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Five out of five liberty-lovers agree… there is no better candidate in 2012.

It’s like 2007-2008 all over again… but perhaps better.

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LM: Your recent op-ed in USA Today discussing libertarianism and conservatism where you deemed yourself “not quite” a libertarian seemed to be another (rather successful in my view) effort to unite conservatives and libertarians by focusing on where there are agreements. Is one of your fundamental campaign strategies to foster agreement between these groups?

Rand Paul: Yes, it is. The views that unite many conservatives and libertarians are grounded in deference to the Constitution and its principles, and a belief in limited government. These ideals have not been acted upon by many in Washington recently, and that’s why I’m running. It’s also why the Tea Parties exist – frustration with a lack of accountability on spending and the size of government.

These ideals – and the joining of all limited government advocates — form the basis for my campaign this year, one that has struck a chord with Republicans, independents, libertarians, and Tea Party activists. For the country’s sake I hope we can keep these groups in agreement and united against those who do not hold the same respect for those Constitutional principles.

Yes. I believe that about sums up why Rand Paul was successful. He united all flavors of voters. The Republicans, libertarians, independents, conservatives, and tea partiers joined together to support him. He also united progressives pretty well too. They were downright venomous for some reason. I guess that’s the way they roll when they disagree with someone.

A little less than a year ago I posted an article entitled, “Why Rand Paul Will Win“. I listed three reasons: public sentiment, fund raising, and the “it” factor. In retrospect it was mostly public sentiment that turned the tide in his favor in both the primary and general.

Also of note, Rand Paul’s father Ron, won his race. There’s a slight chance Ron Paul could be in line for a committee or sub-committee chairmanship now that the House is changing control to the GOP. It’s likely we’ll all be seeing more of the always-entertaining hearing sessions with Ben Bernanke tap dancing around Ron Paul’s questions. I also believe it to be quite likely we’ll see Ron Paul running for president in 2012 given the results and public opinion. Fox News even threw some love Ron’s way by mentioning him as the catalyst for his son’s and the tea party’s victories. Prepare your bank account for an onslaught of money bombs next year and in 2012.

As for the meaning of this election…

I don’t think I could describe it any better than Scott Rasmussen in a recent article from the Wall Street Journal.

Voters don’t want to be governed from the left, right or center. They want Washington to recognize that Americans want to govern themselves.

This isn’t a GOP victory nor a Democrat loss. This is yet more evidence that America doesn’t like either major party but it still doesn’t quite know what to do about it so they vote out the party in power (at least in the House). Likely incoming House Speaker John Boehner’s speech echoed this same sentiment. He even showed off some Glenn Beck-style emotional tears. Hopefully these words and tears are backed up with action.

We’ll soon find out.

Then, again, you may have crossed over into that Zombieland of voting in which you can’t seem to get enough of the heady stuff. While the former state is normal, here’s how to tell if you’ve really had too much politics for the season and are badly in need of a vacation or at least electroshock therapy:

1) You know Sarah Palin’s dog’s favorite color.
2) You can recite the Hatch Act from memory.
3) You call polling companies and beg to be polled.
4) You can’t wait for TV shows to end so you can start enjoying the campaign commercials.
5) You’ve come to believe that Rand Paul is a type of gold coin.
6) You can spell Ben Bernanke’s name forward AND backwards.
7) Your shirt has color-coded campaign buttons with Republicans on the right side, Democrats on the left, and Libertarians down the middle.
You agree with every political view no matter who holds it yet become irritated when someone refuses to have an opinion.
9) Your Favorites menu on your computer browser is full of campaign websites.
10) You can’t be reached on the Internet because your e-mail account is glutted with campaign spam.
11) You’ve got a space reserved in front of the early voting place so that you can get there before midnight.
12) You’ve got a tattoo of your favorite candidate on your shoulder and you were the tattoo artist.
13) You’ve painted half your car red and the other half blue.
14) You invite campaign flyer distributors into your house for coffee and cookies and to have a heart-to-heart.
15) You’ve removed the heads from your bobblehead collection and replaced them with leading candidates.
16) You straighten up campaign signs at intersections.
17) Your alarm clock has campaign ads to awaken you.
18) You call radio talk shows just to hear them breathe.
19) Instead of Fantasy Football, you play Fantasy Politics.
20) Your friends avoid you because all you want to talk about is the latest polling numbers.
21) When you dream, it’s of filling out your ballot.
22) Your iPod is full of recorded campaign speeches.
23) You’re disappointed when, after the phone rings, it’s only your mother calling and not a pre-recorded message from a local candidate.
24) You burned out your TIVO recording late-night political shows.
25) Your car has so many campaign stickers on it, it makes two miles less per gallon.

Earlier this month, Jack Tough raised over $300,000 in a money bomb of his own, and is looking to raise another $100K in the closing days of this quarter. Now more than ever, Rand Paul needs your help. This is our last, best chance to put one defender of Liberty into the US Senate. The last week of this quarter is crucial to the campaign in terms of fundraising.

Rand’s final money bomb of the quarter starts tonight, when the ticker goes live on the RandPaul2010.com site

Tomorrow there will be a Moneybomb Telethon with special guests Senator Jim DeMint, John Dennis, Clint Didier, Jake Towne, Wayne Allen Root, Peter Schiff, Joe the Plumber, Steve Dore and more.

Yes, it is certainly time to put your money where your liberty is. This is the home stretch.

You can watch the Telethon right here beginning at 9am Eastern:

First, the contributors run a web site called Zivity.com. It’s an adult social media site where models, photographers, and users unite to create and appreciate artsy photography of the mostly non-nude female form. In the minds of some this may pass for “pornography”, but I’d say most people would agree this is more art than porn. Have a look yourself.

Michael Arrington at TechCrunch gets it right.

Despite the fact that the donations weren’t from Zivity, and that Zivity would barely fall under the definition of pornography, people are calling for Rand to return the money. Says someone who has no idea what he’s talking about:

“A lot of Kentuckians would have a problem with a candidate accepting money from organizations that are tearing down the culture,” said Martin Cothran, a policy analyst for The Family Foundation of Kentucky. “And we assume that the Paul campaign understands that.”

Schreiner himself seems to have little knowledge of Zivity either. By phone yesterday he asked me if I could tell him more about the site. He had not, apparently, ventured farther than the home page.

The fact is Zivity is nowhere near as graphic as mainstream television. Sexual acts are never shown, and often the models aren’t even undressed. A typical Saturday evening on Showtime or HBO would be far more likely to “tear down our culture,” in the words of whoever that guy is. And I doubt the AP would be trying to make a big deal out of a HBO employee making a donation to a campaign.

It’s pretty safe to chalk this one up to the recent trend of the left media’s attempts to spread dirt on Rand Paul every chance they get. Oh and by the way, Martin Cothran quoted above, still plans on voting for Rand Paul as he makes clear in an article of his own.

Now what follows is what the media should be talking about. To me this passes as far more pornographic than what the folks of Zivity are doing…

Let’s take a look at what sectors are the largest contributors to both Rand Paul and his opponent Jack Conway. This is downright hardcore porn here.

We’ll start with Paul. From opensecrets.org:

So most of Paul’s contributions come from a sector called “Other”. It seems to me this represents Paul’s appeal across a spectrum of voters rather than any particular special interest group. Now let’s have a look at Jack Conway’s contributions by sector.

Well, how about that? The majority of Jack’s money comes from lawyers and lobbyists. That is a hardcore pornographic image right there and it’s far more disgusting and vile than any of the thousands of images I just finished looking at over at Zivity.com for the past several hours.

So I respectfully request (ie. demand) that AP’s Bruce Schreiner, in the interest of unbiased journalism, publish the above graphs and suggest Jack Conway should return all the money he’s received from the true pornographers in our society: lawyers and lobbyists.

Of course, that would be impossible for Jack to do. He is one of them. They are his associates, peers, and friends.

Thanks for your time. I’m now going to spend a few more hours over at Zivity.com looking at art. I suggest you do the same.

I also suggest you throw another donation Rand Paul’s way to help him defend these kinds of attacks in the future.

Here are the available online streams:

The line up of guests is available at www.isupportrandpaul.com

Please remember to donate at RandPaul2010.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LZs-BRG8o7Y

Watch the report below and be sure to pledge for Rand’s next money bomb at ISupportRandPaul.com.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpnPfGpceP4

For those who are interested in donating to Amash, a popular message circulating the internet has been posted below. It outlines over 20 reasons as to why one should donate to this campaign.

1 – Ron Paul has endorsed Amash, calling him “one of the most principled young leaders I have seen in a generation.”
2 – Justin Amash supported Ron Paul in 2008, donating over $1000 to his campaign.
3 – Amash has a great chance of winning, with the Grand Rapids Press calling the primary a “two-man race.” With no incumbent and a conservative district, winning the primary virtually guarantees his election.
4 – The big-government GOP establishment is supporting his opponent.
5 – He’s the only legislator to post all of his votes on Facebook in real-time! If you don’t think he’s a true defender of liberty, just see for yourself!

6 – Amash is “Mr. No” of the Michigan State House, often alone in voting against bills.
7 – Club for Growth has endorsed him, saying he “epitomizes a new breed of limited government conservatives committed to breaking Washington’s addiction to deficits and debt.”
8 – He is a big supporter of Austrian economics, and has a poster of Hayek hanging in his office.
9 – He is a sponsor of a bill to block “Real ID” in Michigan.
10 – He was the lone NO vote on the recent bill to ban K2, which is similar to marijuana.
11 – He actually reads every bill.
12 – With Justin in Congress, Ron Paul won’t be the only no vote on bills.
13 – Amash has been a crusader against corporatism, opposing Michigan’s culture of keeping taxes high, and giving tax breaks to politically-connected companies.
From his issues page
14 – He opposes federal involvement in education, and supports home schooling.
15 – He opposes energy subsidies.
16 – He believes the best way to preserve the environment is through enforcement of property rights.
17 – He understands and opposes the Federal Reserve’s manipulation of interest rates to cause the boom-bust cycle.
18 – He pledges to repeal the health care bill and work towards real free market reform.
19 – He believes troops should only be deployed under an official constitutional declaration of war.
20 – He opposes any restrictions on the second amendment.
21 – He opposes abuses of the commerce clause which violate state sovereignty and individual rights.
22 – He scored 100% on the Americans for Prosperity scorecard.
23 – He has been endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus.