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01-25-2008, 11:43 PM
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Basin residents back Ron Paul
Texas congressman is the most 'honest' candidate in presidential race, Jeremy Libertarian says
Patrick Parkinson, Of the Record staff
Article Launched: 01/25/2008 03:58:40 PM MST
Jeremy Ranch resident Gary Shumway posts a campaign sign Thursday in Silver Creek for...
By far the most honest candidate seeking the presidency is Texas Congressman Ron Paul, say members of the local Libertarian Party.
"Compared to the competition, I think, hands down, that Ron Paul is certainly the most honest politician that we have running," said Jeremy Ranch resident Gary Shumway, who campaigned for a seat in the Utah Statehouse in 2006.
Shumway criticized others vying in the Republican primary as a "flip-flopper," a supporter of amnesty for illegal immigrants and, in Rudy Giuliani's case, "a joke."
"It certainly looks like it's winding down to be between (John) McCain and (Mitt) Romney, and of course, Ron Paul is hanging in there," Shumway said. "Romney has flip-flopped back and forth. It's amazing what epiphanies he gets when certain things change."
Speaking about McCain, Shumway said, "it's interesting how he is trying to now paint himself as wishing to close the borders; yet, [McCain] was in bed with Chappaquiddick (Ted) Kennedy, along with (President) Bush, in trying to pass the amnesty bill several times."
"These politicians constantly go with the verbiage, but you've got to look at their actions. What Ron Paul says, he does," Shumway said. "He walks his talk and these other guys do not."
Shumway recently helped post about 100 Ron Paul campaign signs in Summit, Wasatch and Morgan counties. Paul has been criticized because of some who endorsed his campaign who are tied to racism and 9/11 conspiracy theorists.
"A candidate cannot tell a group of people not to support him," Shumway said. "[Paul] has repudiated racism, he has repudiated white supremacy, he has said that the 9/11 (conspirators) are certainly not where his mind is."
"In a true Democracy, in a free country, you do have these splinter groups," Shumway said. "It's either that, or everybody is in the same pot."
Democratic and Republican voters in Utah go to the polls Feb. 5 to help choose presidential nominees for the November general election.
Voters must be at least 18 years old by the day of the primary, and they must have lived in Utah for at least 30 days to be eligible to register to vote. Early voting began Tuesday and ends Feb. 1. The last day to register to vote in person is Jan. 29.
Voters are not required to register as Democrats to vote in the primary. They can be someone who is not affiliated with a political party. People who go to the polls can vote in one party's primary, and the only item on the ballot is the presidential contest. Republicans and Democrats are organizing their primaries differently, with the GOP more strictly regulating who can vote.
If someone wants to vote in the Republican primary, they must be registered in the party before they go to the ballots and declare themselves a member of the GOP at the polls.
For more information, call Summit County Clerk Kent Jones. From the West Side his number is 615-3203. From North Summit, the number is 336-3203. People in South Summit can call 783-4451, extension 3203. Additional information is available on the County Clerk's section of Summit County's Web site, http://www.summitcounty.org/clerk/elections.html.
Basin residents back Ron Paul
Texas congressman is the most 'honest' candidate in presidential race, Jeremy Libertarian says
Patrick Parkinson, Of the Record staff
Article Launched: 01/25/2008 03:58:40 PM MST
Jeremy Ranch resident Gary Shumway posts a campaign sign Thursday in Silver Creek for...
By far the most honest candidate seeking the presidency is Texas Congressman Ron Paul, say members of the local Libertarian Party.
"Compared to the competition, I think, hands down, that Ron Paul is certainly the most honest politician that we have running," said Jeremy Ranch resident Gary Shumway, who campaigned for a seat in the Utah Statehouse in 2006.
Shumway criticized others vying in the Republican primary as a "flip-flopper," a supporter of amnesty for illegal immigrants and, in Rudy Giuliani's case, "a joke."
"It certainly looks like it's winding down to be between (John) McCain and (Mitt) Romney, and of course, Ron Paul is hanging in there," Shumway said. "Romney has flip-flopped back and forth. It's amazing what epiphanies he gets when certain things change."
Speaking about McCain, Shumway said, "it's interesting how he is trying to now paint himself as wishing to close the borders; yet, [McCain] was in bed with Chappaquiddick (Ted) Kennedy, along with (President) Bush, in trying to pass the amnesty bill several times."
"These politicians constantly go with the verbiage, but you've got to look at their actions. What Ron Paul says, he does," Shumway said. "He walks his talk and these other guys do not."
Shumway recently helped post about 100 Ron Paul campaign signs in Summit, Wasatch and Morgan counties. Paul has been criticized because of some who endorsed his campaign who are tied to racism and 9/11 conspiracy theorists.
"A candidate cannot tell a group of people not to support him," Shumway said. "[Paul] has repudiated racism, he has repudiated white supremacy, he has said that the 9/11 (conspirators) are certainly not where his mind is."
"In a true Democracy, in a free country, you do have these splinter groups," Shumway said. "It's either that, or everybody is in the same pot."
Democratic and Republican voters in Utah go to the polls Feb. 5 to help choose presidential nominees for the November general election.
Voters must be at least 18 years old by the day of the primary, and they must have lived in Utah for at least 30 days to be eligible to register to vote. Early voting began Tuesday and ends Feb. 1. The last day to register to vote in person is Jan. 29.
Voters are not required to register as Democrats to vote in the primary. They can be someone who is not affiliated with a political party. People who go to the polls can vote in one party's primary, and the only item on the ballot is the presidential contest. Republicans and Democrats are organizing their primaries differently, with the GOP more strictly regulating who can vote.
If someone wants to vote in the Republican primary, they must be registered in the party before they go to the ballots and declare themselves a member of the GOP at the polls.
For more information, call Summit County Clerk Kent Jones. From the West Side his number is 615-3203. From North Summit, the number is 336-3203. People in South Summit can call 783-4451, extension 3203. Additional information is available on the County Clerk's section of Summit County's Web site, http://www.summitcounty.org/clerk/elections.html.