Ron Paul 2012

Even if he won, what would get done? What bills has he got passed in his 30 years of being an on again off again member of Congress?

Quite a few, actually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul


Paul authors more bills than the average representative, such as those that impose term limits, or abolish the income tax[89] or the Federal Reserve; many do not escape committee review. He has written successful legislation to prevent eminent domain seizure of a church in New York, and a bill transferring ownership of the Lake Texana dam project from the federal government to Texas. By amending other legislation, he has helped prohibit funding for national identification numbers, funding for federal teacher certification,[18] International Criminal Court jurisdiction over the U.S. military, American participation with any U.N. global tax, and surveillance of peaceful First Amendment activities by citizens.[90]

During March 2001, Paul introduced a bill to repeal the 1973 War Powers Resolution (WPR) and reinstate the process of formal declaration of war by Congress.[91] Later during 2001, Paul voted to authorize the president, pursuant to WPR, to respond to those responsible for the September 11, 2001, attacks.[92] He also introduced "Sunlight Rule" legislation, which requires lawmakers to take enough time to read bills before voting on them,[93] after the Patriot Act was passed within 24 hours of its introduction. Paul was one of six Republicans to vote against the Iraq War Resolution, and (with Oregon representative Peter DeFazio) sponsored a resolution to repeal the war authorization during February 2003. Paul's speech, 35 "Questions That Won't Be Asked About Iraq,"[94] was translated and published in German, French, Russian, Italian, and Swiss periodicals before the Iraq War began.[85]

Paul says his fellow members of Congress have increased government spending by 75 percent during the presidency of George W. Bush.[95] After a 2005 bill was touted as "slashing" government waste, Paul wrote that it decreased spending by a fraction of one percent and that "Congress couldn't slash spending if the members' lives depended on it."[96] He said that during three years he had voted against more than 700 bills intended to expand government.[97]

Paul has introduced several bills to apply tax credits to education, including credits for parental spending on public, private, or homeschool students (Family Education Freedom Act); for salaries for all K–12 teachers, librarians, counselors, and other school personnel; and for donations to scholarships or to benefit academics (Education Improvement Tax Cut Act).[98] In accord with his political opinions, he has also introduced the Sanctity of Life Act, the We the People Act, and the American Freedom Agenda Act.[99]

During June 2011, Paul co-sponsored a bill with U.S. Representative Barney Frank that is intended to end the federal prohibition of marijuana.[100]
 
what Is interesting is we've disqualified Paul because of innuendo and conjecture of what he MAY have stated that would be racist

BUT

Have No problem with all the other GOP candidates all openly discriminating and abhorring against gays ( which is essentially the same thing as being racist)
http://2012.republican-candidates.org/Same-Sex.php


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"The reporter from CNN who "interviewed" Ron Paul, Gloria Borger, is married to a LANCE MORGAN. Mr. Morgan is the chief communications and crisis strategist for POWELL TATE. Powell Tate is a Washington D.C. firm that represents and lobbies for the very same MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX flexing it's political influence in our foreign policy that Ron Paul wants to stop. Her husband's firm includes overseeing a coalition to support congressional funds to U.S. Military contractors. She's profiting from the wars that Dr. Paul wants to end. She's got a lot to lose with a Paul presidency...can you say CONFLICT OF INTEREST?"
 
Remember when we thought people like Palin and others supporters were stupid and kind of blind and were lead like sheep. Ron Paul supporters are starting to get up there (They always have been, but now more people are starting to realize it). Besides the recent stuff that Paul is trying to shy away from the only difference between them is that Paul is about a total nutcase in predominately economic issues instead of social ones. As far as social issues I wouldn't pat him on the back either. He only gets a lot of those right besides himself because it happens to coincide with some near pseudo-religious economic philosophy libertarians like to spout off and not because he's some great decent person or visionary. I have a hard time thinking of a major politician recently in the U.S. that's tried to disguise exploitation under the guise of "freedom" as much as Paul has. It isn't about the right thing to do with him. Nobody that uses the right thing to do as their biggest criteria would think like him. It's about what benefits him, people like him, and people he likes as much as possible, plain and simple.

I hate to break it to you people but Ron Paul is a joke and more people are beginning to see it.

How are you measuring standard of living and happiness?

You mean besides the better life expectancy, work conditions, environmental conditions, the reduced rates of death at birth, better education both primary and secondary, better medical care for the entire country, cheaper medical care, better health overall, better regulated natural resources, better regulated infrastructure, better infrastructure, more infrastructure, better economic stability and pay for everybody, fairer social safety nets, more ethical regulations of businesses, and many more? You must, because a whole plethora of socialized nations kick our ass in those categories.

A better question is what the hell are you actually using to rate "standard of living"? What do you think we are actually better those places than? Unless you one of the minority of people who has lucked out and already "got theirs" I can't think of too many of those places our system is better than.
 
Ron Paul is the only sane presidential candidate running for office and more people are starting to see it, he's the only one that isn't calling for more wars and more massive debt spending among other things
 

PlasmaTwa2

The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
"The reporter from CNN who "interviewed" Ron Paul, Gloria Borger, is married to a LANCE MORGAN. Mr. Morgan is the chief communications and crisis strategist for POWELL TATE. Powell Tate is a Washington D.C. firm that represents and lobbies for the very same MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX flexing it's political influence in our foreign policy that Ron Paul wants to stop. Her husband's firm includes overseeing a coalition to support congressional funds to U.S. Military contractors. She's profiting from the wars that Dr. Paul wants to end. She's got a lot to lose with a Paul presidency...can you say CONFLICT OF INTEREST?"

Who is that guy on TV who draws on the whiteboard with a marker and comes up with a bunch of weird connections between things? Yeah, you sound like the libertarian version of him.
 
Lord willing, Dr. Paul will win the Iowa caucuses, but the MSM has really upped their vilification of Paul the last week.

Who is that guy on TV who draws on the whiteboard with a marker and comes up with a bunch of weird connections between things? Yeah, you sound like the libertarian version of him.

Either Karl Rove or Frank Luntz. Both total scumbag neocons/crypto democrats.
 

PlasmaTwa2

The Second-Hottest Man in my Mother's Basement
Sadly, you were born in Canada, so you cannot. You'd be a much more qualified candidate than any of the folks in the current GOP race, however.

So was Romney. I mean... healthcare, bro!

(Seriously, why has no one started that rumour yet?)
 
If there is one that comes off totally sleazy it is Romney. I was going to start a thread on "Which 2012 GOP Candidate is the phoniest" but just don't even feel like it. No doubt in my mind it is Romney. Paul is the most real candidate there is and is far from a flip-flop.
 
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