Jorge
07-02-2007, 09:59 AM
I am sick and tired of MSM's calling Dr. Paul a 'fringe' candidate.
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N.M. supporters motley but passionate for Texas presidential hopeful Ron Paul (http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/jul/02/nm-supporters-motley-passionate-texas-presidential/)
By Michael Gisick (Contact) (http://www.abqtrib.com/staff/michael-gisick/contact/)
Monday, July 2, 2007
The banner-making party for a maverick Republican presidential candidate wasn't held at a gun shop just for the symbolic panache.
A Ron Paul supporter happens to manage the shop, Caliber's National Shooting Center in northeast Albuquerque.
Just as important, the ventilation system at Caliber's indoor shooting range would keep the 20 or so members of New Mexicans for Ron Paul, a fledgling group formed on MeetUp.com, from asphyxiating on spray-paint fumes.
Even among political optimists, Paul's supporters are a special breed. With Gov. Bill Richardson fighting for the Democratic nomination, New Mexicans have heard plenty about presidential candidates of both parties. But they might not have heard much about Paul.
Paul, a 71-year-old Texas congressman and obstetrician, does indeed oppose gun control, so the symbolism of the gun shop might be inferred. But then, Paul also opposes the war in Iraq, income taxes, the Federal Reserve bank, illegal immigration, the Patriot Act, abortion, welfare, foreign intervention, and much of the legislation passed during his 10 terms in Congress, which he sees as unconstitutional.
That kind of discontent with both parties might just be a key factor in the upcoming presidential race. Ron Paul likely won't win a nomination, but his supporters - and those who support other fringe candidates flying far below the electoral radar - say they're going to make sure they're heard.
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Full article HERE (http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/jul/02/nm-supporters-motley-passionate-texas-presidential/)
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N.M. supporters motley but passionate for Texas presidential hopeful Ron Paul (http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/jul/02/nm-supporters-motley-passionate-texas-presidential/)
By Michael Gisick (Contact) (http://www.abqtrib.com/staff/michael-gisick/contact/)
Monday, July 2, 2007
The banner-making party for a maverick Republican presidential candidate wasn't held at a gun shop just for the symbolic panache.
A Ron Paul supporter happens to manage the shop, Caliber's National Shooting Center in northeast Albuquerque.
Just as important, the ventilation system at Caliber's indoor shooting range would keep the 20 or so members of New Mexicans for Ron Paul, a fledgling group formed on MeetUp.com, from asphyxiating on spray-paint fumes.
Even among political optimists, Paul's supporters are a special breed. With Gov. Bill Richardson fighting for the Democratic nomination, New Mexicans have heard plenty about presidential candidates of both parties. But they might not have heard much about Paul.
Paul, a 71-year-old Texas congressman and obstetrician, does indeed oppose gun control, so the symbolism of the gun shop might be inferred. But then, Paul also opposes the war in Iraq, income taxes, the Federal Reserve bank, illegal immigration, the Patriot Act, abortion, welfare, foreign intervention, and much of the legislation passed during his 10 terms in Congress, which he sees as unconstitutional.
That kind of discontent with both parties might just be a key factor in the upcoming presidential race. Ron Paul likely won't win a nomination, but his supporters - and those who support other fringe candidates flying far below the electoral radar - say they're going to make sure they're heard.
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Full article HERE (http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2007/jul/02/nm-supporters-motley-passionate-texas-presidential/)