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Ron Paul
2008 Republican Presidential Candidate

Ron Paul speaking at a campaign event at the
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
in Austin, Texas on May 19th, 2007.

Campaign website: Ron Paul 2008
Current office: Congressman 1997-present
Last office: Congressman 1979-1985
Other offices held: Congressman 1976-1977

Ron Paul is a 10th-term Congressman, physician (M.D.), and a 2008
presidential candidate from the U.S. state of Texas, seeking the
nomination of the Republican party.

Contents

1 Candidacy

2 Campaign development

3 2008 Presidential Debates
3.1 May 3 GOP Presidential Debate in California
3.2 Internet Popularity
3.3 May 15 GOP Presidential Debate

4 Endorsements
4.1 Political
4.2 Academia
4.3 Media

5 See also

6 References

7 External links

Candidacy

On 11 January 2007, Representative Ron Paul filed papers to form an
exploratory committee for the 2008 presidential race.[1][2] He
formally declared his candidacy for the Republican Party nomination 12
March 2007 as a guest on Washington Journal on C-SPAN.[3] [4]

This is Paul's second bid for the presidency. In 1988, he ran as the
nominee of the Libertarian Party. He placed third in the popular vote
(with 431,750 votes - 0.47%), behind George H. W. Bush and Michael
Dukakis.[5]

The Associated Press reports:

Kent Snyder, the chairman of Paul's exploratory committee and a
former staffer on Paul's Libertarian campaign, said the
congressman knows he's a long shot.

Snyder said Paul is running to win, not just to make a point or
to try to ensure that his issues are addressed. Snyder said that
Paul and his supporters are not intimidated by the presence of
nationally known and better-financed candidates, such as U.S.
Senator John McCain of Arizona or former Governor Mitt Romney of
Massachusetts.

"This is going to be a grassroots American campaign," he said.
"For us, it's either going to happen at the grassroots level or
it's not."[6]

On 22 January 2007, Reason Magazine Senior Editor Brian Doherty
interviewed Paul about his presidential bid.[7]When asked about what
issues he would emphasize, Paul responded:

Everything I've talked about for twenty years! I think the
biggest thing for Republican primary voters is that most
Republicans are turned off right now. They've had a beating and
are reassessing their values. They have to decide what they
believe in. The Republican Party has become about big government
conservatism, and Republicans need to hear the message they used
to hear: that conservatives are supposed to be for small
government.

Paul also indicated that his grassroots campaign will attempt to take
full advantage of the Internet. On 20 February 2007, Paul's
exploratory committee posted a formal video of him explaining his
reason for running on YouTube.[8] At the 2007 New Hampshire Liberty
Forum, Ron Paul received the endorsement of the 2004 Libertarian Party
presidential candidate Michael Badnarik.

Campaign development

Political analyst James Kotecki interviewed him regarding his
candidacy, foreign policy, Congress and the Constitution, and personal
liberties.[9]

On February 20, 2007, prior to Paul formally announcing his candidacy,
Radley Balko of FoxNews.com wrote an article[10] titled "Ron Paul, the
Real Republican?" Balko concludes the piece with these two sentences.
"Of all the candidates so far declared, only Paul can credibly lay
claim to the legacy of the Reagan-Goldwater revolution. How well he
does, how long he lasts, and who ends up defeating him will reveal
whether there's any limited government allegiance at all still
stirring the Republican Party."

On February 23, 2007, Ron Paul was in New Hampshire,[11] where he
raised more money in the first quarter of 2007 than the presumed
Republican front-runners: John McCain and Rudy Giuliani. The Paul
campaign recently hired Jared Chicoine to head the Hampshire campaign.
Chicoine is an experienced GOP campaigner who has previously
campaigned for Senator Bob Smith, Bob O'Dell and Committeeman Sean
Mahoney. Five Internet videos have been made which highlight some of
Paul's activities during his campaign trip to New Hampshire.

On March 20, 2007, Ron Paul signed the American Freedom Agenda
Pledge.[12] [13] He is the first and, as of yet, the only presidential
candidate to have done so.

Ron Paul was invited on for a brief interview on March 21, 2007, for a
segment entitled "Because You Asked." He was invited back for a longer
interview on April 20 for a program segment on Fox News Red Eye w/
Greg Gutfeld.

On March 29, 2007, Ron Paul was in Arizona, where he was welcomed by
Barry Goldwater, Jr., the torchbearer of the Goldwater Conservative
movement. [14]

On March 30, 2007, Ron Paul appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher[15].

On March 31, 2007, Ron Paul said he raised $639,989 and had $524,919
on hand.

In a Gallup/USA Today poll released on April 10, 2007, Ron Paul stood
in fifth place among Republican presidential candidates, taking 2% of
the vote[16].

On April 11, 2007, Ron Paul was in Iowa.[17]

On April 23, 2007, Paul appeared on Lou Dobbs Tonight to talk about
free trade for two minutes, followed by Q&A. [11]

On May 3, 2007, Paul was in California for the first GOP debate
against nine other candidates.

On May 15, 2007, Paul was in South Carolina for the second GOP debate,
where he faced off against the same other nine candidates. He won the
voting on vote.com and MSNBC.com, as well placing second in an Fox
News text message vote among viewers. He appeared on Your World Cavuto
before the debate and Hannity & Colmes after the debate.

On May 16, 2007, Paul appeared on CNN's The Situation Room with Wolf
Blitzer.

On May 19, 2007, Paul appeared at Fundraisers in Brenham, Texas, and
Austin, Texas, at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum.

On May 20, 2007, Paul appeared on CNN's The Late Edition with Wolf
Blitzer.

On May 21, 2007, Paul was interviewed on FoxNews Radio's "Brian & the
Judge."

On May 24, 2007, Paul and Michael Scheuer, former head of the CIA Bin
Laden Unit, hosted a press conference to "educate" Rudy Giuliani on
foreign policy. Paul and Scheuer explained why Giuliani is wrong on
security and foreign policy, providing documentation about the
unintended consequences of interventionism - known to many in the
intelligence as blowback. They assigned Giuliani a reading list of
foreign policy books, including Dying to Win, Blowback, Imperial
Hubris and the 9/11 Commission Report.[18]

On May 25, 2007, Paul appeared again on-studio on Real Time with Bill
Maher.[19]

On May 27, 2007, Paul was interviewed by Rick Sanchez on CNN Sunday
Night Spotlight.

On May 30, 2007, Paul was interviewed by Dennis Miller[20]

On June 4, 2007, Paul will be on the Daily Show.[21]

On June 5, 2007, Paul will be in CNN's New Hampshire Republican
debate.

On June 13, 2007, Paul will be the guest of Stephen Colbert on The
Colbert Report.[22]

2008 Presidential Debates

Main article: Republican Presidential Debates, 2008

May 3 GOP Presidential Debate in California

On May 3, 2007, Ron Paul participated in a presidential debate at the
Reagan Presidential Library at Nancy Reagan's invitation. Paul
appeared on Tucker Carlson's show hours before the debate.[12] Nine
other Republican candidates debated along with Paul. MSNBC moderated
and televised the 90-minute debate, which was also simulcast by
Politico.com to give viewers the opportunity to submit questions
online. MSNBC's online votes showed Ron Paul standing out from the
other candidates. As of May 4, Ron Paul was ranked first for "Best one
liner," "Who stood out from the pack", "Most convincing debater", and
"Who showed the most leadership qualities?" In all four, he had at
least 29% of the total vote[23] and was winning the "rating and
comparing candidates" question[24]. Since these were votes and not
scientific polls taken using random sampling, and limited to
self-selected online viewers of the debate, they may not reflect the
views of the entire debate audience.[25] The media faced criticism[26]
for largely ignoring Ron Paul's performance.[27][28]

Internet Popularity

After the first debate, ABC News noted that Paul has a "robust online
presence."[29] U.S. News is reporting him to have an increasing online
popularity. ". . . his supporters have flocked to the Internet with
such enthusiasm that Paul is now showing up among the much richer
candidates in various measures of Internet traffic."[30] Traffic
rating shows a high level of interest in Ron Paul with alexa.com
showing his campaign website receiving more traffic than Rudy
Giuliani, John McCain or Mitt Romney.[31] Ron Paul's website also
receives more traffic than either Hillary Clinton or John Edwards and
he has been back and forth compared to Barack Obama as well, passing
Obama's web traffic again as of June 1, 2007.

Paul's Internet presence has been measured as the top Internet search
term by Technorati.com[32], which ranks popularity in the blogosphere
and ranked 526th on Wikicharts,[33] a measurement of most-viewed
Wikipedia pages, above Republican contenders such as Mitt Romney, Rudy
Guiliani, and John McCain. There is also a Ron Paul wiki. The U.S.
News & World Report article titled "Ron Paul's Online Rise"[34] states
"Technorati spokesman Aaron Krane confirmed that, to the best of the
company's knowledge, the online support for Paul is genuine.
(Tech-savvy devotees occasionally attempt to enlist programs called
"bots" to artificially boost their candidate on search engines, but
Krane said Technorati is usually able to detect and delete the
cheaters.)" Beyond Technorati, Paul has shown strength across other
top Internet sites as well.

Rush Limbaugh has accused Ron Paul supporters of "spamming polls".

Political columnist Thomas Woods asserts[35] the news media is now
trying to keep out of the limelight the one presidential contender
(Ron Paul) who has actually bucked the establishment and does
something other than parrot government/media slogans." The national
spokesman for the John Birch Society has published similar
assertions.[36] Some opinion-editorials (op-ed) pieces have commented
that avoiding the large media organizations and campaigning by
internet may be beneficial[37] Paul's standing in individuals'
webpages, such as Joshua Dorkin's TimeForBlogging.com[38] and
"YouTube"[39] have surged to place him well ahead of all other
Republican candidates at 3,875 subscriptions. The next closest
Republican candidate, Romney, has 1,955 subscriptions. In fact, as of
May 20, 2007, Ron Paul has overtaken Obama in number of YouTube
subscriptions at 5,684,[40] and by May 31 had passed 13,000.[41]

Paul has over 21,000 "friends" on MySpace.com. [13]

May 15 GOP Presidential Debate

On Tuesday, May 15, 2007, Paul debated again--in the 2007
First-in-the-South Republican Party Presidential Candidates Debate,
televised live by FOX News Channel from the University of South
Carolina's Koger Center for the Arts in Columbia, South Carolina. Fox
News Channel Washington Managing Editor Brit Hume moderated the debate
and FOX News Sunday Anchor Chris Wallace and White House Correspondent
Wendell Goler asked questions of the candidates.[42] In a phone text
message based vote among viewers after the debate, Paul finished
second with 25% considering him the winner of the debate. [43]

During the debate, Congressman Paul commented that America's history
of interventionism in the Middle East has led to an unpopular view of
the U.S. in Middle Eastern countries. Agreeing with what has
previously been asserted by the 9/11 Commission Report and the CIA's
specialists on al Qaeda, Paul stated that the CIA removal of an
elected Iranian leader (the 1953 removal of the democratically elected
leader of Iran, Mohammed Mosaddeq in Operation Ajax) and the bombing
of Iraq in the 1990s, culminating in the ongoing Iraq war, has led to
increasing anti-American sentiment in the Middle East. He went on,
stating that these events have also led to terrorists developing such
a hatred for America that they're willing to die in suicide attacks
and are able to recruit others for their cause. Then he said:

They attack us because we've been over there. We've been bombing
Iraq for 10 years. We've been in the Middle East [for years]. I
think [Ronald Reagan] was right. We don't understand the
irrationality of Middle Eastern politics. Right now, we're
building an embassy in Iraq that is bigger than the Vatican.
We're building 14 permanent bases. What would we say here if
China was doing this in our country or in the Gulf of Mexico? We
would be objecting."[44]

After Paul had completed his answer, Rudy Giuliani interrupted the
moderator and interjected that he thought Paul was implying that
America had invited the September 11, 2001, attacks; he demanded a
retraction and called the idea "absurd". Ron Paul defended his
previous statement, which did not mention 9/11, and further explained,
"I believe the CIA is correct when it warns us about blowback. We
overthrew the Iranian government in 1953 and their taking the hostages
was the reaction. This dynamic persists and we ignore it at our risk.
They're not attacking us because we're rich and free, they're
attacking us because we're over there."

While these remarks drew strong criticism not only from Giuliani but
from some pundits from the political right (particularly FOX News
commentator Sean Hannity [45] and GOP spokesman Michael Steele [46])
as well, some reports (including the 9/11 commission report) have
stated that Ron Paul is factually correct with his assertion.[47]

Former head of the CIA's bin Laden unit, Michael Scheuer, said of
Paul's statements: "Last week, Representative Paul did all Americans
an immense service by simply pointing out the obvious: Our Islamist
enemies do not give a damn about the way we vote, think, or live... .
We are indeed hated and being warred against because we are 'over
there,' and not for what we are and how we live. Our failure to
recognize the truth spoken by Mr. Paul - and spelled out for us in
hundreds of pages of statements by Osama bin Laden since 1996 - is
leading America toward military and economic disaster.... And no
matter how you view Mr. Paul's words, you can safely take one thing to
the bank. The person most shaken by Mr. Paul's frankness was Osama bin
Laden, who knows that the current status quo in U.S. foreign policy
toward the Islamic world is al-Qaeda's one indispensable ally, and the
only glue that provides cohesion between and among the diverse and
often fractious Islamist groups that follow itsbanner."[48]

As cited in the 9/11 Commission Report, Osama bin Laden's 1996
fatwa[49] called "Declaration of War against the Americans Occupying
the Land of the Two Holy Places," published in Britain, reveals his
anger with American policies as his reason for declaring a fatwa. In
his fatwa, bin Laden cites the reasons for attacking America. In
order, they are:

1. American involvement in the Middle East
2. Palestine, and
3. Sanctions on Iraq

The Nation detailed how the CIA's former bin Laden and al Qaeda
specialist, Michael Scheuer, told CNN, "We're being attacked for what
we do in the Islamic world, not for who we are or what we believe in
or how we live."[50] CIA analyst, political scientist, and author
Chalmers Johnson spoke of blowback in regards to the September 11
attacks in October 2001 and has written books on the subject.[51]

In a press release following the debate, Paul's campaign chairman Kent
Snyder said in response to Giuliani, "It is clear from his
interruption that former Mayor Giuliani has not read the 9-11
Commission Report and has no clue on how to keep America safe" [52]
and on May 16, 2007, during an appearance on The Situation Room with
CNN's Wolf Blitzer, Dr. Paul asked for an apology from Giuliani and
suggested that Giuliani should read the 9/11 Commission's Report.[53]

Early supporter of the Iraq War Andrew Sullivan was led by Rep. Paul's
remarks to conclude that:

The question serious supporters of a real war on terror must
now ask is: will continuing the fight in Iraq help reverse
this trend or cement it for decades to come? Is the war making
us less secure and the world much less safe? Would withdrawal
or continued engagement makes things better? At the very
least, it seems to me, this question should be on the table in
the Iraq debate. And yet the Republicans - with the exception
of Ron Paul - don't even want to talk about it. Until they do,
they are not a party serious about national security.[54] In
the debate, only Paul and McCain did not endorse torture.[55]
Paul labeled the phrase enhanced interrogation techniques used
in the debate to be Orwellian newspeak for torture.[56] He has
earlier stated that "the American people and government should
never abide the use of torture by our military or intelligence
agencies".[57]

Since the debate, Ron Paul and his position have also been defended by
Lew Rockwell [58], Pat Buchanan [59], Accuracy in Media [60], the John
Birch Society[61] and other conservative and libertarian as well as
liberal commentators.

Accuracy in Media, a conservative media watchdog, has raised questions
about a conflict of interest in Fox News' co-sponsorship of the May 15
Republican debate, [62] pointing out that News Corporation, the parent
company of Fox News, is a client of Giuliani. [63]

Ron Paul received 3% of the vote and was ranked fifth (fourth amongst
announced candidates) of the Republican candidates in a May 15-16
Zogby opinion poll sampled from likely Republican primary voters in
New Hampshire.[64][65]

Endorsements

Individuals and organizations endorsing Paul's presidential campaign
include:

Political

Michael Badnarik[66] - 2004 Libertarian Party presidential candidate
Chuck Baldwin[67] - 2004 Constitution Party Vice Presidential candidate
Jim Clymer[68] - Constitution Party chairman
Barbara Hagan[69] Long time right-to-life activist and former
two-term New Hampshire state representative
Karen Kwiatkowski[70] - Retired USAF Lt. Col.
Michael Peroutka[71] - 2004 Constitution Party Presidential Candidate
Justin Raimondo[72] - Political author, 1996 Republican congressional
candidate, and editorial director of Antiwar.com
Michael Charles Smith[73] - 2008 Republican Party Presidental candidate
Frank Gonzales[74] - 2008 Democratic Party Congress candidate
United Republicans of California[75][76]

Paul's website also has statements of support from Congressmen
Walter B. Jones of North Carolina and John Duncan of Tennessee.

Academia

Gary Galles[77] - Professor of Economics at Pepperdine University
Walter Williams[78] - Professor of Economics at George Mason University
Thomas Woods[79] - American historian
Walter Block[80] - Professor of Economics at Loyola University and
Fellow of Mises Institute

Media

Vox Day[81] - Political columnist
Bill Dumas[82] - Hollywood producer
Alex Jones[83] - radio host
Devvy Kidd[84] - Political columnist
Paul Mulshine[85] - Journalist
Aaron Russo[86] - Hollywood film producer
Gary B. Smith[87] - Fox News economics commentator
Joseph Sobran[88] - Political columnist
Marc Emery[89] - Station Manager

See also

Ron Paul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Paul
Political positions of Ron Paul
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Ron_Paul
Republican Presidential Debates, 2008
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Presidential_Debates,_2008

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Ron Paul

70. ^ http://www.lewrockwell.com/kwiatkowski/kwiatkowski183.html

71. ^ Peroutka slams big-money presidential hopefuls
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/04/peroutka_slams_big-money_presi.php

72. ^ [http://antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10995

73. ^ You Can't Push a Rope On Smith official webpage
accessed at March 31, 2007
http://www.smithforpresident.com/blog/you-cant-push-a-rope

74. ^ Ron Paul Democrat Gonzalez for Congress 2008
http://www.electfrank.org/

75. ^
http://ronpaul2008.typepad.com/ron_paul_2008/2007/05/press_release_4.html

76. ^ http://campaignsandelections.com/nh/releases/index.cfm?ID=694

77. ^ http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig5/galles6.html

78. ^ http://www.washtimes.com/national/20070208-115701-1864r_page2.htm

79. ^ http://www.lewrockwell.com/woods/woods63.html

80. ^ http://www.walterblock.com/

81. ^ [6]
http://voxday.blogspot.com/2007/05/memorial-day-message.html

82. ^ [7]
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/html/saying_fx.html

83. ^ Ron Paul: Next President Of The USA?
http://www.infowars.com/articles/us/paul_ron_next_president_of_usa.htm

84. ^ http://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd270.htm

85. ^ [8]
http://www.nj.com/columns/ledger/mulshine/index.ssf?/base/columns-0/1174800932234580.xml&coll=1

86. ^ Aaron Russo endorses Ron Paul
http://naam.pair.com/aftf1626/AFTF/blog/2007/01/alex-jones-hightlights-ron-pauls.html

87. ^ [9]
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,270512,00.html

88. ^ [10]
http://www.sobran.com/columns/2007/070125.shtml

89. ^ The Prince of Pot Boycotts Hershey's on YouTube
accessed at May 24, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79-eijXcwWE

External links

Official Ron Paul 2008 Meetups and Calendars
http://ronpaul.meetup.com/

Official Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign Website
http://www.ronpaul2008.com/

Official Ron Paul 2008 YouTube Video Website
http://www.youtube.com/RonPaul2008dotcom

Official Ron Paul 2008 MySpace Website
http://www.myspace.com/ronpaul2008

Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Grassroots Campaign
http://www3.webng.com/ronpaul

Support Ron Paul for President in 2008 Podcast
http://ronpaulpodcast.com/

Ron Paul's Weekly Audio Address Podcast
http://ronpaul.libsyn.com/

Ron Paul in "America: Freedom to Fascism"
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1656880303867390173

May 2007 Republican Debate Transcript, New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/03/us/politics/04transcript.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1

Ron Paul 08 Blog
http://www.ronpaul08.blog-city.com/

Ron Paul 2008 Forums
http://www.ronpaulforum.com/

Americas' Braveheart
http://americasbraveheart.blogspot.com/

Ron Paul presidential campaign, 2008 at the Open Directory Project
http://dmoz.org/Regional/North_America/United_States/Society_and_Culture/Politics/Candidates_and_Campaigns/Presidential/2008/Candidates/Paul,_Ron/

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deadhead · Guest

Ron Paul has my vote!

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