The GOP is Nailing Its Own Coffin
By Natalie Schultz

Dear fellow Republicans,

            As you are well aware, this coming November we will be facing the wrath of Hillary Clinton.  A year ago it seemed that we were a united Party determined to defeat the Devil Herself.   However, instead of gearing up to take on the Clinton Machine, it seems that the greatest accomplishment of this election year has been bringing to light the chaos within the GOP.  The three camps of “conservatism” are fighting against each other in a head-to-head war of their own making.  The seeds of destruction of the Republican Party were planted in the 1970’s by a very clever group of Democrats, avowed Trotskyites who were sickened by the anti-war Hippie movement of the 1960’s, who realized that re-working the Republican Party from within would be easier than trying to control their own comrades on the Left.  In a brilliant play for power, they aligned themselves with the most unlikely bedfellows, the rapidly growing Christian Fundamentalist Evangelical movement.  Manipulation, deceit and fraud were the common links between the leaders of this new Religious Right and the new “neoconservative” power brokers.  Together they joined forces to help ring in a new era known as the “Reagan Coalition.”  Unfortunately for the NeoCON power brokers, they were not able to control Reagan and his central core of traditional Conservative Republicans, but they did increase their own ranks enough to make their desires known and wrinkle quite a few feathers.

            By the end of the Reagan Administration, the split was becoming obvious.  The original, traditional Conservatives were loosing control of the Republican Party, and Big Government, pro-war NeoCONism was winning out.  This split led to a North-South, Left-Right divide and ushered in Bill Clinton in 1992.  The core tenets of Republicanism, small government, low taxes and low spending, a strong defensive military, and avoidance of international conflicts all but disappeared.  Many Conservatives just gave up and followed their leader, Pat Buchanan, out of the Party.  So, in 1994 Newt Gingrich took the helm and ushered in a new era of Republicanism that managed to curb the Socialist agenda of the Clintons.  By the year 2000 the entire country was sick of Clinton’s antics, and the “moral majority” ushered in George W. Bush.  Bush was elected on a traditional Conservative “No nation building” platform, but that did not last for long.

By the time Bush took the helm, the NeoCONs controlled the Republican Party via their media empire of FOX News and The Weekly Standard.  Suddenly “Globalization” and “Israel First” became the mantra of the Republican Party, and Big Government joined forces with Big Business to undermine the will of the American People.  All notions of true Conservatism were marginalized as “isolationist.”  But then the lies behind the War in Iraq were revealed, American jobs started disappearing, and a non-stop invasion across our southern border made the American People wake up.

Who is to blame?  Yes, the Bush administration and its lackeys, but truthfully, the Democrats are just as complicit.  And the American People know it.  That is why this race is not so straightforward.  Everyone knows that Hillary is not really anti-war, but then again neither is Obama.  Contrary to popular belief, the Democrats are not a shoe-in for the Presidency.  The problem is, ultimately, on the Republican side.

So the bloody war begins.  The NeoCONs truly believed they had the election controlled, that Rudy would be King.  And, just as a backup, Hillary wouldn’t be too bad either.  But then two monkey wrenches were thrown into their ultimate plan: Barack Obama and Ron Paul.  The “race-card” has essentially killed Obama for the presidency, but of course Bill, unable to control himself, deep-throated his mouth with his own foot, essentially tainting Hillary in the eyes of Democrats, thereby forcing her hand in choosing her running mate.  But on the Republican side there is total chaos.  Rudy totally floundered, Fred Thompson was a dud, and now the remaining four candidates have the Party fighting amongst themselves.  Huckabee was a ruse introduced by the NeoCONs to siphon off the Religious Right vote.  Knowing he would never get the nomination simply because he could never win a general election, the plan was to eat away at Mitt Romney and Ron Paul.  McCain was so detested by the entire Republican Party that he would never even chart in the polls, right?  Well surprise, surprise!

So now the NeoCONs have flocked around McCain, since he is just as much a war-monger as Rudy.  The problem is that the GOP pundits HATE him, and Huckabee too.  That’s right, Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity, those “confused conservatives” who profited so much from the NeoCON revolution, are absolutely furious!  They may be pro-war, but they just cannot stand the idea of John McCain, Mr. Big Government “I love Mexico” ever becoming president.  Rush even went so far as to say “I'm here to tell you, if either of these two guys get the nomination, it's going to destroy the Republican Party. It's going to change it forever, be the end of it. A lot of people aren't going to vote. You watch.”  So the war begins!  Now the Religious Right is furious that he is attacking the “Christian” candidate, the NeoCONs are furious that he is attacking McCain, and the rest of us are all just sitting back and laughing “I told you so!”

Finally, the “confused conservatives” have come to their senses.  They know two things: 1) There is no way a Dominionist Baptist Minister who wants to change the Constitution will ever be elected.  2) There is no way that the Republicans will ever forgive McCain for all of his betrayals; even if it is a race against Hillary, because Hillary has always been the enemy, but McCain is an outright traitor.  As Rush said “I can see possibly not supporting the Republican nominee this election, and I never thought that I would say that in my life.”  He speaks for many disgruntled Republicans.

Now, I am not one of these talk radio aficionados, but I do know that Rush is speaking the truth.  The fact is we will be facing the wrath of Hillary in November, and the only way to defeat her is for the entire Republican Party to unite.  The problem with Romney is that no one trusts him.  We will need more than just Republicans voting against Hillary, we will need Independents and Democrats as well, and Mitt Romney does not have that attraction at all.

Face facts: Over 60% of the country wants to end the war in Iraq.  There is no way a pro-war candidate will win, especially not “More War McCain.”  The problem for Hillary is that there are enough disgruntled Democrats who know she is full of crap, essentially the flip-flopper of the Left, so if there is a true anti-war candidate they will cross the Party line.  Plus, there are enough Independents and Democrats who realize that her “economic plan” of spending $120 BILLION immediately (it keeps increasing every day) is absolutely not feasible.  Yes, they may want healthcare reform, but her plan brings back the nightmare of “Hillary Care.”  Remember, Gingrich may have gotten the credit for the 1994 Republican Revolution, but it never would have succeeded without all the votes from Democrats and Independents who were scared beyond belief by Hillary’s attempt to bankrupt and destroy the nation.

There is only one candidate who has an absolutely impeccable Conservative small-government, pro-Constitution record.  No GOP pundit has ever argued that his economic policy is flawed, in fact financial and monetary analysts admit that he is the ONLY candidate who actually understands monetary policy and why our economy is an absolute disaster.  He is the only candidate with a realistic economic plan that will truly fix our economy for the long-term.  Plus, he is the only candidate who has consistently fought against every Constitutional violation our post-9/11 government has enacted against us.  Not even Hillary or Obama can say that without lying.  Therefore, he is the only candidate who can defeat Hillary Clinton in November because no Republican can argue with his Conservative record, and no honest Independent or Democrat can argue with his strict adherence to the Constitution and the fact that he never, ever voted to invade Iraq in the first place.

Ron Paul has created a true Revolution in the Republican Party.  In fact, Ron Paul is the only hope the Republican Party has to remain intact.  Ron Paul has managed to re-unite all the factions of the Republican Party who had walked away over the last thirty years.  Every single Third Party that was born out of Republican disgust has rallied around Ron Paul.  They re-joined the Republican Party in a last ditch effort to save our country from devastation.  Because of this the powers-that-be in both the Republican and Democrat Parties have joined forces with the media to black-out his message.  This in turn has caused many Conservative Republicans who have never had the guts to leave the Party to finally say “That’s it, I’m leaving!”  Unless the Republicans wake up to reality there is going to be a mass-exodus of infinite proportions.

Ron Paul should also not be overlooked for the simple fact that he is the only Republican who has managed to attract a new demographic to the Grand “Old” Party – the youth vote.  Ron Paul’s campaign has the same vigor of grassroots support among the 18-45 voting block as Barack Obama.  He has attracted many young people who never cared about politics before; ignoring Ron Paul jeopardizes the future of the Republican Party.  Now that Obama has been handed the “Kennedy Torch” it is very likely that he will be Hillary’s running mate.  The GOP absolutely needs the young, excited grassroots support of Ron Paul in order to take on Clinton – Obama.  McCain has less than 5% support among 18-29 year olds and less than 10% of those ages 30-44.  Alienating young Republicans will be the kiss of death for the GOP.  It can safely be said that 100% of young Ron Paul supporters absolutely hate McCain; 80-90% hate Obama and Hillary, but 10-20% actually crossed over from the Obama and Kucinich camps.  That 20% will absolutely kill us in November if they decide to vote for Obama, and a good 75% is already planning a new Revolution via a 3^rd Party anti-establishment coup if the GOP does not see the light.

Is Ron Paul truly a force to be reckoned with?  You bet.  The Democrats and other Left-Wing elements are so afraid of him that they launched a smear campaign against him that tried to make him out to be a racist.  Although this has been completely de-bunked, it seems to have worked.  The media has completely blacked him out, there is a petition to have Tucker Carlson fired for endorsing him, Pat Buchanan, Jack Cafferty, Jim Cramer and John Stossel have been forced into silence on their own shows.  The only place where liberal / NeoCON censorship has not held sway is on The McLaughlin Group, the ultimate bastion of traditional Conservatism.  How ironic that Ron Paul’s Constitutional message can only be heard on the newest medium of the Web and on one of the oldest mediums of Sunday morning network TV.  But, why are the Democrats so afraid?  Because they know that their base is anti-war and by running against Ron Paul they automatically lose.  The media has been pushing both John McCain and Barack Obama as the ultimate front-runners in this race, to the detriment of all the other candidates.  The media is by far a pro-war propaganda machine, even if the liberal media elites attempt to appear anti-war.  The truth is that most corporate media organizations profit from war and its industrial consequences.  As we all know, the media is anti-Republican at all costs and will hide all truth from the public in order to elect a supposedly anti-war Democratic candidate.  Most voters do not bother to examine candidates’ records on their own, so they are easy targets for the media’s manipulation and lies.  The media is well aware that Ron Paul is the only honest candidate on either side, but they will do anything to hide the truth and push the absolutely unelectable John McCain into the driver’s seat of the Republican Party.

Ron Paul also has the only weapon that all the other candidates, both Republicans and Democrats, lack:  He is a staunch defender of our National Sovereignty.  There is absolutely no difference between McCain, Clinton or Obama on the Illegal Immigration debate.  They all voted for Amnesty.  We all know that the majority of the country was steadfast in their determination to crush the McCain – Kennedy “Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act.”  This one issue alone can turn the November election in the Republican’s favor if Ron Paul is the nominee.  McCain wrote that evil bill, so even though he is flip-flopping now, no one believes him.  Hillary has flip-flopped as well, first approving Spitzer’s driver’s licenses for Illegals bill, then opposing it.  Obama, on the other hand, has not wavered in his approval of both Amnesty as well as giving driver’s licenses to Illegals.  We know that the majority of Americans disagree with all three of these candidates on this issue.  As a doctor in Texas, Ron Paul saw illegal immigrants deliberately cross the border just to have a baby, and then he saw them immediately receive welfare and Medicaid coverage.  He has personally seen many hospitals close due to bankruptcy, thereby negatively affecting the lives of American citizens.  This is why Dr. Ron Paul has written legislation to end “Anchor Babies” by changing the law to specifically state that only the children of LEGAL immigrants will be guaranteed American citizenship. 

Ron Paul will outlaw all incentives for illegal immigration, such as welfare and Medicaid; they will then go back to their countries on their own.  By eliminating the incentives and cracking down on employers who hire illegal immigrants, the problem will solve itself.  In addition, all criminal aliens will immediately be deported.  Ron Paul, as a practicing medical doctor for over 30 years, both in private practice as well as a surgeon in the United States Air Force, is the only candidate who is qualified to truly fix our broken healthcare system.  He understands that government bureaucracy, in the guise of “Universal Healthcare” is the absolute worst thing, both for the physical and mental health of Americans, as well as for the health of our economy and individual Rights of Freedom and Liberty.  He understands that as long as we do not secure our borders that we will never solve our healthcare crisis, our fiscal crisis or our national security crisis.

There is only one Presidential Candidate who stands up for the Rights of every single American Citizen.  Only one candidate whose congressional voting record proves that he has NEVER voted against the Constitution of the United States of America.  Only one Presidential candidate who can fix our healthcare system because he has spent over 30 years as a practicing Medical Doctor, both in private practice as well as a surgeon in the United States Air Force.  There is only one Presidential candidate who has consistently called for responsible monetary and fiscal policy and predicted our impending economic collapse, not because he has a crystal ball, but because he is the only candidate who has actually studied Economic Theory.

Unless the Republican Party wakes up to reality we are doomed.  The economy is collapsing and most Americans know it.  George W. Bush can laugh all he wants and put band-aids on the problem by sending everyone a $600 check and have Bernanke cut interest rates yet again, but that will not work and most people know it.  The fact is we are in debt, in debt to our enemies no less.  We spend billions of dollars fighting an unconstitutional war in Iraq, which has led to even more Al-Qaida problems in the Middle East.  We never finished the job in Afghanistan and now we keep borrowing trillions of dollars from foreigners to continue a war with troops we do not even have.  The American Dollar is worthless and inflation is rampant; the cost of oil has risen from $27 a barrel at the start of the war in Iraq to nearly $100 today.  This must stop!  Hillary’s economic plan is apparently inspired by Mary Poppins’ bottomless purse.  Do you really want to risk a bureaucratic nightmare of “mandatory” Universal Healthcare in which the entire country will be standing in line to see doctors they do not know while Hillary is singing “A Spoonful of Sugar Will Make the Medicine Go Down?”  Wake up!

Dr. Ron Paul is the only Presidential Candidate who has a real plan to bring our country back on course.  He believes in a strong National Defense, but opposes any offensive wars of aggression.  He has consistently opposed the abolition of the Gold Standard that has led to our current crisis of massive inflation and the devaluation of the American Dollar.  He understands that the only way to protect our country from attack and the loss of our sovereignty is to strengthen our borders.  He is a vocal advocate of upholding our Rights to free speech and expression and the right of individual citizens to bare arms.

Ron Paul will immediately cut taxes across the board.  This will allow Americans to keep their hard-earned money in their own pockets and spend it how they want.  He will end all government subsidies to Big Businesses that close up shop here and move oversees.  He will end subsidies to oil companies because that is impeding our ability to become energy independent.  By not subsidizing Big Oil and Big Industries such as Halliburton, smaller, energy efficient alternative small businesses will be able to compete on the Free Market, thereby making us energy independent and creating new jobs that will help us diminish Global Warming at the same time.  Ron Paul will immediately end the monopoly of the Federal Reserve that has allowed unscrupulous individuals, politicians, and corporations to manipulate the value of the Dollar.  Ron Paul will allow Hard Currency, Gold and Silver, to compete as a legitimate form of currency against paper “Fiat” money that is currently worthless.  This will enable the American economy to get back on its feet without devolving into chaos.

          National Defense:  Ron Paul has consistently voted for a domestic anti-missile defense shield.  This will protect Americans, here on our own soil, from missile attacks.  Ronald Reagan’s “Star Wars” are no longer a dream, as modern technology has finally caught up and right now a mere $40 million is going towards real national defense: at JFK International Airport a Laser Missile Defense Protective Shield, “Skyguard,” that can detect and shoot down short and long-range and supersonic missiles is being installed.  We probably spend that amount of money in one week just feeding all of the troops we have around the world.  Our Federal Government has one primary responsibility: to defend the United States from attack.  If it only costs $40 million dollars and no loss of American lives to secure JFK, then there is no excuse for any politician to tell us that we must be anywhere else in the world.  Best of all, this defense system is built by Northrop Grumman, so local jobs are created at the same time.

Bring our Troops home:  Our troops are being used as cannon-fodder in an attempt to force other countries to “democratize” via the barrel of a gun.  That does not now, nor ever has worked.  The United States is not an Imperial Empire, we are a Republic, and it is high time our government starts representing the citizens of the United States of America, and stops interfering in the sovereignty of foreign nations.  By bringing most, if not all, of our troops home, foreigners will not look upon us with disdain for invading and controlling their countries.  This will also save us TRILLIONS of dollars a year, money that we never had in the first place, but borrowed from other nations, such as China, who are far from our allies.  Instead of bolstering up foreign economies our troops will be stationed at bases here, on American soil where they will be spending their money in local American economies, thereby bolstering consumer spending.

The other candidates claim that Ron Paul’s anti-Iraq War stance will leave us vulnerable to attack; they are dead wrong.  The truth is Ron Paul actually has the strongest record on National Defense.  A Ron Paul Presidency would be very much like Ronald Reagan’s presidency.  They both advocate a strong domestic military force: Peace through Strength.  That means not attacking our enemies when we are not attacked, but ensuring that we are strong and able to defend ourselves here at home.  Today we are weaker than we ever have been in our history.  We already owe Trillions of dollars for the War in Iraq; we are sending wounded, yes wounded, troops back over to fight in Iraq because this war has become so unpopular over here that we cannot recruit enough new soldiers.  All the other candidates, on both sides, are threatening war with Iran.  Do you want your children to be drafted in order to continue all of these wars?  Is that what a Free country should do?

I urge you, my fellow Republicans, to join with all true Conservatives to take back our Party from the usurpers!  Unite to defend our nation from the ultimate destruction that shall befall our nation under the wrathful hand of Hillary!

Ron Paul is the ONLY candidate who can unite Republicans and Independents; all the other Republicans are divisive NeoCON war-mongers who will split the Party and usher in defeat.  If you do not think that is enough to keep many Republicans at home on Election Day in November, well, don’t be surprised when the 2008 Presidential Election goes the way of the local and state elections of 2006 and 2007.

Hillary vs. Rudy McRomnebee:  The GOP gets dealt its final blow.

            Hillary vs. Ron Paul:  The Clinton Machine goes down in flames!

As Benjamin Franklin said “A Republic, if you can keep it.”

“Democratic republics are not merely founded upon the consent of the people, they are also absolutely dependent upon the active and informed involvement of the people for their continued good health.” - Dr. Richard Beeman, Vice Chairman of The National Constitution Center’s Distinguished Scholars Advisory Panel.

For more information on Ron Paul please visit:

http://www.ronpaul2008.com

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From: http://www.christiansforronpaul.com

FOX News Deleted Debate Segment Documented for Posterity

By Natalie Schultz

This post is my attempt at not allowing censorship to toss truth down the Memory Hole.

This regards the sudden (albeit not surprising) attempt by FOX News to eradicate an entire segment of the January 10, 2008 South Carolina debate. 

When the debate first aired live, there was no censorship, but then, when FOX News re-broadcast the debate, they edited out an entire response from Ron Paul.  Ron Paul’s response was to an attempted ‘trick’ question by FOX News asking if he was “electable” in a Republican primary.

Realizing that when it was re-broadcast, this entire segment, a segment that was among the most memorable, if not climactic debate moments, had been completely edited-out, someone posted it to YouTube and Digg.

This was originally posted to www.digg.com at ~ 9:30am Friday Jan. 11, 2008.

Then, at some point during the day, FOX News had YouTube remove the video.  Nevertheless many more copies popped up, but there is a heavily invested “search and destroy” mission going on as we speak.

So, in the interest of upholding the Freedom of Information Act, and, of course, in the interest of being “Fair and Balanced” I have taken the liberty of documenting the these occurrences in a time-line fashion.  And then I transcribed the doubleplusgoodcrimethink right here for all to read.

CHEERS!

This clip was originally posted to www.digg.com at ~ 9:30am Friday Jan. 11, 2008.

http://www.digg.com/2008_us_elections/Cut_from_re_air_What_Fox_News_doesn_t_want_you_too_see

5917 diggs  (at ~11:00pm Friday, Jan.11, 2008)

youtube.com — Watch the Ron Paul response at the South Carolina debate which Fox News cut out during the re-broadcast.

Submitted:

13 hr 22 min ago, made popular 8 hr 9 min ago

When you clicked on the link to the clip at 11:00pm you got this:

http://www.youtube.com/index?&session=uGjf9wtfb89nrYy7VaDsn-fNhRGiO_Cghg4yjuZnEUrZoUu59PJBTwmGC04rsUzhXHi0mobXd49Mb77EN70t-cGOLDOBzmYONiaNbz3T3pJPM9roLBlNOTFopNQKFdswZ97S0N3LQoNElOz7CFtnXPKKd4M5hxj8vi9Q8NF304wxVtYxcyoD9qa-z_3UzWiMeXJbP0ub5cAwpTfRBerwE1-CqZLDh-PirNgmWNTADcucseq4Ck5jmtkLRS4jQKErCSf9qEtkyTdTPTwqcbnYxvLSTLBJwOPXpaSWg5jTXm4A_GW4PWC23_LXx3iqbea4

This video has been removed due to terms of use violation.

Then this post appears on Digg:

http://digg.com/politics/Fox_forces_removal_of_Ron_Paul_clip_from_YouTube

218 diggs (at ~11:05pm Friday Jan. 11, 2008)

flickr.com — Ok, now this is just sick. Can we file charges?

Submitted:

1 hr 27 min ago

A post within reads:
http://www.newscorrupt.com (NewsCorp) has the video and won't be taking it down.

This is the video that I used for the transcript.  BTW: newscorrupt is NOT actually NewsCorp.

As you can see / hear, Ron Paul receives overwhelming applause for his response.

So, what was FOX trying to hide?  Well, they didn’t exactly ‘snag’ Paul with the question of elect-ability:

Cameron:  “Congressman Paul, you get another question on electability:  Do you have any sir?  [laughter]  There is always the question as to whether or not you are viable. [another candidate laughs sarcastically (I think it was Rudy – sounded like him and he was right next to Paul)]  Your differences with the rest of the Republicans on this stage has raised questions as to whether or not you can actually win the General, uh, Republican nomination, sir?”

Ron Paul’s response (transcribed from the closed-captioning) (same as what was said):

“Well, we have only had two little primaries so far, so it’s pretty premature to decide which one is going to be the candidate.

But, you know, when you think about it, if you measured everything I have ever said, every vote I have ever taken against the Constitution, I’m a strict Constitutionalist.

Are you suggesting the Republicans should write me off because I’m a

strict Constitutionalist?

I’m the most Conservative member here. 

I have voted against more spending and waste in government than anybody else. (applause)

So you are suggesting that I’m not electable and the Republicans don’t want me?

Because I’m a strict fiscal Conservative? 

Because I believe in civil liberties? 

Why should we not be defending civil liberties? 

Why should we not be talking about foreign policy that used to be the part of the Republican Party? 

Mr. Republican Robert Taft didn’t even want us to be in NATO and you are saying now that we have to continue to borrow money from China to finance this Empire that we can’t afford? 

Let me see if I get this right. 

We need to borrow $10 Billion from China and then we give it to Musharraf who is a military dictator who overthrew an elected government and then we go to war, we lose all these lives promoting democracy in Iraq.  I mean, what’s going on here? [cheers and applause] (ROARING cheers and applause)

And you are saying that this isn’t appealing to Republicans? 

Where did this come about?

I think this is a Republican message.

I defend the platform. 

It Used to say get rid of the Department of Education. 

It doesn’t say that now. 

We as Republicans went and doubled the size of the Department of Education. 

So where have we gone? 

I think we have lost our way. 

Then the insinuation that I am less Republican because of that?”  (Bell; cheers and applause)

Total time 2:16 minutes (including the question being asked)

I don’t think that it was Ron Paul’s response that made FOX News try to have this debate segment eradicated from the internet, rather I believe it was the enthusiastic response of the audience to his comment on borrowing billions from China to build up a military dictator who overthrew a democracy in Pakistan, only to send Americans to be killed in an attempt to democratize Iraq.

The cheers and applause were very loud and robust!

NOT what FOX News was expecting, nor what they wanted to hear.

So, here it is, just incase FOX decides to invade the civil liberties of http://www.newscorrupt.com and unconstitutionally have this video removed.

I just spent way too long typing it all out for you!

Update: here is a link to the entire SC debate transcript:
http://www.thestate.com/presidential-politics/v-print/story/281494.html


Awesome video compliments this Inner Party mentality very well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aNHZI66BPs

Group Mentality Will Gouge the GOP

By Natalie Schultz

            Tonight, after the FOX News South Carolina debate, Frank Luntz had his select group of Republican voters in a room and he asked them who performed the best and worst.  Most people believed Fred Thompson did the best, but a bunch of them shouted that Ron Paul did the worst.  What is interesting is that when Mr. Luntz then asked them to raise their hands if they believed that Ron Paul did the worst, most hands shot right up, except for one young woman in the front row, who looked around her and then slowly raised her hand and shrugged her shoulders. 

            Not for nothing, but it must be noted that Ron Paul received the same amount of applause towards his answers as did any of the other candidates.  So, it must be asked, how did FOX News choose those select 28 Republican voters to sit in that special room to watch the debate?  Perhaps they used a questionnaire and only selected the respondents who believed that continuing the War in Iraq was their most important concern.  Later, when Mr. Luntz asked the group if they believed that Ron Paul should have been included in the debate, almost all of them said yes.  So, obviously they at least felt that Ron Paul added a legitimate, albeit different, viewpoint to the debate.  Then, of course, Hannity and Colmes interviewed each candidate individually except for Ron Paul (Colmes did note that Paul was invited, but declined.  I don’t blame him).

            When Ron Paul warned of unjustified war with Iran, the focus group gave a very negative response.  Well, guess what, 75% of the country does NOT want to go to war with Iran.  So, FOX’s focus group is totally out of touch with the rest of America.  Luntz then said that the group wants a “true conservative” Republican.  Well, what he really means is NeoCon Republican, because, the most respected “true” Conservative in our country, Patrick J. Buchanan, has always been totally against the war.  I love how no Republican pundits ever attack Pat, in fact they all respect him, yet they all attack Ron Paul, even though Pat Buchanan and Ron Paul agree on just about everything, from taxes, to immigration, to foreign policy.

Honestly, I do not believe that most Americans take FOX News seriously anymore.  The Democrats refuse to participate in any FOX debates, the new FOX Business Channel has been trounced for false news stories, and just the other day CNN’s Paul Begala flipped out because FOX News reported that he was joining Hillary Clinton’s campaign staff.  Begala emailed FOX’s Major Garrett many times telling him that the news was false, that he has not and will not join Hillary’s campaign, yet Major Garrett continued to report the story on the air and even told Begala that he had a very reliable source.  A reliable source?  The man himself sent him at least three emails saying that it was all a lie and that every other news and media outlet had contacted him after they heard FOX’s story, and none of them went with the story because it was a lie.

            A great video is on You Tube where FOX’s Carl Cameron is interviewing Ron Paul about how he feels about FOX’s coverage of him.  Cameron: “Is the media treating you fair? … You know a lot of the candidates want to cut you off the debate stage.”  And then Cameron asks if FOX is giving Paul a fair shake: Paul jokingly says “Well, I wish you would be more fair and balanced” and Cameron responds “Don’t we all!”  I think that says it all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPRzlejFx8M&

            Why should Republicans care if Democrats ignore FOX News?  Because, if Republicans are truly relying on FOX News to get a feel for the upcoming general election, well, they are screwing themselves.  Granted, I think most liberal Democrats are loons who believe that money grows on trees and that it is their job to harvest all that money and give it away to the poor.  Democrats have never been known for understanding economic or fiscal policy, however, over the past few years, and at all of the debates, the Republicans obviously don’t get it either.  The majority of general election voters are Independents, and they know that our economy stinks. 

            We are in a recession, and only artificially low interest rates are stopping the crash.  Unfortunately, that has made the Dollar virtually worthless.  As the government continues to borrow money from China to fund the war, it increases our national debt, and once no one will buy up anymore of our debt, we are dead in the water.  Now, even American banks have been going abroad to get bailed out, so we don’t even own our American financial institutions.  Ron Paul is the only Republican willing to admit that we are in a recession, and he is the only one willing to truly fix the economy.

            I want the Republican Party to WAKE UP and realize how the American People feel, because if we don’t the Democrats are going to win and turn this country into a Socialist Dictatorship.  And, we will still be bankrupt.

            Many well-respected Conservative Republicans have left the Party already.  True Conservatives have fled with Pat Buchanan and don’t read The Weekly Standard, but The American Conservative instead.  Many Republicans, both moderate and Conservative, watch CNN’s Lou Dobbs and have jumped onto his anti-Two-Party “Independents” bandwagon.  Of course, MSNBC, the thorn in the side of O’Reilly, has both Pat and Tucker Carlson, two of the original Conservative pundits.  Even the McLaughlin Group, during their 2007 Year-End Awards named Ron Paul ‘Most Original Thinker’, ‘Capitalist of the Year’ and ultimately ‘Person of the Year’ for “Injecting the Presidential campaign with a dose of truth serum for his straight talk on Iraq, his straight talk on the Constitution and limits of government … Paul has become an independent force in the nation’s life.”  
            Let’s be honest here, all of these sources are well-known Conservatives, and they find all of the other Republican candidates severely lacking any real Conservative credentials.  So, FOX may have controlled the scene during the Bush administration, but those days are waning and Republicans are in serious trouble, seeing as only Ron Paul has the respect of both the young ‘internet generation’ and the old establishment Conservative network media.  And don’t forget all of those Libertarians who willingly disenfranchised themselves years ago; Ron Paul’s campaign finally convinced them to re-join the Republican Party.  Yes, all you NeoCon Republican newbies, most Libertarians originally were Republicans.

            Oh, BTW FOX News, Frank Luntz was reprimanded in 1997 by the American Association for Public Opinion Research and censured in 2000 by the National Council on Public Polls for skewing research results to reflect more favorably on specific clients.   In an interview this year Luntz even redefined the term ‘Orwellian’ as a positive form of speech!  War is Peace.  Slavery is Freedom.  Ignorance is Strength.

            So, here’s to you FOX News, you doubleplusungood Duckspeakers!

Absolute MUST SEE video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aNHZI66BPs

End of the Two-Party System?  Can Barack Obama and Ron Paul Unite America?

By Natalie Schultz

            Let’s face facts: If Barack Obama wins the nomination the Republicans have no chance of winning in November.  That is why the Republicans are still praying for a Clinton Machine comeback; hatred towards Hillary runs deep, even among some Democrats.  So, any analysis of a Republican win in November must be viewed through a lens of Hillary as the Democrat’s nominee.  And, although a rational view of what has happened so far to both Hillary and Romney should put both of them into the ‘They blew it’ category, we know from past experience that the Clinton Machine does have an uncanny way of distorting reality so it ends up in their favor.

            The three favorites of the GOP leadership have floundered: Romney has lost his footing by spending more than any other candidate in an attempt to convince everyone, with all different and contradictory points of view, that he stands for what they believe in.  That tactic may work in the end for Clinton, as that Machine seems to have the same power as Big Brother (all truth somehow gets lost in everyone’s unconscious), but at this point, Romney may as well take that seldom used hunting rifle of his and aim for a clear shot: his foot.  Only time will tell if Rudy’s Florida strategy will work, but even if it does, he is turning 9/11 into a worn-out joke.  Fred Thompson’s lazy, lackluster strategy seems to have the best shot for the GOP.  My guess is that some people just don’t pay all that much attention to either political coverage or the candidate’s voting records, so his ‘Law and Order’ stardom seems to be carrying some real world weight.

            The current GOP leadership, under control of the Neo-CONs, fears Huckabee because his foreign policy knowledge is non-existent, his social policy only caters to the Evangelicals of the Religious Right, and his immigration and economic record flies in the face of everything Conservatives and Republicans hold dear.  He might as well be running as a Democrat.  Maverick McCain, although very pro-war, which the Neo-CONs love, again, on immigration and economic policy issues, might as well be running as a Democrat.  Also, his openly pro-war stance, especially his admitting that he plans to stay in Iraq for the next 100 years, sends painful red flags through the GOP since they are trying to shift the subject of war away from Iraq toward a national defense rhetoric.

            Then there is the magnanimous Ron Paul.  Ron Paul is to the current round of Republican contenders what Barack Obama is to the Democrats: they both have overwhelming support of that large segment of America known as Independents.  They are both the only candidates who have truly been against the War in Iraq from day one.  Obama is the only Democrat who does not plan to “mandate” (put a gun to our heads) that all Americans buy health insurance.  Both Paul and Obama want healthcare to be more affordable, but only the Free Market can do that.  It is our current government, by caving into special interests and lobbyists, such as trial lawyers (Edwards) and insurance companies that have caused the cost of medical services to increase beyond the reach of many Americans.  Hillary Clinton owes more of her campaign funding to these very special interests than all the other candidates on either side combined.  Both Obama and Ron Paul received their campaign funds from small, individual grass-roots donations; they received hard-earned money from real American people.  Ron Paul understands first-hand that great, quality healthcare can be obtained by every American citizen, but only if the government butts out.  Ron Paul is an actual medical doctor.  He had been practicing medicine long before our government was bought-out by lobbyists such as insurance companies, trial lawyers and other special interests.  Ron Paul refused to accept government funds for his services; instead he treated poor people for free or at a low cost they could afford.  Most doctors would be willing to treat patients for smaller fees, but today they cannot because corrupt trial lawyers sue at every chance, leading insurance companies to charge doctors millions of dollars to cover such malpractice suits.  This is why our healthcare is so expensive, not because our doctors are greedy, but because our government has allowed these corrupt trial lawyers to control them.  Doctors are the victims just as much as we patients are; their hands are tied.  They cannot practice medicine without malpractice insurance, and those insurance rates are so high because of all the frivolous lawsuits, so doctors must pass those exorbitant fees onto patients.  If our government representatives did not fund their campaigns with this ‘diseased’ money, then the doctors could focus on treating people instead of worrying about being sued by money-hungry lawyers.

            As far as economics and business are concerned, even Fox News business analysts say Ron Paul’s views are best for the economy, only going with Rudy as their second choice.  Fox News hates Ron Paul, even banning him from their forum in New Hampshire, so this is definitely saying something.  If anything, the GOP leadership has to realize that not only is the Republican Party in decline, but the viewership of Fox News is falling in lock-step.  The New Hampshire Republican Party even withdrew its sponsorship of that debate because of Fox’s anti-Ron Paul bias.  Ron Paul’s economic policy, laissez-faire, is the traditional Conservative Republican policy; this is the policy that our Founding Fathers built our great country upon.  The problem with the Republican Party is that over the past decade, the GOP leadership has gone against true Free Markets, and instead embraced the Clintonian concept of government controlled trade deals such as NAFTA and the WTO.  Both Ron Paul and Barack Obama are wholeheartedly against these unfair trade deals that have made the Military Industrial Complex and a handful of politicians very wealthy at the expense of the American People.  True Free Market policy today goes by the name of Fair Trade; the difference is that in a Fair Trade situation the government would not be able to prop up inefficient global companies through tax incentives and subsidies that put small American businesses and American workers at risk.  Deals such as NAFTA and the WTO destroy all local economies around the world, from the small American family farmer to the middle class who once could rely on a strong manufacturing base in this country.  Even in Europe, the Danish company LEGO has had to lay off thousands of local Danish workers because they could not compete against toys made in China and Latin America.

            The American Dollar, once the strongest currency in the world, has become almost as worthless as old Wall Street ticker tape.  Inflation runs rampant as our government continues to borrow from countries such as China, which leads to increasing National Debt and has allowed many of our enemies to buy out some of our largest companies.  Ron Paul is the only candidate who advocates for a return to the Gold Standard.  Many people laugh at this because they do not understand it.  No, you will not be walking around with gold bullion in your pocket.  By pegging currency to a precious metal such as gold it guarantees that there is a valuable source of collateral backing it up.  It is like when you get a mortgage from a bank to purchase a house, the house is your collateral; if you do not pay your mortgage the bank then owns the house and can sell it and get its money back.  Our currency problem today in fact mirrors our sub-prime mortgage crisis.  Banks lent money to people who could not afford to purchase houses; because banks were so willing to give out money to just about anyone, even interest-only mortgages, the housing market boomed, causing all home prices to rise well above what they truly would be worth in a solid economy.  Then suddenly, when these mortgages came due at the “real” rates, the rates that truly reflected the costs that the borrower should have been paying from day one, millions of people could not pay and all these homes ended up in foreclosure.  Because so many houses ended up in foreclosure at the same time, basically flooding the housing market with “For Sale” signs, the value of everyone’s home equity suddenly plummeted.  Essentially, what happened is that American homes became as valuable paper money.  The real world is not a Monopoly game, and Ron Paul is the only candidate willing to face facts and admit that we must get back to reality and peg the American dollar to gold so that it cannot be artificially inflated.  Will it be painful?  Yes, but the slope we are sliding down right now is only keeping the pain at bay by anesthetizing reality by borrowing more and more money from foreigners, many of whom are a threat to us, and in the end the pain won’t matter because America as we know it will be slaughtered.

            During the ABC debate, the cost of oil was brought up, and Ron Paul spoke about three charts that showed the cost of oil over the past several years in relation to the Dollar, the Euro and Gold.  The cost of oil for Americans using the dollar has increased by over 300%, in relation to the Euro the cost of oil has risen over 200%, but in relation to gold the cost of oil was flat.  This means that if the American Dollar was still pegged to Gold, then the cost of oil would not be affecting the lives of Americans as negatively as it is.  In addition, the cost of oil went from $27 a barrel before the war in Iraq to $100 today.  The same can be said for food and travel costs; we are importing more and more food and goods from oversees, ignoring the lack of safety standards, these goods cannot keep being imported at dirt-cheap prices; current prices are artificially deflated by countries such as China illegally subsidizing its goods and deflating its currency in order to prevent other manufacturers from competing.  Once China has completely dominated the world’s manufacturing industries it will allow the Chinese Yuan to return to true market rates, and the American dollar will be utterly worthless.  China will take over all of our big businesses and banking industry, and we will not even be able to afford to keep our defense spending up and we will be sitting ducks for invasion.  Essentially, we are heading down a road on which we are bankrupting ourselves; instead of outspending the Soviet Union on military defense, we are devaluing our currency and paying for our enemies to build mighty militaries against us because we are borrowing money from them and paying them high interest payments.

            Ron Paul is the only candidate on either side who has a true understanding of economics and how economics is the ONLY factor that affects every aspect of our lives, not only as individuals, but as a sovereign nation.  All of the issues, both foreign and domestic, revolve around the state of the American Dollar.  All of the current candidates were for the invasion of Iraq, except for Obama and Paul.  At the same time, these candidates refuse to acknowledge the dangers we face from countries such as China.  Iraq was not an imminent danger to the United States, we know now that Saddam Hussein did not have WMD.  The Neo-CONs can spin the rhetoric against countries such as Iraq and Iran all they want, but the American People are sick of all the lies.  The American People are aware that the combined powers of the Neo-CONs and the Clinton Machine have led our country down this road to destruction.  The current War in Iraq began under Clinton and came to a head under George W. Bush; NAFTA began under Clinton and has expanded under George W. Bush.  The America People are sick of all the lies, we are sick of having the wool pulled over our eyes.  John Edwards applauded Teddy Roosevelt, the great Republican who took on the monopolies and ended their wrath against the American People.  Today our government has become united in a world-wide monopoly over individual rights and freedoms.  Our government no longer represents our interests; we borrow money from China to fight a war against Iraq; Iraq never had the money to build a military large enough to destroy us, but China does.  How can we blindly allow these candidates to sway us with rhetoric when they are stealing our money and our rights and giving it away to countries like China?  We worry about the domestic healthcare crisis, yet that will not matter one bit if we continue our record of propping up our enemies.  We created our current crisis in the Middle East by propping up regimes such as Saddam Hussein and the Iranian Shaw, and even Osama Bin Laden.  Now we are doing the same in China, by paying them interest rates on the money we borrow to fund our excessive spending.  When will we learn our lesson?

            The American People are sick and tired of a government that no longer represents our interests.  We are sick and tired of a government who allows good jobs to be sent oversees, of allowing Big Business to lobby for more H1-B Visas so well-paid college educated Americans can lose their jobs to lower-paid immigrants.  We are sick of seeing our tax dollars being spent defending borders oversees when our borders here at home are wide open.  We are sick, literally, of seeing politicians receive money from special interests and lobbyists who only want the freedom to sue doctors for malpractice rather than cure Americans’ illnesses.  And yes, we are sick, literally, that our government is willing to put small family farms out of business through over-regulation while at the same time allowing poisonous food and goods from China to enter this country unregulated.

            America needs a President who will stand up for Americans, who will defend our Rights to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.  America needs a President with real life experience and a true understanding of our current foreign and domestic problems.  America needs a President who will just say NO to all the special interests and lobbyists.  America needs “Dr. No”: Ron Paul: an experienced Air Force surgeon, a real medical doctor, a leader who has actually studied economics.  A congressman who spends his time reading every bill that comes up for a vote and always takes the floor to explain why it is good or bad.  A true defender of the freedoms this country was built on, a man of integrity who listens to no special interests and bases every vote on our most sacred document, the Constitution of the United States of America.

            If Hillary Clinton becomes the Democrat’s nominee, then the Republicans had better leave the Neo-CONs in the dust and nominate Ron Paul if they are to have any chance of winning in November and saving us from yet more Clintonian tyranny.  Ron Paul is the only Republican candidate with support from Independents and Democrats.  And 2/3 of Democrats have already shown that they do not like the Clinton Machine.   The age of Neo-CON tyranny is breathing its last breaths, so stop pandering to the past and embrace FREEDOM!

If Barack Obama becomes the nominee for the Democrats, so be it.  Americans truly are ready for change.  But we want real change, and we want it fast.  Our economy is too far gone, our international reputation is all but shot.  We do not have time for a President who is far behind the learning curve.  Obama claims to be a “Uniter,” a person who can bring together Democrats, Republicans and Independents.  Ron Paul has the very same reputation.  They have the same views on the most pertinent issue of our time: The Iraq War.  Obama needs a running mate with experience who is also a uniter, not a divider.  The Neo-CONs may hate Ron Paul, but the Neo-CONs hate America.  Fox News may hate Ron Paul, but America hates Fox News.  If America truly is ready for change, truly ready to embrace a new form of government, a government that truly represents the PEOPLE, then America is ready and jumping at the chance to vote out our two-party system.  America is ready for a Barack Obama – Ron Paul ticket this November!

Do Obama and Paul compliment each other?  Let’s see (the following comes mostly from www.issues2000.org as well as other sites and debates, speeches):

Obama - Black

Paul - White

Obama - Young

Paul - Old 

Obama - Little political experience

Paul - Member of Congress since 1976

Obama - No military career

Paul - Air Force flight surgeon

Obama - Wants to fix healthcare

Paul - Experienced medical doctor; make healthcare affordable by ending corruption; tax-free Health Savings Account

Obama - Ban smoking

Paul - No ban; insurance credit for non-smokers

Obama - Allow re-importation of prescription drugs from Canada

Paul - Allow re-importation of prescription drugs from Canada

Obama – Increase taxes, no spending cuts

Paul – Get rid of IRS, cut taxes, cut spending

Obama - Fiscal Policy ???

Paul - Return to responsible fiscal policy / Gold Standard

Obama - Farm Plan costs $300 Million a year more in spending

Paul - Eliminate all subsidies / Free Market creates small businesses, protects family farms by creating a level playing field

Obama - Against ‘No Child Left Behind’

Paul - Against ‘No Child Left Behind’

Obama - Government control of Education; sends his children to private school

Paul - Parental control of Education; for school choice, home-schooling rights

Obama - Voted YES on Patriot Act

Paul - Voted NO on Patriot Act

Obama - Register women for draft, but not for combat

Paul - Terminate Selective Service (end draft registration at age 18)

Obama - Against War in Iraq

Paul - Voted NO on War in Iraq

Obama - Against NAFTA, CAFTA; Voted YES on Free Trade with Oman

Paul - Against NAFTA, CAFTA; Voted YES to Withdraw from WTO; Voted NO on ‘Fast-Track’ trade agreements; Voted NO on all trade deals (individual businesses can trade, but government cannot regulate unless it will interfere with our sovereignty)

Obama - Supports Israel; Palestinians suffer for “not recognizing Israel”

Paul - Get out of Arab-Israeli conflict, cut off all aid to Israel and Arabs

Obama - For Energy Independence / Alternative Energy

Paul - For Energy Independence / Alternative Energy; Co-Sponsor of Solar and Wind Power tax-credit bills; Energy that pollutes the environment should internalize those costs because it is an invasion of individual property rights, then clean energy will be comparably cheaper on the Free Market.

Obama - For Carbon Credits

Paul - Carbon Credits legalize pollution; pollution is an invasion of individual property rights

Obama - Extend welfare and Medicaid to immigrants

Paul - Welfare State is the cause of illegal immigration

Obama - Voted YES on allowing illegal aliens to participate in Social Security

Paul - Voted YES on reporting illegal aliens who receive hospital treatment; end illegal alien birthright citizenship

Obama - Voted YES on border fence

Paul - Voted YES on border fence