Ron Paul Campaign Announces National “Homeschoolers for Ron Paul”

Business Wire
Thursday August 4th 2011

LAKE JACKSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The 2012 Ron Paul Presidential Campaign today announced the national “Homeschoolers for Ron Paul” coalition to energize voters who value educational choice.

“As a homeschooling father of four, I'm proud to support Congressman Paul for the Presidency. Dr. Paul consistently advocates for the proper role of the federal government in education—that is, no such role – and against both political parties that wish to exercise even greater federal control,” said education choice advocate James Mills.

“Dr. Paul is a champion to families who do not choose the public education option, by introducing legislation that would allow these families to keep more of their money to pay for additional costs they incur. He has been a stalwart of freedom, always arguing for the right to opt-out of the government system,” said Mr. Mills.

Mr. Mills serves on the “Homeschoolers for Ron Paul” national advisory board and is a Ron Paul campaign co-chairman for the 4^th congressional district.

“As a proud homeschool dad my only logical choice for President is Ron Paul,” said David Fischer, Vice Chairman of the Ron Paul 2012 presidential campaign in Iowa and a “Homeschoolers for Ron Paul” national advisory board member.

“Education of our children is the domain of parents, not politicians. Ron Paul understands the threat to freedom when parental control of education is eroded, and replaced with government control,” said Mr. Fischer.

“Our family has been heavily supportive of Dr. Paul and I will work as hard as practically possible to relay the foundational principals of constitutionally limited government and traditional family values as a means of restoring America,” said education choice advocate David Keagle, father of eight homeschooled children and a “Homeschoolers for Ron Paul” national advisory board member.

“As lifetime members of the HSLDA and 11-year veterans of homeschooling, I am happy to endorse statesman Ron Paul whenever the opportunity arises,” said Mr. Keagle, referring to the Home School Legal Defense Association.

As a first basic step, those wanting to join the “Homeschoolers for Ron Paul” coalition should visit www.RonPaul2012.com/Homeschoolers.

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Ron Paul packs Redstone Room For Campaign Stop

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By John David
Tuesday Aug 2nd 2011

DAVENPORT, Iowa—

As a full house packs Davenport's Redstone Room at noon on Tuesday, it's clear that the nation's debt deal doesn't please everyone.
"Bad," said Jerry Short, Bettendorf. "There's no push to paying off the debt.

"It would be preferable if we had a Republican president and Republican control of the senate," added Gary Miracle, Galesburg. "Then we could really make some cuts."
That's music to the ears of Rep. Ron Paul. The Texas Republican, 75, is making a third run at the presidency. He says the congressional compromise on the debt ceiling won't solve spending problems. It will just add to the deficit.

"I think August 2nd was artificial," he said. "I didn't think for a minute our country would not stop sending the checks out. That will happen."

The longtime doctor is back on the stump in Iowa. His message of less government and more freedom resonates with many in the audience.

"I think he's really honest and really wants to help people," said Connie Short, Bettendorf.

"He's a real person," added Caryl Eickstaedt, Moline. "He's out there to try to help the average person, which is rare."

As Ron Paul puts it, the message of liberty is the message of America. His grass roots approach could be very important for the upcoming Iowa Straw Poll in Ames on August 13.

Supporters lined up for photos and autographs after his visit. Many of them agree on the big political question of the day: deciding the roll of government. For Rep. Paul, that's sending a message with a "no" vote on the debt ceiling.

"It might have called attention to all the political and all the people in this country that we have to change our ways," he said.

For Ron Paul, less is more.


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Rep. Paul introduces bill to cancel $1.6T in debt held by Federal Reserve

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By Pete Kasperowicz
Tuesday August 2nd 2011

Rep. Ron Paul on Monday introduced legislation that would lower the federal government's debt by canceling the roughly $1.6 trillion in debt held by the Federal Reserve.

Paul has argued for the last few weeks that the idea represents a quick way to make the growing fiscal crisis more manageable. Under his bill, H.R. 2768, the $1.6 trillion that the Treasury owes to the Federal Reserve would disappear.

The Federal Reserve began buying Treasury bonds in earnest late last year as part of its effort to keep long-term interest rates down. But Paul has argued that Fed purchases of Treasury debt represent a debt that the government owes to itself, and one that also leads to an unwanted and inflationary increase in the money supply.

Paul has also said the Fed is allowing the federal government to continue a spending binge it otherwise would not be able to afford, and is forcing the Fed to print money to keep up.

"If the federal government cannot cut spending and bring the budget back into balance, the Fed undoubtedly will be forced to simply monetize trillions of dollars in Treasury debt, which is nothing more than a stealth form of default," Paul said back in May.

Paul is highly critical of the debt-ceiling agreement that the House approved Monday, and said that rather than require real cuts in spending, the bill mostly cuts planned spending levels in the future. According to the legislation, discretionary spending in 2012 would be just $7 billion less than in 2011, and in 2013 it would be just $3 billion less than 2011 before allowing increases above 2011 levels.

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Ron Paul Receives Warm Welcome in Iowa City, Asks Crowd for Help at Straw Poll

Iowa City Patch
By Stephen Schmidt
Tuesday August 2nd 2011

The Texas Congressman spoke to an enthusiastic crowd in the meeting room of the Sheraton Hotel in Iowa City, exhorting them to help him win the upcoming Ames Straw Poll on August 13.

Two things were evident from Dr. Ron Paul's (R- Texas) visit to Iowa City Tuesday morning:

1.) For a Republican, Ron Paul is a surprisingly popular candidate in Iowa City.

2.) Ron Paul is putting a lot of emphasis on doing well in the upcoming Ames Straw Poll.

They had to bring in more chairs to meet the demand in downstairs meeting room of the Sheraton Hotel in Iowa City, as around 100 people crowded in to listen to Rep. Paul speak. The mood in the room was positive and enthusiastic, and there was applause as Paul took the stage.

In between Paul's usual rhetoric denouncing foreign entanglements, government restrictions, lamenting the loss of gold standard for American currency and the loss of personal freedoms for Americans and markets (all popular topics with the crowd), there was another theme that was readily apparent -- the importance of the Straw Poll to the Paul campaign.

Paul told the audience that the Straw Poll is not a meaningless exercise, and although the campaign finished a surprising 5th in 2008, his ambition is much higher this time around.

"We're bound and determined to do better," Paul said.

Paul told the audience that he would be saddened by the result if he finished worse than third in the Straw Poll.

As if to emphasize this point, a man associated with the Paul campaign greeted everyone who was in line to meet the Congressman after the speech, offering a handshake and repeating the mantra.

"Are you going to the Straw Poll?"

"If so, bring a friend if you can."

"It really is going to be a historic event."

For their part, the crowd, a healthy cross section of Republicans, Independents and even a few Democrats, seemed pleased with Paul's speech, especially his emphasis on ending foreign wars and restoring personal freedoms.

Paul told the crowd that while it is easy to blame President Obama for the country's problems, the real problems have existed long before. He said his goal would be to return the United States to a state more consistent with the freedoms guaranteed by the constitution.

"I would not be a president who wanted to rule the world, I don't want to run your life, and I don't think anyone can run the economy," Paul said, to big applause from the audience.

When Paul was asked by Iowa City Patch if he felt it was a positive that he was so popular in a college town he said that it was.

"I think it's great for the freedom movement," Paul said.

He added that he has worked with very liberal members of Congress before, and that it is not about compromising beliefs, it is about working on issues where they can find common ground.

Zach Townsend, of Iowa City, said he was a former Democrat who voted for Barack Obama in 2008, but he now considers himself more of a Libertarian. He said Paul's speech resonated with him.

"I realized after I voted that (Obama) followed the same policies that (George W.) Bush did."

Townsend, who is looking for a job at the moment, said he has a stake in the improvement of the economy.

Elaine Olson, a retired school teacher and political Independent from Cedar Rapids, said she was impressed by Paul's knowledge and experience.

"I think he's very ethical, he's experienced and he's shown he can govern," Olson said.

When asked what she thought as a teacher of Paul's oft stated desire to eliminate the Department of Education, she said she wouldn't mind that.

"They (the Department of Education) aren't doing anything worthwhile anyway," Olson said.

John Shackelford, a software engineer and Independent from Cedar Rapids, said he likes Paul's frankness in the midst of a political debate that often is devoid of substance.

"He tells it like it is and he has the voting record to back it up," Shackelford said.

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Ron Paul Shuns Dirty Politics

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Doug Wead
Wednesday July 13th 2011

Ron Paul is incorruptible. He has never gone on a government sponsored junket, never voted for a congressional pay raise. He's never voted for a tax increase or an unbalanced budget. He does not participate in the lucrative congressional pension program.

He returns a portion of his annual congressional office budget to the U.S. Treasury every year. And he frustrates his followers by avoiding anything, even slightly, manipulative that might get him elected president.
         
So you can imagine my surprise when a prominent Republican politician from Iowa passed onto me the gossip spreading across Iowa that Ron Paul’s statement of faith is a fake.

According to the story, a gay staffer on Paul’s team was bragging about having duped those gullible Christians and written it all himself. For the record, this assertion is false. It reveals more about Ron Paul's opponents and their tactics and their panic at his rising numbers than it does about the candidate himself. It also reveals who among the candidates is acting like a Christian.

Now, these sort of things happen in campaigns. In 2000 there was a rumor swirling in South Carolina (supposedly started by certain political operatives from McCain's opponent George W. Bush) that John McCain had fathered a baby out of wedlock. Bush beat McCain in South Carolina and eventually won the nomination and the White House.

Ironically, in 2008, McCain hired the very same political operatives to beat Mike Huckabee in South Carolina and win the nomination. Such is the power of negative, even untruthful, campaigning. And I understand that fathering a baby out of wedlock must have riled some voters in South Carolina just as playing the gay card must seem like a smart thing for Ron Paul's opponents to do to try to hurt him in Iowa.

Remember, this is the place where state Supreme Court justices who had ruled for same-sex marriage were were voted off the bench. But sorry, both stories are false.

Ron Paul, ever the defender of local government favors the right of citizens to vote out judges and applauded Iowans for their actions. And the idea that Ron Paul would fake his faith? Come on.

Several months ago I brought the quiet, behind-the-scenes Republican dealmaker David Lane into meet privately with Congressman Paul. By the way, Lane should not be confused with some of his more infamous namesakes.

This man is the political operative from Texas, now living in Southern California, the man now pushing Gov. Perry into the race. Lane admitted that many Evangelicals were moving in Paul’s direction as are many non evangelicals and he was winning all the straw polls, even the ones with Christian activists.

Candidates were now fighting for the leadership of the tea party, which started as a Ron Paul fundraiser. So Lane wanted to take a closer look. But Lane was hoping for Paul to say something religious, something that he could use to sell to the Evangelical Christian community, something that would make Paul a star at one of Lane’s big events where Christians look to their roots in America and the Founders’ original ideas.

Who better to talk about the Constitution than the one man in America with which it has become synonymous?

Lane thought that I would have the congressman prepared and rehearsed. After all, I had been doing that with candidates and presidents for many years as Lane knew well, had even co-authored a book with a president, which was designed to appeal to social conservatives. But “Ron is Ron,” as campaign manager John Tate loves to say, and no one, not me or anyone else, ever puts words in his mouth.

His faith is a very private and personal thing. A real thing. Not something for political effect. Lane left a bit disappointed. “People are ready for his economic message,” he said. “But Dr. Paul needs to be a little more political.”

Days after the meeting, at my insistence, I asked if there was a Ron Paul statement of faith on the record, and yes there was. It had come after much inquiry on the matter in 2007.

Ron's recent updated statement of faith is much like the earlier one, which talked about accepting Jesus Christ as his personal Savior and endeavoring everyday to follow him in all that he does.

They are all his own words and can now be viewed online at Evangelicals for Ron Paul/Facebook. I guess the difference is that he actually lives those words.

He's that way about his politics too. One of his opponents in the GOP contest claims to be against the bailout but actually voted for it in congress. Ron votes the same way he talks. And he lives the same way he prays.

Years ago he married his high school sweetheart and they are still happily married. His faith is not something he wears to win elections. And he won't violate his faith to lie about a political opponent, which I guess, in light of this false story, puts him at a distinct disadvantage in Iowa.

There was one interesting thing that happened in the meeting with Ron Paul and David Lane. Paul told how the whole constitutional-liberty movement began. He was so shaken by the levels of official corruption in Washington, D.C. that he had almost decided to retire. And then he had an inspiration. He would speak out. He would tell the truth and say it loudly and clearly. No matter what happened.

Carol Paul, his wife, was apparently frightened by this prospect. “They will ruin you if you do that. They will destroy you.”

But a remarkable thing happened. Ron Paul’s message resonated.

There were more people out there ready to listen than either one of them had ever thought. And many of those people, like me, are Evangelical Christians. We too care about the bailouts, the endless wars, the increased money supply which dilutes the spending power of the dollar and inflates food prices, a tax on the poor people of America.

We too care about the loss of personal liberties and are beginning to understand that to deny them to one means to lose them for ourselves. And we too are tired of politicians who take the low road and fight dirty and tell lies to win.

It seems pretty early in the election cycle for this type of a dirty trick. But it is hard to imagine what else it could be.

I will let other journalists run down this story and find out who started it and all the ironies involved. And hopefully, they will find the source quickly this time and not a year later, as in the case of South Carolina. Otherwise, the good people of Iowa just might elect the wrong person.

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Paul gets big endorsement ahead of crucial Iowa contest

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By Shannon Travis

Monday July 25th 2011

Ames, Iowa (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul has fresh bragging rights after picking up what is surely a coveted endorsement on Monday.

Cory Adams - the Republican chairman of Story County in Iowa – endorsed the Texas congressman's presidential bid at a campaign event in Ames, Iowa.

That's significant for a few reasons. Ames is the largest city in Story County, home to over 50,000 residents. And it is in this city that a widely-watched showdown between the GOP presidential candidates will play out on August 13. The Ames Straw Poll will test the candidates' popularity and could be a sign of their electability.

Having the endorsement of such an influential political figure in and around Ames will surely give Paul's campaign something to boast about as it aims for a strong showing in that contest.

Adams explained to CNN the rationale behind his endorsement of Paul.

"I try to go for the candidates that line up mostly with the values, the principles of the [nation's] founders," Adams said. "Out of all the candidates in this cycle, I found Ron Paul to be the one with the longest, most consistent voting record to back up those principles and concepts."

How might Adams' endorsement help Paul with voters?

Adams explained: "Back in 2008 there were a lot of people within the Republican Party that kind of disregarded Congressman Paul. And basically didn't just count him in and/or wouldn't even mention him. So when you can have a county chair who is part of the Republican Party, part of the establishment and support him, it gives him more credibility within the party and brings him back from the fringe."

Adams explained that some voters previously labeled Paul "a whack job, fringe candidate" – and that his and other endorsements from mainstream Iowa Republicans could help change that.

At the same event, Iowa State Rep. Jason Schultz also spoke about his support for Paul.

Though the endorsements are positive for Paul's campaign, it's unclear just how far they'll go. Despite a passionate and loyal group of supporters – often very visible and vocal at Paul campaign stops - the candidate has trailed fellow GOP contenders Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, and at times others, in some Iowa polls.

During his speech, the candidate talked about his chances in the Ames contest.

Citing growing enthusiasm for his message, Paul said: "There's more enthusiasm with the people that are true believers. And like I said…Ames lends itself to that. I wish I could say that I am the frontrunner and nobody is ahead of me and it's a shoe-in. But the truth is, we can do it and will do very, very well and hopefully come in first."

"But I'll tell you what – I'll challenge any other candidate for the enthusiasm of our supporters."

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Ron Paul Poised to Shake Up Republican Primaries

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By Bill Turner
Sunday July 24th 2011

Ron Paul and his supporters are poised to do what they couldn't do in the last primaries: get the Republican Party to treat him with respect. Some Republicans dismiss him as an unserious candidate. Others view him as a troublesome outsider who is derailing the party's main policies. But he owns political clout in this election cycle.

According to the latest Rasmussen Poll issued Friday, Paul trails President Obama by four percentage points. The same poll places Mitt Romney one percentage point ahead of the president. Romney supporters must use that as ammunition to dismiss all other Republican rivals and insist that their man is the best fit for Republicans.

Seasoned observers know that caution is the best course with expectations this early in a race. It's too early to determine outcomes, much less one many months away. And nobody knows when a scandal or misstep will occur. What is certain is that to expect Ron Paul to fade away is not only unrealistic, it is perilous, especially for the Romney camp.

Assuming that the primaries continue to line up as they are now, Michele Bachman or Tim Pawlenty figure to secure a win in Iowa. That's not only a story of how Iowa will vote itself into insignificance in this cycle by choosing a candidate not seen as widely viable, but it also allows for the vote in New Hampshire to be the real beginning of the primary season.

From that point of view, New Hampshire is an important win for Romney or Paul. Romney will count on his time as governor of Massachusetts and local familiarity to propel his effort. He will also likely have his organization in place much like he did in Iowa last year, and it will be well prepared with money and staff to execute an election day plan. Paul's organization, while less professional and more organic, is just as powerful and perhaps more persuasive.

Paul counts on his firm message of personal liberty, humble foreign policy and fiscal conservatism to bring out his voters. Like Rick Perry, Romney has to overcome his checkered conservative credentials, including a healthcare plan he forwarded which many view as the precursor to Obamacare. Romney has a steep hill to climb to get Republicans to trust him.
Once the campaign heads to the South, Romney will face Republicans who are skeptical of his conservative leanings, and a large group of social conservatives who will hold his Mormon beliefs against him, fair or not. None of this factors in that other more traditional conservatives are popular in the region. Sarah Palin or Herman Cain could tilt elections, but these candidates will not be pulling votes from the Ron Paul libertarian base.

Paul's message is clear. He has the funds to mount a serious campaign. He has enough followers to prevent the party from dismissing him as a candidate. The only thing that remains to be seen is if "old guard" Republicans can leave the tent flap open long enough for a horde of new libertarian members.

One of the leaders of the "old guard" punditry, Hugh Hewitt, is fond of saying that Paul has no chance of winning. Will these new numbers alter his thinking, or will he disregard them entirely and continue with his delusions of an old party? Time will tell, but the time of dismissing Ron Paul with no electoral ramifications to the party is over. It couldn't have come soon enough.

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