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Ron Paul changes his newsletter story again
Texas Congressman and perennial Presidential contender Ron Paul changed his story again on his involvement with the controversial newsletters bearing his name published in the 1980s and 90s, telling a radio caller Thursday that, yes, he did write a “certain portion” of the material. After claiming he “didn’t write them” and “didn’t see them” before [...]
For Ron Paul, everything old is new again
Ron Paul got a free pass from the media as long as he was a backbencher with a fringe following but when he surged in the Iowa polls, the press woke up and took a closer look at the history of the Texas Congressman. And the Fourth Estate didn’t like what it found. The problem, [...]
Romney takes slim lead over Paul in new Iowa poll; Santorum surges
A new CNN/Time poll for Iowa is good news for Mitt Romney, great news for Rick Santorum, fair news for Ron Paul and a disaster for the plummeting Newt Gingrich. Romney has moved into a three point lead over Paul — 25 to 22 percent — which is a statistical tie when the margin of [...]
The Republican primaries: Much ado about nobodies
The “official” Republican presidential primary season begins in a week with the Iowa caucuses. Then we get down to real voting in New Hampshire, South Carolina, Florida and so on. And for what? To determine which loser running under the Republican banner wins the dubious right to go up against another loser — current President [...]
Ron Paul’s doomsday scenarios could doom America’s future
Ron Paul disavows newsletters and direct mail solicitations from the 1990s that spout doomsday scenarios but his speeches on the campaign stump with a week to go before the Iowa caucuses promote the same doom and gloom about the nation he wants to lead. Even worse, non-partisan experts as well as members of his own [...]
Ron Paul’s con: Using hatred of America to get rich
Hypocrisy is the constant bedfellow of most — if not all — politicians and even afflicts Ron Paul, the so-called “savior of America” on the GOP primary ticket. Yes, the grandfatherly doctor so revered by his followers is a flagrant hypocrite who evades the truth and preaches one game while practicing another. If one is [...]
No wind turbine farms in Floyd County?
If the proposed ordinance scheduled for a public hearing at Floyd County High School on Jan. 31, 2012, stands, proposed wind generator farms for Floyd County will never be built. The Floyd County board of supervisors, in a 3-0 vote — with two of the five supervisors abstaining — gave preliminary approval Tuesday to an [...]
Ron Paul surges in Iowa: Is it now his time?
Texas Congressman Ron Paul is on the move in Iowa, passing former GOP frontrunner Mitt Romney for second in polls and even moving into a statistical tie with current leader Newt Gingrich in one. “Paul is surging right now, there’s no doubt about that,” one GOP strategist tells Capitol Hill Blue. “He could be the [...]
A ‘quiet, typical college student’ who kills a cop?
If you can believe those giving interviews to reporters about Ross Truett Ashley, the 22-year-old parttime Radford University student who gunned down a Virginia Tech police officer Thursday before blowing his own brains out, the murdering young man was just a “quiet, typical college student.” Yet this typical, quiet college student — who made the [...]
A Republican presidential quagmire
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends We’re so glad you could attend Come inside! Come inside!* From any rational point of view, the Republican party is in a mess as it stumbles towards naming a candidate to face Barack Obama in 2012. In its manic scramble to find someone — anyone [...]