Ron Paul Rocks CPAC

[cajuncocoa]

by: Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

Rep. Ron Paul, former Republican presidential candidate and leading light of the current libertarian grassroots movement, enjoyed a huge rock star moment at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), as he took the stage Friday to thunderous applause and a standing ovation in a ballroom filled to capacity.

Just two years ago, before the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, Paul was practically persona non grata -- this conservative movement had disdained his warnings about economic collapse and his belief that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were unconstitutional and counterproductive. At the Republican National Convention, some of his delegates were silenced from declaring their vote during the main roll call. Paul himself -- a sitting congressman -- had his access to the floor restricted.

Times have changed. His movement has raised millions of dollars despite his failed candidacy and has gone on to grow grassroots organizations, including the Campaign for Liberty, which made sure it had a huge presence at CPAC this year. Though some libertarians who spoke with Foxnews.com said there are plenty of areas where they disagree, they have felt a better reception at CPAC this year, generally.

Paul has a lot to do with that. After sharing his long-held views on the war -- "an unconstitutional war costs a lot of money and undermines the constitution. If you like small government, you need to work hard to have a strong national defense that is not so militant and not pretend we can tell the rest of the world how to live" -- he found more common ground with the movement conservatives on economic issues.

But he reminded the audience that freedom doesn't "only come in pieces" -- the constitution protects both economic liberty and personal liberty. "For those who might disagree, I just urge you to think about it seriously."

Paul seemed to want to bridge the long divide and was willing to make his case for the greater cause. "Something is coming together, something is brewing. Something big is going to come out of what is going on today."

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[cajuncocoa]

Ron Paul Popular With the Students at CPAC (http://www.texasgopvote.com/blog/ron-paul-popular-students-CPAC-021914)


Ron Paul really fired up the audience today at CPAC 2010, especially garnering a loud cheer from the student section. Ron Paul started his speech saying Obama was able to win the election with change, but Obama's change was the wrong change.

He said that in 2000, there was a Repblican president, House, and Senate, but America still didn't get the revolution. He then went on to mention Woodrow Wilson, to which the audience booed. After Ron Paul said that those boos were rightly deserved, he talked about how some conservatives think that it is the conservative decision to not even be a part of the United Nations.

"1913 gave us the income tax and IRS," he said. "Who says we still need them?" Then chants of "end the Fed" errupted throughout the crowd. then chants of "end the Fed" erupted throughout the crowd.

Later, Ron Paul stated, "Don't go to war unless we have a full declaration of war," he said. "War is to protect our liberty, not to run your personal lives…" Then he said, "To those that do want the war, where will we get the money?"

He said, "I will always vote for what I have promised to vote for, he said. I will always vote for the Constitution, and I will never spend a single penny that's not paid for. Debt is the monster, debt is going to eat us up."

Ron Paul said government should be restrained. We must understand from a conservative viewpoint how much we should be involved around the world. "Saying we're responsible is a neoconservative viewpoint, not a real conservative viewpoint."

"Our lives comes from our creator and our liberty comes from our creator. The government cannot grant it. You have freedom because you are an individual and that should be protected," he said. "If you think freedom comes in pieces, I do not believe freedom can be protected. You cannot protect economic freedom but then not protect social freedom..."

He said that he is the most popular candidate among the candidates and closed with 2 rules:


1. Non violent change
2. In the process of us reaching our goals, we have to remain tolerant and allow freedom of expression

[robertwerden]

Is the video on line yet for this speech?

[cajuncocoa]

Is the video on line yet for this speech?

Yes! Here (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?p=2558172)

[robertwerden]

thank you sir