Filed under: 2008 Election, Censorship, David Petraeus, GOP, nevada, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, ron paul delegates, Ron Paul Exclusions, Texas | Tags: corpus christi, Mike Bertuzzi
Ron Paul Delegates Forced out of GOP Convention
Restore The Republic
April 28, 2008
http://youtube.com/watch?v=FUbtwSsSxIk
At the Nueces County Republican party convention, March 29th, in Corpus Christi Texas, Ron Paul supporters walked out in protest and held their own emergency convention in the parking lot. Republican party Chairperson Mike Bertuzzi grossly violated party rules by announcing new delegates to the morning’s roll call who were never elected as precinct delegates on the night of the Republican primary, then again by ignoring repeated objections by party delegates, which he is required to recognize.
Mr. Bertuzzi claims that he avoided a ’party takeover’ by unruly Ron Paul supporters, but a recently released audio tape of the event clearly shows otherwise. As a blatant violation of convention rules is underway by the Chairperson, many delegates can be heard rising to voice objections with no avail until a local man, Paul Hunt , is escorted out by the Sergeant at Arms..
The following morning, the local news rag, The Corpus Christi Caller Times, reported only one side of the incident, by claiming that a GOP party takeover had been thwarted while presenting Chairperson Mike Bertuzzi as some kind of political hero for violating the rights of local Republicans.
GOP Walks Out On Their Own Convention In Ron Paul Fiasco
Rule change had given Paul supporters bigger influence but officials simply cancelled event
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
April 28, 2008
After Ron Paul supporters managed to get a rule changed positioning them for more national convention delegate slots than expected, the Nevada GOP simply cancelled their own state convention and left, in what political observers are calling an unprecedented fiasco.
“After a super-majority of Ron Paul supporters captured control of the Republican state convention Saturday, state party officials abruptly canceled the event without electing delegates to the national convention,” reports the Reno Gazette Journal.
“I’ve seen factions walk out, I’ve never seen a party walk out, I’ve never even heard of that,” said Jeff Greenspan, regional coordinator for the Paul campaign.
Earlier in the day, state delegates supporting the Texas Congressman’s pursuit of the nomination “voted through a rules change that forced the state party to abandon its pre-set ballot of potential national convention delegates and open up the race to the rest of the state delegates,” according to the Gazette Journal.
As the convention neared its end, chairman Bob Beers claimed that the party’s contract for the hall at the Peppermill Resort Casino had expired and the event would be rescheduled, and delegates who had traveled from several hundreds of miles away in some cases were barred from voting, prompting loud boos and catcalls from the audience.
“As Beers was escorted out of the building, a short-lived effort to rescue the convention was launched by party activist Mike Weber. Although several hundred Paul supporters stayed, they weren’t strong enough to make a quorum to continue the convention,” according to reports.
Officials claimed that the rule change overwhelmed the party’s capacity to process the votes, but Paul supporters were left furious by the decision.
“This was an organized effort to promote the agenda of a few people, the party leaders, over we the people,” said Chloie Leavitt.
Paul’s rousing speech had earlier been met with raucous cheers by supporters who drowned out the small number of McCain supporters attempting to heckle.
“Our campaign has continued, is doing well and improving, even though we know exactly what the numbers are,” Paul said. “But the message is worthwhile. Your vote can really count if you vote for limitation of government power and spending,” stated the Congressman.
The following You Tube clips illustrate what happened in Reno this weekend, a situation described by the poster as “total anarchy”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bknGz9TtEHE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15xNQo9N02I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5UpO141SmM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvWesJ2ykvg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iKzVTl-eHI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUMjySV72p8
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/april2008/042908_nevada_gop.htm
Ron Paul campaign dominates convention
http://www.lasvegassun.co..paign-dominates-convention/
General Waves White Flag After Ron’s Grilling
http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/general_waves_white_flag_after.html
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Abolish the Fed – Ron Paul on CNBC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBympCQcyzY
Financial Advisor to Glenn Beck: Ron Paul Gets It
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es2SZ1Z2lW8
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2008/tst031608.htm
Ron Paul Satisfies Ballot Requirements Nationwide
http://news.google.com/news/url..f2pmR2-qMAHsD2kDwRRN_9fJAdGQ
Ron Paul: Shock and Awe in Missouri
http://stcharlesjournal.stltoday.c..s/doc47e01f744db32094092795.txt
Ron Paul Turns in Signatures to Appear on Montana
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/press..ppear-on-montana-republican-primary-ballotRon Paul is On The Idaho Ballot
Ron Paul Backers Take Over GOP Caucuses
Ron Paul wins here where it counts
Ron Paul backers tangle with state GOP over caucus reports
Ron Paul: Beware the Threat from Within
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“Dangerous and Exciting Times” – Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rk_vVaZxTno
Filed under: 2008 Election, Afghanistan, aimee allen, chris peden, Congress, Federal Reserve, GOP, Income Tax, Iraq, jimmie vaughan, Military, minneapolice, NAFTA Superhighway, nation building, neocons, North American Union, occupation, ohio, ohio primaries, Pennsylvania, Police State, rally, republican primaries, RNC, Ron Paul, Texas, trans texas corridor, Troops, TTC, US Constitution, UT, war on drugs, War On Terror
Ron Paul Holds Texas Rally, Over 7,000 Show
Ron Paul 2008
February 26, 2008
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3223499729661796376&hl=en
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQzVmbKyZ_E
What thrilling rallies we’ve just had in Texas. First there were the Students for Ron Paul at the University of Texas in Austin. The media said 4,000 came. Our people think there were more like 7,000. In any event, it was a very enthusiastic gathering of our revolutionaries, as even the media admitted.
You will not be surprised to know that the young people there cheered the pure message of liberty: no preemptive wars, no Federal Reserve, no income tax, no police state, no drug war. Just American liberty and the Constitution, in the tradition of the framers.
But the rally in Killeen, though much smaller, may have been just as significant. Killeen is near Fort Hood, and among the 300 people who attended were many active-duty soldiers (though not in uniform) and their families. Whether it was the young man going back to Iraq for his fourth tour, or the sister of a soldier just killed there, they all wanted change in our foreign policy. Most heartbreaking was the young mother who asked for a signed copy of the Constitution for her son, “who will never know his dad.” He too was just killed in Iraq.
How can we ask one young American to die for a neocon empire? The soldiers and their families agree with us, which is why our campaign gets more financial support from active-duty and retired military than all the rest combined. They want to defend America, not be part of some globalist scheme to take away our country’s independence. And by the way, at both rallies, nobody was for the monstrous Trans-Texas Corridor or the North American Union.
Coming up soon are the Texas and Ohio primaries, with others like Pennsylvania not long afterwards. We are contesting every one, and we will be heard at the Republican national convention in Minneapolis and beyond. A substantial minority of Americans in all parties, not to speak of Independents, agree with you and me. Until November and beyond, I want to work to turn that minority into a majority, with your help. https://www.ronpaul2008.com/donate/
Sincerely,
Ron
Ron Paul Trouncing Neo-Con Rival In Race For Congressional Seat
Peden campaign putting out fake numbers when in reality 80 per cent of District have never even heard of him
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
February 26, 2008
Ron Paul’s Neo-Con rival Chris Peden has resorted to putting out fake poll numbers in a crass attempt to offset the fact that Paul is trouncing him in the race for Texas’ District 14 Congressional seat.
According to Ron Paul’s congressional campaign manager Mark Elam, the Congressman holds a healthy 72% to 11% lead over Peden, up from 60% last month following the purchase of $400,000 worth of TV ads now running in the district.
In addition, District 14 polls show that 80 per cent of residents have never even heard of Peden.
Asked why Peden’s office was putting out false polls showing him 10 points ahead of Paul, Elam said, “Our Democratic opponent said the same thing last year – I think we won by 20 points. These guys are doing so poorly that they have to put out false numbers.”
I have personally overseen 4 different political surveys in district 14 in recent weeks,” writes Elam, “All 4 surveys have shown the same results: Ron Paul has a high favorable rating and high marks on his job approval. And if the election were held today, 60+ percent of the GOP voters say they would vote to reelect Ron Paul, while only 18-20% chose Peden. The remaining 20% or so say they are undecided or refuse to give an answer to these scientific and statistically accurate surveys.”
Chris Peden’s Neo-Con platform brazenly advocates occupying the Middle East for “the remainder of the century,” maintaining a close alliance with Israel, and spending taxpayer’s money on imperial expansionism, including the continued occupation of Afghanistan and Iraq.
Since such positions are anathema to the Constitution and the vision of the founding fathers, it’s no surprise that Ron Paul is set to hammer Peden and has dwarfed his fundraising, raking in $500,000 in the past month compared to Peden’s pathetic $20,000.
The Ron Paul campaign recently decided to shift some campaigning efforts into safeguarding Paul’s Congressional seat after Peden broke a promise not to run against Paul during his presidential bid.
Aimee Allen’s *Unofficial* Ron Paul Revolution Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBCKMTo210k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DadDQsVI92M
News 8 Austin Covers Rally at UT
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFMceYwqR4E
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february2008/250208rally.htm
When It Comes To Ron Paul News, Spin Is King
http://www.nolanchart.com/article2893.html
Ron Paul targets Texas portion of NAFTA superhighway
http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2008/tst022408.htm
Ron Paul Authoritarianism and the Rule of Law
http://www.nolanchart.com/article2933.html
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Ron Paul President’s Day Money Bomb, Monday Feb. 18th
This is a slideshow to promote the Ron Paul “President’s Day” Money-Bomb on Monday, February 18th. The Goal: 100,000 Ron Paul “Revolutionaries” to donate $10 Dollars. Make a pledge to www.PresidentsDayMoneyBomb.com, but please make sure to mark your calendar’s and donate to the official campaign at www.RonPaul2008.com. Keep the movement alive!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrNQnet5zgY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7ZG8ohlZvE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hHQqlFHXyu4
http://www.nolanchart.com/article2742.html
Ron Paul Turns in Signatures to Appear on Pennsylvania Republican Primary Ballot
http://www.businesswire.com/p..8005278&newsLang=en
Ron Paul Lake Jackson Rally
http://video.google.com/goog..7961985748643&hl=en
1 million votes still untallied in California
http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/711791.html
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Ron Paul: Going The Distance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryMliyeIDp4
Ron Paul Talked About on CNN Situation Room – (02/11/2008)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BDoXZ57CWQA
Ron Paul decal gets kid ticketed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTBPWq6rTvA
Clint Eastwood likes Ron Paul’s message
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUFbvUWbA_0
Ron Paul is popular in Finland…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeIjECldwHc
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/february2008/021108_changed_gop.htm
Why Has Ron Paul All But Suspended His Presidential Campaign?
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/february2008/020908_ron_paul.htm
Keep Ron Paul In Congress
http://www.ronpaulforcongress.com/
Paul Campaign Buys $700,000 Worth of Radio/TV Ads in Texas
http://www.dailypaul.com/node/36849
For some, low-profile Paul is next Jefferson
http://www.hutchnews.com/Todaystop/paul2008-02-08T22-46-43
Ron Paul, Romney refugees: Anyone but McCain?
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/ne..aul_romney_refugees_anyon.html
Challenger gives Ron Paul a run for his money in congressional contest
http://www.khou.com/news/local/politics/s…onpaul.acac0bcf.html
Presidential Candidate Ron Paul To Get NASCAR Ride? Grassroots Volunteers Launch Sponsorship Effort
http://pressmediawire.com/article.cfm?articleID=5279
Ron Paul: No John McCain endorsement
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/new..ill_not_support_a_jo.html]
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‘Message’ candidate doesn’t plan to drop out
Star Telegram
February 6, 2008
Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul speaks during the West Virginia Republican presidential convention Tuesday in Charleston, W.Va.
One month into the 2008 presidential primaries, Texan Ron Paul has outlasted a half-dozen other GOP hopefuls.
The 72-year-old doctor-turned-politician says he has no plans to quit no matter how everything shakes out today after the Super Tuesday votes are counted.
“There were 11 candidates, and now we’re down to four,” he told a Minnesota crowd this week. “We started low and we keep going.
“If I dropped out, my supporters wouldn’t be happy.”
That’s exactly right, said Jeremy Blosser, a 31-year-old Paul supporter from Arlington.
“We have no intention of going anywhere,” he said.
“Ron Paul has been fighting for our rights and for a constitutional government for over 30 years, and this campaign has spread those ideas to an entire generation. We see no reason to not keep going.
“We are Texans — we don’t run away when the chips are down and the stakes are high.”
Paul may have greater staying power on the campaign trail because his fundraising has been fairly healthy, pulling in more than $28 million since his campaign kicked off, new federal election records show.
He has come in third and fourth in several primaries and took second in Nevada’s primary last month.
To many, he is seen as a “message” candidate — trying to get the word out about his desire to end the war, bring home troops, reduce the size of government and get leaders to more literally follow the Constitution.
“His fundraising has been substantial, and he’s trying to get his message out,” said Bruce Buchanan, a government professor at the University of Texas at Austin who specializes in presidential politics.
“There will come a point when it’s truly down to two and he doesn’t have a percentage to make it into the debates anymore, and then he may fold his tent.
“I don’t think he will until he has to.”
Neither Paul nor spokesman Jesse Benton could be reached for comment Tuesday, as they were campaigning in Super Tuesday states.
But few expect him to go quietly into the night.
“He is certainly the un-cola of Republican candidates,” said Tom Marshall, a political science professor at the University of Texas at Arlington.
“Message candidates don’t drop out as easily or as quickly.”
Ron Paul 2nd In Montana
Ron Paul garnered 24.54% in Montana, 21.16% in North Dakota, and gained respectable percentages and delegates elsewhere.
Nolan Chart
February 6, 2008
While Paul supporters may be tempted to despair as they look over the results of Super Tuesday, there are some gems among the general rubble indicating that not all Americans are asleep in front of their TV sets.
Here are the Montana results:
- Romney 38.34%
- Paul 24.54%
- McCain 21.96%
- Huckabee 15.03%
Here are the North Dakota results:
- Romney 35.47%
- McCain 22.61%
- Paul 21.16%
- Huckabee 19.79%
Dr. Paul also achieved respectable percentages in Alaska and Minnesota with 16.41% and 15.25% respectively. In other states he has received or has the prospect of gaining delegates, if not high percentages.
Maybe the folks in some of these states aren’t big TV addicts? My guess would be that Dr. Paul’s results are probably inversely proportional to television addiction on a state by state basis. Anyone have viewership statistics by state?
Ron Paul is in this for the long haul, and as his supporters, we need to stand behind him and fight for our liberty!
Recent News:
http://www.nolanchart.com/article2495.html
Ron Paul Rolls On Despite Super Tuesday Primary Results
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Ron Paul National Delegate Count Now 42 or More
http://ronpaul2008.typepad…8/2008/02/ron-paul-nation.html
“Super Tuesday” or “Stupor Tuesday” – The Property Party Wins Again…
http://911blogger.com/node/13735
What Really Happened in Alaska
http://www.nolanchart.com/article2518.html
http://blog.wired.com/27..2/republican-web.html
776,000 CA Voters May Not Have Ballots Counted
http://blogs.laweekly.com/ladaily/..e-bubble-toil-and-trouble/
NH Recount Albert Howard needs you
http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/?p=5117
Problems In Early Super Tuesday Voting
http://rawstory.com//printstory.php?story=9152
Voting issues in Arizona. Voters turned away: ‘You can see people’s vote in front of you’
http://www.azcentral.com/..0205super-azprimary0205.html
Bev Harris: Eye witness report of ballot stuffing in Colo. caucus: miscounts against Ron Paul
http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-bin/forums/show.cgi?73/71718
Ron Paul Backer Cries Foul In Brooklyn
http://www.nydailynews.com/blo..paul-backer-cries-foul-in.html
Video proof of California Election fraud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWKxwVZmomc
NJ Gov. unable to vote due to malfunctioning voting machines
http://www.nj.com/news/index.s..cant_vote_because_of_p.html
CNN – Ron Paul’s Best Friend is the Internet
Ron Paul Rally – University of Minnesota
Diebold voting machine key copied from pic on Diebold site
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Ron Paul Beats McCain in Maine Caucus, Primed to Win Over 1/3 of State Delegates
In the race for delegates, Ron Paul appears to closely trail Romney for first place
Ron Paul 2008
February 4, 2008
ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA – While most reports about this past weekend’s Maine Caucus focused on the purely symbolic presidential preference poll, in the meaningful race to secure delegates to the state convention Ron Paul is primed to finish second with likely 35 percent of the total delegates.
Delegates to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis are elected by the state delegates. Internal results from 10 of 16 counties, including the largest cities of Portland, South Portland, Lewiston, Auburn, Augusta, Waterville, Bangor, and Brewer, show Ron Paul picking up 215 of 608 State Convention delegates so far reported, or 35%.
“Ron Paul’s strong second place finish in Maine, in which he beat John McCain, is proof that this race is far from over,” said Ron Paul campaign manager Lew Moore. “We’ll continue to battle for every delegate in this wide-open race for the Republican nomination.”
In the presidential preference poll, with 70 percent reporting, Ron Paul is in third place just two percentage points behind John McCain. However, the Maine preference poll is purely a beauty contest, and in the actual election of state delegates the so-called “frontrunner” McCain is far behind Ron Paul.
Ron Paul Second in Maine State Delegates with 35%
Romney has 52% of the vote while Paul has secured 35% of the state delegates who will allocate Maine’s 18 national delegates in May.
Gary Wood
Nolan Chart
February 4, 2008
The final State Caucus before Super Tuesday is projected to be won by Governor Mitt Romney based on 74% of the presidential preference poll votes in Mitt Romney has 52%. There’s a battle for second place, in popular votes, going on between Ron Paul and John McCain. As of 4:34est the Maine Republican Party website showed there were just 154 votes separating the two with over 25% of the caucus locations still to report in.
According to a press release by Jesse Benton, of the Ron Paul campaign, the Texas Congressman, with his message of liberty and freedom, has already picked up 215 of the total 608 Maine state delegates. This number could increase as results come in from the final 6 counties. 35% of the state delegates place him second behind Mitt Romney even though McCain has a slight lead in the popular vote. There is no way for John McCain to catch Ron Paul in state delegate count even if he holds on to his slim lead in polling simply based on cities and caucus locations already won by Ron Paul
Although many major newspapers are giving all 18 Maine National Delegates to Mitt Romney that is not the case. State delegates in Maine are non-binding. The actual allocation of the 18 national delegates will not be determined until May 2 when the Maine Republican Party State Convention is going to be held and the state delegates will then decide.
“Ron Paul’s strong second place finish in Maine, in which he beat John McCain, is proof that this race is far from over,” said Ron Paul campaign manager Lew Moore. “We’ll continue to battle for every delegate in this wide-open race for the Republican nomination.”
Paul Draws Big Denver Crowd
Denver Post
February 3, 2008
Longer Version: Click Here
http://youtube.com/watch?v=HlhjRReedkk
The alarm in the Colorado Convention Center employee’s voice was verging on panic.
“That room is packed so tight it’s not even funny,” he shouted into a radio Friday night as the Segway he was riding hummed and swerved down a wide carpeted hallway.
The crowd for Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul was so large it surprised his own organizers. They were forced to hurriedly open partitions to double the size of the ballroom space minutes before Paul’s scheduled appearance in the Four Seasons Ballroom. When that wasn’t enough hundreds of people stood rimming the hall that sits 1,536.
“I’m just totally dumbfounded,” Paul said as he began his speech before a raucous sign-waving crowd. “The enthusiasm seems to be growing. Freedom is popular.”
Many of his supporters boldly predicted he would win more delegates in the state then front runners Sen. John McCain and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney even though Paul has yet to win a majority in any state primary.
“He’s real strong in Colorado,” said Vince Holcomb, 45, a massage therapist from Centennial. “Ron Paul is a lot higher in the polls than the mainstream media publicize.”
http://www.gambling911.com/Ron-Paul-Washington-State-020408.html
http://online.wsj.com/article_emai..4MDAyNDAwODQ0Wj.html</a
Ron Paul Rally in Minneapolis, Minnesota Draws 4,000
http://www.centredaily.com/business/story/379859.html
http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/?p=4716
Ron’s Speech about Economics in Seattle
http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/?p=4711
Tech workers’ money is on Paul
http://www.eetimes.com/n..ml?articleID=206102068
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Ron Paul Gets A VERY Close Third in Maine
Andrew Malcolm
LA Times
February 3, 2008
Former Gov. Mitt Romney convincingly won the Maine Republican caucus tonight with about 52% of the vote.
The current GOP front-runner, Arizona Sen. John McCain, is running a distant second with 22% and Rep. Ron Paul, the libertarian-minded longshot, is in a very close third with 19% of the vote. Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee is trailing badly with only 5%.
With nearly two-thirds of the votes counted, Maine Republican Party Vice Chairman Scott Kauffman said, “It is very sure that former Gov. Romney wins the contest.”
Although Maine does not carry the political clout of many other states, it could provide a helpful psychological boost going into nearly two dozen crucial Super Tuesday contests this week for Romney’s forces, who lost to McCain in Florida, New Hampshire and South Carolina. Nearly half the delegates necessary to win the Republican nomination will be chosen Tuesday.
In a statement tonight, Romney, who was campaigning today in the upper Midwest after attending the funeral of Gordon Hinckley, the president of the Mormon church, in Salt Lake City, said, “Today the people of Maine joined those from across the nation in casting their vote for conservative change in Washington.”
The actual number of Maine delegates he won in the non-binding caucuses will be determined at a state convention in May.
It was a disappointing night for Ron Paul. The campaign of the 72-year-old, 10-term congressman from Texas with the well-financed campaign had hoped to pull an upset in independent-minded Maine. And he did come close to embarrassing McCain for second place, which Paul also won in the Louisiana and Nevada caucuses.
Maine Democrats hold their statewide caucuses next weekend.
Ron Paul Sweeps Northern Maine Caucuses
Fort Fairfield Journal
February 3, 2008
Texas Congressman Dr. Ron Paul scored a stunning upset win over all three of his opponents in the Aroostook County Presidential Preference Survey during the weekend caucuses just concluded. It also would appear that Dr. Paul’s supporters won the lion’s share of the delegate seats to the Maine Republican Convention in early May from the county.
There were 3 undecided voters in Aroostook County with regard to the presidential preference. This vote is a non-binding survey merely intended to indicate Maine Republicans’ preference for President. Delegates were also selected for many towns to the Republican State Convention.
Aroostook County volunteer coordinator of the Ron Paul 2008 effort, and Vice-chairman of the county Republicans, Steve Martin of Amity, had this to say about the upset results. “I love Aroostook County people. They are the most independent-minded and deeply-considerate folks in Maine. It is clear that Dr. Paul’s message of reduced government, lower taxes, personal liberties and non-interference in the internal matters of other nations struck a cord here in Aroostook County. Dr. Paul’s opposition to a Northern Maine National Park coupled with his deep respect for private property and gun rights also played a part in sweeping all three caucus locations.”
The county Republicans will be meeting again for their regular monthly meetings at the Presque Isle Inn & Convention Center on Saturday morning, February 16th at 9:00 AM.
With all Aroostook towns reporting, the results were as follows for Aroostook’s 3 caucus locations:
Fort Kent:
Ron Paul 3
Mitt Romney 2
Mike Huckabee 2
John McCain 1
Houlton:
Ron Paul 16
Mitt Romney 11
Mike Huckabee 8
John McCain 4
Presque Isle:
Ron Paul 29
Mitt Romney 27
John McCain 17
Mike Huckabee 16
Aroostook County totals with percentages:
Ron Paul: 48 votes 34.5%
Mitt Romney 40 votes 28.8%
Mike Huckabee 26 votes 18.7%
John McCain 22 votes 15.8%
Undecided 3 votes 2.1%
Ron Paul scores 1st in Bergen County straw poll
John Holl
The Star-Ledger
February 3, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZEX0hYOZIg
Ron Paul, the conservative Texas congressman and long-shot presidential hopeful, pulled off a small and symbolic upset in Bergen County today by winning a straw poll leading up to Super Tuesday.
The vote, sponsored by the Bergen County Republican Organization, drew more than 100 people to Hackensack, and included a boisterous contingent of Paul supporters, many from outside Bergen County. They listened to four representatives for the four remaining GOP contenders before casting votes, giving Paul a 52-40 victory over Arizona Sen. John McCain.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney placed third with 27 votes, while former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee got just one vote.
Sen. John Warner (R-Va.) spoke on behalf of McCain (R-Ariz.) and like others, invoked the memory of Ronald Reagan and wore a tie given to him by the former president embroidered with the words “democracy is not a spectator sport.”
He used that as a transition, saying McCain “is a man resolved to do first and foremost what is best for this country no matter the cost to him politically.”
State Sen. Joe Kyrillos (R-Monmouth) stumped for Romney and, echoing a feeling from many of the old Republican guard in the room, said it was time to focus on the two “serious” GOP candidates, McCain and Romney.
However it was the Paul supporters who yelled the loudest, waived the most signs and eventually cast the most ballots.
Colbert: Ron Paul is insane – thinks the Earth moves round the Sun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKsC_0fMjr0
Ron Paul news story from KSDK St. Louis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwvMSDpFA8Y
Ron Paul has a lot of friends
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ayi5LJwHWy0
Paul Needs 3.2 Million by February 5th for TV/Radio Ads
http://noworldsystem.com/2008/02/0..l-needs-84-million-for-tvradio-ads/
Paul touts importance of Alaska in Super Tuesday
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/..-importance-alaska-super-tuesday/
Ron Paul receive more donations from soldiers than McCain and Romney combined!
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/019097.html
Paul: Secretive Elite Control America
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=41302§i..3510203
Video: Ron Paul at Denver Convention Center
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/february2008/020208Denver.htm
NH Paul Supporter May Run For Congress
http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=6397
Paul: No federal funds for TTC
http://www.herald-coaster.com/articles/2008/01/31/news/top_story/topstory.txt
Rand Paul Atlanta
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHitwJtB4VQ
Ron Paul Speaks In Victoria, TX
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/february2008/030208Victoria.htm
Ron Paul Is Popular at the Super Bowl
http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/02/0..t-the-super-bowl/
Cop to Ron Paul supporter: ‘Well, you be careful. I wouldn’t want you to get shot’
Ron Paul’s Big Chance For Modest Splash
Ron Paul speaks on economics – Seattle
Ron Paul and How the Media Pick the Candidates
Paul would change fraudulent system
Dr. Ron Paul’s Freedom of Health-Care Plan
Paul supporters launch online petition: demand apology, banning of Cooper from future debates, and fair treatment
National Tax Payer’s Union Study Says Ron Paul Only Candidate Who Would Cut Spending
Ron Paul biggest GOP fundraiser last quarter
Aside from Ron Paul, all other candidates are liberals
Protect America From Protect America Act
Ron Paul’s Tax Adviser
Filed under: 2008 Election, moneybomb, republican caucus, republican primaries, Ron Paul, super tuesday
February 5 Ron Paul Needs $8.4 Million for TV/Radio Ads
No World System
February 2, 2008
Ron Paul gained $1 Million thanks to the recent Feb 1 ‘money bomb’, but Ron Paul is asking for about $5 Million to run TV and Radio ads for this coming Super-Tuesday blitz. Read more about what he has to say for this important time in political history, Click Here.
Donate. Your generous contributions are essential if we’re going to keep going until September. We need, frankly $5 million by February 5 to run more TV and radio ads in the Super Tuesday states. Your help means everything.
Please consider donating to reach that extra $4 Million by Feb 5, we need to tip that scale to the $8.4 Million mark, if we can do that the campaign can keep going until September. Click Here.
Filed under: 2008 Election, Diebold, election fraud, florida, florida primary, Fox News, Media, new hampshire primaries, poll, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, vote scam, voter fraud
Multiple Voting Machine Problems Reported In Florida
Media reports switching of machines, non functioning machines as “glitches”
Steve Watson
Infowars.net
January 29, 2008
Multiple problems with electronic voting machines have been reported in Florida today as people take to the polls in the latest presidential primary.
Eagle eyed members of the prisonplanet forum are scouring media reports and keeping a close watch on events in Florida in light of the ongoing saga with the New Hampshire primary and the recount fiasco.
Keep track of events at this live thread where members are posting the latest information.
So far multiple reports have indicated that voters are experiencing problems throughout the state, particularly with the electronic machines.
The Palm Beach Post reports:
At Kings Point in suburban Delray Beach, voters encountered delays after a poll worker mistakenly shut down the voting machines, Elections Supervisor Arthur Anderson told reporters.
“They were on and then someone mistakenly, accidentally turned them off,” Anderson said while visiting H.L. Johnson Elementary School in Royal Palm Beach. “Allegedly someone tripped over a line or something like that.”
The machines couldn’t be turned back on, so workers had to bring in replacement machines and program them. “It’s going to delay the process,” he said.
This will have resulted in lost votes and once again goes to show that the machines are unreliable and detrimental to the democratic voting process.
According to other reports, machines in some precincts were delivered late and so voting was delayed, causing some to abandon the lines.
Other problems with the machines have been reported by voters. The Sun Sentinal reports:
Rabbi Richard Yellin said he was first in line at the polling location at Congress Avenue and Woolbright Boulevard in Boynton Beach, but that did him little good when it came to casting his vote.
“There has been a major failure of the voting, at least at this precinct,” he said.
He said he tried five times to use the voting machine but it would not allow him to vote. About a dozen people were also at the precinct to vote, Yellin said. “None of the machines worked,” Yellin said.
Poll workers were attempting to obtain help from the main elections office, but were still struggling to activate the machines when Yellin said he had to leave to attend to his duties at the synagogue.
Another voter reported that she noticed that the poll worker in her precinct pushed the non-partisan button for her when assigning her card, even though she’s a registered Democrat. Nonpartisan voters cannot vote in the presidential primary. From The Palm Beach Post:
When Monzon pointed this out, she says the poll worker sought out help from a supervisor, who then called the supervisor of elections office.
Monzon says that after the supervisor got off the phone with the elections office, she told Monzon and the poll worker that this problem is happening around the county and that there is nothing that can be done about it.
Monzon says other voters present had the same problem. In one case, a wife was able to vote and but her husband was not because his ballot was changed to nonpartisan.
In Broward County, which was subject to recounts and hanging chads in 2000, some machines also malfunctioned or did not function whatsoever, as reported by NBC:
In Broward County Fla., minor delays were reported this morning at a half dozen polling locations. Voters who provide a driver’s license for identification have their license run through a machine that reads the magnetic stripe on the back. (The machine is called an EVID). At least six of those EVID machines at different polling locations did not work this morning.
Today’s primary will be the last time for at least 4 years that residents will use the machines as they have been judged to be too unreliable and detrimental to voter confidence.
FOX snubs Ron Paul in Florida – (2/29/2008)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJ_Dtuz1dnw
FLA Voters Report Problems At Polls
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/..908,0,5071870,print.story
Multiple Voting Machine Problems In FLA
http://www.palmbeachpost.com..r/2008/01/29/0129pbcvoting.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, bev harris, Black Box Voting, butch & hoppy, California, Diebold, election fraud, GOP, handcount, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, louisiana caucus, louisiana primary, nashua, New Hampshire, new hampshire district, new hampshire primaries, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, south carolina, south carolina primary, vote scam, voter fraud
Harris Calls For Resignations In New Hampshire Recount Fiasco
Vote fraud expert convinced chain of custody is corrupt, says “criminal enterprise” is at work
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
January 29, 2008
Fresh from her confrontations in New Hampshire during which public officials were grilled about slapdash chain of custody and ballot box tampering issues, Bev Harris told the Alex Jones Show that a “criminal enterprise” is running the primary recount and has called for Secretary of State William Gardner to resign and his assistant to be fired.
Harris was fundamental in the vetting and production of the HBO special Hacking Democracy, and has contributed towards bringing charges against vote fraudsters who cheated in Ohio in 2004.
Harris traveled to New Hampshire personally to discover for herself the disgraceful lapses in chain of custody for the memory cards and ballot boxes used in the recent primary.
Harris is featured in the video below asking public officials about slits in ballot boxes as they bizarrely deny that the slits are big enough to allow tampering, amongst a myriad of other disturbing questions about chain of custody. Follow-up questions are frowned upon and one official calls security to have Harris removed.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hHL_YMBolRs
Following Republican candidate Albert Howard’s attempts to oversee the recount, Harris said “I knew that somebody needed to get to New Hampshire and protect or find out what they’re doing with chain of custody of the ballots….New Hampshire has the memory cards for 81 per cent of its votes counted by this one company – we found there was a convicted felon involved in that….that’s why I wanted to see what the chain of custody was”.
After hooking up with other vote fraud experts, Harris confronted public officials and asked pointed questions about chain of custody.
“The problem was we were either not getting answers or we were getting bizarre answers,” said Harris.
New Hampshire Secretary of State William Gardner was questioned on the whereabouts of the memory cards that hold electronic records of the votes.
“She kept asking him and ultimately he had to admit he didn’t know where they were, and this is days after the election,” said Harris.
One of the observers followed the ballots back to the vault where they were being stored overnight and noticed slits in the ballot boxes that had not been counted, a complete violation of federal election laws.
“I then came in the next day and asked the assistant Secretary of State David Scanlan – what about that slit in the end of the box?” said Harris, after which Scanlan attempted to dismiss the concern by claiming the slits weren’t big enough to allow tampering (an OJ tries on the glove moment, according to Harris).
One of the observers then proceeded to shame Scanlan by easily sticking her whole hand into the ballot box.
Officials then claimed that a special tape was in place to seal the box, bt as Harris proves in the video, the tape can easily be peeled off and re-applied.
“It’s a post-it note,” said Harris, “You can rip it on and off, on and off.”
Harris then discovered that the ballot boxes were not being transfered from state to state by police as should be the case, but by “Butch and Hoppy,” two truck drivers who raced around the state at high speed endangering people and and employing evasive manoevers to escape from observers who were following them.
“We caught them meeting up with a green jeep in the middle of nowhere half way through their route and we walk up to them and they drive off in a different direction,” said Harris.
“I wanted to see what the ballots looked like when Butch and Hoppy take them off the truck, well sure enough they didn’t have seals on them and some of them weren’t even closed – they had the box top open with big gashes and tears in them,” said Harris, who also revealed how officials left ballots in their offices and did not store them in secure vaults.
“Every way that it could break down it seemed to have broken down,” said Harris, “Even to the extent of just not following procedures”.
“How can you say that you can open someone’s ballot box without them present?” asked Harris.
Based on her experiences with the sham nature of the process, Harris called for the resignation of the Secretary of State Gardener and his assistant David Scanlan.
“I think assistant Secretary of State David Scanlan, who is actually their operations guy, should be dismissed from his position and the Secretary of State should resign, and they need to refund the money for both candidates and recount all those ballots in public,” said Harris.
“What they’re doing here is a criminal enterprise,” she added, “It has all the earmarks of it.”
Click here to listen to the MP3 interview.
http://www.bbvforums.org/cgi-b..i?file=/1954/71605.html
Bev Harris: New Hampshire Recount a “Criminal Enterprise”
http://www.prisonplanet.com/ar..riminal_enterprise.htm
Howard Highlights Ease Of Recount Fraud
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/012908_recount_fraud.htm
New Hampshire Recount Delay Stokes Suspicions
http://www.prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/012808_recount_delay.htm
Is California Throwing out Electronic Voting Machines?
http://www.latimes.com/new..tory?ctrack=1&cset=true
Filed under: 2008 Election, GOP, Louisiana, louisiana primary, moneybombs, nevada, republican primaries, Ron Paul
Ron Paul: We’re Going All The Way
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0nJH6zB9VM
Filed under: 2008 Election, Censorship, florida, florida primary, Maine, MSNBC, republican primaries, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions
Gambling 911
January 28, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMiBUyyjjj4
With many of Ron Paul’s supporters still believing their Republican Presidential candidate will have won Louisiana and its delegates, the focus for many is now on the state of Maine.
“Maine has 21 delegates that Paul has a serious potential of winning,” points out Natalie Schultz of the Nolan Chart.
“Why can Ron Paul truly win Maine? Because outside of the political elite urbanites who control the state, the majority of real Mainers are very anti-government gun-lovers. Huckabee is gaining a Christian following, but truthfully, most Mainers are old-school Christians, not Evangelicals.”
Paul has planned to campaign in Maine on Monday January 28.
To date, says Maine Republican Party Executive Director Julie O’Brien, activity on behalf of the various GOP presidential hopefuls is relatively high.
“I mean the phone is not stopping,” she says.
Supporters of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee are busy and those backing Sen. John McCain of Arizona and ex-Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts are stepping up their efforts, according to O’Brien.
She says former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has a presence.
But most active?
“If I had to say,” ventures O’Brien, “Ron Paul,” the Texas congressman.
Schultz believes that Ron Paul is wasting his time following the other Republican candidates around “winner take all” Florida, where both Mitt Romney and John McCain lead by a large margin. It should be noted that Rudy Giuliani is already down to 5.5/1 odds of winning Florida at BetUS.com compared to McCain’s 2/1 odds and Romney’s even odds. Ron Paul came in with 40/1 odds of winning the state and this is one bet even his own supporters are not likely to place money on.
“No matter how much time and money Paul spends there, he will not win. The die-hard Paul supporters there will vote for him no matter what. It’s high-time he moves on to fresh waters were there are many fish waiting to bite.”
In fact, Ron Paul has had nominal media exposure here in South Florida where a campaign like his would actually be welcome. But someone dropped the ball.
Those of us here on Miami Beach, for example, got a preservationist Cuban female with no money into the office of Mayor – Matti Herrera Bower. She went up against investor and “friend to the real estate developers” Simon Cruz as a big underdog. In the end, Bower won through similar grass roots efforts employed by the Ron Paul camp (including press releases submitted by Gambling911.com parent company, Costigan Media), with the swing vote came from those who typically don’t head out to the polling booths – Her 10 percent win margin came from the young voters. More registered voters under the age of 30 came out to vote for Herrera Bower than in any previous Miami Beach election, something the new Mayor has expressed great appreciation for.
People who have never voted before (and those who have never taken part in polls) are ready to do so now. Florida makes things difficult, however. One must be a registered Republican in order to vote for the long time Congressman without the ability to switch parties if you happen to be an Independent, Democrat or never voted before.
So even though the potential is there for Florida (and make no mistake about it – anything over 7% of the vote will be considered a victory by the Paul campaign), the focus has shifted elsewhere.
We already realize this election is more differentiated than ever by state. Just look at the results for both Republicans and Democrats where, in theory, there really is no clear front runner just yet.
Impressive showings in Nevada and Louisiana have instilled new life into the Ron Paul campaign.
In Maine, if you are registered to vote but not enrolled in ANY party (you are listed as “Unenrolled” on our towns voter list), you can enroll as Republican 30 minutes before the caucus at the location of the caucus.
If you are enrolled as a Democrat or Green Independent and you wish to participate in the Republican Caucus, you must change your enrollment at least 15 days prior to the caucus at your town office. Unfortunately, at this juncture in time, that deadline has already come and gone. The Maine Republican Caucus takes place February 2 in most towns (while technically running throughout Super Bowl weekend, February 1 – 3).
http://www.point-spreads.c..ron-paul-presidential-betting-odds-slashed.html
Ron Paul Campaigns In Maine
http://www.wcsh6.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=79420
http://www.connietalk.com/republican_florida_debate_012408.html
Filed under: 2-party system, Afghanistan, Bill Clinton, bribery, False Flag, florida, florida primary, Germany, Hillary Clinton, Iraq, John McCain, left right paradigm, Military, nation building, neocons, Neolibs, PTSD, putin, republican primaries, Russia, russian mafia, scandal, Troops, veterans, WW3, ww4
McCain: ‘There Will Be Other Wars’
http://youtube.com/watch?v=nl9YE4G8gcY
Bill Clinton: Hillary and John McCain are very close
CNN
January 26, 2008
http://youtube.com/watch?v=mu_DFwEfv_g
McCain Top Aide Linked To Suspected Russian Mob-King, Arranged Meeting With Senator
http://www.washingtonpost.com../01/25/ST2008012500226.html
McCain Cartoon – Staying In Iraq For 10,000 Years
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqC1YCzcH_o
McCain: Vladimir Putin is the President of Germany
http://youtube.com/watch?v=E5ENwej0fpc
John McCain accepts over $100k, vacations, and private flights from a friend, then meets with the regulators investigating him for fraud
http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-com..ughts-on-the-gop-debate.html
Filed under: 2008 Election, bev harris, Black Box Voting, butch & hoppy, Diebold, election fraud, GOP, handcount, Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, nashua, New Hampshire, new hampshire district, new hampshire primaries, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, south carolina, south carolina primary, vote scam, voter fraud
New Hampshire Primary – Sham Chain of Custody
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PKQEQ7qHvgM&feature=bzb302
South Carolina bans paper votes
http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/..ans-paper-votes.html
SC GOP Primary Vote Fraud Update
http://mparent7777-2.blogspot.com/2..-fraud-update.html
Insider confession: ‘Election operatives like myself make sure idealists can’t win elections. Only the cynics are making the laws’
http://www.washingtonpos..17/AR2008011703582.html
Unprecedented Vote Fraud About To Come
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20080121/D8UA8VGG0.html
Italian Paper Says NH Primary Vote Rigged
http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/home/Frontpage/2008/01/22/02148.html
NH Election Contest Update: 7.5% Vote Count Discrepancy Found in Nashua, Ward 5 for Clinton, Edwards
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5591
European press: It wasn’t a miracle – Hillary won via a rigged vote
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?c..va&aid=7794
“The Diebold Effect”: Hillary’s Votes Higher From Diebold Machines Even Controlling for Demographics (education, income, population, etc)
http://scienceblogs.com/developingin.._diebold_effect_hillarys_vo.php
Filed under: 2008 Election, Diebold, election fraud, GOP, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, republican primaries, Ron Paul, south carolina, south carolina primaries, south carolina primary, vote scam, voter fraud
SC voting machines not set to zero before voting started
January 20, 2008
But the Commission blamed the delay on human error, even though Election Systems & Software voting machines used in South Carolina were decertified by the California Secretary of State last year, after the company refused to provide information necessary to review the voting systems, as required by state law.
“Some voters cast paper ballots today in 15-20 precincts because voting machines were not ready to accept votes,” the Commission stated. “This issue was due to a human error in preparing the machines for the primary.
The 2008 Primary season has been wracked by allegations of vote fraud stemming from the use of unreliable and easily hackable voting machines belonging to Diebold and ES&S and other vendors.
New Hampshire was forced to carry out a state-wide manual recount after discrepancies emerged between hand counted and machine counted votes.
Election Chaos In Horry Count SC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJqSxZ7RFH0
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITIC..uth.carolina.gop/index.html
Primary Voters Turned Away Amongst Complete Chaos in Horry County, South Carolina
http://www.ronpaulwarroom.com/?p=2354
Train Wreck 2008: The SC Voting Machine Disaster
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=5579
Filed under: 2008 Election, ABC, Censorship, Fox News, Fred Thompson, GOP, John McCain, Media, Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, nevada, nevada caucus, New Hampshire, new hampshire debate, new hampshire primaries, republican caucus, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, Rudy Giuliani, south carolina
Nevada Caucus – Fox News: Ron Paul nonexistent with 14%
Third Party Watch
January 20, 2008
For some reason, Fox News continues to disregard the fact that Ron Paul is one of the GOP presidential candidates and he didn’t ignore Nevada like most of the presidential candidates.
I received the graphic above in my e-mail (click to enlarge) and don’t know to whom the credit is due. However, this screenshot was obviously taken of Fox News coverage of the Nevada results. For some reason, they failed to mention the 2 candidate, although they covered 1, 3 and 4.
Of course, most folks can easily figure out that Ron Paul was the candidate they “accidentally” forgot to cover.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sFXqUgRxtzY
Considering Paul’s exclusion from the New Hampshire debate, this incident, and a variety of snide remarks made by Fox commentators, it’s starting to look like Fox News has a political agenda. I wonder how this squares with campaign finance regulations, as corporations aren’t supposed to be making in-kind contributions to federal campaigns. I may disagree with the regulations, but it seems that John McCain shouldn’t be able to benefit like this from a regulation which bears his name.
UPDATE: It looks like Fox is continuing with the same general level of distortion regarding incoming South Carolina results. I’ve been watching the results come in at CNN and haven’t seen any point around the time this particular screen shot was taken when Giuliani was ahead of Paul.
Ron Paul Bags Second In Nevada Caucus
Small Government Times
Januay 19, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQVWAXKl9dg
So-called long shot candidate Ron Paul managed to finish 2nd place in the Nevada caucuses held today, which proves the Texas Representative may have more support around the country, and especially out west, than he’s getting credit for.
Romney destroyed the competition in Nevada with over 50% of the vote and finished first. Ron Paul came in second with 13%, and John McCain finished third, also with 13% but with fewer popular votes than Paul.
Independents overwhelmingly supported Paul in the western state, which clearly helped propel Paul into a much needed second place finish. Normally, independents support the much more liberal John McCain.
Fred Thompson finished fourth, Mike Huckabee fifth and Rudy Giuliani, again falling far short of popular expectations, came in a distant sixth place. Duncan Hunter rounded out the GOP candidates with a seventh place finish, barely picking up 2% of the vote.
Nevada ABC News Claims McCain Finished In Second
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxRrzLkn66Q
Ron Paul also ignored by Swiss TV Station
http://youtube.com/watch?v=RXmP4zNfB0w
http://prisonplanet.com/articles/january2008/012108_giuliani_dropout.htm
Fox & Friends Blow Through Ron Paul 2nd Place Finish
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Fanp5_zfRR8
Ron Paul coming SECOND in Nevada. Beats McCain and Huckabee
http://politics.reddit.com/info/65zon/comments/
This is how Al Jazeera International reported the results of the Nevada caucus
http://i25.tinypic.com/29qfx2h.jpg
Paul Happy With 2nd in Nevada
http://ap.google.com/article/AL..29q9BYF8hGozAD8U9C0F00
Paul camp says Nevada GOP caucus in ‘chaos,’ requests delay; Nevada GOP dismisses Ron Paul complaint
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Pa..da_caucus_delay_0118.html
Delegate Count: MSM Gets it Wrong Again
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/018753.html
Ron Paul Celebrates Nevada Second
http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2..ntry3732071.shtml
GOP Caucus Complaints Emerge
http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/13919082.html
Nevada GOP Dismisses Paul Complaint
http://www.boston.com/news/politics..008/01/nevada_gop_dism.html
NYTimes Censors Ron Paul
http://www.charlotteconservative..s-censors-ron-paul/
Filed under: 2008 Election, GOP, lobbyists, Mitt Romney, neocons, republican primaries, south carolina, south carolina primary
AP Reporter Confronts Romney On Lobbyists Claim
Reuters
January 18, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdGUSjd3Tmo
“I don’t have lobbyists that are tied to my …”
Associated Press journalist Glen Johnson interrupted at this point to say that Ron Kaufman, one of Romney’s top advisors, is a lobbyist.
“Did you hear what I said, Glen?” a clearly irritated Romney said. “I said, ‘I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign,’ and he’s not running my campaign. He’s an adviser. And the person who runs my campaign is Beth Myers, and I have a whole staff of deputy campaign managers.”
Kaufman is a registered lobbyist for Dutko Worldwide. His clients have included Fedex, Sprint Nextel, Union Pacific and United Health Care.
“My campaign is not based on Washington lobbyists,” Romney said. “I haven’t been in Washington. I don’t have lobbyists at my elbow that are arguing for one industry or another industry and I do not have favors I have to repay to people who have been in Washington for years or scores I have to settle.”
Television showed a member of Romney’s media staff telling Johnson after the briefing that he was “out of line” and not to be “argumentative” with the campaign.
The presence of lobbyists on a campaign team has become a issue because of the perception that they distort policymaking, making it beholden to industry and business interests.
Democratic candidate John Edwards tells audiences he has never taken money from Washington lobbyists in a bid to distinguish himself from rivals Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.
Romney has raised at least $229,475 from lobbyists for his presidential bid as of September 30, 2007, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, a non-profit group that tracks money in politics. Only Sen. John McCain has raised more among Republicans, it said.
Romney has been criticized for changing positions on policies such as abortion and over the accuracy of some of his statements. In December, Romney said he had seen his father march with civil rights leader Martin Luther King. Campaign aides later said he was speaking figuratively.
Romney: I don’t have lobbyists running my campaign.The truth: They do
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/R/ROMNE..ULT
Edwards and Obama LIE about not taking money from lobbyists
http://noworldsystem.com/2008/..ing-money-from-lobbyists/
Filed under: 2008 Election, GOP, nevada, nevada primary, republican primaries, Ron Paul
AP: ‘Republicans are bracing for a possible surprise first-place showing by long-shot Texas Rep. Ron Paul’ in Nevada
AP
January 16, 2008
A last-minute federal court battle over caucus rules underlines the importance Saturday’s vote in Nevada has assumed as a potential momentum-builder in the Democratic presidential campaign.
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards are in a statistical dead heat in polling here with little more than two days to go. And Nevada’s sizable blocs of Hispanic, union and urban voters could provide an indicator of where the race is headed on Feb. 5, when hundreds of delegates will be awarded in states with significant minority populations.
By contrast, Republican candidates have stayed away from the diverse electorate and unfamiliar electoral landscape as Nevada voters weigh in earlier than ever before.
No major GOP candidate has set foot in the state for two months, and some Republicans are bracing for a possible surprise first-place showing by long-shot Texas Rep. Ron Paul, the only Republican to broadcast TV ads in Nevada.
Filed under: 2008 Election, Bill Maher, election fraud, Fox News, Fox News Debate, Frank Luntz, GOP, Media, Media Fear, neocons, Neolibs, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, planted audience, Propaganda, Psyops, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, smear champaign, vote scam, voter fraud
Bill Maher smear campaign against Ron Paul
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDY73rz1PbE
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c-j8f3Et_tw
http://youtube.com/watch?v=R0mS35mqnRE
Frank Luntz Used Planted Actor In Focus Groups
http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=5888
Filed under: Dennis Kucinich, Diebold, election fraud, Fox News, Fox News Debate, Hillary Clinton, Iowa, iowa caucus, Karl Rove, Keith Olbermann, New Hampshire, new hampshire primaries, princeton, Republican Debate, republican primaries, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Banned, Ron Paul Exclusions, vote scam, voter fraud
Official Statement from Ron Paul On New Hampshire Recount
Ron Paul
Prison Planet
January 13, 2008
After a careful investigation, I have decided against seeking a recount in New Hampshire. I am confident that not asking for a recount is the right decision.
I carefully considered the arguments for and against a recount before instructing my campaign staff not to pursue it. Without a firm belief that vote fraud had taken place, and without the possibility that a recount would have increased the chances for success of our campaign, a recount would have diverted campaign resources, time, and energy away from crucial battles elsewhere.
We have taken concerns about vote fraud seriously. In Iowa, campaign volunteers carefully monitored the caucuses. Campaign staff placed Paul supporters in every precinct to watch and verify the voting and count. We had supporters phone in results from their precincts to a campaign hotline while others ensured that those numbers were reflected on the official display board at the Polk County Convention Center. The numbers our caucus watchers reported agreed with the official tally, and both results also aligned with the campaign’s internal polling. In relatively pro-Paul counties, our sampling pegged support at 11.5%. This is consistent with an overall 10% finish for the entire state.
In New Hampshire, while I would have hoped for a better result than eight percent, I am convinced that vote fraud played no role in this result. Rumors of vote fraud were investigated, and in the end they proved to be the result of errors in early media reports that were not reflected in the official numbers. In one notable case, when a campaign staff member contacted an individual who had on the evening of January 8 claimed that his vote had not been counted, the person said that he had made a mistake and that the next morning the error in reporting on a newspaper website had been corrected both in the media and — most importantly — in the official tally.
Many have expressed concerns that those ballots counted by machine yielded a 2% lower total than those counted by hand. However, machine counted vote totals were more than 2% lower for both John McCain and Mike Huckabee. Hand counted votes were more likely to be cast in rural areas. Results almost always vary between urban and rural areas.
My campaign staff and I have analyzed the numbers in New Hampshire and I have reached the conclusion that it was the high turnout — not vote fraud or counting errors — that left us with eight percent of the vote. Our total vote count of over 18,000 votes was well within what we projected given the efforts of our extensive statewide get-out-the-vote program, giving me no reason to believe that vote fraud played any role in the results of the Granite State’s primary.
In both Iowa and New Hampshire there is much to be proud of. Taking both states together, I am honored that over 30,000 people cast their vote for me — more than either Rudy Giuliani or Fred Thompson. Unlike many other candidates’ efforts, our campaign for freedom is growing and our message is spreading.
Now is the time to redouble our efforts. Our resources must be spent on the upcoming primaries and caucuses, and on ensuring that, with your help, we organize every state yet to vote with our Precinct Leaders program.
We can’t win primaries and caucuses that have already happened — but we can win those yet to come. To become the Republican presidential nominee, a candidate must have 1,191 delegates. Iowa, Wyoming and New Hampshire determined only 32 delegates, so we have much opportunity remaining.
Today, I ask you to join me in focusing on the battles ahead as we continue our fight for liberty and our Constitution.
Sincerely,
Ron Paul
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Fox ambushes Ron Paul with ‘9/11 Truthers’ question
Raw Story
January 11, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-lxZmrqLxU
“Well, it doesn’t do me any good,” answered Paul, “so if they care about me they should, but the only thing I have control over is what I believe and what I say. I can’t tell them what to do. … So please, could I participate in the current debate …”
This remark was met with cheers and applause, and Paul went on to argue that the Republican Party has lost its way.
“I don’t think we’re fiscal conservatives any more,” Paul stated. “Look at what we’ve done over these last 10 years. We finally got control of the government, and we became big government people. … And then we turn around and we talk about liberty, and we’ve undermined the Fourth Amendment and personal liberty and personal privacy. … We’re policing the world … at the same time our economy is suffering. … So no wonder our coalition is breaking up. We actually have lost our way.”
A full transcript of the debate is available here.
Ron Paul: 9/11 Commission ‘Hid Ineptness’ Just as Most Government Investigations Usually Do
Warns that fighting a war “for no good reason” will lead to a draft, expansion of troop numbers and a collapse of the dollar
Jones Report
January 10, 2008
Reporters from WeAreChange.org confronted Ron Paul in a New Hampshire spin room about supporting victim’s family members in pursuing a new 9/11 investigation. “Yes, I support more investigation,” Paul responded.
The Presidential candidate indicated that the full truth was still not known “because ineptness was hidden” in the 9/11 Commission investigation.
“This is generally what government investigations do,” Ron Paul said. “They hide inefficiencies and ineptness.”
He further criticized those in charge who “can’t and won’t admit” that the country is “fighting a war for no good reason.” “They’ve dug their heels in and they’ll lose everything they’ve said,” he said about war hawks.
Paul commented that Giuliani’s intention to expand the military by 200,000 troops would lead to a draft and the printing of more money. “Get ready. They’re going to draft you– all you young people,” Paul warned.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH9nOWnp5G0
“They’ll print it and the dollar will go bust– and everyone going to get poor– and then we’ll bring our troops home. I don’t want to wait to that point I want them bring home in a more logical fashion,” Paul said.
Other reporters asked about Giuliani’s odd dismissal of history as a factor in current middle-east foreign policy. “He’s been saying that for a long time,” Paul told cameras, “but I’ve given my explanation and I bet a majority of Americans agree with me.”
Giuliani and his advisors have consistently refused to even discuss foreign policy or address the consequences it could have.
WeAreChange.org asked Norman Podhoretz— a Giuliani advisor– about the U.S.-led overthrow of Iran in 1953. Podhoretz dismissed the incident as “ancient history,” when reporters brought up its impact in current tensions. Yet, Podhoretz advocates a pre-emptive strike on Iran.
Ron Paul also addressed his concerns about the emerging North American Union, stating that “there are people who would like to have it, like a European Union.” But, he said, “the American people are waking up to this and are resisting it.” Paul urged people to “join the Ron Paul Revolution.”
Ron Paul has been the only presidential candidate unafraid to stand up to WeAreChange.org questions and give an explanation without avoiding the issues. Others on the campaign trail have deflected or even run away.
It isin’t Ron Paul’s nature to police 9/11 Truther’s viewpoints
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/lewrw/archives/018533.html