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2012 Presidential Candidates Ron Paul On the issues>> Profile VoteMatch Republican Representative (TX-14); previously Libertarian for President OnTheIssues Books: Romney vs. Obama On The Issues Ron Paul vs. Barack Obama On The Issues Newt vs. MittOn The Issues Gingrich vs. Ron PaulOn The Issues Rick Santorum vs. Newt Gingrich On The Issues Romney vs. PerryOn The Issues Michele Bachmann vs. Sarah Palin On The Issues 2012 Republican nominees: Paul Ryan (Wisconsin Representative): Selected by Mitt Romney for V.P. Aug. 11. Mitt Romney (Former Massachusetts Governor): Publicly announced candidacy June 3. 2012 Democratic incumbents: Barack Obama (IL Senator). Joe Biden (DE Senator). 2012 Third Party contenders: Rocky Anderson (Justice Party) Andre Barnett (Reform Party) Virgil Goode (Former U.S. House Rep.): Constitution Party nominee. Gary Johnson (Former New Mexico Governor): Publicly announced Libertarian candidacy Dec. 21. Scott Keller (Independent) JL Mealer (Independent) Buddy Roemer (former Louisiana Governor). Candidate for GOP and AmericansElect. Robert Steele (Reform Party) Jill Stein (Green Party) 2012 Republican withdrawals: Michele Bachmann (Minnesota Representative): Withdrew Jan. 4. Michael Bloomberg (NYC Mayor). Opted out of race, Feb. 8, 2011. Herman Cain (Radio talk-show host): Suspended candidacy Dec. 3. Chris Christie (New Jersey Governor). Opted out of presidential race. Jim DeMint (South Carolina Senator). Never entered race. Newt Gingrich (Former Speaker of the House): Publicly announced candidacy May 12. Rudy Giuliani (former NYC Mayor). Never entered race. Mike Huckabee (Former Arkansas Governor): Opted out of presidential race May 15. Jon Huntsman (former Utah Governor and Ambassador to China). Withdrew Jan. 15 Thad McCotter (Michigan Representative): Publicly announced candidacy July 2. Sarah Palin (former Alaska Governor). Opted out of presidential race Oct. 5. Ron Paul (Texas Representative): Publicly announced candidacy April 28. Tim Pawlenty (Former Minnesota Governor): Publicly announced candidacy May 24. Rick Perry (Texas Governor): Publicly announced candidacy Aug. 11. Rick Santorum (Former Pennsylvania Senator): Publicly announced candidacy June 6; withdrew April 11, 2012. Donald Trump (Real estate mogul): Opted out of presidential race May 16. Confused by the terms above? All are explained on our 2012 Presidential Speculation page! Archives Fact-checking on the 2012 Presidential and Senatorial races Paperback: Romney/Paul/Santorum/Gingrich side-by-side, by Jesse Gordon of OnTheIssues.org Arizona 2012 GOP debate hosted by CNN's John King 2012 State of the Union address to Congress Obama vs. Paul On the Issues, by Jesse Gordon of OnTheIssues.org Gingrich vs. Paul On the Issues, by Jesse Gordon of OnTheIssues.org Survey of 2012 Presidential contenders' campaign websites Sean Hannity 2012 presidential interviews "Hannity Primary" WMUR 2012 GOP New Hampshire debate Fox News debate in Myrtle Beach, preceding South Carolina Primary Meet the Press 2012 GOP New Hampshire debate South Carolina 2012 Republican primary debate CNN 2012 GOP primary debate on the eve of Florida primary Yahoo's "Your Voice Your Vote" debate in Iowa, Dec. 10, 2011 Club for Growth 2012 Presidential White Papers 2011 CNBC GOP Primary debate, at Oakland University in Rochester, MI, 2011 CNN National Security GOP primary debate CBS News primary debate in South Carolina on Foreign Policy GOP 2011 primary debate in Las Vegas 2011 GOP debate at Dartmouth College, NH 2011 GOP Google debate in Orlando FL Pres. Obama's Address to Joint Session of Congress 2011 Tea Party Express Republican Primary debate in Tampa, Florida 2011 GOP debate in Simi Valley CA at the Reagan Library, Sept. 7, 2011 2011 Republican primary debate at the Iowa State Fair, Aug. 11, 2011, prior to the Iowa Straw Poll GOP primary debate in Manchester NH, June 13, 2011, at Saint Anselm College GOP primary debate in South Carolina, at the Peace Concert Hall, May 5, 2011 Liberty Defined, by Ron Paul (April 19, 2011) 63 Documents, by Gov. Jesse Ventura The Tea Party Goes to Washington, by Rand Paul (Feb. 22, 2011) Speeches at 2011 CPAC conference 2011 OnTheIssues Fact Checking Obamanomics: How Barack Obama Is Bankrupting You and Enriching His Wall Street Friends, Corporate Lobbyists, and Union Bosses, by Timothy P. Carney End the Fed, by Ron Paul Saving Freedom, by Sen. Jim DeMint Do the Right Thing, by Mike Huckabee Survey of 2008 House campaign websites The Revolution: A Manifesto, by Ron Paul, published April 2008 Speeches at 2008 CPAC conference Meet the Press: Meet the Candidates 2008 series, with Tim Russert CNN Late Edition, throughout 2008 Washington Post, "The Fact Checker" 2008 GOP debate at Reagan Library in Simi Valley Republican presidential debate, before South Carolina primary 2008 Republican primary debate in Boca Raton Florida 2008 Republican primary debate, sponsored by Facebook, Jan. 5, 2008 FactCheck.org analysis of 2008 primary debates FactCheck.org analysis of 2008 campaign ads Republican primary debate, broadcast in Spanish 2007 GOP debate sponsored by Des Moines Register, Dec. 12, 2007 Boston Globe questionnaire on Executive Power The Contenders, by Laura Flanders et al. 2007 GOP YouTube debate 2007 Republican Presidential Forum at Morgan State University, Sept. 27, 2007 GOP debate in Dearborn, Michigan 2007 GOP primary debate in Orlando, Florida Values Voter Presidential Debate 2007 Republican Primary debate at University of New Hampshire 2007 GOP Iowa Straw Poll debate, hosted by George Stephanopoulos, August 5, 2007 A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship 2007 Republican primary debate at St. Anselm College, Manchester N.H., June 5, 2007 2007 Republican Primary Debate in Columbia, South Carolina, May 15, 2007, sponsored by Fox News 2007 GOP primary debate, at Ronald Reagan library in Simi Valley California CNN Late Edition, throughout 2007 Humane Society 109th Congress Scorecard Fact-Check 1996-8 National Political Awareness Test Freedom Under Siege, by Ron Paul The Case for Gold, by Ron Paul and Lewis Lehrman Gold, Peace, and Prosperity, by Ron Paul

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Ron Paul on the Issues

Dr. Ronald Ernest Paul (born 1935) was a Congressman from the 14th Congressional District of Texas and is an honorary lifetime member of the Libertarian Party.[2]. Having ended a bid for the Republican Party's nomination in the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election on 8 March 2008 after obtaining only 15 delegates out of 2,360 (although he did garner 5.7% of the vote in the Republican primaries that year), Ron Paul loitered around the lunatic fringe before entering the 2012 Republican nomination process in 2010. He was supposedly gaining popularity thanks to the work of his fanbase, affectionately known as "Paulbots," "Paultards," or "Paulites," and most have, by now, seen the rabid shrieks of "RON PAUL 2008 2012!!1!!!" at least once on the Internet.

It took him absolutely nowhere, unless you count winning the Virgin Islands in 2012 Republican primaries as an accomplishment. In early January 2013, Ron Paul announced his retirement from politics.[3]

You see, Mr. Powers, I love goooooold! The look of it! The taste of it! The smell of it! The texture! I love gold so much that I even lost my genitalia in an unfortunate schmelting accident.

Ron Paul is frequently described as a conservative with many libertarian ideas, giving him the label of paleolibertarian.[4] However, given that he is not so much interested in reducing governmental powers as shifting them from the federal government to the states, the term "anti-federalist" would be more accurate.

Anywho, he is a strict constitutionalist though his interpretation of what the US Constitution is is somewhat inaccurate, to politely say the least and believes in "limited government"[5] to the point of abolishing the IRS and the income tax, slashing most federal spending, reintroducing the gold standard, and abolishing the Federal Reserve. (We don't have to tell you what the consequences of that are.) He also voted against the Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007,[6] which would have banned federal contracts with firms doing business with the Janjaweed militia of Sudan.[7] He was the only Congressman to do so.

On the other hand, he wants to end the War on Drugs, supports medical marijuana, and opposed the U.S. war in Iraq.

Following the recent TSA act, he was the one standing up to say that taking nude photos of passengers, and feeling up people's grandmothers, is not making anyone safer.[8] He proposed a simple law which would essentially say that government officials have to go through the same screenings the rest of us do, in an effort to wake them up. He has even spoken in defense of WikiLeaks, a whistleblowing website that has among other disclosures exposed government corruption.[9]

However, even in areas of foreign policy, Paul has demonstrated that he is not to be trusted; a month after 9/11, he proposed H.R. 3076, which would place a $40 billion bounty on top Al Qaeda members who were brought to the government dead or alive. Essentially, it would hire a group of private mercenaries to handle the Afghanistan War their own way. That or some of the more... dedicated leaders would be sacrificed to give their organization tens of billions of dollars to recruit and support tens of thousands more members.

For some reason, he seems to not like the idea of jus soli the granting of citizenship to those born in America.[10]

It has been suggested that Paul is in league with the Dominionist and Christian Reconstructionist movements.[11] Paul introduced the We the People Act into the House of Representatives twice. This bill would strip federal courts of jurisdiction in cases involving abortion, same-sex marriage, privacy related to sexual behavior, and Establishment Clause issues, leaving them to the states... which is exactly what the Religious Right wants to do. He has engaged in outright dishonesty in support of this agenda, for instance claiming that prayer has been prohibited in schools.

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Ron Paul - RationalWiki

Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul (Pittsburgh, 20 de agosto de 1935) es un mdico y poltico estadounidense, miembro del Partido Republicano, exrepresentante por el decimocuarto distrito de Texas en la Cmara de Representantes del Congreso de los Estados Unidos. Reside en Lake Jackson, ciudad del mismo estado. Form parte del Comit de Asuntos Exteriores, el Comit Econmico Mixto, el Comit de Servicios Financieros, y fue presidente del Subcomit de Poltica Monetaria Interior, donde ha sido un crtico de las actuales polticas exteriores y monetarias estadounidenses, abogando por la auditora y disolucin de la Reserva Federal.

Paul se gradu en el Gettysburg College y en la Universidad Duke, donde consigui su ttulo en medicina. Sirvi como cirujano de vuelo en la Fuerza Area de los Estados Unidos desde 1963 hasta 1968, durante la Guerra de Vietnam. Trabaj como mdico obstetra y gineclogo en los aos sesenta y setenta, atendiendo ms de 4.000 partos, antes de entrar en la poltica en 1976.

Es el fundador del grupo de presin Campaign for Liberty y sus ideas han sido expresadas en numerosos artculos y libros publicados, incluyendo Liberty Defined: 50 Essential Issues That Affect Our Freedom (2011), End the Fed (2009), The Revolution: A Manifesto (2008), Pillars of Prosperity (2008), A Foreign Policy of Freedom: Peace, Commerce, and Honest Friendship (2007), y The Case for Gold (1982). De acuerdo con Keith Poole, un politlogo de la Universidad de Georgia, Paul tiene el registro de votos ms conservador que ningn otro miembro del Congreso desde 1937.[1] Su hijo Rand Paul fue elegido para el Senado de los Estados Unidos por Kentucky en 2011, siendo la primera vez que coinciden en el congreso un padre y un hijo.[2]

Ha sido llamado el "padrino intelectual" del Tea Party.[3][4] Ha conseguido notoriedad por sus posiciones libertarias en muchos temas polticos, chocando a menudo con los dirigentes de los partidos republicano y demcrata. Paul ha postulado tres veces para la Presidencia de los Estados Unidos, primero en 1988 como candidato del Partido Libertario y de nuevo en 2008 y 2012 como republicano. En diciembre de 2010, Ron Paul, partidario de eliminar el banco central, fue nombrado presidente del comit que controla la Reserva Federal.[5] En mayo de 2011, Paul anunci oficialmente que se postulara a la presidencia una vez ms como candidato del partido republicano en el ao 2012.[6] El 13 de julio de 2011 anunci que no buscar la reeleccin al congreso en el 2012 para concentrarse en su campaa a la presidencia.[7]

Paul naci en Pittsburg, hijo de Margaret (nacida Dumont) y Howard Caspar Paul. Sus bisabuelos paternos inmigraron desde Alemania, y su madre era de ascendencia Alemana e Irlandesa.[8][9] Cuando estudiaba en Dormont High School, fue campen estatal de los 200 metros.[10] Obtuvo un ttulo de Bachelor of Science en biologa en Gettysburg College en 1957. Durante su estancia en la universidad, fue miembro de la fraternidad Lambda Chi Alpha.[10] Despus de conseguir el ttulo de Doctor en Medicina en la Duke University School of Medicine (Artculo en ingls) en 1961, se mud con su esposa a Mchigan donde complet sus estudios en el hospital Henry Ford de Detroit. Luego sirvi como cirujano de vuelo en la Fuerza Area de los Estados Unidos de 1963 hasta 1965 y en la Guardia Nacional de los Estados Unidos (Artculo en ingls) de 1965 a 1968.

A fines de los aos sesenta, Paul y su esposa se mudaron a Texas, donde contino trabajando como mdico. Especializado en obstetricia y ginecologa, Paul empez su propia prctica privada.

Est casado con Carol Wells desde 1957.[11] Tienen cuatro hijos, que fueron bautizados episcopalmente: Ronald, Lori, Rand y Joy. Rand, es senador por el estado de Kentucky. Fue criado como luterano y luego Paul se volvi Bautista.[12]

Como residente mdico en los aos sesenta, Paul fue influenciado por el libro de Friedrich Hayek, el Camino de servidumbre, que lo llev a leer varios trabajos de Ayn Rand y Ludwig von Mises. Tambin lleg a conocer a los economistas Hans Sennholz y Murray Rothbard, los cuales lo influenciaron en su estudio de la economa. Paul lleg a creer que lo que los economistas de la Escuela austraca escribieron se estaba volviendo realidad el 15 de agosto de 1971, cuando el Presidente Richard Nixon cerr la "ventana de oro" separando el dlar Americano del Patrn oro.[13] Ese mismo da, el joven mdico decidi entrar a la poltica, diciendo despus que, "Despus de aquel da, todo el dinero ser dinero poltico en vez de ser dinero con valor real. Yo estaba sorprendido".[14]

Inspirado en su creencia de que la crisis monetaria de los 1970s fue predicha por la Escuela austraca y causada por el excesivo gasto fiscal por la Guerra de Vietnam[15] y el estado social,[16] Paul se volvi un delegado para la convencin Republicana de Texas y un candidato Republicano para el Congreso de los Estados Unidos. En 1974, el titular Robert R. Casey lo derrot en el 22 distrito de Texas. Cuando el Presidente Gerald Ford nombr a Casey como cabeza de la Comisin Martima Federal (Artculo en ingls), Paul gan en abril de 1976 una eleccin parcial para llenar el puesto vaco.[17] Paul perdi unos meses despus en la eleccin general, al Demcrata Robert Gammage, por menos de 300 votos (0.2%), pero derrot a Gammage en una revancha en 1978, y fue reelegido en 1980 y 1982.

Paul fue el primer representante republicano del rea. Tambin dirigi la delegacin texana de Reagan en la Convencin Nacional Republicana.[18] Su exitosa campaa contra Gammage sorprendi a los Demcratas locales, quienes esperaban a retener el puesto fcilmente a raz del Escndalo Watergate. Gammage subestim el apoyo de Paul de parte de las madres locales: "Tena dificultad en el condado de Brazoria, donde el ejerca, porque l haba asistido a la mitad de los bebs en el condado. Solo haba dos obstetras en el condado, y el otro era su socio."[19]

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