Ron Paul Supporters (REPS)

[potatoe]

Oh, btw:

********: "Congressman Paul is scheduled to appear on CNBC with Larry Kudlow at 7PM Eastern, Fox Business Network with Judge Andrew Napolitano at 8PM Eastern, and on CNN with Piers Morgan at 9PM Eastern."

[Alpha58]

I know a lot of people are mad about Iowa, but read this.

http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-may...etly-won-iowa/

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MITT ROMNEY

16 Reasons Why He Would Be a Really, Really Bad President:

#1 Obamacare was one of the worst pieces of legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress. Mitt Romney says that he would repeal Obamacare, but the reality is that Romneycare was what Obamacare was based on. In fact, a recent MSNBC article brought to light some new information about the relationship between Romneycare and Obamacare….

Newly obtained White House records provide fresh details on how senior Obama administration officials used Mitt Romney’s landmark health-care law in Massachusetts as a model for the new federal law, including recruiting some of Romney’s own health care advisers and experts to help craft the act now derided by Republicans as “Obamacare.”

The records, gleaned from White House visitor logs reviewed by NBC News, show that senior White House officials had a dozen meetings in 2009 with three health-care advisers and experts who helped shape the health care reform law signed by Romney in 2006, when the Republican presidential candidate was governor of Massachusetts.

Mitt Romney continues to defend Romneycare, but the reality is that it really is a total nightmare for Massachusetts. The following is how one blogger summarized some of the key points of Romneycare….

• Punitive To Individuals. Everyone must buy health insurance or face tax penalties equal to 50% of cost of standard policy.

• Hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on free hospital care were converted into subsidies to help the needy buy insurance.

• A health insurance “exchange” was established to help connect the uninsured with private health plans at more affordable rates.

• Health plans can offer consumers higher deductibles and more restrictive physician and hospital networks in order to lower costs.

• Punitive to Businesses with 11 or more workers that do not offer insurance must pay a $295 per employee fee.

• Established payment policy advisory board; one Board member must be from Planned Parenthood. No pro-life organization represented.

• Provides Taxpayer-Funded Abortions for copay of $50.

So what have been the results of Romneycare in Massachusetts? According to the Daily Caller, health care costs and health insurance premiums have gone up dramatically in Massachusetts….

Since the bill became law, the state’s total direct health-care spending has increased by a remarkable 52 percent. Medicaid spending has gone from less than $6 billion a year to more the $9 billion. Many consumers have seen double-digit percentage increases in their premiums.

All of that certainly sounds a whole lot like Obamacare.

Unfortunately, the other Republican candidates have not taken advantage of this weakness. According to one brand new poll, 6 times as many Republicans view Romneycare unfavorably as view it favorably. This is something that the other candidates should be jumping on big time.

#2 During his time as governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney significantly raised taxes. The following is an excerpt from a CBS News article….

Mitt Romney’s Harvard MBA and gold-plated resume convinced many business leaders he would follow in the tradition of corporate-friendly Republicans when he was elected governor of Massachusetts in 2002.

Within three years, some had a vastly different opinion, after Romney’s efforts raised the tax bill on businesses by $300 million

The same article also notes that Romney jacked up “fees and fines” on Massachusetts taxpayers substantially….

Romney and lawmakers also approved hundreds of millions in higher fees and fines during his four years in office.

Many in the Massachusetts business community were quite disgusted with Romney by the end of his tenure. Peter Nicholas, the chairman of Boston Science Corporation, says that “tax rates on many corporations almost doubled because of legislation supported by Romney.“

#3 Government spending in Massachusetts increased significantly under Mitt Romney. An advocate of smaller government he most definitely is not.

This was especially true for the last two budgets passed under Romney. In fiscal year 2006, government spending in Massachusetts increased by 7.6 percent. In fiscal year 2007, government spending in Massachusetts increased by a whopping 10.2 percent.

#4 It turns out that Mitt Romney is a believer in the theory of man-made global warming. In fact, Al Gore recently praised on Mitt Romney on his blog. In a post entitled “Good for Mitt Romney — though we’ve long passed the point where weak lip-service is enough on the Climate Crisis“, Al Gore lavished the following praise on the former Massachusetts governor….

“While other Republicans are running from the truth, he is sticking to his guns in the face of the anti-science wing of the Republican Party”

Not only that, it is also very important to remember that while Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts became the very first state to pass a law to regulate carbon emissions.

#5 If Mitt Romney becomes president, we may actually have “cap and trade” shoved down our throats. While campaigning for president in 2007, Mitt Romney said that he would support a “cap and trade” carbon tax scheme for the entire world….

“I support Cap-and-Trade on a global basis but not the USA going alone. I want to do it with other nations involved and on a global scale.”

#6 Mitt Romney had a horrible record of creating jobs while governor of Massachusetts. According to Boston Herald business reporter Bret Arends, only one state in the entire country was worse at creating jobs while Romney was in office….

“During the four years Mitt Romney was governor of Massachusetts, it had the second worst jobs record of any state in America…it wasn’t a regional issue. The rest of New England created nearly 200,000 jobs.”

#7 Mitt Romney was a very enthusiastic supporter of the Wall Street bailouts. When the time comes for more Wall Street bailouts it seems almost certain that Mitt Romney will bail them out again.

#8 If Romney becomes president, get ready for a flood of liberal judges. While he was governor of Massachusetts, there were actually significantly more Democrats among his judicial appointments than there were Republicans.

#9 Mitt Romney is incredibly soft on illegal immigration. Back in 2007, Mitt Romney made the following statement….

“But my view is that those 12 million who’ve come here illegally should be given the opportunity to sign up to stay here”

#10 While he was governor, Mitt Romney received advice on global warming and carbon emissions from the man who is now the top science adviser to Barack Obama. His name is John P. Holdren, and he has some very, very disturbing ideas. For example, he once wrote the following….

“A program of sterilizing women after their second or third child, despite the relatively greater difficulty of the operation than vasectomy, might be easier to implement than trying to sterilize men.

The development of a long-term sterilizing capsule that could be implanted under the skin and removed when pregnancy is desired opens additional possibilities for coercive fertility control. The capsule could be implanted at puberty and might be removable, with official permission, for a limited number of births.”

Holdren also believes that compulsory abortion would be perfectly legal under the U.S. Constitution….

“Indeed, it has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society.”

So if this is the kind of person that Mitt Romney relied on for “scientific advice” while he was governor, what kind of people would Romney bring in to his administration once he is president?

#11 Mitt Romney has been a huge supporter of gun control laws. When he was running for governor in Massachusetts, he made the following statement….

“We do have tough gun laws in Massachusetts- I support them…I believe they help protect us, and provide for our safety.”

#12 Mitt Romney once claimed that he was more “pro-choice” than Ted Kennedy, but now he claims that he is pro-life. In a recent article for WorldNetDaily, Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt explained why so many voters are still skeptical….

This year he’s the only major Republican presidential candidate who has yet to sign the Susan B. Anthony List pledge to defend life and defund Planned Parenthood nationwide. Candidates Bachmann, Perry, Gingrich, Paul, Pawlenty and Santorum all signed the pledge, although it should be noted Herman Cain supports everything in the pledge except the Fetal Pain Act. (Cain is not fully pro-life, either.) And who can forget Mitt’s famous 2002 campaign debate bragging repeatedly that he’s more pro-choice than Ted Kennedy?

#13 During this campaign season, Mitt Romney has stated that he only supports partnership agreements for gay couples and not gay marriage, but what Romney actually did while governor of Massachusetts suggests otherwise. In the WorldNetDaily article referenced above, Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt detailed how Mitt Romney aggressively implemented gay marriage in the state of Massachusetts….

When the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decided in 2003 to recognize homosexual “marriage,” ignoring the voters and the Constitution, the court admitted it did not have power to issue licenses or force participation by justices of the peace to solemnize the weddings. But as governor, Romney didn’t wait for the legislature to act, he just ordered the marriage licenses and weddings to go forward, all by himself. Earlier this month, Romney said in New Hampshire, “What I would support [nationwide] is letting people who are of the same gender form – if you will – partnership agreements.”

#14 As late as 2007, Mitt Romney was a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership. The following is what romneyexposed.com says about this organization….

They often work in conjunction with the pro-abortion group, Republicans for Choice, and the Republican homosexual group, the Log Cabin Club. They also opposed the nomination of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and set up a 527 campaign committee that received funding from far left funder George Soros.

#15 According to the Huffington Post, Mitt Romney has raised more money from lobbyists than all of the other Republican candidates combined.

So if Mitt Romney becomes president, who do you think he is going to listen to – the American people or the lobbyists?

#16 Mitt Romney is a big time Wall Street insider. It is estimated that Romney has a personal fortune of approximately a quarter of a billion dollars, and Wall Street money is being absolutely showered on his campaign.

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In a recent article entitled “The Big Wall Street Banks Are Already Trying To Buy The 2012 Election“, I detailed how numbers compiled by the Center for Responsive Politics show that Mitt Romney is getting far more money from the “too big to fail” Wall Street banks than all of the other Republican candidates combined. The following is an excerpt from that article that shows how much money employees of those banks (and their wives) have been giving to Romney so far this year….

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Goldman Sachs
Mitt Romney: $352,200

Barack Obama: $49,124
Tim Pawlenty: $25,000
Jon Huntsman: $6,750
Rick Perry: $5,500
Ron Paul: $2,500

Morgan Stanley
Mitt Romney: $184,800

Tim Pawlenty: $41,715
Barack Obama: $28,225
Rick Perry: $20,750
Jon Huntsman: $9,750
Newt Gingrich: $1,000
Ron Paul: $1,000
Herman Cain: $500

Bank of America
Mitt Romney: $112,500

Barack Obama: $46,699
Tim Pawlenty: $12,750
Jon Huntsman: $4,250
Ron Paul: $3,451
Rick Perry: $2,600
Thad McCotter: $2,000
Herman Cain: $750
Michele Bachmann: $500
Newt Gingrich: $250

JPMorgan Chase
Mitt Romney: $107,250

Barack Obama: $38,039
Rick Perry: $27,050
Tim Pawlenty: $16,750
Jon Huntsman: $7,500
Ron Paul: $5,451

Citigroup
Mitt Romney: $56,550

Barack Obama: $36,887
Tim Pawlenty: $5,300
Rick Perry: $3,000
Herman Cain: $1,465
Michele Bachmann: $1,000
Ron Paul: $702

As you can see, no other Republican candidate even comes close to Romney at any of these big Wall Street banks.

In fact, of the candidates that are left in the Republican race, Mitt Romney has raised 13 times as much Wall Street money as anyone else has.

The following are the overall donation numbers from employees of the big Wall Street banks and their wives….
Mitt Romney: $813,300

Barack Obama: $198,874
Tim Pawlenty: $101,515
Rick Perry: $58,900
Jon Huntsman: $28,250
Ron Paul: $13,104
Herman Cain: $2,715
Michelle Bachmann: $1,500
Newt Gingrich: $1,250

These numbers paint a very disturbing picture. Even though Romney’s poll numbers are in the mid to low 20s most of the time, employees of the big Wall Street banks gave him $813,300 during the first 9 months of this year and they only gave $105,719 to the rest of the Republican candidates combined.

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Mitt Romney: The story of two men trapped in one body

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MITT ROMNEY—Sources/References
Lies, Corruption & Hypocrisy

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ng-debate.html

http://www.businessinsider.com/mitt-...-baier-2011-11

http://www.businessinsider.com/mitt-...-tough-2011-12

http://www.prisonplanet.com/mitt-rom...ation-why.html

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/05/1...raying-israel/

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews...oods,_exposed/

http://endoftheamericandream.com/arc...er-for-america

http://campaign2012.washingtonexamin...amacare/263116

http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/hea...-keep-the-good

http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews...control_works/

http://www.thebostonchannel.com/r/30053520/detail.html

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/12/0...-hide-records/

http://www.alternet.org/story/152609...backroom_deal_

http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publis...er_64011.shtml

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/2648...mney-funds.htm

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n3445281.shtml

http://www.jon2012.com/index.php/hpr...wrong_on_taxes

http://nhjournal.com/2011/11/03/gove...-big-spending/

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig4/howell5.html

http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2011...eet-money.html

http://endoftheamericandream.com/arc...-2012-election

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2008/01/...e-signs-romney

http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...yMM_story.html

http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/10/07/11450

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44011308/#.TjtxzL_H9-c

http://community.mises.org/politics/...-mystery-firm/

http://community.mises.org/politicse...lled-patriots/


Spread this information out!

[Alpha58]

For all currently unaware:

There is a GREAT RP community here:

http://www.ronpaulforums.com/forum.php

There is a ton of info on how you can help Dr. Paul locally and collaborate with others in your area. The general discussion is also fantastic too.

[Adimi24]

How the fuark do i prove that RP isn't racist, i've sent a few articles about it, but this kid is still saying that RP supported the racist newsletters, and that he wants to repeal the voting act and civil rights acts.

Is portugal the country that legalized drugs? I'm tyring to find support for legalizing drugs

[kusok]

******** "likes"

Ron Paul:
9/14/11 - 10/31/11 (+59,832)
11/1/11 - 11/30/11 (+34,734)
12/1/11 - 12/31/11 (+66,490)
1/1/12 = 673,704 (+1714)
1/2/12 = 677,030 (+3326)
1/3/12 = 683,118 (+6088)
1/4/12 = 690,863 (+7745)







Rick Perry:
9/14/11 - 10/31/11 (+10,055)
11/1/11 - 11/30/11 (+2098)
12/1/11 - 12/31/11 (+8509)
1/1/12 = 180,044 (+126)
1/2/12 = 180,183 (+139)
1/3/12 = 180,288 (+105)
1/4/12 = 180,456 (+168)



Bachmann:
9/15/11 - 10/31/11 (-2699)
11/1/11 - 11/30/11 (-481)
12/1/11 - 12/31/11 (+1317)
1/1/12 = 460,259 (-108)
1/2/12 = 460,275 (+16)
1/3/12 = 460,296 (+21)
1/4/12 = 460,298 (+2)



Romney:
9/15/11 - 10/31/11 (+46,307)
11/1/11 - 11/30/11 (+42,419)
12/1/11 - 12/31/11 (+55,353)
1/1/12 = 1,263,513 (+6297)
1/2/12 = 1,268,930 (+5417)
1/3/12 = 1,274,145 (+5215)
1/4/12 = 1,279,164 (+5019)



Huntsman :
12/23/11 - 12/31/11 (+654)
1/1/12 = 30,678 (+73)
1/2/12 = 30,821 (+143)
1/3/12 = 31,037 (+216)
1/4/12 = 31,405 (+368)




Gingrich : 10/25/11 - 11/30/11 (+38,600)
12/1/11 - 12/31/11 (+25,893)
1/1/12 = 223,969 (+628)
1/2/12 = 224,608 (+639)
1/3/12 = 225,215 (+607)
1/4/12 = 225,620 (+405)



Santorum :
12/18/11 - 12/31/11 (+3,859)
1/1/12 = 41,384 (+676)
1/2/12 = 42,665 (+1281)
1/3/12 = 44,734 (+2069)
1/4/12 = 56,186 (+11,452)

meeheheheheh... meh meh meh eh eh ehehehehe eh.. eh.. eh..

[MikeJones77]

interesting read http://news.yahoo.com/why-2012-start...003404578.html

[Maestro]

How the fuark do i prove that RP isn't racist, i've sent a few articles about it, but this kid is still saying that RP supported the racist newsletters, and that he wants to repeal the voting act and civil rights acts.

Is portugal the country that legalized drugs? I'm tyring to find support for legalizing drugs

He wants to release people that have been jailed for non-violent drug related "crimes" the majority of which are blacks and mexicans. He gave free health care to the poor when he was a practicing physician.....the majority of which were black. A racist wouldn't do that.

Yeah, Portugal decriminalized it. Initially drug used spiked, but then it dropped to levels lower than they were initially. There are even less crimes committed due to drugs (shootings etc) in their country

Ron Paul does not want to legalize drugs in here in the US. He wants it to be up to the states to decide whether or not a drug is legal. I highly doubt there will be a state that legalizes methamphetamine but there may be a couple that want to legalize marijuana.

We don't need the government telling us what to put in our body we should be able to make those decisions outself.

[TheJaker]

Anyone listening to NPR. Talking about Ron Paul being a factor. This is real news. **** CNN and MSNBC

NPR is where I get my news from. They still don't give Paul the credit he deserves, but they are far better than anything else.

[Adimi24]

Thanks for the help Maestro and others, I'm gaining on some of them, maybe I'll convert a few eventually. Have to start collecting info on Obama now, anyone know what page that was where that list of links were posted about Obama?

[Averydabeast]

Paul should shorten that Romney flip flop video and make a commercial out of it.

[Bones98]

I'm going to donate another $20 to Ron Paul tomorrow.

[Bones98]

Watching Freedom Watch right now.

Damn, this news show is badass.

[someone480]

Any recommendations for a Ron Paul T-shirt with a good fit that actually looks good?

[kusok]

Vote:



http://edition.cnn.com/

http://the-american-catholic.com/201...idential-poll/

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/01/04...ten-your-vote/


http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/happening-now/index.html

http://www.lauraingraham.com/

[Skeptical_Hippo]

Heres Paul's interview tonight

[Ion26]

Vote:



http://edition.cnn.com/

http://the-american-catholic.com/201...idential-poll/

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/01/04...ten-your-vote/


http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/happening-now/index.html

http://www.lauraingraham.com/

Voted. Cmon guys...Ron Paul is down by 600 votes in the CNN poll!!!

[19george]

Watching Freedom Watch right now.

Damn, this news show is badass.

This. Judge Nap is awesome.

[ice86x]

http://dailycaller.com/2012/01/03/th...rick-santorum/

[MikeJones77]

so much hate on rp on the misc today...

[OakleyShades]

Ron Paul has been really gaining support in the last couple of months. I'm Behind him 100%.

[Jamielak]

[bulkdbrah]

Ron Paul 2012 brah checking in.

[milkshakeballa]

Vote:



http://edition.cnn.com/

http://the-american-catholic.com/201...idential-poll/

http://foxnewsinsider.com/2012/01/04...ten-your-vote/


http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/happening-now/index.html

http://www.lauraingraham.com/

VOTEd. thanks for posting!

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MITT ROMNEY

16 Reasons Why He Would Be a Really, Really Bad President:

#1 Obamacare was one of the worst pieces of legislation ever passed by the U.S. Congress. Mitt Romney says that he would repeal Obamacare, but the reality is that Romneycare was what Obamacare was based on. In fact, a recent MSNBC article brought to light some new information about the relationship between Romneycare and Obamacare….



Mitt Romney continues to defend Romneycare, but the reality is that it really is a total nightmare for Massachusetts. The following is how one blogger summarized some of the key points of Romneycare….



So what have been the results of Romneycare in Massachusetts? According to the Daily Caller, health care costs and health insurance premiums have gone up dramatically in Massachusetts….



All of that certainly sounds a whole lot like Obamacare.

Unfortunately, the other Republican candidates have not taken advantage of this weakness. According to one brand new poll, 6 times as many Republicans view Romneycare unfavorably as view it favorably. This is something that the other candidates should be jumping on big time.

#2 During his time as governor of Massachusetts, Mitt Romney significantly raised taxes. The following is an excerpt from a CBS News article….



The same article also notes that Romney jacked up “fees and fines” on Massachusetts taxpayers substantially….



Many in the Massachusetts business community were quite disgusted with Romney by the end of his tenure. Peter Nicholas, the chairman of Boston Science Corporation, says that “tax rates on many corporations almost doubled because of legislation supported by Romney.“

#3 Government spending in Massachusetts increased significantly under Mitt Romney. An advocate of smaller government he most definitely is not.

This was especially true for the last two budgets passed under Romney. In fiscal year 2006, government spending in Massachusetts increased by 7.6 percent. In fiscal year 2007, government spending in Massachusetts increased by a whopping 10.2 percent.

#4 It turns out that Mitt Romney is a believer in the theory of man-made global warming. In fact, Al Gore recently praised on Mitt Romney on his blog. In a post entitled “Good for Mitt Romney — though we’ve long passed the point where weak lip-service is enough on the Climate Crisis“, Al Gore lavished the following praise on the former Massachusetts governor….



Not only that, it is also very important to remember that while Mitt Romney was governor, Massachusetts became the very first state to pass a law to regulate carbon emissions.

#5 If Mitt Romney becomes president, we may actually have “cap and trade” shoved down our throats. While campaigning for president in 2007, Mitt Romney said that he would support a “cap and trade” carbon tax scheme for the entire world….



#6 Mitt Romney had a horrible record of creating jobs while governor of Massachusetts. According to Boston Herald business reporter Bret Arends, only one state in the entire country was worse at creating jobs while Romney was in office….



#7 Mitt Romney was a very enthusiastic supporter of the Wall Street bailouts. When the time comes for more Wall Street bailouts it seems almost certain that Mitt Romney will bail them out again.

#8 If Romney becomes president, get ready for a flood of liberal judges. While he was governor of Massachusetts, there were actually significantly more Democrats among his judicial appointments than there were Republicans.

#9 Mitt Romney is incredibly soft on illegal immigration. Back in 2007, Mitt Romney made the following statement….



#10 While he was governor, Mitt Romney received advice on global warming and carbon emissions from the man who is now the top science adviser to Barack Obama. His name is John P. Holdren, and he has some very, very disturbing ideas. For example, he once wrote the following….





Holdren also believes that compulsory abortion would be perfectly legal under the U.S. Constitution….



So if this is the kind of person that Mitt Romney relied on for “scientific advice” while he was governor, what kind of people would Romney bring in to his administration once he is president?

#11 Mitt Romney has been a huge supporter of gun control laws. When he was running for governor in Massachusetts, he made the following statement….



#12 Mitt Romney once claimed that he was more “pro-choice” than Ted Kennedy, but now he claims that he is pro-life. In a recent article for WorldNetDaily, Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt explained why so many voters are still skeptical….



#13 During this campaign season, Mitt Romney has stated that he only supports partnership agreements for gay couples and not gay marriage, but what Romney actually did while governor of Massachusetts suggests otherwise. In the WorldNetDaily article referenced above, Chaplain Gordon James Klingenschmitt detailed how Mitt Romney aggressively implemented gay marriage in the state of Massachusetts….



#14 As late as 2007, Mitt Romney was a member of the Republican Main Street Partnership. The following is what romneyexposed.com says about this organization….



#15 According to the Huffington Post, Mitt Romney has raised more money from lobbyists than all of the other Republican candidates combined.

So if Mitt Romney becomes president, who do you think he is going to listen to – the American people or the lobbyists?

#16 Mitt Romney is a big time Wall Street insider. It is estimated that Romney has a personal fortune of approximately a quarter of a billion dollars, and Wall Street money is being absolutely showered on his campaign.

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[UltraMaximum]

Thanks for the help Maestro and others, I'm gaining on some of them, maybe I'll convert a few eventually. Have to start collecting info on Obama now, anyone know what page that was where that list of links were posted about Obama?

Right here:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...#post801983041

[milkshakeballa]

Right here:

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...#post801983041

repped rp 2012

[Mazarin]

Repost everywhere you can. ********, twitter, forums, anywhere on the internet. We need to change the public opinion about Paul's "insane" foreign policy.

http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews...ul-in-gop-race

The former head of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) unit tracking terror leader Osama bin Laden, Michael Scheuer (left), endorsed Republican Rep. Ron Paul of Texas for President in 2012, days before the Iowa caucus. He argued, among other points, that the top-tier GOP hopeful is the best candidate to protect America from violent Islamic extremism.

In a column entitled "Iowa’s Choice: Dr. Paul or U.S. bankruptcy, more wars, and many more dead soldiers and Marines" published on his website over the weekend, Scheuer said voting for any candidate other than Paul would help inflict further damage on an already-wounded America. It would also contribute toward the continuation of a foreign policy that will ensure total national bankruptcy, noted the 22-year intelligence-community veteran, who now serves as an adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s Center for Peace and Security Studies.

“Dr. Paul’s non-interventionist policy will allow foreigners to work out their political destiny in their own way and at their own pace; prevent unnecessary additions to America’s growing list of enemies; and save countless young lives,” Scheuer wrote in his endorsement, blasting senior leaders and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle with harsh words. “Electing anyone but Ron Paul will further increase the already strong chances of widespread Islamist-conducted violence inside the United States.”

Scheuer, who has authored several books criticizing U.S. foreign policy, emphasized the fact that Paul’s campaign has received far more donations from the American military than all other Republican candidates combined. He also lambasted establishment talking heads and politicians for improperly mischaracterizing the 12-term GOP Congressman’s non-interventionist views, pointing again to his strong support among members of the armed services.

According to Scheuer’s analysis, Paul is the only presidential candidate who would truly push for cuts in American militarism as well as out-of-control domestic spending. And any other candidate — Obama included — would continue to unconstitutionally squander U.S. taxpayer money promoting feminism, “elitist democracy,” and “mindless anarchy” around the world, the counter-terror expert asserted.

On top of that, Scheuer said, all of the presidential contenders except Paul would continue to “slavishly obey” lobbyists in the drive to start a war with Iran. And it would be an unmitigated tragedy for Americans.

“Such a war would be a financial and military disaster for the United States, and would be watched with glee by Russian and Chinese leaders who — while their countries would lose some trade with Iran during a war — would applaud another U.S. self-inflicted wound that further erodes the already failing economy that is the base of American power,” Scheuer wrote in his endorsement.

The broader bipartisan foreign policy of the last several decades will continue unabated if any other contender becomes President, Scheuer also explained. And it will have predictable consequences: more resources wasted, more Muslims taking up arms against America, and possibly even the beginning of a disastrous “clash of civilizations.”

“Notwithstanding the damnable lies about Dr. Paul’s foreign policy … only the gentleman from Texas speaks for the Founders’ non-interventionist vision of America’s role in world affairs and for plain common sense,” Scheuer argued. “In the Founders’ non-interventionist design for U.S. foreign policy that is championed by Dr. Paul, Iowans will find a proven road to the maintenance of America’s sovereignty, independence, peace, and prosperity. In the realm of common sense, Dr. Paul beats his fellow candidates, the Obamaites, and the media hands down.”

In the long and detailed piece endorsing Ron Paul, Scheuer also accused Obama and Paul’s fellow GOP contenders of lying about the true motivations of Islamists in waging a war on America. He said that, contrary to the bipartisan narrative, Muslim extremists attack American interests because of U.S. government meddling abroad — not because they hate Americans’ liberties or gender-equality laws.

And on issues such as energy independence, Ron Paul is also the best candidate, Scheuer argued. “Only Dr. Paul could be counted on to allow the unfettered development of all domestic energy resources to promote energy self-sufficiency and allow the gradual abandonment of our mujahedin-motivating exploitation of Muslim oil,” he wrote.

Scheuer warned about looming troubles coming to American streets, too — assuming something does not change soon. According to the expert on Islamic terrorism, continuing the same policies could very well lead to America becoming a battlefield — a situation that would likely result in having to use the military on U.S. soil. Paul and the policies he advocates, Scheuer said, offer the best hope for preventing such a calamity.

“Indeed, the national-security policy advocated by Dr. Paul’s opponents and critics boils down to the clear and absurd argument that: America needs more and more wars — and the dead/maimed military personnel attendant thereto — that are motivated by Washington’s intervention abroad if Americans are to be safe and secure at home,” Scheuer concluded. “For Iowans and Americans as a whole, then, the best choice for their children, grandchildren, and country clearly lies in the Founders’ foreign-policy wisdom and Dr. Paul’s sturdy advocacy and promised application thereof.”

So far, neo-conservatives and most of the establishment media have largely ignored Scheuer’s powerful endorsement of Ron Paul and his views. By January 3, only the Des Moines Register and U.S. News & World Report had even mentioned the announcement.

But Paul’s campaign was thankful nonetheless. “We’re pleased to have the endorsement of Michael Scheuer, who is the world’s leading expert on the notorious terrorist Osama bin Laden and who like Ron Paul understands the connection between U.S. military adventurism and emerging threats against America,” said Ron Paul campaign chairman Jesse Benton.

“Michael Scheuer understands that only Dr. Paul will put our national security first and stop the foreign wars and nation building,” Benton concluded. “Our campaign is very proud to have his support.”