Excellent truthful article from the DesMoines Register. Amazing how well a non-mainstream media journalist can stick to the facts and generate a worthwhile piece of reporting. The clueless lying smear artists on CNN, CNBC, Fox and the NYT should observe how journalism is supposed to be done. Their corporate hit jobs on Ron Paul are a disgrace and further degrade their image around the world. The mainstream media has become a joke. Young people across the land ignore the MSM. They have become obsolete, but they don’t know it yet.
Leadership profile: Ron Paul’s policy vision is consistent, clear (part 3 in a series)
Mary Stegmeir
A mix of tenacity, steadfast ideals and prescient economic predictions has transformed U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas from a quorum of one in Congress to a recognized leader of the crusade to rein in the federal government’s reach and spending. The libertarian-leaning Paul, 76, doesn’t claim party insider status like Newt Gingrich or executive experience like former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Supporters say his political clout lies in the clarity and consistency of his policy vision.
“Up until now, I think many would say he was the loneliest man in the House of Representatives,” said Nick Gillespie, editor in chief of the online platforms of Reason, a libertarian magazine. “But there are so many examples of where politics has now kind of caught up to where he’s been for quite some time.”
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The most prominent illustration: Paul’s recruitment of 320 legislators from both sides of the aisle to co-sponsor his 2009 bill calling for the first-ever audit of the Federal Reserve.
Concerns about the U.S. monetary system had prompted the 12-term congressman to first run for office in the 1970s. Starting in 1983, he repeatedly introduced legislation calling for an audit of the Fed before finally gaining its passage two years ago.
The resulting examination, conducted by the nonpartisan Government Accountability Office, revealed that the Fed made $16 trillion in loans to American and foreign banks and businesses during the 2008 economic crisis and lacked sufficient protocols to address conflicts of interests.
Back in 2002, he also used his theories about the Fed’s operations to predict the 2007 housing bubble, a trigger of the subsequent global recession.
Paul’s views on sound money policy were seen before 2007 as “a little nuts — conspiracy theory sort of stuff,” Gillespie said.
Today, Paul chairs the Congressional Domestic Monetary Policy Subcommittee and is joined by a chorus of lawmakers from both parties calling for reforms at the central bank.
And, after America’s decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq, more of Paul’s Republican brethren show respect for his noninterventionist foreign policy.
“While he certainly is very independent, he’s also someone that people pay attention to,” said Ohio representative and former Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich. “He’s someone whose credentials do speak on the issues of our time, and, in many cases, he’s been borne out to have been right.”
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3 comments:
ron paul is good in many areas, but internationally he stinks. actually he's scarey. we can't be an "island" in this world. the genie is already out of the bottle and ron paul doesn't have a clue.
you better read up on "his words" so you can make an informed choice.
Yes, please! Read up on Ron Paul's foreign policy. It is strictly Constitutionally based, and sound.
His arguments on international policy make perfect sense.. yes, please, everyone should take the time to read his perspective.
Oh, and check his spotless voting record.
Of all the candidates running, he is the only honest one IMHO.
There is NO perfect candidate. But I prefer a man who stands for something --- consistently --- and is respectful of our Constitution and our special place in the world. Paul is NOT saying he wouldn't go to war if necessary. He is saying that the Presidents have essentially got us into quite a few wars, all undeclared and not approved by Congress. He also recognizes our descent into a police state and points out the obvious contradictions between the Patriot Act and the NDAA and the Constitution. He also has something that NO other candidate has. Integrity. Imagine THAT.
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