Ron Paul: The Candidate

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December 2007
- Candidate Paul: Awkward But Authentic
  
  New Republic | Dec 26, 07 4:09 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Republican presidential hopeful Ron Paul speaks tonelessly about such drab subjects as the constitutionality of the Federal Reserve, but people like him anyway, writes Tucker Carlson in the New Republic , perhaps because they see “authenticity.” The no-longer-bow-tied pundit returns from the campaign trail sure about one thing: "The crowds at Ron Paul rallies aren't coming to be entertained." More »
- Ron Paul 'Tea Party' Nets $6M
  
  Boston Globe | Dec 17, 07 6:52 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - In an event dubbed "Boston TeaParty07," supporters of quirky GOP candidate Ron Paul rallied in the Boston snow yesterday while donations from across the nation dropped a record-breaking one-day "money bomb" of $6 million into the campaign. Most of the funds were donated over the Internet. To Paul's backers, the fundraising blitz demonstrated that he's a ''viable candidate," the Boston Globe reports. More »
- Paul Hopes Blimp Gives Him a Lift
  
  Politico | Dec 7, 07 8:17 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The offbeat GOP presidential campaign of Texas Libertarian Ron Paul is soon to have a zany new form of publicity: a blimp. The blimp will launch next week in North Carolina and sail up the East Coast with banners in support of Ron Paul, Politico reports. Bearing slogans such as "Who is Ron Paul?" and "Google Ron Paul," the zeppelin will fly over those staple villains of Paul's rhetoric, the IRS and Federal Reserve. More »
- Paul Momentum Builds
  
  Salon | Dec 3, 07 12:48 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Ron Paul’s quixotic campaign for the Republican nomination isn’t really under his control anymore, Salon writes, but rather in the hands of a cult of ardent supporters who have independently flocked to fundraise and canvass for him. For them, Paul isn’t a libertarian outsider—the Texas Congressman is a symbol of freedom and partisan frustration. More »
November 2007
- Brothel Owner Backs Paul
  
  Reno Gazette-Journal | Nov 26, 07 5:16 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Ron Paul found himself on the respectable side of a brothel last week, when the Republican presidential hopeful earned the endorsement of the owner of Reno's Moonlite BunnyRanch. MSNBC anchor Tucker Carlson surprised Paul by engineering the nod, arriving in a limousine with Dennis Hof and two “celebrity prostitutes,” the Reno Gazette-Journal reports. More »
- Ron Paul Is Not Alone
  
  Washington Post | Nov 25, 07 11:54 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Maverick Texas congressman Ron Paul is riding a surge of Americans on both sides of the political spectrum now calling themselves libertarians. They tend to be fiscally conservative but socially liberal voters turned off by government intrusions, from warrantless wiretapping to broadcast censorship. And their numbers are up to 9% of Americans, reports the Washington Post. More »
- Paul's Supporters Clash With Media
  
  Wall Street Journal | Nov 24, 07
  
  Early Halloween morning, "Taco John" posted a message-board call to arms: "Baltimore Sun Hit Piece...TAKE ACTION NOW!"The paper's political blog had an item marveling at how Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul had raised more money than "better-known Mike Huckabee, who is taken more seriously." Taco John took to an Internet forum frequented by Paul supporters, providing a link to the offending item, as well as phone and email information for the newspaper's public editor and advertising department. "They're trying to pigeonhole us," he wrote. "If we don't fight back, they'll keep doing...
- Feds Seize Ron Paul 'Dollars'
  
  Washington Post | Nov 17, 07 7:35 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Federal agents raided the Indiana headquarters of a so-called "sound money" group this week, seizing nearly 60,000 "Ron Paul Dollars"—copper coins bearing the likeness of the renegade Texan congressman, GOP candidate for president and sound-money advocate. The organization has more than $20 million in illegal private currency, dubbed Liberty Dollars, in circulation; they're said to be backed by silver and gold stored in Idaho, the Washington Post reports. More »
- Paul Pulls In Record Haul From Web
  
  Washington Post | Nov 6, 07 6:36 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - Ron Paul raised $4.2 million online yesterday, the biggest single-day haul of any Republican candidate in the field, the AP reports. Paul's supporters staged a fund-raising binge connected to the observance of Guy Fawkes Day, a 17th-century British rebel. The huge take speaks to the incredible buzz the libertarian congressman has on the blogosphere, if not yet in conventional polls. More »
July 2007
- Paul Challenges GOP Agenda on Campaign Trail
  
  New York Times | Jul 22, 07 8:49 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Most Americans know him—if at all— as the firebrand Texas congressman who’s always pushed to the end of the line during debates. Ron Paul flounders at the bottom of national polls, but he's is the most “friended” Republican on myspace.com. And he's the lone GOP presidential candidate who opposes the Iraq war. His solution to the mess, he tells the New York Times : “Just leave.” More »
March 1982
- Letter to the Editor: WHAT DO THE YOUNG OWE THEIR COUNTRY?
  
  New York Times | Mar 8, 82
  
  But our young people must not be turned into cannon fodder for the generals, or the allies, or the arms-control specialists. If we value our freedom, we must be willing to defend the freedom of our young people to a greater extent than the special interests of fascist and socialist dictators. RON PAUL, Member of Congress, 22d Dist., Texas Washington, Feb. 25, 1982