Kuyperian Commentary

On August 27, 2011 By Uri Brito In Politics Like

Why Doesn’t the Government Put you on a Diet?

This is Paul at his best over 20 years ago:

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On August 25, 2011 By Uri Brito In Politics Like

Ignored by the Media: 3rd Place in National Polls

John Thorpe in the San Francisco Chronicle summarizes the lack of attention given to Ron Paul despite his amazing show in national polling:

Ignored by the media and dismissed by the Republican Party in general, liberty-minded Congressman Ron Paul leaped into third place today in the Gallup Presidential Nomination preference poll. Paul jumped over Michele Bachmann, the Tea Party darling/lunatic, relegating her to fourth-place in the current poll. Here’s how the numbers shake out today.

Rick Perry, Texas Governor: 29%
Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts Governor: 17%
Ron Paul, Texas Congressman: 13%
Michele Bachmann, Minnesota Congresswoman: 10%

That’s right. Ron Paul jumped into third place…and the media continues to ignore his candidacy. I can’t explain it as anything other than outright bias against the man and his ideas.

On August 25, 2011 By Uri Brito In Politics Like

Ron Paul Educating Rudy Giuliani

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On August 25, 2011 By Uri Brito In Politics Like

Bill O’Reilly Challenges Ron Paul

So the neo-con Bill O’Reilly has challenged Ron Paul to come on his show. He even accused him of baby talk. Paul should go ahead and accept the invitation. He has nothing to lose. The questions posed by O’Reilly will all center on foreign policy. Paul is more than ready to face them all. With the latest Gallup placing him 3rd behind Romney, Paul has a real shot at taking Romney’s place for second and have a Texas fight for first. Assuming of course, Palin does not get in this race.<>

On August 24, 2011 By Uri Brito In Politics Like

ObamaCare and BushCare

Christopher Westley writing for Mises Daily observes:

Ironically, around the same time the jobs data were released, the MSM’s best and brightest also bemoaned the end of NASA’s space-shuttle program, which University of Colorado at Boulder scientist Roger Pielke Jr. estimates to cost more than $200 billion over its lifespan. Pielke noted that this translates to a cost of $1.5 billion per mission — 100 times greater than the $15-million-per-mission price tag promised by planners when the program was being sold to Congress in the 1970s. We can be assured that the projected costs justifying BushCare, ObamaCare, and undeclared wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were equally duplicitous.

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On August 22, 2011 By Uri Brito In Politics Like

Ron Paul Shaping the Tide

Writes Brent Budowsky in The Hill:

Literally for decades, Ron Paul has stated his views intelligently and cogently. He did not care whether he was swimming with the tide or swimming against the tide, because Ron Paul wanted to shape the tide. This is what leaders and conviction politicians do. This is what campaign workers and small donors seek. This is what America needs.

And this is what most in the major media and most Washington insiders will never understand, which is why Ron Paul is so under-covered and under-respected in the press. The press likes the cheap flavor of the month. This is why the clown Donald Trump reaps two months of starry coverage, and Ron Paul receives virtually nothing after essentially tying for first place in the Iowa Ames poll.

My bet is the latest flavor the month, Rick Perry, the hare, will be gone sooner than pundits think, while Ron Paul, the tortoise, has many more curtain calls to come.

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On August 19, 2011 By Uri Brito In Politics Like

Ron Paul is exploding…a great youtube video

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On August 18, 2011 By Uri Brito In Politics Like

Byron York on Ron Paul’s Threat to the Republican Party

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.

On August 18, 2011 By Uri Brito In Politics Like