RP Inspiring a new Civil Rights Movement

[skinnyskittles1989]

I never thought of this whole thing as a civil rights movement but it looks like that's what it's turning out to be. Glad to be a part of it!

http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=92295

[mdh]

Heh, yeah....

[wgadget]

The message of liberty is the driving force behind this developing Ron Paul juggernaut. It seems that Americans are just starting to respond to this wake up call from a 72 year old doctor that is also a congressman from Texas.


http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=92295

[FrankRep]

Ron Paul Inspiring New Civil Rights Movement

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[stu2002]

Ron Paul Inspiring New Civil Rights Movement
Larry Fester
Published 09/17/2007 - 10:39 p.m.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Larry Fester
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Texas Presidential candidate Ron Paul is inspiring a new Civil Rights movement for the 21st century. Not since Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has a political figure emerged to champion civil rights on such a grand scale.

Unlike the racial turmoil during America’s period of segregation and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s, Paul’s message doesn’t evoke resistance from a large segment of the population; and it appears to be unifying people of various backgrounds.

“Freedom Unites People” Paul said during his limited speaking time at a previously televised debate. And that is evident at his events as people from all walks of life show up with home made signs chanting ‘Freedom’.

This 21st century Civil Rights movement is centered on just that, Freedom. Paul’s campaign is literally redefining Civil Rights to extend beyond racial issues of the past century to its original concept, individual civilian rights as outlined in the Bill of Rights.

Paul doesn’t couch sound bite phrases and platitudes like most of the other candidates running yet his message is still potent and to the point when he honestly tells reporters ‘We need to roll back the police state’ and that ‘It makes no sense to fight terrorists abroad when our own front door is left unlocked.’

Most Americans would likely agree, police the borders, and don’t create a police state. Even so, media outlets and most politicians wouldn’t use the phrase ‘police state’ in connection with any of the actions of the last two presidential administrations.

The message of liberty is the driving force behind this developing Ron Paul juggernaut. It seems that Americans are just starting to respond to this wake up call from a 72 year old doctor that is also a congressman from Texas.

Ron Paul voted against the patriot act and has been a critic of expanding the federal government's ability to use wiretaps without judicial oversight and of search warrants non-specific to any given location, nor subject to any local judicial oversight.

He has also opposed so called “sneak and peek” warrants enabling federal authorities to search a person’s home, office, or personal property without that person’s knowledge.

Paul voted against forced vaccinations of American citizens against small pox. ‘The government should never have the power to require immunizations or vaccinations.’

Unlike his likely Democratic rival Hillary Clinton, Paul also opposed the war in Iraq and said that it was not constitutional to go to war without a Declaration of War from congress. A proponent of what he calls a non interventionist responsible foreign policy, Paul says if elected that he will bring the troops home from Iraq.

Ron Paul’s defense of civil liberties is all about individual rights but he also championed the basic right of self government and opposed attempts to create a North American Union ruled by an unelected bureaucracy.

Only time will tell whether Ron Paul is the next president, but it is likely that this new civil rights movement is just beginning. It seems Americans want to be free regardless of opinion polls.

Paul’s supporters like to say, ‘Freedom Is Popular’.

[RPatTheBeach]

nice article. link to original article? I'd like to give his site some visitation statistics.

[stu2002]

http://www.usadaily.com/article.cfm?articleID=92295