sailingaway
04-19-2012, 09:18 AM
http://www.browndailyherald.com/polopoly_fs/1.2732318!/image/4039491936.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_260/4039491936.jpg
Poor Hinckley, whomever he is:
Businessman Barry Hinckley began the event with an effort to drum up support for his candidacy against Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., a pitch that was met with heckles from members of the crowd. He won back the crowd when he lauded Paul’s consistent support of conservative economic policy and called him “the founder of political honesty.”
Paul primarily discussed topics that have helped him sustain his famously loyal following through his three presidential campaigns — the dissolution of the Federal Reserve System, opposition to the country’s military-industrial complex and legalization of currently prohibited drugs. Almost as soon as Paul came on stage, the crowd was chanting, “End the Fed.” The Fed’s power to print money without backing the currency in precious metals is tantamount to “counterfeiting,” Paul said.
Paul voiced his opposition to the war in Afghanistan, another position that resonated with the crowd. “There was a time when they used to paint the label that if you didn’t vote for all these wars, then you didn’t like the troops, you were un-American, you were unpatriotic,” Paul said. “But guess what? If that’s true, why do we get the most support from the troops?”
If the U.S. only went to war when Congress passed a declaration of war — as the Constitution dictates — America would not have been at war since World War II, Paul said. “No more wars without a declaration, and let’s get our troops home,” he said.
“I pledge allegiance to Ron Paul,” a female supporter shouted in response.
Paul disparaged President Obama for signing the National Defense Authorization Act as well as the FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 — an extension of the Patriot Act, legislation that has spurred controversy for expanding the federal government’s powers to address security threats. He also challenged the constitutionality of targeted assassinations of American citizens overseas without due process, actions he said the Obama administration has taken.
much more at link: http://www.browndailyherald.com/paul-advocates-small-government-to-raucous-uri-crowd-1.2732316#.T5Ar_rPZLZ4
Poor Hinckley, whomever he is:
Businessman Barry Hinckley began the event with an effort to drum up support for his candidacy against Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., a pitch that was met with heckles from members of the crowd. He won back the crowd when he lauded Paul’s consistent support of conservative economic policy and called him “the founder of political honesty.”
Paul primarily discussed topics that have helped him sustain his famously loyal following through his three presidential campaigns — the dissolution of the Federal Reserve System, opposition to the country’s military-industrial complex and legalization of currently prohibited drugs. Almost as soon as Paul came on stage, the crowd was chanting, “End the Fed.” The Fed’s power to print money without backing the currency in precious metals is tantamount to “counterfeiting,” Paul said.
Paul voiced his opposition to the war in Afghanistan, another position that resonated with the crowd. “There was a time when they used to paint the label that if you didn’t vote for all these wars, then you didn’t like the troops, you were un-American, you were unpatriotic,” Paul said. “But guess what? If that’s true, why do we get the most support from the troops?”
If the U.S. only went to war when Congress passed a declaration of war — as the Constitution dictates — America would not have been at war since World War II, Paul said. “No more wars without a declaration, and let’s get our troops home,” he said.
“I pledge allegiance to Ron Paul,” a female supporter shouted in response.
Paul disparaged President Obama for signing the National Defense Authorization Act as well as the FISA Sunsets Extension Act of 2011 — an extension of the Patriot Act, legislation that has spurred controversy for expanding the federal government’s powers to address security threats. He also challenged the constitutionality of targeted assassinations of American citizens overseas without due process, actions he said the Obama administration has taken.
much more at link: http://www.browndailyherald.com/paul-advocates-small-government-to-raucous-uri-crowd-1.2732316#.T5Ar_rPZLZ4