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Lynne Sladky / AP
Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, arrives on the convention floor for the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2012.
Sunday, Sept. 2, 2012 | 2 a.m.
Rep. Ron Paul said GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney’s convention speech left him “very skeptical” that the country’s economic policies will change.
“The speech is what I would expect,” the Texas Republican said Friday on Bloomberg Television’s “In the Loop.” “I remain very, very skeptical of hearing anything that will change the course of history. We have a debt problem. We have a spending problem, but how many things did he list to cut?”
Not enough, he said. The former GOP presidential candidate said the “most disturbing” part of America’s fiscal problems is the Federal Reserve, which Romney did not focus on during his speech.
“There was no talk of the Federal Reserve,” said Paul, advocating the elimination of both the Fed and fixed interest rates. “As long as we have the concept,” he later added, “we will linger a long time because debt is a problem and no one is willing to face up to it and I certainly didn’t hear that (Thursday) night.”
So what’s his take on the Republican Party?
“Well, it is not my party. I do not like politics at all,” Paul said. “I think both parties are Keynesian economists and support positions that I do not like. So, the party, in many ways is irrelevant.”
"Well, it is not my party."
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And now you know why the GOP leadership banished yee from the RNC convention.
You Paul supporters are gonna vote for Romney/Ryan now, the GOP orders you.
Mr. Paul...
It certainly left A WHOLE BUNCH OF US skeptical!
A whole bunch of 'attack! attack! attack!' (with hate & vitriol) but very little substance.
PRECIOUS LITTLE.
As a true conservative I just can't get behind Mittens, and I lived in Massachusetts during his reign. The first move he made in Mass. was to double all fees, and fines. Then he came up with Romneycare, signed on stage with Teddy Kennedy and the then speaker of the Mass. house Sal DiMasi now in jail. Romneycare is an extra page on your tax returns, and people are gaming the system, signing up when they need an expensive procedure and then dropping the insurance, its killing the state, well done mittens, a conservative you are not. The bigdig project is another great story, and mitt only got into it when a woman was killed, he really was no gov. at all, I would not expect much from a romney presidency. No hope either way.
Ron Paul received a raw deal at the RNC. That's why we are seeing comments from Lew Rockwell who reported how Ron Paul has become very enthusiastic about Gary Johnson. He states that he is a good man and people should be taking a closer look at him. When disaffected GOP'ers start switching allegiance to Gary Johnson, he may gain sufficient popularity to get on the national debate stage.
Romney has no ideas. This guy wants the rich to pay less at the expense of the midele class. Debt will go and frredom will be taken.
Romney wants goverment involved in every part of our lives.
After the Republican Convention at least Americans should know more of what they stand for.
1) The Criminalization of ALL Abortions (even in the Case Of Rape or Incest).
2) The Elimination of Most Forms Of Birth Control.
3) The Privatization of ALL Health Care, Giving future Seniors Coupons to Purchase their own insurance in the Private Market - with no Cost Control or Guarantees. And continuing the current Sick Care Extortion Model.
4) No EPA, FDA, Department of Education. Who Needs Safe Food, Clean Air And Water or an Educated Future Population with an Ability to pay taxes and Fund The Government or Purchase Anything.
5) The Elimination of Capital Gains Taxes. So Individuals like Mr Romney who make most of their Money FROM Money will not be burdened with ANY Tax Liability.
Lower Taxes for Super Corporations - when in reality they are already at 17% and many International Corporations, Oil, GE, B of A, etc.. pay Zero or LESS (they get a Bailout AND Subsidies) - the Republicans should talk about The REAL Welfare Queens.
6) Unlimited Secret Campaign Contributions from anywhere. Even when they Are disclosed Republicans can count on One Billion Dollars from a handful of People - Does anyone thing that money is For FREE?
7) Reducing and Elimination Student Loans - as Mr Romney said " Borrow From Your Parents if you have to" - well not everyone has HIS Parents wealth.
8) De-Regulating Banks AGAIN to take them back to George Bush Days. While President Obama tried to Strengthen Regulations, they are still not as Robust as they were with the Glass-Steagall Law, They Filibuster and Obstructed every step of the way.
9) Continuing ALL WARS and starting New Ones all in the name of Americas Strength - And HOW will they Pay for them - It's a Secret.
If this is Your Vision of Americas Future - Then by all Means Vote Republican. If You think we all share a Common Interest to having All People in our Entire Country Succeed - The Democratic Party (With Many Differing Opinions, but a Basic Value that You Are American Regardless of Your Political Views) is for you.
Has anyone really watched that speech? The eye rolling, the lip smacking, the fake little flash smile. I half expected them to animate a little twinkle in his eye when he looked deep into the camera. The guy came off like he was channeling Mr. Rodgers with Tourette's syndrome. Creepy.
Yep, lets just keep printing money and running up the debt, that's the Obama way! Let's follow Pelosi and vote for Obamacare and then we'll find out what's in it. How many contracts do you sign when someone tells you that. Keep heading down the same path, increase taxes. I think that before any party passes a tax increase they must make a cut in spending larger than the tax increase. We have got to stop all the SPENDING.
"the country's economic policies"...... Those typically come from Wall Street because of the entrenched cronyism in Washington DC.
"There was no talk of the Federal Reserve,"...Dec 14th 2011 Romney met with the Primary Dealers to the Fed in N.Y.. On the 16th the Anti-Obamma adds rolled out across the Nation...paid for by, guess who.
While Obamma has Goldman and Wells Fargo, Romney has JPM and Blackrock 'paying' for him.
After R.P. met with Bernake, his campaign only got weaker(funding).
I think we can connect the dots
Ron Paul's pretty skeptical himself. nitwitt
If Ron Paul does not think the Republican party is 'his party', why did he file as a Republican candidate. Maybe he should just take his marbles and go home.
All he accomplished at the convention was to thoroughly embarrass us Republicans who do not follow lock-step behind him. the vote cast as "Nevada's vote" by the delegation was a total fabrication.
War? What war?
How did Romney, in a speech that he was supposedly introducing himself to many Americans, fail to recognize the service of the brave men and women in our military, especially during a time of war?
Does Willard even realize we have troops stationed in Afghanistan? Is his failure to acknowledge their service a result of his own failure to serve during Vietnam when he claimed conscientious objector status and went on a Mormon mission to Paris instead? Is it because none of his five perfectly healthy sons have served in the US armed forces and that perhaps the Romneys see such service as being for the 'little people', not for the country club elitists like themselves?
Even if Dr. Paul would have been nominated (and naturally crush our Globalist-in-Chief), it's too late to reverse the death spiral of the American Empire. Too bad for your young'uns though, as it is they who will bear the brunt of an Empire in decline.