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09-11-2008, 08:03 PM
Ever since I've been here I've never found the Good Media forum so I guess this should go here then?
By BRITT COMBS
jcombs@mcdowellnews.com
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Of all the political action in the past couple of weeks, by far the most interesting was the Ron Paul rally in Minnesota. While the Republicans and Democrats pitched feel-good woo at cherry-picked audiences of automatons, Paul addressed real concerns and real solutions.
Although, predictably, much of the television media ignored the event, Paul's supporters held a rally in Minnesota, and C-Span was great enough to air it on one of their channels.
The greatest moment was when Paul pointed out that, unlike the Democrat and Republican conventions, the rally cost the taxpayers no money. He said that the party conventions each cost the taxpayers over $16 million. Isn't that amazing? We paid for party big wigs to get drunk and dance with hookers for a week.
One of the problems Republicans have always faced is that with all their pap and blather about conservative values and constitutional government they inevitably attract a lot of voters who actually believe in those things, want them, and even know what they mean. These people tend to get mighty put out when all the latest renewal of conservative promises turns out to be more lies.
Read the rest... (http://www.mcdowellnews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=MMN/MGArticle/MMN_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173356105047)
A great epigraph:
The fascinating thing about Paul, aside from his dedication to the Constitution (how archaic can you get?) is the apparent absence of megalomania in his demeanor. He, unlike any Republican or Democrat candidate I can remember in my lifetime, aside from poor Gerald Ford, seems not to be in awe of his own fabulousness. He has not tried to build a cult based on himself, which is probably why he did not win the nomination.
By BRITT COMBS
jcombs@mcdowellnews.com
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Of all the political action in the past couple of weeks, by far the most interesting was the Ron Paul rally in Minnesota. While the Republicans and Democrats pitched feel-good woo at cherry-picked audiences of automatons, Paul addressed real concerns and real solutions.
Although, predictably, much of the television media ignored the event, Paul's supporters held a rally in Minnesota, and C-Span was great enough to air it on one of their channels.
The greatest moment was when Paul pointed out that, unlike the Democrat and Republican conventions, the rally cost the taxpayers no money. He said that the party conventions each cost the taxpayers over $16 million. Isn't that amazing? We paid for party big wigs to get drunk and dance with hookers for a week.
One of the problems Republicans have always faced is that with all their pap and blather about conservative values and constitutional government they inevitably attract a lot of voters who actually believe in those things, want them, and even know what they mean. These people tend to get mighty put out when all the latest renewal of conservative promises turns out to be more lies.
Read the rest... (http://www.mcdowellnews.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=MMN/MGArticle/MMN_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173356105047)
A great epigraph:
The fascinating thing about Paul, aside from his dedication to the Constitution (how archaic can you get?) is the apparent absence of megalomania in his demeanor. He, unlike any Republican or Democrat candidate I can remember in my lifetime, aside from poor Gerald Ford, seems not to be in awe of his own fabulousness. He has not tried to build a cult based on himself, which is probably why he did not win the nomination.