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Ron Paul Has Repeatedly Proven himself a Major Candidate

by James Buchanan

Ron Paul just scored 19 percent in the Illinois Straw Poll despite a continuing media black out, which is growing more obvious every day. Paul placed in the top three –only one percent behind former TV star, Fred Thompson with Mitt Moneybags Romney placing first –although once again with less than a majority.

This strong finish by Ron Paul comes at a key time. The top five people in last week’s Iowa straw poll included Ron Paul, Romney, Brownback, Huckabee and Tancredo. Three candidates, Brownback, Huckabee and Tancredo had made a HUGE effort in Iowa spending much of their campaign funds and 66 or more days in that state. All three were hoping a good finish in Iowa would give them some momentum, but the Illinois Straw Poll suggests that they have fallen flat. Huckabee scored only 3 percent in Illinois. Brownback had 1.1 percent, and Tom Tancredo had an embarrassingly bad 0.3 percent.

The neocon favorites Rudy Giuliani and John McCain scored only one percent each in the Iowa Straw Poll. In Illinois, Giuliani finished behind Ron Paul with 11.6 percent, and McCain had a pathetic 4.1 percent. If it weren’t for the endless praise lavished on them by the mainstream media, McCain and Giuliani would have quit the race by now.

Ron Paul’s strong showing comes as no surprise to his enormous Internet following. Paul routinely gets a majority of the vote on Internet on-line polls. His enemies have accused “spammers” of influencing the outcome, but no one has ever produced any proof of this. No matter who does the poll, whether it’s ABC or MSNBC or some small time pollster, Ron Paul followers show up and vote for him, almost always giving him a large majority.

One political observer made the observation “To Know Ron Paul Is to Love him.” Anyone who makes a little effort and looks up Ron Paul’s record is stunned to find a man of absolutely stellar character. An idealist who has voted “No” on any un-Constitutional legislation. A medical doctor who delivered over 4,000 babies and who serves in politics for the best interests of America, not himself.

The mainstream media has been censoring news of Ron Paul and conspicuously omitting him from their commentary on the Republican Primary. Only the Wall Street Journal has bothered to comment so far calling Ron Paul’s finish in the top five in Iowa “impressive.” One wonders what they will call his finish in the top three in Illinois: “spectacular” perhaps?

Most Americans want our border with Mexico sealed off and no Amnesty for illegal aliens. Ron Paul is absolutely rock solid on this issue. Paul even wants to revoke the 14th Amendment so that illegal aliens can no longer have anchor babies. This is a vital issue for America and will make a huge difference in whether the US turns into a Third World nation. A few candidates are mouthing platitudes about “secure borders” but they can’t be trusted. Giuliani declared New York City a “sanctuary” for illegal aliens and Senator McCain actually voted for Bush’s Amnesty Bill.

Most Americans want to pull US troops out of Iraq as soon as possible regardless of what happens over there. We have lost 3,600 Americans and about 30,000 horribly injured trying to do a nation-building experiment. The initial invasion of Iraq was illegal and Ron Paul is the only Republican candidate with enough guts to say so. Paul would pull our troops out of Iraq faster than any other presidential candidate. Ron Paul also received more campaign donations from military personnel suggesting that our soldiers have had enough of the pointless carnage in Iraq and feel that Ron Paul is the only candidate who truly supports the troops by bringing them home.

All of the other Republican candidates (except Ron Paul) want to stay in Iraq forever. Only one other Republican candidate, Tom Tancredo, matches Ron Paul’s position on illegal immigration. Tom Tancredo however only scored 0.3 percent in the Illinois straw poll and has no chance of winning.

Ron Paul is a truly great American and our best chance to reverse all the un-Constitutional abuses by the neocons and the Bush administration over the last six and a half years. Ron Paul can be relied on not to give citizenship to the 20 million illegals in the US today. Can we afford another sell out politician like George Bush, who goes out of his way to push for an amnesty? The only big obstacle in Ron Paul’s path is media censorship, but Paul just went from nine percent in Iowa to 19 percent in Illinois even though he’s gotten almost no mention in the mainstream media. Ron Paul is demonstrating how important the Internet can be as his grass roots movement continues to grow.