The Ron Paul R[evol]ution is going full swing!
Ron Paul placed 5th in the Iowa Straw Poll with 9.1% of the vote (source who got it from this one)
11th–John Cox 41 votes
10th–John McCain 101 votes
9th Duncan Hunter 174 votes
8th Rudy Giuliani 183 votes
7th Fred Thompson 203 votes
6th Tommy Thompson 1039 votes
5th Ron Paul 1305 votes
4th Tom Tancredo 1961 votes
3rd Sam Brownback 2192 votes
2nd Mike Huckabee 2587 votes
1st Mitt Romney 4516 votes
Now let us stop a moment and consider how important this is. The media has been ignoring Ron Paul for the most part saying he is nothing more then a fringe Internet candidate who gets 2% of the national polls. Also, in order to vote in the Iowa Straw Poll, a registered Iowa voter had to drive to Ames, then has to have a ticket that cost’s $35. On top of this, unlike many of the other top finishers<cough>Romney, Brownback</cough>, Paul didn’t buy tons of tickets for his supporters and didn’t provide a bus for his supporters to get to Ames (everyone who enters is required to buy 800 and I would guess they did give those out… notice Giuliani didn’t even get that many, then again he didn’t work the Iowa Straw Poll). A strong finish for a “second tier” candidates does mean more media attention, and one would hope the media can’t ignore Dr. Paul’s fairly strong finish, though I doubt the media will mention Romney’s buying of tickets for his supporters (though in fairness, the New York Times did cover that point before the Poll). All in all, I think that Ron Paul and his supporters have to be very happy with the results… as a matter of fact, here is their official statement:
On behalf of Dr. Ron Paul and his wife Carol, and the Ron Paul 2008 campaign staff, I thank our supporters and volunteers in Iowa and throughout the country for the strong showing in the Iowa straw poll. We are pleased and encouraged by the results.
We have the three ingredients for success:
1. The message: freedom, peace and prosperity.
2. The man: Ron Paul.
3. You.
Our campaign has begun.
Kent SnyderChairman, Ron Paul 2008
By the way, prayers and best wishes to Ron Paul’s wife who apparently was admitted to the hospital the morning of the poll.
Ron Paul at RonStock:
A video that shows the contrast between what somebody with a video camera saw at the Iowa GOP debate and what the media ended up showing:
A music video from Poker Face regarding how all the big candidates on both parties essentially want to get rid of the United States and for a North American Union with Canada and Mexico, costing millions of US jobs…. of course what do they care if there is no US anymore… not that any of big name candidates on either party care about the people or the Constitution, just increasing their own power base:
This is actually one of the most important things in this election, and something America needs to wake up on. Both parties, if they have their way, will lead this nation to certain ruin. I love how when Chaney is talking to the Council on Foreign Relations admits that while he was a director of it for a period of time, and a member for a long time that he didn’t mention that when he was campaigning for re-election in Wyoming, probably because they wouldn’t vote him back in.
The war, the IRS, the Federal Reserve, the truth about the war on drugs, the New World Order, the CFR and North American Union, microchips being impeded in people to track them at all times, are all important issues that the media wants to keep Americans ignorant about because the major media be they leaning to the left or right and both major parties ultimately have one goal, the subjection of American citizens to the government, and not the government subject to the People as the Constitution says.
An important article on how much trouble the US is due to China holding so much of our Treasury bonds is In the Hole to China, this is a MUST read regardless of who you support.
A couple of music videos from Knights of Liberty:
