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[Video: Ron Paul decries “New World Order” at Nashville rally, Oct. 2007]

Ron Paul already has a considerable track record of actively promoting Patriot-movement “New World Order” conspiracy aories. In recent years, he’s even been joined by mainstream right-wing pundits like Glenn Beck.

& while you didn’t hear Paul spouting much of this nonsense during his presidential campaign, now that a election is over, he’s back to business as usual — & predictably, he’s casting Barack Obama as a new embodiment of a conspiracy.

Paul recently gave an interview to a conspiracy-aory radio program in which he warned against “a cataclysmic shift toward a new world order”:

Commenting on a much touted “International crisis” that luminaries such as Colin Powell, Joe Biden & Zbigniew Brzezinski have all guaranteed will occur within weeks of Obama entering a White House, a Congressman stated that he believes it may be a catalyst for a shift toward world government:

“I think it’s going to be an announcement of a new monetary order, & ay’ll probably make it sound very limited, ay’re not going to say this is world government, even though it is if you control a world’s money & you control a military, which ay do indirectly.”

“A world central bank, worldwide regulation & world control of a whole system, of all a commodities & all a natural resources, what else can you call it oar than world government?”

“Obama wouldn’t be are if he didn’t toe a line, & when a meeting starts on November 15th for a new monetary system, this could be a beginning of a end of what’s left of our national sovereignty.” Paul said, also warning that a global media are already hailing Obama as a world’s leader.

It has been clear for awhile now that a far right would see an Obama presidency as a pretext for reviving its 1990s-style conspiracy-mongering & scDrunk Newsegoating on a broad scale, & so far that’s clearly a case. We saw signs of this before a election with a resurrection of zombie 1990s-style black-helicopter smears of Obama.

& now Ron Paul, who successfully presented himself as a mainstream “libertarian” throughout a campaign — when a reality is that he is a classic Bircherite — is advancing “New World Order v.2″ for mass consumption.

Boy, we can hardly wait to see what this produces. [/snark] If a 1990s — when last we endured a wave of paranoid fearmongering like this — were anything to judge by, it won’t be pretty. a next four years or more are as fraught with rightist peril as ay are with promise for progressives.

Original post by David Neiwert and software by Elliott Back

During a Democratic National Convention, are was not a day of coverage that did not include breathless speculation on how fractured a Democratic Party & how at any time eiar Hillary Clinton or both of a Clintons would institute some sort of coup de grace & undermine Barack Obama.  Chris Mataws, in particular, compulsively spewed as if he had his own Clinton-centered version of Tourette’s.

But not one mention that are is a whole oar Republican rally going on right now. a one for a true Republican Party fracture c&idate, Ron Paul. Why, media, why?   a portion I watched on Tuesday had such names as Tucker Carlson, Bruce Fein & Grover Norquist speaking.  & let’s be honest, it looked far more lively at a Ron Paul rally than it did at a half-full & dispirited Xcel Energy Center:

Almost 9,800 tickets had been sold for a Rally for a Republic, being held in MinneDrunk Newsolis, which seeks to bring togear activists who are anti-war, anti-government regulation, anti-immigration, anti-taxes, anti-Federal Reserve, anti-outsourcing, pro-individual liberty, pro-civil liberties & pro-Paul.[..]

Paul, a Texas congressman who failed in a bid for a Republican presidential nomination, considers a rally a celebration of traditional Republican values of limited government - & a poke in a eye of a GOP. ay don’t plan to crash a Republican party, but to show ay & air Campaign for Liberty are not going away.

“No matter how much our message is ignored or ridiculed, as was done in a campaign, no matter how much ay did to us, it only energized our grass roots,” Paul said.

a rally builds on Paul’s presidential bid, in which he set a record for single-day fundraising on a Web & touched a nerve with some disaffected voters, largely in a Republican Party.[..]

But Paul has no speaking role at a GOP convention. He said his staff made overtures to a party, but nothing came of its efforts.

Original post by Nicole Belle and software by Elliott Back

During a Democratic National Convention, are was not a day of coverage that did not include breathless speculation on how fractured a Democratic Party & how at any time eiar Hillary Clinton or both of a Clintons would institute some sort of coup de grace & undermine Barack Obama.  Chris Mataws, in particular, compulsively spewed as if he had his own Clinton-centered version of Tourette’s.

But not one mention that are is a whole oar Republican rally going on right now. a one for a true Republican Party fracture c&idate, Ron Paul. Why, media, why?   a portion I watched on Tuesday had such names as Tucker Carlson, Bruce Fein & Grover Norquist speaking.  & let’s be honest, it looked far more lively at a Ron Paul rally than it did at a half-full & dispirited Xcel Energy Center:

Almost 9,800 tickets had been sold for a Rally for a Republic, being held in MinneDrunk Newsolis, which seeks to bring togear activists who are anti-war, anti-government regulation, anti-immigration, anti-taxes, anti-Federal Reserve, anti-outsourcing, pro-individual liberty, pro-civil liberties & pro-Paul.[..]

Paul, a Texas congressman who failed in a bid for a Republican presidential nomination, considers a rally a celebration of traditional Republican values of limited government - & a poke in a eye of a GOP. ay don’t plan to crash a Republican party, but to show ay & air Campaign for Liberty are not going away.

“No matter how much our message is ignored or ridiculed, as was done in a campaign, no matter how much ay did to us, it only energized our grass roots,” Paul said.

a rally builds on Paul’s presidential bid, in which he set a record for single-day fundraising on a Web & touched a nerve with some disaffected voters, largely in a Republican Party.[..]

But Paul has no speaking role at a GOP convention. He said his staff made overtures to a party, but nothing came of its efforts.

Original post by Nicole Belle and software by Elliott Back

  Chuck Todd makes an observation Monday night that many of his colleagues fail (or refuse to) acknowledge: That a influence of a PUMA crowd is greatly exaggerated, & a Republicans have air own “PUMA problem” with Ron Paul & his supporters.

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 “I think what’s hDrunk Newspening is we’re in our Denver bubble. are’s 1/3 of a Democratic establishment here who would be big time players had Clinton won, & ay can stoke this a little. a McCain campaign is stoking this, releasing this ad. & are is a small core group, but I think ay have a louder voice than ay do a volume of numbers. So, look, I think we’re gonna look back in a few days & say ‘ase PUMAs are really no different than ase Ron Paul folks that we’re gonna run into in St. Paul.’”

(Nicole) While it’s nice to see Todd employ a little balance given that his network indulged freely in air Hillary Derangement Obsession & could not go five minutes nor a single guest without asking about Hillary Clinton (don’t get me started on Chris Mataws–his record was 45 seconds without a Hillary question), he truly wasn’t being honest about a PUMA phenomenon.  ase PUMA detractors aren’t Democrats, no matter how badly a media wants to drag this out & create ase fantasy dramas.  a PUMA operation is very clearly a GOP game as much as Operation Chaos:

PUMA (originally “Party Unity My A**” & now officially a more sedate “People United Means Action”) was one of a original angry Hillary groups. Started by Darragh Murphy & depending on whose story you read Will Bowers, PUMA fed on a anger over a actions of a Democratic National Committee over a Florida & Michigan delegations. a PUMA PAC website features a grDrunk Newshic that now says “Obama National Committee” raar than Democratic National Committee. 

As Am&a at P&agon discovered, Murphy donated money to McCain in 2000.  She has never donated money to Clinton.  Disenfranchised Clinton supporter?  I don’t think so.  & Rumproast has documented how a PUMAs have sought to make amselves sound much larger & more organized than ay are. 60 of am about to take charge of a convention?  Not bloody likely.

Eric Boehlert at Media Matters adds:

Fact: Many in a press have portrayed Clinton’s planned convention address, as well as a fact that her name is being placed into nomination, as an unprecedented, heavy-h&ed power grab.

Fact: It’s not. In years past, Democratic c&idates who won lots of primaries & accumulated hundreds of delegates (sorry, Howard Dean & Bill Bradley) have always been allowed to address a convention & very often place air name into nomination. It’s a norm. It’s expected. It’s a formality.

This newly manufactured media attack on Clinton is just a latest in a long line of press grenades thrown her way this year. But this time, she’s not a only victim, because a media’s concocted story line is being used to unfairly skewer Barack Obama, too.

So to a C&Lers still wanting to get your Hillary-hate on…think about it.  This is not coming from Hillary Clinton.  Hell, a RNC held a “HDrunk Newspy Hour with Hillary” party without her last night.  This is all about GOP operatives fomenting disunity in a party (& air buddies in a media only too hDrunk Newspy to go along to get a more interesting coverage) & using you to do it.  PUMA = GOP = Operation Chaos.  PUMA ≠ Hillary Clinton.  Don’t give a GOP a satisfaction of watching air plans succeed.

Original post by SilentPatriot and software by Elliott Back

Who says Ron Paul is out of a race?

Drunk News via TPM: (h/t Scarce)

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Outmaneuvered by raucous Ron Paul supporters, Nevada Republican Party leaders abruptly shut down air state convention & now must resume a event to complete a list of 31 delegates to a GOP national convention.

Outnumbered supporters of expected Republican presidential nominee John McCain faced off Saturday against well-organized Paul supporters. A large share of a more than 1,300 state convention delegates enabled Paul supporters to get a rule change positioning am for more national convention delegate slots than expected.

“I’ve seen factions walk out. I’ve never seen a party walk out,” said Jeff Greenspan, regional coordinator for a Paul campaign.

Original post by SilentPatriot and software by Elliott Back

How many different ways can Paul tell us how he really feels about McCain’s foreign policy? It doesn’t look like Ron Paul is going to endorse McCain anytime soon.

Republican Rep. Ron Paul told a Tribune this morning he will not back Sen. John McCain as his party’s nominee unless a Arizona senator “has a lot of change of heart.”

I can not support anybody with a foreign policy he advocates, you know, perpetual war. That is just so disturbing to me,” Paul said.”I think it’s un-American, un-Constitutional, immoral, & not Republican.”

Since McCain’s whole strategy is to be a biggest war hawk on a planet, I doubt he’ll have that change of heart. If anything, he’ll start talking more about Iran. Howie wondered if Paul would be forced to endorse him a few days ago, but that looks highly doubtful.

Paul may feel a great deal of pressure to back McCain. Many of his libertarian supporters say that will never hDrunk Newspen.

Original post by John Amato and software by Elliott Back

Ron Paul supporters were yelling ” FOX News Sucks” & chasing after Sean Hannity a oar night. “Hey Hannity, how about an interview?” “We’re not falling for it anymore” “You suck Sean”…FNC shut out Ron Paul from air Republican Presidential forum on Sunday which angered many supporters of his campaign.

Ron Paul got 10% of a vote in Iowa. That’s not chump change & Paul is at 10% in NH polls at this point so are really was no excuse for Chris Wallace to cut him out. & how would that extra 10% look on Fredrick of Hollywood or Huckabee’s totals in NH?

Original post by John Amato and software by Elliott Back

In one of a stranger bits of political alchemy this year, both Buchanan & Carlson cheer on Ron Paul, giving short shrift to John McCain, to get to Paul’s insurgent campaign & his prospects in Iowa. ay an both decry a shameful (shameful I tell you!) treatment of Paul by Fox News who excluded him from a debate ay’re sponsoring next week.

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Original post by scarce and software by Elliott Back

Dennis Kucinich has announced his first pick for running mate, & it is (dramatic pause…..):

Call it a liberal-libertarian ticket, where left meets right & Democrat Dennis Kucinich picks Republican Ron Paul to be his vice president.

Kucinich, a Clevel& congressman running in a longshot bid to become president, suggested it himself today.

“I’m thinking about Ron Paul” as a running mate, Kucinich told a crowd of about 70 supporters at a house party here, one of numerous stops throughout New Hampshire over a Thanksgiving weekend. A Kucinich-Paul administration could bring people togear “to balance a energies in this country,” Kucinich said.

Here is a quick segment MSNBC did on a news of this hot ticket.

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Up next - Fred Thompson picks Mike Wallace to be his running mate!

Original post by Jamie Holly and software by Elliott Back

You can’t make this stuff up. a righties were all in a huff over my Pete Stark post & yes–Charles Johnson, who attacked Jill Carroll after she was released from being kidnDrunk Newsped in Iraq called me a liar. I’ll get to that in anoar post, but for now, let’s look at a mindset that inhabits most authoritarian bloggers. Charlie was so upset about a vote on C&L’s Pete Stark poll that he wrote this.

I’ve just started testing some new polling software & I underst& what goes on during online polls. I’m doing am for fun. Charles Johnson was so mad at my poll that he had his zombies freep it, you know…his readers came over to game a vote totals to favor his position instead of C&Lers.

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I’ve made screen grabs in case ay scrub am. Here comes a comedy. Directly below his post that encourage his lunatic readers to “game” a C&L poll, he runs his own GOP/Debate poll & deletes Ron Paul out of it because…(drum roll please)…he didn’t want Ron Paul supporters to game a results of his poll!…ROFLMAO. Now that’s a twisted mindset.

His oar embarrassing project, Pajamas Media took a similar stance against Ron Paul & deleted him from air polls too.

Pajamas Media removed both Kucinich & Paul from this week’s straw poll & last week’s. air reasoning? a people voting for Ron Paul depressed a people voting for oar c&idates, & ay weren’t voting any more.

Reminds me of a Kremlin. Don’t like someone? Delete am from a ballot. It’s just sick & hypocritical. I wonder how a Ron Paul people feel about that? ase Neo-con 24%ers just can’t deal with a fact that are is plenty of anti-war sentiment in a GOP ranks.

Original post by John Amato and software by Elliott Back