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'''Ron Paul''' is a Congressman from the 14th Congressional District of [[Texas]].  He is running for the [[Republican Party]]'s nomination for the [[2008 U.S. Presidential Election]].
 
'''Ron Paul''' is a Congressman from the 14th Congressional District of [[Texas]].  He is running for the [[Republican Party]]'s nomination for the [[2008 U.S. Presidential Election]].
  
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Ron Paul is frequently described as a "[[paleoconservatism|paleoconservative]]" or "Old Right" [[conservative]].  He seeks to outlaw [[abortion]], abolish the IRS and the [[Tax protester|income tax]], reintroduce [[School prayer|prayer in schools]], slash most federal spending, reintroduce the [[gold standard]], and abolish the Federal Reserve.  He also voted against the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act of 2006<ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2007-764 Record of Congressional votes on the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act]</ref>, which would have banned federal contracts with firms doing business with the Janjaweed militia of Sudan.<ref>[http://www.house.gov/rothman/news_releases/2006/sept26_factsheet.htm Fact Sheet on the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act]</ref>  
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Ron Paul is frequently described as a "[[paleoconservatism|paleoconservative]]" or "Old Right" [[conservative]].  He seeks to outlaw [[abortion]], abolish the IRS and the [[Tax protester|income tax]],slash most federal spending, reintroduce the [[gold standard]], and abolish the Federal Reserve.  He also voted against the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act of 2006<ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/vote.xpd?vote=h2007-764 Record of Congressional votes on the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act]</ref>, which would have banned federal contracts with firms doing business with the Janjaweed militia of Sudan.<ref>[http://www.house.gov/rothman/news_releases/2006/sept26_factsheet.htm Fact Sheet on the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act]</ref>  
  
 
On the other hand, he also wants to end the [[War on Drugs]], supports [[medical marijuana]] and wants to get the U.S. out of the [[Iraq War]], which basically confirms that even a [[stopped clock|broken clock]] is right twice a day.
 
On the other hand, he also wants to end the [[War on Drugs]], supports [[medical marijuana]] and wants to get the U.S. out of the [[Iraq War]], which basically confirms that even a [[stopped clock|broken clock]] is right twice a day.

Revision as of 15:37, 15 February 2008

Ron Paul is a Congressman from the 14th Congressional District of Texas. He is running for the Republican Party's nomination for the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election.

Ron Paul is frequently described as a "paleoconservative" or "Old Right" conservative. He seeks to outlaw abortion, abolish the IRS and the income tax,slash most federal spending, reintroduce the gold standard, and abolish the Federal Reserve. He also voted against the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act of 2006[1], which would have banned federal contracts with firms doing business with the Janjaweed militia of Sudan.[2]

On the other hand, he also wants to end the War on Drugs, supports medical marijuana and wants to get the U.S. out of the Iraq War, which basically confirms that even a broken clock is right twice a day.

It has been suggested by at least one person that Paul is in league with the Dominionist and Christian Reconstructionist movements.[3] Paul introduced the We The People Act, into the House of Representatives twice. This rather Orwellian-named bill would strip the Federal courts of jurisdiction in cases involving abortion, same-sex marriage, privacy related to sexual behavior, and Establishment Clause issues, leaving them to the states...which is exactly what the Christian right wants to do.

Many of Paul's supporters are libertarians, however, the label is dubiously applied to the man himself. While Paul shares with U.S. libertarians an opposition to a powerful federal government, he does not oppose the creation by state or local governments of many laws that libertarians would oppose. For instance, he has opposed many federal court decisions which overrule state and local laws on issues of abortion, same-sex marriage, and the like. [2]

There has been some controversy over support for Ron Paul by extremist groups, tax protesters, and neo-nazi organizations such as Stormfront. [4] [5] In fact, Stormfront.org administrator and noted White Nationalist Don Black donated $500 to Paul's campaign.[6] [7] Paul's campaign has expressed dismay over these associations, although critics hold that he has not adequately distanced himself from them.[8] Of all the Republicans running for president in the 2008 campaign, Ron Paul is considered the least insane.[9]


The Ron Paul (insert descriptor here) Report

Soon after his election to Congress in 1978, Ron Paul began putting out a newsletter. Originally entitled the Ron Paul Freedom Report, then the Ron Paul Political Report[10], and finally the Ron Paul Survival Report, it was full of homophobia, racism, sexism, and paranoia. The Ron Paul Report was roughly equivalent to the John Birch Society in its kookishness. The Report particularly seemed to hate Barbara Jordan, Dr. Martin Luther King, and Nelson Mandela.[11]. Ron Paul has since said that the didn't write everything for the report, but a consistent pattern of writing for roughly two decades suggests that he at least knew what was in it.

Woo promotion

"Already, Paul introduced a bill (The Health Freedom Protection Act) that would strongly and positively affect Mercola.com and many other natural health organizations and advocates, along with the field of natural health in general." - Dr. Joseph Mercola

"Only Ron Paul believes in genuine health freedom. He's the creator of the Health Freedom Protection Act, a bill that would reestablish Free Speech provisions for makers of superfoods, herbs, nutritional supplements and other natural remedies." - Mike Adams of Newstarget [12]

In other words, Paul, who is an actual MD, supports freeing the chains that bind the sellers of quack remedies and unproven nostrums from lying to their potential customers. It is recommended that you go to the link in the footnote and read it. You can skip all the stuff about Stormfront and neo-Nazis to get to the quackery report.


References

  1. ↑ Record of Congressional votes on the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act
  2. ↑ Fact Sheet on the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act
  3. ↑ http://scienceblogs.com/dispatches/2007/10/is_ron_paul_a_dominionist.php
  4. ↑ [1]
  5. ↑ Index of Ron Paul-related threads at Stormfront
  6. ↑ Source: Federal Election Commission database
  7. ↑ Story from Lone Star Times
  8. ↑ Story from Huffington Post
  9. ↑ Nah, just kidding. He's batshit insane too.
  10. ↑ CNN story relating to "his" Political Report
  11. ↑ http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=e2f15397-a3c7-4720-ac15-4532a7da84ca
  12. ↑ These two quotes were secondarily mined from http://scienceblogs.com/insolence/2007/12/ron_paul_quackery_enabler.php

External link

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