Ron Paul was interviewed on the Jason Lewis Show by guest host Rod Grams this evening. They talked for about 16 minutes and covered several topics but in the end focused on auditing and potentially ending the Federal Reserve.
Paul specifically discusses why he doesn’t think the way to get HR1207 to a House vote is through a discharge petition. He suggests continuing to drum up grassroots support for HR1207 is the best method.
Grams allowed Ron Paul to speak until he was done on each topic. He even pointed out that his niece convinced him that Paul was a great candidate during the 2008 election.
Listen to the interview in it’s entirety below.
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I must confess. This Ron Paul supporter suffered from a temporary bout of neo-conservatism after viewing that completely horrifying video of the young woman lying in the street bleeding to death in Iran over the weekend. I will not link to it because I don’t want to infect anyone else. My long lost compassionate conservatism gene made a return as I was filled with hatred and sadness. I thought, “Something must be done!. America needs to intervene!” A few hours and a reality check later I found myself back on firm Founding Father-style non-interventionist footing once again.
Some claim taking a non-interventionist approach on the Iran election aftermath is the height of hypocrisy from someone who claims to believe in liberty. Ron Paul is being criticized for his lone “Nay” vote on condemning the Iranian government’s heinous actions on it’s own people. On the surface it appears Obama is taking a similar non-interventionist approach for now, although there are some arguing the opposite may be true. Hopefully, Obama stands his ground (this time) against the interventionist opposition.
Those clamoring for intervention need to answer a few questions, but there is one question that trumps them all.
It’s Friday and that means another installment of “Quick Hits”…
I read a quite sobering article by Chris Hedges earlier this week entitled, “The American Empire Is Bankrupt”. After reading the headline I said to myself, “well, duh!” But the first paragraph of the article shocked me out of my “duh-ness”. It reads:
This week marks the end of the dollar’s reign as the world’s reserve currency. It marks the start of a terrible period of economic and political decline in the United States. And it signals the last gasp of the American imperium. That’s over. It is not coming back. And what is to come will be very, very painful.
Hedges directs the ultimate economic horror movie, something I’ve tried to prepare my family for after watching Chris Martenson’s excellent “Crash Course” last year. I find myself asking the same question over and over again. Are the doomsayers like Peter Schiff, Ron Paul, Jim Rogers, Chris Martenson, Chris Hedges, and Gerald Celente right?
If they are, I know I’m at least partially prepared now and am trying to become more prepared every day. That is, of course, without going completely into the commando-survivalist realm. If I did that, I’d likely have to survive a divorce before I’d get to use any of my newly acquired skills.
A big deal was made this week over Obama murdering an innocent fly with his bare hands during a CNBC interview. As if all of the human Obamatons frozen in O-face since our long national Obamagasm began on January 20th wasn’t enough. He is now the lizard king. He fellates humans with his sharp tongue and strikes down insects with his bare hands. Is there anything this Superhuman-in-Chief cannot do? Removing his teleprompter seems to be his only kryptonite…. or is it?
If you like Ron Paul but yearn for a younger Constitution-loving candidate, no better choice comes to mind than B.J. Lawson. We at Liberty Maven were singing his praises before he handily won the inaugural Liberty Straw Poll back on September 17th by an overwhelming margin (better than 4 to 1 over the runner-up).
We rated Lawson on the Paul-O-Meter (in which we compared his policies and voting record to those of Ron Paul) and weren’t too surprised that he scored a 91 out of a possible 99 points (thus cementing his “Ron Paul Jr.” nickname).
Ron Paul himself has even campaigned for him and remarked on Lawson’s nickname by saying:
A lot of folks have begun calling B.J. Lawson the next Ron Paul. The comparison is very flattering. . . for me.
In the election BJ garnered 37% of the vote, which is quite a feat considering his district (4th) in North Carolina is strongly Democratic.
And according to the local press, BJ Lawson is planning to give it another shot. He’ll be opposing Rep. David Price next fall. Expect an announcement on his web site (www.lawsonforcongress.com) some time next week.
In the meantime, for more information, take a look at our interviews with BJ last year: Part 1|Part 2 and then get ready for another money bomb.
Some current and former Ron Paul supporters are angry at the man (or at least disappointed) that he himself didn’t take his Presidential campaign as seriously as many would have liked from the start. He treated it as an education effort until he started getting loads of donations and by then it was almost too late to get serious about winning. However, the midterm elections of 2010 may show that his educational effort was quite fruitful in its own right.
There are at least 5 candidates running (or seriously considering running) for public office in 2010 due to the influence and inspiration of Ron Paul and his Presidential campaign. They are the next generation. Barry Goldwater begat Ronald Reagan. Whom will emerge from the foundation Ron Paul has built? Perhaps one of the following current or potential candidates for office:
If there ever was an argument for nepotism then one need look no further than Ron Paul and his son Rand. Scott Horton asked Rand about neptotism in an Antiwar Radio interview recently. Rand answered quite honestly and bluntly, something we’ve become accustomed to when listening to his father.
My son, Rand, has helped me campaign since he was 11. He and his brothers and sisters and nieces and nephews have literally knocked on thousands of doors for me.
At the age of 21, Rand debated Phil Gramm in my US Senate race in my stead. During the Presidential election he traveled to ten states giving speeches for me. He appeared on hundreds of radio programs for me. I am grateful for his contribution and very proud of the thoughtful, principled man Rand has become.
So, it is with great enthusiasm that I endorse my son Rand’s venture into electoral politics. Rand has formed an exploratory committee to run for Senate in Kentucky. Sending Rand to Washington would be a tremendous victory for the Freedom Movement.
I hope you will join me in supporting Rand in any way you feel comfortable. You can get more information or make a contribution at www.randpaul2010.com
Rand has also established himself as a significant force in Kentucky politics. For fifteen years he has run Kentucky Taxpayers United, a group that rates the state legislature and promotes the Taxpayer Protection Pledge whereby candidates and office holders take a pledge not to raise taxes.
Like me, Rand is a graduate of Duke Medical School. Rand is an eye surgeon, married for eighteen years, and has three children. In addition to politics, he is the founder of the Southern Kentucky Lions Eye Clinic that provides free care for those in need.
I hope you will visit Rand’s website, www.randpaul2010.com, and consider supporting him in any way you can.
In Liberty,
Ron Paul
Is there such a thing as “good” nepotism? In this case, I certainly think so.
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” – attributed to Abraham Lincoln at age 28
by Jake Towne, the Champion of the Constitution
Originally published Thursday, May 28, 2009 at http://www.nolanchart.com/article6389.html
There’s an interesting essay that the great American thinker Lysander Spooner once penned in 1867 entitled “No Treason.” To very briefly summarize this document, Spooner points out that there is no treason committed by those who disagree with Constitution of the United States. Recently a friend brought this up to me for a rather heated debate – which might have something to do with the fact that my pen-name since I started writing is “the Champion of the Constitution.” (photo)
This article is my attempt to recap this conversation and add some points I’ve had after some time for reflection. While I concede the point that there is no treason in disagreeing with the Constitution – although it’s quite different if you happen to be a politician who swore to uphold it – it is my firm belief that in our day and age we must rally around the Constitution.
First, yes, it is true that neither I nor you signed the Constitution.
Yes, it is also true that neither did our parents or grandparents.
By now I’m sure you’ve seen the two video clips (here’s the latest) of Lindsey Graham unnecessarily attacking Ron Paul and libertarianism in general. It is odd for Graham to do such a thing unless he feels threatened by Paul. So I take it as a good sign that he is doing so. It is also a good sign that there are people out there, even in Graham’s home state of South Carolina willing to embrace the libertarian label like Mark Sanford as he does when questioned about “libertarianism”.
Lindsey Graham represents the GOP in a death-ward spiral. He is at the point of kicking, screaming, and clawing his way out of the Republican pit of despair. To really illustrate how the Grahams of the GOP operate see the video below. The sad thing is that this kind of behavior is no longer surprising. It is expected. This is the giant wall those that are trying to rebrand the GOP with the same old neo-con leaders are up against. The GOP should take Stephen Gordon’s advice and embrace libertarians of all stripes, otherwise the Grand Old Party may be destined to be the Tired Old Party by 2012.
Rand Paul announced this evening (as expected) that he has formed an exploratory committee for a run at the U.S. Senate. He did so on the left-leaning Rachel Maddow show on MSNBC. Maddow introduced him just after propping up his father Ron Paul as a potential GOP leader.
I listed Rand Paul as a potential GOP leader in an earlier article this week. Candidates like him (new outsiders) are precisely the type of candidates the GOP needs right now. The old guard Republicans have the power for now and will not go quietly away which makes Paul’s candidacy a long shot, at least for now. If they were smart they’d embrace this new voice. Let the money bombs begin!
Rand Paul’s website http://randpaul2010.com/ was hammered with traffic following his announcement and was unavailable for a short period of time. Feel free to donate now.
Tomorrow night (Thursday) Rand Paul is set to make a major announcement on the Rachel Maddow show. The speculation is running rampant about whether it will be an official announcement of his run for the Senate or if it will be to announce he is forming an exploratory committee to gauge the interest in his potential campaign.
The good money bet is on the exploratory committee option. Doing that will no doubt draw some main stream press and enable him to start raising money officially. Hello money bomb, where have you been?
Rand Paul is going to make a MAJOR announcement on Rachel Maddow’s show Thursday night (5/14)! It will be worth watching as Rand has discussed a potential run for US Senate from Kentucky.
For the past fifteen years, Dr. Rand Paul, son of Congressman Dr. Ron Paul, has been the chairman of the Kentucky Taxpayers United, a group that monitors and rates the State Legislature. Dr. Paul has been traveling the state of Kentucky for the past several months meeting, talking, and gauging his support.
It is a long shot for Rand Paul at this point, but this move is another sign that the future of liberty in America will not go away without a fight.
Liberty Maven
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