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NIA Declares Ron Paul Presidential Front-Runner, says Political Establishment is Afraid

TheEmpireGuy
(The video below is of Ron Paul's speech at the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference. He would go on to win the CPAC straw poll for the second year in a row doing so in a dominant fashion, receiving 30% of the vote.)


The National Inflation Association (NIA) today officially declared Ron Paul the front-runner to win the upcoming 2012 presidential election. NIA is very pleased that Ron Paul won the 2011 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) straw poll of who attendees want to receive the GOP nomination to run for President in 2012. This is the second year in a row that Ron Paul won the CPAC straw poll. He received 30% of the vote compared to Mitt Romney, who came in second with 23%. Sarah Palin received only 3% of the vote. 3,742 total people voted in the straw poll, which was twice as much as four years ago.

It is funny how when Ron Paul wins the straw poll, CPAC organizers are sure to say right before the results are read that, "It's not a Gallup poll." However, if it was Mitt Romney winning the straw poll, they would say no such thing. This reminds us of the mainstream media's all out efforts to marginalize Ron Paul during the 2008 election season. Every time the GOP candidates would have a televised debate, FOX News would have a text message poll where viewers can send a text to vote on who they thought won the debate. Whenever Ron Paul would perform favorably in these FOX News text message polls and receive a large percentage of the text message vote, FOX News would unbelievably make up excuses to try and discredit their own polling technology!

After a GOP candidate debate on May 15th, 2007, FOX News conducted one of these text message polls on who won the debate. In this particular instance, Ron Paul didn't even win the text message vote. Mitt Romney won with 29% and Ron Paul came in a close second with a respectable 25%. However, even when finishing in second place, FOX News felt the need to say, "How is Ron Paul's numbers so high? We've had so many emailers say that clearly some online communities are messing with the outcome." (While one FOX News host was saying this, the other one was saying "absolutely" in the background.)

Please see the NIA blog for a video we just posted of this incidence, as well as a video we posted of how FOX News worked overtime to try and downplay and discredit Ron Paul's 2010 CPAC straw poll win. We also posted a video from this year's CPAC showing the ignorant comments of Donald Trump, who claims Ron Paul can't get elected. (How many elections has Donald Trump won? Ron Paul has been elected to Congress eleven times.)

NIA believes that Ron Paul's beliefs reflect the majority of educated Americans. In our opinion, Ron Paul's CPAC straw poll win two years in a row is very significant and suggests that our country is ready to move away from the Republican establishment that acts exactly like Democrats once in power. Mitt Romney is a part of the Republican establishment that has bankrupted our nation and put it on the brink of hyperinflation. Ron Paul is the only real candidate who would implement real change.

It is not Ron Paul supporters who are somehow able to manipulate the CPAC straw polls and FOX News text message polls, but it is the mainstream media who is able to continuously manipulate the minds of Americans into believing Ron Paul is some kind of a "radical" candidate who is unfit for office and has no chance of being elected. Ron Paul is the only sane candidate in an insane Washington, DC, which thinks it is OK to print $4.6 trillion out of thin air in order to bailout investment banks on Wall Street that produce nothing and Americans would be better off without.

During the MSNBC GOP debate back on January 24th of 2008 in Boca Raton, FL, Mitt Romney was given the opportunity to make 13 comments totaling 21 minutes and 11 seconds, while Ron Paul was only allowed to make 6 comments totaling 6 minutes and 31 seconds. At least MSNBC allowed Ron Paul to debate. He was banned from the January 6th, 2008, FOX News GOP debate in Milford, NH. Despite being banned, Ron Paul still received 10% of the GOP vote in NH. Rudy Giuliani, who was allowed to debate, ended up only receiving just 3% of the vote.

In the 4Q of 2007, Ron Paul was able to raise $20 million and ended the year with $7.8 million in cash on hand. Ron Paul doubled John McCain's fund raising during the quarter of $10 million. In fact, John McCain's campaign was broke at the end of 2007 and had $1.6 million in debt.


(Read on at this link)
http://dailypaul.com/157051/nia-declares-ron-paul-2012-presidential-front-runner...
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44 comments // NIA Declares Ron Paul Presidential Front-Runner, says Political Establishment is Afraid // Video

  • sffsmessiah
    • 0
      sffsmessiah  
    • Weren't all these people rejected in the election last time? Does the GOP not have anyone better?

      P.S. Ron Paul would allow state control over such issues as abortion, cannabis legalization, etc...that means individuals in those states would be persecuted like slaves in the 19th century. Does that sound like a good idea?

    • 1 year ago
  • MotherForTruth
  • good_stuff
    • +1
      good_stuff  
    • I think this country want to see a Paul/Kucinich ticket in '12. Might be the only way to show the politicians that everyone is finally done with "winning" these wars.

    • 1 year ago
  • cztheday
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      cztheday  
    • Were Ron Paul to be elected, he would be 81 years old at the end of his first term. Between the age factor and the enormous amount of baggage he carries from some of the more despicable statements he made earlier in his political career, I don't think he has any more chance of being elected in 2012 than he has had in any of the previous elections. Unless a major scandal hits his campaign, I have to believe that the Republican nomination will go to Mitt Romney. I also think Romney has the best chance of any Republican to make a solid run at defeating Obama. If the election were held today, I still think Obama would prevail...but another sharp downturn in the economy over the next year and a half could make Obama vulnerable to someone like Romney. If someone like Palin, Huckabee or Bachmann (or Paul) gets the nomination, however, Obama will win in a rout.

    • 1 year ago
  • justadad
    • 0
      justadad  
    • cztheday:

      MA & ex-communication . . .

      While showing of background Leadership, I'm not sure I resonate with such examples.

      How many MA agencies endeavored to honor Liberty and Justice within MA?

      Alternatively, how many of these same agencies (of the Executive's oversight) during his tenure said No to Da Junk?

      In my opinion, and as you may likely already appreciate, the above concerns (even as mere possibilities) speak clearly.

      Of course, I'm open to postings that could clarify possible misunderstanding(s).

    • 1 year ago
  • neocongo
    • -2
      neocongo  
    • So a shitload of weed smoking college students went to CPAC and NIA and voted for Ron Paul. Such a representative slice of conservative America. LMAO

    • 1 year ago
  • BCDel89
  • ThatCrazyLibertarian
  • neocongo
  • ThatCrazyLibertarian
  • neocongo
  • AJILIVIZION
  • CitizenHill
    • +4
      CitizenHill  
    • I like Ron Paul for his integrity, ethics and honesty of character, but I feel that he'd best serve as a proactive VP, a constitutional moral compass for a directionally lost congress and as a strong right hand for an attentive, responsive and effective national leader - - whoever that may be - - *sigh, one can hope it possible that maybe, just maybe the people will get not only what they deserve, but what they justly deserve.
      What does that really mean though? Something to think about, imho.

    • 1 year ago
  • MizPiz
    • +1
      MizPiz  
    • I can live with Ron Paul as president. He's at least on the same page as me as to what is actually debatable in politics, and, while I don't agree with some of his beliefs, I can understand where he comes from. I, however, refuse to see any other Republican president, out of the ones that are expected to run.

    • 1 year ago
  • MizPiz
  • EmperorThan
    • +3
      EmperorThan  
    • The Republican party votes this every year! Followed by saying "Ron Paul is too dangerous to run".

      Make up your fucking minds assholes!

    • 1 year ago
  • Blueshound9
  • Nick19
    • -2
      Nick19  
    • With Ron Paul its more a so and so thing for me. I can agree that we should reduce the size of the military and legalize/decriminalize certain drugs. Economically/ Socially speaking, he is asking for a repeal of social programs, decreasing the strength of government further and taking down regulatory agencies. This will prove to be favorable for large corporations but will prove to be a disaster for everyone else. Also, he is even suggesting a return of the gold/silver value I believe. Basically, reviving economic styles that go all the way back to the late 19th century to the early 20th century. The economy will probably become very unstable as a result.

    • 1 year ago
  • TheEmpireGuy
    • 0
      TheEmpireGuy  
    • Nick19:

      Are you under the impression that money with some real value would be a bad thing? Do you think the Fed has done a good job stabalizing the economy or making jobs? Because it is very evident that that has not happened since it's inception in 1913.

    • 1 year ago
  • rondotron
    • +1
      rondotron  
    • Nick19:

      Correction. Ron Paul wants to allow competition and use of gold and silver, not just the dollar, so if the dollar fails people who were smart enough to use money with real value won't loose all their savings. And this doesn't go back to the 19 century. Any society that has used gold has been more successful at not destroying their curreny than societies using paper. People always misquote what he would do with gold and silver to make him look bad. Do some research.

    • 1 year ago
  • Nick19
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      Nick19  
    • TheEmpireGuy:

      Well, before 1913, we had more than one economic depression within a very short time period as economic instability has proven to be devastating to the economy. The 1920s was a time of credit as people merely took out credit and promised to pay if off later. A highly deregulated market through the 1920s proved devastating by 1929. After that depression, we've merely been in a few recessions that never matched the severity of the depression nor the severity of other depressions before the one in 1929. I personally believe that the Fed should be fully integrated by the government instead of being partially separated/privatized since it keeps much of its details secret. The need to place regulations on monetary issues is important since letting the free market do things in a self-correcting fashion can be highly unstable as we would witness a more severe up and down cycle. Neo-Liberalism has proven to be unstable as we forced many under developed nations to cut any form of government subsidies and or supports on both monetary issues and on commodity issues. With regulations, the poor have suffered the most as the livelihood on the farms are no longer sufficient as they cannot compete against large corporate farms.

    • 1 year ago
  • TaGgInUrBlOcKuP
  • FLeggplant
    • +4
      FLeggplant  
    • At least when he speaks it doesn't hurt my ears. Unlike some other candidates.
      He does possess some critical thinking skills however far to the right his thoughts and ideas may lean.
      Although I will Never vote for a right-wing or right leaning candidate I would rather see him running for President than any other out there at this time.
      It could be interesting.

    • 1 year ago
  • ThatCrazyLibertarian
  • TheEmpireGuy
  • ThatCrazyLibertarian
  • TheEmpireGuy
  • Mr_Brainwash
  • TheEmpireGuy
  • Mr_Brainwash
  • TheEmpireGuy
  • MizPiz
    • +1
      MizPiz  
    • ThatCrazyLibertarian:

      Unfortunately, every Republican knows this. I may not support them depending on what happens the rest of the year and whether or not Obama is actually on the Democratic ticket, but one of those two needs to be the Republican nominee for me to relax during this election.

    • 1 year ago
  • Mr_Brainwash
  • BenjaminDover
    • +2
      BenjaminDover  
    • Unfortunately for Ron Paul looks seem to play a large role in the race for president, and the guy looks like he should be selling cookies out of a tree.

    • 1 year ago
  • TheEmpireGuy
  • kennymotown
  • TheEmpireGuy
  • kennymotown
  • TheEmpireGuy
    • +1
      TheEmpireGuy  
    • kennymotown:

      I don't think they're the 'real righties'. I think they are the fake conservatives who are now completely out of touch with the American people, while Mr. Paul is, has, and always will be the real representative of the People.

      I think you are right, though, we will see many more people siding with Paul as more Conservatives realize the truth.

    • 1 year ago
  • kennymotown
    • +1
      kennymotown  
    • TheEmpireGuy:

      Thus the split and rebuilding of a true Republican party. I like some of what he stands for but a lot most Americans can't. Give me an Eisenhower Republican any day! Those people get it!

    • 1 year ago
  • TheEmpireGuy
  • kennymotown
    • +2
      kennymotown  
    • TheEmpireGuy:

      I used to be able to discus issue's with conservatives, but over the last thirty years it seems this neo-conservative mold is becoming, it's our way or the highway! Eisenhower Republicans could see the benefit of higher taxes on the hyper rich and the need to educate all people so the country could enjoy the efforts of all citizens. Now it just seems like a winner take all attitude has taken over the party!

    • 1 year ago
  • TheEmpireGuy
    • +2
      TheEmpireGuy  
    • kennymotown:

      It would be interesting to see some liberty minded Conservatives come up with some ideas on tax and education reform.
      I'm tired of hearing ignorant Neo-con drones repeating the same stupid talking points which they heard on Fox or some other Neo-con haven.

    • 1 year ago
  • kennymotown
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