Congressman Ron Paul this morning gave a fiery speech to the National Press Club in Washington, denouncing both of the Presidential candidates, the two major political parties, and John McCain's attempt to steal the Ron Paul Revolution's support.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-thirdparty11-2008sep11,0,1874271.story
The focus of the press conference was to throw support behind not one but all of the so called third party candidates. The truly genuine contenders were mostly in attendance and included Independent candidate Ralph Nader, Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney and Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin. Former Georgia Representative Bob Barr, the nominee of the Libertarian Party, held his own press hearing later in the day. Most likely this was because he asked Dr. Paul to be his V.P., and was politely turned down. Barr is a little too far to the Neo-Con side. I've really considered it a shame from day one that he is the "Libertarian" candidate.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/10/ron-paul-endorses-the-third-party-field/
The entire transcript of Dr. Paul's speech can be viewed at http://www.campaignforlibery.com/.
The initial buzz was that the press conference might be an announcement of a Paul endorsement for Nader. In fact, I think what actually went down was far more important. Dr. Paul's speech was a blistering endorsement for the dismantling of the two-party fraud, and a shining example of how one has the absolute right to support, fund, or campaign for whomever they like. Keep in mind, there were true independents as well as a former Democrat on the stage - being championed by a 2008 Republican Presidential candidate.
Congressman Paul is truly on fire. After last week's speech for the ages in Minneapolis, he dropped the hammer on the Left and Right today. Let's face it. Despite the early media blackout against him, and the ultimate shutdown of his campaign, he's just as, if not more, popular than ever, and what he has to say - and had to say this morning - is worth a whole heck of a lot. So much so that the McCain camp has spent the last two weeks trying to garner Paul's support, and gain access to his campaign donors and supporters.
Even Neo-Con filth, former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm (former McCain advisor) called for Dr. Paul to support McCain. Obviously the Congressman and his camp met this idea with abject laughter.
"Pretending that a true difference exists between the two major candidates is a charade of great proportion," Paul said. "The truth is that our two-party system offers no real choice. The real goal of the campaign is to distract people from considering the real issues."
The Congressman said of the diversity of the third party folks, "These individuals do have strong philosophic disagreements on various issues, but they all stand for challenging the status quo.
"A huge vote for those running on principle will be a lot more valuable by sending a message that we've had enough and want real change than wasting one's vote on a supposed lesser of two evils."
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-na-thirdparty11-2008sep11,0,1874271.story
The focus of the press conference was to throw support behind not one but all of the so called third party candidates. The truly genuine contenders were mostly in attendance and included Independent candidate Ralph Nader, Green Party nominee Cynthia McKinney and Constitution Party candidate Chuck Baldwin. Former Georgia Representative Bob Barr, the nominee of the Libertarian Party, held his own press hearing later in the day. Most likely this was because he asked Dr. Paul to be his V.P., and was politely turned down. Barr is a little too far to the Neo-Con side. I've really considered it a shame from day one that he is the "Libertarian" candidate.
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/09/10/ron-paul-endorses-the-third-party-field/
The entire transcript of Dr. Paul's speech can be viewed at http://www.campaignforlibery.com/.
The initial buzz was that the press conference might be an announcement of a Paul endorsement for Nader. In fact, I think what actually went down was far more important. Dr. Paul's speech was a blistering endorsement for the dismantling of the two-party fraud, and a shining example of how one has the absolute right to support, fund, or campaign for whomever they like. Keep in mind, there were true independents as well as a former Democrat on the stage - being championed by a 2008 Republican Presidential candidate.
Congressman Paul is truly on fire. After last week's speech for the ages in Minneapolis, he dropped the hammer on the Left and Right today. Let's face it. Despite the early media blackout against him, and the ultimate shutdown of his campaign, he's just as, if not more, popular than ever, and what he has to say - and had to say this morning - is worth a whole heck of a lot. So much so that the McCain camp has spent the last two weeks trying to garner Paul's support, and gain access to his campaign donors and supporters.
Even Neo-Con filth, former Texas Sen. Phil Gramm (former McCain advisor) called for Dr. Paul to support McCain. Obviously the Congressman and his camp met this idea with abject laughter.
"Pretending that a true difference exists between the two major candidates is a charade of great proportion," Paul said. "The truth is that our two-party system offers no real choice. The real goal of the campaign is to distract people from considering the real issues."
The Congressman said of the diversity of the third party folks, "These individuals do have strong philosophic disagreements on various issues, but they all stand for challenging the status quo.
"A huge vote for those running on principle will be a lot more valuable by sending a message that we've had enough and want real change than wasting one's vote on a supposed lesser of two evils."
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I e-mailed you the link to the video; not sure if you watched the press conference, or not. There was a moment where Dr. Paul said, "Bob Barr is not here, but I believe he is on his way...etc...".
Anyway, I think Bob Barr didn't attend because he was hoping to get the endorsement of Ron Paul; but, as you know, Paul provided a blanket endorsement, of sorts, for the top 4 third party candidates.
Did you see Paul and Nader on Wolf Blitzer later that day? That was awesome, and made me laugh, too!
I'll keep you posted on the Nader house party I'm hosting, and also the Third Party concert I'm helping organize in Jersey City.
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