Ron Smith, Baltimore’s premier conservative/libertarian talk-show host had an especially poignant commentary regarding Senator Clinton and her recent comments:
But Hillary is a special kind of scary. Take for example what she said the other day while campaigning in Pennsylvania. She was asked what action she would take as president if Iran attacked Israel with nuclear weapons. Let’s forget for the moment what a nonsensical question that is, since Israel has the nuclear bombs and Iran does not, and just focus on what she said in response.
She promised to “obliterate” Iran in such an event. Obliterate is a strong word. In fact it is one of the strongest words available to the English speaking person. What she said was she would see to the destruction of the Iranian people, somewhere between sixty and seventy million human beings, all the mullahs, all their supporters, all their political opponents, all the women, all the children, an entire ancient nation.
The more news that comes out about the current administration’s foreign policy and Iraq war maneuvers the more Ron Paul’s Presidential campaign rhetoric is vindicated. If Ron Paul were the type to gloat we would likely see him prancing up and down the aisles of the House floor pointing at his cohorts repeatedly shouting “I told you so! I told you so!”
As enjoyable that act would be for Ron Paul’s supporters, it is unlikely to happen. Ron Paul is a gentleman in the truest sense. Today media pundits feel vindicated at their negative predictions regarding Ron Paul’s chances for the GOP nomination. It must be nice to be able to make predictions and then have the power to help them come about. The media marginalization of Ron Paul is just one example of this. In another example, it is Ron Paul who is vindicated.
Today, I heard a news report on the radio regarding the South Carolina boy who was deterred from building several bombs to blow up his high school. The report started with the words, “The police stopped another Columbine…” Later in the story it was revealed that the true reason the attack was thwarted was because the parents of the boy called police after intercepting delivery of 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate that their son ordered.
I was angered over the story leading to the belief that the police actually had something to do with stopping the attack, when in fact, it was the parents who were responsible. My anti nanny state sensitivities took over and I shouted, “It was the parents! Not the police! This is what is wrong with this country!” It is true that if all parents were like these observant ones in South Carolina America would be a better and safer place. Perhaps, I need to lighten up a little.
Apparently, this claim was only made on the radio report I heard because the AP story about the event does no such thing.
To some on the establishment right and left, Ron Paul’s Presidential candidacy is nothing but a joke. These are the type who always joined the mob and made fun of the perceived “weird” kid in grade school. They did it because the “weird” kid represented all the things about themselves they wished to keep secret. Ron Paul is the weird kid on Capitol Hill for the same reason.
In a true “Revenge Of The Nerds” moment his detractors began to take notice when he was able to raise so much money in the final quarter of 2007. Naturally, it was money that made the masses and the media notice him. No doubt Ron Paul himself wished it was his ideas on limited government, sound money, and non-interventionism that did the trick. If it were his ideas, we could be calling Ron Paul the presumptive GOP nominee rather than our friend McCain. Imagine how much more distaste the neo-conservative Republican establishment would have against us interlopers if that were the outcome.
Earlier this week Amit Singh participated in a debate at George Mason University with his GOP primary opponent Mark Ellmore. Singh was interviewed earlier this year by us at Liberty Maven and earned our endorsement. The debate only reinforced our support for Singh. Probably the most interesting portion of the debate is when Ellmore claims he is a “Republican like… Ron Paul”. The video is in two parts. The first is about an hour. The second is about 30 minutes.
John McCain’s latest effort to bribe the American people to vote for him is pandering at its finest. As The Atlantic notes in “McCainomics”:
McCain’s speech reads like an attempt to unify a divided party by offering every faction something to make them happy.
This is quite a departure from the “straight talk express”. He itemized a list of populist economic positions for the sole purpose of gaining more votes in an election year. The belief is that no one will consider the feasibility of transforming this vote bribery into actual law. As we mentioned in the past McCain is a chameleon. He is a political opportunist and not much more. He is the GOP’s answer to Bill Clinton. He is representative of the fact that there is little difference between the two major parties.
Contrary to belief, there is another Republican still in the race who is everything John McCain isn’t. And that is a very good thing. Ron Paul is incapable of pandering. Ron Paul won’t propose policy for the purpose of winning votes. He will (and does) propose policy that preserves and protects the Constitution. By doing so he not only keeps his oath of office, but he protects the American people. For some reason this has become the exception rather than the norm in politics today.
American politics is an STD: A special-interest transmitted disease. As newly elected officials enter their white buildings they slowly become what they once despised. The lure is too great. They transform from well-meaning ideologues into puppets and “Talking Heads”. Indeed, a few wake up every now and then and say to themselves, “how did I get here?”. But far too few do.
The latest DownsizeDC.org article discusses the responses received regarding the previous article on the Ethanol Scam:
Quote of the Day:
“Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.”
– Ronald Reagan
Subject: The ultimate test of ethanol
Our campaign against federal mandates and subsidies for ethanol provoked a huge response, both for and against. While thousands of DC Downsizers sent messages to Congress, an unusually large handful also wrote to us complaining that we were unfair to ethanol — even though they agreed that federal mandates and subsidies should be repealed.
Paul Paul was on the Ron Smith show, Baltimore’s leading conservative talk show, yesterday. As described on the WBAL web site, “Ron Paul called into the program to talk about a wide range of issues, including how much of a role he will have this summer at the Republican National Convention and the war of words he had with some of the Republican candidates during the past few months.” Listen to the audio interview here.
Ron Paul is interviewed for over 6 minutes on Neil Cavuto’s FOX Business Channel show. Several issues are covered related to the economy and the election. Another excellent appearance by Ron Paul.
Ron Paul calmly walked down the west lawn of the Capitol Building in DC to talk to the throng gathered for the Freedom Rally today. The first part of his speech was done without a microphone, so only those close enough could hear him. From my count it looked like there were about 400-500 people gathered. Here are a few pictures and a somewhat poor quality video taken with my digital camera of the final portion of his short speech (depending on your bandwidth watching the video may require some buffering time). For the photos click on the thumbnail to view the large version.
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