This opinion piece is a mostly positive article about Ron Paul.
Attempts to discourage moderate and independent ideology on the right side of the political spectrum continue to wane with the success of John McCain. Furthermore, it appears that a Republican win in November will plunge us further into the mediocrity of neoconservatism. Eight years of neoconservatism have brought us nothing but disastrous foreign policy decisions, a looming recession and a monstrous deficit.
Are these the acceptable consequences of a transformed political right? Not if you ask Ron Paul.
Vern Mckinley is running in my own district, Virginia’s 10th Congressional District. I’m excited to not only endorse him as a candidate, but also to interview him for Liberty Maven. Mckinley is very comprehensive in his well thought out answers. This is part one of the interview, and truly gives some excellent insight into his campaign and positions. I look forward to continuing this interview in the coming days and weeks.
Collins Bailey just won the Republican Primary for Maryland’s 5th Congressional District on February 12th. He was kind enough to agree to an interview with Liberty Maven. This is part 1 of the interview. For complete Liberty Maven interviews please check out the interview page.
This is an interesting report from the New York Times on Ron Paul. Included in the report is an interesting comment from Carl Cameron, the FOX News reporter who asked Ron Paul the “electability” question during the Myrtle Beach debate.
Ron Paul 2008 has formed its March Exploratory Committee and is giving careful thought to the best date, specific format, and other details of the upcoming Ron Paul freedom march. We’ve also set up a new e-mail address for the committee, so supporters can send their ideas, suggestions, questions, etc. Please remember that the committee has a lot of information to sift through even before suggestions start pouring in, so be patient. This will be a great event, and it requires careful planning.
Brent Sanders is running for Congress in Louisiana’s 5th District. He was kind enough to agree to an interview for Liberty Maven about the issues and his campaign.
All Liberty Maven interviews can be viewed by going to the interview page. The interviews are in multiple segments. This is the first interview segment for Sanders (and the first for Liberty Maven as well).
Brent is a regular on Ron Paul Forums and has gained much respect among the members there. Taking a page from Ron Paul’s fund raising success he is having his own money bomb on March 2nd and 3rd. I encourage everyone to pledge and donate to his campaign. Read on for the first segment of the interview.
The latest DownsizeDC.org dispatch contains scathing commentary on the traitors in Congress. (NOTE: the word “traitor” is my word — I consider anyone who takes an oath to defend the Constitution and then does the opposite is a traitor to this country). Please take the time to read what’s been going on, and then contact your representatives to tell them how you feel.
Do you know the date of the first law ever passed by the United States’ Senate? It was May 5, 1789.
Do you know the subject of that law? It was the “Oath Act.” It’s purpose was to provide specific wording for the oath the Constitution requires Senators to swear upon taking office.
Strangely, the Constitution actually provides the specific wording of the oath the President is supposed to take, but it does not do so for Congress. Instead, the Constitution simply stipulates the following in Article VI, clause 3:
“The Senators and Representatives before mentioned, and the members of the several state legislatures, and all executive and judicial officers, both of the United States and of the several states, shall be bound by oath or affirmation, to support this Constitution; but no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”
The lack of specific wording meant that Congress had to create the wording. The oath they created as their first order of business, was very simple . . .
“I do solemnly swear that I will support the Constitution of the United States.”
Of course, later politicians have been increasingly fond of complexity, causing the oath to mutate into this . . .
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.”
The result remains the same. And please notice that members of Congress do not swear an oath to support or defend the nation, the country, or the government. They swear an oath to support and defend the Constitution, specifically. This is very important . . . Read More »
Ron Paul supports the “conspiracy theory” of the NAFTA Super Highway and the creation of a North American Union.
Ron Paul has stated that America could save $1 trillion by cutting foreign spending.
Ron Paul has flip flopped on the support of Ronald Reagan.
I’ll ignore the merits of allowing these types of inconsistencies to sway your vote one way or another for now. Instead let’s investigate them one by one.
Ron Paul pulled in 5% in my home state of Virginia with over 21K votes. That equaled my realistic hope for him. In DC, he pulled in 8% of the vote. Not too bad at all. In Maryland, Ron Paul has 6% with 60% reporting.
I certainly wish Paul had campaigned in one of these primaries. I think he could have done better than this. In fact, I think his results are amazing considering the near zero media coverage.
In the three primaries he pulled in over 32K votes. The freedom message is still popular among a select few.
McCain barely won Virginia ahead of Mike Huckabee. I’m starting to think Huckabee will not be McCain’s running mate after all. Huck staying in the race is likely aggravating the hell out of McCain. I’m not sure who McCain will choose now.
On the Dem side Obama swept all three primaries by large margins. Hillary’s campaign is now reduced to having to win all of Ohio, Texas, and Pennsylvania. If she loses any one of those states, Obama will be the nominee.
I think Obama will be the nominee and will win convincingly in the general election. A lot can happen between now and then though, so we shall see.
Liberty Maven
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