Ron Paul has been attracting a lot of attention lately, so much so that pro-establishment fans have been launching disinformation campaigns trying to disinform people about his actual actions, history and voting record.
I would like to show an example of this, in hopes that people will understand the real issues of this upcoming election regarding Ron Paul.
These websites, are hoax websites, and all of the "facts" are smears, lies or poor humor aimed at Ron Paul and his supporters, as well as an insult to most peoples intelligence:
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(there are more of them, surely)
Here, are some
ACTUAL RON PAUL FACTS, that can be
verified, vetted and validated by the Congressional Record, and other official sites that track government policy makers and spoken records in official formats. RON PAUL FACTS: ON THE ISSUES
-Voted NO on making the PATRIOT Act permanent. (Dec 2005)
-Voted YES on protecting the Pledge of Allegiance. (Sep 2004)
-Voted NO on constitutional amendment prohibiting flag desecration. (Jun 2003)
-Voted NO on allowing stockholder voting on executive compensation. (Apr 2007)
-Voted YES on Bankruptcy Overhaul requiring partial debt repayment. (Mar 2001)
-Voted YES on funding for alternative sentencing instead of more prisons. (Jun 2000)
-Voted NO on more prosecution and sentencing for juvenile crime. (Jun 1999)
-Voted NO on military border patrols to battle drugs & terrorism. (Sep 2001)
-Voted NO on subjecting federal employees to random drug tests. (Sep 1998)
-War on Drugs has abused Bill of Rights . (Dec 2000)
-Legalize medical marijuana. (Jul 2001)
-Abolish the federal Department of Education. (Dec 2000)
-Repeal the gas tax. (May 2001)
-Our foreign policy is designed to protect our oil interests. (Jun 2007)
-Bush mistake: ran on humble foreign policy; now runs empire. (Jun 2007)
-Non-intervention is traditional American & Republican policy. (May 2007)
-Foreign aid often more harmful than helpful . (Dec 2000)
-Voted NO on implementing CAFTA, Central America Free Trade. (Jul 2005)
-Voted YES on withdrawing from the WTO. (Jun 2000)
-Close departments of Energy, Education & Homeland Security. (May 2007)
-Voted YES on protecting whistleblowers from employer recrimination. (Mar 2007)
-Voted NO on restricting independent grassroots political committees. (Apr 2006)
-Voted NO on prohibiting lawsuits about obesity against food providers. (Oct 2005)
-Voted YES on limiting attorney's fees in class action lawsuits. (Feb 2005)
-Limit federal power, per the 10th Amendment. (Dec 2000)
-Ease procedures on the purchase and registration of firearms. (Nov 1996)
-Allow law-abiding citizens to carry concealed firearms. (Nov 1996)
-Support the Second Amendment . (Dec 2000)
-DHS is unmanageable bureaucracy--eliminate it. (May 2007)
-Military aggressiveness weakens our national defense. (May 2007)
-Be cautious about warrantless searches & habeas corpus. (May 2007)
-Criticizes use of war on terror to curtail civil liberties. (Jan 2007)
-Immediately work to phase out the IRS. (May 2007)
-Get rid of the inflation tax with sound money. (May 2007)
-Source: On the Issues
Quotes by Ron Paul:
"I oppose CAFTA (Central America Free Trade Agreement) for a very simple reason: it is unconstitutional."
"The Constitution clearly grants Congress alone the authority to regulate international trade."
"The plain text of Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 is incontrovertible. Neither Congress nor the President can give this authority away by treaty, any more than they can repeal the First Amendment by treaty."
"This fundamental point, based on the plain meaning of the Constitution, cannot be overstated. Every member of Congress who votes for CAFTA is voting to abdicate power to an international body in direct violation of the Constitution."
"… It is absurd to believe that CAFTA and other trade agreements do not diminish American sovereignty."
"When we grant quasi-governmental international bodies the power to make decisions about American trade rules, we lose sovereignty plain and simple. I can assure you firsthand that Congress has changed American tax laws for the sole reason that the World Trade Organization decided our rules unfairly impacted the European Union…" - CAFTA: More Bureaucracy, Less Free Trade
"Capitalism should not be condemned, since we haven't had capitalism."
"First President Bush said the New World Order was in tune-- and that's what they were working for. The U.N. is part of that government. They're working very significantly right now for a North American Union. That's why there's a lot of people in Washington right now who don't care too much about our borders. They have a philosophic belief that national sovereignty is not important. It is also the reason I've made the strong suggestion that the U.S. need not be in the U.N. for national security." - 2007 Campaign Stop in Texas
"The most important element of a free society, where individual rights are held in the highest esteem, is the rejection of the initiation of violence."
"Abolishing the Federal Reserve will allow Congress to reassert its constitutional authority over monetary policy… Though the Federal Reserve policy harms the average American, it benefits those in a position to take advantage of the cycles in monetary policy. The main beneficiaries are those who receive access to artificially inflated money and/or credit before the inflationary effects of the policy impact the entire economy. Federal Reserve policies also benefit big spending politicians who use the inflated currency created by the Fed to hide the true costs of the welfare-warfare state. It is time for Congress to put the interests of the American people ahead of
the special interests and their own appetite for big government." - Abolish the Federal Reserve
I hope this helps to counter the "false facts" being circulated by certain posters on this forum, as well as others.