Of course, I take exception to some of his conclusions, but he makes some important observations on the political capital Paul has in this campaign:

No one fears that Paul will walk away with the Republican nomination. But with a strong core of supporters, he has the means to stay in the race nearly as long as he wants. That core support also earns him a spot in high-profile debates. To qualify for the Fox-Examiner debate, for example, candidates had to have at least 1 percent support in five national polls. Paul qualified with plenty of room to spare; in the most recent RealClearPolitics average of polls, he has 9 percent support, well ahead of fellow candidates Herman Cain, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman, Rick Santorum, and, until his withdrawal from the race Sunday, Tim Pawlenty.

Paul also has enough money to do what he wants. He reported raising $4.5 million in the second quarter of this year, with about $3 million in the bank. Since he has decided to retire from the House, he can also spend unused funds raised for congressional campaigns.

Speaking of retirement — one aspect of the Paul phenomenon that has received little attention so far is his age. Born in 1935, he will be 77 years old on Inauguration Day 2013 — the same age Ronald Reagan was when he left the White House after serving two terms. If Paul were elected and re-elected, he’d be 85 at the end of his time in the White House. Even though Americans are living longer, most people would probably agree that’s too old for a president.

But the Paul campaign isn’t really about the practical possibility that he might become president. It’s more about Paul’s supporters forcing the larger political establishment to acknowledge that he’s right. “The day will come soon when candidate Paul will get his due,” tweeted one supporter recently. “Blowback is gonna be a b—h.”

Of course, most Republicans don’t believe that. But Paul commands enough support to make his presence known all the way through next year.

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The neo-con extraordinaire Michelle Malkin is no fan of Perry. Though we would disagree on many points, her expose is quite helpful for those seeking information on Perry.<>веб контент

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This is the most helpful introduction to the consequences of our Federal Reserve system:

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Daniel Larison write on the American Conservative that sanctioning Iran even on a limited scale would be harmful. He writes:

Even when limited to the imposition of sanctions, confronting Iran exacts a significant toll from the Iranian population, it makes it more difficult for the Iranian middle class to flourish, and creates opportunities for the government to consolidate its power. In practice, confronting the Iranian government entails harming the Iranian people and undermining the opposition’s political struggle against the regime. Gasoline sanctions have not achieved the desired results, and the Iranian government has been able to turn them to its advantage at the expense of middle-class Iranians, many of whom are supportive of the Iranian opposition’s demands. As The Wall Street Journalreported last month:

Much of the opposition to the president’s 2009 re-election came from Iran’s middle class and merchants, many of whom criticized the president’s populist economic policies and believed his religious views bordered on heretical. It is this segment of the population—which owns the factories and the cars—that is feeling the most pain from the subsidy cuts, argue these analysts, while Mr. Ahmadinejad’s power base, the poor, is in the position to gain.

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It’s the war…war…war. Looking back virtually no republican thinks Iraq was a good idea. Be careful with the war propaganda of these candidates. These guys will attack an empty island if they get a chance.  If Paul is out of the picture, I can see us considering another republican candidate (hard to fathom), but since he is in and stronger than four years ago, why don’t we join forces and go at it? This election is different. People are giving him a second look and realizing that at the very least 700 bases and 6 wars is not so good for the economy. Welfarism at home  and abroad is bad for business.<> как узнать рейтинг а

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Here is some good advice for those who love liberty:

I had the unpleasant experience of getting into my car with Neal Boortz on the radio this morning just in time to hear him complaining at length about Ron Paul supporters.

What he doesn’t acknowledge is that the media mis-treatment of the Paul campaign generates blowback from Paul supporters in the form of hate mail and calls. If the media treated Paul like any other Republican candidate—you know, report on his activities, success, etc—there wouldn’t be all of this negative reaction from his supporters.

But these supporters also need to realize that lashing out at talk show hosts and reporters generates its own blowback. Boortz is reacting very badly saying he’s less inclined to cover Paul because of his supporters’ rude actions.

So I’m here trying to appeal to Paul supporters to focus on the positive. Compliment reporters when they show fair coverage. Pass out Ron Paul tip cards and slim jims, etc., etc. (See this earlier posting for other ideas:http://www.dailypaul.com/172337/101-things-you-can-do-to-pro…)

Please no more name calling, ill motive accusations, yelling at reporters and all the rest. Thanks.

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Rockwell engages a bright reporter on the dollar and the gold standard:

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Buchanan writes:

Ron Paul, however, who ran only 150 votes behind Bachmann and doubled the vote of Pawlenty, has not received the attention or credit his tremendous showing deserves.

Four years ago, Paul, a libertarian legend, was winning every telephone poll taken after a GOP debate but failing to win, place or show in the primaries. He seemed to be campaigning simply to make his case, realizing that he had no chance of being nominated.

His views on foreign policy were regarded as aberrational by fellow candidates, such as Rudy Giuliani, when they were not being ignored.

In last week’s debate, Paul denounced U.S. intervention in wars that are none of America’s business, called for closing U.S. bases abroad and bringing our troops home, and squared off against former Sen. Rick Santorum on whether Iran represents a threat.

Santorum and Pawlenty supported confrontation with Iran. Yet both together did not come close to matching Paul’s vote tally.

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Murtaza Hussain writing at Salon:

“Reparations payments” are being made by Iraq to Americans and others for the suffering which those parties experienced as a result of the past two decades of conflict with Iraq.

Iraq today is a shattered society still picking up the pieces after decades of war and crippling sanctions. Prior to its conflict with the United States, the Iraqi healthcare and education systems were the envy of the Middle East, and despite the brutalities and crimes of the Ba’ath regime there still managed to exist a thriving middle class of ordinary Iraqis, something conspicuously absent from today’s “free Iraq.” In light of the continued suffering of Iraqi civilians, the agreement by the al-Maliki government to pay enormous sums of money to the people who destroyed the country is unconscionable and further discredits the absurd claim that the invasion was fought to “liberate” the Iraqi people.

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