? Repeal the XVI and XVII Amendments!
But that man should play the tyrant over God, and find Him a better man than himself, is astonishing drama indeed!~~D. Sayers
There is no difference between an authoritarian government from the right or the left...F. A.Schaeffer
Thanks Libera: If I post something I believe is important....
to read and no one else thinks so, then it will go away rapidly.
This was placed on the front page of the DP when it first appeared, so the moderators must have also believed that it was important.
Awww...
shucks...I feel that RP fuzzy feelin' too....
:)
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We need to translate this
We need to translate this support into getting elected our Liberty Candidates!
Debra Medina http://www.runmedina.com/
Rand Paul http://www.rand2010.com/
Adam Kokesh http://draftkokesh.com/ http://kokeshforcongress.com/
RJ Harris http://www.rjharris2010.com/
Dr. Mike Vasovski http://www.vasovskiforcongress.com/
Liberty bump
First thanks Steve for the post. Great stuff.
Debra Medina rocks! Spreading the word here.
Zeke: Feeling good is A-o.k. in my book.
It hasn't been happening too often here, so yea, enjoy.