hmmmm didnt anyone tell ron paul that all he needed to do was click his heels together 3 times and repeat over and over "theres no place like the oval office "?

no need for balloons...

ITS JUST A DREAM FOLKS ,HE COULDNT GET ELECTED IF HE PAID CASH FOR VOTES! WRITTEN IN STONE...UNELECTABLE... AND THE REPUBLICANS WORST NIGHTMARE !! WEEEEEEEEEE!! YOU GO RON PAUL!!

Sorry, Ron Paul will be too busy raising money from 9-11 Truther wackos, while blaming America for every hatefilled attack around the world.

The Zeppelin is a nice touch. It says 'take me seriously.'

Ron Paul '08
In your guts, you know he's nuts.

as much as I like his domestic policy...his foreign policy will weaken us and eventually kill us in the end....good thing he has no chance of winning

"First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win" ~ Ghandi ~~~~~ The people will decide who will get into the Oval Office. Those who say things are written in stone and it can't possibly happen, are just terrified because it looks like it will. Denial...how stereo-typical.

It sounds like some of these idiot bloggers are trying to discredit RON PAUL.
Good try though. His supporters don't buy
it. RON PAUL goes by the CONSTITUTION. If
you don't vote for the CONSTITUTION, you
are UN-AMERICAN....Let's face it, all the
other candidates are AFRAID of RON PAUL.
So it the government. TOO BAD!!!!!!!!!!
GO RON PAUL...Both the democrats and republicans are nothing more of Bush's
STAY THE COURSE LOSERS...

to chainsaw a famous quote..." ron paul is no ghandi..."

ron paul would be the WORST thing for the america EVER!

his polices are guaranteed to divide this country into a wild west hodge podge of splinter group voting havens, where whackos go to live with same thinking folks, kind of like the mormons in utah.

united we stand, thats the main part ron paul and his supporters dont get, basically that tacitly means that the states cant have powers to make laws and statutes that divide the nation into 50 terribly disparate entities.

the federal tax laws , among others,are in place to allocate the taxes, federal and state, to where the money is needed most. if ron paul had his way all the rich states would keep all their taxes and let states like louisiana go to hell in a handbasket when there is a real emergency ,like katrina.

ron paul advocates doing away with fema and letting the states take care of those kinds of issues. thats fine ,but what happens when the state is too poor to afford competent emergency services and support?

thats what a FEDERAL government does, it takes up taxes to allocate said funds, specifically to areas where its needed most,eg; section 8 of the constitution.

i dont know why ron paul supporters talk so much about the constitution, its pretty evident neither they ,nor he have really spent too much time reading it ,or at least reading it and comprehending what it really says.

BAH... The FEDERAL RESERVE simply controls supply and demand. Yes FEDERAL goverment does have right to collect taxes. But, not your personal property. Wages are an equal exchange of time for money.

The tax law written in our constitution highlights capital gains as taxable income. Wages are your personal property attained by trade.

As far as the importance of FEMA, how well did it serve New Orleans? Centralized disaster recovery wastes precious dollars.. Just look at all of the Ice allowed to melt unused.

This society needs to change: Another Hurricane hits. without FEMA, the news channels go into overdrive calling for donations. People have more money because of no income tax. They donate a bit. The state national guard of Lousiana becomes a mobilizing force to help people, FEMA is a bureaucracy and inept. States can handle themselves. Centralized planning wastes much.

"thats what a FEDERAL government does, it takes up taxes to allocate said funds, specifically to areas where its needed most" - Jack

Welcome to Communist America!!! :(

You describe the government taking away your private property (i.e. your most sacred right granted to us by our creator, which is to trade your labor for money or whatever you deem appropriate) via a graduated tax system. That's the first 2 planks of the Communist Manifesto.

Wake up - America has implemented almost all 10 planks of the Communist Manifesto, while all of us, me included, were busy trying to earn a living and live our lives...

Google 10 Planks of Communism or the Communist Manifesto.

Now you know why Gorbachev listened to Reagan and tore down the wall, why we trade freely with China, and why it probably won't be long before America is happy to lift the sanctions on Cuba.

It's definitely time for a R3VOLUTION!

The only candidate talking about taking back our Republic is Ron Paul. If you think this country will go into ruin following his lead, you only need to go back to 1776-1912 and understand how we became the greatest nation in history without the need to tax domestic labor or to turn over our monetary system to a cartel of central bankers (a.k.a. the Federal Reserve Bank, a private, unauditable bank that for all we know is probably owned by the Rockefellers, Morgans, Rothschilds, and the Warburgs - but their private, so I guess we'll never know who is pulling the strings on our puppet government).

Bottom line - We did it up until 1912 and we can do it again! Don't ever believe we can't!

We appear to be financing our own demise. Vote Ron Paul and perhaps we'll have at least a shot at ridding this country of the root cause of most of our problems - the IRS and the Federal Reserve.

Liberty or death - make your choice or it will be made for you.

Don't tread on me!

America needs to band together and rid ourselves of this scourge.

HE WONT WIN!!! HAHAHAA

seems like the most common theme being employed to discredit this candidate. Its really a shame that the heaviest viewed media outlets aren't even bashful when they display these unimaginative mickey mouse tactics. Whats worse, is that it gets relayed by people who emulate what they see on TV, and they vote.

What America REALLY needs is another stuttering, outwardly-simple individual on the podium who has prior agendas, and who needs a $10million dollar PR campaign to convince us that he is trustworthy.
Somebody who is unable to effectively communicate his real goals...so its not really lying, its just ...stupid...JUST TRUST US, OK? go back to work so we can take 45% of your paycheck in taxes...didn't we fight the British because they were taxing tea or something? HA, IRONY RULES.

Nice article, but could use a little more proofreading. Appreciate the info.

Bah, Don't be afraid of freedom. If you let the Government own you, your labor, and your property you will get a homogenized America, but will that singular vision be the one that you want?

There are many people who think they know the best way to live their lives. Let them all be Free to try. The alternative is tyranny.

I know, I know it's not fascism when we do it.

Its been cool to watch these people on the blogs echo the talking heads on FOX. They blew anti-Paul propaganda when Paul was 1% in the polls. The blow the same stuff when he is 8% in the polls. At least they are consistent as Paul continues to rise with recognition.

Ron Paul is a Christian with true Christian values. He is not like other Christians who are warmongers, who support illegal pre-emptive wars, torture, and the killing of hundrends of thousand of innocent humans. We owe nearly 10 trillion dollars, and continue to borrow money from China and others for this illegal war. We are virtually bankrupt. There is no such thing as a "War or terror, no more than "War on Thugs". Terror is not a country, it is a tactic that can never be stopped, thus, this allows for this war to continue for ever. Wake up!

Ron Paul is the true compassionate conservative. He is the only Republican running for President who will stop the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA-FEDS) from putting sick people in jail for using medical marijuana, which is LEGAL in several of the States, when approved by a doctor. This govt. is sick, and we need a Doctor to fix it. Dr. Ron Paul is the statemens who can get the job done, and get the govt. out of our lives.

Ron Paul will protect Social Security for seniors while allowing young people to transition out. He advocates replacing Federal Reserve notes (fiat money - no backing) with honest money, following the Constitution, using gold and silver coins, with gold and silver deposits to back our currency. The Dollar continues to lose it value and Iran just stated that will no longer use dollars in the pricing of their oil. Our country is on the verge of bankruptcy. Dr. Ron Paul, walks the talk, his 20 year record is the proof. No one comes even close to his integrity and conservative record.

I really appreciate Ron Paul and his honest and well thought out views. I will vote for him and no other this election. It does matter if he wins the election.. true but more so the reality is, is the wake up call to what has been going on in our contry. Ron Paul, as the Prez can deliver the message to the hopefully better informed voting public but it is ultimately up to us the elect and empower the officials to represent our true core values. We need change... big change. Ron Paul in office would be a good start but it will take an educated people to effect the fabric of these corrupted states. I urge anyone and everyone to educate themselves and think hard about where we want to go as a country....THEN VOTE!!!!!!!

Blame Americans for hateful attacks??
How about we focus on freedoms of Americans rather than figte a weak "PC" war using MBA's over generals as we are doing now? If the neocons were really serious we would have destroyed our enemy like Nuremberg. No we need to get the empty suites out of office.

Before WWII it was common for private charities to relieve stressful issues such as natural disasters. The Fed instead unloaded 10,000 trailer homes that no one used and issued $2000 checks which others from other states stole.
With Ron Paul, Israel and other nations will have to do their own dirty work.

Sounds like a bunch of necons up there at the top. They don't want change. They want the illusion of change. It makes them feel safer. They'll do anything to feel safe.

People criticize us Paul supporters for getting a little edgy at times.
But is it possible to tolerate the insurmountable ignorance displayed above? Why doesn't the media bash the anti-Paulites? They are much worse. Unlike the "rabid" Paul supporters, they don't even argue like civilized people.

What are all of the neocon talking mouths and the American couch potatoes, who simply repeat what their TV tells them, going to say when they learn that Ron Paul has obliterated the entire field in the December 7th Caucuses with 50% of the vote?

More than any other candidate running for President including Democrats. In Open caucuses, with no party affiliation, Ron Paul received 62.5% of the vote !

Polls, polls, polls. Those of you that are old enough might remember the drastic change in the polls before Daddy Bush got elected. Those of you that listen to them might want to know where they come from, the people that are polled are the 6% of Republicans that voted in the incumbent primaries for Pres. Bush back in 2004, the staunch who vote all the time. These are more neocons then conservatives, the rest of us who didn't waste our time for Bush in 2004 are not polled in 2007 and a large number of us support Paul.

There is one poll to watch and that is support for the war. 70% are against it so why are there only 3 candidates also against it? (is Gravel still in the race?) Because of this administrations failures it will be very difficult for any Republican to win against the Democrat, any but Paul that is.

Imagine pro-war Dems versus anti-war GOP. Imagine keeping and controlling all your money, Imagine spending the war money on Katrina destruction instead of Iraq destruction. It can happen.