Live Blog of Dr. Ron Paul's Speech at CPAC
Dr. Ron Paul is currently speaking to a packed house at CPAC. For those of you who are curious, I am a Ron Paul fan and yes, I came a little late in my support of his philosophies, etc. Here’s some quotes from the live blog of Dr. Paul’s speech:
“I thought we were supposed to get rid of the Department of Education. A Conservative has to willing to stand by and defend the Constitution. A good conservative will start talking about how we should get rid of the Federal Reserve system (AMEN!!) and the rule of law is very important.”
“I would like to remove the 16th Amendment of the Constitution. We need to get back to smaller, limited government and more individual liberty.”
“That financial system has come unglued. Conservatives, as believers in limited government, we need to be aware of the encroachments on liberty. We should be focused on preserving liberty. We have forgotten what our founding fathers have envisioned.”
“We have a foreign policy that was built on fallacies. The Conservatives had a different understanding about foreign policy, and we should not listen to the U.N., W.T.O., and the World Bank. They threaten our sovereignty. You can’t police the world. We received more donations from the military.”
“We need to eliminate the welfare state. The job that we have is to present this case that we are humanitarians, not the liberals. Everything is not for free, and if you care about your fellow man and prosperity, you need to educate those that freedom is an individual liberty, not a right.”
“You cannot have a fiat system. We need to have honest money and that gold and silver should be legal tender. We are closer to a fascist system, where the government has control of our lives and our property.”
“The Freedom of Speech allows you to write controversial things. We need freedom of choice with economic rights. You can’t go to the government begging, pleading and demanding.”
“We, the People Act has been introduced in Congress to protect the sanctity of life. We need to legalize competition and we need to audit the Federal Reserve to see what they’re doing.”
Ron Paul truly represented HOPE for America, and it is a shame that the Republican party did not realize this in 2008.
Posted on February 27, 2009, in Liberty, National Politics and tagged CPAC, Limited Government, Ron Paul. Bookmark the permalink. 4 Comments.
Sounds good.
Did he really say that he wanted to repeal the 8th Amendment, though, or was that a typo ?
The 8th is the one that prohibits cruel & unusual punishment so I don’t know what problem Dr. Paul would have with that one.
You’re right. It was not the 8th amendment. I will make the correction.
I was there. He said “16th and 17th Amendments”, if I’m not mistaken: kleptocracy and popular voting of Senators.
His neo-Monroe Doctrine and gold standard have me worried. I don’t think history supports the former, and I’m not deep enough on the economics for the latter.
I’ll note that, apparently, the economists aren’t deep enough on it, either.
C. Smith,
Stop by Bloggers Row tomorrow and say “Hi!” I am not hard to pick out, as I am the one with brownish red hair (usually with a polka dot scarf).
Overall, it was a great speech and thanks for clarifying the amendments. Being on bloggers row, it was hard to hear certain things.