Ron Paul Campaign Speech: Civil Liberties, Welfare, Libertarianism (2/4) (1988)

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Paul returned to the campaign trail and entered the General election stretch of the campaign a year ahead of the nominees for the two major parties. He traveled to Universities held press conferences and filmed an eight minute television advertisement, to be shown in small states and on cable television, to help spread his message. He focused on gaining enough support to win a place in the League of Women Voters-sponsored presidential debates.

Paul held one of his numerous press conferences in Helena, Montana, where he pushed for the Reagan administration to balance the budget and cut spending and taxes. He argued that Reagan had reneged on his 1980 campaign promise to balance the budget, resulting in voter dissatisfaction. Paul stated that Treasury Secretary James Baker should be removed from his office for the administration's monetary policy.

Paul was featured in the November 1987 issue of Texas Monthly. The article compared the campaign to that of former U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy, and made note of Paul's opposition to the CIA's assistance of the Contras in Nicaragua. Journalist Tom Curtis described Paul's supporters as "a ragtag coalition of antiabortion activists, tax rebels, anti-war types, gold bugs and other anti-establishment, single issue voters." Curtis noted that Paul's monthly newsletter, The Ron Paul Investment Letter had 12,000 subscribers who paid an annual fee of $99.

Paul traveled to Rome, Georgia and appeared at the downtown Holiday Inn in November 1987. During the appearance, he railed against the policies of Washington D.C., commenting that there was no difference between the two major parties, and that both supported "intervention overseas, ... in our personal lives ... [and] in the marketplace." Paul went on to compare his Libertarian ideology to the mindset of the founding fathers. The next month, Vice Presidential nominee Andre Marrou traveled to Texas and discussed the Paul campaign's prospects. He opined that the ticket could possibly win 2 to 12 million votes in the following year's election, and that Paul might win if Jesse Jackson and Pat Robertson were selected as the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees, respectively. He explained that America did not want a preacher as president. Since the chance that either of those candidates would be named as their party's representative seemed unlikely, by this point in the election one of the campaign's priorities was securing a place on the ballot, which they had done in 20 of the 50 states.

Paul arrived in North Florida for a campaign event in early January 1988, with ten months still remaining until the election. The event was chronicled by a journalist for the Ocala Star-Banner, who compared Paul to a kamikaze and remarked that he never gives up even though his "chance of becoming president" was no greater than that for the journalist himself. Paul was described as "slim, attractive, graying, immaculately attired and most articulate," but as a candidate who was dismissed by the media for his political positions such as support of the decriminalization of hard drugs. Paul visited the University of Florida during his trip, and gave a campaign speech in front of 200 students. Later in the month, he left Florida and campaigned in Iowa, where he spoke at Drake University and the University of Iowa. In February, he received the endorsement of Former Congresman Pete McCloskey (R-CA).

Paul had received little media attention during the early stages of the Democratic and Republican primary contests. But as Vice President George H.W. Bush and Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis secured their respective parties' nominations, mentions of Paul increased. It was noted that if Bush became unacceptable to conservatives, they would not turn to Dukakis, but would most likely vote for Paul as a protest. During this time, publications also started discussed Paul's tax policy. It called for a flat income tax rate of 10% on all earning over $10,000 annually. Paul sold his tax plan while campaigning in Utah. In front of 250 people in Kane County, he hailed California's 1978 passage of Proposition 13 as starting the "tax revolt and [sending] a message across the country. The next big message for this country should be the overwhelming passage of the tax initiatives ... in November." Paul was also part of C-SPAN's program Road to the White House, which followed different candidates on the campaign trail. In June, they aired Paul's address to the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.

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[sbkbking]

Im voting for Ron Paul in 2012

[dweece]

RON PAUL 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gotitans999]

This was 3 weeks after I was born. Now I'm voting for this man.  :)

[Treeton14]

Ron Paul 2012!

[robinsl27]

Ron Paul vs Gingrinch?(chickenhawk/cheater­) Obamney?(chickenhawk/govt health care flip floper) Sanitorium (Chickenhawk, opposition of right to privacy) Bush excuse me Perry ( need I say more) Ron Paul 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dadoody]

I don't understand how he's been able to consistently argue his position for soooo long to people who are too ignorant or too willfully stupid to listen and understand. He never gets angry and is always so civil.

[cucucachu0000]

were coming your way ronny P

[votran333]

Incredible. Took this man over 20 years before people started listening. Hope he wins in 2012.

[TheDeJureTour]

Voting Paul.

[caddyrolla123]

i vote for myself, because i am an american and i can vote. i dont vote for any party deeply involved in a rigged, consumer - dependency based, corporate military regime that our system of govnt has become. the u.s. militarism around the world is fucking crazy. from the useless wars, to the quiet base in the philipines somewhere, to the underground bases, to the underwater bases! like AUTEC in the bahamas. i ask what the fuck are they doing down there? secret submerged craft?

[RobVerma2396]

@jdowfleetwood

Sigh, I'm sure you've done the massive and proper analysis of comparing the private and public sectors rates of failure before you came to your awesomely stated conclusion that "government has a near perfect record of failure." As if a massive market failure did not just happen, a failure that had no government fault to it save inaction.

And lord knows it must be the government that is keeping you middle class or below. It in no way could possibly be the upper class. What a noob.