CurtisLow
04-20-2008, 12:05 PM
Thanks for all those who chipped it!
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Dr. Ron Paul even got a front page write up.
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In the midst of political shenanigans and advertising hoopla leading up to Tuesday’s primary election in Pennsylvania, a local contingent loyal to one candidate is playing politics the old-fashioned way — taking it to the streets.
At 9:15 a.m. Monday, the loosely organized Venango County for Ron Paul for President group will stage a downtown Oil City march to call attention to its preferred choice for president.
Paul supporters will meet at 9 a.m. in the Justus Park parking lot, walk across the Veterans Bridge to the South Side, stroll over to the Petroleum Street Bridge, cross it and end up back at Justus Park.
“We’ll have about 10 to 20 people that we know of but anyone is welcome to join us,” said Timothy Wade, a 36-year-old Oil City resident who is leading the charge. “This is the way it used to be — a political parade. This is really grassroots.”
Although not well known throughout the U.S., Pittsburgh native Ron Paul, a physician and U.S. Congressman from Texas, tops a three-person listing (John McCain and Mike Huckabee are the other two) for president on Tuesday’s Republican ballot.
Now in his tenth U.S. House term, Paul is an advocate for specific national programs and policies, some decidedly unglamorous and others wildly attractive.
Paul’s campaign literature calls for limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, a sound monetary policy and an end to unfunded mandates.
On specifics, Paul advocates a dramatic reduction in the size of the federal government, the elimination of the Internal Revenue Service, no amnesty for illegal aliens and permanent repeal of the estate tax. He voted against the Iraq War and against the Patriot Act.
All of that intrigued Wade, a quality insurance clerk at the Channellock plant in Meadville, who first noticed Paul when the congressman appeared 10 years ago on C-SPAN.
“I was so disgusted with the Republican Party that I left it for a while and joined the Constitution Party. But then I learned more about Paul and went back to the party. He walks the walk and talks the talk. He’s an old-fashioned conservative,” Wade said.
Paul has made six campaign appearances in Pennsylvania, including one recently at State College that Wade attended.
“He’s drawing a lot of young people and they are really connecting to his ideals,” Wade said. “… Like me, they seem to admire his consistency. How many politicians do you know that say one thing and down the road do something entirely different?”
With little fanfare, he and his fellow Paul supporters intend to call attention Monday to a candidate that Wade believes “goes back to what the country’s founders intended — that government has no business trying to regulate individuals’ lives.”
“Anyone is welcome on Monday. Bring a handmade sign about Paul or about an issue. Just come and join in,” Wade said.
http://www.thederrick.com/stories/04192008-6010.shtml
Peace!
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Dr. Ron Paul even got a front page write up.
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/465/rpfrontpagewf7.gif
In the midst of political shenanigans and advertising hoopla leading up to Tuesday’s primary election in Pennsylvania, a local contingent loyal to one candidate is playing politics the old-fashioned way — taking it to the streets.
At 9:15 a.m. Monday, the loosely organized Venango County for Ron Paul for President group will stage a downtown Oil City march to call attention to its preferred choice for president.
Paul supporters will meet at 9 a.m. in the Justus Park parking lot, walk across the Veterans Bridge to the South Side, stroll over to the Petroleum Street Bridge, cross it and end up back at Justus Park.
“We’ll have about 10 to 20 people that we know of but anyone is welcome to join us,” said Timothy Wade, a 36-year-old Oil City resident who is leading the charge. “This is the way it used to be — a political parade. This is really grassroots.”
Although not well known throughout the U.S., Pittsburgh native Ron Paul, a physician and U.S. Congressman from Texas, tops a three-person listing (John McCain and Mike Huckabee are the other two) for president on Tuesday’s Republican ballot.
Now in his tenth U.S. House term, Paul is an advocate for specific national programs and policies, some decidedly unglamorous and others wildly attractive.
Paul’s campaign literature calls for limited constitutional government, low taxes, free markets, a sound monetary policy and an end to unfunded mandates.
On specifics, Paul advocates a dramatic reduction in the size of the federal government, the elimination of the Internal Revenue Service, no amnesty for illegal aliens and permanent repeal of the estate tax. He voted against the Iraq War and against the Patriot Act.
All of that intrigued Wade, a quality insurance clerk at the Channellock plant in Meadville, who first noticed Paul when the congressman appeared 10 years ago on C-SPAN.
“I was so disgusted with the Republican Party that I left it for a while and joined the Constitution Party. But then I learned more about Paul and went back to the party. He walks the walk and talks the talk. He’s an old-fashioned conservative,” Wade said.
Paul has made six campaign appearances in Pennsylvania, including one recently at State College that Wade attended.
“He’s drawing a lot of young people and they are really connecting to his ideals,” Wade said. “… Like me, they seem to admire his consistency. How many politicians do you know that say one thing and down the road do something entirely different?”
With little fanfare, he and his fellow Paul supporters intend to call attention Monday to a candidate that Wade believes “goes back to what the country’s founders intended — that government has no business trying to regulate individuals’ lives.”
“Anyone is welcome on Monday. Bring a handmade sign about Paul or about an issue. Just come and join in,” Wade said.
http://www.thederrick.com/stories/04192008-6010.shtml
Peace!