LibertyEagle
08-10-2007, 07:46 AM
http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070810/NEWS09/708100372/-1/SPORTS06
August 10, 2007
Republican presidential contender Ron Paul called for a return to constitutional law and bedrock American principles while he was standing atop The Des Moines Register's Soapbox Thursday at the Iowa State Fair.
THE RACE: The Texas congressman has risen from relative obscurity to growing popularity leading into Saturday's Republican straw poll in Ames.
KEY MESSAGE: Paul criticized what he regards as the erosion of personal and civil liberties fueled by increased government surveillance. He also contended that U.S. military involvement in dozens of countries is weakening the nation's strength and building anti-U.S. sentiment around the globe.
CROWD: Some 40 supporters and passers-by listened to Paul speak for about 20 minutes.
ISSUES: He condemned spending on the Iraq war and warned that ballooning federal spending is putting the United States on the path to economic ruin. He called for a swift withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq and a decreased U.S. military presence throughout the world.
QUOTE: "We have no constitutional authority to invade countries who have not attacked us."
- Jason Pulliam
August 10, 2007
Republican presidential contender Ron Paul called for a return to constitutional law and bedrock American principles while he was standing atop The Des Moines Register's Soapbox Thursday at the Iowa State Fair.
THE RACE: The Texas congressman has risen from relative obscurity to growing popularity leading into Saturday's Republican straw poll in Ames.
KEY MESSAGE: Paul criticized what he regards as the erosion of personal and civil liberties fueled by increased government surveillance. He also contended that U.S. military involvement in dozens of countries is weakening the nation's strength and building anti-U.S. sentiment around the globe.
CROWD: Some 40 supporters and passers-by listened to Paul speak for about 20 minutes.
ISSUES: He condemned spending on the Iraq war and warned that ballooning federal spending is putting the United States on the path to economic ruin. He called for a swift withdrawal of United States troops from Iraq and a decreased U.S. military presence throughout the world.
QUOTE: "We have no constitutional authority to invade countries who have not attacked us."
- Jason Pulliam