Recently I have heard people talking about a Ron Paul for President. I did not know anything about him so I asked Zac and he wasn't familiar with him either. I looked him up online and found this~
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| Ron Paul | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 3, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Greg Laughlin |
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| In office January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Robert A. Gammage |
| Succeeded by | Tom DeLay |
| In office April 3, 1976 – January 3, 1977 |
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| Preceded by | Robert R. Casey |
| Succeeded by | Robert A. Gammage |
| Born | August 20, 1935 (1935-08-20) Green Tree, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | Carolyn "Carol" Paul |
| Children | Ronald "Ronnie" Paul, Jr. Lori Paul Pyeatt Randall "Rand" Paul Robert Paul Joy Paul-LeBlanc |
| Profession | Physician, Politician |
| Religion | Baptist[1] |
Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul (born August 20, 1935), is a 10th-term Republican United States Congressman from Lake Jackson, Texas, a physician, and a Republican candidate for the 2008 U.S. presidential election. He has represented Texas's 14th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1997, and its 22nd district from 1976 to 1977 and from 1979 to 1985. Paul placed third in the 1988 presidential election with 0.5% of the vote, running as the Libertarian Party nominee while remaining a registered Republican. After his 1961 graduation from Duke University School of Medicine and a residency in obstetrics and gynecology, he became an Air Force flight surgeon, serving outside the Vietnam War zone.
Paul has been called conservative, Constitutionalist, and libertarian. He advocates non-interventionist foreign policy, and voted against the Iraq War Resolution. He favors withdrawal from NATO and the United Nations; supports free trade but rejects NAFTA as "managed trade"; and opposes amnesty and birthright citizenship for illegal aliens. Having pledged never to raise taxes, he has long advocated ending the federal income tax[2] and reducing government spending by abolishing most federal agencies;[3] he favors hard money and opposes the Federal Reserve. He opposes the Patriot Act, the federal War on Drugs, and gun control. Paul is pro-life, advocates the overturn of Roe v. Wade, and affirms states' rights to determine the legality of abortion.[4]
During his 2008 presidential campaign, Paul places in the top tier in Republican straw polls[5] and fundraising,[6] but commands significantly lower support in phone polls of Republican voters.[7][8] He has generated strong online support and is the top presidential candidate Internet search term as measured by Hitwise, Alexa, and Technorati; he has several times more YouTube subscribers than any other presidential candidate. Supporters "guard [his] image against what they see as a purposeful marginalization by the media",[9][10] and cite his victories in 2008 GOP debate sponsors' online and phone text polls to argue he deserves more mainstream recognition.[11][12
Click HERE to read more at his website.
Click HERE to see a helpful chart on where the top 18 Presidential candidates stand on various issues.
