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09-17-2007, 12:38 PM
GOP Presidential Hopeful Ron Paul Visits Utah
By Tyler Page - 17 Sep 2007
http://nn.byu.edu/story.cfm/65298
Amid signs reading "Ron Paul Revolution" and "Hope for America," Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul visited Utah on Saturday and gave a speech in Salt Lake.
Paul, R- Texas, was introduced by his Presidential Campaign Committee chair, Kent Snyder. "Hundreds of thousands of people are saying, 'We've had enough. We're going to take our country back,'" Snyder said.
Alan Peterson made the five-hour drive from Canebeds, Ariz. to support Paul at the rally. "The President is supposed to protect the rights in the Constitution," Peterson said.
Defending the Constitution is a theme of Paul's campaign. "[The Constitution] was written to control government, never to control the people," he said.
Paul criticized the federal government's expansion into and involvement in programs not specifically described in the United States Constitution.
Paul called for the Department of Education to be abolished along with the Federal Reserve, which he said is a "secret bank."
The Sept. 7-10 NBC/ Wall Street Journal poll listed Paul as having two percent of the Republican primary vote nationally. Despite his low poll numbers, Paul's supporters said they could make a difference by supporting him.
"Even if Paul doesn't make it to the Presidency, he will make a great difference and change the American landscape by opening up the truth," said Alan Platt, a building contractor from Orem.
David Crowther, a former BYU student, said he feels a moral obligation to vote for the candidate who most represents him, regardless of that candidate's ability to be elected.
Paul, who described himself as a libertarian, is the only Republican running for President who voted against the U.S. led invasion of Iraq.
Paul called for the United States to return to an isolationist foreign policy and said America should "mind our own business." He specifically called for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq, Korea, Japan, and Europe. He said he would like America to pull out of the United Nations and World Trade Organization.
Citing America's $1 trillion annual expenditure overseas, Paul called for America to spend that money in the United States. "Many of our border guards are sent to Iraq," he said. The problem of 9/11 was "Seoul Korea was protected better than Washington DC," he said.
tylergpage@comcast.net
By Tyler Page - 17 Sep 2007
http://nn.byu.edu/story.cfm/65298
Amid signs reading "Ron Paul Revolution" and "Hope for America," Republican Presidential Candidate Ron Paul visited Utah on Saturday and gave a speech in Salt Lake.
Paul, R- Texas, was introduced by his Presidential Campaign Committee chair, Kent Snyder. "Hundreds of thousands of people are saying, 'We've had enough. We're going to take our country back,'" Snyder said.
Alan Peterson made the five-hour drive from Canebeds, Ariz. to support Paul at the rally. "The President is supposed to protect the rights in the Constitution," Peterson said.
Defending the Constitution is a theme of Paul's campaign. "[The Constitution] was written to control government, never to control the people," he said.
Paul criticized the federal government's expansion into and involvement in programs not specifically described in the United States Constitution.
Paul called for the Department of Education to be abolished along with the Federal Reserve, which he said is a "secret bank."
The Sept. 7-10 NBC/ Wall Street Journal poll listed Paul as having two percent of the Republican primary vote nationally. Despite his low poll numbers, Paul's supporters said they could make a difference by supporting him.
"Even if Paul doesn't make it to the Presidency, he will make a great difference and change the American landscape by opening up the truth," said Alan Platt, a building contractor from Orem.
David Crowther, a former BYU student, said he feels a moral obligation to vote for the candidate who most represents him, regardless of that candidate's ability to be elected.
Paul, who described himself as a libertarian, is the only Republican running for President who voted against the U.S. led invasion of Iraq.
Paul called for the United States to return to an isolationist foreign policy and said America should "mind our own business." He specifically called for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq, Korea, Japan, and Europe. He said he would like America to pull out of the United Nations and World Trade Organization.
Citing America's $1 trillion annual expenditure overseas, Paul called for America to spend that money in the United States. "Many of our border guards are sent to Iraq," he said. The problem of 9/11 was "Seoul Korea was protected better than Washington DC," he said.
tylergpage@comcast.net