I spoke to a dear friend on the phone just now. When I asked her if she knew who Ron Paul was, she asked, "Who is he?"
This is for you, Amanda. He is:
- The only true republican conservative on the ballot
- The only practicing medical doctor on the ballot
- The only one who has never used his faith as part of his platform
- The only one to have delivered more than 4,000 babies without ever having filed a claim against Medicare opting instead to “No Charge” his fees
- The only one whose 5 children attended college without using a student loan
- The only strict constitutionalist on the ballot
- The only one advocating the individual states rights to govern themselves, as per the Constitution
- The only 10th term public servant on the ballot
- The only one to reject, in total, his lucrative congressional pension
- The only one to return his unused Congressional Budget to the treasury, each and every year he has served
- The only one to have NEVER voted for a congressional pay raise
- The only one for our right to keep and spend the fruits of our labor
- The only one calling for abolishing the Internal Revenue Service
- The only one calling for repealing the 16th Amendment Income Tax
- The only one calling for repealing the Federal Reserve Act of 1913
- The only one calling for an immediate halt to the printing of fiat money
- The only one calling for a hard backed, honest money policy
- The only one calling for the use of precious metals as an optional currency
- The only one calling for open, publicly televised government meetings and hearings
- The only one calling for free trade policies and bartering for goods and services
- The only one advocating abolishment of ALL ENTANGLING treaties, alliances, trade agreements and pacts
- The only one calling for an end to secret and covert operations by the various clandestine departments of government, whether or not they be “officially recognized” as such
- The only one advocating to abolish the Department of Education
- The only one who believes that Parents should have control of their children’s education and NOT the Federal Government
- The only one advocating a REAL downsizing of the government
- The only candidate to have NEVER voted for any bill or legislation that was contrary to the Constitution, period
- The only candidate to have NEVER voted for a tax increase, period
- The only candidate to have NEVER voted in favor of abortion, period
- The only candidate to have NEVER voted in favor of federal gun control in any form
- The only candidate to have NEVER voted to aggressively invade a foreign sovereignty at any time or any reason, period
- The only candidate who advocates the closing ALL foreign based U.S. military operations and re-deployment of ALL military personnel back to the United States in order to provide a strong, well-trained, well-armed, well-paid, and well-equipped military to defend and protect this country against attack, as called for in the Constitution
- The only candidate calling for abolishing and dismantling of the Department of Homeland Security
- The only candidate calling for abolishing the “Patriot Act”
- The only candidate calling for the restoration of the rights, civil liberties and personal freedoms guaranteed to ALL AMERICANS under the Bill of Rights and the U.S. Constitution, including Habeas Corpus
- The only candidate who publicly states his belief that all men are created equal
- The only candidate whose stands on the political issues of today are exactly as they were in 1976 when he ran for Congress
- The first and only candidate to have raised more than $20 million dollars, in one calendar quarter, without having one red cent of it come from Corporations, PAC’s, Unions, Political factions, matching Federal funds or any source other than from his more than 150,000 individual grassroots American donors
- The first candidate whose message has been all but totally censored by every form of the American MainStreamMedia in a blackout the likes of which has never been seen before in American politics
- The only candidate who, in spite of being targeted by such a media blackout, has still managed to place higher (in the contests held to date) than Mr. Huckabee, Mr. McCain, and Mr. Romney, on at least one occasion. So far, he has defeated Mr. Giuliani in every contest, all of the former having been considered at one time as “the top tier” candidates. Dr. Paul outlasted Mr. Thompson, Mr. Tancredo, and Mr. Hunter who have dropped out of the race.
Thanks to ricknhouston on the Daily Dose campaign headquarters blog who wrote this list.
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